A Guide to the Urban Renewal Collection of Mary Bishop

A Guide to the Urban Renewal Collection of Mary Bishop

This collection is housed in three record storage boxes. Content consists of all of Mary Bishop’s research for “Street by Street, Block by Block: How Urban Renewal Uprooted Black Roanoke”. The collection is arranged into four series:
• Series I: Neighborhoods – consists of any notes, correspondence, news clippings, interviews with residents, neighborhood plans, maps, memoranda and news releases and historical information.
• Series II: Related Research – consists of information on other urban renewal initiatives across the country, including publications, news clippings, contacts, city demographics,
• Series III: Organizations – consists of information related to the organizations involved, either as advocates for or opponents of urban renewal, including general information on the organizations, financial statements, notes from meetings, correspondence, interview notes and records.
• Series IV: Projects – information regarding Bishop’s urban renewal projects, including speaking engagements, editorials, proofs of story for “Street by Street”, reader’s response to “Street by Street”, photographs used in the story and information related to Bishop’s “Invisible Inner City”.

Roanoke Public Libraries

Roanoke Public Libraries

"Street by Street, Block by Block: How Urban Renewal Uprooted Black Roanoke" and "Racial Remapping: How City Leaders Bulldozed Black Neighborhoods" by Mary Bishop and "The Invisible Inner City" (in 5 parts) by Mary Bishop and S.D. Harrington.

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