Boston Center Planning. Digital
Scope and Contents
Originally in a binder. 79 leaves. Cover title. Empty pocket pasted onto verso of front cover.
12/1 Quo Vadis Commonwealth?
11 leaves. [1-11]. Typescript. No place, no date.
12/2 M.W. to Richard Preston [Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Commerce]. 2 leaves. [12-13].Typescript (copy). “33 Bowdoin St., Cambridge,
Mass. July 15, 1953”
12/3 Richard Preston to M.W.
2 leaves. [14-15]. Typescript. Boston, Mass. 10 July 1954.
12/4 M.W. to Christian Herter, [Governor of Massachusetts]
3 leaves. [16-18]. Typescript. (copy). “33 Bowdoin St. June 16, 1953”
12/5 Grenzen der Bauwelt.
3 leaves. [19-21]. Typescript. “Cambridge am 30 Juni 1954. Martin Wagner”
12/6 Primacy of Road-Building?
5 leaves. [22-26]. Typescript. “Cambridge, June 22 1954”
12/7 [Illustrations: Boston Center Planning]
6 leaves. [27-32]. Photocopies of illustrations, maps, charts, etc.
12/8 Boeckh Construction Cost index: [graph]. (photocopy)
1 leaf. [33]. Indices added in colored pencils.
12/9 M.W. to Joseph W. Lund.
1 leaf. [34]. copy. “33 Bowdoin St., Cambridge. June 23, 1954”
12/10 [Boston, Mass. Increased Valuation].
1 leaf. [35]. 2 pages. Handwritten notes. No place, no date.
12/11 Comparative status of 83 cities and towns in the Boston metropolitan census district [by] Bureau for Research in Municipal Government, Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration. December 1943.
5 leaves. [36-40].
12/12 Der Neubau der City.
16 leaves. [41-56]. 32 pages. Numbered [129]-160. From Baurundschau, Septemberheft 1948, nr. 17/18.
12/13 Boeckh Construction cost index. See 12/8, above.
1 leaf. [57]. photocopy.
12/14 M.W. to Christian Herter.
2 leaves. [58-59]. Typescript. (copy). “33 Bowdoin Street, June 12 1954” Handwritten notes about enclosures.
12/15 John Volpe to Christian Herter
3 leaves. [60-62]. Photocopy. Boston, June 2 1954.
12/16 Boeckh. See 12/8, above.
1 leaf. [63]. Hand-drawn graph using 12/8 and other information.
12/17 Boeckh. See 12/8, above.
1 leaf. [64].
12/18 Guide to Boston Architecture, by Henry-Russell Hitchcock.
1 leaf. [65]. 2 pages. Numbered 77-78. From Progressive Architecture, June 1954.
12/19 Boston Business Center.
2 leaves. [66-67]. Typescript. No place, no date.
12/20 Christian Herter to M.W.
1 leaf. [68]. Typescript. “Boston. June 8 1954”. Enclosure is 12/25, below.
12/21 M.W. to Christian Herter.
2 leaves. [69-70]. Typescript. (copy). “33 Bowdoin St., May 6, 1954”
12/22 J.W. Lund to M.W.
1 leaf. [71]. Typescript. “Boston, June 4, 1954”. On R.M. Bradley letterhead.
12/23 Clipping: Christian Science Monitor.
1 leaf. [72]. “Civic group due to push B and A center.” June 1, 1954
12/24 M.W. to J.W. Lund.
1 leaf. [73]. Typescript. (copy) “33 Bowdoin St., June 2 1954”
12/25 John Volpe to Christian Herter.
2 leaves. [74-75]. Typescript. Boston, April 29, 1954.
12/26 Christian Herter to M.W.
1 leaf. [76]. Boston May 3, 1954.
12/27 M.W. to Christian Herter.
2 leaves. [77-78]. Typescript. (copy). “33 Bowdoin St., Cambridge, March 14, 1954.” “COPY!” at head of letter.
12/28 M.W. to Christian Science Monitor.
1 leaf. [79]. Typescript. (copy) “33 Bowdoin St., Cambr. May 24 1954”
Dates
- Creation: 1924-1965 (inclusive)
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1937-1957
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
7 foldersFolder List:
(12/1-12/3); (12/4-12/7); (12/8-12/11); (12/12-12/15); (12/16-12/20); (12/21-12/24); (12/25-12/28)
Repository Details
Part of the Frances Loeb Library Repository
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