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Office File 1930-1934

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, legal documents, letters, lists, memoranda, minutes of meetings, press releases, publications, statements, summaries and other records related to the organization of the conference, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 1, folder 1-3

General

box 1, folder 4

Announcement of the President's Conference Biographies. See Lists

 

Correspondence

 

General

box 1, folder 5

General

 

Board of Directors

box 1, folder 6-8

Ford, James (Executive Director)

box 2, folder 1

Gries, John (Executive Secretary)

box 2, folder 2

Lamont, Robert (Co-chairman)

box 2, folder 3-6

Wilbur, Ray Lyman (President)

box 3, folder 1

Governors

box 3, folder 2

Mayors

box 3, folder 3

Bailey, Theodora C.

box 3, folder 4-5

Blanche, Halbert

box 3, folder 6

Bremer, Pond W.

box 3, folder 7

Chase, Pearle

box 3, folder 8

Ihlder, John

box 3, folder 9

Melvin, Bruce L.

box 3, folder 10

Richardson, Inez G.

box 3, folder 11

Saginaw, Michigan

box 3, folder 12

Taylor, James S.

 

Financial records

box 4, folder 2

General

box 4, folder 2

Bids

box 4, folder 3

Budgets

box 4, folder 4

Correspondence with ARA Children's Fund

box 4, folder 5-7

Expenditures

box 5, folder 1

Expense voucher

box 5, folder 2

Internal Revenue Service return form

box 5, folder 3

Monthly audits of publications and postage

box 5, folder 4

Payroll

box 5, folder 5

Printing bills

box 5, folder 6-7

Statements

box 5, folder 8

Summaries

box 6, folder 1

Summaries

box 6, folder 2-7

Unsigned checks and statements

box 7

Unsigned checks and statements

box 8

Unsigned checks and statements

box 9

Unsigned checks and statements

box 10

Unsigned checks and statements

box 11

Unsigned checks and statements

box 12

Unsigned checks and statements

box 13

Unsigned checks and statements

box 14, folder 1

Form letters

box 14, folder 2

Index to filing cases

box 14, folder 3

Insurance file

box 14, folder 4

Inventory of supplies and equipment

 

Lists

box 14, folder 5

General. Includes biographies of all members of the President's Conference

box 14, folder 6

Appointees

box 14, folder 7

Attendees

box 14, folder 8

Colored people invited

box 14, folder 9

Committee chairmen

 

Committee members

 

General

box 14, folder 10

General

box 14, folder 11

Regional representatives

box 14, folder 12

Accepted

box 14, folder 13

Appointed by governors and mayors

box 14, folder 14

Suggested participants

 

Committee personnel

box 15, folder 1-2

General

box 15, folder 3

Directories

 

Committees

box 15, folder 4

Local leaders interested in home improvement

box 15, folder 5-6

Names for conference

box 15, folder 7

Registered participants (Total number, by state)

box 15, folder 8

Suggested participants

box 15, folder 9

Material for delegates

 

Memoranda

 

General

box 16, folder 1

Committee members

box 16, folder 2

Personnel

box 16, folder 3

Secretaries

box 16, folder 4

Staff

box 16, folder 5

Connor, Julia

box 16, folder 6

Ellington, John

box 16, folder 7

Ford, James. Includes memoranda of James S. Taylor

box 16, folder 8

Gries, John M.

box 16, folder 9

Liston, Mr.

box 16, folder 10

Ricker, George A.

box 16, folder 11

Taylor, James

box 16, folder 12

Wilbur, Ray Lyman

 

Minutes of personnel meetings, 1931

box 16, folder 13

May 13

box 16, folder 14

May 27

box 16, folder 15

June 19

box 16, folder 16

July 23

box 16, folder 17

Preliminary outline of conference

box 16, folder 18

Registration forms

 

Remarks

box 17, folder 1

Opening - Herbert Hoover (Honorary President)

 

Closing

box 17, folder 2

Hoover, Herbert

box 17, folder 3

Rippin, Deeter

box 17, folder 4

Wilbur, Ray Lyman

 

Statements

 

General

box 17, folder 5

General

box 17, folder 6

Re copyright permission

 

Hoover, Herbert, 1930

box 17, folder 7

August 1

box 17, folder 8

September 24

 

Subject file

box 17, folder 9

Tickets

box 17, folder 10

Transportation

box 17, folder 11

Miscellaneous

 

Committees File 1927-1933.

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, charts, invoices, letters, lists, memoranda, messages, mimeographed material, minutes of meetings, notes, press releases, programs, questionnaires, reports, research projects, reviews, statements, arranged by type of committee and therein alphabetically by name of committee
 

General

 

Planning Committee. Correspondence, letters, lists of committee members, memoranda, press release, minutes of meetings

box 17, folder 12

General

box 17, folder 13

Members

box 18, folder 1

Personnel

box 18, folder 2

Executive Committee. Stenographer's report of General session, 1931 December 2

 

Follow-Up Committee

box 18, folder 3

General. Includes material relating to states sub-committees

box 18, folder 4

Extension program

box 18, folder 5

Fund raising file

 

Letters

 

Appreciation

box 18, folder 6

Gries, John M., to all committee members, 1931 December 26

box 18, folder 7

Lamont, R. P., to all committee chairmen

box 18, folder 8

Replies to form letter of April 29, 1933, to all who attended the conference

box 18, folder 9

Resolution presented by the Puerto Rico Delegation

box 18, folder 10

Miscellaneous

 

Fact finding committees

 

Blighted Areas and Slums Committee

box 18, folder 11

General

box 18, folder 12

Correspondence - Abram Garfield, Chairman

box 18, folder 13

Financial records

 

Minutes of meetings, 1931

box 19, folder 1

June 16

box 19, folder 2

July 13

box 19, folder 3

September 24

box 19, folder 4

October 26-27

 

Business and Housing Committee

box 19, folder 5

Correspondence

 

Drafts of resolution for presentation to the Committee

box 19, folder 6

Kohler, Walter J.

box 19, folder 7

Wetherill, Samuel P.

 

Lists of committee members

box 19, folder 8

Suggested

box 19, folder 9

Final

 

Minutes of meetings, 1931

box 19, folder 10

September 18

box 19, folder 11

September 29

 

Reports

box 19, folder 12

First draft of report for the committee (Ely, Richard)

box 19, folder 13

Final report of the committee

 

City Planning and Zoning Committee

box 19, folder 14

General

box 19, folder 15

Clippings

box 19, folder 16

Correspondence

box 19, folder 17

Financial records

box 19, folder 18

Lists of committee members

box 19, folder 19

Memoranda

box 19, folder 20

Regional planning notes

 

Reports

box 19, folder 21

1931 December 2-5

box 19, folder 22

1932 January 20 (MacDougall, Edward A.)

 

Construction Committee

box 20, folder 1

Correspondence - Gries, John M.

box 20, folder 2

Financial records

box 20, folder 3

Memoranda

box 20, folder 4

Stenographer's report of the committee of construction, 1931 December 2-5

 

Design Committee

box 20, folder 5

Correspondence - Parker, William Stanley

box 20, folder 6

Financial records

box 20, folder 7

Lists of committee members

box 20, folder 8

Stenographer's report, 1931 December 2-5

 

Farm and Village Housing Committee

box 20, folder 9

General

box 20, folder 10

Circular letters

 

Correspondence

box 20, folder 11

General. Regarding approvals of publications

box 20, folder 12

Ford, James

box 21, folder 1-2

Mann, Albert R.

box 21, folder 3

Melvin, Bruce

box 21, folder 4

Financial records

box 21, folder 5

Lists of committee members

box 21, folder 6

Memoranda

 

Proposals

box 21, folder 7

Cooperative farm colony

box 21, folder 8

Housing of Mexicans and Indians

box 21, folder 9

Indian housing improvement

box 21, folder 10

Organization of an agricultural service corporation

box 21, folder 11

Publicity file

box 21, folder 12

Radio interview with Bruce L. Melvin, Research Secretary of the committee

 

Reports

box 21, folder 13

Stenographer's report, 1931 December 2-5

box 21, folder 14

Work of the committee

box 21, folder 15

Scale for rating living room equipment

 

Score cards

box 21, folder 16

Dwelling house

box 21, folder 17

Home grounds

 

Finance Committee

box 21, folder 18

General

box 21, folder 19

Address made by Frederick Ecker, Vice-President, 1919 December 4-5

box 21, folder 20

Correspondence. Mostly of Frederick H. Ecker

box 21, folder 21

Division mortgage structure

box 22, folder 1

Editorial file

box 22, folder 2

Invoices

 

Lists

box 22, folder 3

Attendees of the conference

box 22, folder 4

Possible members

box 22, folder 5

Members (final list)

box 22, folder 6

Memoranda

 

Reports, 1931

box 22, folder 7

November 14 (related to foreclosure laws and foreclosure provisions)

box 22, folder 8

November 15 (report and recommendations)

box 22, folder 9

1931 December 2-5 (stenographer's)

box 22, folder 10

1931 December 4 (tentative report)

box 22, folder 11

Statement by Herbert Hoover, 1931 November 13

box 22, folder 12

Statistics

box 22, folder 13

Suggestions for program of the committee

 

Fundamental Equipment Committee

box 22, folder 14

General

box 22, folder 15

Agenda of meeting, 1931 July 17

box 22, folder 16

Article on talk given by George N. Thompson, 1932 April 30

box 22, folder 17

Correspondence. Mostly of Collins P. Bliss, Chairman

box 22, folder 18

Endorsement of report, 1932 February

box 22, folder 19

Invoices

 

Lists

box 22, folder 20

Committee members

box 22, folder 21

Subdivisions

box 22, folder 22

Memoranda

box 22, folder 23

Statement by Dr. James Ford regarding the scope of work, 1931

box 22, folder 24

Stenographer's report of meetings, 1931 December 2-5

 

Home Furnishing and Decoration Committee

box 22, folder 25

Endorsement of report, 1931 November

box 22, folder 26

Invoices

box 22, folder 27

Stenographer's report of meetings, 1931 December 2-5

 

Home Information Centers Committee

box 23, folder 1

General

box 23, folder 2

Brief summary of procedure

 

Correspondence

box 23, folder 3-4

Chase, Pearl. Includes excerpts of a letter from Henry Wright, Research Secretary, Committee on Design, to Pearl Chase

box 23, folder 5

Ford, James

box 23, folder 6

Frampton, Merle E.

box 23, folder 7

Gries, John, M.

box 23, folder 8

Hall, Marion

box 23, folder 9

Kelley, Roy H.

box 23, folder 10

Merrill, Julia Wright

box 23, folder 11

Miscellany

box 23, folder 12

Editorial file

box 24, folder 1

Invoices

box 24, folder 2

Letters

 

Lists

box 24, folder 3

Agencies (commercial, educational, and social) to receive Miss Atwater's questionnaire

box 24, folder 4

Committee's findings as to the how, why, who, and what of the Home Information Services

box 24, folder 5

Existing agencies in Boston involved in homemaking

box 24, folder 6-7

Members of the committee. Includes correspondence

box 24, folder 8

Officers in departments of education in charge of adult education

box 24, folder 9

Plan service organizations

box 24, folder 10

Memoranda. Includes regulations and by-laws of American Home Information Service

box 24, folder 11

Mimeographed material

box 25, folder 1

Mimeographed material

 

Minutes of meetings, 1931

box 25, folder 2

June 9-10

box 25, folder 3

September 24-26

 

Notes

box 25, folder 4

Meeting of section B of the Committee, 1931 August 29

box 25, folder 5

Parker, Mr.

box 25, folder 6

Plans re possible organization

box 25, folder 7

Program

box 25, folder 8-9

Publicity files. Include illustrative material

 

Questionnaires

box 25, folder 10

Agencies giving public information

box 25, folder 11

Home building clinic

box 25, folder 12

Local organizations

 

Recommendations

box 26, folder 1

For the committee

box 26, folder 2

Of the committee

 

Reports

 

General

box 26, folder 3

Undated

 

1931

box 26, folder 4

General

box 26, folder 5

September 25 (supplementary)

box 26, folder 6

September 30 (summarized)

box 26, folder 7

December 2-5 (stenographer's)

box 26, folder 8

On Home Information Centers directed by or affiliated with American Homemakers, Inc.

box 26, folder 9

On publicity program

box 26, folder 10

Scope sheet

 

Studies

box 26, folder 11

Building material exhibits, 1931 September

box 26, folder 12

Providence, RI, by Ida S. Harrington, 1931 September

box 26, folder 13

Twenty-four selected cities

 

Subject file

box 26, folder 14

General

box 26, folder 15

Exhibits

box 26, folder 16

Salt Lake City

box 26, folder 17

Santa Barbara

 

Suggestions

box 26, folder 18

General

box 26, folder 19

For a National Institute of Housing and Civic Affairs, 1931 September 23

box 26, folder 20

From Bleeker Marquette, 1931 September 18

 

Home Ownership and Leasing Committee

box 26, folder 21

General

 

Correspondence

box 26, folder 22

General

box 26, folder 23

Gries, John M.

box 26, folder 24

Trigg, Ernest T.

box 26, folder 25

List of committee members

box 26, folder 26

Memoranda

box 26, folder 27

Program

box 26, folder 28

Regional survey of New York and its environs

 

Reports

box 26, folder 29

Preliminary draft of a report of the Committee, 1931 October 12

box 26, folder 30

Stenographic, 1931 December 4

 

Homemaking Committee

box 26, folder 31

General

 

Correspondence

box 26, folder 32

General

box 27, folder 1

Van Rensselaer, Martha

box 27, folder 2

Miscellaneous

box 27, folder 3

Editorial file

box 27, folder 4

Invoices

 

Lists

box 27, folder 5

Agencies in Boston related to homemaking

 

Members

box 27, folder 6

Committee

box 27, folder 7

Sub-committee

box 27, folder 8

Memoranda

box 27, folder 9

Minutes of meeting, 1931 August 1

box 27, folder 10

Press release, 1931 December 5

box 27, folder 11

Questionnaire replies

 

Reports

 

General

box 27, folder 12

Brief (on the Alabama study)

box 27, folder 13

Main. Includes endorsements

box 27, folder 14

Stenographer's, 1931 December 2-5

box 27, folder 15

Tentative

 

Sub-committees on city housing and family development

 

General

box 27, folder 16

1931 September 29

box 27, folder 17

1931 December 5

box 27, folder 18

Preliminary on special problems of city living

box 27, folder 19

Research

box 27, folder 20

Supplementary, 1931 December 5

 

Household Management Committee

box 28, folder 1

General

 

Correspondence

box 28, folder 2

Ford, James

box 28, folder 3

Gries, John

box 28, folder 4

Raitt, Effie I.

box 28, folder 5

Miscellaneous

box 28, folder 6

List of committee members

box 28, folder 7

Memoranda

box 28, folder 8

Preliminary notes on meeting, 1931 July 1

box 28, folder 9

Stenographer's report, 1931 December 2-5

 

Housing and the Community Committee

box 28, folder 10

General

 

Correspondence

box 28, folder 11

Cabot, Richard Clarke

box 28, folder 12

Ford, James

box 28, folder 13

Gries, John

box 28, folder 14

Pratt, Joseph H.

box 28, folder 15

Miscellaneous

box 28, folder 16

List of committee members

box 28, folder 17

Memoranda

 

Minutes of meetings, 1931

box 28, folder 18

October 3

box 28, folder 19

October 31

box 28, folder 20

Regional survey of New York and its environs

 

Reports

box 28, folder 21

On effect of housing conditions upon the efficiency of industrial workers, 1931 November 16

box 28, folder 22

Stenographic, 1931 December 2-5

 

Industrial Decentralization and Housing Committee

box 28, folder 23

General

 

Correspondence

box 28, folder 24

Cramer, Stuart W.

box 28, folder 25

Gries, John M.

box 28, folder 26

Haig, Robert Murray

box 28, folder 27

Leukhardt, J. C.

box 28, folder 28

Miscellaneous

 

Lists

box 28, folder 29

Acceptances and declinations

box 28, folder 30

Invitations sent

box 28, folder 31

Members

box 28, folder 32

Suggested members

box 28, folder 33

Memoranda

box 28, folder 34

Minutes of meeting, 1931 August 24-25

box 28, folder 35

Questionnaire

box 28, folder 36

Statement on industrial decentralization in appointment of Rural Aid Board, 1931 August 20

box 28, folder 37

Stenographer's report, 1931 December 4

 

Kitchens and Other Work Centers Committee

box 29, folder 1

General

box 29, folder 2

Checklist to assist in determining need for reconstructioning or modernizing

 

Correspondence

box 29, folder 3

General

box 29, folder 4

Halbert, Blanche

box 29, folder 5

Marlatt, Abby L.

box 29, folder 6

Stanley, Louise

box 29, folder 7

Wichers, H. E.

box 29, folder 8

Invoices

box 29, folder 9

Memoranda

 

Reports

box 29, folder 10

Progress

box 29, folder 11

Stenographic

 

Landscape Planning and Planting Committee

box 29, folder 12

General

box 29, folder 13

Agenda for the first meeting, 1931 June 5-6. Includes list of committee members

 

Correspondence

box 29, folder 14

Morgan, Junius S.

box 29, folder 15

Miscellaneous

 

Lists

box 29, folder 16

Books

box 29, folder 17

Possible members

box 29, folder 18

Subcommittees

box 29, folder 19

Memoranda

box 29, folder 20-21

Mimeographed material

box 30, folder 1

Regional planning notes (County of Los Angeles)

box 30, folder 2

Restrictions by subcommittee on streets, parkways, highways, and byways

box 30, folder 3

Stenographer's report, 1931 December 2-5

box 30, folder 4

Summary of activities

 

Large Scale Operations Committee

box 30, folder 5

General

box 30, folder 6

Acknowledgments

box 30, folder 7

Correspondence. Mostly of Alfred K. Stern, Chairman

box 30, folder 8

Financial records

box 30, folder 9

Lists of committee members

box 30, folder 10

Memoranda

 

Minutes of meetings

box 30, folder 11

Undated. Includes general correspondence

box 30, folder 12

1931 September 23 (Chicago)

box 30, folder 13

1931 September 30 (joint)

box 30, folder 14

1931 October 12 (Cleveland)

box 30, folder 15

Regional survey of New York and its environs

 

Reports

box 30, folder 16

General. Endorsements, 1931 November

box 30, folder 17

Final

box 30, folder 18

Stenographic, 1931 December 3

box 30, folder 19

Statement of Alfred Stern, Chairman and Director of the Julius Rosenwald Fund

box 30, folder 20

Suggestions for committee agenda

 

Negro Housing Committee

box 30, folder 21

General

 

Correspondence

box 31, folder 1

Burroughs, Nannie H., Chairman

box 31, folder 2

Committee members

box 31, folder 3

Editorial file

box 31, folder 4

Invoices

 

Lists

box 31, folder 5

Members

box 31, folder 6

Negro newspapers, magazines, trade journals, and press services in the United States, 1931 October

box 31, folder 7

Material regarding copyright

box 31, folder 8

Memoranda

 

Messages

box 31, folder 9

Sent by President Herbert Hoover to the Committee, 1931 April 24

box 31, folder 10

Suggested by Dr. James Ford to the National Negro Insurance Association, 1931 April 21

box 31, folder 11

Publicity file

box 31, folder 12

Questionnaire

 

Reports

 

General

box 32, folder 1

1931 December 2-5 (stenographic)

box 32, folder 2

1932

box 32, folder 3

Negro housing, 1931. Includes also endorsement and extracts of the report

box 32, folder 4

Rural, 1931

 

Statements to the committee

box 32, folder 5

By Herbert Hoover, 1931 April 24

box 32, folder 6

By Robert Lamont

 

Studies

box 32, folder 7

Comparative study of houses occupied by whites and Negroes in parallel areas, 1931

box 32, folder 8

Short study of housing and ownership in Boley Community

 

Reconditioning, Remodeling, Modernizing Committee

box 32, folder 9

General

box 32, folder 10

Correspondence. Mostly of Frederick Feiker, Chairman

box 32, folder 11

Editorial file. Includes letters, memoranda, printed report

box 32, folder 12

Invoices

box 32, folder 13

List of committee members

box 32, folder 14

Memoranda. Includes press memoranda

box 32, folder 15

Minutes of meeting, 1931 May 25

box 32, folder 16

Program of business cooperation

 

Reports

 

General

 

1931

box 32, folder 17

General

box 32, folder 18

December 2-5 (stenographer's)

 

1932

box 32, folder 19

June 10

box 32, folder 20

July 26

box 32, folder 21

Activities, 1932

box 32, folder 22

Upkeep and improvement of the home

box 32, folder 23

Suggestions for remodeling and home modernizing, 1931

box 32, folder 24

Tentative operating manual for conducting a local modernizing campaign, 1932 September

 

Relationship of Income and the Home Committee

box 32, folder 25

General

box 32, folder 26

Chart on cost of living

 

Correspondence

box 32, folder 27

General

box 33, folder 1

Carpenter, Niles, Chairman

box 33, folder 2

Committee members

box 33, folder 3

Data regarding rental and sale costs of houses (Richmond, Va), 1931

box 33, folder 4

Descriptive leaflet

box 33, folder 5

Invoices

box 33, folder 6

Letter of instructions to collecting agents

box 33, folder 7

List of committee members

box 33, folder 8

Memoranda

box 33, folder 9

Minutes of meeting, 1931 July 6

box 33, folder 10

Press release, 1931 December 4

box 33, folder 11

Primary research project

box 33, folder 12

Questionnaire

 

Relationship of Income and the Home Committee

 

Reports

 

General

box 33, folder 13

1931 December 3 (tentative)

box 33, folder 14

1931 December 4

box 33, folder 15

Stenographic, 1931 December 2-5

 

Studies

 

Buffalo, NY

box 33, folder 16

General

box 33, folder 17

Ten home purchasing families

box 33, folder 18

Relationship of income and home

box 33, folder 19

Two hundred families of small wage earners, Newark, NJ, 1931

box 33, folder 20

Tentative outline of subject-matter of committee on relationship of income and home

 

Subdivision Layout Committee

box 34, folder 1

Correspondence

box 34, folder 2

Invoices

box 34, folder 3

List of committee members

box 34, folder 4

Memorandum

 

Minutes of meeting, 1931

box 34, folder 5

April 30

box 34, folder 6

June 1

box 34, folder 7

References of possible interest to committee

 

Stenographer's report, 1931 December 2-5

box 34, folder 8

General

box 34, folder 9

Endorsement

box 34, folder 10

Preliminary draft

 

Taxation Committee

box 34, folder 11

General

box 34, folder 12

Correspondence

 

Financial records

box 34, folder 13

General, regarding Bill H.R. 7620

box 34, folder 14

Invoices

box 34, folder 15

Lists of committee members

box 34, folder 16

Memoranda

 

Minutes of meetings, 1931

box 34, folder 17

July 15

box 34, folder 18

October 5

box 34, folder 19

News release

 

Reports

box 34, folder 20

Preliminary report (by Marion McKay), 1931

box 34, folder 21

First draft of report for the committee (by Richard Ely), 1931

box 34, folder 22

Draft of report of the committee (submitted by H. L. Lutz), 1931

box 34, folder 23

Draft of the final report, 1931. Includes endorsement of report

box 34, folder 24

Stenographer's, 1931 December 2-5

 

Types of Dwellings Committee

 

General

box 35, folder 1

General

box 35, folder 2

Scope sheets

box 35, folder 3

Correspondence. Mostly of John Ihlder

box 35, folder 4

Invoices

box 35, folder 5

Lists of committee members

box 35, folder 6

Memoranda

 

Minutes of meetings, 1931

box 35, folder 7

May 4

box 35, folder 8

June 3

box 35, folder 9

July 17

box 35, folder 10

September 21

box 35, folder 11

October 17

 

Reports

box 35, folder 12

General. Written by Robert Whitten as chapter II of the report "Neighborhoods of Small Homes: Economic Density of Low-Cost Housing in America and England," 1931 May 27

box 35, folder 13

Stenographic, 1931 December 2-5. Includes endorsements of report

box 35, folder 14

Tentative, 1931 August 4

 

Utilities for HousesCommittee

box 36, folder 1

General

box 36, folder 2

Correspondence

box 36, folder 3

Invoices

box 36, folder 4

Lists of committee members

box 36, folder 5

Memoranda. Includes memoranda of meetings

box 36, folder 6

Notes on certain topics assigned for preliminary discussion to T. H. Wiggin

box 36, folder 7

Preliminary draft of a discussion on housing in unincorporated areas adjustment to cities, 1931 September 21

 

Reports

box 36, folder 8

Draft report of the Committee, 1931 September 8

 

Forstall, Walton 1931

box 36, folder 9

February 25

box 36, folder 10

March 3

box 36, folder 11

March 11

box 36, folder 12

Stenographer's, 1931 December 2-5. Includes endorsements of report

 

Correlating committees

 

Education and Service Committee

 

Correspondence

box 36, folder 13

Ford, James M.

box 36, folder 14

Gries, John

box 36, folder 15

Hart, Joseph

box 36, folder 16

Lamont, R. P.

box 36, folder 17

Shaw, Albert

box 36, folder 18

Financial records

 

Lists

box 36, folder 19

Committee members

box 36, folder 20

Subcommittees

box 36, folder 21

Memoranda

 

Reports

box 36, folder 22

On order of business

box 36, folder 23

Stenographer's, 1931 December 2-5

 

Legislation and Administration Committee

box 36, folder 24

General

box 36, folder 25

Financial records

box 36, folder 26

Correspondence. Mostly of Bernard J. Newman, Chairman

box 36, folder 27

List of committee members

box 36, folder 28

Memoranda

 

Minutes of meetings of the committee's correlation group C, 1931

box 36, folder 29

August 12

box 36, folder 30

October 15

box 36, folder 31

November 2

box 36, folder 32

Stenographer's report, 1931 December 2-5

 

Organization Programs, Local and National Committee

box 37, folder 1

General

box 37, folder 2

Correspondence. Mostly of Harlean James, Chairman

box 37, folder 3

Invoices

box 37, folder 4

List of committee members

box 37, folder 5

Memoranda

box 37, folder 6

Minutes of meeting, 1932 August 14

box 37, folder 7

Reports of the committee

 

Research Committee

box 37, folder 8

General

 

Bibliographies

box 37, folder 9

Building and housing, 1931 May 1

box 37, folder 10

Crime and housing, 1931 June

box 37, folder 11

Housing and health, 1931 June

box 37, folder 12

Miscellany

 

Correspondence

box 37, folder 13

General

box 37, folder 14

Ford, James, Chairman

box 37, folder 15

Editorial file

box 37, folder 16

Invoices

 

Lists

box 37, folder 17

Committee members

box 37, folder 18

Suggestions for research

box 37, folder 19

Memoranda

 

Minutes of meetings, 1931

box 37, folder 20

September 11

box 37, folder 21

October 9

box 38, folder 1

Press release, 1931 December 5

box 38, folder 2

Real estate activity chart, 1932

 

Reports

 

General, 1931

box 38, folder 3

October-November. Includes preliminary draft of report

box 38, folder 4

December 5

box 38, folder 5

Committee secretaries, 1931 September 9

box 38, folder 6

Stenographer, 1931 December 2-5. Includes endorsement of report

 

Research projects

box 38, folder 7

General. Includes research memorandum outline, 1931 October 9

box 38, folder 8

Home economics, 1931-1932

box 38, folder 9

Post conference

 

Reviews of the work by other committees

box 38, folder 10

Design Committee, 1931 November 3

box 38, folder 11

Reconditioning, Remodeling and Modernizing Committee, 1931 November 1

box 38, folder 12

Study in home ownership and leasing

 

Standards and Objectives Committee

box 38, folder 13

General

box 38, folder 14

Correspondence

box 39, folder 1

Issue of Housing, 1931 October

 

Lists

box 39, folder 2

Committee members

box 39, folder 3

Personnel

box 39, folder 4

Memoranda

 

Minutes of meetings, 1931

box 39, folder 5

September 25

box 39, folder 6

October 12-13

box 39, folder 7

October 28-29

box 39, folder 8

Statement of Wilson Compton, 1932

 

Stenographer's report, 1931 December 2-5

box 39, folder 9

General

box 39, folder 10

Endorsement of report

box 39, folder 11

Index to the report

box 39, folder 12

Proposed changes

 

Technological Development Committee

box 39, folder 13

General

box 39, folder 14

Appendices and bibliographies

box 39, folder 15

Correspondence

box 39, folder 16

Invoices

box 39, folder 17

List of committee members

box 39, folder 18

Memoranda

 

Minutes of meetings, 1931

box 39, folder 19

July 31

box 39, folder 20

September 18

 

Reports

box 39, folder 21

Stenographic, 1931 December 2-5

 

Tentative

box 39, folder 22

Draft. Includes comments on report, 1931 October-November

box 39, folder 23

Review of tentative report, 1931 December

box 39, folder 24

Tentative program, 1931 July 30

 

Reports 1930-1934.

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, typescripts of introductions, galleys, lists, and reviews, related to the eleven volumes put out by the Conference, arranged alphabetically by physical form
 

General. Includes correspondence, memoranda, typescripts of introductions, galleys

box 40, folder 1

Vol. 1 and 5

box 40, folder 2

Vol. 7

box 40, folder 3

Vol. 9

box 40, folder 4

Vol. 11

box 40, folder 5

Commendatory remarks

 

Correspondence

box 40, folder 6-7

Committee reports

 

General

box 40, folder 8

Committee secretaries

 

Complimentary copies

box 40, folder 9

General

box 40, folder 10

Index

box 40, folder 11

Reprints

box 40, folder 12

Volume 1. Planning for Residential Districts

box 40, folder 13

Volume 2. Home Finance and Taxation

box 41, folder 1

Volume 3. Slums, Large-Scale Housing and Decentralization

box 41, folder 2

Volume 4. Home Ownership, Income and Types of Dwellings

box 41, folder 3

Volume 5. House design, Construction and Equipment

box 41, folder 4

Volume 6. Negro Housing

box 41, folder 5

Volume 7. Farm and Village Housing

box 41, folder 6

Volume 8. Housing and the Community; Home Repair and Remodeling

box 41, folder 7

Volume 9. Household Management and Kitchens

box 41, folder 8

Volume 10. Homemaking, Home Furnishing and Information Services

box 41, folder 9

Vol. 11. Housing Objectives and Programs

box 41, folder 10

Planning Committee set

 

Forewords

box 41, folder 11

Lamont, Robert (vol. 4)

box 41, folder 12

Wilbur, Ray Lyman (vol. 7)

box 41, folder 13

List of possible titles. Includes correspondence

box 41, folder 14

Memoranda re distribution of Conference volumes

box 41, folder 15

Requests for complimentary copies of volumes

 

Reviews

 

General

box 42, folder 1-2

General

box 42, folder 3

Vol. 1-11

box 42, folder 4

Vol. 7

 

Index of reviews

box 42, folder 5-7

By magazine

box 43, folder 1

By magazine

box 43, folder 2

By volume

 

Subject file

box 43, folder 3-4

Circularizationa of the volumes

box 43, folder 5

Sales of conference volumes

 

Publicity File 1922-1947.

Scope and Contents note

Articles, broadcasts, clippings, correspondence, press releases, programs, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 43, folder 6-7

General. Includes pre-conference material

 

Articles

box 43, folder 8

Bricklayer, Mason and Plasterer, 1930 September

box 44, folder 1

United States Daily (on the President's Conference), 1932-1933

box 44, folder 2

Washington Herald, 1930 September 9

box 44, folder 3

Broadcasts

 

Clippings

box 44, folder 4

General

box 44, folder 5

Scrapbook of reviews on all conference volumes

box 44A, folder 6

Supplement to scrapbook of reviews

box 45, folder 1-4

Correspondence regarding copyright issues

 

Editorial file

box 46, folder 1

General

box 46, folder 2

Bibliography

 

Correspondence

 

General

 

General

box 46, folder 3

Vol. 1

box 46, folder 4

Vol. 2

box 46, folder 5

Vol. 3

box 46, folder 6

Vol. 4

box 46, folder 7

Vol. 5

box 46, folder 8

Vol. 6

box 46, folder 9

Vol. 7

box 46, folder 10

Vol. 8

box 46, folder 11

Vol. 9

box 46, folder 12

Vol. 10

box 47, folder 1

Vol. 11

box 47, folder 2

Correlative volume

box 47, folder 3

Vol. 2, second edition

box 47, folder 4

Vol. 8, second edition

box 47, folder 5

Publications

box 47, folder 6

Index

 

Press releases

box 47, folder 7

By committee

box 47, folder 8-9

By date

box 48, folder 1

By volume

box 48, folder 3-4

Press releases (duplicate set)

box 48, folder 5

Programs of conferences, conventions and sessions, 1930-1931

box 48, folder 6

Miscellaneous

 

Subject File 1926-1933.

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, clippings, lists, memoranda, minutes of meetings, press releases, printed matter, reports, arranged alphabetically by name of organization affiliated with the Conference
 

General. Mostly national organizations

box 48, folder 7

Ac-B

box 48, folder 8

Al-Am

box 49, folder 1

Am

box 49, folder 2

Ar-As

box 49, folder 3

B

box 49, folder 4

C

box 49, folder 5

D-L

box 49, folder 6

E

box 49, folder 7

G

box 49, folder 8

F

box 49, folder 9

H

box 49, folder 10

I

box 49, folder 11

L

box 49, folder 12

M

box 49, folder 13

M-Z

box 49, folder 14

Ne-z

box 49, folder 15

O

box 49, folder 16

P

box 49, folder 17

S

box 49, folder 18

T

box 49, folder 19

U

box 49, folder 20

W

box 49, folder 21

Committee for Economic and Social Progress

box 49, folder 22

Committee for Economic Recovery

box 50, folder 1

Home Loan Bank

box 50, folder 2

National Bureau of Economic Research

box 50, folder 3

National Conference of Business and Industrial Committees

box 50, folder 4

National Conference on Construction

box 50, folder 5

National Conference on Street and Highway Safety

box 50, folder 6

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

box 50, folder 7

Renovize Philadelphia Campaign

box 50, folder 8

United States. Department of Commerce

box 50, folder 9

Miscellaneous

 

Oversize Material

Scope and Contents note

Ledgers
box 51

Oversize Material

box 52

Oversize Material

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Photograph 1931 December 2

Scope and Contents note

One photograph depicting the opening session of the Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership (m*A)