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City planning -- Washington (D.C.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Elbert Peets papers

 Collection — Volume 1: [Barcode: 31924064723376]
Identifier: 2772
Abstract

Includes correspondence, reports, clippings, photographs, plans, and drawings related to projects on which Peets worked; material on the L'Enfant plan for Washington, D.C., of which Peets was a major proponent and guardian; material related to articles and books by or about Peets, including photographs and negatives from the book Civic Art; and personal correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and family papers.

Dates: 1883-1983,-1904-1974 (bulk)

Francis Dodd McHugh papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3282
Scope and content

Planning reports, maps, plans, files, working papers, books, and personal papers of Francis Dodd McHugh concerning his career in city planning and his practice as a consultant on community and regional development.

Dates: 1907-1978.

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.

John Tasker Howard papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3861
Scope and content

Articles and papers on city and regional planning topics, particularly relating to Cleveland, Boston, and Washington, D.C. Also, two volumes of course outlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Dates: 1934-1983.

Knox Banner papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3581
Scope and content

Mostly correspondence, reports, and printed material concerning the National Capital Downtown Committee, Washington, D.C.; also other materials related to city planning in Virginia and Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1956-1982.

Max Siler Wehrly papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924065228227]
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.