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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.

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Reports, speeches, papers and offprints of published articles by Frederick T. Aschman, including material concerning urban transportation. Also, studies, papers and articles by Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.

Scope and content Four papers by Gene M. Randich: "A Step Toward Systems Engineering," n.d.; "Interchanges of the Future," 34th Annual Conference of New York Association of Transportation Engineers, Kiamesha Lake, New York, May 3, 1975; "Multi-disciplined Approach, A Changing Concept," Fourth Annual Intra-Company Transportation Plannning Seminar," n.d.; and Site Conditions Affecting Rapid Transit Construction in the CBD," Conference in Underground Construction Techniques for Transportation Systems," Chicago,...

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Two reports:"Street Transportation in Chicago: An Analysis of Administrative Organization and Procedure, Prepared for Northwestern Traffic Institute," by George W. Barton, 1948, and "City's Traffic Efficiency Increased by New Street System in Oklahoma," by George W. Barton and J.H. Robinson, TRAFFIC QUARTERLY, January 1957.

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Bibliography and publications of Harold M. Mayer, including material concerning city planning, inland water transportation, urban transportation, and city and transportation planning in Chicago.

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Correspondence, speeches, lectures, and publications about transportation issues in regional planning. Also curriculum vitae.

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Publications of Rodney Engelen, and reports of Barton-Aschman Associates, primarily concerning urban transportation, regional transportation development, land valuation and other aspects of city and regional planning.

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Reports by Leonard concerning housing, streets, innovations in construction technology, and property taxes.