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Charles Abrams: Papers and Files

A Guide to the Microfilm Publication

Department of Manuscripts and University Archives John M. Olin Library Cornell University Ithaca, New York

1975 Property Rights

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Edited by Nita Jager

Designed by David May at The Ithaca Office Contents

Acknowledgments 4

Introductory Note 5

Charles Abrams: A Biography 7

Chronology 13

Bibliography 15

Summary of Microfilm Reels 26

Reel Notes 29 Acknowledg01ents

This microfilm publication, including the printed guide, is the work of many people. Mrs. Ruth Abrams has suppported the project vigorously and imaginatively from the beginning. She not only conceived the idea of a microfilm publication, but has been the single most important influence establishing the exceptional quality of this publication. Professor Lloyd Rodwin of MIT, as literary executor, has served his former friend, the family, the cause of scholarship, and the staff working on this project by his sound advice and sense of what was both needed and useful.

An advisory committee headed by Professor Rodwin has counseled us on the material to be included. Other members of the committee are William A. Doebele, Harvard University; Sigurd Grava, Columbia University; and Jacob B. Ukeles, New School for Social Research. Family friends and former colleagues of Mr. Abrams have also provided suggestions and helped in other ways; Nathan Glazer, Charles Haar, Robert Kolodny, Dwight MacDonald (who wrote the biography), and Shirley Adelson Siegel merit particular thanks. Henry J. Goldschmidt, of Goldschmidt and Zucker, has handled the legal matters and provided encouragement in the best tradition of a counselor.

The entire staff of the Department of Manuscripts and University Archives of the Cornell University Libraries has worked on the project at its various stages. However, Mrs. Lucille Grindhammer deserves special mention for her knowledgeable and painstaking work arranging the papers and sorting documents for the film. I am personally indebted to her for her patience with me and with the inevitable delays.

In spite of this assistance, all too inadequately acknowledged here, I must take full responsibility for error of fact or ofjudgment that may be found in the publication.

Herbert Finch Ithaca Assistant Director of Libraries 1975 Introductory Note

Charles Abrams' s papers present the story of an unusually full career, and one that was dominated by his interest in housing and discrimina­ tion. They also identify the efforts of other individuals in New York State, the United States, and the world, who were engaged with him in the effort to improve the living conditions of people. And they show, to a large degree, the extent to which governments and organizations concerned themselves with these problems during the middle decades of the twentieth century.

Abrams indicated in his will that he wished his papers to be made available to scholars and charged his literary executor, Professor Lloyd Rodwin, with working out a plan to accomplish that desire. Following an agreement signed in November 1970, Cornell University Libraries' Department of Manuscripts and University Archives received the entire collection, organized it, and selected from it material to be microfilmed. The filmed collection and accompanying printed guide were given to four institutions with which Abrams had been associated and offered for sale to any others who wish to expand their research holdings.

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Charles AbraDis

A Biography

The late Charles Abrams was a lover of cities and the people who live in them. When he died in 1970 at the age of sixty-eight, he was the dean of world housing experts-a most unacademic dean who upset established theory with pragmatic heresies. "Charlie has always kept his allies off balance," a New Deal housing expert once observed. "He is continually questioning and rethinking the fundamental beliefs for which all ofus, including him, have fought and bled."

His voluminous papers are the record of a richly varied career unified in subject (cities), approach (imaginative), method (empirical), and style (direct). These threads run through and tie together the Abrams story, as seen through his papers, from his early success in law and real estate to the middle decades when he held office under Mayor LaGuardia and Governor Harriman in various city and state positions concerned with housing and racial discrimination. And, through the last sixteen years of his career, he was both a peripatetic teacher and a worldwide troubleshooter in the field of urban housing and planning, the former as a professor at Harvard, Columbia, M.I.T., and other universities, the latter as the most dynamic globe-trotting expert for the U.N. on housing problems in Asia, Africa, and South America.

All this, plus the seven books he wrote, plus the myriad reports, surveys, lectures, and other mimeographed items (some as long as some books), adds up to quite a lot of experience-he probably knew more about housing, at the practical-financial-political level, than any other man of his time-and explains the considerable influence Abrams has had on several generations of student and professional ''urbanologists,'' that is,' 'one who claims to be an expert on the woes of the urban problem and professes to have the answers." Such is the definition given in his final work, The Language of Cities, a delightfully personal and unacademic "glossary ofterms"-he wanted to call itA Glommentary (gloss-cum-commentary) but the publishers balked.

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In a review of one of Abrams' s books, The City Is the Frontier, Eric Larrabee suggests what made Abrams such a signal critic and prophet of our times:

Charles Abrams knows more about urban planning and real estate than any decent man should. Analte Kampfer, he was going down to defeat in glorious causes before the rest of us had chosen sides, and his book is illuminated by an awareness of what has failed us all: a failure of the urban spirit-''a lag in the initiative of the American people, and their waning interest in their urban culture and leisure and in the environment that nourishes them." Years in the jungle of housing laws and administration have made Abrams a master of ifs complexities: he knows how the fate of a neighborhood can hinge on a mortgage-interest rate, how legislation can be made to serve the opposite of its aims, and how the best of intentions can be tripped up over a tiny pebble of stubborn self-interest. He knows how much patience, perseverance, and guile are needed to effect even the most trivial improvement. Most of all, he knows that the destruction of American cities did not simply happen; it was done­ and he knows who did it.

Charles Abrams was born in Vilna, Poland, then part of Czarist Russia, in 1902. There, his father was a tradesman, his mother respected as a direct descendant of the Vilna Gaon-one of the major religious and Talmudic leaders of his time. The family emigrated to the United States two years later, settling in that great center of Jewish immigration: the Williamsburgh section of Brooklyn. Many years later, when Abrams worked on a housing code for the LaGuardia administration, he was amazed to find that, according to all physical standards, he had grown up in a slum. But since nobody then realized it, it wasn't-except statistically. Williams burgh was a hard-working, lively, close-knit community, as was the Abrams family, and young Charles was happy in both. It instilled in him a sensitivity to the important role of neighborhoods in people's lives. His father managed to support the family by selling pickles and herring from a sidewalk stand. ''There was something noble about everything he did,'' the son recalled later, "Even the sale of a miserable pickled herring somehow became a courtly and humane transaction." Charles went to public schools, and by nine he was adding to the family income by after-school jobs as a messenger boy and as a lamplighter. The latter job he recalled as exhilarating, even romantic: speeding along on roller skates in the Brooklyn twilights and dawns, he would declaim such heady stuff as Mark Antony's Funeral Oration ("If you have tears, prepare to shed them now ... ")or Spartacus to the Gladiators ("Ye call me chief, and ye do well to call me chief.") When he had finished high school, college being out of the question in that Paleozoic time for the son of a vendor, Charles went to Brooklyn Law School at night, financing himself by working in law offices during the day. His lastjob, and the most important in its formative effect on his personality and career, was with Arthur Garfield Hays, general counsel to the American Civil Liberties Union, a leading constitutional lawyer and a veteran and resourceful fighter for liberal causes. The young Abrams tried to emulate Hays­ smoked a pipe because his hero did-and the mature Abrams

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continued to admire Hays. Probably an important factor in his early resolution to divert the thrust of his career from money-making into crusading (a most practical and tireless crusader who always carried a slide rule and a ham sandwich in his helmet) was the example of Arthur Garfield Hays.

In 1923, shortly after he was admitted to the bar, Abrams set up a law partnership with Bernard Botein, later ajustice of the New York State Supreme Court. In five years he was making $25,000 annually, a princely take for a young lawyer then and not unimpressive today. He began to invest his earnings in Greenwich Village real estate, acquiring in seven or eight years some eighty properties, most of which did nicely (but he claimed he lost most of his hair in the process). He took considerable pride in reviving and bettering that historic section of Manhattan whenever possible. During this period, he married Ruth Davidson, now a painter of note, and settled in a spacious brownstone house on West Tenth Street in Greenwich Village, where they proceeded to raise a family and to entertain, at large and extremely variegated parties, a constantly fluctuating circle of old friends, new acquaintances, students, and distinguished visiting firemen, urbanological and otherwise, from Ghana, Chile, Philadelphia, Paris, London, and other foreign parts. (''These parties of Charlie's and Ruth's were unique, in fact each one was unique" an experienced Manhattan party-goer recalls. "You never knew what, or who, to expect. All you could be sure of was plenty of talk, plenty of good food and drink, and plenty of Charlie-and that you'd be invited at the last minute or later.'') Charlie, as even casual aquaintances instantly called him, was a puckish spirit, overflowing with wisecracks, puns, and extemporaneous jingles he couldn't resist trying out on the most solemn occasions. Not that any occasion was very solemn with Charlie around. ''High on a list of secret ambitions he drew up in 1929 was: 'Write a great song hit,' " Bernard Taper writes in his definitive profile in The New Yorker of February 4 and 11, 1967. It was one of the few ambitions the Williamsburgh lamplighter didn't achieve.

In 1933, Mayor LaGuardia asked Abrams to help draft the legislation under which the New York City Housing Authority, the first one in the country, was founded the next year with Abrams as its counsel. He was an early shaper of public housing law, notably when he successfully argued the city's suit against one Andrew Muller, a landlord who refused all offers for a piece of property the city needed for a housing project. Abrams thought Muller's property could be condemned and acquired by an extension of the principle of eminent domain to this new field. LaGuardia and some of his commissioners were hesitant, fearing that to lose the case might jeopardize the whole program. But their young counsel persuaded them to risk it and established an important precedent. "If Abrams hadn't pressed the

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Muller case and won it, there would be no public housing today,'' stated Longdon Post, the Housing Authority's chairman.

Abrams resigned as counsel in 1937, after clashing with the mercurial and increasingly dictatorial LaGuardia, but he didn't go back to money-making. The metamorphosis was permanent. "I switched [in 1933] from the profit motive to the prophet motive," he punned. The business savvy he had acquired as a successful player of the "real­ estate game'' provided a practical foundation for his housing crusades that few if any other urbanologists could command. "He says that on many occasions, both on missions abroad and here in the United States,'' Bernard Taper writes, ''his achievement has been to come up with some 'gimmick' -some legal formula or some administrative or financial mechanism-that generates significant social action. 'What I am really is a kind of finagler,' he says. 'In real estate I learned how to finagle for myself. After that, I began finagling for society.' ''

In 1939, he published his first book, Revolution in Land, which Lewis Mumford called the most significant study of landed property since Henry George. This was followed by The Future of Housing in 1946. From 1947 to 1949 he was the New York Post's housing columnist; he raked a lot of muck in the factual, documented, hard-hitting tradition of Steffens and Tarbell. In 1947 he fought the important case of Dorsey v. Stuyvesant Town challenging the right, on constitution grounds, of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company to refuse to rent apartments to blacks in its huge housing project, which was partially financed from public funds. The case was lost in court but, stimulated by Abrams, first the New York City Council and, later, the New York State legislature passed the first laws forbidding racial discrimination in housing projects built with public money.

Abrams was appointed New York State Rent Administrator by Governor Averell Harriman in 1954 and the next year chairman of the New York State Commission Against Discrimination. In this post, which he held until 1959, Abrams introduced a new concept of active intervention: he investigated whole industries, sponsored research into employment patterns, and negotiated agreements with large corporations. His Forbidden Neighbors, published during this period, was a pioneering study of racial discrimination in housing.

The last sixteen years of Charles Abrams's life were divided among traveling abroad as a housing expert for the UN, making studies and recommendations on domestic housing problems, and university teaching.

His first UN missions were in 1954: to Turkey (where he was initially frustrated and then, in a typically ingenious and complicated Abramsian ploy that was barely if at all related to the purpose of his

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mission, managed to bring about the founding of the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, which has proved to be one of his most durable brainstorms) and to Ghana (where he devised a simple and obvious-after he'd thought it up-"roof-loan" scheme for financing housing in underdeveloped countries, a scheme that was later used in Bolivia and Nigeria). In the following years he served on UN missions to Kenya, Pakistan, India, the Philippines, Ireland, Japan, Jamaica, Singapore, and a few other places; he was also a consultant to Ford Foundation projects in Calcutta and Chile. Ernest Weissmann, a Yugoslav architect who was formerly director of the Housing, Building, and Planning Branch of the UN has defined the Abrams quality as UN missionary:

That roof-loan plan of his was so simple yet only someone with a flexible and original mind would have thought of it ... The impact that Abrams' missions make has amazed us. He sees housing as part of the whole social, political and economic picture. This alone makes him more valuable than any other specialist I know. But, leaving aside the technical schemes he offers, his very personality has a powerful effect. Twenty-four hours after he arrives in a country, housing suddenly becomes a front-page topic. Somehow he makes the leaders aware of the importance of problems they had been taking for granted or else had considered hopeless. He shows them possible solutions that are right under their noses, and he convinces them that they have to drop everything else and get going then and there. Wherever he goes, he foments reform.

For all his globe-trotting, Abrams kept very much in touch with American urban problems. He was an early critic of slum clearance in a period of shortage in low-cost housing, that is, in our time: "In a housing famine there is nothing that slum clearance can accomplish that cannot be done more efficiently by an earthquake. The worst aspects of slum life are overcrowding and excessive shelter cost. Demolition without replacement (by other low-cost housing) intensifies overcrowding and increases shelter cost.'' He was passionately opposed, as a lover of the anarchic variety of urban life, to the kind of "urban renewal" that dominated in his time-"urbanicide" and "urbanectomy" were some of his conversational terms for it­ because it obliterated interesting, lively neighborhoods and replaced them with dull, sterile "projects." Nor was his voice silent about the degeneration of public housing into unimaginative stodginess. Among his domestic forays of this period was the landmark study, "Housing in California" (1963). He also looked into and wrote consultant reports on Boston's waterfront, urban renewal in Louisville, highways in Baltimore, housing and urban renewal for the then new Lindsay administration in New York City, and housing in Puerto Rico. The Negro Housing Problem: A Program for Philadelphia (1966) was prepared for the Community Renewal Program of Philadelphia and has served as the basis for national legislation on home ownership for low­ income families. His most comprehensive survey of domestic housing and urban renewal policies is The City Is the Frontier, published in 1965.

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Charles Abrams's academic career, or rather careers, were as multifarious as other aspects of his life and personality. All over the world his former students, now in planning, academic, or government jobs-often jobs Abrams got for them-remember his personal concern and encouragement. Aside from lecturing, consulting, advising, and the like, on occasion at Princeton, Yale, the New School for Social Research, Pratt Institute, Johns Hopkins, New York University, and the Universities of Chicago and Wisconsin, he was for longer periods visiting professor of Urban Land Economics at M.I. T., a member of the planning faculty of the University of Pennsylvania (1951-55), on the faculty of the City College of New York, and, in 1968-69, a visiting professor at University College, London, and the Harvard School of Design. In 1965 he became chairman of the Urban Planning Division at Columbia University, and at the time of his death he was founder and chairman of the executive committee of its new Institute of Urban Environment. Two of his assignments to his students at Columbia were to draw up plans, maps, and models for Heaven and Hell. The latter project produced the more interesting designs-not at all, one imagines, to their professor's surprise.

Charles Abrams died at home in New York City on February 22, 1970. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, two daughters, Judith and Abby, and four grandsons. His will directed that his body be cremated because he felt cemeteries had become a use of real estate that our society can no longer afford.

It seems appropriate to end this biographical note with Charlie's own words-that little ode to the special, and precious, quality of urban life that unexpectedly erupts into the businesslike prose of The City Is the Frontier:

A city, even an American city, is the pulsating product of the human hand and mind, reflecting man's history, his struggle for freedom, his creativity, his genius-and his selfishness and errors. It is the palimpsest on which man's story is written, the record of those who built a skyscraper or a picture window, fought a pitched battle for a play street, created a bookshop or bakeshop that mattered. It is a composite of trials and defeats, of settlement houses, churches and schoolhouses, of aspirations, images and memories. A city has values as well as slums, excitement as well as conflict; it has a personality that has not yet been obliterated by its highways and gas stations; it has a spirit as well as a set of arteries and a voice that speaks the hopes as well as the disappointments of its people.

12 Chronology

1902 Born, Vilna, Poland, February 16 1904 Came to the United States 1916 Became naturalized citizen 1918 Graduated Eastern District High School, New York City 1921-22 Law clerk in Arthur Garfield Hay's office 1922 Received LL.B., St. Lawrence University (Brooklyn Law School) 1923 Admitted to New York Bar. Established law office with Bernard Botein 1933 Coauthor, Municipal Housing Authorities Law 1934-37 Counsel for New York City Housing Authority 1936 Nell' York City Housing Authority v. Muller 1936-39 Lecturer, New School for Social Research 1937-39 Counsel for American Federation of Housing Authorities 1946 Special counsel to Joint Legislative Committee on Housing and Multiple Dwellings 1947 Dorsey v. Stuyvesant Town 1947-49 Columnist, New York Post 1951 Special consultant to Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of Interior 1951-55 Visiting professor, University of Pennsylvania 1954 United Nations mission to Turkey 1954 United Nations mission to Ghana Reveived Annual Award from League for Industrial Democracy 1955 New York State Rent Administrator Visiting Professor of Urban Land Economics, M.I.T. 1955-59 Chairman, New York State Commission Against Discrimination Member, Governor Harriman's Cabinet 1957 United Nations mission to Pakistan 1958 United Nations mission to the Philippines 1959 Received Brotherhood Award from the Catholic Interracial Council 1959--63 Advisor, United Nations missions to Bolivia, Ireland, Japan, Nigeria, Singapore, and others 1961 Advisor, ICA Mission to Jamaica, B. W. I., Colombia 1961--65 President, National Committee against Discrimination in Housing 1965 Received Honorable Associate Membership, American Institute of Architects

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Professor and Chairman, Division of Urban Planning, Columbia University Received S.L. Strauss Memorial Award from the New York Society of Architects 1966 Chairman, New York City Housing Task Force 1966-67 Consultant, Ford Foundation in Chile and India 1968 Visiting lecturer, University College, London Member, White House Task Force on the American Indian 1968 Member of the Citizen's Advisory Committee of the Housing and Development Administration Member, AID Housing and Urban Development Advisory Committee 1968--69 Visiting Williams Professor, School of Design, Harvard University 1970 Died, New York City, February 22

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This bibliography is based primarily on the files preserved by Mr. Abrams. Those files have been supplemented by the standard bibliographic tools available in most research libraries such as the Readers Guide to Periodical Literature. The published catalogs of the Avery Library of Columbia University and the Harvard Graduate School of Design have also been used. Many articles were not indexed anywhere, however, and undoubtedly much remains to be discovered. It has been particularly difficult to trace articles printed with title variations and writing reprinted in anthologies and books of readings. Scholars who locate additional items are urged to report them to the Department of Manuscripts and University Archives at Cornell.

Possible entries that could not be verified in some way outside of the Abrams papers were omitted. For instance, a manuscript exists with the notation that it was sent to Post-War Outlook. Since the item does not appear in any index and since a file of the publication was not available, the item was not included. The New York Post articles are not included since they were reproduced complete in the film. Letters to the editor of the New York Times were not included since they can be traced easily through the Times index. References to Mr. Abrams and his work appear in hundreds of locations and no effort is made here to report them. l 1938 "Taxation and Land." Real Estate News 19, no. 3 (March): 87, 102-3. "A Plea for Private Enterprise in Housing." Real Estate News 19, no. 6 (June): 196. "Occupancy Tax Law Held Defective as an Aid to Financing of Low­ Rent Housing." Real Estate Record, October 15: 3-4. "Looking Ahead in Housing." Shelter 3, no. 3 (October): 23-24. Review of The Challenge of Housing, by Langdon W. Post, and Housing Comes ofAge, by Michael W. Straus and Talbot Wegg. Shelter 3, no. 4 (November): 33-34. "Housing Opposition: New Style." The Nation 147 (December 24): 683-85.

1 1939 "Slum Clearance or Vacant Land Development?" Shelter 3, no. 7 (February):23-24.

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"Fort Wayne Housing Plan Analyzed." The American City Magazine (April): 105. "Housing in Politics." Shelter 3, no. 8 (April): 4-6. ''The Real Housing Issue.'' The Nation 149 (October 21): 439--41. Revolution in Land. New York: Harper and Brothers.

1940 "Housing and Politics." Survey Graphic 29, no. 2 (February): 91-93. "Must Defense Wreck Housing?" The Nation 151(October19): 359--61.

1941 "New Social Trends in Land Utilization." The Appraisal Journal, October. "Housing the War Workers." The New Republic 105 (December 29): 886--88.

1942 "Lanham Bill." The Architectural Forum, January 1: 2. "Rent Control Is Not Enough." The New Republic 106, no. 11 (March 16): 362-63. "Billet the War Workers." The New Republic 107, no. 21 (November 23): 673-74.

1943 "Urban Redevelopment Laws Leave Slum Problems Unsolved." CHC Housing News (March): 2., "Housing in the Post-War World." Bulletin of Economics, May.

1944 "The Facts About Public Housing." Review of The Seven Myths of Housing, by Nathan Straus. The Nation 158 (February 12): 191. "The Slum Dole: How to Scuttle Public Housing for Only $1,000,000,000 a Year." Public Housing 10, no. 2 (February): 6. "Slum Dole: A New Challenge to Public Housing." CHC Housing News, February: 1-2. "Housing in America." Review of American Housing: Problems and Prospects, by Miles L. Colean. The Nation 158 (June 3): 655-56. "Evolution of Government Restrictions on Free Use of Real Estate." In Proceedings, Addresses and Reports; Section ofReal Property, Probate and Trust Law, American Bar Association (September 11), pp. 19--25. "Government and Housing." The Nation 159 (October 21): 498. Review of Building Regulation in New York City . .. , by Joseph D. McGoldrick, Seymour Graubard, and Raymond J. Horowitz." Columbia Law Review, November: 949--51. "G. I. Blast." The Architectural Forum, December: 83. "The Threat to Public Housing." In Postwar Planning for Peace and Full Employment, edited by Harry W. Laidler, et al., pp. 50-55. L.I.D. Pamphlet Series. New York: League for Industrial Democracy. "Economic Changes in Real Estate." In New Architecture and City Planning: A Symposium, edited by Paul Zucker, pp. 269--77. New York: Philosophical Library.

1945 "Housing Is News Again." The New Republic 112 (March 19): 380-81. "The Walls of Stuyvesant Town." The Nation 160 (March 24): 328-30. "A Home of Whose Own?" Review of Home Ownership: Is It Sound?, by John P. Dean. The New Republic, April 23: 563. "Replan Washington Square." The Liberal 1, no. 2 (April-May): 1, 4. "Your Dream Home Foreclosed." McCall's Magazine, May: 76--79.

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"Vital Plans." Review of City Development, by Lewis Mumford. New Leader, June 11: 11. "Housing Hoax?: A Critcism of the G.I. Bill of Rights." Veterans' Outlook, October: 13. "Good Houses for Everybody." In What the Informed Citizen Needs to Know, edited by Bruce Bliven and A.G. Mezerik, pp. 166-79. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce.

1946 "Houses-Not Lobbies." The New Republic, March 18: 367. "Housing Headaches." Review ofBreaking the Building Blockade, by Robert Lasch. The Nation, April 27: 511-12. "While You Wait for a House." McCall's Magazine, May: 17,72-74. "The Subsidy and Housing." Journal of Land and Public Utility Economics 22, no. 2 (May): 131-39. "Living in Harmony; Mixed Housing, A Proving Ground." Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life 24 (July): 116-18, 166-67. "Europe Has Housing Shortage, Too." Public Housing 12, no. IO, 11 (October-November): 8. "One World-One Housing Problem." CHC Housing News 5, no. 3 (November-December): 1, 6. "Homeless America." Part I. The Na ti on 163 (December 21): 723-25. "Homeless America." Part II. The Nation 163 (December 28): 753-55. "Politics and Housing." Nuestra Arquitectura. "Housing Report." Harlem Week. The Future of Housing. New York: Harper & Brothers.

1947 "Homeless America." Part III. The Nation 164 (January 4): 15-16. Series reprinted as A Housing Programfor America, L.l.D. Pamphlet Series. " 'Practical Politics' Is Basis for Europe's Public Housing Programs." Journal of Housing 4, no. 1 (January): 3-6. "Must Politics Control Housing?" The Nation 164 (March 15): 293-94. "We Need a Better Housing Bill." The Nation 164 (May 17), 562-63. "Ought to Be a Law." The Nation 164 (May 31): 668. "Homes for Aryans Only." Commentary 3 (May): 421-27. "United Nations Housing Situation." The Nation 164 (June 14): 701. "A Slight Case of Murder." The Nation 164 (June 28): 757-58. Editorial. The Nation 165 (July 19): 58. "Race Bias in Housing, Part I: The Great Hypocrisy." The Nation 165 (July 19): 67-69. "What Are the Effects of the New Rent and Housing Law?" The American Forum of the Air 9, no. 3 (July 29): 3-19. "Race Bias in Housing, Part II: Will Interracial Housing Work?" The Nation 165 (August 2): 122-24. ''Race Bias in Housing, Part III: Our Chance for Democratic Housing." The Nation 165 (August 16): 16{}-62. Series published as a pamphlet, July. Editorial. The Nation 165 (November 1): 461. Review ofCommunitas: Means of Livelihood and Ways of Life, by Percival and Paul Goodman. Commentary 4 (November): 499. "O'Dwyer Housing Record: Big Talk, Little Action." The Liberal 1, no. 7 (December 25): 1. Dorsey ... v. Stuyvesant Town ... Plaintiffs brief. New York: New York State Supreme Court.

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1948 "A Plank in a Platform." The Nation 166, no. 20 (May 15): 548-51. "A Woman's Lot Is Not a Happy One." Mademoiselle's LIVING, Spring: 86, 156. "The Facts about Prefabrication." Mademoiselle's LIVING, Autumn: 112, 173. "Housing: The Ever-Recurring Crisis." In Saving American Capitalism, edited by Seymour E. Harris, pp. 183-92. New York: Knopf.

1949 "How Good Is 'Best' under Title 808?" Progressive Architecture 30, no. 2 (February): 58-59. "The Segregation Threat in Housing." Commentary 7, no. 2 (February): 123-31. Reprinted in The New World Commentator (December 1949), 22-27. Letter to the Editor. The Chicago Defender, May 9. "A Way: Neither Middle Nor Muddled." Review of Sweden Plans for Housing, by Leonard Silk. Saturday Review of Literature (May 14): 23-24. "Another String to the Bow: Cooperative Housing Fits Needs Which Other Projects Often Leave Untouched." Survey Graphic 85, no. 10 (October): 543-46. "Stuyvesant Town's Threat to Our Liberties." Commentary 8 (November): 42fr.33. "Housing and the Family." In Family: Its Functions and Destiny, edited by Ruth N. Anshen, pp. 229-321. New York: Harper. "Housing." Collier's Encyclopedia, New York: Collier.

1950 "Human Rights in Slum Clearance." Survey Graphic 86, no. I (January): 27-28. "Rats among the Palm Trees." The Nation 170 (February 25): 177-78. Letter to the Editor. New York Herald Tribune, April 19. "Housing for the Forgotten Folk." Liberal Digest, May 18. Review of The Law ofZoning and Planning, by Charles A. Rathkopf. Columbia Law Review, May: 727-30. "Slum Clearance Boomerangs." The Nation 171, no. 5 (July 29): lOfr-7. "Freedom to Dwell Together." Congress Weekly, November 27: 15-17. "Housing." American Jewish Year Book, p. 51. "The Residential Construction Industry." In The Structure of American Industry, edited by Walter Adams, pp. 114-47. New York: Macmillan. Second edition, 1955. "Housing." In Scandinavia: Between East and West, edited by Henning Friis. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

1951 "Metropolitan Planning, the Social Approach." In Metropolitan Planning, Council for Planning Action Symposium 2. (Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, March), pp. 9-16. "Letters The Nation Did Not Print." The New Leader, April 23. "Israel Grapples with Its Housing Crisis; The New State's Number One Problem." Commentary 11 (April): 347-54. Reprinted in News Sheet of the International Federation for Housing and Town Planning, no. 25 (August 1952): 22-25. "The New 'Gresham's Law of Neighborhoods': Fact or Fiction." Appraisal Journal 10, no. 8 (July): 324-28. Reprinted in The Changing Metropolis, edited by Frederick I. Tietze and James E. McKeown, pp. 71-76. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1964.

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"Does Safety Lie in Dispersal? No." Progressive Architecture 32, no. 9 (September): 74-76. "Blame for Cicero." New York Herald Tribune, October 25-26. "The Time Bomb That Exploded in Cicero." Commentary 12 (November): 407-14. Reprinted as a booklet by the New York State Committee on Discrimination in Housing. Reprinted in Social Problems in America, edited by Alfred McClung Lee. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1955. "Israel's Greatest Problem." Town and Country Planning 19, no. 91 (November): 504-8. "How Shall We Train the Planners We Need?" In National Conference on Planning, Proceedings . . . : 22-27.

1952 "Revolution in Housing." Review of Two-Thirds of a Nation, edited by Nathan Straus. The New Leader, March 3: 2~21. "Something Gained by Overcrowding." Journal of the American Institute of Planners 18, no. 2 (Spring): 95-96. Review of Housing Market Behavior in a Declining Area, by Leo Grebler. The Annals, July 16. "The Choice Is Nixon or Sparkman." The New Leader, September 22: 13-15. "The Limits of Law." Review of Equality by Statute: Legal Controls over Group Discrimination, by Monroe Berger. Commentary, October: 399-402. "Urban Land Policies ... " In International Federation for Housing and Town Planning Papers, 21st Congress, Lisbon, 1952, no. 8. "The Segregation Threat in Housing." In Two-Thirds of a Nation, A Housing Program, edited by Nathan Straus, pp. 21~35. New York: Knopf. "Urban Land Problems and Policies: Preliminary Analysis." In Current Information on Urban Land Policies . .. , pp. 5-92. New York: United Nations.

: 1953 Review of The Durban Housing Survey: A Study of Housing in a Multiracial Community, by University of Natal. The Annals, February 20. "Are 'Fund' Raisers Fit to Be Congressmen?" The New Leader, March 23: 12-14. "Bias in the Use of Governmental Regulatory Powers." University of Chicago Law Review 20, no. 3 (Spring): 414-25. "New Cities: The Promise and the Threat." In National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing (Proceedings of the fourth annual conference on discrimination in housing, May 19-20, 1952, New York City), pp. 86-91. "Puerto Rican Story." New York Herald Tribune, August 18. "1953 Housing Legislation." New York State Legislative Annual. "Urban Land Problems and Policies." Housing and Town and Country Planning, Bulletin 7. New York: United Nations.

I 11954 "New Neighbors in Old Neighborhoods." Entered in Congressional Record Appendix, April 1. Reprinted as a pamphlet, 1954. "Slums, Ghettos, and the G.O.P.'s 'Remedy'." The Reporter 10, no. lO(May 11): 27-30. Speech. Entered in Congressional Record Appendix, June 25. "Three Times as Much Public Housing Is Allocated to Negroes as to Whites by Southern Authorities." Southeastern Housing News 2, no. 2 (May-June): 1-5.

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"Equity Insurance for the Forgotten Owner: A Plan to Prevent Foreclosures When the Buyer Loses His Job or Health." Housing Yearbook, pp. 35-37.

1955 " ... Only the Very Best Christian Clientele." Commentary 19, no. 1 (January): 10-17. ''Land Policies and Their Effect on Development Possibilities.'' In Housing and Economic Development, edited by Burnham Kelly, pp. 72-80. Cambridge: MIT, January. "How to Remedy Our 'Puerto Rican Problem': Whence It Arose: What To Do." Commentary 19, no. 2 (February): 120-27. "Public Housing Myths." The New Leader, July 25: 3-6. "The Limits of Law in Housing and Social Action." Entered in Congressional Record Appendix, August 25. "Segregation, Housing, and the Horne Case." The Reporter 13, no. 5 (October 6): 30-33. "Housing for Everyone." New York Age Defender, October 15, Special Real Estate Supplement. Review of Adventures of a Slum Fighter, by Charles F. Palmer, New York Times, November 6. "Delhi Seminar on Housing and Planning." Ekis tics 1, no. 6: 19--36. Forbidden Neighbors: A Study ofPrejudice in Housing. New York: Harper. ''Comments.'' In The Metropolis in Modern Life, edited by Robert Moore Fisher, pp. 372-76. Garden City: Doubleday. The Needfor Training and Educationfor Housing and Planning. New York: United Nations. [Turkey]

1956 "New York's New Slums." The New Leader (January 30): 20-23. "Discrimination in Housing." Congress Weekly 23, no. 14 (April 16): 11-12. "Commission Against Discrimination." American Unity: An Educational Guide 14, no. 5 (May-June): 3-7. "Homes without Segregation." Review of Human Relations in Interracial Housing, by Daniel M. Wilner, Rosabelle Price Walkley, and Stuart W. Cook. The New Leader, August 13: 19--20. "Civil Rights in 1956: Politics Replaces the Economic Motive." Commentary 22 (August): 101-9. [Condensed report of paper at Urban Design Conference, Harvard University, 1956]. Progressive Architecture 37, no. 8 (August), 100-101. "What the President Could Do about School Desegregation." The Reporter 15 (October 18): 31-32. "Racial Challenges in Shifting Communities." Interracial Review, November. "The Garden City Movement." Review of The British New Towns Policy, by Lloyd Rod win. The New Leader, December 24-31: 19-20. "What's Wrong with Our Cities?" Housing Yearbook, pp. 17-18, 20-22.

1957 Report on the Housing Program of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. March. "Build Ownership into the Program." The Architectural Forum 106, no. 6(June): 141, 218. "Removing Job Barriers." The American Federationist 64 (August): 20-21. "Public Housing: A New Look." Real Estate News, August: 273-76.

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Report on Housing in Pakistan. New York: United Nations Technical Assistance Administration, September 14. Letter to the Editor. El Diario, December 5. "Urban Land: A Preliminary Glossary." Ekistics 6, no. 34: 5-19. Housing in Ghana. Technical Assistance Housing Mission to Ghana. New York: United National Technical Assistance Administration.

1958 "United States Housing: A New Program." Special Supplement, The New Leader (January 13). Entered in Congressional Record Appendix 104, no. 6 (January 15): 284-86. Reprinted as a pamphlet by the Tamiment Institute. "Last Hired-First Fired." ADLBulletin, May. "Four Areas of Progress on the Road to Equal Rights." Hotel and Club Voice, August: 25-26. Letter to the Editor. New Yark He raid Tribune, October 17. "The Integration Crisis." The New Leader, October 27: 3-5. Foreword to In Search ofHousing by Eunice and George Grier, pp. 5-6. New York State Commission Against Discrimination, November. "Poverty amidst Plenty." Interracial Review, December: 213-16, 220. "Housing." In The People Take the Lead: A Record ofProgress in Civil Rights, 1948to1958. Tenth Anniversary Edition, President's Committee on Civil Rights.

1959 Report on Housing in the Philippine Islands. New York: United Nations Technical Assistance Administration, January 14. Speech. Entered in Congressional Record Appendix, March 4. [Presentation to Roy Wilkins] ''The Spirit of Minetta Creek, or the Battle of Washington Square.'' The Villager, March 5: 5. Review of Pilot Project; India, by Albert Mayer, et al. The New Leader, April 15. "Regional Planning Legislation in Under-Developed Areas." Land Economics 35, no. 2 (May): 85-103. Condensed in Housing, Building and Planning, nos. 12 and 13 (August 1960): 93-104. "The North Is Guilty Too." American Unity 27, no. 5 (May-June): 6, 23-24. ''Rise of Intolerance over the World.'' American Journal of Economics and Sociology 18 (July): 352. [Excerpt] " 'J. D.': Symbol ofa Larger Disorder." Community Planning Review 9, no. 4(December): 117-21. Report on Housing Financing in Bolivia. Prepared.for the Government of Bolivia. New York: United Nations Technical Assistance Administration. Spanish Translation, March 1960. A Housing Programfor the Philippine Islands. Prepared forthe Government of the Philippine Islands. New York: United Nations Technical Assistance Administration.

1960 ''Discrimination and the Struggle for Shelter.'' New York Law F arum 6, no. 1 (January): 3-10. "Unsolved Problems in a Changing World." The New School Bulletin 17, no. 28 (March 14). "What Makes-or Destroys-a Neighborhood?" American Journal of Economics and Sociology 19, no. 3 (April): 229-30. "Freedom and the City." Daedalus (June).

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"Migrant and Minorities." Review of The Newcomers, by Oscar Handlin. Progressive Architecture, July: 190, 194, 196, 198. "Housing and Community Facilities." Reports of Committees of Special Areas of Work. September 10. [Japan] "Minority Housing Famine." Review of Studies in Housing and Minority Groups, edited by Nathan Glazer and Davis McEntire, The New Leader, September 19: 30. "City Planning and Housing Policy in Relation to Crime and Juvenile Delinquency.'' International Review of Criminal Policy, no. 16 (Fall): 23-28. "Freedom and the City." Housing Yearbook, pp. 1-4.

1961 "Opening the Door to Good Neighbors." Review of Residence and Race, by Davis McEntire; The Demand for Housing in Racially Mixed Areas, by Chester Rapkin and William G. Grigsby; Studies in Housing and Minority Groups, edited by Nathan Glazer and Davis McEntire; Property Values and Race: Studies in Seven Cities, by Luigi Laurenti; and Privately Developed Interracial Housing, by Eunice and George Grier. New York Times Book Review, February 5. Reprinted by National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing. "From Cooperation to Disorganization in a Changing World." In Proceedings of the 4th National Conference on Cooperative Housing (February 13-14, Washington, D.C.), pp. 17-22. "Downtown Decay and Revival." Journal of the American Institute of Planners 27, no. 1 (February): 3-9. Reprinted by Abrams and by Youngstown City Planning Commission. Report of Housing Mission ofInternational Cooperation Administration to the United States Operations Mission. Kingston, Jamaica, April 10. Urban Renewal Project in Ireland (Dublin). New York: United Nations, April 25. ''Boston's Waterfront: Some Ideas for Study.'' August 14. "The Role of Mobile Homes in American Housing: Prospects, Premonitions, and Prophesies." In Proceedings of the 1961 Annual Conference, American Institute of Planners, pp. 231-41. "The Case for the City: Washington Square and the Revolt of the Urbs." In The Village Voice Reader, edited by Edwin Francler. New York: Doubleday.

1962 "Report on the Development of Ciudad Guayana in Venezuela." Joint Center for Urban Studies, January 25. ''Abattoir for Sacred Cows.'' Review of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs. Progressive Architecture, April: 196. "Criteria for Urban Renewal.'' Architectural Record 131, no. 5 (May): 155-58. "The Legal Basis for Reorganizing Metropolitan Areas in a Free Society." In Proceedings, American Philosophical Society, 106, no. 3 (June29): 177-89. Planning and Action Program for the Development of the Hanshin Metropolitan Region in Japan. Report by a joint Japan-UN team. June. "Urban Regions: The Challenges and Achievements in Human Values." In Planning 1962, American Society of Planning Officials, pp. 171-74. Report of the Ad Hoc Group of Experts on Housing and Urban Development. New York: United Nations.

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1963 "The Housing Order and Its Limits." Commentary 35 (January): 1~14. Report on Housing in California. Governor's Advisory Commission on Housing Problems, Sacramento, January. "Man's Relation to Man. The Housing Order: A Step Forward?" Current Magazine, March: 48-49. "Possible Housing Programs for California," Appendix to the Report on Housing in California. Governor's Advisory Commission on Housing Problems, Sacramento, April. "Report to the Barbados Government and the Barbados Housing Authority on Land Tenure, Housing Policy, and Home Finance." May. Growth and Urban Renewal in Singapore. [August] ''The Ethics of Power in Government Housing Programs.'' Journal of the American Institute ofPlanners 29, no. 3 (August): 223-24. "California: Going, Going ... "The Architectural Forum 119 (September): 104-7. "Delos: Cities May Be Worth Saving if We Can Make Them Worth Living In." International Science and Technology, November: 90, 92, 94. "Problems of Poverty and Race Confront the Planner." In Proceedings, American Institute of Planners, pp. 13~39.

1964 "Urban Renewal and Planning." Book ofKnowledge, January. Metropolitan Logos. New York: United Nations, April 27. "Regional Planning in an Urbanizing World." Ekistics 18, no. 107 (October): 243-48. "The Challenge to the Planner in the Age of Cities." Plan Canada 5, no. 2 (November): 44-48. United Nations Mission to Kenya on Housing. New York: United Nations, December 29. Preface toDowtown U.S.A.; Some Aspects of the Accelerating Clianges Sweeping our Nation, by Oscar H. Steiner. Dobbs Ferry, New York: Oceana Publications. ''Minority Issue in an Urbanizing Society." In The American Race Crisis, edited by Selwyn James and Anthony Daniel. New York: Praeger. Man's Struggle for Shelter in an Urbanizing World. Cambridge: M.l.T. Press. British edition, Housing in the Modern World. London: Faber and Faber.

1965 Review of Let in the Sun, by Woody Klein. Housing and Planning News, January. "Housing." New Catholic Encyclopedia, June 1. "Housing Policy: It Must Offer a Way Out of Despair." The Architectural Forum 123 (July-August): 34-39. [Excerpts from The City Is the Frontier] ''Draft Report to the Commission Provinciale D'Urbanisme on Housing in the Province of Quebec,'' August 30. "The Uses of Land in Cities." Scientific American 213, no. 3 (September): 151-60. Reprinted by Knopf, 1965. "The City Planner and the Public Interest." The Columbia University Forum 8, no. 3 (Fall): 25-28. "Professional Responsibility of the Planner." Arts and Architecture 82 (December): 3~31. "Planners Need a Pressure Group to Express Principles." In American Institute ofPlanners, Report of the Proceedings, pp. 38-40.

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"The Quota System." In Equality, by Robert Carter, et al. New York: Pantheon Books. The City Is the Frontier. New York: Harper& Row.

1966 ''Report of Housing and Urban Renewal Task Force.'' New York, January 4. "Squatter Settlements: The Problem and The Opportunity." Ideas and Methods Exchange, no. 63 (April). "The Case for Regional Planning." The Hofstra Review 1, no. 1 (Spring): 30-32. "The Search for Shelter in the Swarming Cities." Al-Hayat FI America, April-May. "Opportunities in Taxation for Achieving Planning Purposes." Zoning Digest 18, no. 6 (June-July): 193-99. "Planning and Action in New York City." Fourth Annual Pratt Planning Conference, Pratt Planning Papers 4, no. 13 (September): 14-31. "Housing Report for Task Force on Indians." November 27. [Draft] "The Negro Housing Problem: A Program for Philadelphia." Community Revewal Program, Technical Report 18, Philadelphia, December. Revised and expanded as: Home Ownership for the Poor: A Programfor Philadelphia. New York: Frederick A. Praeger. 1970. "The Housing Problem and the Negro." Daedalus, Winter: 64-76. ''Some Blessings of Urban Renewal." In Urban Renewal: The Record and the Controversy, edited by James Q. Wilson, pp. 558-82. Cambridge: M.l.T. Press. "Opportunities in Taxation for Achieving Planning Purposes." Planning 1966, pp. 252-64. "The Subsidy and Housing." In Urban Housing, by William L. C. Wheaton, et al. New York: Free Press.

1967 "Should Low-Paid Negroes Be Helped to Buy $4,000 Houses? Yes­ Maybe." House and Home 31, no. 2 (February): 30. House the Alaska Native. Remote Housing Report No. 1. Alaska State Housing Authority, Fairbanks, February. "The World Housing Crisis." Challenge 15, no. 5 (May-June). "Big Cities Do Have a Future." U.S. News and World Report, June 26: 47. ''Rich Country, Poor Cities.'' Review of Land of Urban Promise . .. , by Julian Eugene Kulski; Urban Renewal . . ., edited by James Q. Wilson; The Modern Metropolis .. ., by Hans Blumenfeld; and Planning for a Nation of Cities, edited by Sam Bass Warner. New York Times Book Review, July 16: 6-7, 21-22. "Business Welfare and the Public Interest." In Urban America: Goals and Problems. Subcommittee of the Congress of the U.S. pp. 235-54. Washington: Government Printing Office, August. "Seven Case Studies in the Strategy of Development: The Middle East University in Ankara." Ekistics 24, no. 143 (October): 346. "Socio-Economic Aspects ofEkistics." Ekistics 24, no. 145 (December): 457-61. "Report of the Housing and Urban Renewal Taskforce of Mayor John V. Lindsay." In Taming Megalopolis, Vol. 1, edited by H. Wentworth Eldredge; "A Land Development Program for California" and "Regional Planning in an Urbanized World-Problems and Potentials." In Taming Megalopolis, Vol. 2. New York: Doubleday Anchor Books.

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"Comment-Percival Goodman, the Decay of American Cities: Alternative Habitation for Man." New University Thought 5, nos. 1 and 2: 28-29.

1968 "Present Labor Pains in Planning Education." ASPO Newsletter 34, no. 1 (January): 1-2. Article. Columbia Daily Spectator, April 6. The Role and Responsibilities of the Federal Highway System in Baltimore. A Memorandum to the Baltimore Urban Design Concept Team, May 15. "Programs for Change: A Symposium." Arts in Society 5, no. 2 (Summer-Fall): 274-75. Review of The Last Landscape, by William H. Whyte. New York Times Book Review, November 10. Foreword to Redoing America, by Edmund Faltermayer. New York: Harper & Row. "Housing in the Year 2000." Environment and Policy: The Next Fifty Years. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

1969 Review of The Economy of Cities, by Jane Jacobs. New York Times Book Review, May 22. "A Wider Horizon, a Fairer Landscape." AJA Journal 52, no. 6 (December): 49--50. "Housing Policy: 1937 to 1967." In Shaping an Urban Future: Essays in Memory of Catherine Bauer Wurster. Cambridge: M.l.T. Press.

1971 The Language of Cities: A Glossary of Terms. With the assistance of Robert Kolodny. New York: Viking Press.

25 Su0101ary of Microfi.101 Reels

In the course of his career, Abrams had developed a filing system of six major series: (1) "Administration," a general correspondence file arranged alphabetically; (2) ''Topics,'' a general reference file in alphabetical order relating to subjects of special interest to him; (3) "Organizations," an alphabetical file of companies, committees, colleges, and organizations with which he dealt; ( 4) "Speeches, Articles, Releases," a chronological file of public statements; (5) "Studies," an alphabetical file of places that were subjects of major housing or planning reports; and (6) "Books and Pamphlets," a file on major publications by title. All of these series contain correspondence. For example, the "Speeches, Articles, Releases" file has all correspon­ dence relative to arrangements for talks and the "Studies" file has correspondence before and after missions to various countries as well as letters about the report itself. His office staff also maintained scrapbooks of clippings.

The user should keep in mind that these are the files of an extremely busy and productive man. The subject categories he chose have been kept, although his designations and short titles may sometimes seem incomplete to the user.

The arrangement for filming follows these divisions although the series are in a slightly different order. Almost three-quarters of the papers were filmed, and the originals are maintained in the order in which they were filmed. That order is explained in the following section. Duplicate copies, government documents, material under copyright, and studies written by other people were not filmed. Such items were generally in the "Topics" and "Organizations" series and they may be consulted at Cornell if desired. Some duplicate copies of publications were distributed to interested institutions.

Reel 1 Biographical Data Biographical documents are arranged topically and chronologically within topics.

26 Summary of Microfilm Reels

Reels 2-10 General Correspondence This series was called "Administration" by Abrams and includes all personal and administrative correspondence not directly related to other series. It is arranged alphabetically by the name of the correspondent and then chronologically within each correspondent file. There are frequent enclosures. The guide lists significant correspondents indicating the number of letters from each person and the dates of the letters. Names with asterisks(*) beside them are those men and women whose files Abrams kept in a separate folder.

Reels 11-18 Organizations Files on seventy-eight organizations, agencies, and universities in which Abrams was an active participant are arranged alphabetically by name and chronologically within each file. Names of organizations are written out in this series of the guide. (They are designated by shortened forms or initials only in cross-references.) The names of individuals in the listing for an organization identify the people who usually wrote on the official letterhead. Extensive files are subdivided with the correspondence coming first. Classroom lectures, when available, are reproduced here, under the names of the institutions, rather than in the Articles and Speeches series. Newsletters and multicopied materials for mass distribution by organizations were not filmed.

Reels 19-25 Studies The major studies done by Abrams appear alphabetically by the geographical location of the investigation. The documents are filmed the way they were kept, showing the chronological progression of each study. First, come the correspondence and agreements arranging for the study; then, the drafts and sketches preceding the finished report are filmed. After the report itself, sometimes in more than one format, come the reviews, critiques, and correspondence generated by the study. In a few instances, there were no written reports, and one file is included to illustrate a preliminary correspondence that did not result in a contract. As in the Organizations series, the names of correspondents involved significantly in the study are listed. Researchers interested in making a meticulous examination should also consult the Topics series that includes reference information on each area.

Reels 26-35 Articles and Speeches Written public statements made by Abrams appear in chronological order, beginning in 1935. Location is given only for speeches outside of New York City. An exception to the chronological listing is the New York Post articles (1947-53); these appear at the end of the series, followed by correspondence referring to Abrams's work for the Post, arranged chronologically. Correspondence relating to local arrangements comes before the item. Four brief, taped speeches have been transcribed and the results filmed in their appropriate chronological places. The tape itself is available only for the WCBS

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interview. An oral history interview, conducted by Dr. Bluma Swerdloff for the Oral History Research Office of Columbia University, is filmed (under May 1964) with the permission of that office. An asterisk(*) preceding a title in the guide indicates that the file contains correspondence relating to that speech or article but that there is no copy of the statement itself. Some copies of articles and speeches also appear in the scrapbooks. The titles are frequently working titles; they often changed with publication. Facts have not been verified beyond the information in the collection.

Reels3~38 Book Manuscripts Drafts, galleys, notes, reviews, and correspondence for twelve book­ length manuscripts are filmed in alphabetical order by their proposed or published titles. The file on each manuscript is arranged chronologically. The published version is not filmed because of copyright restrictions.

Reels 39-51 Topics Containing reference materials used by Abrams, notes, correspondence, and clippings, the topical files appear alphabetically by subject and chronologically within each file. Extensive files, such as "Discrimination," are often broken down into subdivisions, arranged alphabetically under the general topic and chronologically within each subdivision. Most of the studies Abrams did are represented in the Topics files. These files do not contain any of his own work, however; that is in the Studies series. Copyrighted material and government documents have been removed. These files are particularly valuable because they frequently contain unique documents and because items from a wide range of sources are gathered together by subject.

Reels 52-53 Scrapbooks Ten scrapbooks are arranged chronologically. They relate primarily to Abrams' s New York State responsibilities-one is a fascinating collection of his poems, doodles, and plays.

Reel 54 Personal Correspondence This is a restricted reel of family and financial matters that have been filmed for preservation purposes; the reel will not be sold. Biographers who believe they need to see the material should apply to the Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Olin Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.

28 Reel Notes

Material relating to issues of interest to Abrams often appeared in various files and series. For this reason, cross-references are given for many of the entries in the guide. Wherever they appear, they are the last items in the entry and are keyed to the various series by the following abbreviations: B (Biographical Data); C (General Correspondence); 0 (Organizations); S (Studies); AS (Articles and Speeches); BM (Book Manuscripts); T (Topics); and SB (Scrapbooks). Dates, when given in cross-references, are in the following form: 2/17/62 (February 17, 1962); or 3159 (March 1959). Names of organizations listed in cross-references are indicated by shortened forms or initials only: New School (New School for Social Research); or NYSCAD (New York State Commission Against Discrimination).

Biographical Data Reel 1

Biographical documents are arranged topically and chronologically within topics.

Reel 1. Vita-Passport Materials

Vita. Army application forms with recommendations from Warren Jay Vinton, Bernard Botein, Robert F. Wagner, Lewis W. Lorwin. 1949 Pulitzer Prize Nomination materials including letters from Raymond Hilliard, Ben Davidson, Leon H. Keyserling, Warren Jay Vinton, Robert F. Wagner. Bernard Taper. "Profiles: A Lover of Cities," Part I and Part II. New Yorker (February 4 and 11, 1967): 3~2, 45-48. Correspondence and research notes relating to Taper's article, including letters from Taper, Alexander Crosby, Harry Tugend. Correspondence provoked by Taper's article, including letters from Alexander Crosby, Richard McAdoo, Arthur Naftalin, Jack Kaplan. Passport materials.

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General Correspondence Reels 2-IO

This series was called·· Administration'' by Abrams and includes all personal and administrative correspondence not directly related to other series. It is arranged alphabetically by the name of the correspondent and then chronologically within each correspondent file. There are frequent enclosures. The guide lists significant correspondents indicating the number of letters from each person and the dates of the letters. Names with asterisks(*) beside them are those men and women whose files Abrams kept in a separate folder.

Reel 2. Ackar-Clay

Segment 1. Ackar-Axelrod William Abramson (1936-45), 12. Saul Alinsky (1955-56), 7. Charles Stein Ascher (1955, 1969), 2.

Segment 2. Bab-Alice Bloch George Backer (1939-63), 4. AS: New York Post Correspondence. H. Douglas Barclay (1967), 2. T: NYS Legislation. Stewart Bates (1957), 1. Daniel Bell (I 955), I. Enclosures from Sidney Hook. Edward Bernays (1956, 1959, 1969), 5. 0: NCADH. Algernon D. Black (1944), I. 0: NYSCAD, NYSCDH, CWCCH; BM: Forbidden Neighbors; T: Restrictive Covenants, Stuyvesant Town.

Segment 3. Bertram Bloch-Buttenwiesser *Max Bloom (1941-69), 44. Walter Blucher(J944-48, 1967), 6. 0: ASPO, IFHTP; BM: Future of Housing; AS: 4/22/50, 9/22/52, New York Post Correspondence. Vladmir Bodiansky (1957-58), 3. S: Ghana; T: Ghana. Ernest John Bohn (1936, 1943), 2. 0: NYCHA; BM: Man's Struggle for Shelter; AS: Requests Refused; T: Restrictive Covenants. Horace Mann Bond (1953-54), 1. *Bernard Botein (1939-69), 6. B: Vita. Lyman Brymon (1953), 1. Edwin Burdell (1965-66), 2. Albert Bush-Brown (1962), I. Harold Buttenheim (1936, 1946, 1956), 3. 0: NYCHA; AS: I0/46, I 1/18/47; T: NYC Ten-Year Housing Program, NYC Municipal Law and Legislation, Refugee Planners.

Segment4. Caine-Cizek Joseph A. Califano, Jr., (1969), I. Joseph F. Carlino (1959), 1. *Eric Carlson (1957-63), 8. S: Jamaica, Venezuela; AS: I0/49, 7/51; T: Cooperatives. Elmer Carter ( 1956-59), I. 0: NY SCAD, Urban League. Clifford P. Chase (1958), I.

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Serge Chermayeff(1955, 1963, 1966), 3. AS: ll/14/66. Henry S. Churchill (1938, 1949, 1962), 3. 0: NCHE, New School; AS: 10/25-26/51; T: Bibliographies; C: Albert Mayer.

Segment 5. Clark-Clay *John Clarke (1949-54, 1968), 37.

Reel 3. Clerk-Fletcher

Segment 1. Clerk-Council Harlan Cleveland (1961), l. AS: 5/11/54. Arthur Corney ( 1950), l. Aryeh Cooperstock (1963), 25. S: Canada; BM: Glommentary.

Segment 2. Courntey-Cytryn Jacob Crane (1957), l. 0: IFHTP, NCHE; AS: 9/22/52. *Alexander L. Crosby (1944-68), 30. 0: NYSCAD, NHC, NPHC, NYSCDH, NYSHRA; BM: Forbidden Neighbors, Future of Housing; AS: 2/15/51, 4/13/67; B: Correspondence.

Segment 3. Dalton-Dyer H. Darin-Drabkin (1964-66), 7. Maurice P. Davidson (1937), 3. Carmine G. De Sapio (1955), l. 0: NYSHRA, Urban League. Karl W. Deutsch (1959), l. Howard Dietz (n.d.), l. Constantinos A. Doxiadis (1957-58), 5. 0: Ekistics; BM: The City Is the Frontier, Man's Struggle for Shelter. Earl S. Draper (1941), l. Henry Dreyfuss (1947, 1956), 4. David Dubinsky (1956), l. John Dyckman (1964), l.

Segment 4. Eagan-Everett Alan J. Edden (1951), l. *Julius Edelstein (1955, 1962-68), 36. C: Herbert Lehman, Robert F. Wagner; 0: Catholic Interracial Council, Democratic State Committee, FPHA; T: Federal Government Housing. Nuri Eren (1961-62), 3. S: Turkey.

Segment 5. Fagan-Fletcher Carl Feiss (1939, 1942), 3. 0: NARO, IFHTP; AS: 11/14/1940, 5/4/1955; T: Refugee Planners. Thomas K. Finletter (1955-60), 5.

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Reel 4. Foley-Hyman

Segment 1. Foley-Gutman Mark Fortune (1967), 2. 0: AID; S: San Salvatore, Turkey. Lloyd E. Foster (1957), 2. Jerome N. Frank (1941), I. Felix Frankfurter (1954), I. AS: 617154. Orville Freeman (1968), I. Daniel M. Friedenberg (1965), I. Hortense Gabel (1957-58), 4. 0: NYSCAD, New School, NYSCDH, NYSHRA; BM: Forbidden Neighbors, Man's Struggle for Shelter; AS: 10/19/53, 10/6/55. James W. Gaynor (1962), 1. Meredith B. Givens (1959), I. Josephine Gomon (1938--68), 31. 0: AFHA. Ernest Gruening ( 1936), 1.

Segment 2. Haar-Hyman *Charles Haar (1948, 1951-55, 1968), 10. S: Indian Task Force. Helen Hall ( 1967), 1. Rudolph Halley (1951-52), 3. *Averell Harriman (1955-69), 23. 0: NYSCAD, NYSHRA; BM: Man's Struggle for Shelter; T: Pakistan. Charles Harris (1968), I. Charles Yale Harrison (1936--38, 1942, 1947-49), 11. 0: NYCHA. Arthur Garfield Hays (1937, 1944, 1949-51), 4. 0: NYCHA; AS: 5/1947. *William L. Holford (1950-68), 23. S: Ghana, Pakistan. *Franziska P. Hosken (1964-67, 1969, I I. BM: The City Is the Frontier. *Bryn J. Hovde (1944-48, 1951-52), 11. 0: New School, NYSCAD, NPHC, NYSCDH; AS: 5/47, 3/22/49, 2/8/53, Requests Refused; C: Jacqueline Tyrwhitt. Hubert Humphrey (1961), I. BM: Forbidden Neighbors; AS: New York Post Correspondence.

Reel 5. Icken-Koenigsberger

Segment 1. Icken-Julius Kahn John !hider (1951), 2. AS: 10/6/1955; 0: NYCHA; T: Baltimore. Reginald R. lsaccs (1949, 1957), 4. Stanley M. lsaccs (1947, 1954-58), 7. 0: CWCCH, NYSCAD, NYSCDH, NYSHRA, TCTP; AS: 6/17/1957; T: NYC Municipal Law and Legislation, Restrictive Covenants, Stuyvesant Town. Jane Jacobs (1958), I. AS: 4/1962, 5/22/69; T: Washington Square. Jacob Javits (1949-50, 1955. 1957-58, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1968), 12. 0: NYSCAD, Seaview Association; AS: New York Post Correspondence. Alvin Johnson (1937, 1939, 1953, 1957), 9. 0: New School; BM: Forbidden Neighbors; AS: 4/1951. Lee F. Johnson (1955), 2. 0: NHC, FPHA, NAREB, NPHC; BM: Forbidden Neighbors; AS: 11/1951, 5/5/1952, 5/21/1954, 61911955,New York Post Correspondence; T: (Federal Government Housing) Wagner-Ellender-Taft Bill. Philip Johnson (1964), I.

32 [Reel 5] General Correspondence

Segment 2. Lenore Ferber Kahn-Khaleeli *J. Marshall Kaplan (1961, 1963-69), 35. 0: NCADH; S: California; BM: Forbidden Neighbors; T: California. John F. Kennedy (1960), 1. BM: Forbidden Neighbors; 0: NCADH. Robert F. Kennedy (1965, 1967), 2. AS: 10/11/60.

Segment 3. Kihss-Koenigsberger Martin Luther King, Jr. (1958), I. Philip M. Klutznick (1962), 1. 0: NYSCAD, New School, NYSCDH; BM: Man's Struggle for Shelter; AS: 2/8/53. *BlancheMahlerKoeffler(l939, 1946--49, 1954, 1961, 1966),30+ *Otto Koenigsberger(l954-69), 82. S: Ghana, Singapore, Philippines, Nigeria, Pakistan; BM: Glommentary; T: Ghana, Nigeria.

Reel 6. Koff-Nation

Segment 1. Koff-Lyttle David L. Krooth (1948, 1959, 1967), 3. BM: Futwe ofHousing. Loula D. Lasker (1947), 3. 0: NHC, Housing Week; C: Albert Mayer. Louis Lefkowitz (1959), 1. 0: TCTP; AS: Requests Refused, New York Post Correspondence. Herbert Lehman (1938, 1950), 2. 0: Liberal Party, NY CHA, NYSHRA; T: NYS Legislation; C: Julius Edelstein. Max Lemer(l947), 1. Samuel Levitas (1940, 1955-56, 1960), 5. AS: 3/30/45, 3/3/52, 3/23/53, 10/15/55. John V. Lindsay (1965, 1967), 2. 0: Housing and Development Administration; S: NYC Housing Task Force. Max Lock (1958-59, 1968), 5. *Lewis Lorwin (1945-47, 1964-65), 16. BM: Man's Struggle for Shelter. Isador Lubin (1961, 1963), 3. 0: NYSCAD; AS: 6/17/57. Henry Luce (1964), 1.

Segment 2. Mahler-Miller Warren G. Magnuson (1967), 2. T: (Housing) Home Ownership. Blecker Marquette (1955), 1. *Albert Mayer (1946--68), 42. 0: CWCCH, NYSCDH, NHC, NPHC, New School, NYCHA; AS: 5/11/54, 4115159, 11/16/61, New York Post Correspondence; T: Bibliographies, NYC Municipal Law and Legislation, Refugee Planners, Washington Square. George Metcalf(l956, 1965, 1967, 1969), 5. 0: NCADH. Martin Meyerson (1964-66), 7.

Segment 3. Millham-Nation Morris Miller (1946--52), 25. 0: NPHC. MacNeil Mitchell (1943, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1957, 1965), 7. 0: NYSCAD, NYSCDH, NYSJLCRMDL. Robert Moses (1944), 1. Constance Baker Motley (1954, 1957, 1965), 3. 0: NAACP. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1956--57, 196{}-62, 1965), 7. 0: Joint Center for Urban Studies, TCTP; C: Averell Harriman. Lewis Mumford (1948, 1964, 1967-68), 7. 0: New School; AS: 6/11/45. Dillon Seymour Myer (1947), 1.

33 General Correspondence

Reel 7. Nebis-Rodwin

Segment 1. Nebis-Payne George Nex (1963-68), 16. S: Alaska. Secretary to Kwame Nkrumah (1958), 1. S: Ghana. Kevin Nowlan (1961, 1963, 1966-68), 19. S: Ireland. Lawrence O'Brian (1963), 1. Paul T. O'Keefe (1958), 1. 0: TCTP. Frede.rick James Osborn (1948), I. 0: IFHTP. Nathaniel A. Owings ( 1968), 1. S: Baltimore. Carl Pack (1936), 2. Victor H. Palmieri (1966, 1967), 2. William S. Paley (1966), 1.

Segment 2. Percy-Quittner *Charles H. Percy (1966-69), IO. AS: 6/29/67, 7/28/1967; T: (Housing) Home Ownership. Constance Perin ( 1968), I. *Langdon Post (1935-57), 27. 0: NYCHA; BM: Future ofHousing; AS: 10/20/38. Perry Prentice (1950-58, 1966-67), 22. S: Philadelphia. Harry Prince (1951, 1955, 1967), 3. 0: Mayor's Advisory Council, NYSCAD; NYCHA; AS: 3/1/46, 12/14/65, Requests Refused.

Segment 3. Rabb-Rodwin Benjamin J. Rabin (1936-46), 18. 0: NY CHA, NYSHRA; AS: 1/4/47; T: Bibliographies. A. Philip Randolph (1958, 1965), 3. Henry S. Reuss ( 1966), I. Ira S. Robbins (1937, 1947, 1952, 1954, 1962-69), 12. 0: AFHA, CHPC, FPHA, NYSCAD, New School, NYCHA, NYSHRA; AS: 4/26/47, 5/18/55. *Lloyd Rodwin (1937-69), 112. 0: AIP, ACTION, NCHE, New School; S: Jamaica, Venezuela; AS: 5/29/47, 5/20/48, 5/19/49, 315153, 5/1/1953, New York Post Correspondence; BM: Future of Housing, Man's Struggle for Shelter; T: Defense Housing.

Reel 8. Rogers-Taylor

Segment 1. Rogers-Shouse George Romney (1967), 2. Alex Rose (1958), I. 0: Liberal Party; BM: Forbidden Neighbors. Edward Rutledge (1969), 1. 0: NYSCAD, NCADH; AS: 4113167. William Fitts Ryan (1961), 4. T: (Housing) Cooperative Housing. Paul Sann (1938, 1964, 1966), 4. AS: Nell' York Post Correspondence; BM: Future of Housing. James H. Scheuer (I 958, 1961, 1965-66), IO. T: (Discrimination) Finletter Committee. Dorothy Schiff (1957-58), 5. AS: 6117157, New York Post Correspondence; BM: Forbidden Neighbors, Man's Struggle for Shelter. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., (1952, 1961), 2. 0: NCADH. Morton T. Schussheim (1955, 1959-1969), 9. 0: HHFA; S: Philadelphia, Puerto Rico; AS: 12/63.

34 [Reel 8] General Correspondence

Segment 2. Shufro-Swope *Milton Shufro (1948--51, 1967), 13. Shirley Adelson Siegel (1943, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1958, n.d.), 9. C: Albert Mayer; 0: New School, TCTP; T: San Francisco. Mary K. Simkhovitch (1940, 1947, 1949), 3. 0: NPHC, New School, NYCHA. Frank E. Smith (1953), 1. AS: 3/23/53. Stephen E. Smith (1963), 1. John C. Sparkman (1958, 1965), 2. 0: NAREB; AS: 9/22/52, 617/54, 5/14/59, New York Post Correspondence; BM: Forbidden Neighbors. Robert G. Spivak (1953, 1957), 3. AS: New York Post Correspondence. Clarence Stein (1957), 1. 0: NYCHA. J. David Stern (1951, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962), 6. *Nathan Straus (1936--38, 1946--55), 22. 0: Mayor's Advisory Council, NYSCAD, New School, NY CHA, NYSHRA; AS: 3/3/52, New York Post Correspondence. *Morris Strunsky (1933, I 938, 1944), 14.

Segment 3. Taber-Taylor Robert Taft (1943), 1. AS: New York Post Correspondence. Robert Taft, Jr. (1968), 2. Bernard Taper (1942, 1943), 9. B; BM: Man's Struggle for Shelter, Squatter Settlements; T: San Francisco, (Discrimination) California.

Reel 9. Tead-Wouk

Segment 1. Tead-Vose *Walter Thabit (1951-56), 12. 0: New School. Norman Thomas (1959), 1. AS: New York Post Correspondence. Ivan A. Thorson (1952), 1. Maxwell H. Tretter (1949), 1. *Jacqueline Tyrwhitt (1946--55), 43. 0: New School; T: Restrictive Covenants. Stuart L. Udall (1969), 1. Heinz Umrath (1962), 1. *Warren Vinton (1931-59), 38. 0: AFHA, NAREB, NHC, NPHC, New School; AS: 515144, 11/51; BM: Future ofHousing; T: (Federal Housing) Cain­ Bricker Amendment.

Segment 2. Wacks-Wouk *Robert F. Wagner (1943-44), 4. *Robert F. Wagner, Jr., (1947-61), 9. C: Julius Edelstein; AS: 2/12/53, 9/11/56, New York Post Correspondence; T: NYC Municipal Law and Legislation, NYS Legislation, Stuyvesant Town, Washington Square; BM: Future of Housing. *William English Walling (1939-57), 50+. Robert Weaver (1955-65), 10. 0: CWCCH, HUD, HHFA, ICY, NYSCDH, NYSHRA, NCADH; AS: 6/29/55, Undated; BM: Forbidden Neighbors, Man's Struggle for Shelter; T: (Housing) Home Ownership. Ernest Weissmann (1955), 1. S: Turkey. G. Mennen Williams (1967), 2. Harrison A. Williams (1967), 2. Herman Wouk ( 1969), 1.

35 General Correspondence/Organizations

Reel 10. Wurster-Miscellaneous

Segment 1. Wurster-Zukowsky Katherine Bauer Wurster (1937-59), 54. 0: AFHA, NCHE, NPHC, NYSCDH, New School; S: California; T: California; AS: 5/15/48, 5/11/54, 5/15/67, Requests Refused; BM: Man's Struggle for Shelter. Paul Ylvisaker (1965), l. S: Louisville; AS: 10/26/1961; BM: The City Is the Frontier. Joseph Zaretzki (1957), l.

Segment2. Unknown and Miscellaneous Unknown correspondents, dated, 1936--68. Unknown correspondents and undated. Miscellaneous enclosures.

Organizations Reels 11-18

Files on seventy-eight organizations, agencies, and universities in which Abrams was an active participant are arranged alphabetically by name and chronologically within each file. Names of organizations are written out in this series of the guide. (They are designated by shortened forms or initials only in cross-references.) The names of individuals in the listing for an organization identify the people who usually wrote on the official letterhead. Extensive files are subdivided with the correspondence coming first. Classroom lectures, when available, are reproduced here, under the names of the institutions, rather than in the Articles and Speeches series. Newsletters and multicopied materials for mass distribution by organizations were not filmed.

Reel 11. Ad Hoc Committee to Save South Street-Columbia University

Segment 1. Ad Hoc Committee to Save South Street-American Institute of Planners Ad Hoc Committee to Save South Street (1968). Agency for International Development (1963-69). Osborne T. Boyd. American Council to Improve Our Neighborhoods (1955-57, 1968). American Federation of Housing Authorities (1938-41). Leon Keyserling. T: NYC Municipal Law and Legislation. Americans for Democratic Action (1946--65). 0: NYSHRA; AS: 9/17/47, 4/8/52, 7112155, 5/23/57, 219160, 5121160, 5/23/60. American Institute of Architects (1965-66, 1969). American Institute of Planners (1964-68). AS: 1017/59, 11/28/61, 10/19/65, 1/13/66, 1/68.

36 [Reel 11] Organizations

Segment 2. American Jewish Committee-Columbia University American Jewish Committee (1949-57). 0: NYSCAD; AS: 11/12/47, 4/17/51, 10/8/53, 11/19/53, 5/19/54. American Jewish Congress (1947, 1955-58, 1961, 1967). AS: 4/11/56, 3/2/59, 1/17/60, 3/16/60; T: Restrictive Covenants. American Society of Planners and Architects (1945-47). American Society of Planning Officials (1947-49, 1965-70). O: IFHTP; AS: 4/6/64. Anti-Defamation League ofB'nai B'rith (1955-58). 0: NYSCAD. Architects Renewal Committee in Harlem ( 1966--67). C. Richard Hatch. Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning ( 1967). Catholic Interracial Council (1956--61, 1963). Dinner for Charles Abrams. AS: 12/15/59. Chicago Housing Authority (1952). Citizens' Housing and Planning Council (1938, 1943-48, 1951-55, 1967). 0: NYSCAD; AS: 11/46, 4/26/47, 4/1/49, 12/19/51, 11/18/52, 5/18/55, Undated; T: NYC Ten-Year Housing Program, Stuyvesant Town. Citizens' Union of the City of New York (1953-54, 1956, 1961). City and Country School (1946-47, 1962-64). City College of New York (1949-53). City-Wide Citizens' Committee on Harlem (1941-47). Algernon D. Black. T: Negro Housing, Stuyvesant Town, Restrictive Covenants. Columbia University Correspondence (1960--69). Chester Rapkin, Arnold Toynbee, Grayson Kirk. 0: ASPO, IBM, Architects' Renewal Committee in Harlem, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Department of Housing and Urban Development; AS: 3/19/66, 3/3/69. Columbia University Releases. 0: A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund.

Reel 12. Columbia University-Liberal Party

Segment 1. Columbia University-Ekistics-Delos Columbia University Course Material (1966--1968). AS: 1/9/54, 2/17/60, 7/21/67, 3/6/68. Commerce and Industry Association of New York (1956--58). Department of Housing and Urban Development ( 1967-68). Democratic State Committee (1956). Downtown New York Arts Festival (1968). Irving Ruskens. Ekistics-Delos (1963-69). Constantinos A. Doxiadis. AS: 7/28/67; C: Doxiadis.

Segment 2. Federal Public Housing Authority-Housing and Home Finance Agency Federal Public Housing Authority (1943-55). Leon Keyserling, Porter Hardy, Jr., Paul H. Douglas. T: Discrimination, Negro Mortgage Company. First East Harlem Youth Conference (1967). Ford Foundation (1959-62). Grass Roots Housing Council (1964). Sheila Cook. Greenwich Village Problems (1959). Harper's Magazine (1938, 1944, 1958, 1965, 1967, 1969). Harvard University Correspondence (1965-68). Henry Kissinger. AS: 11/6/53, 9/28/56. Harvard University Course Material (1968--69). Housing and Development Administration (1966--68). John V. Lindsay. Housing and Home Finance Agency (1953-65). Albert M. Cole, Robert C. Weaver, Hilbert Pefferman. AS: 12/63; T: Discrimination, Frank S. Home; 0: New York Times.

37 [Reel 12] Organizations

Segment 3. Housing and Urban Development-Liberal Party Housing and Urban Development (1966--68). Robert C. Weaver, Judith Gribetz, Ralph Taylor. Housing Week (1944). International Business Machines ( 1967-68). Internation Cooperation Year, Urban Development Committee (1965). International Federation for Housing and Town Planning (1951-54). H. van der Weijde. Joint Center for Urban Studies (1965-68). Chester Hartman. S: Venezuela; BM: The City Is the Frontier, Man's Struggle for Shelter. League for Industrial Democracy (1937, 1945, 1955-57). AS: 5/12/45, 1/18/46, 1/22/47, 3/1/47, 4/23/49, 4/15/50, 2/8/53, 4/10/53. Liberal Party (1944-51). Ben Davidson. AS: 3/30/45, 4/23/45, 4-5/45, 10/15/45, 10/23/46, 5/6/47, 10/27/47, 10/47, 4/21/48, 5/23/49, 9/2/49, 10/1/49, 10/28/49, 11/4/49, 4/26/50, 10/19/50, 10/26/50, 1/15/51, 11/5/51.

Reel 13. Liberal Party-National Institutes of Health

Segment 1. Liberal Party-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Liberal Party (1952-57). AS: 11/3/52, 2/18/53, 6/53, 3/26/54, 2/21/55, 6/6/55, 1/18/56, 10/12/56. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Correspondence (1955-68). John Howard. AS: 5/29/47, 5/20/48, 5/19/49, 3/5/53, 12/14/53, 9/10/67, 10/29/68. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Course Material (1950-63).

Segment 2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology-National Institutes of Health Massachusetts Institute of Technology Course Material, Miscellaneous. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (1964-68). Caroll Bowen, Margaret Jupe. Mayor's Advisory Council (1953-55). Nathan Straus. Modem Community Developers (1959--60). National Institutes of Health, National Advisory Council on Health Research Facilities (1968-69).

Reel 14. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People­ National Committee on the Housing Emergency

Segment 1. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People-National Association of Real Estate Boards National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (1947 1952 1955-59, 1964). Roy Wilkins. 0: NYSCAD. ' ' National Association of Housing Officials (1936-43, 1946, 1948-56). Coleman Woodbury. AS: 5/23/46, 10/46, 10/10/46, 11/51. National Association of Real Estate Boards (1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1949). Herbert U. Nelson.

38 [Reel 14] Organizations

Segment 2. National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing Correspondence (1950-70). Frances Levenson, John F. Kennedy, Charles C. Diggs. O:NYSCDH; AS: 5/20/52, 5/21/54, 4/25/63; T: Frank S. Home. National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing Memos and Releases (1961-65).

Segment 3. National Committee on the Housing Emergency National Committee on the Housing Emergency Correspondence (1941-44). Dorothy Rosenman, Joseph D. Leland, Gladys A. La Fetra. National Committee on the Housing Emergency Releases and Memos (1942).

Reel 15. National Public Housing Conference­ New School for Social Research

Segment 1. National Public Housing Conference-National [Public] Housing Conference National Public Housing Conference Correspondence (1936-49). Alexander L. Crosby, Lee F. Johnson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Leon Keyserling. AS: 3/15/45, 10/46. National [Public] Housing Conference Correspondence (1950-70). Nathaniel S. Keith, Albert Mayer, William A. Barrett. AS: 5/5/52, 617154, 619155, 6/17/57; T: (Housing) Home Ownership.

Segment 2. National Public Housing Conference-New School for Social Research National Public Housing Conference Minutes, Releases, and Memos (1941-46). New School for Social Research Correspondence (1936-50). Hans Simons, Robert S. Lynd, Laura M. Kingsbury, P. Sargent Florence, Shirley Adelson Siegel, Hans Blumenfeld, Saul K. Padover, Carol Aronovici. AS: 5/26/49, 9/13/49, 10/27/50; T: Bibliographies.

Segment 3. New School for Social Research New School for Social Research Correspondence (1951-68). AS: 1017/53, 10/12/59, 2/8/60. Segment 4. New School for Social Research New School for Social Research Lectures (9/36-1/37). Langdon W. Post, Edith Elmer Wood, Sir Raymond Unwin, Ernest J. Bohn, Frederick L. Ackerman, Evans Clark, Joseph Milner.

Reel 16. New School for Social Research-New York State Commission Against Discrimination

Segment 1. New School for Social Research-New York City Housing Authority New School for Social Research Lectures (10/37-1/42). New School for Social Research Course Announcement and Outlines (1943-57).

39 [Reel 16] Organizations

New York City Housing Authority Correspondence (1935-38). Alfred Bettman, Coleman Woodbury, William C. Bullitt, Edith Elmer Wood, Leon Keyserling, Clarence Arthur Perry, Joseph P. Kennedy, Alex Rose. 0: NYSCAD; T: Queensview Housing Cooperative, NYC Municipal Law and Legislation, NYS Legislation, Williamsburg Houses.

Segment 2. New York City Housing Authority-New York State Commission Against Discrimination New York City Housing Authority Case Work (1935-37). Nelson A. Rockefeller. New York State Commission Against Discrimination Correspondence (1955- 8/58). Paul O'Dwyer, Theodore Kheel, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., George Meany, Eleanor Roosevelt, Nelson A.· Rockefeller.

Reel 17. New York State Commission Against Discrimination-Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group

Segment 1. New York State Commission Against Discrimination New York State Commission Against Discrimination Correspondence (September 1958-60). New York State Commission Against Discrimination Releases (1955-58). New York State Commission Against Discrimination fycpense Account Records. SB: 12/55-2/59

Segment 2. New York State Committee on Discrimination in Housing­ New York State Housing and Rent Administration New York State Committee on Discrimination in Housing Correspondence (1948-55). Walter White. AS: 6/6/51, 10/22/57; T: Stuyvesant Town. New York State Joint Legislative Committee to Recodify the Multiple Dwelling Law Correspondence and Notes (1945-46, 1952). William T. Andrews. New York State Housing and Rent Administration Correspondence (1954-58). Nicholas H. Pinto, ~ohn Reps, Eugene Bannigan. AS: 11/16/55.

Segment 3. New York State Housing and Rent Administration­ Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group New York State Housing and Rent Administration Releases. SB: 1955-56. New York Times Correspondence (1942-68). Ada Louise Huxtable. AS: 1/30/35, 6/29/36, 10/26/36, 12117/37, 1/5/38, 5/16/38, 5/23/38, 11/15/38, 615140, 12/9/41, 8/12/43, 12/3/43, 11/27/44. Princeton University Correspondence (1966-68). AS: 4/19/68. A. Philip Randolph Educational Fund (1968). Baynard Rustin. Regional Plan Association (1959-62). Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Foundation (1964-65). Salzburg Seminar in American Studies (1965). Seaview Association (1961-68). Newbold Morris. Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group (1967-69). James Osborn, Gerald Breese.

40 Organizations/Studies

Reel 18. Temporary Committee on Tree Planting-World Peace through Law

Segment 1. Temporary Committee on Tree Planting-World Peace through Law Temporary Committee on Tree Planting (1958-60). J. Edward Conway, Shirley Adelson Siegel. AS: 7/28/59, 10/20/59. Theatre in the Street (1964). Patricia Reynolds. United Nations International School (1953). University of Pennsylvania Correspondence (1959-60). S: Turkey. University of Pennsylvania Class Material (Spring 1953, Spring 1954, Spring 1955, Spring 1957, Spring 1958). Urban League (1956-59). J. Edward Conway, Nicholas H. Pinto, Theodore Kheel, Nelson A. Rockefeller. AS: 613159. Urban League of Westchester County (1956-57). AS: 6/11/56. World Peace through Law (1965-66).

Studies Reels 19-25

The major studies done by Abrams appear alphabetically by the geographical location of the investigation. The documents are filmed the way they were kept, showing the chron0logical progression of each study. First, come the correspondence and agreements arranging for the study; then, the drarts and sketches preceding the finished report are filmed. After the report itself, sometimes in more than one format, come the reviews, critiques, and correspondence generated by the study. In a few instances, there were no written reports, and one file is included to illustrate a preliminary correspon­ dence that did not result in a contract. As in the Organizations series,the names of correspondents involved significantly in the study are listed. Researehers interested in making a meticulous examination should also consult the Topics series that includes reference information on each area.

Reel 19. Alaska-Bolivia

Segment 1. Alaska-Baltimore Alaska Correspondence, 1965--06. E. L. Bartlett, Charles Blomfield. Report and Notes, 1966. "Housing the Alaska Native." Correspondence, 1966-70. Charles Blomfield, E. L. Bartlett, Chester Rapkin, Mike Rowan, Jerome Saroff. T: Alaska. Baltimore Correspondence, 1967. Norman Klein, Nathaniel Owings. Reports and Notes, 1968. The Role and Responsibilities of the Federal Highway System in Baltimore.

41 [Reel 19] Studies

Correspondence, May 21, 1968-February 28, 1969. Paul H. Douglas, Nathaniel Owings, Norman Klein. T: Baltimore.

Segment 2. Barbados-Bolivia Barbados Correspondence, 1962-63. Peter H. M. Stevens. Drafts. Report, May 1963. "Report to the Barbados Government and the Barbados Housing Authority on Land Tenure, Housing Policy, and Home Finance." Correspondence, 1963-66. E.W. Barrow, P.H.M. Stevens. T: Barbados. Bolivia Correspondence, 1959. Report and Notes, November 1959. Report on Housing Financing in Bolivia. Spanish Translation, March 7, 1960. Correspondence, 1959-67. T: Bolivia.

Reel 20. Boston-California

Segment 1. Boston-Calcutta Boston Correspondence, 1961. Daniel J. Ahern. Draft Report and Report, August 14, 1961. "Boston's Waterfront: Some Ideas for Study." Correspondence, 1963-68. T: Boston. Calcutta Ford Foundation Conference, 1961. Correspondence, 1961-66. T: Calcutta. Calcutta Trip, 1967. Correspondence, 1965-67. T: Calcutta.

Segment2. California California Correspondence, 1960-November 1962. Edmund Brown, Marshall Kaplan, William Wheaton, Gerald N. Hill, Catherine Bauer Wurster. Draft Report, November 28, 1962. Report on Housing in California, Governor's Advisory Commission on Housing Problems, January 1963. "Possible Housing Programs for California," Appendix to the Report on Housing in California, Governor's Advisory Commission on Housing Problems, April 1963. News Clippings. Correspondence, December 1962-68, undated. T: California.

Reel 21. Canada-Ghana

Segment 1. Canada-Chile Canada Montreal Urban Renewal Correspondence, 1965. Memorandum on Montreal Urban Renewal, April 1965. Quebec Housing Correspondence, 1965. Jean-Claude La Haye. "Draft Report to the Commission Provinciale D'Urbanisme on Housing in the Province of Quebec," August 30, 1965.

42 [Reel 21] Studies

Quebec Correspondence, September 1965-66. Jean-Claude La Haye. T: Canada. Chile Correspondence and Notes, 1965-67. John Friedmann, John S. Nagel. T: Chile. [No report prepared.]

Segment 2. Ghana Ghana [Gold Coast] Correspondence March 1954-August 1955. G. Anthony Atkinson, Ernest Weissmann, V. Bodiansky, Otto Koenigsberger. Memoranda and Notes.

Segment3. Ghana Ghana Draft Reports and Report, 1957. Housing in Ghana. Correspondence, August 26, 1955-July 25, 1958. T: Ghana.

Reel 22. Grenada-Louisville

Segment 1. Grenada-Ireland Grenada Correspondence, July 9, 1968-December 11, 1968. Indian Task Force Correspondence October 1, 1966-December 6, 1966. Lyndon B. Johnson, Charles Haar. Draft, ''Housing Report for Task Force on Indians,'' 11/27/66. Correspondence, 1966-67. Ireland Correspondence, July 1960-December 1960. Ernest Weissmann, Padraig O hUiginn. Draft Report, November 1960. Report, April 25, 1961. Urban Renewal Project in Ireland (Dublin). Correspondence, January 1961-67. Padraig 0 hUiginn. T: Ireland.

Segment 2. Jamaica-Japan Jamaica, 1956 Correspondence, May 26, 1955-March 8, 1956. Glendon Logan, Norman W. Manley, Warren Cornwell, Noel Nethersole. Recommendations, April 6, 1956. Correspondence, April 13, 1956-June 1958. T: Jamaica. Jamaica, 1961 Correspondence, January 19, 1960-March 29, 1961. ''Report of Housing Mission of International Cooperation Administration to the United States Operations Mission." Kingston, Jamaica, April 10, 1961. Correspondence, June 1961-68. T: Jamaica. Japan Correspondence, July 5, 1960-August 1960. Ryotaro Azuma. "Housing and Community Facilities,'' in Reports of Committees of Special Areas of Work, September 10, 1960. Review Report, September 12, 1960. Planning and Action Program for the Development of the Hanshin Metropolitan Region in Japan. Correspondence, September 2, 1960-May 28, 1962.

43 [Reel 22] Studies

Segment 3. Japan-Louisville Japan Final Report, June 1962. Planning and Action Program for the Development of the Hanshin Metropolis Region in Japan. Report by a joint Japan-U.N. team, June 1962. Correspondence, June 1962-65. T: Japan. Kenya Correspondence, April 9, 1964-August 1964. Draft Report of UN Mission to Kenya on Housing, September 1964. Lawrence N. Bloomberg and Charles Abrams, United Nations Mission to Kenya on Housing. UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, December 29, 1964. Correspondence, September 25, 1964-67. T: Kenya. Louisville "Discussion Memorandum on the Application by the University of Louisville for a $3,000,000 Grant." Correspondence, January 1960-November 1961. T: Louisville.

Reel 23. New York City Housing Task Force­ Pakistan

Segment 1. New York City Housing Task Force New York City Housing Task Force Correspondence, November 1965-December 15, 1965. Working Papers, Notes, and Minutes of Meetings, December 10-l l, 1965. Draft Memorandum, December IO, 1965. "Report of Housing and Urban Renewal Task Force," January 4, 1966. News Releases and Clippings. Correspondence, December 20, 1965-July 1966. T: NYC Housing Task Force.

Segment 2. Nigeria Nigeria Correspondence, April 27, 1961-September 1962. ''Draft of Memorandum on the Development of Savings, Mortgage Loans, and Housing Development in Lagos," July 30, 1962. "Draft Memorandum on the Lagos Slum Clearance Scheme, the Relevant Background.'' Metropolitan Lagos. Prepared for the Government of Nigeria by Otto Koenigsberger, Charles Abrams, Susumo Kobe, Maurice Shapiro and Michael Wheeler, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, April 27, 1964. Correspondence, December?, 1962-August 1965. T: Nigeria. Segment3. Pakistan Pakistan Correspondence, March 1957-September 16, 1957. Preliminary Report, ''Policy for Housing and the Settlement of Refugees in East Pakistan," n.d. "Summary of Recommendations," n.d. ''Proposal for Programme for Dealing with the Squatter Problem '' by Charles Abrams and Otto Koenigsberger, August 21, 1957. ' Report on Housing in Pakistan .. Prepared for the Government of Pakistan by Char~e~ Abr~ms and Otto Koemgsberger. UN Technical Assistance Admm1strat1on, September 14, 1957. Clippings. Correspondence, September 20, 1957-1965. T: Pakistan.

44 [Reel 24] Studies

Reel 24. Philadelphia-Singapore

Segment 1. Philadelphia Philadelphia Correspondence, April 14, 1966-December 12, 1966. William H. Ludlow. "The Negro Housing Problem: A Program for Philadelphia," September 1966. Correspondence, December 15, 1966-September 1968. T: Philadelphia. Draft of Manuscript, ''Home Ownership for the Poor,'' submitted for publication. Correspondence relating to the unsuccessful publication efforts. August 5, 1966-September 1969. Clippings.

Segment 2. Philippines-Puerto Rico, 1962 Philippines Correspondence July 11, 1958-March 31, 1959. ''Housing in the Phiiippines. Preliminary Memoranda for Discussion.'' Submitted to the government of the Philippines by Charles Abrams and Otto Koenigsberger, August 29, 1958. Report on Housing in the Philippine Islands. Prepared for the government of the Philippine Islands by Charles Abrams and Otto Koenigs berger, UN Technical Assistance Administration, January 14, 1959. Correspondence, April 8, 1959-May 23, 1968. T: Philippines. Puerto Rico, 1956 Correspondence, March 24, 1956-July 3, 1956. Luis Munoz Marin. Draft Report, January 1957. Report, March 1957. Report on the Housing Program of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Correspondence, July 5, 1956-April 16, 1957. T: Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico, 1962 Correspondence, March 16, 1962-April 5, 1962. "To the College of Engineers, Architects, and Surveyors, San Juan, Puerto Rico," April 5, 1962. Correspondence, April 4, 1962-0ctober 7, 1964. T: Puerto Rico.

Segment3. Regional Seminar in Housing and Community Improvement-Singapore Regional Seminar in Housing and Community Improvement Regional Seminar in Housing and Community Improvement, New Delhi, January 21-February 17, 1954, including the Regional Conference of International Federation of Housing and Town Planning. AS: 2/11/54. San Salvadore Correspondence, February 5, 1969-May 8, 1969. Singapore Correspondence, June 13, 1963-August 1, 1963. Padraig 0 hUiginn. Confidential Report, Growth and Urban Renewal in Singapore, Chapters 2-5 only. Correspondence, August27, 1963-67. T: Singapore.

45 Studies

Reel 25. Turkey-Venezuela

Segment 1. Turkey Turkey Correspondence, July-September, 1954. Ernest Weissmann. Reports, October, 1954. Report, 1955. The Need for Training and Education for Housing and Planning. Correspondence, September 24, 1954-1966. G. Holmes Perkins, Ernest Weissmann, Thomas B. A. Godfrey, Emmanuel F. Friedman, Shirley Adelson Siegel, Vecdi Diker, Kemal Kurdas. AS: 10/24/54, 4/27/59, undated. T: Turkey.

Segment 2. Venezuela Venezuela, 1960 Correspondence, June 13, 1960--July 12, 1960. "Draft of Memorandum on Housing Finance in Venezuela," July 6, 1960; July 20, 1960. Correspondence, July 27, 1960--December 1961. T: Venezuela. Venezuela, 1962 Correspondence, January 8, 1962-January 24, 1962. Draft, ''Report by Charles Abrams on the Development of the Guayana Region ofVenezuela," January24, 1962. "Report on the Development ofCiudad Guayana in Venezuela," to Joint Center for Urban Studies of MIT and Harvard University, January 25, 1962. Correspondence, February 8, 1962-March 1962. T: Venezuela. Vene;:,uela, 1963 Correspondence, December 12, 1963-December 17, 1963. Drafts and Report, "Trip to Caracas and Ciudad Guayana, December 3-12, 1963." To Lloyd Rodwin and James Wilson, December 20, 1963. Correspondence, December 24, 1963. T: Venezuela. Venezuela, 1964 Correspondence, January 23, 1964-May 4, 1964. "Trip to Venezuela, April 28-May 2, 1964." To Lloyd Rodwin and James Wilson, May 14, 1964. Correspondence, June 1, 1964-June 2, 1965. T: Venezuela.

46 Arnc1es ana ::'lpeecnes

Articles and Speeches Reels 26-35

Written public statements made by Abrams appear in chronological order beginning in 1935. Location is given only for speeches outside of New York City. An exception to the chronological listing is the New York Post articles (1947-53); these appear at the end of the series, followed by correspondence referring to Abrams's work for the Post, arranged chronologically. Correspondence relating to local arrangements comes before the item. Four brief, taped speeches have been transcribed and the results filmed in their appropriate chronological places. The tape itself is available only for the WCBS interview. An oral history interview, conducted by Dr. Bluma Swerdloff for the Oral History Research Office of Columbia University, is filmed (under May 1964) with the permission of that office. An asterisk(*) preceding a title in the guide indicates that the file contains correspondence relating to that speech or article but that there is no copy of the statement itself. Some copies of articles and speeches also appear in the scrapbooks. The titles are frequently working titles; they often changed with publication. Facts have not been verified beyond the information in the collection.

Reel26. 1935~1947

Segment 1. 1935-1943 1935 "The Emergency Relief Act of 1935 ... " Sent to New York Times. January 30. *"Is Housing Possible Today?" The Board of Education of City of New York, Bronx High School of Science, April 30. 1936 "Immediate Prospects for Housing." Madison House, January 22. Speech. Third Washington Conference on Slum Clearance and Low Rent Housing, January 22. "Mr. Moses on Housing." Letter to the Editor. New York Times, June 29. Letter to the Editor. New York Times, October 26. 1937 *"The Impending Housing Shortage in New York City." Sunday Evening Forum, January 17. "Housing and the State." Sent to Loula Lasker of Survey Graphic, April 14. *"Legal Aspects of Public Housing." FACET School, May 10. *''Public Housing in New York City.'' WPA Adult Education Program, May 12. Speech. WEVD, May 13. "A Tentative Forecast of Policy, Problems, and Procedure under the United States Housing Act." American Federation of Housing Authorities, September 23. "Management of Public Housing." New School for Social Research, December 15. Letter to the Editor. New York Times, December 17. 1938 "Municipal Housing Authorities: The Latest Phase." Sent to New York Times, January 5.

47 [Reel 26] Articles and Speeches

"Private Capital Needed for Building." Letter to the Editor. New York Times, May 16. Speech. May 17. Letter to the Editor (Reply to Stewart McDonald). New York Times, May 23. Speech. Conference of Local Housing Authorities of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, June 17. "A Plea for Private Enterprise in Housing." Real Estate News 19, no. 6 (June): 196. Speech. Annual Meeting of American Federation of Housing Authorities, Washington, D. C., September 26. Speech. WMCA, October 16. Review. Sent to Shelter, October 20. "Looking Ahead in Housing." Shelter (October): 23-24. Letter to the Editor. Sent to New York Times, November 15. 1939 ''State and Local Housing Legislation.'' Radio Forum. New School for Social Research, February 15. Speech. WHN, February 25. "Slum Clearance or Vacant Land Development?" Shelter (February): 23-24. "Program for Housing Institute in East Midtown Area." Citizens' Housing Council of New York, March 21. Speech. Labor Club Forum. WEVD, May 17. Speech. WCNW, May 29. Speech. WEVD, October 3. ''The Real Housing Issue.'' The Nation (October 21): 439-41. 1940 "Housing and Politics." Survey Graphic (February): 91-93. Review of The Bar of Other Days, by Joseph S. Auerbach. Sent to Saturday Review of Literature, May 3. Letter to the Editor. Sent to New York Times, June 5. "Must Defense Wreck Housing?" The Nation (October 19): 359-60. [Reprint.] Speech. WEVD, November 12. "New Social Trends in Land Utilization." American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers, November 14. Printed in The Appraisal Journal (October 1941). [Reprint.] 1941 *Letter to the Editor. New York Times, December 19. "Housing the War Workers." The Nell' Republic (December 29): 886-88. [Reprint.] 1942 Speech. Union for Democratic Action, Conference on War and the Consumer, January 24. Speech. League for Industrial Democracy, Conference on Maximum Production, February 14. Speech. Snag Club, February 24. Speech. Citizens' Housing Council, Conference on Rent Control, March 13. "Rent Control Is Not Enough." The New Republic 106, no. 11(March6): 362-63. ''"The Effect of War on Real Estate." Real Estate Board of Rochester, New York, March 26. "Forum on Negro Housing." WEVD, July I. "Housing." Lawyer's Guild, August 10. 1943 Speech. New York City Federation of Women's Clubs, February 5. *Article. Citizens' Housing Council News (March). Speech. Baltimore, April 7.

48 [Reel 26] Articles and Speeches

*Speech. Brooklyn College, April 30. "On the Negro Housing Problem in New York City." WEVD, May 26. ''Housing in the Post-War World.'' Bulletin of Economics, Brooklyn College, May. Letter to the Editor. Sent to the New York Times, August 12. ·'Mixed Projects in New York City.'' New York State Conference on Social Work, November 18. *Interview. New York Times, December 3. *"Economic Changes in Real Estate." In Architecture and City Planning in the Post War World, edited by Paul Zucker. New York: Philosophical Library.

Segment 2. 1944-1947 1944 ''The Facts about Public Housing." Review of The Seven Myths ofHousing, by Nathan Straus. The Nation (February 12). "Slum Dole: A New Challenge to Public Housing." CHC Housing News (February): 1-2. Speech. Convention of the National Public Housing Conference, March 24. Speech. WEVD, April 5. *"The Social Worker's Place in Post-War Housing." Maryland State Conference of Social Welfare, May 5. "Planning for New York City.'' Forum at Museum of Modem Art, May 24. Speech. New School for Social Research, May 25. Speech. Citizens Planning and Housing Association of Baltimore, June 6. "Evolution of Government Restrictions on Free Use of Real Estate." Proceedings, Addresses and Reports; Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, ABA, Chicago Meeting, (September 11): 19--25. "Government Responsibility for Housing." October 7. "Housing: The Issue That Dewey Forgot!" WLIB, October 30. Letter to the Editor. Sent to the New Fork Times, November 27. ''Building Regulation in New York City ... ," Review of Building Regulation in New York City, by Joseph D. McGoldrick, Seymour Graubard, and Raymond J. Horowitz." Columbia Law Review (November): 949--51. "G. I. Blast." Architectural Forum (December): 83. 1945 "Public-Private Teamwork." National Public Housing Conference, March 15. "Housing Is News Again." The New Republic (March 19): 380--83. "The Walls of Stuyvesant Town." The Nation (March 24): 328-30. Speech. WEVD, March 30. Speech. OWi, April 13. *"A Home of Whose Own?" Review of Home Ownership: Is It Sound?, by John P. Dean. The New Republic (April 23): 563. "Replan Washington Square." The Liberal 1, no. 2 (April-May): 1, 4. "National Picture of Housing." Des Moines Public Schools, May 1. Review of A Million Homes a Year, by Dorothy Rosenman. May 9. Speech. League for Industrial Democracy. May 12. *"Home Finance Article." McCall's Magazine (May). "Vital Plans." Review of City Development, by Lewis Mumford. New Leader (June 11): 11. Article. Sent to Post-War Outlook, June 29. "Who Wants to Be Mayor of New York?" Sent to The Architectural Forum, July 16. "Housing Program for New York City: A Liberal Platform." WEVD, July 17. ''Good Houses for Everybody.'' Overseas Radio Program Bureau, OWi, July. "Good Government." National Council of Jewish Women, October 15. "Housing." WJZ, October 15. "Shall We Spend More Money for Public Housing?" October 30.

49 [Reel 26] Articles and Speeches

"Good Houses for Everyone." In What the Informed Citizen Needs to Know, edited by A.G. Mezerik and Bruce Bliven. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. 1946 Speech. U.D.A. Dinner, January 11. "The Run of the House." WQXR, January 17. ''The Housing Shortage in New York.'' League for Industrial Democracy, January 18. Press Release. Conference of National Urban League, February 13. *"Race Prejudice and Housing." Temple of the Covenant, March 1. *"Wagner-Ellender-Taft Housing Bill." The Potomac Co-operative Federation, Co-op Forum, March 7. *Speech. Brooklyn Civic Council Luncheon, March 11. *Speech. Veterans Affairs Committee, Brooklyn Council for Social Planning, March 23. *"Rent Control and Tenant Selection." School of Architecture, Columbia University, March 28. *Article. Journal of Education Sociology (March). *Editorial. The New Republic (February-March). *"Why Realtors Should Support the Wagner-Ellender-Taft Bill." Philadelphia Real Estate Board, April 4. *Speech. Citizens Planning and Housing Association of Baltimore, April 5. "Housing Headaches." Review of Breaking the Building Blockade, by Robert Lasch. The Nation (April 27): 511-12. *''Financing of Housing.'' Lower East Side Public Housing Conference, May22. *"Wagner-Ellender-Taft Bill." New England Regional Council, National Association of Housing Officials, May 23. "While You Wait for a House." McCall's Magazine (May): 17, 72-74. "The Subsidy and Housing." Journal ofLand and Public Utility Economics 22, no. 2 (May): 131-39. *Speech. Southwest Harlem Neighborhood Council, June. "Living in Harmony." Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life (Summer): 116-18, 166-67. "Minority Parties in America." Radio Speech, September 18. Speech. National Association of Housing Officials, Cleveland, October 10. *''Housing in New York City." Youth Division, Greater New York Federation of Churches, October 19. "The Republican Bloc in Housing." WJZ, October 23. "Adventures of a Modem Gulliver in a Housing Brobdignag." National Public Housing Conference, October. *Speech. Omega Chi (Law Fraternity), November 7. "One World-One Housing Problem." CHC Housing News 5, no. 3 (November-December): I, 6. "Homeless America." Part I. The Nation (December 21): 723-25. "Homeless America." Part II. The Nation (December 28): 753-55. *"Politics and Housing." Nuestra Arquitectura. *Article. Journal ofHousing. *"Housing Report." Harlem Week. 1947 "Homeless America." Part III. The Nation (January 4): 15-16. [The series published as A Housing Program/or America, L.l.D. Pamphlet Series.] "The Housing Outlook for 1947." WMCA, January 6. *"Urban Redevelopment." American Institute of Planners, Providence, January 18. *Speech. League for Industrial Democracy, January 22.

50 [Reel 26] Articles and Speeches

*Speech. Public Affairs Committee and the Economic and Race Relations Subcommittee of the YWCA, January 22. Speech. American Veterans Committee Housing Rally, January 23. *Speech. New Jersey Association of Housing Authorities, January 28. " 'Practical Politics' Is Basis for Europe's Public Housing Programs," Journal of Housing 4, no. 1 (January): 3-6. Article. Submitted to American Mercury, January. *"The Future of Housing." The Author Meets the Critics Program, February 6. *Speech. Greenwich Village Association, February 7. "Discriminatory Restrictive Covenants: A Challenge to the American Bar." Association of the Bar of the City of New York, February 19. "The Run of the House." WQXR, February 19. *''A Program for Progressives: Housing.'' League for Industrial Democracy, March 1. *''A Housing Program for America,'' Student League for Industrial Democracy, Brooklyn College, March 5. "Must Politics Control Housing?" The Nation (March 15): 293-94. "Future of Housing in America and the Role of Cooperatives." Group Housing Cooperative, Washington, D.C.,.March 28. *"Restrictive Covenants." American Jewish Committee, April 3. *"Racial Restrictive Covenants." John L. Elliott Chapter, American Veterans Committee, April 10. Article. Sent to Mademoiselle, April 10. Article. Sent to Survey Graphic, April 14. Authors Round Table. Radio speech, April 15, 1947. *"Public Forum on Housing." Van Cortlandt Community Center, April 16. *Speech. Barnard College, April 22. *Speech. Citizens Housing Council of New York, April 26. *Speech. Annual Convention, Jewish War Veterans, May 4. *''Housing for the Low Income Group and the Question of Action on the National Level." Liberal Party Conference on Housing, May 6. *"Is Everything Being Done to Provide Housing?" Interview with Committee ofYouthbuilders, May 7. "The Acute Housing Situation." New York League of Women Shoppers, May 17. "We Need a Better Housing Bill." The Nation (May 17): 562-64. "Slums." WJZ, May 20. "Revolution in Land." East Central Region.al Council, National Association of Housing Officials, Toledo, Ohio, May 26. "Our Neighborhoods in 1950." East Midtown Council for Social Welfare, May 27. *"Housing Policy for America." Massachusetts Institute of Technology Housing Seminar, Cambridge, May 29. ''Ought to Be a Law.'' The Nation (May 31): 668. "Homes for Aryans Only." Commentary 3 (May): 421-27. *Speech. Manhattanville Housing Committee, Riverside Civic Council, June 6. *Speech. New York City Consumer Council Mock Trial, June 10. "United Nations Housing Situation." The Nation (June 14): 701. *''Community Planning and Local Restrictions.'' Consumer Union's Housing Panel, Washington, D.C., June 18. "A Slight Case of Murder." The Nation (June 28): 757-58. Editorial. The Nation (July 19): 58. "Race Bias in Housing, Part I: The Great Hypocrisy." The Nation (July 19): 67-69. [This series published as a pamphlet, July.] "What Are the Effects of the New Rent and Housing Law?" The American Forum of the Air no. 3 (July 29): 3-19.

51 [Reel 26) Articles and Speeches

"Race Bias in Housing, Part II: Will Interracial Housing Work?" The Nation (August 2): I22-24. *"The Future of Housing," NBC-TV, August 7. "Race Bias in Housing, Part III: Our Chance for Democratic Housing." The Nation (August I6): I60-62. *Speech. Press, Advertising, and Radio Chapter, AVC, September I6. *''City and State Affairs.'' Americans for Democratic Action, September I 7.

Reel27. 1947~1950

Seginentl. 1947~1949 1947 *"Housing, I947." WNBC, September I I-October 2. Speech. Mortgage Bankers Association, Cleveland, October 3. "Register for Housing." WJZ, October 5. *Speech. Building Industries Division of PCA, October I6. "Are These Our Children?" ABC, October I9. *Speech. Eddie Munk Chapter, American Veterans Committee, October 22. "Break the Housing Log-Jam." WMCA, October 27. ' "The Housing Crisis Is Your Fault." The American Family Series, WOY, October 29. Editorial. The Nation (October 30). *Speech. New York Newspaper Guild, October. "Housing and the Family." October. "Solving the Housing Problem: Britain and the U.S.A." The Cooper Union, November9. *"Discrimination in Housing and How It Affects You." Cleveland Chapter, American Jewish Committee, November I2. *"Racial Discrimination in Housing: Private and Public." Snag Club, November I8. Article. The Liberal, November I9. ''Something Ought to Be Done.'' WMCA, November23. Review of Communitas: Means of Livelihood and Ways of Life, by Percival and Paul Goodman. Commentary (November): 499. Testimony. Joint Legislative Committee on Problems of the Aged. December 11. 1948 *Speech. B. Clamey Vladeck Birthday Celebration, Rand School, January 13. ;. Speech. Housing Rally, Brenner Felson Chapter and Auxiliary, American Veterans Committee, February 18. *"How America Is Housed." Saint Peter's College, March 14. *Court of Public Opinion, Television Program, March 23. *"Housing and the Family." Institutes in Probation, April 3. *"On Trial." Radio Speech, April 4. ''A Ten-Point Housing Program.'' Liberal Party, April 21. "A Plank in a Platform." The Nation 126, no. 2 (May 15): 548-51. *Lecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, May 20. "A Woman's Lot Is Not a Happy One." Mademoiselle's LIVING (Spring): 86, 156. "Land." Encyclopedia of Housing, June 11. Sp~ech. International Congress on Housing and Town Planning, Zurich, Switzerland, June. Speech. WMCA, September 24.

52 [Reel 27] Articles and Speeches

"Pooling Resources for Negro Home Development." National Builders Association, Atlanta, Georgia, October 6. *Court of Current Issues. Television Program, November 15. *Speech. Jewish War Veterans of the United States, November 22. *Speech. WMCA, November 26. "Human Relations in City Planning." Conference on Civic Unity, Chicago, November 29. "The Facts about Prefabrication." Mademoiselle's LIVING (Autumn): 112, 173. *Speech. New YORK Metropolitan Committee for Planning, December 16. Article. Progressive Architecture, December 17. ;'Review of Prejudice and Property, by Tom C. Clark and Philip B. Perlman. Commentary. *"Housing." In Saving American Capitalism, edited by Seymour E. Harris. New York: Knopf. 1949 *Speech. Community Rlations Seminar on Fair Housing Practices, Philadelphia, January 12. *"Housing and the Legislature, 1949." Annual Conference on State Legislation, New York City Chapter, National Lawyers Guild, January 27. *Speech. Joint Veterans Council for Americanism, February 12. *··Fair Housing Practices.'' The Christian and Human Rights Conference, Protestant Council and the Interacial Fellowship of Greater New York, February 12. Speech. Chicago City Council on the Proposed Non-Discrimination Ordinance for Publicly Aided Housing, February 25. ''The Segregation Threat in Housing.'' Commentary 7, no. 2 (February): 123-31.

Segment 2. 1949-1950 1949 Release. March 22. *Lecture. Barnard College, March 29. Speech. Planning and Housing Round Table, Columbia University, March 31. *"What Causes Prejudice?" National Citizens' Council on Civil Rights, WEVD, Aprill. *Speech. League for Industrial Democracy, April 23. Review of Sweden Plans for Better Housing, by Leonard Silk. Saturday Review ofLiterature, April 28. *Lecture. Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, May 3. Letter to the Editor. The Chicago Defender, May 9. *"Racial Issues in Housing." Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, May 19. "Housing Program." City Affairs Committee, Liberal Party, May 23. *Speech. New School for Social Research Dinner, May 26. *Speech. Spanish-American Youth Bureau and the Pan-American Women's Association, June l. "The Effect of Recent Housing Legislation on the Housing of Minorities." National Builder's Association, Detroit, August 22. "Housing." Liberal Party, September 2. Speech. New School for Social Research, September 13. *Speech. Great Neck Chapter, National Council of Jewish Women, September 26. "The Housing Shortage and Rent Control: What Can We Do about It?" Liberal Party Political Institute, October 1. *Speech. Chelsea-Clinton Council for Social Planning, October 20. "Democracy in Housing." Friend's Conference, Philadelphia, October 24. "Housing Issue in This Campaign." Liberal Party, WJZ, October 28.

53 [Reel 27] Articles and Speeches

*Article. The American City (October). ''Another String to the Bow.'' Survey Graphic (October): 543-46. "Housing Record in New York City." Liberal Party, WOR, November 4. *Speech. Massachusetts Housing Council and the Urban League of Greater Boston, November 15. "Stuyvesant Town's Threat to Our Liberties." Commentary (November): 426--33. "The Segregation Threat in Housing: Can We Plan for Democratic Neighborhoods?" The New World Commentator (December): 22-27. [Reprinted from Commentary, February 1949.] *Speech. Dalton Schools, December 1949. "Housing." C oilier s Encyclopedia, New York: Collier. 1950 Speech. University of Southern California, January 5. *''The Social Aspects of the Relationship between the Tenant and the Landlord." Urban League of Greater New York, January 18. *Speech. CBS People's Platform. January 22. *"Housing." Institute for Religious and Social Studies, January 24. "Human Rights in Slum Clearance." Survey Graphic 86, no. 1 (January): 27-28. "Rats among the Palm Trees." The Nation (February 25): 177-78. "Civil Rights in Housing." American Association of University Women, February 28. Editorial. The Nation, March 20. *"Housing Practices in Brooklyn," Kings County Council of the State Commission against Discrimination, March 23. *''Housing for the Middle Income Family.'' Amalgamated Housing Corporation, March 26. "On Trial: Should Federal Rent Control Be Continued?" Association of the Bar, ABC-TV, March 29. Speech. League for Industrial Democracy, April 15. Letter to the Editor. New York Herald Tribune, April 19. "Metropolitan Planning, the Social Approach." Council for Planning Action, Boston, April 22. Statement on Behalf of the Liberal Party of New York State. Hearing on Rent Control Legislation, Senate Banking and Currency Committee, April 26. *"Rent Control." WFDR, Sponsored by Local 91 International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, May 16. "Housing for the Forgotten Folk." Liberal Digest, May 18. Review of The Lall' ofZoning and Planning, by Charles A. Rathkopf. Columbia Law Review (May): 727-30. "Race Bias in Housing." New York Times, July 5. "Slum Clearance Boomerangs." The Nation, 121, no. 5 (July 29): 106--7. Sample Speech. Liberal Party, October 19. *"The Housing Issue in This Election." WNBC, October 26. '"'Berlin and Jerusalem: A Tale of Two Cities." Graduate Faculty Seminar, New School for Social Research, October 27. Speech. American Jewish Congress, November 6. "Discrimination in Housing." Civic Unity Committee, Cambridge, November9. *"Problems and Strategy in Housing." Dalton Schools, November 13. *"Housing Integration in Areas of Transition." National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials, November 16. "Freedom to Dwell Together." Congress Weekly (November 27): 15-17.

54 (Reel 27] Articles and Speeches

Segment 3. 1950 1950 "Housing." American Jewish Year Book, Vol. 51. "The Residential Construction Industry." In The Structure ofAmerican Industry, edited by Walter Adams. New York: Macmillan. Second edition, 1954.

Reel28. 1950~1952

Segment 1. 1950-1951 1950 "Housing." In Scandinavia between East and West, edited by Henning Friis. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 1951 "State Housing Program, 1951." Liberal Party, January 15. *Speech. Urban League of Greater New York, January 18. "Defense Housing." Broadcast with Mrs. Roosevelt, January. ''Democratic Housing: A Challenge to the Community.'' Essex County Intergroup Council, February 3. *"Housing." Women's City Club of New York, February 15. *Speech. Young Women's Christian Association National Board, February 20. *''Impact of Housing Problems on Communities.'' Riverside Church, March28. "Metropolitan Planning, the Social Approach." In Metropolitan Planning, Council for Planning Action Symposium 2, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, March 1951, pp. 9-16. [See April 22, 1950.] "You and the News." WLIB, April 17. "Housing as a Public Health Problem." University of Pittsburgh, April 18. *Lecture. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, April 19. *"Critique of the Housing Act of 1949." Council for Planning Action, Boston, April 21. "Letters The Nation Did Not Print." The New Leader, April 23. "Israel Grapples with Its Housing Crisis." Commentary (April): 347-54. [Reprinted in News Sheet of the IFHTP (August 1952).] *"The Integration of the Negro in Housing." Howard University, May 3.

Segment2. 1951-1952 1951 "Human Rights in Slum Clearance." Middle Atlantic Regional Council, National Association of Housing Officials, May 11. "Housing." In-Service Course for Teachers, May 15. Interview. Morning Chapel, WABD, May 25. Speech. National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, June 6. *"Housing: Israel's Number 1 Problem." Southern New England Chapter, American Technion Society, Providence, June 14. *Speech. Providence Urban League, June 14. Article. Progressive Architecture, June 15. "The New 'Gresham's Law of Neighborhoods': Fact or Fiction?" The Appraisal Journal 10, no. 8 (July): 324-37. *''Race Bias and Housing.'' Tamiment Lecture Series, Tamiment, Pennsylvania, August 21. "Community Development at the Cross Roads." Pacific Northwest Region, National Association of Housing Officials, Portland, September 14. "L'Habitat." Second International Congress of Architects, Rabat, Morocco, September 25.

55 [Reel 28] Articles and Speeches

*"Housing." Citizen's Committee to Investigate Housing Problems, September 29. *Speech. French Study Group, Economic Cooperation Administration, Washington, D.C., October2. "How Shall We Train the Planners We Need?" American Society of Planning Officials, Pittsburgh, October 15. "Blame for Cicero." Ne\\' York Herald Tribune, October 25-26. Speech. WJZ-TV, November 5. "Housing: The Situation Today." National Association oflntergroup Relations Officials, Detroit, November 14. *"Human Values in Slum Redevelopment." Potomac Chapter, National Association of Housing Officials, November 27. "The Time Bomb That Exploded in Cicero." Commentary, (November): 407-14. [Reprinted as a booklet by the New York State Committee on Discrimination in Housing. Included in Social Problems in America. edited by Alfred McClung Lee. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1955.] *"Should Special Housing Be Built for the Aging?" WEVD, December 19. "The Segregation Threat in Housing." In Two-Thirds ofa Nation, A Housing Program, edited by Nathan Straus, pp. 210-35. New York: Knopf. 1952 Speech. Ascension Presbyterian Church, January 31. "Revolution in Housing. "Review ofTll'o-Thirds of a Nation, edited by Nathan Straus. The New Leader (March 3): 20-21. "The Chain Reaction That Began in Miami." Commentary, March 4. *Lecture. University of Pittsburgh, March 11. *Lecture. Government Administration Seminar, Columbia University, March 28. *"Good Housing in a Metropolis." Greenwich Village Branch, Americans for Democratic Action, April 8. *Speech. National Community Relations Advisory Council, April 30. "Where Goes Low-Rent Public Housing?" National Housing Conference, 21st Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 5. *Speech. Leaders in interracial private housing, Philadelphia, May 15. "New Cities, the Promise and the Threat." National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, May 20. *"Can New York City's Slums Be Cleared Now?" WEVD, May 21. "Something Gained by Overcrowding." Journal of the American Institute of Planners 28 (Spring): 95-96. *Article. The New Leader (June 2). Speech. Ruth Farbman Dinner, United Parents Association, June 12.

Reel29. 1952~1954

Segment 1. 1952 1952 *Between the Lines. WOR-TV, July 2. Review of Housing Market Behavior in a Declining Area, by Leo Grebler. The Annals, July 16. "Parkway Village Memorandum." July 23. "The Choice Is Nixon or Sparkman." The New Leader (September 22): 13-15. Urban Land Policies. International Federation for Housing and Town Planning, Lisbon, September 22. Letter to the Editor. New York Herald Tribune, October 29. "The Limits of Law." Review of Equality by Statute: Legal Controls over Group Discrimination, by Monroe Berger. Commentary (October): 349-40. "Liberal Party Roundup." WJZ-TV, November 3.

56 [Reel 29] Articles and Speeches

Speech. Enited Israel Appeal, November 9. Speech. National Association oflntergroup Relations Officials, Washington, D.C., November 13. *"New Approaches to Cooperative Housing." Citizens' Housing and Planning Council of New York, November 18. * '' PXRIV ATE Home Building and Ownership for Minorities: Fiction or Reality?'' Mayor's Council on Human Relations, Minneapolis, November 20. *"The Neighborhood: Key to World Peace." South Orange-Maplewood Forum, December 2. *Speech. Local 91 ILGWU, December 6. *Speech. Dalton Schools, December.

Segment 2. 1953 1953 *"The Facts of Housing the Young Married." Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, January 25. Statement in Acceptance of the 1953 Award from the League for Industrial Democracy. February 8. Speech. Manhattan Community Planning Boards, February 12. "Housing and Rent Control." Liberal Party, February 18. Review of The Durban Housing Survey: A Study of Housing in a Multiracial Community. University of Natal. The Annals, February 20. *Speech. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, March 5. *Speech. The Wesley Foundation, Harvard University, Cambridge, March 8. "Are 'Fund' Raisers Fit to be Congressmen?" The New Leader (March 23): 12-14. Letter to the Editor. New York Times, March 31. "The Crisis in Our Land and Forest Resources." League for Industrial Democracy, April 10. *Speech. Citizens' Council on City Planning, University of Pennsylvania, April. *''Student Views the News.'' WFUV-FM (Fordham University), April. *Speech. Yale Seminar, New Haven, Connecticut, April. Article. Architectural Forum, April. *"Land Policies and Effect on Development Possibilities." Bemis Foundation Conference, Cambridge, May l. *Between the Lines. May. "Bias in the Use of Governmental Regulatory Powers." University of Chicago Law Review 20, no. 3 (Spring): 414--25. "Housing." Liberal Party Program, June. "Robert Moses v. 'Robert Moses.' '' Review of Robert Moses: Builder for Democracy, by Cleveland Rodgers. June. [Not published.] "Puerto Rican Story." New York Herald Tribune, August 18. Letter to the Editor. New York Times, August 26. "City Development in the New Industrial World." General Seminar of the Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research, October 7. "New Neighbors in Old Neighborhoods." New York Chapter, American Jewish Committee, October 8. [Reprinted as a pamphlet, 1954. Entered in Congressional Record Appendix, April l, 1954.] Speech. WABD-TV, October 14. "The Fourth Man." Baltimore Section, National Council of Jewish Women, October 19. *Lecture. Seminar in Government Administration, Harvard University, Cambridge, November 6. *Speech. Cleveland Chapter, American Jewish Committee, November 19. *Discussion. Architecture League of New York, November 24. Article. Justice, November 24.

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*··A New Housing Program for America.'' Architectural Society, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, December 14. "1953 Housing Legislation." New York State Legislative Annual, 1953. *Article. Personnel Executives' Newsletter, 1953.

Segment 3. 1954 1954 Letter to the Editor. New York Times, January 6. [Not sent.] ''The Ideal City." Discussion of paper presented by Sir George Clark, Columbia University, January 9.

Reel30. 1954~1956

Segment 1. 1954 1954 '·Current Urban Land Policies and Programs.'' Regional Seminar for Asia and the Far East on Housing and Community Improvement, New Delhi, February 11. "How Sound Are Our Institutions?" League for Mutual Aid, March 6. *"New Delhi Meeting." WQXR, March 23. *Speech. West Bronx Liberal Party Club, March 26. *"Man and His Institutions in a Changing World." Hofstra College, March. Speech. Queens County Liberal Party, April 3. *Speech. History Club, Stuyvesant High School, April 13. *Speech. Human Relations Council of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, May 8. "Slums, Ghettos, and the G.O.P. 's 'Remedy.' "The Reporter IO, no. 10 (May 11): 27-30. "This I Believe." WCBS, May 19. "The Challenge to Government and Private Industry." National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, May 21. Speech. National Housing Conference, June 7. [Entered in Congressional Record Appendix, June 25.] Speech. Pacific Northwest Regional Council, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, July 16. Letter to the Editor. New York Times, July 29. *Speech. City Hall Conference, Philadelphia, September 23. Article. Written for Turkish magazines. October 24.

Segment 2. 1955 1955 " ... Only the Very Best Christian Clientele." Commentary 19, no. l (January): 10-17. *Speech. WRCA-TV, Citizens Union Searchlight, February 6. *Speech. William J. Sheldrick Association, February 17. *Speech. Women's Club of New York, February 17. Speech. Annual Legislative Conference, Liberal Party, February 21. "How to Remedy Our 'Puerto Rican Problem': Whence It Arose, What To Do." Commentary 19, no. 2 (February): 120-27. "Must We Have a Rent Rise?" W ABC, March 8. *Speech. Jewish Community Council, Boston, March 13. *Slums and Our Children." New York Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund, March 18. "The New Rent Plan." WRCA-TV, March 20. Statement. (As rent administrator.) March 23.

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*This Is New York." WCBS, March 24. *Speech. Capital District Joint Board of Amalgamated Clothing Workers Albany, March 28. ' *"Focus." WMCA, April 13. *"You and Your Landlord." Daily Mirror Forum, New York County Lawyers Association, April 15. *Speech. Bronx Borough Taxpayers League, April 19. *''Jewish Home Show.'' WATV, April 21. *"Keeping New Yorkers Housed." Samuel Tilden Democratic Club, April 28. *Speech. Potomac Chapter, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, May 4. Speech. Bronx County Committee, Liberal Party, May 4. *Speech. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, May IO. *"Rent Control and You." WEVD, Citizens' Housing and Planning Council of New York, May 18. "Housing in the Years Ahead." Welfare and Health Council of New York City, May 18. *Speech. Five Boro Taxpayers Association, May 19. *Speech. Labor Advisory Committee on Puerto Rican Affairs, May 21. *" 1955 Searchlight Dinner." Citizens Union of the City of New York, May 24. Speech. Metropolitan Chapter, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, June l. Speech. WRCA-TV, Citizens Union Searchlight, June 5. Speech. New York County Committee, Liberal Party, June 6. *The Wendy Barrie Show. June 8. *·'Mock Session of the House of Representatives.'' National Housing Conference, Washington, D.C., June 9. *Barry Gray Show. WMCA, June 13. "Housing Problems for Minorities." Bronx Branch, Urban League of Greater New York and the Council of Spanish-American Organizations, June 22.

Segment 3. 1955-1956 1955 "The Limits of Law in Housing and Social Action." Institute of Race Relations, Fisk University, Nashville, June 29. [Entered in Congressional Record Appendix, August 25.] "Village Housing and Community Development." Greenwich Village Branch, Americans for Democratic Action, July 12. "Public Housing Myths." The New Leader (July 25): 3-6. "Discrimination in Housing." New York Times, August 23. "Segregation, Housing, and the Horne Case." The Reporter 13, no. 5 (October 6): 30-33. "Housing for Everyone." Special Real Estate Supplement, New York Age Defender, October 15. Review of Adventures of a Slum Fighter, by Charles F. Palmer. Nell' York Times, October 18. "Our Town: Its Mental Health." New York Section, National Council of Jewish Women, November l. "Re-Housing New York." Conference of United Neighborhood Houses, November 5. "Building Democracy in Community Living." National Trade Union Committee for Racial Justice, November 12. Speech. Public Hearing on Demolition, Temporary State Housing Rent Commission, November 16. Speech. Real Estate Post of the American Legion and the Real Estate War Veterans Association, November 17. '•A Regional Approach to the Housing Problem.'' Technological Conference for Israel and the Middle East, November 19.

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"Should Federal Laws Contain Prohibitions of Racial Discrimination and Segregation?'' National Association of Intergroup Relations Officers, Milwaukee, December 1. Speech. WRCA-TV Citizens Union Searchlight, December 4. 1956 Speech. Workmen's Circle Division, Jewish Labor Committee, January 8. Speech. "Committee-at-Large" Forum, Liberal Party, January 18. "New York's New Slums." The New Leader (January 30): 20--23. Speech. Brooklyn Branch, Urban League of Greater New York, February 5. Speech. Ethical Culture Society, February 6. Speech. Joint Council of War Veterans Organizations of Kings County, February 22. Speech. Spanish-American Youth Bureau, February 25. "Gates from the Ghetto." Urban League of Greater New York, February 26.

Reel31. 1956~1959

Segment 1. 1956 1956 Speech. Conference on Urban Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, April 10. [See 4/12/56] "Discrimination in the North." Women's Division, American Jewish Congress, April 11. Speech. National Housing Conference, April x2. [Printed in Progressive Architecture (August): 100--01.] "Discrimination in Housing." Congress Weekly 23, no. 14 (April 16): 11-12. "Redevelopment: Its Hazards and Opportunities." Conference on Housing, Allegheny County Council on Civil Rights, April 28. Speech. National Trade Union Conference on Civil Rights, Jewish Labor Committee, May 4. Speech. 1956 Conference of the Councils of the New York State Commission Against Discrimination. May 7. [Published as "Commission Against Discrimination." In American Unity: An Educational Guide 14, no. 5 (May­ June): 3-7.] "The Negro Problem v. the Negro's Problem in America." New York State Conference, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, May 19. Speech. New York City CIO Council, May 26. *Speech. Queens County Council, SCAD and Queens Community Co­ ordinating Council, May 28. *Speech. Urban League of Westchester County, June 11. Speech. Commerce and Industry Luncheon, June 15. Speech Written for the Governor. June 21. "Remarks about Charlotte Carr." July 30. "Homes without Segregation." Review of Human Relations in Interracial Housing, by Daniel M. Wilner, Rosabelle Price Walkley, and Stuart W. Cook. The Ne11· Leader (August 13): 19-20. Speech. August 30. "Civil Rights in 1956: Politics Replaces the Economic Motive." Commentary (August). [Reprinted.] "Seconding the Nomination of Robert F. Wagner." Liberal Party Convention, September 11. Interview. WLIB, September 16. '"Planning for Human Needs." Harvard University, Cambridge, September 28. ''Speech. Men's Club, Free Synagogue, September.

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Speech. Robert F. Wagner campaign, October I. *Speech. Catholic Interracial Forum, October 4. "Liberal Party Registration Speech." WABC, October 12. "What the President Could Do about School Desegregation." The Reporter (October 18): 31-32. "The Role of Legislation in Reducing Intergroup Tensions." Institute on Group Relations, University of Rochester, October 22. "Race Relations in Housing." Student Christian Association of Brooklyn College, October 24. Letter to the Editor. Nell' York Times, October 30. Speech. Metropolitan Region, American Association for the United Nations, November 26. "Racial Challenges in Shifting Communities." Interracial Revie\\' (November). Speech. Civic and Social Agencies, December 3. Speech. Civil Rights Conference, International Union of Electrical, Radio, and Machine Workers, December 10. "The Garden City Movement." Review of The British New Towns Policy, by Lloyd Rodwin. The Nell' Leader (December 24-31): 19-20. Walter White Award Presentation. National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing.

Segment2. 1957-1958 1957 Speech. New York State Council of Machinists, Buffalo, February 23. Speech. New York Teachers Guild, Presentation of the John Dewey Award to Thurgood Marshall, March 2. Speech. Conference on Housing, Liberal Party, March 25. "Charles Abrams Explains Views on Housing 'Undesirables.' " Letter in New York World Telegram and The Sun, March 29. *Speech. Rotary Club of Rhinebeck, New York, March. *"The Role of the State Agency." National Civil Liberties Clearing House, April5. Speech. Regional Meeting of SCAD's Upstate Council Members, April 10. Speech. Cleveland Neighborhood Settlement Association, May 15. Speech. Anti-Defamation League Panel, National Conference on Social Welfare, May 21. "Civil Rights: States Rights v. Human Rights.'' Open Forum on Civil Rights, New York Chapter, Americans for Democratic Action, May 23. "SCAD's Housing Jurisdiction." Long Island Conference on Housing, May 26. *Speech. National Conference of Christians and Jews, May. Speech. Bronx Liberal Party, June 5. "Our Relations with Federal Agencies." Conference of Commissions Against Discrimination, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, June 11. "The Future of Housing: A Challenge." National Housing Conference, June 17. [Published as "Public Housing: A New Look," Real Estate News (August): 273-76.] Speech. National Catholic Charities, Columbus, September 20. *"Is There a Place for Minorities in Suburbia?" Ethical Culture Society of Long Island, October 6. Speech. Buffalo State Commission Against Discrimination Council, October 8. Speech. New York State Committee on Discrimination in Housing, October22. Letter to the Editor. El Diario, December 5. 1958 *"United States Housing: A New Program." Special Supplement, The New Leader (January 13). [Reprinted in Congressional Record Appendix 104, no. 6 (January 15): 284-86. Published as a pamphlet by the Tamiment Institute.]

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Speech. Legislative Institute, New York State Region of the National Council of Jewish Women, Albany, January 20. Speech. Acceptance of the Greenwich Village Community Brotherhood Award, February 11. Speech. Syracuse and Onondaga County Council, State Commission Against Discrimination, February 26. *Speech. Spanish-American Youth Bureau, March 1. Speech. Ethical Culture Society, March 12. Speech. Governor Harriman's Conference on Discrimination and Low Incomes, March 12. Speech. Presentation to Roy Wilkins, Queen's Council Jewish War Veterans Award, April 19. [Reprinted in Congressional Record Appendix (March 4, 1959).] "N.Y.C.: A Look into the Future." New School for Social Research, April 20. Speech. Premiere of" An American Girl," Anti-Defamation League of B 'nai B'rith, April 24. Speech. Harlem Lawyers Association, April 25. Speech. Religious Leadership Conference, SCAD, and the State Council of Churches, April 28. Speech. Golden Ager's Hobby Fair, Buffalo Mayor's Committee on Recreation for the Aging and the Western New York Geriatrics Society, May 5. Speech. In Honor of Earl Brown, Young Adults of the Roosevelt Democratic Club, May 16. Speech. Founding Dinner of Modern Community Developers, May 27. "Last Hired-First Fired." ADL Bulletin, May. Speech. SCAD's Housing Advisory Council, June 24. Speech. Joint Emergency Committee on Greenwich Village Problems, New School for Social Research, June 25. Article. Life Magazine (July 16). "Regional Planning Legislation in Under-Developed Areas." United Nations Housing Seminar, Tokyo, July. "Four Areas of Progress on the Road to Equal Rights." Hotel and Club Voice (August): 25-26. "New York and Little Rock: The Right and Wrong Techniques in Civil Rights." New York Women's Bar Association, October 15. Speech. Catholic Interracial Forum, October 16. Letter to the Editor. New York Herald Tribune, October 17. "The Integration Crisis." The New Leader (October 27): 3-5. Speech. New Jersey Welfare Council, October 28. [Published as "Poverty amidst Plenty." Interracial Review (December): 213-16, 220.] Foreword. In/n Search ofHousing, by Eunice and George Grier. New York State Commission Against Discrimination, (November): 5-6. Speech. National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, December 11. "Lets Find Out." WCBS. Segment 3. 1959 1959 Speech. Men's Club, Park Avenue Synagogue, January 27. "Spelling Out Key Problems." Women'·s City Club of New York, February 4. *Speech. Brotherhood Breakfast, Samuel Dickstein Lodge, B'nai B'rith-2061, February 15. ''The Spirit of Minetta Creek, or the Battle of Washington Square.'' Joint Emergency Committee to Save Washington Square, February 28. [Printed in The Villager (March 5, 5.) Speech. Committee on Law and Social Action, New Jersey State Region American Jewish Congress, Newark, March 2. ' *"Paths to Progress: Is Law the Answer?" Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, March 18.

62 [Reel 31] Articles and Speeches

*Speech. Harvard Law-Graduate School Democratic Club, March 27. Speech. March 31. *Speech. Brooklyn Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, April 5. Review of Pilot Project, India, by Albert Mayer et al. The New Leader April 15. *''Can Laws Successfully Ban Discrimination?'' WR CA-TV, New Yark Times Youth Forum, April 19. [Rebroadcast on WQXR, April 25.] Speech. New York University/ Ankara Program, April 27. Review of Rental Housing, by Louis Winnick, and Government and Housing, by Edward C. Banfield and Morton Grodzins. American Institute of Planners, April. "The North Is Guilty Too." American Unity 17, no. 5 (May-June): 6, 23-24. "Credit Terms in Relation to Demand for Housing." United States Senate, Committee on Banking and Currency, Subcommittee on Housing, May 14. "Regional Planning Legislation in Under-Developed Areas." Land Economics 35, no. 2 (May): 85-103. ''Anti-Bias Laws and the Changing Role of Civic Organization.'' Greater New York Urban League, June 3. "Pro and Con: Did the 1959 New York State Legislature Shirk Its Civil Rights Responsibility?" WMCA, June 18. *Speech. 50th Anniversary Convention, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, July 14. "Planting Trees Favored." New York Times, July 28. Speech. National Planning Conference, Community Planning Association of Canada, Montreal, September 14. [Published as" 'J. D. ':Symbol ofa Larger Disorder." Community Planning Review 9, no. 4 (December): 117-21.] "Goals of City Planning." American Institute of Planners, McCoy College, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, October 7. "Unsolved Problems in a Changing World." New School for Social Research, October 12. *Speech. New York Law School, October 13. "More Trees Advocated." New York Times, October 20. "Delinquency and Other Results of Poor Housing Policy." Metropolitan Council on Housing, October 24. *''Slum Clearance.'' Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, November 5. Speech. Metropolitan Chapter, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, November 16. *"The Underdeveloped Nations of the World: Our Obligations and Our Opportunities." Men's Club, Central Synagogue of Nassau County, November 22. Speech. Catholic Interracial Council, December 15. Testimony. President's Commission on Civil Rights.

Reel32. 1960~1963

Segment 1. 1960 1960 ''Rising Prejudice: The Threat and the Opportunity." New England Region, American Jewish Congress, Boston, January 17. *Speech. Housing Committees ofF.D.R.-Woodrow Wilson Democrats, Yorkville Democrats, Lexington Democratic Club, and the Riverside Democrats, January 23. "Discrimination and the Struggle for Shelter." New York Law Forum 6, no. 1 (January): 3-10. "Unsolved Problems in a Changing World." New School for Social Research, February 8. [Partly printed in The New School Bulletin 17, no. 28 (March 14.)]

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*''On Chances of Getting Fair Housing Legislation at Albany.'' Village •Chapter, ADA, February 9. *"The Housing Problem in Underdeveloped Areas." Columbia Planners. February 17. ''An Open Letter to Governor Rockefeller.'' WNEW, February 21. *"Civil Rights." Five Towns Democratic Club, February 21. Speech. Housing Panel, Democratic Forum, February 27. *'•Our Neighborhood and Our City.'' Washington Square Methodist Church, February 28. *"Legal Background of Urban Renewal: Promisev. Performance-New Directions?" School of Architecture, Pratt Institute, February 29. Speech. City Council Committee Investigating Low Income, March 2. *"Shape of African Cities." New School for Social Research, March 7. "The Harriman Administration and Anti-Discrimination." Citizenship Clearing House, Long Island University, March 12. "The Fulfillments and Frustrations of Community Life." South Shore Women's Division, American Jewish Congress, Long Island, March 16. *Speech. Andover Newton Theological School, Massachusetts, March 17. *"Bridging the Gap." University of Massachusetts, Amherst, March 19. *"The Housing Crisis in New York." Samuel J. Tilden Democratic Club, April 21. *Speech. East 49th Street Association, April 27. *'·Urban Renewal and the Displacement of Minority Groups.'' WGBH-TV, Boston, May 13. *"Renewing Urban Renewal." Democratic Women's Workshop, May 17. '"'Race and Poverty: The Unsolved Problems of Urban Improvement." New England Society of Newspaper Editors, May 18. Speech. Urban Renewal Conference, Massachusetts Chapter, Americans for Democratic Action, May 21. Testimony. Americans for Democratic Action, Committee on Banking and Currency, Subcommittee on Housing, May 23. Speech. Governor's Conference on Housing, Los Angeles, June 13. "Freedom and the City." Daedalus (June). "World Housing Needs." Neii· York Times, July 17. "Migrant and Minorities." Review of The Newcomers, by Oscar Handlin. Progressive Architecture (July): 190, 194, 196, 198. "Minority Housing Famine." Review of Studies in Housing and Minority Groups, edited by Nathan Glazer and Davis McEntire. The New Leader (September 19): 30. Speech. Senator Kennedy's Conference on Civil Rights, October 11. "Housing for the Future." WGBH-TV, Boston,October 21. *Speech. Urban Development Seminar, United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, Philadelphia, October25. "City Planning and Housing Policy in Relation to Crime and Juvenile Delinquency." International Review of Criminal Policy, no. 16 (Fall): 23-28. Speech. Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the First Houses, December 3. "World Urban Land Problems." American Assoication for the Advancement of Science Symposium on Government as Land Owner and Redistributor, December 30. "Freedom and the City." Housing Yearbook, pp. 1-4. Segment2. 1961-1962 1961 · 'Op.ening the. Door to Good Neighbors." Review of Residence and Race. by Davis McEntire; The Demand for Housing in Racially Mixed Areas, by Chester Rapkin and William G. Grigsby; S~udies in Housing and Minority Groups, edited by Nathan Glazer and Davis McEntire; Property Values and Race: Studies in Seven Cities, by Luigi Laurenti;Privately Developed

64 [Reel 32) Articles and Speeches

Interracial Housing, by Eunice and George Grier. New York Times Book Review, February 5. [Reprinted by National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing.] "From Cooperation to Disorganization in a Changing World." In Proceedings ofthe 4th National Conference on Cooperative Housing, Washington, D.C., February 13-14, pp. 17-22. "Downtown Decay and Revival." Journal of the American Institute of Planning 27, no. 1 (February): 3-9. [Reprinted by Abrams and by Youngstown City Planning Commission.] Speech. Lexington Democratic Club, March 4. Speech. Conference on Integrated Housing, Milwaukee Commission on Community Relations, April 22. Speech. Lower Eastside Neighborhood Association, May 13. *Speech. Books International, May 27. Speech. National Conference on International Economic and Social Development, Washington, D.C., June 16. Letter to the Editor. New York Times, August 9, 14. Speech. OAS Advisory Committee on Housing in Latin America, Bogota, Colombia, September 4-9. Speech. Focal Point Conference, Baltimore, October 2. Speech. Cooper Square Association, October 24. Comments on Paul Ylvisaker's Speech. New School for Social Research, October26. "The Legal Basis for Reorganizing Metropolitan Areas in a Free Society." American Philosophical Society, November 10. [Published in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Soceity 106, no. 3 (June 29): 177-89.) "Neighborhood Planning for Social Change." United Neighborhood House, November 16. "Prospects, Premonitions, and Prophesies for the Mobile Housing Age." American Institute of Planners, Detroit, November 28. Speech. Greenwich Village ADA, December 12. *"The Case forthe City: Washington Square and the Revolt of the Urbs." The Village Voice Reader, edited by Edwin Francler. New York: Doubleday. 1962 "Housing and Urban Development Activities in the United States." March 12. Statement on the Proposed Rent Control Measure. March 23. "The Impact of Public Housing on Surrounding Areas." Metropolitan Chapter, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, April5. "Abattoir for Sacred Cows." Review of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, by Jane Jacobs." Progressive Architecture (April): 196. Speech. National Planning Conference, American Society of Planning Officials, Atlantic City, May 2. "From Grass Roots to Garden Apartments." Grass Roots Housing Council, Cambridge, May 8. ''Abstract of the Ownership, Control, and Planning of Urban Land.'' Rejected paper for UN Conference, May 15. "The City-1962." League for Industrial Democracy, May 19. ''Criteria for Urban Renewal.'' Architectural Record 131, no. 5 (May): 155-58. Speech. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Atlanta, July 6. Letter to the Editor.New York Times, September 21. ''Improving Community Appearance.'' Regional Plan Association Panel, October 10. Speech, UN Housing Meeting.

65 [Reel 32] Articles and Speeches

Segment 3. 1963 1963 "The Housing Order and Its Limits." Commentary (January): 10--14. "Forms of Assistance: What Forms of Assistance are Available? AID? OAS? Other? Bilateral Versus Multilateral Assistance. What Recommendations for Proper Division of Responsibility?" Senate Subcommittee on Housing, January 4. "New Frontiers in City Planning." Mills College, Oakland, California, February 13. "City Planning, Master Planning, and Regional Planning." March 25. "Man's Relation to Man. The Housing Order: A Step Forward?" Current Magazine (March): 48-49. Speech. National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, Washington, D.C., April 25. "Land, Homes, and People, Policies for Growth and Renewal." Philadelphia Housing Association, May 23. Speech. Breezy Point, August 26. "The Ethics of Power in Government Housing Programs." Journal ofthe American Institute of Planners 29, no. 3 (August), 223-24. "California: Going, Going ... " Architectural Forum (September): 105-7. ''Planning for Racial Equality.'' American Institute of Planners, Milwaukee, October 30. Letter to the Editor. New York Times, November 21. "The Low-Income Housing Crisis." Massachusetts Committee on Discrimination in Housing, November 22. "Delos: Cities May Be Worth Saving if We Can Make Them Worth Living In." International Science and Technology (November): 90, 92, 94. "The Role of the State in Urban Growth." Housing and Home Finance Agency, December.

Reel33. 1964~1966

Segment 1. 1964 1964 ''The Church and Housing in an Urbanizing Society.'' Colloquium on Church and Synagogue in Boston Renewal, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, January 31. ''Urban Renewal and Planning." In Book of Knowledge, January. "The Negro Issues and Housing." University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, March 18. *"Minority Issue in an Urbanizing Society." New School for Social Research, March 26. [Published in The American Race Crisis. New York: Praeger.] Speech. American Society of Planning Officials, Boston, April 6. "The Reminiscences of Charles Abrams." Oral History Research Office, Columbia University, April 26. By permission. "Goals for a Goal-less New York." Architectural League of New York, May7. "The City Looks at the Church." Catholic University, Washington, D.C., May 14. Graduation Speech. Sutherland Junior High School, June 22. "Challenge to the Planner in the Age of Cities." Town Planning Institute of Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, June 26. "Regional Planning in an Urbanizing World: Problems and Potentials." Town and Country Planni_ng Summer School, Exeter University, England, September 9. [Published in Taming Megalopolis, Vol. 2, edited by H. Wentworth Eldredge. New York: Doubleday Anchor Books, 1967.] Letter to the Editor. The New York Times, September 18.

66 [Reel 33] Articles and Speeches

''Determining the Priorities for New York City.'' Future Design, City Planning Commission, October 16. Foreword to Downtown U.S.A., by OscarH. Steiner. New York: Oceana Publications.

Segment 2. 1965 1965 *"Poverty: Responsibility of Federal Government." Mott Adult Education Program, Flint Board of Education, Michigan, January 14. *"Housing the Poor." Radcliffe Club of Washington, D. C., January 16. Review of Let in the Sun, by Woody Klein. Housing and Planning News, January. Speech. National Legal Conference on Equal Opportunity in Housing, National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing and School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, February 6. *Speech. Eliot House Forum on the Developing Nations, Cambridge, February. "The Struggle for Shelter in the Urbanizing World." Urban Affairs Conference, Long Island University, March 5. *Speech. West Side Community Conference, March 6. "The Sociological Needs of Low Income Families in Public Housing Design." Princeton Design Seminar, Princeton, New Jersey, March 8. "Slums, Poverty, and Schools: The Problems of Poverty in an Urban Age." Conference on Community Living, State University College, Buffalo, April 10. "Prospects and Possibilities of Urban America." Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, April 15. "Housing." New Catholic Encyclopedia, June 1. "Housing: Port of Entry to the Urban Age." Summer Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, July 27. "Housing Policy: It Must Offer a Way Out of Despair." Architectural Forum (July-August): 34-39. "The Land Problem in Cities." Scientific American 213, no. 3 (September): 151-60. [Reprinted by Knopf, 1965]

Segment 3. 1965-1966 1965 "Government Housing and Planning Policy." Planning Conference, Hofstra University, October 16. [Published as "The Case for Regional Planning." The Hofstra Review 1, no. 1 (Spring): 30--32.] ''Planning, the Individual, and the Public Interest." American Planners Conference, St. Louis, October 19. [Published as "The City Planner and the Public Interest." Columbia University Forum 8, no. 3 (Fall): 25-28.] "A Housing Program for New York," New School for Social Research, November 1. *"City Planning as a World Frontier." American Institute of Consulting Engineers, November 3. *''Some Housing Questions for the New Mayor of New York.'' City Club of New York, November 15. *"Three Episodes of Violence." Seminar on Human Maladaptation, Columbia University, November 15. *"Urban Renewal as a Frontier." New Jersey State League of Municipalities, November 17. *"New Town Movement." National Educational Television, November. Speech. Acceptance of the Sidney L. Strauss Award, December "The Quota System." Foreword to Equality, by Robert Carter, et al. New York: Pantheon Books. 1966 "Low Income Housing." WNDT-TV, Educational Broadcasting Corporation, January 11.

67 [Reel 33) Articles and Speeches

*''The Changing Face of Our Planning Schools.'' Metropolitan Chapter, American Institute of Planners, January 13. "The Housing Problem and the Negro." Daedalus (Winter): 64-67. Speech. Committee for Economic Development, Washington, D.C., February 11. *Speech. Mott Adult Education Program, Flint Board of Education, Michigan, February 14. "The City Is the Frontier." National Association of Housing Cooperatives, Jamaica, New York, March 19. Speech. Post Graduate Conference, School of Law, Columbia University, March 19.

Reel34. 1966~1969

SegIDentl. 1966~1967 1966 "The Search for Shelter in the Swarming Cities." Al-Hayat Fl America (April­ May). "Opportunities in Taxation for Achieving Planning Purposes." American Society of Planning Officials, Philadelphia, April 20. "Local Community Planning." Pratt Planning Conference, May 12. Speech. Citizens Housing Group, Baltimore, May 18. Article. New York Times Magazine, June 3. Evaluation of "The Decay of American Cities. Alternative Habitation for Man" speech by Percival Goodman. Conference on National Priorities, Columbia University, October 1. "The City in Civilization." New York University Lecture Series, October 10. "City of the Future." Westinghouse Marketing Management Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, October 24. *"Whither Manhattan: The Future of New York." Men's Club of Temple Emanu-EI, November 6. Speech. Seminar, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, November 14. ''"'The Housing Problem with the Negro." University of Buffalo, November 16. "Federal Responsibilities in Urban Problems." Planning Action for Equal Opportunity, Planners for Equal Opportunity, December 10. 1967 Speech. National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, April 13. "How to Kill a City." Philadelphia Housing Association, April 14. Testimony. Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization, Committee on Government Operation, U.S. Senate, 89th Congress, 2nd Session, April 20. "The World Housing Crisis." Challenge 15, no. 5 (May-June). "The Housing Issue: 1937 to 1967." Catherine Bauer Wurster Memorial Address, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, May 15. "Big Cities Do Have a Future." U.S. News and World Report (June 26): 47. "Home Ownership." New York Times, June 29. Segment 2. 1967 1967 ''Rich Country, Poor Cities.'' Review of Land of Urban Promise ... by Julian Eugene Kulski; Urban Renewal ... edited by James Q. Wilson; The Modern Metropolis ... by Hans Blumenfeld; Planning for a Nat ion of Cities, edited by Sam Bass Warner. New York Times Book Review (July 16): 6-7, 21-22. "The Role of a University in the Planning of Its City." WOR, taped April 17, broadcastJuly 21.

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"Emerging Social Problems in an Urbanizing World." Delos 5 Symposia, Greece. July 28. Statement on S 1592. Senate Committee on Banking and Currency, 90th Congress, 1st Session, July 28. *"The Latin American Problem of Urban Squatting." Latin American Area Seminar, Foreign Service Institute, August 10. Speech. Conference of the Real Great Society, Columbia University, August 12. "Business Welfare and the Public Interest." Urban America: Goals and Problems, pp. 235-54. Subcommittee on Urban Affairs, Joint Economic Committee of the Congress of the U.S., Washington: Government Printing Office, August. Speech. National Commission on Urban Problems, September 7. "The Role of the University in the Urban Environment." Alumni Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, September 10. ''The City.'' University Extention, University of Chicago, September 25. "The City as an Environment for the Arts and Sciences." Cultural Showcase, October2. "Housing in the Year 2000." The Next Fifty Years Conference, American Institute of Planners, October 5. [Published in Environment and Policy, The Next Fifty Years. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.] Speech. Urban Action and Experimentation Program, October 17. Letter to the Editor. New York Times, November 6. Speech. New York State Committee on Integrated Housing and Urban Development, November 8. *Speech. Intern Class, Department of Housing and Urban Development, November 27. *"Urbanization in the World," "The Impact of Urbanization upon the United States,'' ''The Implications of the Negro Ghetto for the Nation.'' University of South Carolina, Columbia, November 30.

Segment 3. 1968 1968 "Present Labor Pains in Planning Education." ASPO Newsletter 34, no. 1 (January): 1-2. *"Our Urban Environment in the Next Generation." Westinghouse Marketing Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, February 12. *Speech. Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, March 5. "Memorial to Paul Lester Wiener." Columbia University, March 6. Article. Columbia Daily Spectator, April 6. ''How Increased Cooperation Might Change Our Cities.'' Cooperation of the Public and Private Sectors in Housing, Princeton University, Princeton. New Jersey, April 19. "Private and Public Roads to City Rebuilding." New York Chapter, American Statistical Association, April 26. *Speech. Seattle Chapter, American Institute of Architects, May 10. Speech. Minnesota Society of Architects and AIA Regional Conference, September 6. *Speech. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, October 29. *"The New Deal and Postwar: 1935-1950." Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, October 29. "Noise and Planning." October 31. "Esthetics and Human Values." New England Regional Conference, AIA, New Haven, Connecticut November 7. Review of The Last Landscape, by William H. Whyte. New York Times Book Review (November 10). "The Impact of Highways on Environment." Joint Center for Urban Studies, December3. *Lecture. Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina, December 11.

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Article. Arts in Society. Foreword to Redoing America, by Edmund Faltermayer. New York: Harper &Row.

Segment4. 1969 1969 "Model Cities, Model Regions, Public Roads, and Human Values." Boston Architectural Center, February 19. "Rent Control in Cambridge." Parish House of the First Parish, Cambridge, March2. "New York-City in Crisis: Is New York Dying? Can It Be Rescued?" Association of the Alumni of Columbia College, March 3. "Space Management toward Alternate Urban Living Goals." Rice University, Houston, March 29. *Speech. "Bright New Cities" Program, Chicago, April 11. Speech. Boston College, April 22. Review of The Economy of Cities, by Jane Jacobs. New York Times Book Review, May 22. "A Wilder Horizon, a Fairer Landscape." AJA Journal (December): 49-50.

Reel 35. Undated Articles-New York Post Material

Segment 1. Undated Articles "The Decline of the American Environment." Unfinished article. "The Planning of Heaven and Hell." Unfinished article. ''Are We Nearing the End of Public Housing.'' WRCA. "City Planning and Its Effects on Real Estate Values." New School for Social Research. "Editorial on Rent Control." Citizens' Housing Council. "Housing and Urban Development Activities in the United States." "How Sound Are Our Institutions?" Letter to the Editor. New York Times. "Middle East Technical University." New York Times, Special Issue. ''The Need for Research in Land and Housing in Underdeveloped Areas.'' "Program for Relief of Hitler's Victims." "Questions Facing the City Attorney in Connection with the United States Housing Act of 1937." ''Self-Sustaining Housing in New York City.'' Liberal Party. Speech. Opening of the Westchester Office of SCAD, October 14. Speech. Trade Union Council, Liberal Party, March 21. "Urban Land Problems." "Walter White Award Presentation." "Will Demolition Create a Housing Shortage?" "1948 Rent Control Scandals." Untitled fragments.

Segment2. Requests Refused Speech and Writing Requests Refused. 1943-69.

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Segment 3. New York Post Material New York Post Material, B: Pulitzer New York Post Articles: July 16, 1947-June 11, 1948. New York Post Articles: July 2, 1948--May 13, 1949. New York Post Articles: May 17, 1949--January 25, 1953. New York Post Correspondence, 1939, 1941-44. George Backer, Dorothy Schiff. New York Post Correspondence, 1947. Nathan Straus, Lee F. Johnson, Ted Thackrey, William O'Dwyer's secretary, Robert F. Wagner, James Hagerty, Matthew Connelly, Secretary to Harry S. Truman, Harold Stassen, Leon Keyserling. New York Post Correspondence, 1948. Ralph Gamble, Robert Taft, Lloyd Rodwin, Rev. Edward Moore, Lee F. Johnson, Norman Thomas, F.D. Roosevelt, Jr. New York Post Correspondence, 1949--51. Walter Blucher, Ted Thackrey, Jimmy Wechsler, Jacob Javits, Dorothy Schiff, Hubert Humphrey, Paul H. Douglas, John Sparkman, Estes Kefauver, Secretary to Harry S. Truman, Paul Sann, Robert Spivak. New York Post Correspondence, 1952. Dorothy Schiff, Paul Sann, Jacob Javits. New York Post Correspondence, 1953. Paul Sann.

Book Manuscripts Reels 36--38

Drafts, galleys, notes, reviews, and correspondence for twelve book-length manuscripts are filmed in alphabetical order by their proposed or published titles. The file on each manuscript is arranged chronologically. The published version is not filmed because of copyright restrictions.

Reel 36. The City Is the Frontier-Democracy in Crisis

Segment 1. The City Is the Frontier The City Is the Frontier, 1965 Manuscript, 1-443.

Segment 2. The City Is the Frontier The City Is the Frontier, 1965 Manuscript, 444-570 Correspondence, July 22, 1960-69. Robert B. Mitchell, Richard B. McAdoo, Norman Podorhetz, Paul Ylvisaker.

Segment 3. The City Is the Frontier-Democracy in Crisis The City Is the Frontier, 1965 Reviews. Mailing Lists. Democracy in Crisis, 1950 Unfinished Manuscript, 330

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Reel 37. Forbidden Neighbors-Man's Struggle for Shelter

Segment 1. Forbidden Neighbors-Future of Housing Forbidden Neighbors, 1955 Correspondence, February 1951-1966. Frances Levenson, Ordway Tead, Richard McAdoo, Catherine and William Wurster, William Ogdon, Thomas Farran, Ernest Fisher, Lister Hill, Theodore Frances Green, Clinton Anderson, Russell Long, Wayne Morse, Herman Schein, Harry Truman, R. L. Duffus, Lewis Garnett, Ward B. Arbury, Sol Rabkin. Reviews. FuJure ofHousing, 1946 Correspondence, November 1944-1946.

Segment2. Future of Housing-Housing Program for America Future of Housing, 1946 Correspondence, 1947-62. Richard McAdoo, Norman Cousins, T. 0. Thackrey, Leon H. Keyserling, Lee E. Cooper, Herbert Nelson, William Wheaton, Max R. Bloom. Reviews. Notes for an article entitled "The Future of Housing." Glommentary [The Language of Cities: A Glossary of Terms], 1970 Correspondence, July 12, 1954-1970. Reviews. Dwight MacDonald. "Commentary on a Glommentary." New Yorker (May 6, 1972), 129-31. Housing and the People, 1956-57 Unfinished Manuscript. Housing Program for America, [1947] Correspondence, 1945-52. Harry Laidler, Maxwell S. Stewart.

Segment 3. Housing Program for America-Man's Struggle for Shelter Housing Program for America, [1947] Drafts, October 1946, March 1948. Pamphlet. Man's Struggle for Shelter, 1964 [British edition: Housing in the Modern World, 1969.] Correspondence, January 1962-1969. Curtis T. Berger, Sylvia F. Porter, David E. Bell, Edmund G. Brown, John B. Oakes, Osborne T. Boyd.

Reel 38. Man's Struggle for Shelter-Squatter Settlements

Segment 1. Man's Struggle for Shelter Man's Struggle for Shelter, 1964 Publicity Correspondence and Mailing Lists, 1963-64. Reviews. Spanish Translation.

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Segment 2. Revolution in Land-Squatter Settlements Revolution in Land, 1939 Reviews. Squatter Settlements: The Problem, the Opportunity (Unpublished)' Correspondence, 1964--69. Granville H. Sewell, Bernard Wagner. Drafts of Manuscript, 1964, 1965.

Segment 3. Squatter Settlements Squatter Settlements Drafts of Manuscript, 1966, 1969. Photographs.

Topics Reels 39-51

Containing reference materials used by Abrams, notes, correspondence, and clippings, the topical files appear alphabetically by subject and chronologically within each file. Extensive files, such as "Discrimination," are often broken down into subdivisions, arranged alphabetically under the general topic and chronologically within each subdivision. Most of the studies Abrams did are represented in the Topics files. These files do not contain any of his own work, however; that is in the Studies series. Copyrighted material and government documents have been removed. These files are particularly valuable because they frequently contain unique documents and because items from a wide range of sources are gathered together by subject.

Reel 39. Alaska-Bibliographies

Segment 1. Alaska-Baltimore Alaska, 1960-67. Baltimore, 1923-68.

Segment 2. Barbados-Bibliographies Barbados, 1961-63. Bibliographies, 1943-49.

Segment 3. Bibliographies Bibliographies, 1949-68.

Reel 40. Bolivia-California

Segment 1. Bolivia Bolivia, 1953-59.

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Segment 2. Boston-Calcutta Boston, 1956. Breezy Point, 1952-53. Brookings Institute Conference on Research for the Improvement of Development Assistance Programs and Operations, May 25-27, 1961. Calcutta, 1962-67.

Segment 3. California California, 1957-July 1962.

Reel 41. California

Segment 1. California California, August 1962.

Segment 2. California California, September 1962.

Segment3. California California, 1962-65.

Reel 42. Canada-Chile

Segment 1. Canada-Chicago Canada, 1964-67. Chicago, 1947-51.

Segment2. Chicago-Chile Chicago, 1952-67. T: Cicero. Chile, 1965. Segment3. Chile Chile, 1965-68.

Reel 43. Cicero-Current History Magazine

Segment 1. Cicero Cicero, 1950-51. AS: 10/25-26/1951, 11/1951. Segment 2. Colombia Colombia (OAS Advisory Committee for a Survey of Housing in Latin America Conference), 1961. Segment 3. Connecticut Housing Program Connecticut Housing Program, 1949-55. Chester Bowles, Bernard E. Loshbough.

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Segment 4. Cooperatives Cooperatives, 1941-54. Segment 5. Current History Magazine Current History Magazine, 1938--42.

Reel 44. Defense Housing-Discrimination

Segment 1. Defense Housing Defense Housing, 1937-51. AS: 10/19/1940.

Segment 2. Discrimination Discrimination California, 1950--53. Census, 1948-52. Civil Rights, 1959-60.

Segment 3. Discrimination Discrimination Detroit, 1949-52. Federal Policy in Urban Redevelopment, 1944-53. Finletter Committee on Enforcement of the Metcalf-Baker Law, 1955.

Segment 4. Discrimination Discrimination Interracial Housing, 1949-53. Miscellaneous, 1952. National Civil Rights, 1955. Population Movements, Migrants, 1951-54.

Segment 5. Discrimination Discrimination Property Values, 1950--52. Puerto Ricans, 1952-53.

Reel 45. Discrimination-Federal Government Housing

Segment 1. Discrimination Discrimination Research Notes. Salt Lake City, 1952. Trumbull Park, Chicago, 1950--53.

Segment 2. Displaced Persons-Elderly Housing Displaced Persons, 1948--49. Elderly Housing, 1947-50.

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Segment 3. Federal Government Housing Federal Government Housing Cain-Bricker Amendment, 1948-49. Housing Act, 1954. New Deal, Housing, 1934. Putnam Bill, 1946. Veteran Housing, 1944-46. Wagner-Ellender-Taft Bill, 1945-48. AS: 317146, 4/4/46, 5/23/46.

Reel 46. Ghana-Housing

Segment 1. Ghana Ghana, 1948-63.

Segment 2. Harlem-Frank S. Horne Harlem, 1935-48. Frank S. Home, 1954--55. AS: 10/6/55.

Segment 3. Housing Housing Cooperative Housing, 1953-58. Factual Material. Health Housing. Home Ownership/Percy Bill, 1967-68. Mobile Homes, 1965. Queensbridge Project, 1934--37.

Reel 47. Ireland-Japan

Segment 1. Ireland-Irish Conference Ireland, 1955. Irish Study Group, 1962. Irish Conference, 1964.

Segment 2. Jamaica Jamaica, 1961.

Segment 3. Japan Japan, 1960-62.

Reel 48. Kenya-New York City Municipal Law and Legislation

Segment 1. Kenya-Negro Mortgage Company Kenya, 1963-64. Louisville, 1960.

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Middle Income Family, 1950--52. Mortgage Facilities Corp., 1957. Negro Housing, 1942-47. AS: 7/1/42, ll/18/43, 7/19/47, 8/16/47, 2/49, 715150, 5/3/51, 8/2 l/5 l. Negro Mortgage Company, 1950.

Segment 2. New York City Housing Program-New York City Municipal Law and Legislation New York City Housing Program, Ten-Year Housing Program, 1945. New York City Housing Task Force, 1965-66. New York City Municipal Law and Legislation, 1936-47. Herman T. Stickman, B. Charney Vladeck, Harry Laidler.

Reel 49. New York State Legislation-Puerto Rico

Segment 1. New York State Legislation-Nigeria New York State Legislation, 1926, 1936-39. Nigeria, 1960. Segment 2. Pakistan Pakistan, 1956. Segment 3. Philadelphia-Puerto Rico Philadelphia, 1966. Philippines, 1967. Puerto Rico, 1955-57.

Reel 50. Queensview Housing Cooperative­ Stuyvesant Town

Segment 1. Queensview Housing Cooperative-Restrictive Covenants Queensview Housing Cooperative, 1948. Louis Pink, Gerald Swope. AS: New York Post. Refugee Planners, 1940. Restrictive Covenants, 1946-47. Harrison Tweed, Thurgood Marshall. AS: 2/19/47, 4/3/47, 4/10/47. Segment 2. San Francisco San Francisco, 1945-50. Edwin Howden, Shirley Adelson Siegel. Segment 3. Singapore Singapore, 1960. Segment 4. Stuyvesant Town Stuyvesant Town, 1943-52. Richard Clarke. AS: 3/24/45.

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Reel 51. Turkey-World Trade Center

Segment 1. Turkey Turkey, 1953-59.

Segment 2. Venezuela Venezuela, 1962.

Segment 3. Washington Square-World Trade Center Washington Square, Southeast Development Plan, 1948-55. AS: 4/23/45. Williamsburg Houses, 1934-35. World Trade Center, 1964-66.

Scrapbooks Reels 52-53

Ten scrapbooks are arranged chronologically: They relate primarily to Abrams' s New York State reponsibilities-one is a fascinating collection of his poems, doodles, and plays.

Reel52. 1938-1959

Segment 1. Scrapbooks 1938-45. 1945-46. Segment 2. Scrapbooks 1947-54. Segment 3. Scrapbooks Clippings on Abrams's career as New York State Rent Administrator, July 1, 1955-January 15, 1956. Clippings on Abrams's career in New York State Commission Against Discrimination, December 1955-February 1959.

Reel 53. 1958-Undated

Segment 1. Scrapbooks 1958--65.

Segment 2. Doodles and Rhymes Doodles and Rhymes.

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Personal Correspondence Reel 54

This is a restricted reel of family and financial matters that have been filmed for preservation purposes; the reel will not be sold. Biographers who believe they need to see the material should apply to the Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Olin Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853.

Reel 54. Family Letters-Mailing Lists

Family Letters. Financial Matters. Professional Recommendations. Mailing Lists.

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