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Box 1

 Container

Contains 125 Results:

American Planning and Civic Association passage of a resolution of sorrow, February 5, 1946 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection:

Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and plans produced and collected by Harold Caparn. Also includes secondary materials relating to Harold Caparn such as photographs, postcards, and publications. In addition, the collection includes materials related to other members of the Caparn-Chamberlain family who were involved in horticulture, landscape design, and the arts, such as William John Caparne, Thomas John Caparn, and Rhys Caparn.

Dates: February 5, 1946

Letter in the New York Times - "WHY NEW YORK IS UGLY" from August 2, 1904 (copy) Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection:

Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and plans produced and collected by Harold Caparn. Also includes secondary materials relating to Harold Caparn such as photographs, postcards, and publications. In addition, the collection includes materials related to other members of the Caparn-Chamberlain family who were involved in horticulture, landscape design, and the arts, such as William John Caparne, Thomas John Caparn, and Rhys Caparn.

Dates: [ca. 1880s-1990s]

Letter in the New York Times - "High Bridge" from December 7, 1916 (copy) Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection:

Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and plans produced and collected by Harold Caparn. Also includes secondary materials relating to Harold Caparn such as photographs, postcards, and publications. In addition, the collection includes materials related to other members of the Caparn-Chamberlain family who were involved in horticulture, landscape design, and the arts, such as William John Caparne, Thomas John Caparn, and Rhys Caparn.

Dates: [ca. 1880s-1990s]

Letter to Mayor LaGuardia, October 1935 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Regarding the problem of smoke pollution in New York City. Response is written by Stanley Howe, the Secretary to the Mayor

Dates: October 1935

Letter in the New York Harold-Tribune - "Willkie, Then Dewey", March 4, 1944 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection:

Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and plans produced and collected by Harold Caparn. Also includes secondary materials relating to Harold Caparn such as photographs, postcards, and publications. In addition, the collection includes materials related to other members of the Caparn-Chamberlain family who were involved in horticulture, landscape design, and the arts, such as William John Caparne, Thomas John Caparn, and Rhys Caparn.

Dates: March 4, 1944

Letter in the New York Harold - Tribune - " To Protect the Parks", June 28, 1944 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Regarding Park Commissioner Robert Moses' findings of youth vandalism of parks.

Dates: June 28, 1944

Material related to Jackson Hole Monument, June-July 1944 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection:

Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, and plans produced and collected by Harold Caparn. Also includes secondary materials relating to Harold Caparn such as photographs, postcards, and publications. In addition, the collection includes materials related to other members of the Caparn-Chamberlain family who were involved in horticulture, landscape design, and the arts, such as William John Caparne, Thomas John Caparn, and Rhys Caparn.

Dates: June-July 1944

Letter in the New York Harold-Tribune - "Scientific Approach Needed", September 13, 1944 Request Item

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents

Regarding the "Advertising Council's campaign against venereal diseases.

Dates: September 13, 1944