Dayton Model Cities Files (LGR-1)
Scope and Contents
The collection contains files (primarily published reports) documenting the Dayton Model Cities Program, which implemented various urban renewal, urban development, and education projects in West Dayton (the Inner West) and later city-wide, during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Dates
- Creation: 1968 - 1974
Creator
- Model Cities Program (Dayton, Ohio) (Organization)
- Dayton (Ohio). Office of Management and Budget (Compiler, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is stored off-site; please provide at least 2 days notice to access this collection. Otherwise, there are no access restrictions these materials, which are Ohio public records.
Conditions Governing Use
There are no use restrictions on these materials, which are Ohio public records.
Biographical / Historical
The "Demonstration Cities" program, popularly known as the "Model Cities" program, was established by the Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act of 1966, and was a cornerstone of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society and War on Poverty.
Dayton, Ohio, was one of 63 cities nationwide selected for this federal program.
Full Extent
1.42 linear feet : (1 record carton and 1 document case)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged primarily in chronological order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection consists of local government records on deposit from the City of Dayton's Office of Management and Budget. The records were placed in the custody of Wright State University Libraries' Special Collections and Archives in the 1970s. These records remain the property of the City of Dayton and subject to the jurisdiction of the State Archives of Ohio.
donor
- Dayton (Ohio). Office of Management and Budget (Depositor, Organization)
Subject
- Model Cities Program (Dayton, Ohio) -- Archives (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Dayton Model Cities Files (LGR-1)
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Lisa Rickey
- Date
- 2026 June 12
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Local Government Records Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
