Tentative Tallahassee City Commission Plans

Original Title

Gray, President William H - Organizations - Tallahassee City Commission - 1949

Devised Title

Tentative Tallahassee City Commission Plans

Date

1949-03

Creator

William H. Gray See all items with this value

Contributor

William H. Gray

Description

In the late 1940s, the Tallahassee City Commission planned to acquire some land surrounding Florida A&M College, a plan highly opposed by the institution’s president, William H. Gray, Jr. Gray felt it would drive faculty away due to lack of housing. This collection holds correspondence and construction plans.

Primary Subject

1900-1999 See all items with this value

Landscapes See all items with this value

Urban life See all items with this value

HBCU leadership See all items with this value

Location

Tallahassee

Leon County

Florida

United States of America

Type

Textual document

Medium

Paper

Ink

Measurements

L: 28cm x W: 21.5cm

Format

PDF

HBCU Identifier

AR_0007_001_004_B26_F33

HCAC Identifier

HCAC.FAMU.0239

Rights

All rights reserved. The use of any part of these objects and photographs transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or stored in a retrieval system without the prior written consent of MEBA is an infringement of the copyright law.

Contributing Institution

Florida A&M University

Source

History of FAMU Collection

Collection

President William H. Gray Jr. See all items with this value

Language

English

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