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Max Siler Wehrly papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 4235

Scope and content

Speeches and articles, 1950-1970; typescript of "A Study of Planned Communities," by Comey and Wehrly, for the Research Committee on Urbanism, National Resources Committee, 1936; miscellaneous manuscripts; and biographical information.

Dates

  • 1935-1970.

Creator

Biographical / Historical

City planner, engineer. Max S. Wehrly is a consultant to the Urban Land Institute. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and holds a Master's degree from the Harvard School of City Planning. He was a member of the National Capital Regional Planning Council from 1953 to 1961 and its chairman in 1955. He has served as a member of the Northern Virginia Planning and Economic Development Commission, the Arlington County, Virginia, Planning Commission, the Board of Governors of the American Institute of Planners, and the Building Research Advisory Board of the National Academy of Sciences, as well as numerous Federal government committees on housing, community facilities, urban renewal, and the Census. He is a member of the George Washington Chapter of Lambda Alpha and served as its president.

Extent

.5 cubic feet. (.5 cubic feet.)

Language of Materials

English

Description rules
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Language of description
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Script of description
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Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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