Edward M. Bassett papers, 1892-1948

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Edward M. Bassett papers, 1892-1948

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Correspondence, books, articles, reports, legal briefs transcripts, and scrapbooks dealing with Bassett's tenure as a U.S. Congressman, 1902-1905, and his membership on committees and boards including the Public Service Commission of New York, the Brooklyn Committee on City Plan, the Zoning Committee of the City of New York, and the Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs Committee. Papers deal primarily with zoning and city planning in New York City. Also includes many articles, reports and books authored by Bassett, such as , , and the . The Master Plan Zoning Autobiography of Edward M. Bassett

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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

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