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Committee of 100 on the Federal City (Fonds containing MS2017 and MS2131)
Fonds
Identifier: Fonds-Committee of 100
Scope and Contents
This fonds contains correspondence, reports, minutes, publications, newspaper articles, memorandum, bank statements, financial records, maps, and blueprints. The material dates from 1909-2012 with the bulk of the material falling within the dates 1930-2007.The material in this fonds document the Committee's stance on the issues it chose to address within the areas of planning, historic preservation, and transportation. Within the subject of transportation there are enough files to detail...
Dates:
1909-2012; Majority of material found within 1930-2007
Frederick Gutheim papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS0244-UA
Abstract
Frederick Albert Gutheim (1908-1993) was a city planner, urban historian and architectural critic, and professor at The George Washington University from 1971-79, and director of the University's graduate program in historic preservation from 1976-1979. Collection include correspondence, papers, publications, exams, syllabi, lecture notes, newsletters, and news clippings ranging from 1952-1980.
Dates:
1952-1980
John Nolen, Jr. papers
Collection — oversize-folder: UP1
Identifier: MS2193
Abstract
This collection contains materials related to the work of John Nolen as an urban planner in Washington D.C. The materials date from 1906-2000 with the bulk of the material falling between 1935 and 1968. The materials in this collection include official records from organizations such as the Committee of 100 on the Federal City and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission (now the National Planning Commission) for which John Nolen worked as well as material from organizations of...
Dates:
1906-2000; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1968
Polly Shackleton papers
Collection
Identifier: MS2031
Abstract
Collection contains correspondence, memorandums, newsletters, speeches, news releases, public statements, news clippings, newspapers, events brochures, pamphlets, posters, buttons and pins, photographs, cassette tapes, plaques and awards, hats, scarves, a 44 star flag, expired passports, membership and identification cards, hats, and buttons and pins documenting Polly Shackleton's (1910-1997) career as a politician and social activist in Washington, D.C. during the second half of the...
Dates:
1894-1997
Walter Tobriner papers
Collection
Identifier: MS2014
Abstract
Collection contains correspondence, greeting cards, index cards, newspaper clippings, speeches, statements, publications, and various types of memorabilia. The bulk of the collection consists of the six scrapbooks constructed by Tobriner between 1961 and 1968. These scrapbooks were taken apart and preservation photocopied, then placed in their original order, along with the different kinds of memorabilia. The materials in this collection range in date from 1949 to 1968, with the bulk of the...
Dates:
1949-1968
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- Transportation 4
- Washington (D.C.) 4
- City planning 3
- Scrapbooks 2
- Transportation -- Washington Metropolitan Area 2
- Urbanization 2
- Architecture -- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Automobile parking 1
- Buildings 1
- Buildings -- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Child welfare 1
- City councils 1
- City planning -- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Civil rights 1
- Discrimination 1
- Education 1
- Federal Triangle (Washington, D.C.) 1
- Height restrictions 1
- Home rule 1 + ∧ less
- Names
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 3
- Committee of 100 on the Federal City (Washington, D.C.) 2
- Nolen, John 2
- Shackleton, Polly 2
- Alley Dwelling Authority (Washington, D.C.) 1
- American City Planning Institute 1
- American Institute of Planners 1
- American Planning and Civic Association 1
- American Society of Civil Engineers 1
- Craig, Peter Stebbins 1
- Delano, Frederic Adrian 1
- District of Columbia. City Council 1
- George Washington University 1
- George Washington University. Historic Preservation Program 1
- Grant, U. S. (Ulysses S.), 1881-1968 1
- Green, Constance McLaughlin 1
- Gutheim, Frederick Albert 1
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) 1
- McGrath, Dorn Charles 1
- National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board 1 + ∧ less
- George Washington University
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