Content Description
Biographical / Historical
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Elizabeth Hale Niebyl papers
Creator:
Niebyl, Elizabeth Hale
Identifier/Call Number: M2243
Physical Description:
0.75 Linear Feet
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1946-1982
Content Description
Materials include correspondence, published reports and proposals, printed pamphlets and brochures, as well as manuscript
drafts of research adn memorandum, notes, and more. Topics covered include senior housing, veterans' housing, poor and middle
class housing, rent control, evictions, housing prices, discrimination, and more.
Biographical / Historical
Elizabeth Hale Niebyl (1912-1984) was a leader in public housing during the New Deal era. She was married to Marxist economist
Karl Niebyl (1906-1985). Elizabeth Niebyl worked as an information analyst for the U.S. Housing Authority in the 1940s, and
worked as an officer at various housing authorities on the East Coast before moving to California with her husband in the
1970s.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Conditions Governing Use
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization
to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction
beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-collections/permission-publish.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by Stanford Libraries in 2017. Accession MSS 2017-192.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Discrimination in housing -- United States
Low-income housing -- United States
Housing authorities
Niebyl, Elizabeth Hale