WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON HOME BUILDING AND HOME OWNERSHIP
RG 167, Series 78
Records of Committees and Support Staff
Box Contents
1. COMMITTEE FILES
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Blighted Areas and Slums Committee
Agenda #8
June -- September
October and Undated
Appendix A Bibliography
Appendix B -- I
Bibliography on Blighted Areas and Slums
Booklets
Correspondence
1931
June
2
July
1-18
19-25
26-31
August
September
October
1-15
3
16-31
November
1-15
16-31
December
1932
January
February -- May and Undated
Data (1)
4
Data (2)
Data Re: Members # 8
Displacement of Slum Dwellers
General
Housing Conditions
Boston
Pittsburgh
Housing of Salaried Workers
Industrial Housing Developments
Membership Lists
Minutes
June 16
July 13
September 24
October 26-27
December 3
Objectives
Pre-Conference Desk Materials
Press Releases
Professional Literature
Questions for Consideration
Regional Survey of New York and its Environs
Report and Committee Booklet
5
Reports
Final Report Draft
Tentative Reports (3)
Reports Approved
Reports at Staff Meetings
Reports: Appendix A--G
See: under Appendix
Staff Assignments
Staff Correspondence and Memoranda, 1931
March -- September
6 October -- December
Studies (Appendix A-Appendix I)
Studies #8
BUSINESS AND HOUSING COMMITTEE
Report of the Committee on Business and Housing
CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE
Address of Secretary Chapin
Agenda
Amended Reports Approved
See: under Reports
Architectural Control
Blighted Areas
Building Lines and Setbacks
See Also: Theory and Practice in Building Lines
Chairman’s Address to the Conference (12-1-31)
City Planning and Zoning Committee Conference Members
See Also: Data Re: Members
Clippings
College Courses
Committee Reports
See Also: Reports
7
Correspondence
1931
March
April 1-10
April 11-30
May 1-15
May 16-31
June
July
8
August
September
October 1-15
October 16-31
November
December
1932
9
Data (2 folders)
Data Re: Members #12
See Also: Committee Conference Members
Economic Production of Workingmen’s Homes, The
Future Study
General
Housing
Land -- Intensity of Use
Letters from Merriet Concrete Company
Map
See: Population Densities
Meeting: Second-September 28, 1931
Meeting Notes and Memos, 1931
Minutes
1930
December 16 & 17
1931
March 10
April 7-8 (Folders 1-2)
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April 7-8 (Folder 3)
May 5-6
See Also: Recreation & Notes from May 5-6
June 3-4
September 22-23
December 3
"New Housing Ideas From Europe"
Notes: April 7-8, 1931 Meeting
See: Minutes, 1931 April 7-8
Population Densities
Papers and Position Statements
Pre-Conference Desk Material
Professional Literature
11
Program--CPZ Committee Conference
Recreation & Notes from May 5-6, 1931 Meeting
Report of Committee on Planning and Zoning
Correspondence
Tentative Draft of Final Report
September 1931
October
November, 1931
December 3, 1931
12
Undated
Reports
Amended Reports: Approved
Miscellaneous
12
Revisions: Miscellaneous
Reports and Appendix Sent Out
Research
Speeches
Studies #12
Taxation
Theory and Practice in Building Lines
Traffic and Superhighways
United States Daily, The
Tuesday, July 26, 1932
Thursday, July 28, 1932
Friday, July 29, 1932
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
Appendix Material (2 folders)
See Also: Report to Conference
Baltimore
Bibliography
Breakfast Meeting, December 3, 1931
See: Meetings
Builders’ Survey
See: Questionnaires on Home Building
Comments on Program
See: Program: Comments on
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Conference Meeting, December 3
See: Meetings
Construction Report (Working Papers)
See: Report on Home Building: Working Papers
Correlating Committees of the Conference
See: 2. CORRELATION GROUPS
13
Data from Members
Data from Outside the Committee
See Also: Suggestions from the Public
Folders 1A -- 15A
Folders 16A -- 32A
Folders 1B -- 12B
Folders 13B --- 31B
Expenses
First Meeting-May 6
See: Meetings
Folders 1A-15A etc.
See:
1. Data From Outside the Committee: Folders . .
2. Suggestions from the Public
Gries, John M.
Home Inspection List from Reconditioning, Remodeling and
Modernization Committee
14
House Plans
List of Published Material Relating to Home Building and Maintenance
Long Island Form: Construction Survey
Meetings
Correspondence and Memoranda
May 6 (First Meeting)
December 3 Breakfast Meeting
December 3 Conference Meeting
Membership
Modernizing
Northern New Jersey
Philadelphia & Trenton, NJ
Program
Comments on
Items Referred to Other Committees
Memoranda and Resource Material, 1929-31
15
Questionnaire on Home Building (2 folders)
See: Questionnaire on Home Building
Redwood Home Plans by California Architects
Report to Conference
Correspondence, 1931-32
Drafts
Endorsements
Working Papers
Reports and Appendix Sent Out
16
Secretaries (Construction)
Sub-Committees (2 folders)
May--July
August--September
Suggestions
1929-30
1931
Undated
Wilmington, Delaware
DESIGN COMMITTEE
Design Committee Report
Miscellaneous
FARM & VILLAGE HOME BUILDING AND OWNERSHIP COMMITTEE
Bibliography
Farm and Village Home Landscaping
Housing in Labor Camps Housing in Tourist Camps
Housing of Mexicans and Indians
16
Regional Survey of New York and It’s Environments
Report on Housing In Unincorporated Areas Adjacent to Cities
Rural and Village Housing Committee: Work Plans
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Adams, Morgan
See: Suggestions of Members (Adams)
17
Appendix 5A
Appraising
Appraisal Letters
Appraisal Letters to Real Estate Men
Alabama-Florida
Georgia-Minnesota (2 folders)
Mississippi-New York
Ohio-Oklahoma
Pennsylvania-Wisconsin
18
Bibliographies
Bids (3 folders)
Bids
Lists of Sealed Bids to be Opened
Sealed Bids
Booklets
Buffalo Home Ownership Study
Appendices
Carbons of Rewrites and Tables
19
Correspondence and Memoranda
Tables and Graphs Used in Preparing Buffalo Study
Working Copy of Preliminary Buffalo study Building and
Housing Division
See: 3. Division of Building and Housing
Correspondence
A
Adams, Morgan
B
Bing, Alexander M.
C
D
Dillon, Clarence
E
F
Fackner, Leonard E.
G
H
J
Johnston, William A.
K
Kahler, Harry A.
Kingsley, William H.
L
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M
McLean, L.A.
N
O
O’Brian, Paul P.
P
R
Reep, Samuel N.
Robins, Henry R.
Robinson, A.C.
Robinson, H.C.
S
T
W
Zinn, A.A.
Correspondence: White House
A Misc
B Misc
C Misc
D Misc
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E Misc
F Misc
G Misc
Haz--Hog
Hol--Hya
J Misc
K Misc
L Misc
Mac A--Q
Mah--Mun
N-O Misc
P Misc
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Rai--Ror
Ros-Rya
S Misc
T-V Misc
W Misc
Z Misc
Unidentified
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
See Also: List of Supervising Architect Jobs
Financial Statistics [State and Local Governments]
General Office Memorandum
Ford, James
See:
1. Memoranda to Dr. Ford
2. Building and Housing Division:
Foreclosures
See:
1. Real Estate Board : Foreclosure Study
2. Reduction of Foreclosures Plan
General Research Material
Government Printing Office: Lists of Publications
23
Home Financing
1927-29
1930
1931 ???
1931
April--May
June--December
Letters: Reasons for Foreclosures
See: Reduction of Foreclosures Plan
Lists of Supervising Architect Jobs
See Also: Public Building Programs
Lists of Names Requesting Publications
Lumber Costs, 1931-32
Memoranda to Dr. Ford
Mertzke, A.J.
Articles
Memoranda
Monthly Report of Activities
Moratorium on Mortgage Amortization vs. Reconditioning of
Buildings
National Conference on Construction, 1931-32
Negro Housing
Personal Experiences and Finance Plans 1931
See Also: Reduction of Foreclosures Plan: Correspondence:
Excerpts re: Reasons for Foreclosures
A
B
C
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D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
V
25
W
Planning [for Conference]
Plans: Miscellaneous (2 folders)
Population Releases [by Census Bureau, 1932]
President Hoover’s Address at the Opening Meeting of the Conference
Real Estate Board : Foreclosure Survey
Reconstruction and Production Estimates
Reconstruction Finance Corporation: Analysis of Real Estate Paper as
Collateral
Statement on Recreation Areas, 1931
Reduction of Foreclosures Plan
Correspondence
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Cl-Co
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Me-Mz
Na-Nz
Oa-Oz
Pa-Pz
Qua-Quo
Ra-Ror
Ros-Rz
Sa-Se
Sh-Sz
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Smith, H. LeRoy
Ta-Tz
Ua-Uz
Va-Vz
Wa-Wz
Wi-Wn
Wo-Wz
X-Y-Z
Circular Letters
Excerpts re: Reasons for Foreclosures
Incomplete Return Address [no response possible]
Replies
References to Finance Committee Reports
Report & Recommendations of the Committee on Home Finance
Appendices
Correspondence and Memoranda
Final Drafts
28
Miscellaneous Drafts
Suggestions of Members
Adams, Morgan
Cody, Hiram S.
Reep, Samuel N.
FUNDAMENTAL EQUIPMENT COMMITTEE
Appendix to Report of Committee onFundamental Equipment
(Example of Plumbing Specifications)
Appendix to Report of Sub-Committee on Heating, Ventilating, and
Air Conditioning
Bibliography on Subjects Covered by the Committee
Brief Preliminary Bibliography for the Conference Committee on
Fundamental Equipment
Fundamental Equipment: General
Table 1: Fundamental Heating Data for Various Districts of the U.S.
HOME FURNISHING & DECORATION COMMITTEE
Report of Committee on Home Furnishing and Decoration
HOME INFORMATION CENTERS COMMITTEE
28
Answers to Questionnaire Sent to Committee Secretaries on Community
Survey
Atlanta, Georgia
Bibliography
See Also:
1. List of Extension . . . Publications
2. Publicity Bibliography
Bibliographical References on Home Information Centers
Building Exhibit Material -- Miss Chase
Committee Procedures
See: Outline of Committee Procedures
Correspondence
Day File, 1931
January--September
October--December and undated
List of Memoranda and Letters
Alderman, L.R.
Atwater, Helen
Avery, Mrs. Ora
Baum, Dwight James
Chase, Pearl (2 folders)
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Christenson, C.O.
Coleman, Lawrence Vail
Cornell, Grace
Curran, Thomas M.
Fitzpatrick, F. Stuart
Ford, James
Frampton, M.E.
Frysinger, Grace E.
Gilbertson, Henry W.
Gries, John M.
Harrington, Ida S.
Halbert, Blanche
Hiscox, J.W.
James, Harlean
Jones, Robert T.
Kelley, H. Roy
Lewton, Blanche Clark
Lieber, Philip
Marqette, Bleeker
Melvin, Bruce
Merrill, Julia
Mulford, Furman Lloyd
Parker, William
Phelan, V.B.
Reese, Madge
Routsazhn, Mary Swain
Smith, C.B.
Smith, Lena (Mrs. R.H.)
Storrow, Helen (Mrs. James J.)
Watkins, George
Woolman, Mary Schenck
Wyman, John M.
Des Moines, Iowa
Detroit Building Congress Material
Educational Publicity Bureau
See Also:
1. Local Home Information Bureaus
2. National Home Information Bureaus
3. Information for Rural & Village
Florida Building Council
30
Frampton’s Report File
Information for Rural and Village People
List of Home Information Centers
List of Magazines in Which Plan Service Has Appeared
List of Organizations in HIS Field
List of Publications (Division of Building and Housing)
List of Requests for Conference Material
List of State Extension & Experiment Station Publications
Home Building and Remodeling, 1921-31
Planning and Planting of Home Grounds, 1921-31
Local Home Information Bureaus
Los Angeles, California
Material Used in Preparation of Final Printed Volume
See Also: Report
Mimeographed Material Through 12/5/31 (2 folders)
Meetings, 1931
See Also: Section Meetings
Miscellaneous
June 9--10 First Committee Meeting
September 22 Preliminary Meeting of Section Heads
September 22-24
Mimeographed Materials for Meeting
Minutes
31
Notes: Original
Notes: Revised
September 30 Coordinating Committee
December 3 Dinner Meeting
Montgomery Ward Figures: Sales of Houses
National Association of Real Estate Boards: "How Did You Get Your