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City planning.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Clarence Stein papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3600
Abstract

Contains job files relating to Clarence Stein's work as an architect and city planner, along with writings, including material pertaining to his book, Toward New Towns for America. Also contains personal and professional correspondence; correspondence and photographs pertaining to travels in China and the Far East; photographs of Stein, friends, and family; and medals, certificates, and pins.

Dates: 1905-1983.

G. Coleman Woodbury papers

 Collection
Identifier: 4931
Abstract Correspondence, articles and drafts of articles, biographical material, book reviews, research proposals, syllabi, speeches, and other papers pertaining to city planning, public housing, and government policy. Includes material on the National Housing Agency, the Illinois Housing Authority, the Redevelopment Council of America, the Institute for Research in Land Economics and Public Utilities, the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies, and Northwestern University. Correspondents include...
Dates: ca. 1920-1980.

Gordon Stephenson papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3999

Henry Wright papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2736
Abstract

Includes project descriptions and reports on garden cities, housing research; the relation of city planning to architecture; article notes written jointly with Lewis Mumford; and biographical material.

Dates: 1907-1960,-1907-1938 (bulk)

John Nolen papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2903
Abstract Collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, letterbooks, addresses, biographical data, diaries, scrapbooks, school notes and textbooks, syllabi, lectures and outlines, typescript papers and articles, printed material, policy directives, card files, sample contracts, projects files and reports, slides, photographs, negatives, plans, blueprints, drawings, charts, and maps relating to Nolen's work in city planning, preservation, survey projects, zoning, and extension...
Dates: 1890-1938, 1954-1960.

Justin R. Hartzog papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2407
Abstract

Correspondence, reports, blueprints, whiteprints, maps, pamphlets, monographs, and newspaper clippings mainly concerning his association (1922-1937) with John Nolen.

Dates: 1917-1966.

Russell Van Nest Black papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3018
Abstract

Correspondence, reports, notes, questionnaires, articles, maps, contracts, pamphlets, brochures, ordinances, and legal notices related to city and state planning, primarily in the mid-Atlantic states. In addition to his private practice, papers deal with Black's membership in the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco; participation in the initial activities of the Regional Plan Association of San Francisco Bay Counties.

Dates: 1919-1968.

Warren Jay Vinton papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2946
Abstract Consists primarily of correspondence, memoranda, telegrams, minutes, reports, pamphlets, programs, newsletters, membership lists, reprints, speeches, press releases, broadsides, clippings, photographs, and copies of legislative hearings and bills documenting Vinton's active role in designing and implementing federal housing policies from 1935 to 1957. Papers concern many aspects of governmental activity in the public housing area, including low-income housing, defense housing, housing for...
Dates: 1932-1969.