Clarence Stein papers, 1905-1983.

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Clarence Stein papers, 1905-1983.

Also, correspondence and photographs pertaining to travels in China and the Far East. Reprints and articles include writings of other planners including Frederick Ackerman, Catherine Bauer Wurster, Russell Van Nest Black, Henry Churchill, Vernone De Mars, Arthur Glickson, Eugene Klaber, Benton MacKaye, Albert Mayer, Lewis Mumford, and Henry Wright. Collection also includes photographs and negatives, slides, plans, and maps of much of Stein's major work; and material concerning the work of Marjorie Sewell Cautley (Cornell University Class of 1917), landscape architect for Stein's projects at Radburn, New Jersey and Hillside Homes in the Bronx, New York. Photographs of Stein, friends, and family, and candid and publicity photos of Aline MacMahon Stein. Medals, certificates, and pins, including Stein's gold medal from the American Institute of Architects, are also included. Also, a videotape of "Baldwin Hills Village: 'A Village in a City,'" 1942-1950, by Reginald D. Johnson, copied from the 16mm color original film (28 min.).

30.4 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7909035

Cornell University Library

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