Jack Underhill papers 1963-1997

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Jack Underhill papers 1963-1997

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The Underhill papers include reports, correspondence, financial documents, plans, publications, and general information on new planned communities. Also included is a series of oversized maps from different new towns including Flower Mound, St. Charles and Roosevelt Island. The collection is comprised of Jack Underhill's personal papers that he accumulated while employed with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The papers document the Federal New Communities Program which sponsored the development of 13 new towns. It also documents Underhill's research interests in private new towns and international urban planning. The collection covers the period of time from the 1963 to 1997.

28.25 Linear feet; (72 boxes)

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George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives

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United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.

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Jack Underhill

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Jack Underhill retired in 1997 after 42 years of Federal service, 33 years of which were at Department of Housing and Urban Development. He served as a research analyst for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The department was created in 1937 under the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 and was later becomes a cabinet-level agency in 1965. HUD's mission is to increase home ownership, support community development, and increase access to affordable housing free from discrim...

Underhill, Jack A.

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Jack Underhill retired in 1967 after 42 years of Federal service, 33 years of which were at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. He served as a research analyst for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The department was created in 1937 under the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 and became a cabinet-level agency in 1965. HUD's mission is to increase home ownership, support community development, and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination. ...