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American Institute of Planners records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4007

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Primarily files of American Institute of Planners executive offices, departments, and committees, this collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, bylaws, policy statements, contracts, proposals, bills and receipts, publications by AIP and other organizations, drafts, articles, reviews, surveys, and other materials relating to the activities of AIP and its local chapters. Included are materials pertaining to the National Membership Standards Committee, the National Student Steering Committee, and other AIP committees; AIP departments, especially the Planning Education Department; the National Planning Board and its successors, the National Resources Board (1934) and the National Resources Committee (1935); the Planning Foundation of America and the AIP Foundation; the American Society of Planning Officials, which shared many programs with AIP until their merger in 1978 as the American Planning Association; the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Environmental Protection Agency, and other government agencies; the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning; Planners for Equal Opportunity; Aid to Minority Planning Students; Advocate Planners; Planners Roll Call; and many other organizations active in planning and related fields.

Subjects represented include educational and career opportunites for women and minorities in planning; grants and fellowships; continuing education; planning awards; AIP annual meetings; AIP conferences (including talks as well as files); AIP's 50th anniversary; AIP membership standards, registration, and role in the planning profession; certification of educational institutions offering degrees in planning; professional development; professional ethics; housing; regional planning; environmental issues; and related topics.

First day cover (stamp) for the 50th Anniversary of the American Institute of Planners, 1967.

Includes three 16 mm films.

Dates

  • 1934-1978.

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

83.4 cubic feet. (83.4 cubic feet.)

Abstract

Primarily files of American Institute of Planners executive offices, departments, and committees, this collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, bylaws, policy statements, contracts, proposals, bills and receipts, publications by AIP and other organizations, drafts, articles, reviews, surveys, and other materials relating to the activities of AIP and its local chapters. Subjects represented include educational and career opportunites for women and minorities in planning; grants and fellowships; continuing education; planning awards; AIP annual meetings; AIP conferences (including talks as well as files); AIP's 50th anniversary; AIP membership standards, registration, and role in the planning profession; certification of educational institutions offering degrees in planning; professional development; professional ethics; housing; regional planning; environmental issues; and related topics.

SERIES LIST

Series I. General AIP Files
Boxes 1-76, 84
Series II. ASPO-Ford Foundation Fellowship Program
Boxes 76-78
Series III. Applications from universities with planning programs for AIP recognition
Box 79
Series IV. Publications
Box 80-83
Series V. Films
F-1620-1622

RELATED MATERIAL

See also: Guide to the American Society of Planning Officials Records ( collection #3247) and the Guide to the American Planning Association Records ( collection #4075).

Physical Description

Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, bylaws, policy statements, contracts, proposals, bills and receipts, publications, drafts, articles, reviews, surveys, and other materials.

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
T.A. Gobert, M.E. Warren
Date completed:
May 1988
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, April 2002 Julia Guarneri, July 2002
Date modified:
Jude Corina, July 2017
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by T.A. Gobert, M.E. Warren
Date
April 2002
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
ENG

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)