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City planning
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Committee of 100 on the Federal City records [Part I]
Collection
Identifier: MS2017
Abstract
Collection contains correspondence, reports, minutes, publications, newspaper articles, memorandum, bank statements, financial records, maps, and blueprints. The material dates from 1932-2003 with the bulk of the material falling within the dates 1950-87. The majority of the documents focus on city planning and transportation issues. These detail the various highway and rapid transit projects facing the district, as well as looking at zoning regulations and legal procedures and the debates and...
Dates:
1932-1995; Majority of material found within Circa 1970 - Circa 1999
Committee of 100 on the Federal City records [Part II]
Collection
Identifier: MS2131
Abstract
Collection documents 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 many of the various highway and rapid transit projects the Committee of 100 dealt with. The collection also has files dealing with zoning regulations, housing, urban design and city water resources.
Dates:
1909-1996
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
Harrison Lee papers
Collection
Identifier: MS2011
Abstract
Collection consists of the D.C. Comprehensive Plan including documents relating to the comprehensive plan for the National Capital; manuscript and committee records; printed ephemera; newspaper articles; newsletters; magazine articles; brochures and guidebooks; awards and certificates. The material dates from 1928-92.
Dates:
1928-1992
John Nolen, Jr. papers
Collection — Oversize-folder UP1
Identifier: MS2193
Overview
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 which...
Dates:
1906-2000; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1968
Leon Zach scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MS2164
Abstract
Collection consists of a scrapbook of newspaper clippings. The clippings date from 1953-1955 and have been culled from local newspapers, including the Washington Star, Washington Daily News, and Washington Post. The clippings document urban planning efforts in Washington, D.C. Zach served on the National Capital Planning Commission during this period.
Dates:
1953-1955