New Detroit, Inc. Collection Records, 1967-1975 232 linear feet Accession # 660 DALNET # OCLC # On August 1, 1967, immediately following the Detroit riot, Michigan Governor George Romney, Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh and J. L. Hudson department store chain president Joseph L. Hudson, Jr. announced the formation of the New Detroit Committee (as it was originally called), a citizens’ coalition comprised of a cross-section of community leaders committed to finding solutions to the problems that had spawned that summer’s violence and destruction. New Detroit not only serves as a forum for identifying urban problems, but also, by providing financial and technical assistance to grass roots community development programs and to a multitude of New Detroit-initiated projects, promotes strategies to reduce them. The organization’s work is divided among several task forces and subcommittees focusing on a wide range of issues: racial and ethnic discrimination, unemployment and job training, minority business development, inadequate health care and housing, drug abuse, substandard education, police harassment, family assistance and child development. The papers of New Detroit, Inc. consist of correspondence, reports, minutes, clippings, speech material, publications, surveys, and project proposals related to the administration and programs of the organization. PLEASE NOTE: Folders are computer-arranged alphabetically within each series in this finding aid, but may actually be dispersed throughout several boxes in the collection. Note carefully the box number for each folder heading. Important subjects in the collection: African-American Cultural Development Foundation African Americans--Economic conditions--Michigan--Detroit African Americans--Education--Michigan--Detroit African Americans--Employment--Michigan--Detroit African Americans--Housing--Michigan--Detroit African Americans--Medical care--Michigan--Detroit African Americans--Michigan--Detroit African Americans--Social life and customs--Michigan--Detroit Child development--Michigan--Detroit Community development, Urban--Michigan--Detroit Community organization--Michigan--Detroit New Detroit, Inc. Collection - 2 - Consumer education--Michigan--Detroit Detroit (Mich.) riot, 1967 Discrimination in education--Michigan--Detroit Discrimination in housing--Michigan--Detroit Drug abuse--Michigan--Detroit Important subjects (cont’d): East Side Voice of Independent Detroit Family services--Michigan--Detroit Hispanic Americans--Economic conditions--Michigan--Detroit Hispanic Americans--Social conditions--Michigan--Detroit Indians of North America--Economic conditions--Michigan--Detroit Indians of North America--Social conditions--Michigan--Detroit Inner City Business Improvement Forum Juvenile delinquency--Michigan--Detroit Mayor’s Committee on Human Resource Development Medical care--Michigan--Detroit Metropolitan Detroit Citizens Development Authority Metropolitan Fund Narcotic addicts--Rehabilitation--Michigan--Detroit Occupational training--Michigan--Detroit Police--Complaints against--Michigan--Detroit Poor--Michigan--Detroit Public relations--Police--Michigan--Detroit Public welfare--Michigan--Detroit Race relations--Michigan--Detroit Social problems--Michigan--Detroit Southeast Michigan Council of Governments Unemployment--Michigan--Detroit West Central Organization Wolverine Bar Association Youth--Services for--Michigan--Detroit Important correspondents in the collection: Nathaniel Brooks George E. Bushnell, Jr. Carol Campbell Malcolm Carron, S. J. Jerome Cavanagh Clyde Cleveland Frank Ditto Hyram Dooha Lawrence P. Doss Walter E. Douglas New Detroit, Inc. Collection - 3 - Norman Drachler Max M. Fisher Henry Ford II Al Frank Roman Gribbs Paul Hubbard Joseph L. Hudson, Jr. Richard Huegli Arthur L. Johnson Frank T. Judge, Jr. Damon J. Keith Important correspondents (cont’d): Theodore Lawe Alan Lowery Buzz Lutterel Kent Mathewson Sharon Nelton William T. Patrick, Jr. Lonnie Peek Walter P. Reuther Richard Richards Anthony Rios Robert W. Spencer Steven Stockmeyer Lynn A. Townsend Charles Tucker Robert Wack Stanley J. Winkelman Leonard Woodcock Coleman Young Non-manuscript material: Several photographs, audio tapes and items of memorabilia have been placed in the Archives Audiovisual Collection and a large number of books and other publications have been transferred to the Archives Library. New Detroit, Inc. Collection - 4 - Contents 232 Storage Boxes Series I, Housing and Economic Development, 1967-75, Boxes 1-38, p. 5 Series II, Education, Youth, Health, and Community Services, 1967-75, Boxes 38-100, p. 26 Series III, Research, Planning, & Community Self-Determination, 1967-75, Boxes 100-111, p. 80 Series IV, Public Safety and Justice, 1967-72, Boxes 119-130, p. 85 Series V, General Subject Files, 1968-74, Boxes 130-172, p. 94 Series VI, Administration, 1967-74, Boxes 173-232, p. 129 New Detroit, Inc. Collection - 5 - Series I Housing and Economic Development, 1967-1975 Boxes 1-38 Box-Folder Folder heading 20-4 Abandoned housing, 1974 24-13 Abandoned housing, 1974 5-11 Accord, Inc., 1968 5-12 Action Housing, Inc., 1967 -19 Ad Hoc Committee; memos, 1972 37-1 Ad Hoc Group Steering Committee; meeting, 1973 Dec 27 9-2 thru 4 ADC home purchasers’ problems, 1970-71 17-26 ADC home purchases, 1970 13-37 Addiction Research Foundation, 1973 27-50 Addresses; HMTSC, DHC, City and County office, 1974 5-13 Advocacy planning, 1968 5-14 Alcan Universal Homes, 1968 35-19 Alert overview and recommendations, 1974 May 17 36-19 Allied trades apprenticeship, 1971 36-2 APAU (Action Program Against Unemployment), 1973 35-16 APAU, n. d. 33-13 APAU Action Task Force, 1974 28-14 APAU Action Task Force; meeting agenda, solutions action analysis, 1974 31-15 APAU Action Task Force; meeting agenda, solutions action analysis, 1974 33-4 thru 5 APAU Action Task Force; meetings, etc., 1974 28-9 APAU Action Task Force; minutes, progress reports, 1974 35-23 thru 24 APAU; Action Task Force recommendations, membership list, 1974 34-20 APAU Action Task Force; solutions action analysis, 1974 35-18 APAU; Chamber of Commerce meeting, 1974 35-8 thru 9 APAU; correspondence, meeting, 1974-75 35-14 APAU; kick-off, 1973 35-5 APAU Labor Task Force, 1974 28-6 APAU Labor Task Force; agenda, 1974 Mar 28-2 thru 3 APAU Labor Task Force; report, 1974 34-10 APAU; land use reports, 1972 35-20 thru 21 APAU Legal Systems Task Force; minutes, preliminary report, 1973-74 33-10 APAU Legal Systems Task Force; preliminary report, 1974 36-4 APAU; meeting, 1974 Apr 34-9 APAU; minutes, 1974 Feb 34-11 thru 14 APAU; minutes, correspondence, reports, 1972-74 35-26 APAU; minutes, correspondence, reports, 1973-74 35-12 thru 13 APAU; minutes, reports, studies, 1972-74 30-13 thru 17 APAU; misc., 1973-74 New Detroit, Inc. Collection - 6 - Box-Folder Folder heading 33-11 APAU; misc., 1974 35-17 APAU; misc. reports, 1973 34-19 APAU; NDI report to Action Task Force, 1974 28-15 thru 16 APAU; NDI report to Action Task Force, 1974 Oct 35-7 APAU; NDI solutions action analysis, 1974 30-20 APAU; preliminary report to Labor Task Force, n. d. 35-15 APAU; presentation to Michigan congressional delegation, 1973 28-17 APAU; report, 1975 34-16 APAU; report to Labor Task Force, 1974 33-12 APAU; report to NDI Board, 1974 34-15 APAU; report to NDI Board, 1974 36-5 APAU; report to NDI Board, 1974 33-9 APAU; retiree claims report for workmen's compensation, 1974 36-7 APAU; Social Employment Committee meeting, 1974 Apr 36-6 APAU; solutions action analysis, 1974 29-22 APAU; Steering Committee, 1974 33-7 APAU; Steering Committee, 1974 31-1 thru 3 APAU; Steering Committee meeting, 1972-75 36-3 APAU; Steering Committee meeting, 1974 35-10 thru 11 APAU; Steering Committee meeting, report, 1974 Oct 33-8 APAU; wage rate study, 1974 30-19 Baker, Lowell; misc., 1974 36-11 Baker, Lowell; misc., 1974 12-27 Belvedere project; Haywood Mills, 1971 5-15 Better Housing, Inc.; corres., 1967 13-34 Better Housing, Inc.; proposal, 1974 7-34 thru 36 Bianco, Joseph; corres., 1967 7-31 Bianco, Joseph; corres., 1967 12-25 Blockbusting-open housing, 1963-72 3-22 Board members; confidential questionnaire, 1969 15-9 Board members; invitational letters to, 1975 8-33 Brummeler, Bob; bank involvement, 1971 37-20 Budget and Finance Committee; report, 1971 37-21 Budget; corres., 1973 5-16 Builders Association of Metropolitan Detroit, 1968 2-40 Building codes, 1969 2-38 Building concept for simplified construction, 1969 5-18 Building trade unions, 1968 5-17 Building trades employer associations, 1968 8-25 Bunche, Ralph; Social Services, 1970 13-38 Business communications seminar, 1974 5-20 Business participation, 1967-68 New Detroit, Inc. Collection - 7 - Box-Folder Folder heading 34-22 Business relations in Detroit, 1973 31-25 Business-Education Institute, 1971 2-42 Cambel, Dr. Ali B. (Housing Committee member), 1969 13-21 Career development program, 1970 8-27 Cass area redevelopment, 1970 30-4 Census data, pamphlets, misc., n. d. 27-45 Chamber of Commerce legislation, 1969 11-8 Chicago model cities evaluation, n. d. 16-23 Chrisco, Dave; corres., contract, misc., 1970-71 16-13 Chrysler Hilton Inn; mortgage submission and market feasibility study, 1974 22-10 Citizens C-2 Development Corporation; housing development proposal, 1972 5-21 Citizens Highway Relocation Advisory Council, 1968 11-9 Citizens Urban Opportunity Fund; report, 1970 5-23 Civil Rights Commission, 1968 7-2 Civil Rights Commission; housing complaints, 1965-66 35-29 Cleveland, Clyde; correspondence, 1971-72 30-6 Clippings, 1971 2-34 Columbia