Albert Hecht papers, 1908-1960 (bulk 1929-1960).

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Albert Hecht papers, 1908-1960 (bulk 1929-1960).

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Correspondence, financial and legal files, architectural drawings, and other papers of Albert Hecht, a Chicago architect. Much of the collection relates to the financial and legal aspects of Hecht's architectural practice, including legal correspondence and contracts with the Lincoln Construction Company, and records of Hecht's income and expenditures. The collection includes some plans and other drawings for buildings, as well as land surveys. Some materials document Hecht's employment as an engineer under the Public Works Administration and the Federal Works Agency during the late 1930s and early 1940s. Also present are files related to Hecht's efforts to convert his property in Cameron County, Texas, into an orchard, as well as efforts to sell the property.

3 linear ft. (7 boxes)

Chicago History Museum

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Chicago History Museum

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United States. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works

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Hecht, Albert S., d. 1966.

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Albert S. Hecht (d .1966) was a Chicago architect whose designs included the Georgian Hotel in Evanston (Ill.), the Norman Hotel in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago (Ill.), and the Rusnak Brothers Furniture Company facility on Devon Avenue in Chicago (Ill.). From the description of Albert Hecht papers, 1908-1960 (bulk 1929-1960). (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713916596 ...

United States. Public Works Administration

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The Santee-Cooper Navigation and Hydro-Electric Project to improve navigation on and provide hydro-electric power from the Santee and Cooper Rivers was authorized by the South Carolina legislature in 1934. Federal approval for the Project was granted in 1935 and construction takes place from 1939-1941; power generation begins in 1942. Fossil fuel generating stations constructed in 1951, 1966, 1972, 1977 and 1981 and a nuclear plant, in cooperation with South Carolina Electric & Gas, opened i...

United States. Federal Works Agency

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Hecht, Rose.

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