Inventory of the Soul City Collection, 1962-1991, bulk 1969-1975

F. Stuart Chapin, Jr. Planning Library,
Department of City and Regional Planning,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Collection Information

Descriptive Summary

Administrative Information

Online Catalog Headings

Biographical and Historical Note

Collection Overview

Detailed Description of the Collection

Separated Material

Related Material

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Descriptive Summary

Repository: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, F. Stuart Chapin, Jr. Planning Library

Creator: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of City and Regional Planning and F. Stuart Chapin, Jr. Planning Library

Title: Soul City Collection, 1962-1991, bulk 1969-1975

Call Number: Soul City Collection

Language of Material: Material in English

Extent: Linear feet: 3.3; Archival Boxes: 10

Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult F. Stuart Chapin, Jr. Planning Library.

Abstract

Spearheaded by civil rights activist Floyd B. McKissick, Soul City in Warren County, N.C., was to be a new town administered by African Americans. In 1969, McKissick approached the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Department of City and Regional Planning (DCRP) for consultation and assistance in planning Soul City. John A. Parker, then head of the DCRP, offered his and his colleagues' services to McKissick, and DCRP faculty also used Soul City as a case study in their courses, requiring planning students to develop planning reports on various aspects of Soul City and its region.

The material in the Soul City Collection was brought together over several years by DCRP faculty and F. Stuart Chapin, Jr. Planning Library staff. The collection was developed for two reasons: first, to serve as reserve reading for DCRP courses dealing with new towns; and second, to document DCRP's role in the development of Soul City. The collection additionally illustrates DCRP pedagogy. The collection is divided into four series: Student Papers; Planning proposals / reports; Operations of Soul City Foundation / Warren Regional Planning Corporation / UNC Department of City and Regional Planning; and Publicity. It includes reports, proposals, correspondence, meeting minutes, legal documents, financial documents, administrative documents, articles, clippings, brochures, and promotional material about the planning and development of Soul City.

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Soul City Collection, F. Stuart Chapin, Jr. Planning Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

Acquisitions Information: The material in this collection was brought together over a number of years by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Department of City and Regional Planning faculty and by F. Stuart Chapin, Jr. Planning Library staff.

Processing Information: Processed by Johanna Russ, September 2007; Encoded by Johanna Russ, October 2007

Biographical and Historical Note

Native North Carolinian, lawyer, and former leader of the Congress of Racial Equality, Floyd B. McKissick, spearheaded the initiative to create Soul City in Warren County, N.C., a new town to be administered by African Americans. Soul City, announced by McKissick in January 1969, received a United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) guarantee under the Urban Growth and New Communities Act of 1968. As McKissick and his company, McKissick Enterprises, Inc. moved forward with plans to create and develop Soul City, they approached the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Department of City and Regional Planning (DCRP) for consultation and assistance in planning the new town. John A. Parker, then head of the DCRP, offered his and his colleagues' services to McKissick, and Parker went on to serve on the Soul City Foundation Board of Directors until his retirement in 1974. After Parker's retirement, DCRP participation in Soul City diminished somewhat. Before that, though, DCRP faculty also used Soul City as a case study in their courses, requiring planning students to develop planning reports on various aspects of Soul City and its region.

Soul City received a great deal of media attention both because it was one of a handful of new town projects underway at the time and because of its African American leadership and administration. Soul City focused its early efforts on developing infrastructure in the region so that it could later support residential and industrial developments. Just as it began to move its focus from infrastructure to attracting industry to create employment opportunities, Soul City began to draw negative media attention.

Questioning its lack of industry, media began to make allegations about Soul City's use of federal funding. As the doubts heaped up, McKissick, adamant that funds were being managed sufficiently and that the lack of industry was due to Soul City's newness, agreed to an audit by an independent agency. The audit cited a few instances of mismanagement, but it largely found the Soul City Company innocent of any financial or legal violations. The damage, however, was done. Progress in Soul City was stalled for almost a year while awaiting the audit results, and, in the bad national economic climate, this delay was hard to overcome. The questions of Soul City's progress also caused HUD to question the entire New Communities program. The media continued its scrutiny of Soul City despite the audit results, and politicians also became involved in questioning Soul City's progress. Ultimately, in 1980, HUD withdrew its backing of Soul City, and the new town could no longer sustain itself. HUD acquired the development and did not pursue further construction.

Collection Overview

The material in the Soul City Collection was brought together over several years by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Department of City and Regional Planning faculty and F. Stuart Chapin, Jr. Planning Library staff. The collection was developed for two reasons: first, to serve as reserve reading for DCRP courses dealing with new towns; and second, to document DCRP's role in the development of Soul City. DCRP's role is captured through inclusion of correspondence among DCRP faculty and McKissick Enterprises staff and through planning proposals produced by DCRP faculty.

Of note in this collection are the 1979 reports of the Soul City Task Force and Avco Community Developers that led to HUD's withdrawal of funds. Soul City's subsequent legal complaint to prevent HUD from acquiring control of Soul City development also appears in the collection. Also of note are the 1969-1972 student papers from UNC Planning students. These papers illustrate not only thoughts about how to develop Soul City, but also how the DCRP used Soul City as a case study in its pedagogy. The entire collection, created, in part, as reserve course reading, further illustrates DCRP pedagogy. Of additional note are the articles and clippings published about Soul City and the promotional publications and newsletters produced by the Soul City Foundation which document the activites and programs of Soul City.

This collection is divided into four series: Student Papers; Planning proposals / reports; Soul City Foundation / Warren Regional Planning Corporation / UNC Department of City and Regional Planning operations; and Publicity. The arrangement is further described below. Individuals and corporations documented in this collection include John A. Parker; David R. Godschalk; David H. Moreau; Floyd B. McKissick; T. T. Clayton; Gordon Carey; Eva M. Clayton; Cecil Sheps; Daniel A. Okun; Hazen and Sawyer Engineers; Hammer, Greene, Siler Associates; the Soul City Foundation; the Warren Regional Planning Corporation; McKissick Enterprises, Inc., and the Department of City and Regional Planning at UNC at Chapel Hill.

Collection Arrangement

1. Student Papers
1.1. Fall 1969
1.2. Fall 1970
1.3. Fall 1971
1.4. Spring 1972
1.5. Undated
1.6. Course Announcements and Correspondence
2. Planning proposals / reports
2.1. Produced by Government Agencies
2.2. Produced by UNC faculty
2.3. Produced by outside consultants
2.4. Produced by Soul City organizations including McKissick Enterprises, Inc., Soul City Foundation, Warren Regional Planning Corporation
3. Operations of Soul City Foundation / Warren Regional Planning Corporation / UNC Department of City and Regional Planning
3.1. Board of Directors and Committee Meetings of Soul City Foundation and Warren Regional Planning Corporation
3.2. General Correspondence
3.3. Department of City and Regional Planning Documents
3.4. Administrative and Legal Documents
3.5. Financial Documents
3.6. Documents Relating to Soul City Events
3.7. Soul City Programming
4. Soul City Publicity and Promotional Material
4.1. Articles and Clippings
4.2. Publicity and promotional items produced by Soul City organizations

Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

African American business enterprises--North Carolina--History--20th century.

African American civic leaders--North Carolina--History--20th century.

African American leadership--History--20th century.

African American leadership--North Carolina.

African Americans--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Carey, Gordon R.

City planning--North Carolina--Soul City.

Civic leaders--North Carolina--History--20th century.

Clayton, Eva M.

Clayton, T. T.

Godschalk, David R.

Hammer, Greene, Siler Associates.

Hazen and Sawyer.

Kaiser, Edward John.

McKissick Enterprises.

McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-

Moreau, David H.

New towns--North Carolina--Soul City--Planning.

Okun, Daniel Alexander.

Parker, John Albert, 1909-

Sheps, Cecil G. (Cecil George), 1913-

Soul City (N.C.)

Soul City Company.

Soul City Foundation.

United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dept. of City and Regional Planning.

Vance County (N.C.)--History.

Warren County (N.C.)--History.

Warren Regional Planning Corporation.

Related Material

Floyd B. McKissick Papers, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, holds a good deal of material on Soul City and the surrounding region.
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Separated Material

The planning process for new town development, Soul City : a planning studio course, fall 1969 Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina.
Now in Davis Library Storage, call number HT168 .S68 N67

Soul City: history of a free standing new community prepared by the Soul City Foundation
Now in Planning Library, call number HT168 .S68 S68

Proposed new community of Soul City, Warren County, North Carolina : final environmental statement prepared by U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, February 1972.
Now in Davis Library, call number HT169.57.U62 S686 1972a

The beginning of a regional planning process The Region K/New Community Program Planning Staff.
Copies in Davis Library, call number NA9125 .N6 N6, and the North Carolina Collection in Wilson Library, call number C917.4 N87p

Soul city: the initial stages: the genesis and first two years of the Soul City project, with questions for the future Prepared by Herman Mixon, Jr., with guidance from Francis H. Parker.
Copies in Davis Library, call number NA9127 .S6 M58, and the North Carolina Collection in Wilson Library, call number Cp971.93 S72m

Guidelines for the provision of facilities and services for Timberlake residents prepared for the Tennessee Valley Authority by Robert B. Zehner and Robert W. Marans
Now in Davis Library, call number NA9127 .T55 Z44

Soil survey, Warren County, North Carolina by W.A. Davis et al., 1942.
Copies in Geological Sciences Library, call number: S591 .A22 ser. 1938 no.2; North Carolina Collection, call number Cp631.09 W29d, Cm912.93 1942, Cp631.09 W29d; Davis Library, microfilm room.

Detailed Description of the Collection

1. Student Papers

3 Boxes

Subseries are arranged chronologically within the Series. Items within subseries, have been kept in original order.

For several semesters, the nascent Soul City was used as a case study for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of City and Regional Planning courses. Planning 222 especially focused on Soul City, requiring graduate students to produce proposals for developing Soul City. The course professors, personally involved with the planning of Soul City, shared the student proposals with Floyd B. McKissick who responded favorably to the work.

Included in this series are student reports, a master's thesis, correspondence about the courses, and course announcements about UNC courses related to Soul City.

1.1. Fall 1969

Folder 1

Planning 222: "Combined Market & Social Services Team Report: 60-40 Team Report," 12 January 1970

Folder 2

Planning 222: "Combined Market & Social Services Team Report: 60-40 Team Report," 12 January 1970. Copy 2

Folder 3

Planning 222: "Market Team Report," January 1970

Folder 4

Planning 222: "Market Team Report," January 1970. Copy 2

Folder 5

Planning 222: "Social Services Team Report," January 1970

Folder 6

Planning 222: "Social Services Team Report," January 1970. Copy 2

1.2. Fall 1970

Folder 7

Planning 222: Table of Contents and Internal Team Organization

Folder 8

Planning 222: #1 Sketchley and Gildea. "Populations, Jobs, and Income in Soul City"

Folder 9

Planning 222: #2 Jenne and Eichle. "A proposed institutional structure for the development of Soul City"

Folder 10

Planning 222: #3 Gildea. "Soul City Developer's cash flow analysis"

Folder 11

Planning 222: #4 Emmi and Bond. "Soul City Economic Model"

Folder 12

Planning 222: #5 Brandenburg, Campbell and Slidell. "A housing strategy: Soul City"

Folder 13

Planning 222: #6 Glover. "Soul City: institutional delivery systems: physical facilities"

Folder 14

Planning 222: #7 Simpson. "Commercial and industrial development"

Folder 15

Planning 222: #8 Davis. "Soul City transportation report"

Folder 16

Planning 222: #9 Campbell. "Parks and recreation for Soul City"

Folder 17

Planning 222: #9a Kent. "Water and sewer plan for Soul City"

Folder 18

Planning 222: #10 Maloney and Sketchley. "Conceptual framework of a social services system for Soul City"

Folder 19

Planning 222: #11 Maloney. "Social services delivery system for Soul City, NC"

Folder 20

Planning 222: #12 Bernard. "Health services for Soul City"

Folder 21

Planning 222: #13 Knight and O'Brien. "Plan for the educational system - Soul City"

Folder 22

Planning 222: #14 Newlin. "Manpower training program"

Folder 23

Planning 222: #15 McLawhorn. "Legal Aid / Peace Keeping"

Folder 24

Planning 222: #16 Orne. "Day Care services in Soul City"

Folder 25

Planning 222: #4 Emmi and Bond. "Soul City economic model." Copy 2

Folder 26

Planning 222: Table of Contents, #2, #6, #7, #9, #9a, #10. Copy 2

Folder 27

Planning 222: #11, #12, #13, #16. Copy 2

Folder 28

Planning 222: Evaluations of reports

1.3. Fall 1971

Folder 29

Planning 222: Jacobson. "Industrial inventory and development strategy"

Folder 30

Planning 222: Penny. "Manpower Development plan"

Folder 31

Planning 222: Lewis. "Possible means of controlling growth - speculative and incomplete - for Soul City and the region"

Folder 32

Planning 222: Burns and Gerber. "Development guidance strategy"

Folder 33

Planning 222: Holland. "Transportation system for comprehensive health services"

Folder 34

Planning 222: Cunningham. "A social guidance system for Soul City: An operational framework for social service planning"

Folder 35

Rubin. "Office of economic opportunity research and development proposal" [Day care proposal for Soul City]

1.4. Spring 1972

Folder 36

Alston. "A strategy for legitimate citizen participation in economic growth" - Master's thesis

1.5. Undated

Folder 37

Planning 244: Bodnar & Wassenich. "A guidance system for the planned community planner"

1.6. Correspondence and Course Announcements

Folder 38

Course Announcements and Correspondence

2. Planning Proposals

5 Boxes

Subseries are arranged by producer of the report. Items within subseries are arranged chronologically.

Numerous planning reports and proposals were consulted and produced during the development of Soul City. Documents created by government agencies about comparable or neighboring regions as well as about Soul City itself are included in the Soul City Collection. Planning proposals on Soul City were also produced by University of North Carolina faculty, outside consultants (around half of the reports from outside consultants were produced by Hammer, Greene, and Siler), and Soul City organizations including McKissick Enterprises, Inc., Soul City Foundation, and Warren Regional Planning Corporation.

This series is comprised almost entirely of reports. Some maps and blueprints, however, appear as report attachments. Additionally, some reports include correspondence in the form of cover letters introducing the report to colleagues. As much as possible, these materials have been kept together.

2.1. Reports / Proposals Produced by Government Agencies

Folder 39

Warren County. Subdivision regulations, 2 April 1962

Folder 40

Warren County Planning Board. Overall economic development program for Warren County, 13 August 1962

Folder 41

N.C. Department of Conservation and Development. Development plan for Lake Gaston, January 1964

Folder 42

North Carolina Fund. "Operation uplift-human resources from Warren County, N.C.," 1964

Folder 43

Sponsored by Agricultural Policy Institute, NC State University in Cooperation with State Planning Task Force of N.C., State of S.C., GA Board of Industry and Trade. Economic development potentials of the Atlantic Coastal Plains Region, June 1967

Folder 44

Soul City environs: county road map of Vance and Warren Counties, N.C., 1968

Folder 45

Coastal Plains Regional Commission. "Regional development plan," 19 December 1968

Folder 46

Tennessee Valley Authority. Timberlake reports, 8 October 1969 (2 copies)

Folder 47

U.S. Department of Agriculture. Soil survey for Soul City, 1969. Technical version (3 copies)

Folder 48

U.S. Department of Agriculture. Soil survey for Soul City, 1969. Non-Technical version (2 copies)

Folder 49

North Carolina data file, circa 1970

Folder 50

State of North Carolina. Industrial site guidelines, January 1970; Checklist for industrial development teams

Folder 51

N.C. Dept. of Administration. State Planning Division. Kerr-Tar regional data, July 1971

Folder 52

N.C. Dept. of Administration. State Planning Division. Kerr-Tar regional data, July 1971. Copy 2

Folder 53

Department of Housing and Urban Development. "Draft environmental statement Soul City," 1971

2.2. Reports / Proposals Produced by University of North Carolina faculty

Folder 54

Moreau and Patton. "Preliminary information on Soul City water resources," 10 March 1969

Folder 55

Donnelly. "Computer-aided real estate development management," 11 February 1970

Folder 56

Donnelly. "Multiple discounted rates of return in cash flow computer models," 28 February 1970

Folder 57

Green, Phillip Palmer. "How govern Soul City? Report of organization studies for region K/New Community program (NCP-142)," September 1971. Part 1

Folder 58

Green, Phillip Palmer. "How govern Soul City? Report of organization studies for region K/New Community program (NCP-142)," September 1971. Part 2

Folder 59

Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering School of Public Health, UNC. "Approaches to protection of the environment of soul City, North Carolina," June 1973

2.3. Reports / Proposals Produced by Outside Consultants

Folder 60

Hammer, Green, and Siler. "Soul City: potential for economic base development," circa December 1968-January 1969

Folder 61

Whitman, Dale. "Soul City Federal Assistance and Desirability of Incorporation," 8 April 1969 (2 copies)

Folder 62

Hammer, Green, and Siler. "Preliminary draft: Soul City development proposals," 14 October 1969

Folder 63

Hammer, Green, and Siler. "Economic base study of the Soul City, N.C.," December 1969

Folder 64

Hazen and Sawyer. "Report on water supply, sewerage, and storm drainage, Soul City, N.C.," 22 December 1969 (2 copies)

Folder 65

Davis, James Edgar. "Soul City transportation," circa 1969

Folder 66

Hammer, Green, and Siler. "Population projection for Vance and Warren Counties, N.C. A report on trends projection methodology and assumptions," 19 May 1971

Folder 67

Hammer, Green, and Siler. "Study area housing market. Region K new community," September 1971

Folder 68

Hammer, Green, and Siler. "Industrial feasibility study-Region K-new community," October 1971

Folder 69

Urban Interface Group. "Feasibility study for the development of Soul City, North Carolina." Prepared for Department of Housing and Urban Development, 6 December 1971

Folder 70

Urban Interface Group. "Feasibility study for the development of Soul City, North Carolina." Prepared for Department of Housing and Urban Development, 6 December 1971. Copy 2

Folder 71

Housing Innovations, Inc. "Report on growth center circulation (work element D-2)," December 1971

Folder 72

Hazen and Sawyer Engineers. "Application to the North Carolina Office of Water and Air Resources and State Board of Health," 20 July 1972

Folder 73

Hazen and Sawyer. Soul City, North Carolina water and sewer systems location plans. Blueprints. [Accompanies Folder 72's application], 21 July 1972

Folder 74

Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc. "Developing employment base strategies for new communities." Prepared for Department of Housing and Urban Development, circa 1975

Folder 75

Soul City Task Force. "Report of the Soul City task force." Prepared for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, June 1979

Folder 76

Avco Community Developers. "Analysis of financial viability of Soul City and costs ramifications of alternative proposals." Prepared for Department of Housing and Urban Development. [Appendix to folder 75], 20 June 1979

2.4. Reports / Proposals Produced by Soul City organizations including McKissick Enterprises, Inc., Soul City Foundation, Warren Regional Planning Corporation

Folder 77

McKissick Enterprises, Inc. "A proposal for the development of a new town," 3 January 1969. (3 copies)

Folder 78

McKissick Enterprises, Inc. "Basic Methodological Approach for Planning Soul City"; "A proposal for planning funds to develop Soul City," 24 August 1969

Folder 79

McKissick Enterprises, Inc. "A proposal for planning funds to develop Soul City," 24 August 1969. Copy 2

Folder 80

McKissick Enterprises, Inc. "Investigation of water supply, sewage disposal, and storm drainage requirements," November 1969. Incomplete draft

Folder 81

McKissick Enterprises, Inc. "Work program for Soul City impact area." Submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1 December 1969

Folder 82

Proposed site locations for communities. Blueprint, 15 April 1970

Folder 83

Community site location. Blueprint, 15 April 1970

Folder 84

Warren Regional Planning Commission. Summary Report of New Community Planning, "Chapter VI: financial programming," October 1971

Folder 85

Warren Regional Planning Corporation. Summary Report of New Community Planning, "Chapter VI: Financial Programming," October 1971. Copy 2

Folder 86

Soul City Foundation. "Preliminary proposal for a comprehensive health services program in Warren and Vance counties, N.C.," 7 January 1972

Folder 87

Soul City Foundation. "Preliminary proposal for a comprehensive health services program in Warren and Vance counties, N.C.," Possible early draft of Folder 86

Folder 88

Soul City Company. "Detailed development and marketing strategy for achieving a primary job base," December 1972

Folder 89

Warren Regional Planning Commission. "Report to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Minority Business Enterprise," June 1976

Folder 90

Soul City Company. "Complaint and order temporarily restraining the Department of Housing and Urban Development from taking any actions regarding Soul City for ten days." Suit filed, 17 August 1979. Hearing scheduled, 27 August 1979

3. Operations of Soul City Foundation / Warren Regional Planning Corporation / Department of City and Regional Planning

1.5 Boxes

Subseries are arranged by content. Items within subseries are arranged chronologically where applicable.

The material in this series further documents the role played by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Department of City and Regional Planning (DCRP) in the planning of Soul City. After Floyd B. McKissick's request for advice and consultation, faculty members, especially John A. Parker (Jack), became heavily involved with planning Soul City, serving on boards and committees for the Soul City Foundation and the Warren Regional Planning Corporation, and organizing events. This series also documents the activities of the Soul City Foundation Board of Directors. The material in this series also relates information about Soul City finances, administration, and programming.

This series is comprised of meeting minutes; correspondence; planning documents; administrative documents; legal documents; financial documents; event invitations and programs; and material related to Soul City programming.

3.1. Soul City Foundation and Warren Regional Planning Corporation Board of Directors and Committee Meetings

Folder 91

Soul City Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, 22 March 1969

Folder 92

Soul City Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, 3 October 1969

Folder 93

Soul City Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, 6 March 1970

Folder 94

Soul City Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, 18 May 1970

Folder 95

Soul City Foundation Organizational Committee Meeting, 3 August 1970

Folder 96

Soul City Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, 29 January 1971

Folder 97

Soul City Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, 5 March 1971

Folder 98

Soul City Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, 16 June 1971

Folder 99

Soul City Foundation Expenses, 31 August 1971

Folder 100

Soul City Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, 2 March 1973

Folder 101

Soul City Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, 13 June 1973

Folder 102

Soul City Foundation Ad Hoc Committee Meeting, 19 September 1973

Folder 103

Soul City Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, 19 October 1973

Folder 104

Soul City Foundation Executive Committee Meeting, 26 November 1973

Folder 105

Soul City Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, 14 December 1973

Folder 106

Soul City Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, 8 March 1974

Folder 107

Soul City Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, 28 June 1974

Folder 108

Warren Regional Planning Corporation Board Meetings, 1973

3.2. General Correspondence

Folder 109

General correspondence primarily among Department of City and Regional Planning faculty and McKissick Enterprises, Inc. staff, 16 January 1969-8 October 1969

Folder 110

General correspondence primarily among Department of City and Regional Planning faculty and McKissick Enterprises, Inc. staff, 15 October 1969-20 December 1969

Folder 111

General correspondence primarily among Department of City and Regional Planning faculty and McKissick Enterprises, Inc. staff, 1970-1971

Folder 112

General correspondence primarily between Eva Clayton and John Parker, 1973-1974

Folder 113

Miscellaneous Notes, Undated

3.3. Documents from the Department of City and Regional Planning

Folder 114

Soul City Task Force, February 1969

Folder 115

Soul City Economic Model Reports, July 1969-November 1969

3.4. Administrative and Legal Documents

Folder 116

Contract between Soul City Foundation and Warren Regional Planning Corporation, 22 February 1971

Folder 117

Soul City Foundation, administrative manual

Folder 118

Covenants, restrictions, easements charges and liens of Soul City, North Carolina. 1975. (2 copies)

Folder 119

Job descriptions and applications, December 1969-September 1970

3.5. Financial Documents

Folder 120

Documents relating to Soul City Foundation's application for Section 501 C-3 tax-exempt status, October 1969-February 1970

Folder 121

Documents relating to Soul City Foundation's application for Section 701(a) planning funds, October 1969-November 1969

Folder 122

Soul City financial information, November 1973-February 1974

3.6. Documents Relating to Soul City Events

Folder 123

Soul City Planning Conferences, 21-22 February 1969; 21-22 March 1969

Folder 124

Event announcements and invitations, 1973-1974; undated

3.7. Soul City Programming

Folder 125

Soul City Summer Project, 26 August 1970

Folder 126

"A proposal for the development of an African-American Cultural Trade Center at Soul City, North Carolina," April 1979

4. Soul City Publicity and Promotional Material

0.5 Boxes

Subseries are arranged by producer. Items within subseries are arranged chronologically where applicable.

This series documents the publicizing of Soul City both through articles in print media and through promotional items produced by Soul City. Several articles were maintained in separate folders by the Planning Library staff. Other clippings were interspersed throughout various folders. Individual article folders have been retained. Clippings have been photocopied and grouped into one folder. In some instances, photocopies of articles are all that remain in the collection.

Five articles that were listed on the original inventory for the collection had gone missing. The journals and newspapers in which they originally appeared were located in UNC libraries, and copies of the articles have been re-added to the Soul City Collection. These five articles appear in the Folder 127. Three of them were on microfilm, and the photocopies are difficult to read. Users may wish to consult the microfilm in the North Carolina Collection themselves for:

-Olive, Cornelia. "Planning phase nears end for Black new town" and "The philosophy of Soul City is 'I've got a right to dream'," Durham Morning Herald, 29 August 1971
-Hunt, Marvin. "The resurrection of Soul City: a parable of power," Spectator Magazine, 12 November 1987
-"Soul City growing, not dying," Herald-Sun, 10 June 1991

This series is comprised of newspaper clippings, journal articles, brochures, newsletters, and other promotional material

4.1. Articles and clippings

Folder 127

General Clippings, August 1968-10 June 1991

Folder 128

Miscellaneous material and Undated clippings.

Folder 129

"Black Capitalism and Soul City, NC," The North Carolina Anvil, 19 April 1969

Folder 130

"Communities," "Floyd McKissick is planning a new city with soul," City, October 1969

Folder 131

"Soul City ends year on target." Urban Enterprise, January 1970

Folder 132

"Soul City's need is green power," Business Week, 17 January 1970

Folder 133

"New towns need industry savvy to grow and survive," Modern Manufacturing, May 1970

Folder 134

"New towns as 'self-sufficient' growth centers-dreams or reality?" Urban and Social Change Review, Fall 1971 (2 copies)

Folder 135

"Money, mind and soul make one city," Harvard Law School Bulletin, October 1971

Folder 136

"Urban life in new and renewing communities," June-July 1972

Folder 137

Wall Street Journal article, 31 July 1974 and Eva Clayton's responding Letter to the Editor, 2 August 1974

Folder 138

"Soul City…Fight for credibility," Greensboro Daily News, 19 November 1978

Folder 139

Wall Street Journal article, 19 April 1979 and Floyd McKissick's responding Letter to the Editor, 23 April 1979

Folder 140

"1,300 jobs, 85 homes forecast at soul city by new investors," Durham Morning Herald, 15 February 1989

4.2. Publicity and Promotional Items produced by Soul City companies

Folder 141

Von Blaine, McKissick & Associates. Soul City press releases. January 1969

Folder 142

The Soul City Sounder, Soul City Newsletter, Soul City News, 1971-1976

Folder 143

Soul City, North Carolina, the bold new alternative: folder of promotional material for press conference, 20 March 1975

Folder 144

Soul City North Carolina: the bold new alternative, promotional packet

Folder 145

"Soul City: Present at the creation", 1973

Folder 146

Miscellaneous brochures and promotional material.