Plant Funds, 1955-1968

The Georgia Tech Urban Renewal Projects Records include historical information, correspondence, land records, working papers, inventory forms, and plant funds, with the majority of the records falling into the latter two categories. The historical information comprises a mixture of documents, including timelines and narrative histories, but consists primarily of correspondence and memoranda, which provide an overview of the projects' backgrounds. The correspondence contained there and with the other correspondence is primarily between Georgia Tech Presidents Edwin Harrison and Arthur Hansen, the Board of Regents, and representatives of Atlanta's Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA).

The inventory forms, arranged by block and plot number, include information such as acreage, land lot and district number, and value of the land and improvements. The initial inventory form contains summary information from the deed books, and also gives the book and page numbers from which the information was gathered. The inventory forms document property already owned by Tech as well as property to be acquired. The forms are generally dated 1970, the date the information was gathered. The dates for the actual deeds vary widely.

The plant funds, also rather voluminous, are numerous reconciliation sheets showing the transfer of funds from one general ledger account to another in order to allow the purchase of property. Miscellaneous materials include many unidentifiable general ledger sheets.

The oversized materials include plat maps for the redevelopment areas (1966-1968) and a construction cost breakdown (1973), which has suffered some water damage.

With the exception of a few letters requesting special concessions to property owners, lacking in these records is evidence of the impact of the urban renewal projects on residents, as well as documentation of students' increase in community involvement that resulted both from the projects and the times during which they occurred.