Scope and content

Seven tape recordings of a program at the Cornell College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, September 30-October 1, 1977, including presentations by students; reminiscences of alumni Robert Alexander (Class of 1930), Edmund Bacon (1932), and Henri Jova (1941), chaired by Harry Wade (1927); addresses by Jason Seley, Donald Greenberg, Frank Rhodes, and Nathaniel A. Owings; College Advisory Council and Alumni Assembly meetings; and reunion interviews.

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...