IMPACT OF URBAN RENEWAL ON A HISTORICAL BLACK COMMUNITY IN ASHEVILLE, NC
LIBRARY SCIENCE & INFORMATION 747 COURSE – PHILLIP NICHOLAS & PROFESSOR RICHARD MARCIANO
OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT
6 students in the Master of Library and Information Science Program at the University of Maryland, College Park & 1 Professor
Each with various interdisciplinary backgrounds – History, Art History, IT & Computer Science, & English Literature
Worked with Historical Archival Records from the Buncombe County Records Office in North Carolina
Separated into 3 groups of 2 students
HISTORY OF THE URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT IN ASHEVILLE
EXPLORING THE COUNTY RECORDS
REGISTER OF DEED
EXTRAPOLATING THE METADATA
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