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Material relating to prefabricated housing studies in Europe and the U.S.

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Material relating to prefabricated 1582 1 housing studies in Europe and the U.S. Title: A Collection of material relating to prefabricated housing studies in Europe and the United States Collection number: 1582 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Language of Material: English Physical Description: 16.5 linear ft.(33 boxes) Date (inclusive): 1945-1970 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], A Collection of material relating to prefabricated housing studies in Europe and the United States (Collection 1582). Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4232810 Scope and Content Collection consists of files, including U.S. government and other publications relating to aspects of prefabricated housing in Europe and the U.S. Subjects include the Lanham Act, acorn houses, bathroom equipment, Greenbelt Homeowners Cooperative, Italian prefabs, Schilfhaus, Timber Engineering Company, Woolsey homes, Prefabricated Home Manufacturers' Institute (PHMI), European housing credit insurance, Atlantropa Institut, Morocco project, Dortmund Forschungsstelle, F.H.A. policy memos, Heat loss bulletin, and Indian Head houses. Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: U.S. legislation (Boxes 1-2). Manufacturers (Boxes 2-5). Publications (Boxes 5-6). Architectural papers (Boxes 6-7). Bannockburn (Box 8). United Nations (Box 8). International (Boxes 8-15). Technical U.S. (Boxes 15-19). Pink-foldered files (Boxes 20-28). Three-ring binder (Box 28). US publications (Boxes 29-33). Subjects and Indexing Terms Prefabricated houses--Archival resources.

U.S. Legislation

Box 1, Folder 1 U.S. legislation. Box 1, Folder 2 Housing Acts. Box 1, Folder 3 Housing amendments. Box 1, Folder 4 Home loan bank board. Box 1, Folder 5 Insurance of savings insurance loans. Box 1, Folder 6 The Lanham Act.

Material relating to prefabricated 1582 2 housing studies in Europe and the U.S. U.S. Legislation

Box 1, Folder 7 Public laws. Box 2, Folder 1 Rules and regulations for the federal savings and loan system. Box 2, Folder 2 Summary of activities of the Senate Committee on Banking. Manufacturers

Box 2, Folder 3-5 Heating. Box 2, Folder 6 Hot and heating. Box 2, Folder 7 Insulation. Box 2, Folder 8 Market guarantee firms. Box 2, Folder 9 Acorn houses. Box 2, Folder 10 American houses. Box 2, Folder 11 Arlington homes. Box 2, Folder 12 Bathroom conveniences. Box 2, Folder 13 Bathroom equipment. Box 2, Folder 14 Blitz-Bauwerk. Box 2, Folder 15 Bachler, Matthias. Box 2, Folder 16 British prefab housing. Box 2, Folder 17 Better homes. Box 2, Folder 18 French precast concrete block system. Box 2, Folder 19 Compleat house. Box 2, Folder 20 Concrete forms. Box 2, Folder 21 Concrete homes. Box 2, Folder 22 Cook house. Box 2, Folder 23 Cemesto House. Box 2, Folder 24 Defense department - house places. Box 2, Folder 25 Defoe homes. Box 2, Folder 26 Direct to your market. Box 3, Folder 1 Douglas fir playwood. Box 3, Folder 2 Duplex house PHMI. Box 3, Folder 3 Electrification. Box 3, Folder 4 Fabricon. Box 3, Folder 5 Greenbelt Homeowners Cooperative. Box 3, Folder 6 Grossman Homes. Box 3, Folder 7-8 Gunnison Homes. Box 3, Folder 9-10 Harnischfeger Corporation. Box 3, Folder 11 Wenzl Hartl (Austrian construction journal). Box 3, Folder 12 Heraklith. Box 3, Folder 13 Harmon House cost breakdown. Box 3, Folder 14 Hamilton. Box 3, Folder 15 A.H. Hawksley, England. Box 3, Folder 16 Higgins Homes. Box 3, Folder 17 Holzverwertungswerk Neuberg - Steiermark. Box 3, Folder 18 Harmon Homes. Box 3, Folder 19 Indian Head houses. Box 3, Folder 20 Italian prefabs. Box 3, Folder 21 Impragnierung - Dr. Geisler. Box 3, Folder 22 Johnson Quality Homes. Box 3, Folder 23 Kraftwerke. Box 3, Folder 24 Kamak - Bauplatte. Box 3, Folder 25 Kaul Cottage. Box 3, Folder 26 [Kitchen Maid cabinets]. Box 3, Folder 27 Le Tourneau. Box 3, Folder 28, List of manufacturers. Folder 1 Box 4, Folder 2 Lumber Fabricators, Incorporated. Box 4, Folder 3 Lockweld homes. Box 4, Folder 4 Ing. Hugo Morawetz. Box 4, Folder 5 Metal products.

Material relating to prefabricated 1582 3 housing studies in Europe and the U.S. Manufacturers

Box 4, Folder 6 Ing. Hugo Morawetz. Box 4, Folder 7 Ing. Hugo Morawetz - plans. Box 4, Folder 8 Nelson-Way Homes. Box 4, Folder 9 National Homes. Box 4, Folder 10 National Homes kit. Box 4, Folder 11 New London house. Box 4, Folder 12 Osterreichischer Holzbauverband. Box 4, Folder 13 Peaseway Homes. Box 4, Folder 14 Prefab manufacturers. Box 4, Folder 15 [Pollman Homes]. Box 4, Folder 16 PHMI - Harry Steidle. Box 4, Folder 17 Parent's pre-cut house. Box 4, Folder 18 Precision-built homes. Box 4, Folder 19 Polynorm. Box 4, Folder 20 Rainer, Dr. Roland. Box 4, Folder 21 [Richmond homes]. Box 4, Folder 22 Revere Copper & Brass. Box 4, Folder 23 Reliance Homes. Box 4, Folder 24 Saving & Loan Association plans. Box 4, Folder 25 Schilfhaus. Box 5, Folder 1 Section 609. Box 5, Folder 2 Southern Californian homes. Box 5, Folder 3 Timbolok. Box 5, Folder 4 Technical circular (no.11). Box 5, Folder 5 Timber Engineering Company. Box 5, Folder 6 The Town of Tomorrow. Box 5, Folder 7 Thermobau. Box 5, Folder 8 Vestar Corporation - precision built homes. Box 5, Folder 9 Virginia Homes. Box 5, Folder 10 Voest Houses. Box 5, Folder 11 Woolsey Homes. Box 5, Folder 12 Waco Manufacturing Company. Box 5, Folder 13 Kitchen stoves. Publications

Box 5, Folder 14 [ The Austrian prefabricated house (booklet for a housing exhibit)]. Box 6, Folder 1 [German language publications]. Box 6, Folder 2 Trade secrets home (prefabrication). Box 6, Folder 3-4 German language publications. Architectural Papers

Box 6, Folder 5 [“Three modern houses” - article from Life magazine, ]. 1947 Box 7, Folder 1 Gunnison homes cost breakdown. Box 7, Folder 2 Masonry houses. Box 7, Folder 3 Washington Post. Box 7, Folder 4 Town of Tomorrow plans. Box 7, Folder 5 Building Research Congress, England. Box 7, Folder 6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Box 7, Folder 7 Stanford Research Institute. Box 7, Folder 8 Popular home magazine. Box 7, Folder 9 South West Research Institute. Box 7, Folder 10 Bureau of Reclamation. Box 7, Folder 11 Prefabricated Home Manufacturers' Institute (PHMI). Box 7, Folder 12 Ellis Plan. Box 7, Folder 13 List of manufacturers. Box 7, Folder 14 War Production Board - prefab survey. Box 7, Folder 15 The market for ready cut houses. Box 7, Folder 16 Koch, Carl - prefab shelter.

Material relating to prefabricated 1582 4 housing studies in Europe and the U.S. Architectural Papers

Box 7, Folder 17 [Lutin, David L. - The factors impeding the mass production of prefabricated homes (M.B.A. thesis)]. Box 7, Folder 18 Prefab bibliography. Box 7, Folder 19 Publications on prefabrication. Box 7, Folder 20 Architect contract forms. Box 7, Folder 21 Standard document forms. Box 7, Folder 22 FHA form description of materials. Box 7, Folder 23 F.H.A. Hollerith cards. Box 7, Folder 24 F.H.A. cost estimate sheet. Bannockburn

Box 8, Folder 1 Bannockburn contracts. Box 8, Folder 2 Bannockburn plans. United Nations

Box 8, Folder 3 United Nations (materials on housing). Box 8, Folder 4 EGA financing ideas. Box 9, Folder 1 European housing credit insurance. Box 9, Folder 2 SEDLAK - Prague prefab firms. Box 9, Folder 3 Address Albert M. Cole. Box 9, Folder 4 [ Kalkulation im hochbau (book)]. Box 10, Folder 1 M.S.A. - Siedlung Wehofen Walsum. International

Box 10, Folder 2 [ECA projects in Germany]. Box 10, Folder 3 United Nations. Box 11, Folder 1 U.S. Air Force - prefabs. Box 11, Folder 2 Planning project correspondence. Box 11, Folder 3 Bellows productivity memo (Holmes). Box 11, Folder 4 Summary report by G. Hunt. Box 11, Folder 5 Atlantropa Institut. Box 11, Folder 6 Coal & Steel Committee. Box 11, Folder 7 Traffic. Box 11, Folder 8 Umrath report on European labor in housing. Box 11, Folder 9 Umrath, Heinz. Box 11, Folder 10 Ideas and methods exchange - International Housing Activities. Box 11, Folder 11 Photostatic copies of articles. Box 11, Folder 12 Miscellaneous. Box 11, Folder 13 Catalog of projects. Box 11, Folder 14 Manufacturing survey data. Box 11, Folder 15 Long distance calls. Box 11, Folder 16 Maps - Lafayette, Indiana and Santa Barbara. Box 11, Folder 17 Directory. Box 11, Folder 18 Foreign housing inquiries. Box 11, Folder 19 International housing, Philippines. Box 11, Folder 20 International Federation of Housing & Town Planning Organization. Box 11, Folder 21 Construction cost study. Box 11, Folder 22 Chicago convention. Box 12, Folder 1 Building Research Advisory Board. Box 12, Folder 2 Rehousing Europe. Box 12, Folder 3 USPOLAD directory, Berlin. Box 12, Folder 4 Concise informations about Vienna. Box 12, Folder 5 International financing collaboration. Box 12, Folder 6-8 International Housing Activities. Box 12, Folder 9 Conferences - congresses and other meetings. Box 12, Folder 10 Staedtebaukongress Dortmund. Box 12, Folder 11 Congress of International Chamber of Commerce. Box 12, Folder 12 Internationaler Stadtekongress.

Material relating to prefabricated 1582 5 housing studies in Europe and the U.S. International

Box 12, Folder 13 British Budget & Loan Association, British housing problems. Box 12, Folder 14 Italian housing finance. Box 12, Folder 15 Housing Italy. Box 12, Folder 16 Productivity program - Netherlands. Box 12, Folder 17 Plan Entwurf: Europaische Wohnbaukreditversicherung. Box 12, Folder 18 Morocco project. Box 12, Folder 19 Housing Poland. Box 12, Folder 20 Housing in Puerto Rico. Box 13, Folder 1 Harnden, Peter G. Box 13, Folder 2 Sao Paulo. Box 13, Folder 3 Housing in the U.S.A. Box 13, Folder 4 O.E.E.C. Box 13, Folder 5 Education. Box 13, Folder 6 Journal of housing - Donald Monson articles. Box 13, Folder 7 S.A.M. International Operation Round Table. Box 13, Folder 8 Report on Middle East and Africa. Box 13, Folder 9 Mission report. Box 13, Folder 10 USFA housing. Box 13, Folder 11 Federal National Mortgage Association. Box 13, Folder 12 Modular standardization. Box 13, Folder 13 Ojai. Box 13, Folder 14 N.H.F.A. releases - international housing. Box 13, Folder 15 EPA - MSA - OSR Paris organization chart. Box 13, Folder 16 EPA housing. Box 13, Folder 17 EGA - Programm Auschreibung. Box 13, Folder 18 Mobel, W.K. Box 13, Folder 19 Treuhand Stelle. Box 13, Folder 20 Kostenfuer Hauseinheit (Germany). Box 13, Folder 21 [Senate report - Cooperative housing in Europe]. Box 13, Folder 22 Schleswig Holstein projekt. Box 13, Folder 23 Dortmund. Box 13, Folder 24 Dortmund Forschungsstelle. Box 13, Folder 25 German housing legislation. Box 14, Folder 1-2 1st Progress Report on miners housing. Box 14, Folder 3 Reuter's speech. Box 14, Folder 4 2nd Progress Report on miners housing. Box 14, Folder 5 Coal Miners' Housing Program. Box 14, Folder 6 Development Housing Project pictures. Box 14, Folder 7 Foreign Operations Administration. Box 14, Folder 8 Foreign Operations Administration (F.O.A,) - private investment policy. Box 14, Folder 9 Foreign Office Administration - correspondence. Box 14, Folder 10 ECA - Development project Germany. Box 14, Folder 11 Conseil International du Batiment CIB (International Council for Building). Box 14, Folder 12 Native housing (report ILO). Box 14, Folder 13 International Labor Office - building in Asia. Box 15, Folder 1 Management Round Table Program - OEEC. Box 15, Folder 2 European Regional Organisation - I.C.F.T.U. Box 15, Folder 3 Edwards letter, Heidrich translations, Ruhr-Wohnbau Projecht. Box 15, Folder 4 Bergarbeiter Programm. Box 15, Folder 5 Catalog of project. Box 15, Folder 6 Reference, bibliography. Box 15, Folder 7 Vienna camping. Box 15, Folder 8 [Problems of rural housing in Eastern Pernambuco]. Box 15, Folder 9 German housing. Box 15, Folder 10 ECA - Architektenvertrag. Box 15, Folder 11 Exhibit Erfahrungen. Technical U.S.

Material relating to prefabricated 1582 6 housing studies in Europe and the U.S. Technical U.S.

Box 15, Folder 12 Housing and Home Finance Agency (HHFA) - research. Box 15, Folder 13 Housing Research Program. Box 15, Folder 14 Cannon, Douglas V. - Cities meet the need for housing research. Box 15, Folder 15 Post-war housing article. Box 15, Folder 16 Rents paid in 1948. Box 15, Folder 17 Rental housing occupancy report. Box 15, Folder 18 Home mortgage operations (U.S.). Box 15, Folder 19 Baker, O.E. Box 15, Folder 20 Relation of price to market. Box 15, Folder 21 F.H.A. underwriting process. Box 15, Folder 22 Control materials plan. Box 15, Folder 23 The Deane Plan. Box 15, Folder 24 Equity plan. Box 15, Folder 25 Federal Reserve Board - consumer survey. Box 15, Folder 26 Salesmen's compensation - Harry Tosdal. Box 16, Folder 1 Distribution cost - Charles Sevin. Box 16, Folder 2 Grey matter. Box 16, Folder 3 Management for small enterprise. Box 16, Folder 4 BATA prefabs. Box 16, Folder 5 [FHA bulletin - Neighborhoods built for rental housing]. Box 16, Folder 6 C.I.O. housing proposal. Box 16, Folder 7 F.H.A. policy memos. Box 16, Folder 8 Randall, Philip - prefab speech. Box 16, Folder 9 Prefab houses in U.S.A. Box 16, Folder 10 Modern design houses. Box 16, Folder 11 F.H.A. cost policy. Box 16, Folder 12 F.H.A. - Research & Statistics Division. Box 16, Folder 13 Architectural Forum. Box 16, Folder 14 American Appraisal Company. Box 16, Folder 15 Demand for low-priced homes. Box 16, Folder 16 Cost distribution forms. Box 16, Folder 17 American University. Box 16, Folder 18 District of Columbia. Box 16, Folder 19 F.H.A. defense housing. Box 16, Folder 20 Society for Advancement of Management (S.A.M.) policy. Box 16, Folder 21 Prefab houses articles. Box 16, Folder 22 S.A.M. Washington chapter. Box 16, Folder 23 Dunn, Halbert L. Box 16, Folder 24 American Marketing Association. Box 16, Folder 25 Washington Real Estate Board. Box 16, Folder 26 Schools education. Box 17, Folder 1 Productivity program - American Congress. Box 17, Folder 2 House design. Box 17, Folder 3 Election invs[?]. Box 17, Folder 4 National Association of Housing Officials. Box 17, Folder 5 Design clippings. Box 17, Folder 6 Heat loss bulletin. Box 17, Folder 7 Rental housing. Box 17, Folder 8 Prefabricated homes. Box 17, Folder 9 Family living requirements preferences. Box 17, Folder 10 Government lending activities - American Bankers' Association Public. Box 17, Folder 11 Office administration. Box 17, Folder 12 Mission for Economic Cooperation (MEG) administration bulletins. Box 17, Folder 13 Government lending and loan research. Box 17, Folder 14 Washington Metropolitan Area. Box 17, Folder 15 Education, executive training. Box 17, Folder 16 Home shows. Box 17, Folder 17 Intelligence chapter.

Material relating to prefabricated 1582 7 housing studies in Europe and the U.S. Technical U.S.

Box 17, Folder 18 [Housing and Home Finance Agency]. Box 17, Folder 19 Federal Housing Administration - cost analysis. Box 17, Folder 20 FHA portfolio - policy. Box 17, Folder 21 Housing policy - Ernest Fisher. Box 17, Folder 22 Construction forecasts. Box 17, Folder 23 Market for 100,000 houses. Box 17, Folder 24 County breakdown - U.S. housing market. Box 17, Folder 25 Veterans Loans Act. Box 17, Folder 26 Early F.H.A. history. Box 18, Folder 1 Early F.H.A. history - James S. Taylor. Box 18, Folder 2 Cooperative housing. Box 18, Folder 3 Housing policy - Leo Grebler. Box 18, Folder 4 Miami Residential Report. Box 18, Folder 5 Small Business Administration. Box 18, Folder 6 Housing Census. 1950 Box 18, Folder 7 Housing policy. Box 18, Folder 8 Kreps, Theodore - TNEC Report. Box 18, Folder 9 The American Mortgage Market. Box 18, Folder 10 Housing and Home Finance Agency. Box 18, Folder 11 Section 609 - regulations and forms. Box 18, Folder 12 PHMI - cost categories. Box 18, Folder 13 Perdue housing cost breakdowns. Box 18, Folder 14 Be your own landlord. Box 18, Folder 15 How to own your own home. Box 18, Folder 16 Washington D.C. market data book. Box 18, Folder 17 Family housing budget. Box 18, Folder 18 Chicago convention. Box 19, Folder 1 Cost sheet-practical builder. Box 19, Folder 2 Equitable life houses. Box 19, Folder 3 General Electric questionaire. Box 19, Folder 4 House hunting business. Box 19, Folder 5 Housing expense. Box 19, Folder 6 Life insurance financing. Box 19, Folder 7 Monthly financing costs. Box 19, Folder 8 Prefab sales letter. Box 19, Folder 9 Cost of house financing. Box 19, Folder 10 Home insurance. Box 19, Folder 11 Models to scale by - Bassett-Lowke Limited. Box 19, Folder 12 [Sketchbook]. Box 19, Folder 13 Building permits - D.C. Box 19, Folder 14 Cross section paper. Box 19, Folder 15 Defense department housing standards. Box 19, Folder 16 Heat and moisture transfer. Box 19, Folder 17 Performance standards. Box 19, Folder 18 Structural elements. Box 19, Folder 19 Commercial standard - CS125-47. Box 19, Folder 20 Box 19, Folder 21 Wood truss one and one-half story. Box 19, Folder 22 Demountable housing. Box 19, Folder 23 Relocatable housing. Box 19, Folder 24 Solar house. Box 19, Folder 25 Construction tent. Box 19, Folder 26 Rental housing negatives. Box 19, Folder 27 Industry engineered homes. Box 19, Folder 28 Small Homes Council. Box 19, Folder 29 Bemis Foundation. Box 19, Folder 30 Florida houses. Box 19, Folder 31 Studebaker design - George Nelson.

Material relating to prefabricated 1582 8 housing studies in Europe and the U.S. Technical U.S.

Box 19, Folder 32 Architectural style survey. Box 19, Folder 33 Indian Head houses (demountable). Box 19, Folder 34 California cottage. Box 19, Folder 35 Stexhome Corporation. Box 19, Folder 36 [Fabricon homes - Ned A. Cole, architect]. Pink-Foldered Files

Box 20, Folder 1 Administrative programs. Box 20 Architectural Design Box 20, Folder 2 Austria, Canada. Box 20, Folder 3 France, Germany. Box 20, Folder 4 The Netherlands. Box 21, Folder 1 U.S., Yugoslavia. Box 21, Folder 2 Artistic and cultural. Box 21, Folder 3 Cooperatives. Box 21, Folder 4 Finance - Austria no.1. Box 22, Folder 1 Finance - Austria no.2. Box 22, Folder 2 Finance: England, Germany. Box 22, Folder 3 Finance - U.S. Box 22, Folder 4 Homemaking. Box 22, Folder 5 Legislation. Box 23, Folder 1 Miners' housing. Box 23, Folder 2 Planning, city: Austria, Germany. Box 23, Folder 3 Planning, city: International, Netherlands, Switzerland. Box 23, Folder 4 Planning, city - U.S. Box 23, Folder 5 Planning, regional. Box 24, Folder 1 Political. Box 24, Folder 2 Prefabrication - Austria. Box 24, Folder 3 Prefabrication - Austria (specific firms no.1). Box 25, Folder 1 Prefabrication - Austria (specific firms no.2). Box 25, Folder 2 Prefabrication: England, France, Netherlands, Sweden. Box 25, Folder 3 Prefabrication - international. Box 25, Folder 4 Prefabrication: Thermo (England) & Thermobau (Austria). Box 26, Folder 1 Self-help housing. Box 26, Folder 2 Surveys and research. Box 26, Folder 3 Netherlands Reconstruction and Housing Series, Revere Series. Box 26 Prefabrication - U.S. Box 26, Folder 4 [No further description available]. Box 26, Folder 5-6 Specific firms no.1-2. Box 27, Folder 1 Specific firms no.3. Box 27, Folder 2 U.N. Box 27, Folder 3 Vienna building publications no.1. Box 28, Folder 1 Vienna building publications no.2. Three-Ring Binder

Box 28, Folder 2-3 Log of events, 1952-53. Box 28, Folder 4 [Documents issued by MSA Housing Mission]. Box 28, Folder 4 [General Panel Corporation of California]. U.S. Publications

Box 29, Folder 1 Annual reports of the Federal Housing Administration, Home Owners' Loan Acts and Housing Acts. Box 29, Folder 2 Annual reports of the National Housing Agency, annual reports of the Housing and Home Finance Agency. Box 30, Folder 1 Housing and Home Finance Agency publications. Box 30, Folder 2 Housing and Home Finance Agency publications (Housing research, Housing statistics). Box 30, Folder 3 Housing and Home Finance Agency publications, one Congressional document.

Material relating to prefabricated 1582 9 housing studies in Europe and the U.S. U.S. Publications

Box 31 Federal publications. Box 32, Folder 1 Housing and Home Finance Agency publications. Box 32, Folder 2 [Training manual on heating]. Box 32, Folder 3 Government publications on housing, income, business. Box 33 Government publications (business, housing, etc.), U.S. Army Air Force house plans.

Material relating to prefabricated 1582 10 housing studies in Europe and the U.S.