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New York (N.Y.) -- City planning.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Arthur Cort Holden papers

 Collection — Mapcase folder 5: [Barcode: 31924113955359]
Identifier: 3748
Abstract Collection includes extensive correspondence, blueprints, sketches, drawings, financial records, and photographs from Holden's private practice around New York City; correspondence, articles, surveys and reports documenting his service on many boards, committees, and commissions. Also included are drafts and copies of articles and books including The Settlement Idea and Sonnets for My City; and a bound volume, "Are Bankers Credit Allocators?", of photocopies of a collection of commentaries,...
Dates: 1920-1987.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Arthur Cort Holden papers

Charles Carsten Platt and Frederick Putnam Platt papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2852
Abstract

Charles Carsten Platt (Cornell University Class of 1901) and his brother, Frederick P. Platt, headed F.P. Platt & Brother, an architecture firm. The collection is mostly a file of jobs done by the Platts. Also includes insurance records, paid bills, cancelled checks, and blueprints and drawings.

Dates: [ca. 1937-1955].
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Charles Carsten Platt and Frederick Putnam Platt papers

Clarence Arthur Perry lantern slides

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3442
Abstract

Lantern slides used by Perry to accompany his lectures on city planning. Most depict scenes in and around New York City, and many depict Forest Hills Gardens. There are also slides of plans, charts, and narrative.

Dates: [ca.1914-1937]
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Clarence Arthur Perry lantern slides

Edward M. Bassett papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2708
Abstract Correspondence, books, articles, reports, legal briefs transcripts, and scrapbooks dealing with Bassett's tenure as a U.S. Congressman, 1902-1905, and his membership on committees and boards including the Public Service Commission of New York, the Brooklyn Committee on City Plan, the Zoning Committee of the City of New York, and the Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs Committee. Papers deal primarily with zoning and city planning in New York City. Also includes many articles, reports...
Dates: 1892-1948.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Edward M. Bassett papers

Harold MacLean Lewis papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3648
Scope and content

Lectures, talks, and papers; planning reports by Harold M. Lewis and others; job files including contracts and zoning ordinances; reference materials, notebooks, and clippings. Also, plans, drawings, and slides; and bound volumes of the New York Regional Plan of 1928-1929.

Dates: [ca.1922]-1967.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Harold MacLean Lewis papers

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