Register of the Better Homes in America records

Finding aid prepared by Ronald Bulatoff

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

Title: Better Homes in America records

Date (inclusive): 1923-1935

Collection Number: XX395

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 59 manuscript boxes, 19 oversize boxes (45.4 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, press releases, expense statements, clippings, pamphlets, and photographs, relating to home ownership in the United States. Includes correspondence of Herbert Hoover as president, and Marie M. Meloney as organizer, of the association.

Creator: Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

Creator: Meloney, Marie M.

Creator: Better Homes in America

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Acquisition Information

Acquired.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Better Homes in America records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Alternative Form Available

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Historical Note

Private organization to encourage individual and community efforts at home improvement in the United States.

Scope and Content Note

The Better Homes Movement was initiated in 1922. This plan for encouraging local communities to undertake demonstrations for home improvement was developed by Marie M. Meloney, then editor of the national circulation magazine The Delineator. The first national campaign was held from October 9 to 14, 1922. The second campaign was shifted from fall to spring and was scheduled for June 4-10, 1923. Both early campaigns were supervised by Marie Meloney.

In the beginning, The Delineator was the chief organ of the movement, which gained national attention and support readily. Marie Meloney organized an Advisory Council to guide the work. In this connection, she took some of her ideas for an extensive voluntary effort for the improvement of housing throughout the country to Herbert Hoover, then Secretary of Commerce, and enlisted his support and membership on the Advisory Council. The Council was made up of distinguished men and women from government, business, and professional fields. The movement was endorsed by President Warren G. Harding in a letter to Secretary Hoover in February 1923. The demonstration week of June 1923 had the support of the governors of 30 states and of the territories of Alaska and Hawaii.

Before the end of 1923, the Advisory Council had recognized the need for independent organization, longer-term status, and more adequate financing. The Delineator relinquished all connection with the movement, and Better Homes in America was incorporated as a non-profit, educational organization in the state of Delaware on December 22, 1923, with the following five individuals as original members: Marie M. Meloney, Herbert C. Hoover, Christian Herter, John M. Gries, and John A. Sellards. Mr. Hoover agreed to serve as President of the new organization, and Mr. Coolidge, then Vice President of the United States, became Chairman of the Advisory Council. A request for support was made to the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Fund, which provided a grant to finance operations for three years. This grant was later extended. Offices were established in Washington, D.C., where the organization functioned until 1933, when it was moved to New York City. Dr. James Ford, Associate Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard University, was engaged to direct the work of Better Homes in America, beginning in 1924, and continued in that capacity until 1935.

The mission of the Better Homes in America was to help American families make their homes more convenient and attractive. As more and more communities participated in the local campaigns, activities were concentrated mainly in the following divisions: home improvement, community improvement, urban-rural relationships, and dissemination of information on housing and homemaking subjects. Efforts in these areas were made through the annual campaigns and demonstrations, cooperation with national, state, and local organizations, press coverage, and publications. The Better Homes Manual was published by the University of Chicago Press in 1931.

By 1935 the number of communities participating in the Better Homes Week campaigns had reached 10,000. Due to lack of funds, however, the corporation of Better Homes in America had to be liquidated. The research and publications work was transferred to the Housing Research Foundation at Purdue University, Indiana. The momentum of interest by the Better Homes Week campaigns continued through 1937, despite the fact that there was no organized backing for the work during the last two years.

After the corporation was dissolved, the right to handle all future activities of Better Homes in America was turned over to the Housing Research Foundation at Purdue University. Most of the historical office files were sent to the Hoover Library at Stanford University.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

United States -- Social conditions

Home ownership -- United States

Housing -- United States

Cities and towns -- United States

Microfilm Reel Content Guide

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Founding Documents 1923-1935

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, and other documents relating to the creation and dissolution of Better Homes in America, Inc. Arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 1, folder 1-2

General. One bound volume containing correspondence, minutes of meetings, and other documents relating to the creation and dissolution of Better Homes in America, Inc. 1923-1935

box 1, folder 3

Certificate of incorporation 1923

box 1, folder 4

Constitution and by-laws 1930

box 1, folder 5

Endorsement by Warren Harding 1923 February 5

box 1, folder 6

Minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee 1923

Statements

box 1, folder 7

General 1923

box 1, folder 8

Hoover, Herbert C. 1924-1928

Board of Directors File 1924-1935

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, speeches and writings, and other material generated by the Board of Directors. Arranged alphabetically by physical form

General

box 1, folder 9

Undated

box 1, folder 10

1924

box 1, folder 11

1925

box 1, folder 12

1926

box 1, folder 13

1927-1929

box 1, folder 14

1930-1931

box 2, folder 1

1932

box 2, folder 2

1933-1934

Correspondence

box 2, folder 3

Ford, James 1925-1932

box 2, folder 4

Gilbreth, Lillian M. 1930-1934

box 2, folder 5

Halbert, Blanche 1932

Hoffman, Helen Duey

box 2, folder 6-7

1932

box 2, folder 8

1932-1933

box 2, folder 9

Meloney, Marie M. 1926

Taylor, James S.

box 2, folder 10

1927-1930

box 2, folder 11

1930-1935

box 3, folder 1

List of Board of Directors members

Speeches and writings

box 3, folder 2-3

Ford, James 1925-1931

box 3, folder 4-5

Halbert, Blanche 1924-1932

Subject file

box 3, folder 6

Finance Committee 1931

box 3, folder 7

Office of the Treasurer 1933

box 3, folder 8

Rockefeller Foundation 1930

Advisory Council File 1923-1935

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, forms letters, lists, and speeches and writings of the Advisory Board. Arranged alphabetically by physical form

Correspondence

box 3, folder 9

Abbott, Grace 1929

box 3, folder 10

American Civic Association 1933-1935

box 3, folder 11

Arnold, Sarah Louise 1925-1928

box 3, folder 12

Barnes, Julius H. 1924-1929

box 3, folder 13

Brown, Edwin H. 1923-1930

box 3, folder 14

Davis, James J. 1929

box 3, folder 15

Delano, Frederick 1925-1931

box 4, folder 1

Farrand, Livingston 1924-1929

box 4, folder 2

Gries, John M. 1923-1934

box 4, folder 3

Harriman, Oliver, Mrs. 1928-1929

box 4, folder 4

Herter, Christian 1924-1935

Hoover, Herbert C.

box 4, folder 5

1923-1926

box 4, folder 6

1927-1932

box 4, folder 7

Ihlder, John 1924-1932

box 4, folder 8

International Federation of Home and School 1929

box 4, folder 9

J. Horace McFarland Company 1929-1932

box 5, folder 1

Jardine, William 1925-1928

box 5, folder 2

Kelly, Edgar Stillman, Mrs. 1925-1929

box 5, folder 3

King, Francis, Mrs. 1929

box 5, folder 4

Lake, Elise A. 1933-1935

Meloney, Marie M.

box 5, folder 5

1924-1930

box 5, folder 6

1931-1934

box 5, folder 7

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 1923-1929

box 5, folder 8

National Housing Association 1929-1932

box 5, folder 9

Parker, William Stanley 1930-1935

box 5, folder 10

Payne, John Barton 1923-1929

box 5, folder 11

Pratt, Harriett B. 1924-1935

box 5, folder 12

Prichard, Adelia 1924-1929

box 5, folder 13

Redford, W. C., Mrs. 1925-1928

box 5, folder 14

Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1925-1929

box 5, folder 15

Roosevelt, Theodore 1924-1933

box 5, folder 16

Storrow, Helen 1930-1935

box 5, folder 17

Tigert, John James 1924-1929

box 5, folder 18

United States. Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Home Economics 1929

box 5, folder 19

United States. Public Health Service 1924-1932

box 6, folder 1

Wilder, George W. 1924-1931

box 6, folder 2

Winter, Thomas G., Mrs. 1924-1929

box 6, folder 3

Work, Hubert 1924-1929

box 6, folder 4

Form letters sent to members 1924-1927

Lists

box 6, folder 5

Advisory Council members 1929

box 6, folder 6

States, cities, and counties represented by Better Homes chairmen 1931 July

Speeches and writings

box 6, folder 7

Abbott, Grace 1924

box 6, folder 8

Gries, John M. 1923

box 6, folder 9

Hoover, Herbert C. 1921-1927

box 6, folder 10

Ihlder, John n.d.

Ray Lyman Wilbur File 1920-1945

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches and writings, and other material of R. L. Wilbur as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Arranged alphabetically by physical form

Correspondence

General

box 7, folder 1

1920-1928

box 7, folder 2

1929-1935 1929-1935

box 7, folder 3-4

1933

box 7, folder 5

1934

box 7, folder 6

1935

box 8, folder 1

1935-1945

box 8, folder 2

Cheney, Charles H. 1931

Ford, James

box 8, folder 3

1925-1932

box 8, folder 4

1932-1933

box 8, folder 5

Speeches and writings 1927-1933

Subject file

box 8, folder 6

Board of Directors 1929-1934

Campaigns

box 8, folder 7

1928-1929

box 8, folder 8

1929-1930

box 9, folder 1

1930-1931

box 9, folder 2

1931-1933

box 9, folder 3

Housing - United States 1929-1938

box 9, folder 4

Presentation to Rockefeller Foundation 1930 January

box 9, folder 5

Reorganization planning for Better Homes in America 1929

Personnel File 1924-1933

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other material relating to the operations of the Personnel Department. Arranged alphabetically by subject

box 9, folder 6

Better Homes chairmen at President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership 1931 December 2-5

box 9, folder 7

Salaries 1933

Staff

box 9, folder 8

General

box 10, folder 1-2

General

Connor, Julia

box 10, folder 3-4

General

Correspondence with James Ford

box 10, folder 5

1924-1930

box 10, folder 6

1931

box 10, folder 7-8

Speeches and writings 1925

box 10, folder 9

Lewton, Blanche

box 10, folder 10

Liston, Katherine

box 10, folder 11

Surette, Thomas

Correspondence 1922-1935

Scope and Contents note

Letters, sent and received by the BHA staff, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent

General

Foreign letters

box 11, folder 1

1924-1926

box 11, folder 2

1927-1928

box 11, folder 3

1929-1933

Topical file

box 11, folder 4

African-American issues 1929-1930

box 11, folder 5

Architectural information 1925-1932

box 11, folder 6

Conventions 1932

box 11, folder 7

Housing 1924-1932

box 11, folder 8

New York Low-Cost Housing Exhibit 1934

box 11, folder 9

Politics 1928

box 12, folder 1

Adams, Thompson and Fry 1933

box 12, folder 2

Agricultural Commission of the American Bankers Association 1927

box 12, folder 3

Alabama Power Company 1926

American Art Bureau

box 12, folder 4

1924-1928

box 12, folder 5

1929-1931

box 12, folder 6

American Automobile Association 1925-1928

American Child Health Association

box 12, folder 7

1929-1931

box 12, folder 8

1932-1934

American Civil Association (James Harlean)

box 12, folder 9

1924-1928

box 12, folder 10

1929-1933

box 12, folder 11

American Face Brick Association 1924-1926

box 12, folder 12

American Federation of Arts 1933-34

box 12, folder 13

American Home Bureau 1922-1927

box 12, folder 14

American Institute of Architects 1923-1932

box 13, folder 1

American Library Association 1929-1933

box 13, folder 2

American Optical Company 1926

box 13, folder 3

American Radiator Company 1926-1930

box 13, folder 4

American Red Cross 1934

American Relief Administration

box 13, folder 5

General 1927-1929

Children's Fund

box 13, folder 6

1929-1932

box 13, folder 7

1932-1935

box 13, folder 8

American Society of Agricultural Engineers 1924-1929

box 13, folder 9

American Stove Company 1923-1927

box 13, folder 10

American War Mothers 1925-1926

box 13, folder 11

Americana Corporation 1924-1930

box 13, folder 12

Apatow, J. J. 1926

Architects Small House Service Bureau

box 13, folder 13

General 1925-1932

box 13, folder 14

Holden, Arthur C. 1925-1931

box 14, folder 1

Jones, Robert T. 1929-1932

box 14, folder 2

Lake Division architects 1928

box 14, folder 3

Mountain Division architects 1928-1930

box 14, folder 4

New England Division architects 1927-1930

box 14, folder 5

North Central Division architects 1928-29

box 14, folder 6

North Pacific Division architects 1928-1931

box 14, folder 7

Potomac Division architects 1928

box 14, folder 8

Shearer, Alan 1931-1932

box 14, folder 9

South Central Division architects 1928-1929

box 14, folder 10

Subscriptions 1930

box 14, folder 11

Armstrong Cork Company 1924-1925

box 14, folder 12

Associated General Contractors of America 1930

box 14, folder 13

Associated Metal Lath Manufacturers 1923-1930

box 14, folder 14

Barton, Durstine and Osborne, Inc. 1924-1926

box 14, folder 15

Benedict, P. F. 1933

box 14, folder 16

Better Homes and Property Service 1924-1925

box 14, folder 17

Better Housing Institute 1934-1935

box 14, folder 18

Bing Company 1927

box 14, folder 19

Bowser Service Corporation 1927

box 14, folder 20

Boy Scouts of America 1933

box 14, folder 21

Building Age and National Builder Company 1924-1928

box 14, folder 22

Building Developer 1927-1929

box 15, folder 1

Camp Fire Girls, Inc. 1924-1933

box 15, folder 2

Capper's magazine 1924-1930

box 15, folder 3

Carnegie Foundation 1925-1933

box 15, folder 4

Celotex Company 1927

box 15, folder 5

Central Advertising Company 1925

box 15, folder 6

Certified Building Registry 1929-1930

box 15, folder 7

Chamber of Commerce of the United States 1928-1932

box 15, folder 8

Champion Hardware Company 1926

box 15, folder 9

Character Education Institute 1922-1928

box 15, folder 10

Child Study Association 1925-1927

box 15, folder 11

The Children's Foundation 1925

box 15, folder 12

Common Brick Manufacturers' Association 1923-1925

box 15, folder 13

Concrete Lumber Corporation 1926

box 15, folder 14

Contractors and Builders Exchange 1933

box 15, folder 15

Coolidge, Calvin 1922-1928

box 15, folder 16

Crane Company 1930

box 15, folder 17

Doubleday, Doran and Company 1924-1931

box 16, folder 1

Dow Chemical Company 1926

box 16, folder 2

E. P. Dutton and Company 1925

box 16, folder 3

Equitable Life Insurance Society 1925

box 16, folder 4

Esmond Mills 1926-1929

box 16, folder 5

Falk Foundation 1930-1931

box 16, folder 6

Farrar Lumber Company 1926

box 16, folder 7

Federal Board for Vocational Education 1927-1931

box 16, folder 8

First Savings Bank, Greenville, South Carolina 1924

box 16, folder 9

Flagg, Maurice I. 1926-1928

box 16, folder 10

Garden Club of America 1925-1930

box 16, folder 11

General Education Board, New York City 1929-1930

box 16, folder 12

General Electric Company 1925-1926

General Federation of Women's Clubs

box 16, folder 13

1924-1931

box 16, folder 14

1925-1930

Girl Scouts

box 16, folder 15

1925-1929

box 16, folder 16

1929-1930

box 17, folder 1

1929-1930

box 17, folder 2

1930-1934

box 17, folder 3

Gladding Dry Goods Company 1924

box 17, folder 4

The Glidden Companies 1926

box 17, folder 5

The Grade Teacher 1930

box 17, folder 6

Greyhound Vans 1933

box 17, folder 7

Hardie, R. W. 1925

box 17, folder 8

Hearst's International 1924-1925

box 17, folder 9

Holland's magazine 1925-1930

box 17, folder 10

Home Designer 1927-1928

box 17, folder 11

Home Economic News 1930-1932

box 17, folder 12

Home Furnishers Digest 1924

box 17, folder 13

Home Information Centers 1930-1931

box 17, folder 14

The Homemaker 1929

box 17, folder 15

Homes Harmonious 1924

box 17, folder 16

Hoover, Herbert C., Mrs. 1924-1930

box 17, folder 17

Household Searchlight 1928

box 17, folder 18

Howard Associates 1933

box 17, folder 19

The Independent 1925-1926

box 17, folder 20

Indiana Farmer's Guide 1925

box 17, folder 21

Institute for Economic Research 1930-1933

box 17, folder 22

International Education Board 1926

box 17, folder 23

The Jewish Tribune 1925

box 17, folder 24

Journal of Social Forces 1924-1925

box 17, folder 25

Kiwanis Magazine 1924

box 17, folder 26

Ladies' Home Journal 1924-1930

box 17, folder 27

Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial 1924-1929

box 17, folder 28

Lawrence, John D. 1927-1928

box 17, folder 29

Le Matin (Paris) 1924

box 17, folder 30

League for Accountancy in Government 1926

box 18, folder 1

Lions International 1925-1927

box 18, folder 2

Lippincott Company, Publishers 1924-1931

box 18, folder 3

McCray Refrigerator Sales Corporation 1926

box 18, folder 4

McDougall Domestic Science Kitchen Units 1930

box 18, folder 5

McFarland, J. Horace 1929-1935

box 18, folder 6

Maffitt and Gilpin Company 1926

box 18, folder 7

The Man on the Floor 1924

box 18, folder 8

Mandel Brothers 1925

box 18, folder 9

Mann, Clyde 1922-1931

box 18, folder 10

Mason City Brick and Tile Company 1925

box 18, folder 11

Masonic Service Association 1924

box 18, folder 12

Massachusetts Housing Association 1931-1932

box 18, folder 13

Massey Concrete Products Corporation 1926

box 18, folder 14

Maxwelch Company 1924

box 18, folder 15

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 1924-1929

box 18, folder 16

Mid-Week Pictorial 1926-1929

box 18, folder 17

Mississippi Woman's Magazine 1928-1929

box 18, folder 18

Mizner Industries Incorporated 1927

box 18, folder 19

Modern Woodmen of America 1925

box 18, folder 20

Monarch Home Service 1926

box 18, folder 21

Montgomery Ward and Company 1925

box 18, folder 22

Morgan Company 1926

box 18, folder 23

Morgan Sash and Door Company 1925

box 18, folder 24

Morgan Woodwork Organization 1930

box 18, folder 25

Mother's Day International Association 1924-1926

box 18, folder 26

Murphy Door Bed Company 1924

box 18, folder 27

Murphy Varnish Company 1924

box 18, folder 28

Murray, Daniel, Mrs. 1930

box 18, folder 29

Mutual Building and Loan Association 1933

box 18, folder 30

The Nation 1925

box 18, folder 31

The Nation's Health 1925

box 18, folder 32

National Association of Colored Women 1929-1930

box 18, folder 33

National Association of Home Founders 1932

box 18, folder 34

National Association of Ice Industries 1925-1928

box 19, folder 1

National Association of Real Estate Boards 1923-1932

box 19, folder 2

National Association of the Industries 1924

box 19, folder 3

National Builder 1924

box 19, folder 4

National Builders Supply Association 1925

box 19, folder 5

National Conference on the Renewal of Home Building 1933

box 19, folder 6-8

National Congress of Parents and Teachers 1924-1934

box 19, folder 9

National Council of '76 1933

box 19, folder 10

National Council of Jewish Women 1931

box 19, folder 11

National Education Association 1923-1931

box 19, folder 12

National Electric Light Association 1927

box 19, folder 13

The National Gleaner Forum 1925

box 19, folder 14

National Home Retirement League 1926

box 20, folder 1

National Information Bureau 1927-1935

box 20, folder 2

National Motion Picture Bureau 1925-1926

box 20, folder 3

National Municipal Review 1932

box 20, folder 4

National Real Estate Journal 1929

box 20, folder 5

National Retail Furniture Association 1925-1929

box 20, folder 6

National Retail Lumber Dealer 1924

box 20, folder 7

National Safety Council 1927-1931

box 20, folder 8

National Urban League 1926-1927

box 20, folder 9

The Nebraska Farmer 1929-1930

box 20, folder 10

Needlework 1924

box 20, folder 11

New York (State). Banking Department 1924

box 20, folder 12

New York Foundation 1933-1934

box 20, folder 13

New York State Teachers Association 1926

box 20, folder 14

Nolen, John 1926-1931

box 20, folder 15

Northeastern Retail Lumbermens Association 1924

box 20, folder 16

Oklahoma Farmer-Stockman 1928-1930

box 20, folder 17

Operative Builders Association of the District of Columbia 1924

box 20, folder 18

Opportunity 1931

box 20, folder 19

Outdoor Advertising Association 1932-1934

box 20, folder 20

The Outlook 1924

box 20, folder 21

Own Your Own Home 1925-1927

box 20, folder 22

Pacific Ready Cut Homes, Incorporated 1926

box 20, folder 23

Palmolive Company 1924

box 20, folder 24

Peaslee, Horace W. 1925-1928

box 20, folder 25

Pennsylvania Farmer 1925

box 20, folder 26

Philadelphia Housing Association 1926-1931

box 20, folder 27

The Phonograph and Talking Machine Weekly 1924

box 20, folder 28

Political Science Quarterly 1927

box 20, folder 29

Prentice, Cornelia E. 1926-1927

box 21, folder 1

Promoter and Defender of Christian Homes 1924

box 21, folder 2

Quaker Lace Company 1924

box 21, folder 3

Renshaw School of Speech 1933

box 21, folder 4

Retail Publishers, Incorporated 1926

box 21, folder 5

Richardson, Inez 1934-1935

box 21, folder 6

Richardson-Briggs Company 1924-1928

box 21, folder 7

Richey, Lawrence (secretary to Herbert C. Hoover) 1929-1932

box 21, folder 8

Rickard, Edgar 1929-1933

box 21, folder 9

Rockefeller Foundation 1929-1930

box 21, folder 10

Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1926-1933

box 21, folder 11

Rosenwald, Julius 1925-1930

box 21, folder 12

Russell Sage Foundation 1924-1934

box 21, folder 13

Russia Cement Company 1926

box 21, folder 14

Saint Nicholas Magazine 1929-1930

box 21, folder 15

The Scholastic 1927-1930

box 21, folder 16

The Scientific Monthly 1928-1929

box 21, folder 17

Scranton Electric Company 1926

box 21, folder 18

Scranton Lace Company 1924

box 21, folder 19

Shatts, W. Philip 1924-1935

box 21, folder 20

Sierra Educational News 1927-1928

box 21, folder 21

Silotco Products, Ltd. 1930-1931

box 21, folder 22

Sloane, Thomas M. 1927-1930

box 21, folder 23

South Bend Lumber Company 1924

box 21, folder 24

Southern Agriculturalist 1924-1931

box 21, folder 25

Southern Pine Association 1927-1930

box 21, folder 26

The Sovereign Citizen 1925-1928

box 21, folder 27

The Spectator (London) 1926

box 21, folder 28

The Spur 1925

box 21, folder 29

Stuck and Sons 1926

box 21, folder 30

Successful Farming 1928

box 21, folder 31

The Survey (New York) 1926-1927

box 21, folder 32

Tax Facts 1924

box 21, folder 33

Teal, Marion 1927-1928

box 21, folder 34

Tee Stone Corporation 1927-1928

box 21, folder 35

Tennessee Good Roads Association 1924

box 21, folder 36

Thermolator Corporation 1927

box 21, folder 37

Thompson, J. Walter Company 1927

box 21, folder 38

United Electric Company 1924

box 22, folder 1

United States. Department of Agriculture 1934

box 22, folder 2

United States. Department of Commerce 1924-1933

box 22, folder 3

United States. Department of Labor 1930-1932

box 22, folder 4

United States. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Education 1930-1932

box 22, folder 5

United States Gypsum Company 1926

box 22, folder 6

United States Radium Corporation 1924

box 22, folder 7

Universal Gypsum and Lime Company 1926

box 22, folder 8

Universal Portland Cement Company 1924

box 22, folder 9

Universal Sanitary Manufacturing Company 1926

box 22, folder 10

Van Guilder System Concrete Building, Inc. 1926

box 22, folder 11

Van Loan, Anna 1932-1933

box 22, folder 12

The Warren Latch Key 1930

box 22, folder 13

Washington Committee on Housing 1934

box 22, folder 14

The Weekly Retrospect 1924

box 22, folder 15

The Welfare Council of New York 1933-1935

box 22, folder 16

Western Horticulture Gardens and Homes 1928

box 22, folder 17

The Woman Citizen 1925-1926

Financial Records 1924-1935

Scope and Contents note

Audits, cancelled checks, correspondence, office summaries, proposed budgets of the Financial Department. Arranged alphabetically by physical form

box 22, folder 18

Audits 1924-1932

Cancelled checks

box 22, folder 19

1931 December - 1932 April

1932

box 23, folder 1

May-September

box 23, folder 2

October-December

Check stubs

box 23, folder 3

1929-1931

box 23, folder 4

1932-1933

box 24, folder 1

1932-1933

box 24, folder 2

Correspondence 1928-1935

box 24, folder 3

Office summaries 1924-1932

box 24, folder 4

Proposed budgets to cover financial needs of Better Homes in America 1925-1929

Publicity File 1922-1935

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, press releases, reports, printed matter and other materials relating to publicity operations of the BHA. Arranged alphabetically by subject. See also Publications/Correspondence with publishers

General

box 24, folder 5

1922-1924

box 24, folder 6

1925

box 25, folder 1

1927-1930

Correspondence

General

box 25, folder 2

1924-1927

box 25, folder 3

1928-1929

box 25, folder 4

1929-1933

box 25, folder 5

Christian Science Monitor 1924-1929

box 25, folder 6

New York Herald Tribune 1928-1931

box 25, folder 7

New York Times 1924-1928

box 25, folder 8

Radio station WMAL 1927-1930

box 25, folder 9

Radio station WRC 1927

box 25, folder 10

Washington Post 1924

box 26, folder 1

Western Newspaper Union 1925

Wilkinson, Lupton A.

box 26, folder 2

1924

box 26, folder 3

1925

box 26, folder 4

The Woman's Home Companion 1924-1932

box 26, folder 5

Press releases (syndicated series) undated

box 26, folder 6-7

Radio broadcasts 1925-1930

box 26, folder 8

Reports 1925-1927

Campaigns

General

box 27, folder 1

1922

box 27, folder 2-6

1923

box 27, folder 7

1924-1924

box 27, folder 8

1925

box 27, folder 9

1926-1927

box 27, folder 10

1928-1928

box 28, folder 1-5

1929

box 28, folder 6

1930

box 28, folder 7-9

1931

box 29, folder 1

1931

box 29, folder 2

1932

box 29, folder 3

1933

box 29, folder 4

1934

box 29, folder 5

1935

Endorsements and statements of cooperation

box 29, folder 6

1925

box 29, folder 7

1926

box 29, folder 8

1927

box 29, folder 9

1928

box 29, folder 10-11

Form letters

box 30, folder 1

Form letters

box 30, folder 2

Home improvement summaries 1932-1933

box 30, folder 3

Press releases 1924-1931

box 30, folder 4

Questionnaires

box 30, folder 5-6

Report summaries of local chairmen 1929

Reports

General ("special reports")

box 30, folder 7

1923

box 30, folder 8

1924

box 30, folder 9

White Country, Arkansas 1931

Better Homes Week, Pulaski County, Arkansas

box 31, folder 1

1929

box 31, folder 2

1930

Chairmen

box 31, folder 3

General 1928

box 31, folder 4

Appointments 1933

box 31, folder 5

Delaware Better Homes Committee 1925-1933

box 31, folder 6

District of Columbia 1928-1930

box 31, folder 7

Eastern States Exposition 1932

box 31, folder 8

Home management specialists 1933

Periodicals participating in campaign efforts 1924-1932

box 31, folder 9

box 32, folder 1

box 32, folder 2

box 32, folder 3

box 32, folder 4

box 32, folder 5

box 32, folder 6

Prize awards

box 32, folder 7

1923-1932

box 32, folder 8

1932

box 32, folder 9

1933-1933

box 32, folder 10

Roadside marketing (Wayside Stand)

Exhibits

box 32, folder 11

General 1923-1933

box 32, folder 12

Planning 1924-1930

box 33, folder 1

Exhibits and fairs 1924-1930

box 33, folder 2

National planning - United States 1925-1932

box 33, folder 3

Purpose of Better Homes in America n.d.

Radio broadcasting 1923-1933

box 33, folder 4

General

Radio stations

box 33, folder 5

WEAF

box 33, folder 6

WBAL

box 33, folder 7

WJZ

box 33, folder 8

Miscellany 1926-1932

Publications File 1924-1937

Scope and Contents note

Articles and printed matter published by BHA staff and correspondence with publishers of BHA articles. Arranged alphabetically by physical form

Articles by the Better Homes in America staff published in various publications 1926-1932

box 33, folder 9-12

General

box 34, folder 1

Home Improvement 1937

box 34, folder 2-3

Home Information Service 1936

Correspondence with publishers of articles by the Better Homes in America staff 1924-1934

Books

box 34, folder 4-6

Better Homes Manual 1931-1934

box 34, folder 7

Care and Repair of the Home 1930-1932

Home and Community Song Book

box 35, folder 1

1927-1929

box 35, folder 2

1930-1931

box 35, folder 3

1931-1932

Periodicals

American Building Association News

box 35, folder 4

1925-1928

box 35, folder 5

1928-1929

box 35, folder 6

1930-1931

box 36, folder 1

1931-1933

box 36, folder 2

The American City 1923-1932

box 36, folder 3

Better Homes and Gardens 1927-1930

Child Welfare

box 36, folder 4-5

1925-1930

box 36, folder 6

1930

box 37, folder 1

1931-1932

box 37, folder 2

1932-1934

box 37, folder 3

Children, A Magazine for Parents 1926-1930

box 37, folder 4

The Community Builder 1925-1928

box 37, folder 5

The Country Gentleman 1924-1932

box 37, folder 6

Country Life 1925-1929

box 37, folder 7

The Farm Journal 1924-1932

box 37, folder 8

The Farmer's Wife 1925-1934

box 37, folder 9

The Forecast 1925-1929

box 37, folder 10

Good Housekeeping 1924-1930

box 37, folder 11

High School Teacher 1927-1931

box 37, folder 12

Home Building 1924-1928

box 37, folder 13

House and Garden 1925-1927

box 37, folder 14

House Beautiful 1924-1932

box 37, folder 15

Household Magazine 1925-1933

box 37, folder 16

Independent Woman 1925-1926

box 38, folder 1

Industrial Arts Magazine 1927-1928

box 38, folder 2

Journal of Home Economics 1924-1932

box 38, folder 3

McCalls Magazine 1924-1930

box 38, folder 4

The Modern Priscilla 1926-1928

box 38, folder 5

Outdoors Pictorial 1924-1925

box 38, folder 6

Pictorial Review 1933

box 38, folder 7

Progressive Farmer 1925-1932

box 38, folder 8

The Red Cross Courier 1926-1927

box 38, folder 9

Save the Surface 1924-1926

box 38, folder 10

The Small Home 1930-32

box 38, folder 11

The Southern Planter 1927-1931

box 38, folder 12

Southern Ruralist 1925-1930

box 38, folder 13

The Southern Workman 1924-1932

box 38, folder 14

Inventories of publications on hand 1929-1932

Publications issued by Better Homes in America

box 39, folder 1

America's Little House 1934

box 39, folder 2

Guidebook for Better Homes Campaigns 1925-1932

box 39, folder 3

How to Furnish the Small Home 1924 April

Subject file

box 39, folder 4-5

Copyright issues 1923-1933

box 39, folder 6

Garden pamphlet publication planning 1924-1930

box 39, folder 7

Miscellany 1924-1930

Subject File 1924-1935

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, printed matter, clippings and other material, arranged alphabetically by subject

box 39, folder 8

American Homemakers, Inc. 1926-1932

box 40, folder 1

Approved Wayside Stations, Inc. 1926-1933

box 40, folder 2

Architectural Merit Prizes 1925

box 40, folder 3

Commercialism - United States 1925-1933

box 40, folder 4

Crane, Ross 1930

box 40, folder 5

Delaware - Report of the Housing Commission of the State of Delaware 1932

box 40, folder 6

Girl Scout Little House 1925

Home Loan Bank Bill 1932 July

box 40, folder 7

General

box 40, folder 8-10

Clippings

box 41, folder 1

Clippings

box 41, folder 2

Housing and recreation - Bibliographies n.d.

box 41, folder 3

Log cabins 1927-1929

box 41, folder 4

National Conference on Outdoor Recreation 1925

box 41, folder 5

National Public Housing Conference 1933 November 25

box 41, folder 6

National Recreation Association 1931-1932

box 41, folder 7

Playground and Recreation Association of America 1930-1932

box 41, folder 8

Purdue Research Foundation - Proceedings of the Homes Conference 1935 June 1

box 41, folder 9

Real estate - United States 1929-1932

box 41, folder 10-11

Recreation - United States

box 41, folder 12

Regional Plan Association 1932-1934

box 41, folder 13

Rockefeller Foundation - Review for 1928

box 41, folder 14

Miscellany 1925-1933

Clippings 1920-1933

Scope and Contents note

Newspaper and periodical clippings arranged alphabetically by subject

General

box 42, folder 1

1921-1923

box 42, folder 2

1922-1923

box 42, folder 3

1923

box 42, folder 4

1923-1924

box 43, folder 1

1923-1924

box 43, folder 2

1923-1930

box 43, folder 3-5

1924

box 44, folder 1-3

1924

box 44, folder 4-5

1925-1926

box 45, folder 1-3

1926

box 45, folder 4

1926-1927

box 45, folder 5

1927

box 46, folder 1

1927-1927

box 46, folder 2

1928-1928

box 46, folder 3

1933

Building costs

box 46, folder 4-5

General 1920-1933

box 47, folder 1

Cost of a six-room frame house 1923-1933

City planning

box 47, folder 2-5

General 1923-1931

box 48, folder 1-3

Washington, D.C. 1826-1933

box 48, folder 4

Conferences 1922

Home building

box 48, folder 5

1921-1924

box 49, folder 1

1924-1925

box 49, folder 2

1925-1927

box 49, folder 3

1927-1929

box 49, folder 4

1929-1930

box 50, folder 1

1931-1933

Home financing

box 50, folder 2

1922-1925

box 50, folder 3

1926-1929

box 50, folder 4

1930-1932

box 50, folder 5

1932

Home ownership

box 51, folder 1

1926-1929

box 51, folder 2

1930-1933

Hoover, Herbert C.

box 51, folder 3

1922-1932

box 51, folder 4-5

1932

box 52, folder 1

1932-1933

Housing - United States

General

box 52, folder 2

1920-1922

box 52, folder 3

1923-1925

box 52, folder 4

1925-1927

box 53, folder 1

1927-1930

box 53, folder 2

1930-1933

Government workers

box 53, folder 3

1925-1926

box 53, folder 4

1926

box 53, folder 5

Labor - United States 1920-1932

box 53, folder 6

Master Builder 1926

Materials used in construction

box 54, folder 1

1924

box 54, folder 2

1927

box 54, folder 3

1927-1933

box 54, folder 4

Mechanics lien law 1926

box 54, folder 5

National Conference of Banking and Industrial Committees 1932

box 54, folder 6

President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership 1931-1932

box 55, folder 1

President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership 1931-1932

box 55, folder 2

Public health - United States 1931-1932

box 55, folder 3

Real estate - United States 1923-1933

box 55, folder 4

Standardization - United States 1922-1932

box 55, folder 5

Wages 1926

box 55, folder 6

White House Conference on Child Health and Protection 1931-1932

Zoning

box 55, folder 7

1921-1922

box 56, folder 1

1922-1924

box 56, folder 2

1924

box 56, folder 3

1927-1929

box 56, folder 4

1929-1933

Scrapbooks 1922-1934

Scope and Contents note

Albums and scrapbooks containing correspondence, reports, memoranda, photographs and printed matter, collected by the BHA staff. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

box 57

Adobe construction 1927-1928

box 61