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Catherine Bauer Wurster Papers, 1931-1964 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf487003tj No online items Catherine Bauer Wurster Papers, 1931-1964 Processed by The Bancroft Library staff The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California 94720-6000 1996 Additional Form Available: This finding aid has been filmed for the National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States (Chadwyck-Healey Inc.). Note Arts and Humanities --ArchitectureHistory --History, University of California --History, UC BerkeleySocial Sciences --Urban Planning and EnvironmentGeographical (By Place) --University of California --University of California Berkeley Catherine Bauer Wurster Papers, BANC MSS 74/163 c 1 1931-1964 Catherine Bauer Wurster Papers, 1931-1964 Collection number: BANC MSS 74/163 c The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California1996 Processed by: The Bancroft Library staff Date Completed: ca. 1974 Encoded by: James Lake © 1996 The Regents of the University of California Collection Summary Collection Title: Catherine Bauer Wurster Papers, Date (inclusive): 1931-1964 Collection Number: BANC MSS 74/163 c Extent: Number of containers: 45 boxes, 45 cartons and 2 oversize folders. Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. Creator: Wurster, Catherine Bauer Repository: The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California 94720-6000 Abstract: Misc. biographical materials. Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Catherine Bauer Wurster Papers, BANC MSS 74/163 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. Biographical Sketch Catherine Krouse (Bauer) Wurster was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1905. She attended Vail-Deane School and then Vassar College. In her junior year she transferred to the School of Architecture at Cornell University, but returned to Vassar to graduate in 1926. The next few years were devoted to research and writing about housing and city planning and travel abroad to study European housing. Her book, Modern Housing, was published in 1934. In 1936 she won the first Guggenheim Foundation award made in architecture or housing. She participated in the preparation, promotion and Catherine Bauer Wurster Papers, BANC MSS 74/163 c 2 1931-1964 passage of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 and served as first director of the U.S. Housing Authority which was created by that Act. In January, 1940, she came to the University of California at Berkeley as Rosenberg Lecturer in Public Social Services and in August of that year was married to William Wilson Wurster, a prominent San Francisco architect. When they moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1944, Mrs. Wurster became a lecturer in the Department of Regional Planning at Harvard University. In 1950 they returned to Berkeley where she was on the faculty of the University of California Department of City and Regional Planning until her death in 1964. Mrs. Wurster (she used her maiden name for professional purposes) was a prolific writer and a capable and popular lecturer. She was active in many housing and planning organizations and served as advisor to numerous state and federal agencies. At the time of her death she was a member of President Johnson's task force on metropolitan and urban problems. Summary Description Her papers were given to the College of Environmental Design by her husband after her death and transferred to The Bancroft Library in 1974. Consisting of correspondence (both letters written to and by her); MSS, reprints and tear sheets of her articles, speeches and other writings; notes; extensive subject files on housing and city planning; files relating to her teaching career at Berkeley; bibliographical material; a few diaries and notebooks; personalia; clippings; etc., they relate to all phases of her career in the fields of housing and city planning. Photographs have been removed to the Library's Pictorial Collections for separate indexing. The Key to Arrangement which follows describes the collection in greater detail. Boxes 1-8 Letters written by C. B. Wurster, 1931-1964 & n.d. Additional Note Mainly typed copies, arranged chronologically, relating to her career in housing and planning. Boxes 9-45 Letters written to C. B. Wurster Additional Note Arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization. A partial list of correspondents follows the Key to Arrangement. A miscellany of unlisted letters precedes each letter of the alphabet. carton Ctns. 1-3 C. B. Wurster's writings & speeches Additional Note Mss, drafts, reprints, mimeographed copies, tear sheets; arranged alphabetically by title. Ctn. 1 Across Asia With An Architect, 1958 Adam and Eve and Pinch Me, n.d. Administration and Management Principles: PWA, USHA, FPHA, 1944 Agricultural Colonization of the Unemployed in Germany, 1933 American Survey: Housing Policy, 1945 The Americanization of Europe, 1931 Answer to the Question: What Immediate Steps Should Be Taken to Establish an Adequate Planning Agency and Planning Program For San Francisco?", 1941 An Architectural Viewpoint, n.d. The Architects' Role in Urban Renewal, 1955 Architecture, 1932 Architecture and the Cityscape, 1961 Are Cities Obsolete?, 1964 Are Good Houses Un-American?, 1932 Are Housing and Renewal Regional Problems?, n.d. Area Analysis of Programs To Effectuate National Policies, 1964 Art For Humanity's Sake, n.d. Belated Challenge, 1962 [Book Reviews] British Housing Plan Is Not Entirely New, 1934 Catherine Bauer Wurster Papers, BANC MSS 74/163 c 3 1931-1964 Key to Arrangement Building For Post-War Prosperity, n.d. .....But It Isn't American,n.d. The California Environment: Must It Be Ruined By Growth and Prosperity?, 1960 California Housing and Planning Association, n.d. Can Cities Compete With Suburbia For Family Living?, 1964 Can We Cope With Growth and Prosperity?, 1964 The Case For Regional Planning and Urban Dispersal, 1953 The Challenge of Urban Growth in the Western States, 1961 Challenge of Urbanization in Asia, 1960 Cities in Flux, 1943 Cities in Transition, n.d. A Citizen's Guide To Public Housing, 1940 The Citizen's Job in Community Planning, 1953 The City of 1976, 1957 City Plans Involve Basic Social Decisions, 1953 Clients For Housing: The Low Income Tenant, 1952 The Columbia Basin: Test For Regional Planning, 1942 Comments on the Report of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Governmental Structure, Organization, and Planning in Metropolitan Areas, 1961 Comments on The Search For the Ideal City,1954 Comparative Analysis of Urban Experience, Primarily in West Bengal, 1961 Co-Education, Ltd., n.d. Concerning Chekhov, 1926 The Crisis in Housing, 1945 The Development and Challenge of Regional Planning in California, 1962 Developments in Municipal Housing in England and America, n.d. Divided Cities: A Challenge To County Leadership?, 1964 Do Americans Hate Cities?, 1956 Additional Note [Lecture] Do Americans Hate Cities?, 1957 Additional Note [Article] The Dreary Deadlock of Public Housing, 1957 The Dreary Deadlock of Public Housing - How To Break It, 1957 Scope and Content Note [Written with others] Economic Development and Urban Living Conditions, 1955 Economic Progress and Living Conditions, 1954 Economics Into Art, n.d. Effects of Recent Nonwhite Purchases on Market Prices of Single-Family Residences in San Francisco, n.d. The End of the Almighty Artist, n.d. Europe vs. America in the Housing Crisis, 1947 European Housing: Post-War to Pre-War, 1939 Exhibition of Modern Architecture, Museum of Modern Art, n.d. First Job: Control New-City Sprawl, 1956 For Edith Elmer Wood, [1945?] The Form and Structure of the Future Urban Complex: Some Practical Alternatives, 1962 Framework For an Urban Society, 1960 Freedom of Choice, 1948 Catherine Bauer Wurster Papers, BANC MSS 74/163 c 4 1931-1964 Key to Arrangement The Fur-Lined Fox Hole - Problems of Suburbia, 1964 Gap in the Front Line, 1939 Garden Cities and the Metropolis: A Reply, 1946 Scope and Content Note With this: Copy of Garden Cities and the Metropolis by Lloyd Rodwin. The Gardens of Isfahan and Shiraz, 1959 Good Neighborhoods, 1945 Goût Américain, Demi-Sec, 1931 A Growth Plan For California - The Graves Program, 1954 Ctn. 2 Historia De La Vivienda En Los Estados Unidos, 1947 The History of American Housing, n.d. The Home Builders Take a "New Look" at Slums - And Raise Some Questions, 1953 Home Free, n.d. Houses and Cities - For Profit Or For Use?, n.d. Houses, Neighborhoods and Cities, n.d. Housing, 1950 Housing, 1960 Housing, n.d. Housing Act, 1954, 1960 Housing Aid For Underdeveloped Countries, n.d. Housing: An 8-Sided Problem, 1943 Housing and Community Development, 1953 Housing and Defense, n.d. Housing and Health, 1949 Housing and the Architect, 1955 Housing and the Future of Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1963 Housing and the New Emergency, 1951 Housing and URD: National Scene, [1950?] The Housing Conditions of Rural Workers in California, 1940 The Housing Crisis, 1946 Housing Densities in the United States, 1954 Housing For Everyone: Another Job For Labor, 1944 Housing,
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