California Home Protection League miscellany, 1922-1924.

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California Home Protection League miscellany, 1922-1924.

Correspondence between Prof. Robert P. Utter, University of California, Berkeley, and Charles A. Keeler, Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, concerning zoning in Berkeley. Also includes a letter to Herbert Hoover, Washington, D.C., a letter to the editor of the Berkeley Gazette by William H. Smyth, 2 pamphlets on zoning law issued by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 1 pamphlet issued by Better Homes in America, a map of Berkeley, and a volume of clippings.

1 v. ; 35 cm.

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Keeler, Charles Augustus, 1871-1937

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Poet, adventurer, naturalist, and artist Charles Augustus Keeler was born in Milwaukee, and spent his teen-aged years in California. He attended the University of California, and took a position with the California Academy of Sciences; he joined the Sierra Club, and published books on natural sciences. He next focused on poetry, and published several books of verse, as well as drama. He made a trip around Cape Horn, and in 1899 took part in the Harriman Expedition to Alaska, where he befriended ...

California Home Protection League (Berkeley, Calif.)

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Berkeley Chamber of Commerce

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Utter, Robert Palfrey, 1875-1936

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Smyth, William Henry, 1855-1940.

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United States. Advisory Committee on City Planning and Zoning.

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Better Homes in America

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