New Town Economy. Digital
Scope and Contents
Originally in a binder. Cover title. 328 leaves.
13/1 Die Statdschaft auf dem Reissbrett: eine Studentenvision.
8 leaves. [1-8]. From "Bauen und Wohnen," 8/9. 15 pages. Numbered out of sequence. Bound into article: List of illustrations, 5 leaves. Unidentified.
13/2-13/38 [Illustrations: New Town Economy].
37 leaves. [9-45]. photocopies, charts, graphs, etc. Many duplicates.
13/39 Townlets and towns: study on city reconstruction made by the students of the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Cambridge, August 23, 1946.
134 leaves. [46-178]. Numbered 1-123. Typescript.
13/40 New Town Problem: note 7.
2 leaves. [179-180]. Numbered 52, 53. Typescript. See items 13/48
and 13/51, below.
13/41 [From: "Country towns in the future England"]
1 leaf. [181]. Typescript. yellow paper.
13/42 Income statement for the town of Ware [Massachusetts].
1 leaf. [182]. copy. 1938
13/43 Per Capita investment in municipal plants in the city of Berlin.
1 leaf. [183]. Typescript. Handwritten notes.
13/44 Cost of greenbelt towns.
2 leaves. [184-185]. Handwritten. No place, no date.
13/45 Human and inhuman scale.
2 leaves. [186-187]. Typescript. No place, no date.
13/46 [Tables and charts; notes]
16 leaves. [188-203]. Part handwritten.
13/47 The balance sheet: a planning tool.
20 leaves. [204-223]. Typescript. “Cambridge, Sept. 9 1949”.
13/48 New Town Economy: fall problem 1949: Department of Regional Planning: class of Prof. Dr. Ing. Martin Wagner.
33 leaves. [224-257]. Typescript. [Cambridge, 1949].
13/49 Memo to M.W. from Catherine Bauer.
1 leaf. [258]. Typescript. July 7, 1949.
13/50 A memo that talks back to Catherine Bauer, the great builder of the people.
2 leaves. [259-260]. Typescript. No place. “July 8, 1949”
13/51 New Town problem notes 5,6
25 leaves. [261-285]. Typescript. “Cambridge, August 18 1949. Martin Wagner.”
13/52 [Notes and Statistics: New Town Economy]
9 leaves. [286-294]. Typed, handwritten and printed material.
13/53 Human and inhuman scale. See 13/45, above.
2 leaves. [295-296].
13/54 [Notes and illustrations: New Town Economy, 2].
12 leaves. [297-308]. Typescript, printed maps, graphs, etc.
Envelope containing item 13/55 (below) is bound into this group.
13/55 [Slides of a student project].
2 in envelope.
13/57 The streets of Cambridge, by L.M. Hastings.
1 leaf. [309]. Typescript (copy). Additional notes by M.W.
13/58 Fact finding for Harvard Square' s rehabilitation: (compiled from the research reports of the students: Baltacioglu, Mum and Cheang.)
13 leaves. [310-322]. Typescript (copy). Cambridge, February 24, 1945.
13/59 [Notes: New Town Economy, 3].
6 leaves. [323-328]. Handwritten, typed. No place, no date.
Dates
- Creation: 1924-1965 (inclusive)
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1937-1957
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
17 foldersFolder List:
(13/1); (13/2-13/38); (13/39a); (13/39b); (13/40-13/42); (13/43-13/55); (13/46); (13/47); (13/48); (13/49-13/50); (13/51); (13/52); (13/53); (13/54-13/55); (13/57); (13/58); (13/59)
Repository Details
Part of the Frances Loeb Library Repository
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