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Preservation Wayne Records
Collection
Identifier: WSR000604
Overview
Preservation Wayne (PW), originally known as the Wayne State University Historical Preservation Association, emerged in 1975 as a student movement to protest the destruction of historic structures on the Wayne State University (WSU) campus and in the Cultural Center district. They were successful in saving a number of structures from demolition and securing historical designations for buildings and areas around campus. In 1988, with its membership diversifying outside the university community,...
Dates:
1975 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1977 - 2008
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
Wayne State University Oral History Course 2015 Oral Histories
Collection
Identifier: WSOH002786
Abstract
This collection consists of 16 oral history interviews. The collection can be broken into two major categories: the Cass Corridor Neighborhood and Detroit Music History. There are transcripts and audio recordings for all of the interviews.
Dates:
2015
Found in:
Walter P. Reuther Library
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- Names: Preservation Wayne X
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- Architecture 1
- Buildings--Detroit (Mich.) 1
- Cass Corridor (Detroit, Mich.) 1
- Discrimination in housing 1
- Music 1
- Oral histories 1
- Rhythm and blues music 1
- Segregation 1
- Student movements 1
- Urban development 1
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- Croxford, Beulah Groehn 1
- Grosscup, Gordon L (Gordon Leonard) 1
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