Congress for the New Urbanism Records

CNU Awards by Geographic Regions CNU Awards by Designer CNU Awards by Years 2001 - 2018 CNU Charter Awards Matrix 2001-2019

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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/

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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

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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

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Specialized notes

  • Citation: Congress for the New Urbanism Records. Architecture Research Center, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida. [Date of access].

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Sources used

Archivist's note

Jenna Courtade (2024-11-15)

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