Albert Mayer papers 1926-1980 (bulk 1945-1974)

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Albert Mayer papers 1926-1980 (bulk 1945-1974)

Resource files, correspondence, and manuscripts of Albert Mayer, an architect and urban planner interested in the social aspects of planning and development of cities.

52 cubic ft. (52 boxes)

eng,

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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...

Mayer, Whittlesey and Glass.

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