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KSU Center for Urban Regionalism records
Special Collections and Archives
KSU Center for Urban Regionalism records
Special Collections and Archives
KSU Center for Urban Regionalism records
| Repository: | Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. |
| Title: | Kent State University Center for Urban Regionalism records |
| Inclusive Date(s): | 1965-1977 |
| Author: | Finding aid prepared by Kreigh Barnette |
| Creation: | Finding aid encoded by Kreigh Barnette using the OhioLINK EAD Application in 2023 |
| Origination: | Kent State University. Center for Urban Regionalism. |
| Extent: | 1 cubic feet (3 document cases) |
| Physical Location: | 11th Floor |
| Finding Aid Identifier: | OhKeUSC0223 |
| Abstract: | These records are primarily published works created by faculty and compeers of the Center for Urban Regionalism. The research center originated in 1965, in affiliation with Kent State University's political science department, the Northern Ohio chapter of the American Institute of Planners, and the Tri-County Regional Planning Commission. |
| Language(s): | The records are in English |
History of the Center for Urban Regionalism
The Center for Urban Regionalism (CUR) was a multidisciplinary research center at Kent State University. It specialized in urban public service, regional affairs, economic growth in metropolitan communities, transportation management, and public planning primarily in Northeastern Ohio. The Center's research concentrated on three areas: fiscal growth in urban areas, public resources, and transportation training. James G. Coke was the first director of the Center for Urban Regionalism in 1965, succeeded by Eugene P. Wenninger in 1970. The Center later broadened efforts to include environmental studies and related communication and information projects, consequently renaming circa 1973 to the Center for Urban Regionalism and Environmental Systems (CUR/ES). In 1977, the Center merged with the University Research Center.
Scope and Content
Items in this collection span from 1965-1977. Records comprise formal reports, conference proceedings, publications, a reference book, and newsletters produced by the Center for Urban Regionalism.
Statement of Arrangement
This collection is organized by type of material with one folder of newsletters, organized by date, followed by publications organized alphabetically by title.
Related Material
Please note further information concerning the founding director, James G. Coke, is located in the James G. Coke papers. Additional materials related to the Center's establishment and relevant correspondence between university administration are located in the Robert. I. White papers.
Preferred Citation
Kent State University Center for Urban Regionalism records. Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.
Controlled Access Headings
The following are found in this collection:
| Subjects: | |
| Regional planning -- Research -- Ohio | |
| City planning -- Research -- Ohio | |
| Cities and towns -- Growth -- Research -- Ohio | |
| Landscape protection -- Research -- Ohio | |
| Environmental protection -- Research -- Ohio | |
| Airports -- Planning -- Research -- Ohio | |
| Ohio -- Population -- History -- Statistics | |
| Information organization -- Terminology | |
| Public libraries -- Ohio -- Portage County -- Planning | |
| Gun control -- Ohio -- Congresses | |
| Persons: | |
| Coke, James Guthrie | |
| Wenninger, Eugene Paul | |
| Organizations/Corporations: | |
| Kent State University. Center for Urban Regionalism and Environmental Systems | |
| Functions: | |
| Regional planning -- Research | |
| Places: | |
| Portage County (Ohio) | |
| Cleveland Metropolitan Area (Ohio) | |
| Akron Metropolitan Area (Ohio) | |
| Material Types: | |
| Reports | |
| Publications (documents) | |
| Newsletters | |
Detailed Description of the Collection
| Box 1 / Folder 1 |
| Newsletters, October 1976-March 1977 |
| Scope and Content | |
| Holdings incomplete? | |
| Box 1 / Folder 2 |
| Publication: 1980 Population and Employment Estimates for Northeast Ohio, Robert D. Dean, 1969 |
| Scope and Content | |
| Ohio Social Statistics series; 1. Copy 1 of 2. | |
| Box 1 / Folder 3 |
| Publication: 1980 Population and Employment Estimates for Northeast Ohio, Robert D. Dean, 1969 |
| Scope and Content | |
| Ohio Social Statistics series; 1. Copy 2 of 2. | |
| Box 1 / Folder 4 |
| Publication: Baseline Conditions Assessment and Evaluation of Wastewater Management Alternatives Cleveland-Akron Metropolitan Area, 1972 |
| Scope and Content | |
| Preliminary Report, phase I. Appears to be related to Wastewater Management Study for the Cleveland - Akron Metropolitan and Three Rivers Watershed Areas below. | |
| Box 1 / Folder 5 |
| Publication: A Bus Priority System for Traffic Signals, Undated, likely circa 1971 |
| Box 1 / Folder 6 |
| Publication: A Comparison of Regional Airport Sites in Northeast Ohio, 1970 |
| Scope and Content | |
| Prepared for the Northeastern Ohio Aviation Council. | |
| Box 1 / Folder 7 |
| Publication: A Comparison of Regional Airport Sites in Northeast Ohio: Summary, 1970 |
| Scope and Content | |
| Prepared for the Northeastern Ohio Aviation Council. | |
| Box 1 / Folder 8 |
| Publication: Conference on Urban Regionalism, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, May 21 and 22, 1965 |
| Box 1 / Folder 9 |
| Publication: Conference on Urban Regionalism: Policies for Metropolitan Development; papers, 1966 |
| Scope and Content | |
| Second annual conference. | |
| Box 1 / Folder 10 |
| Publication: Envirodynamics and Mental Health, T. N. Bhargava, P. H. Doyle, and E. P. Wenninger, 1972 |
| Scope and Content | |
| Environmental Studies series, No. 1. | |
| Box 1 / Folder 11 |
| Publication: General Relief and Aid to Dependent Children: State Welfare Payments and Administrative Costs 1962-1968, Henry W. Woudenberg Jr., 1971 |
| Box 2 / Folder 1 |
| Publication: An Interdisciplinary Study of Some Environmental, Social, and Economic Factors Affecting a Section of the Cuyahoga River Watershed, 1971 |
| Box 2 / Folder 2 |
| Publication: Monitoring and Nutrient Inactivation Studies on Two Glacial Lakes (Ohio) Before and After Nutrient Diversion, G. Dennis Cooke, T.N. Bhargava, Murray McComas, and Robert Heath, 1973 |
| Scope and Content | |
| Interim research report. | |
| Box 2 / Folder 3 |
| Publication: Prediction, Projection, or Prophecy: Retrodictive Studies and Social Structure, Richard Lowenthal, Undated, likely circa 1973 |
| Scope and Content | |
| Urban affairs working paper no. 2. First presented at the Symposium on Future Environments in 1973. | |
| Box 2 / Folder 4 |
| Publication: Progress Report 1965-1966; Center for Urban Regionalism, 1966 |
| Box 2 / Folder 5 |
| Publication: Public Library Services in Portage County; An Analysis for Planning, James B. Skellenger, 1970 |
| Scope and Content | |
| Copy 1 of 2. | |
| Box 2 / Folder 6 |
| Publication: Public Library Services in Portage County; An Analysis for Planning, James B. Skellenger, 1970 |
| Scope and Content | |
| Copy 2 of 2. | |
| Box 2 / Folder 7 |
| Publication: Report of the Center For Urban Regionalism and Environmental Systems for 1974-1975, 1975 |
| Box 2 / Folder 8 |
| Publication: Regional American Assembly; State Legislatures in American Politics, Indiana - Michigan - Ohio, 1966 |
| Box 3 / Folder 1 |
| Publication: Urban and Regional Information Systems for Social Programs, 1967 |
| Scope and Content | |
| Papers from the Fifth Annual Conference, September 7-9, 1967, Garden City, New York. | |
| Box 3 / Folder 2 |
| Publication: Urban and Regional Information Systems: Federal Activities & Specialized Programs, 1969 |
| Scope and Content | |
| Papers from the Sixth Annual Conference, September 5-7, 1968, Clayton, Missouri. | |
| Box 3 / Folder 3 |
| Publication: Urban Disarmament: Summary and Notes of an Exploratory Conference, Thomas S. Lough, 1969 |
| Box 3 / Folder 4 |
| Publication: Urban Studies Workshop, Summer, 1971 |
| Box 3 / Folder 5 |
| Publication: Urban Thesaurus: a Vocabulary for Indexing and Retrieving Urban Literature, John E. Ricket, 1968 |
| Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements | |
| The Urban Thesaurus is formatted for Recordaks Miracode Retrieval System. | |
| Box 3 / Folder 6 |
| Publication: Wastewater Management Study for the Cleveland - Akron Metropolitan and Three Rivers Watershed Areas, Undated, likely 1972 |
| Scope and Content | |
| Appears to be related to Baseline Conditions Assessment and Evaluation of Wastewater Management Alternatives Cleveland-Akron Metropolitan Area above. | |
