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

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

Collection contains files of correspondence, reports, notes, addresses, manuscripts, publications, notebooks, and printed materials related to housing and urban planning; Mayer's working library of housing and planning materials; an index to the files and books; biographical information; and miscellaneous other materials.

52 cubic ft. (52 boxes)

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Mayer, Albert Alois

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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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