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Alfred T. White papers, 1884-1910
1 boxPrinted material and some correspondence related to low rental housing and tenements in New York City. Included are business records concerning the rental and maintenance of tenements.
Coalition to Save City & Suburban Housing records, 1984-1996
3 document boxesThis collection includes correspondence, research, and legal papers related to the operations of the Coalition to Save City and Suburban Housing, Inc., the complex's tenants, community activists, and their joint efforts to obtain a designation of the complex as a New York City landmark.
Alterations to S/W Apartment 1 Lexington Avenue New York N.Y. / D. Everett Waid, architect, 1932
15 drawingsDrawings show plans, elevations, and sections for the Southwest Apartment on the 11th and 12th story of 1 Lexington Avenue.
Association for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females Records, 1863-1928
0.5 Linear FeetSeven volumes of minutes and financial records including two cash books, 1874-1891 and n.d.; four secretary's minute books, 1863-1928, and one donations book, 1921-1927.
Dorothy Rosenman papers, 1936-1946
1 boxCorrespondence, documents, and printed material relating to Rosenman's activities as a housing analyst. Correspondents include Fiorello La Guardia, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bernard Baruch, and Herbert Lehman. Also, printed copies of Rosenman's many articles on housing.
Arthur Cort Holden Negatives and Architectural Drawings, 1919-1953
304 negativesThe Arthur Cort Holden Collection consists chiefly of glass plate negatives that primarily deal with the explication of New York City housing and real estate. Other subjects include diagrammatic maps of New York City, exterior and interior views of unidentified domestic architecture, and a limited amount of projects by Holden himself. The collection also contains drawings related to the economic and housing surveys and studies concerning New York City completed during the 1930s. Both Cornell University and Princeton University hold other extensive collections related to Holden.
Marjorie Sewell Cautley landscape drawings, 1928-1931
56 drawingsThis collection contains landscape designs and planting plans for a significant housing development project in Radburn, New Jersey and for the Phipps Garden Apartments project in Sunnyside, Queens.
Horace Ginsbern architectural drawings, 1902-1987
4,422 drawingsThe collection primarily contains architectural drawings, including renderings and working drawings, for projects designed by Ginsbern. Most projects are located in Manhattan and the Bronx and cover various building types, including apartment buildings, stores, office, and industrial buildings. Some projects are not identified.
Arthur E. Carlisle papers, 1954-1980
6 linear feetThis collection consists of a mostly complete run (C-Z) of Arthur E. Carlisle's personal subject and correspondence files, arranged in alphabetical order. Topics include housing issues, nuclear reactor on campus, area playgrounds, parking lots, College of Pharmacy site, political announcements, etc.
Charles S. Ascher papers, 1926-1979
68 linear feetCorrespondence, memoranda, manuscripts, documents, photographs, printed material, and memorabilia of Ascher. Also, his notes and diary/datebooks, as well as typescripts for many of his reports, articles, and reviews. Among the major correspondents are Roger Nash Baldwin, Mary Steichen Calderone, Julian Huxley, Margaret Mead, Jo Mielziner, Lewis Mumford, Alva Myrdal, Edwin Herbert Samuel (2nd Viscount Samuel), Percy E. Sutton, and Constantine D. Tsatsos.