Mayer, Albert A. Papers 1934-1975

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Mayer, Albert A. Papers 1934-1975

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Albert Mayer (1897-1981) architect and city planner. The Albert Mayer Papers on India are a collection of personal papers, correspondence, reports, and reference materials which Mayer assembled in the course of his rural development and urban planning work in India. The three largest divisions of the Papers contain materials on the Pilot Development Project carried out at Etawah and other districts in the state of Uttar Pradesh, materials on Mayer's architectural and planning projects, and reference and background materials on development and planning in India. Mayer's papers on India represent only part of a long and varied career.

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