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Community development, Urban.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Abner D. Silverman publications

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064930088]
Identifier: 3539
Scope and content

Speeches, reports, papers, memoranda and notes, articles, books and pamphlets by Abner D. Silverman, concerning public housing, neighborhood development, housing for the aged, housing policy, housing legislation, housing for low-income families, and housing authorities.

Dates: 1953-1971.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Abner D. Silverman publications

Forest Hills Gardens Corporation records

 Collection
Identifier: 2775
Abstract

Collection includes materials relating to the history of Forest Hills Gardens, a planned residential community in Queens, New York that was devleloped by the Russel Sage Foundation in 1908.

Dates: 1922-1979,-1922-1958 (bulk)
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Forest Hills Gardens Corporation records

Forest Hills Gardens (New York, N.Y.) records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2495
Abstract

Brochures, specifications, declarations of restrictions, and blueprints of homes in Forest Hills Gardens.

Dates: 1900 - 1970; Majority of material found within 1911 - 1919
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Forest Hills Gardens (New York, N.Y.) records

John Nolen pamphlet collection

 Collection
Identifier: 6337
Abstract

Pamphlets relating to city planning and affiliated issues collected by John Nolen in the course of his career.

Dates: Undated
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / John Nolen pamphlet collection

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.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / John Nolen papers

Marcou, O'Leary and Associates reports

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924088358746]
Identifier: 6551
Scope and content Planning reports (14) for projects including the preservation of the Vieux Carre, in New Orleans; Downtown Development plans for Memphis and Schenectady; regional planning for Richmond Va.; New Towns planning for Fort Lincoln, Washington, D.C.; neighborhood revitalization programs for Rochester, N.Y. and Lawndale Center, Chicago, Ill.; regional planning reports for Cohoes, N.Y.; northeastern Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Pa., and Tulsa, Oklahoma; River Edge Study for Davenport, Iowa;...
Dates: 1967-1974.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Marcou, O'Leary and Associates reports

Paul Davidoff papers

 Collection — Box 27: [Barcode: 31924065340170]
Identifier: 4250
Abstract

Papers relating to Paul Davidoff's career as a city planner, including his civil rights activism on housing discrimination.

Dates: 1951-1985.
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Paul Davidoff papers

Reston, Virginia publications

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064940871]
Identifier: 2686
Scope and content

Maps, reprints of articles from newspapers and periodicals, and the Reston Information Service publication, "Press Biography - Major articles and stories about the new town of Reston, Va."

Dates: [ca.1962-1967].
Found in: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections / Reston, Virginia publications

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