Christian Bauer Collection on the Orange County Big Box Store Task Force
Scope and Contents
Series I; Meeting Files, 2006 contains meetings minutes, agendas, ordinances, and PowerPoint presentations documenting the work of the task force.
Series II; News Clipping and Pamphlets, 2006-2007 contains newspaper clippings that followed the meetings of the task force and pamphlets that were produced by Wal-Mart to oppose the ordinance.
Dates
- created: 2006-2007
Creator
- Bauer, Christian S., Jr., 1944-2016 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The entire collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Biographical or Historical Information
Christian Bauer was a professor of computer engineering at the University of Central Florida from 1970 through 2008, when he retired. He served on this Task Force, which was to regulate Big Box stores. These ordinances included regulating how far these stores were built from schools and residential housing, controlling of street lights, regulating carts, controlling traffic, and landscaping. The Orange County Commissioners eventually failed to pass these regulations for the Big Box stores.
Extent
0.5 Linear Feet (1 Box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Christian Bauer is a University of Central Florida Professor who was on the Task Force that wrote numerous ordinances to regulate Big Box Stores. He collected meeting minutes and newspaper clippings that documented the work of the Task Force.
Arrangement Note
The collection is arranged in two series by type of document.
Method of Acquisition
Christian Bauer donated these materials to the University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives in 2007 (CFM2007_09).
Processing Information
Collection processed by Michell Cortes; finding aid prepared by Michell Cortes. Files in Binder were put into pH neutral folders. Newspaper clippings were cut out and put together with a plastic paper clip. Then the collection was put into a pH neutral box.
Subject
- Orange County Big Box Store Task Force (Organization)
- Title
- Christian Bauer Collection on the Orange County Big Box Store Task Force
- Author
- Michelle Cortes
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the UCF Special Collections Repository
Special Collections & University Archives
University of Central Florida Libraries
P.O. Box 162666
Orlando Florida 32816-2666 US
(407) 823-2576
speccoll@ucf.edu