Guide to the Nelson Peter Lewis Papers,
1881-1942, 1896-1925 (bulk)

Collection Number: 2712

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
M. Warren
Date completed:
June 1985
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, November 2001

© 2001 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Nelson Peter Lewis papers, 1881-1942, 1896-1925 (bulk)
Collection Number:
2712
Creator:
Nelson Peter Lewis, 1856-1924
Quantity:
1 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Speeches, papers, scrapbooks, license, booklets, bound volumes.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Speeches and papers given by Nelson P. Lewis; scrapbooks of news clippings and programs, 1896-1923; scrapbook of reviews of The Planning of the Modern City, 1919-1923; professional engineering license, 1921; three illuminated memorial booklets, 1924; copies of The Planning of the Modern City, 1916; Urbanizacion, the Spanish edition, 1917-1918; and other books by Nelson P. Lewis.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

City planner Nelson P. Lewis served as chief engineer of Brooklyn, New York from 1902-1920. He wrote The Planning of the Modern City, 1916. In May 1921 he became Director of the Physical Survey of the Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Speeches and papers given by Nelson P. Lewis; scrapbooks of news clippings and programs, 1896-1923; scrapbook of reviews of The Planning of the Modern City, 1919-1923; professional engineering license, 1921; three illuminated memorial booklets, 1924; copies of The Planning of the Modern City, 1916; Urbanizacion, the Spanish edition, 1917-1918; and other books by Nelson P. Lewis.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Lewis, Nelson Peter, 1856-1924.
Lewis, Nelson Peter, 1856-1924. Planning of the modern city.
Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs.

Subjects:
City planning.
City planners.
City planning--New York (N.Y.)--Brooklyn.

Places:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Form and Genre Terms:
Reviews.
Scrapbooks.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Nelson Peter Lewis Papers, #2712. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Series I. Unbound papers
1899-1913
Notes, speeches, paper
 Box 1 Folder 1
1913
Letters
 Box 1 Folder 2
1937-1942
Zoning Committee of the City of New York, minutes
 Box 1 Folder 3
1924, undated
Biographical material, condolence letters, resolutions
 Box 1 Folder 4
1904, 1920, 1922, undated
Articles
 Box 1 Folder 5
1903-1904
Speeches
 Box 1 Folder 6
1905
Speeches
 Box 1 Folder 7
1907-1908
Speeches
 Box 1 Folder 8
1909
Speeches
 Box 1 Folder 9
1910
Speeches
 Box 1 Folder 10
1911-1912
Speeches
 Box 1 Folder 11
1913-1914
Speeches
 Box 1 Folder 12
1915
Speeches
 Box 1 Folder 13
1916-1917
Speeches
 Box 1 Folder 14
1919-1920
Speeches
 Box 1 Folder 15
1921-1922
Speeches
 Box 1 Folder 16
undated
Speeches
 Box 1 Folder 17
Portrait of Lewis
 Box 1 Folder 18
1881
Will (copy), Arthur Nelson
 Box 1 Folder 19
Miscellaneous
 Box 1 Folder 20
Series II. Bound volumes
1907-1924, 1896-1909
Scrapbook
 Box 2
1916
The Planning of the Modern City
Box 2
1916-1923
Scrapbook of reviews
 Box 2
1924
Three illuminated memorial resolutions
 Box 2
1917-1918
Urbanizacion, Jose M. de Lasarte (Spanish translation of The Planning of the Modern City)
Box 2