Bacon, Edmund N.

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Edmund Norwood Bacon was born May 2, 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Cornell University in 1932 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree and worked as an architectural designer in Shanghai, China under Henry Killam Murphy in 1934. In 1935 he returned to Philadelphia to work with W. Pope Barney. He attended Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan in 1936, and worked in Michigan 1937-1939 as Superintendent of City Planning for the city of Flint. From 1940 to 1943 Bacon served as Managing Director of the Philadelphia Housing Association. From 1946 to 1949 he was Senior Land Planner of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. He served as Executive Director of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1949 to 1970. He was also Lecturer in City Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, an active participant in professional organizations and a frequent speaker. Edmund Bacon is the author of Design of Cities, published in 1967.

From the description of Edmund N. Bacon papers, 1940-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83192620

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creatorOf Cornell University. College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning records, 1905-2004. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Vinton, Warren Jay, 1889-1969. Warren Jay Vinton papers, 1932-1969. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Phillips, Walter Massey, 1912-1985. Oral history project, 1975-1980. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
referencedIn Phillips, Walter Massey, 1912-1985. Papers, 1927-1978. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
creatorOf Bacon, Edmund N. Edmund N. Bacon papers, 1940-1970. University of Pennsylvania, Architectural Archives
creatorOf Bacon, Edmund N. Reminiscences of Edmund Norwood Bacon : oral history, 1970. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Octavia Hill Association. Records, 1880-1970. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
referencedIn R. Buckminster Fuller Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Cohen, Madeline L. d. 2005. Edmund N. Bacon research collection, 1973-2004. University of Pennsylvania, Architectural Archives
referencedIn Haskell, Douglas Putnam, 1899-1979. Douglas Putnam Haskell papers, Series II: Personal correspondence, 1922-1979 (bulk 1940-1970). Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of Chief Engineer. Records, 1862-1976 (bulk 1885-1965). Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf Philadelphia City Planning Commission. Letters, 1956-1967, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Warren Jay Vinton papers, 1932-1969 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn United States. Work Projects Administration (Pa.) 190 High Street, Philadelphia, Research Data, 1937-1938., 1937-1938 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Bacon, Edmund N., 1910-. Letters, 1939-1985, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Pew Charitable Trusts. Office of the President. Records of Rebecca W. Rimel, 1994-1997. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning records, 1905-2004 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Cornell University. College of Architecture, Art, and Planning. College Alumni Assembly and Retrospective (1977 : Cornell University). Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning College of Alumni Assembly and Retrospective tape recordings, 1977. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Bacon, Edmund N. Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1959-1963. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Bacon, Edmund N., 1910-. Correspondence, 1976, from Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Housing Association of Delaware Valley. Records, 1909-1985. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
referencedIn Erik H. and Joan M. Erikson papers, 1925-1985 (inclusive) 1960-1980 (bulk). Houghton Library
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Birth 1910-05-02

Death 2005-10-14

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