This document is from the Cornell University Library's Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections located in the Carl A. Kroch Library. If you have questions regarding this document or the information it contains, contact us at the phone number or e-mail listed below. Our website also contains research information and answers to frequently asked questions. http://rmc.library.cornell.edu Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 Phone: (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 E-mail: [email protected] PROD Archival LON NYCV84-A396 Search NYCV-NIC FIN ID NYCV84-A396 - Record 1 of 1 + Stein, Clarence S., 1882-197s- Papers, 1905-1983. 30 cubic ft. -. f Architect, city planner. Clarence 9. Stein began his career as an architect, but turned his attention to planning by the early 1920s. From 1923 to 1926 he was chairman of the New York State Housing and Regional Planning Commission and was among the founders of the Regional Plan Association in 1923. With his partner Henry Wright, he was a leading proponent of the 'garden citymconcept of planning. He designed or participated in the design of Sunnyside Qardens, Queens, New York; Radburn,.New Jersey; keenbelt, Maryland1 Oreendale, Wisconsin; Greenhills, Ohio; and Baldwin Hills Village, Los Angeles, California. Stein was awarded the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects (1956), the Distingui-shed Service Award of the American,.Institute of Planners (1958). and the Eberrezer Howard Memorial Medal, honoiing-the British advocate of garden + , . .. - . ...,- . .. cities. tt:, . ~.. - r . ~ .. <.. ,. ..c; >: . ..< " *?r:.,.. r..>:.5. - , . ,' ~,. .. .~ .,-s . ., .~~.+ ; A: .. .~ . 8; -is -:$~* .. 3:' . '- ..*.;~,..:y6...j: -i : .PROD val LON NYCVWI~~~~'. .#:.? Search NYCV-NIC ~ *' > :.- , * ..! . Record 1 of L . -:; *. -.. ,. ~... , . -~ : l..,#. :..' ,..,,LC ... , . .P:&?'~'..i.t ; .;.- - . .; ,; ,.:. + -z - Summary: , Includes job filee, proposed jobs. &itingo and speeches; general files. research materials, and reprints.:and articles. J,ob files record Stein's involvement in the deiign of pub1ic buifdings, places .of worship, museums;."md homes; his tinieas'secretary of the Houjing Co+ittee of- theNew York.State Reconstruction Commission under Governor ~lfred~W.~~Smithsand material on Radburn. New ~erse~~'kitimat.WritishCo1umbia;-Sunnyside Oardens, New xork; Hillside Homes, Bronx, New ~ork;~andChatham Village, ~ittsbur~h,Pennsylvania. Proposed job f ilei include plans and designs fGl3obs which never materialized. Writings include material related to the: publication of his,book, 'TOWARD NEW TOWNS FOR AHERICA, including photos, plvs,fand maps hied in the book.?Also includes copies of articles and speeches by Stein. QeneraI' files inciude unpublished writings; reports on greenbelt towns1 material'on the ~e~ional,Plan Association of CImerica and its successor? the Regional Development Council of Americas and community planning and cost studies.Correspondence files include personal and professional correspondence with other planners, including - correspondence with the American Institute of kchitects '(AIA) , especial1y Carl Feiss of that organization; Canadian planners working on Metropolitan Toronto; English planners; personal friends such as Benton EtacKaye, Albert Player, and Lewis Mumford; and his wife, Aline MacMahon Stein. PRO@ Archival LON NYCVWI-fi396 Search NYCV-NIC Record 1 of 1 + Summary: Also, correspondence and photographs pertaining to travels in China and the Far East. Reprints and articles include writings of ofher planners including Frederick Ackerman, Catherine Bauer Wurster, Russell Van Nest Black, Henry Churchill, Vernone De Mars, CIrthur Qlickson, Eugene Klaber, Benton HacKaye, Albert Mayer, Lewis Mumford. and Henry Wright. Collection also includes photographs and negatives, slides. plans, and maps of much of Stein's major work; and material concerning the work of Marjorie Sewell Cautley (Cornell University Class of 1917), landscape architect for Stein's projects at Radburn, New Jersey and Hillside Homes in the Bronx. New York. Medals and pins, including Stein's gold medal from the American Institute of Architects, are also included. Cite as: Clarence S. Stein. Papers. #3600. Department of Manuscripts and ( UniversityArchives,C~rnellUni~er~ityLibraries. I Search NYCV-NIC .~- . PROD Archival LON NYCV84-A396 Record 1 of 1 1. Ackerman, Frederick. 2. Bauer. Catherine, 1905- 3. Black, Russell Van Nest, 1893-1969. 4. Cautley, Marjorie Sewell, 1891- 5. Churchill,-Henfp S. 6. De Mars, Vernone. 7. Feise, Carl M. 8. Olickson, Arthur.. 9. Klaber, Eugene. 10. MacKaye, Benton, 1879- 11. Mdyer, Albert. 12. Mumford, Lewis, 1895- 13. Stein, Aline MacMahon. 14. Wright, Henry, 1878-1936. 15. American Institut ' .. PROD Archival LON NYCV84-A396 Search NYCV-NIC Record 1 of 1 1. Ackerman, Frederick. 2. Bauer, Catherine, 1905- 3. Black, Russell Van Nest, 1893-1969. 4, Cautley, Marjorie Sewell. 1891;s: Churchill, Henry S. 6. De Mars, Vernone. 7. -Feiss, Carl M. 8. Blickson, Arthur.:?. Klaber, Eugene. 10. MacKaye, Benton, 1879- 11. Mayer, Albert. 12. Mumford, Lewis, 1895- 13. Stein, Aline MacMahon. 14. Wright, Henry. 1878-1936. 15. American Institute of Architects. 16. Regional Development Counci 1 of Ameri~ca'. 17.?~egional Plan Association of America. 18. New York (State). Reconstruction Commission. Housing Committee. 19. New York (State). Housing and Regional Planning Commission. 20. Architecture. 21. City planning. 22. Housing. 23. Baldwin~Hill~Village (Lor Angeles, Calif. )- -City planning. 24. 'Chatham Village (Pittsburgh, Pa. )--City planning. 2S. Greenbelt (Md. )-:City planning. 26. Greendale (Wis. )--City planning. 27. Greenhills (Ohio)--City planning. 28. Hillside Homes (Bronx, New York, N.Y.1-- City planning. 29. Kitimat (B.C. )--City planning. i30. Radburn (N. J. )--City .I planning. 31. Sunnyside Gardens. (Queens, New York,- N.Y.)--City planning. 32. China:-Description and travel. 33. East Asia~Descriptionand travel. 34. Maps. 35. Photonegatives. 36. Photoprints. 37. Slides.-38. Speeches. 39. Sewell, Marjorie, 1891- I. Stein. Clarence. Toward new tgwns for America. ~ ~ ,. > RGPNa 3600 . , .. ID: NYCV84-A396 CC: 9554 DCF: a PROC: b MAR01#)88 iref Clarence S. Stein, 1882-1975. Papers, 1905-1974. Scope and wntent notes (draft, Janet Hodgson, April 1975) This collection of 21 - 16" boxes (Annex) and 2 oversize boxes (Olin) of plans and blueprints contains the professional papers of the late Clarence S. Stein. Mr. Stein sorted and divided his own material and with but two additions, research material and a box of other people's writings, the basic integrity of Mr. Stein's own sorting remains. A most organized man, Mr. Stein provided us with an index to his life and work, to be found in the black lmse-leaf notebmk in Box 1. Beginning with letters discussing the disposal of his papers, an index and alphabetical listing indicating where major works are to be found within the material, Mr. Stein, working in roughly 10-year time spans beginning with his family history, outlines his professional career and includes sections on friends W' and associates, honors received, and travels. Following Mr. Stein's basic divisions, this collection has been arranged into 8 sections- .Jobs and Proposed Jobs; Writings and Speeches, General File; Research File; Correspondence: Photos, Plans, Maps and other Illustrations; Reprints and Articles of other professional planners. Arranged in chronological order, Job Files reflect Mr. Stein's varied interests in his field. He was an architect for public buildings C1:2 6 5!, places of worship (1:34), museums (2 :2 & 3) and private residences l1:6) and he was interested in public housing serving on Gov. Alfred W. Smith's Pacon- struction Commission for the State of New York as Secretary of its Housing Committee (1111-14). His interest in new town development is reflected here in Radbuxn, N.J. (1:18-33) and Kitimat, B.C. (2:38-45 and 3:l-281 and in self-contained garden cities and other housing developments with emphasis on garden apartment complexes such as Sunnyside Gardens, N.Y. i1:g-lO). Hillside Homes, Borough of the Bronx, N.Y. i2:4-12) and Chatham Village, ,# '\ Pittsburgh, Pa. (k-39-40). Proposed Jobs reflects ideas, designs and plans for jobs which never materialized (3:35-39 arid 4d-29). The second large area in the collection reflects Clarence Stein's Writings and Speeches. In Box 4 is found material dealing with the pub- lishing of his book, Toward New Tom for America, with photos, plans and maps used in the book also in evidence. Boxes 5 and 6 produce in chronologi- cal order copies of his articles and speeches as listed by Mr. Stein. The General File, also arranged in chronological order, includes the records of many interests such as his unpublished writing (11:w-27) in- cluding several books (7:16 & 17, 9:27-50 and 10:l-62), his resettlement reports for Greenbelt towns in 1935 (7:lO-15), and Greenbelt disposal in 1951-1953 (9:4-261, his material on the Regional Plan Association of America, and its successor, the Regional Development Council of America (7:3 & 9:12-211, and Community planning studies and cost studies (7:32-41 and 7:42-64). An addition to Mr. Stein's order was a section of reseapch material I1 (boxes 11, 12, and 131, reference material collected on the Tennessee Valley Authority, on research facility locations in the suburban New .York City area, on industrial and metropolitan dispersal in the United States, plus material collected in countries outside our