Joint Center for Urban Studies, records of the Guayana [Guiana] Project
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The collection contains correspondence, reports, and drafts of working papers of members of the Joint Center for Urban Studies Guayana Project in Venezuela. Report topics are as follows: A is Public Administration, B is Economic Factors, C is Social Factors, D is Physical Planning-Regional, E is Physical Planning-Urban, F is General and Miscellaneous.
Dates
- Creation: 1961 - 1969
Creator
- Joint Center for Urban Studies (Organization)
Access note
This collection is open.
Digital Access Note
Some parts of this collection are available online. Links to specific online digital items are found within their entry in this finding aid.
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Historical Note
In 1961 the Joint Center for Urban Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University arranged to provide technical and research assistance to the government of Venezuela to develop the Guayana region, an area near the confluence of the Orinoco and Caroni rivers that possessed great natural resources. The Center helped determine the requirements for housing, industry, and public services in the city, expected to reach a population of 200,000, as well as for the region as a whole.
At MIT the work was centered in the Department of City and Regional Planning (later the Department of Urban Studies and Planning). The project, under the direction of visiting professor Norman William, also involved MIT professors Donald S. Appleyard, John Friedman, and Lloyd Rodwin. Lisa Peattie was appointed as project anthropologist in 1962, later in 1968 she became the first tenured female faculty in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning.
Extent
6.7 Cubic Feet (6 record cartons, 1 half-manuscript box, 1 large flat box, 1 oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Other Aids to the Collection
This collection is not yet fully processed. More detailed information of memoranda and report titles can be found in a catalog located in box 2 of the collection.
Bibliography
- Friedman, John. Regional Development Policy: A Case Study of Venezuela. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1966.
- Peattie, Lisa R. The View from the Barrio. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1968.
- Planning Urban Growth and Regional Development: The Experience of the Guayana Program of Venezuela, edited by Lloyd Rodwin. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1969.
Subject
- Joint Center for Urban Studies. Guayana Project (Organization)
- Title
- Preliminary Inventory to the Joint Center for Urban Studies Records of the Guayana [Guiana] Project
- Status
- Preliminary Inventory
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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