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.

Correspondence between Alfred Bettman and officials of the Federal Housing Administration; findings of committees; reports; legislative acts; proposals; agenda; proceedings of the Conference on City Planning Administration in Chicago; correspondence as Director of City Planning, City and County of San Francisco and of the Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Planning Commission; speeches; and scrapbooks.