Elbert Peets papers, 1883-1983, 1904-1974 (bulk).

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Elbert Peets papers, 1883-1983, 1904-1974 (bulk).

Includes correspondence, reports, clippings, photographs, plans, and drawings related to projects on which Peets worked; material on the L'Enfant plan for Washington, D.C., of which Peets was a major proponent and guardian; material related to articles and books by or about Peets, including photographs and negatives from the book CIVIC ART; and personal correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and family papers.

4.2 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7908978

Cornell University Library

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United States. Commission of Fine Arts

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Pray, Hubbard, and White.

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Peets, Mary Euretta Houghton.

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American Community Builders, Inc.

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United States. Farm Resettlement Administration.

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Peets, Edward Orville.

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United States. Housing Authority. Site Planning Section.

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Manilow, Nathaniel.

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Loebl, Schlosman & Bennett.

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L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825

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Soldier and engineer. From the description of Papers of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, 1787-1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78163246 ...

Peets, Elbert, 1886-1968

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Landscape architect, city planner. Elbert Peets received his B.A. from Western Reserve University and his M.L.A. from the Harvard University School of Landscape Architecture and City Planning. He worked for Pray, Hubbard and White, Boston landscape architects, for a year before joining with Werner Hegemann to plan Kohler, a company town founded by Walter S. Kohler, near Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Peets and Hegemann also collaborated in the planning of Washington Highlands, a ...

Klutznick, Philip M. 1907-

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Real estate developer, philanthropist, diplomat, government official and Jewish leader. Born 1907. BA, Creighton University, 1926, JD, Creighton University, 1930. President, B'nai B'rith, 1953-1959. President, World Jewish Congress, 1977-1980. U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1980-1981. Died 1999. From the description of Papers, 1914-1999 (inclusive) 1938-1990 (bulk). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 78757922 ...

United States. National Capital Park and Planning Commission

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United States. Federal Public Housing Authority

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Tugwell, Rexford G. (Rexford Guy), 1891-1979

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Hegemann, Werner

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Kohler, Walter S.

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