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Research,, 1922-1947

 File — Box: 14

Scope and Contents

Primarily included are pamphlets on labor, housing, city planning, natural resources, real estate and land valuation, taxation and state and city information. Among these are the "Survey of Low-Rent Housing Needs" of Providence, R.I. (1941), several Dept. of Labor annual reports (1935, 1943, 1944), several Natural Resources studies, metropolitan sewer reports and "Manual of Public Works Records and Administrative Practice." Also included were "City Plans of White Plains" (1928), Real Estate Magazine (1922), Industrial Canada (1927), "Distribution of State Collection Taxes Shared with Cities and Towns" of Mass. (1944), "Tax Delinquency in Illinois with Particular Reference to Cook County" (1939), the Tax Institute's Publication Tax Policy (1939, 1944), and the National Muncipal Review(1936, 1944). Among articles of city and state information were a complete market analysis of Dallas and the great Southwest, "New York State Conference of Mayor's" report (1939), Municipal Practice in European Cities, "The Illinois Revenue System" (1981-1936), "Your State" and the Almanac of Rhode Island, four copies of Government Research Bulletin (1942), The American Political Science Review (1942), and the "President's Committee on Administrative Management" (1937)

Dates

  • 1922-1947

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

31 cubic feet. (31 cubic feet.)

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
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