Santa Fe City Planning Board records, 1912-1914.

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Santa Fe City Planning Board records, 1912-1914.

Summary: Collection consists of the records of the Santa Fe, New Mexico City Planning Board, 1912-1914. Records include correspondence, research materials, and financial records. Correspondence consists primarily of Chairman H.H. Dorman's correspondence with various associations, cities, and landscape architects about the creation of a city plan that allowed for civic improvements and historic preservation. Some of the correspondents are the American Civic Association, Frederick Law Olmstead, and John Nolen. Research materials include reports and materials resulting from H.H. Dorman's correspondence, and reports created by members of the City Planning Board regarding the present condition of various city structures (sewers, streets, etc.). Financial records include bank statements, receipts, and various other financial materials from the City Planning Board. Also included are papers concerning the establishment, by the New Mexico Legislature of the Capital City Improvement Commission and the Old-New Santa Fe Exhibition of 1912.

.25 linear feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7391871

Museum of New Mexico Library

Related Entities

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Nolen, John, 1869-1937

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John Nolen (June 14, 1869 – February 18, 1937) was an American landscape architect, planning consultant, founding member of the American City Planning Institute and a writer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nolen was orphaned as a child and placed in Girard College. After he graduated first in his class in 1884, he worked as a grocery clerk and secretary to the Girard Estate Trust Fund before enrolling in the Wharton School of Finance and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1891. ...

Olmstead, Frederick Law, 1870-1957.

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Dorman, Henry H.

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Harry H. Dorman moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1901. He was a real estate and insurance businessman. He served as the first president of the Commercial Club (now the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce) and formed the first veterans' association with Bronson N. Cutting and Miguel Otero- Montoya y Montoya Post No. 1 of the American Legion. From the description of Harry H. Dorman scrapbook, 1907-1912. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37396684 ...

New Mexico. Capital City Improvement Commission.

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Loomis, Sylvia Glidden.

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Administrator Federal Art Project Art Education Program, New York, N.Y. In addtion to various fine art and craft projects, the FAP included the Art Production Division, the Art Research Division, as well as a number of other art-related programs. From the description of Federal Art Project. Art Education Division records, 1939-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577019 ...

Santa Fe (N.M.). City Planning Board.

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Weiss, Harry

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Harry Weiss was a city planner for Santa Fe, New Mexico and Sylvia Loomis was an advocate for historic preservation in Santa Fe. She served as Executive Director of the Old Santa Fe Association and as publication editor for the Historic Santa Fe Foundation. From the description of Santa Fe City Planning Board records, 1912-1914. (Museum of New Mexico Library). WorldCat record id: 37288627 ...

American Civic Association

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MacFarland, J Horace

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