OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION
Minnesota Historical Society
Camden Area Community
Concerns Council (Minneapolis, Minn.).
Council
records.
1974-1995 (bulk
1975-1991).
Records of an organization founded in 1975 to
promote positive activities in Camden Community (located in north Minneapolis)
and to address community concerns.
2.0 cu. ft. (2
boxes).
See [Detailed Description](a9) for shelf
locations.
HISTORY OF THE CAMDEN AREA
COMMUNITY CONCERNS COUNCIL
Inspired by other attempts at neighborhood activism and frustrated
with a perceived lack of social services in the community, the Camden Area
Community Concerns Council (CACCC) was formed in 1975 to work with citizens as
well as city, school, and library officials to assess community needs and
recommend plans and projects for community improvement. The goals of the
organization were to further community development, educate residents on civic
matters, engage in job development for underemployed and unemployed youths,
improve the economic condition of senior citizens, and to generally improve the
welfare of the Camden Community. The group sponsored and supported such
projects as the establishment of a community center, neighborhood
beautification efforts, creating a volunteer network to provide support
services to senior citizens, and the reform of harmful real estate sales
practices.
SCOPE AND CONTENTS OF THE RECORDS
Minutes, agendas and other meeting materials, bylaws, a scrapbook,
photographs, reports, data, project files, and other records of an organization
founded in 1975 to promote positive activities in the Camden Community and to
address community concerns. The records include files documenting several of
the organization's major issues and projects, such as housing and real estate
sales practices; outreach and assistance to senior citizens in the
neighborhood; and cooperation with local churches.
Also in the collection are files from other organizations in which
CACCC participated or to which it sent delegates, including the Camden Planning
District Citizens Advisory Council, which was founded in 1975 as one of ten
advisory committees to involve the community in the Community Development Block
Grant Program; and the Joint Ministry Project, a city-wide organization of
Minneapolis churches and community organizations working to win improvements on
issues of concern to its member institutions such as housing, crime, and
education.
ARRANGEMENT OF THE RECORDS
These documents are organized into the following sections:
- Administrative Records.
- Project/Issue Files.
RELATED MATERIALS
Camden Community News is separately
cataloged in the Minnesota Historical Society newspaper collection.
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Topics:
City planning -- Minnesota --
Minneapolis.
Citizens' associations -- Minnesota --
Minneapolis.
Housing policy -- Minnesota --
Minneapolis.
Aged -- Services for -- Minnesota --
Minneapolis.
Urban renewal -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis
-- Citizen participation.
Community development, Urban -- Minnesota
-- Minneapolis.
Land use, Urban -- Minnesota --
Minneapolis.
Organizations:
Camden Planning
District Citizens Advisory Council (Minneapolis, Minn.).
Community Development
Block Grant Program (Minneapolis, Minn.).
Joint Ministry Project (Minneapolis, Minn.).
Places:
Camden Community (Minneapolis, Minn.) --
Social conditions -- 1981-.
Camden Community (Minneapolis, Minn.) --
Social conditions -- 1945-1980.
Document Types:
Photographs.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series
here]. Camden Area Community Concerns Council Records. Minnesota
Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 15,663
Processing Information:
Processed by: Lara D. Friedman~Shedlov, April 2002
Catalog ID number: 09-00322996
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION
Administrative Records
149.D.2.9B
1
Background information and bylaws,
1975-1992.
Publicity, brochures, and flyers,
undated.
Newsletters,
September 1985-June 1987.
Scrapbook,
1983-1985.
Includes 33 photos removed from the scrapbook for preservation.
Slides,
undated.
106 slides.
Photographs of CACCC meetings and other activities, as well as
photographs taken of buildings, parks, and homes around the community.
Meeting materials,
1975-1990, 1994-1995.
15 folders.
Includes agendas, minutes, reports, and other related material
from board, public, and annual meetings.
Project/Issue Files
149.D.2.9B
1
Camden plan,
1980.
Camden area data analysis and plan for the 1980s.
3 folders.
Camden Planning District Advisory Council,
1975-1978.
4 folders.
149.D.2.10F
2
Camden Planning District Advisory Council:
Data.
Housing File:
Committee agendas and correspondence,
1987-1991.
42nd Street and Lyndale Avenue Issue,
1989-1991.
McKinley problem property project,
1988-1989.
Realtor Issue,
1990-1991:
Materials concerning CACCC's efforts to eliminate unfair real
estate sales practices such as "steering," where certain groups of people are
discouraged from buying or renting in a particular area, and "blockbusting,"
where certain neighborhoods are targeted by real estate agents with
solicitations designed to cause panic selling due to fears about racial or
ethnic change in the neighborhood.
Meeting agendas, minutes, and notices.
Correspondence.
Public meeting agendas, flyers, evaluations, and
other materials.
Proposals and counter-proposals between CACCC and
Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors (MAAR); Testing
information.
Anti-solicitation list and related
material.
Articles, press information, laws, statutes, and
other related material.
Sample real estate solicitations.
Senior Blockworker Program:
The Camden Senior Blockworker Program was initiated in 1985 in
cooperation with the Senior Citizen Centers of Greater Minneapolis, Inc. and
other neighborhood organizations to encourage the development of informal
networks of support for community elderly and help maintain the independence of
Camden senior citizens.
Background information.
Advisory council meeting materials,
1984-1991.
2 folders.
Funding,
1984-1987.
Blockworker rosters.
Blockworker orientation and training
materials.
Blockworker informational presentations.
Newsletter materials.
Information and referral forms,
1986-1987.
Blockworker surveys,
1986.
Articles,
1986.
Norwest Banks proposal,
1989-1990.
United Seniors,
1986-1987.
Miscellaneous records,
1984-1986.
Joint Ministry Project,
1989-1990.
6 folders.
Minutes, agendas, correspondence, articles, and other materials
from the Joint Ministry Project, a city-wide organization of Minneapolis
churches and community organizations working to win improvements on issues of
concern to its member institutions such as housing, crime, and education.
Creek View Recreation Center,
1975, 1977, 1980.
MCDA (Metropolitan Community Development Association)
citizen participation,
1988-1989.
Camden Institute of Musical Performance,
1987-1988.