Identity elements
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Congress for the New Urbanism Records
Date(s)
- 1991 - 2017 (Creation)
Extent
25 Boxes
Name of creator
Administrative history
Headquartered in Washington, DC, the mission of the CNU is to champion walkable urbanism by providing resources, education, and technical assistance to create socially just, economically robust, environmentally resilient, and people centered places. The CNU leverages the principles of the New Urbanism to advance three key goals: to diversify neighborhoods, to design for climate change, and to legalize walkable places. https://www.cnu.org/
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) Records Collection includes annual conference programs, promotional materials, attendance lists, correspondence, audio visual recordings, research project materials, publications, award submission packets, award programs, and administrative files relating to the CNU’s annual congress meeting, annual Charter Awards, board meetings, research projects, and CNU publications. The records cover the organization's activities between 1991 and 2017.
System of arrangement
Congress for the New Urbanism Records are arranged by Series, chronologically, and are stored in boxes.
Series I : Conferences and Meetings
Series II: Administrative Files
Series III: Research, Publications, Projects, and Initiatives
Series IV: Awards
Series V: Audio Visual Materials
Series VI: Photographic Materials
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
This collection is open for research.
Physical access
This collection is housed in the Architecture Research Center (ARC), University of Miami.
Viewing is by appointment for Room Use Only.
Technical access
Audio visual collection materials require playback equipment.
Conditions governing reproduction
Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please, contact um.arc@miami.edu for more information.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
31 Boxes labeled CNU / ANU Architecture Archival Collections and sent to Miami Lakes off-site storage until able to process.
Processing began in 2023.
Immediate source of acquisition
Received 18 boxes (labeled).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Received 31 boxes of materials from CNU on December 4, 2013
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
-Archive of the New Urbanism. ARC1000
Information about related materials is available at http://proust.library.miami.edu/findingaids/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=157
-The Seaside Research Portal from Notre Dame:
Access the portal via: https://seaside.library.nd.edu/about-the-portal
Related descriptions
Notes element
Specialized notes
- Citation: Congress for the New Urbanism Records. Architecture Research Center, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida. [Date of access].
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Sources used
Archivist's note
Jenna Courtade (2024-11-15)