Henry Wright papers, , 1907-1960 1907-1938

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Henry Wright papers, , 1907-1960 1907-1938

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Includes project descriptions and reports on garden cities, some of which are with Clarence Stein; housing research, some on war housing and some done with Albert Mayer; the relation of city planning to architecture; article notes written jointly with Lewis Mumford; and biographical material.

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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

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Mayer, Albert

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Albert Mayer (1897-1981), an architect and city planner, co-founded the New York City firm of Mayer and Whittlesey (later Mayer, Whittlesey and Glass) in 1935. Mayer attended Columbia University, but graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in civil engineering in 1919. After spending several years as an engineer, he switched to architecture when he became more interested in the social aspects of design. An advocate of large-scale planned housing projects, he believ...

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990

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American writer. From the description of Correspondence with Alfred S. Dashiell, 1931-1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51846130 Carl Zigrosser and Lewis Mumford were life-long friends with shared interests in the arts, society and politics. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1925-1971, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902319 Sir Patrick Geddes was a Scottish biologist, sociologi...

Wright, Henry, -1936

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Epithet: agent of the Duke of Sutherland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x000177 Epithet: formerly innkeeper at Fazeley British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x000178 Henry Wright was a city planner. From the guide to the Henry Wright papers, 1907-1960, 1907-1938, (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collectio...

Stein, Clarence S.

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Architect, city planner (lived 1882-1975). Clarence S. 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 city" concept of planning. He designed or participated in the design of Sunnyside Ga...