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[Identification of item], in the David R. Godschalk Collection on Soul City, N.C. #40457, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Received from David R. Godschalk in September 2015 (RT 20150925.1).

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

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• City planning--North Carolina--Soul City.
• Godschalk, David R.
• McKissick, Floyd B. (Floyd Bixler), 1922-1991.
• New towns--North Carolina--Soul City.
• Soul City (N.C.)--History.

David R. Godschalk, white professor emeritus in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a city planner whose research focuses on growth management and land use planning, hazard mitigation and coastal management, and dispute resolution and public participation.

In 1969, Godschalk became involved in planning Soul City, a model city project in rural Warren County, N.C. Development of the planned community had been proposed by African American attorney and civil rights leader Floyd B. McKissick of Durham, N.C. and was funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Godschalk served on the Warren Regional Planning Corporation.

The collection of city planner and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor emeritus David R. Godschalk contains correspondence, memos, meeting minutes, bulletins, drafts of economic development models, notes, reports, printed items, photographs, and newspaper clippings related to Godschalk's work with the Warren Regional Planning Corporation on the development of Soul City, a planned community and model city in Warren County, N.C. Many documents pertain to African American attorney and civil rights leader Floyd B. McKissick of Durham, N.C., who proposed and led the effort to develop Soul City. Also included are materials for Godschalk's course titled "Planning Management and Design" (PL 22) at UNC Chapel Hill. Students in this 1969 course participated in the Soul City planning efforts.