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Correspondence includes letters addressed by Rev. Joseph A. Fiorenza, former bishop and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, to former Houston Mayor Kathryn Whitmire, Houston City Council, and former U.S. Representative Henry B. Gonzalez advocating that Allen Parkway Village be preserved and converted to low-income housing.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains correspondence, reports, and other printed materials formerly belonging to Nia Dorian Becnel, preservationist and former professor at University of Houston College of Architecture. The materials document efforts by Becnel, residents, and other local stakeholders to preserve Allen Parkway Village/San Felipe Courts from demolition. Included are documents from organizations that Becnel belonged to or collaborated with, such as Greater Houston Preservation...

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Public notice from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Public and Indian Housing regarding the processing of applications for Fiscal Year 1989 funds for Public Housing Resident Management. Also included is supplemental information from the Federal Register.

Scope and Contents Orders and related correspondence regarding the civil lawsuit "Resident Council of Allen Parkway Village v. HUD [U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development] and HACH [Housing Authority of the City of Houston]," Civil No. H-89-292.Also included is a letter from Earl Phillips, HACH Executive Director, to Tom Sherman at HUD enclosing a 1989 City of Houston resolution rescinding a resolution it passed in 1984 that approved HACH's application to demolish Allen Parkway...

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Report titled "HUD's Opposition to Plaintiffs' Supplemental Responses to Motion to Dismiss," concerning the civil lawsuit "Allen Parkway Village Residents Council, et al. v. Housing Authority of the City of Houston, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Jack Kemp, et al," Civil Action No. H-87-564.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains correspondence, reports, and other printed materials formerly belonging to Nia Dorian Becnel, preservationist and former professor at University of Houston College of Architecture. The materials document efforts by Becnel, residents, and other local stakeholders to preserve Allen Parkway Village/San Felipe Courts from demolition. Included are documents from organizations that Becnel belonged to or collaborated with, such as Greater Houston Preservation...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains correspondence, reports, and other printed materials formerly belonging to Nia Dorian Becnel, preservationist and former professor at University of Houston College of Architecture. The materials document efforts by Becnel, residents, and other local stakeholders to preserve Allen Parkway Village/San Felipe Courts from demolition. Included are documents from organizations that Becnel belonged to or collaborated with, such as Greater Houston Preservation...

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Correspondence addressed by Nia Becnel and Thomas Colbert to Freedmen's Town Association and its president, Gladys House, regarding a community library. Also included are select monthly demolition report forms completed by House.

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Application form for an official Texas historical marker for Bethel Baptist Church, 801 Andrews, to be shipped to Gladys House, Freedmen's Town Association.

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Correspondence and resolutions from Houston Housing Concern, including a statement from Joan Denkler, HHC's director, on the organization's decision to not join the Allen Parkway Village Task Force.

Scope and Contents Information packet prepared and submitted to the Houston Housing Authority Board of Commissioners by Barrie Scardino, president of the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance. Includes an article entitled "San Felipe Courts Historic District," by Stephen Fox; an April 1942 Architectural Record article entitled "War Needs...Housing: Houston, Texas"; and a National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form submitted for Allen Parkway Village/San Felipe Courts Historic District in October...

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Correspondence regarding GHPA committee members and scheduled meetings.