Guide to the Alfred Bettman Papers,
1910-1945

Collection Number: 2774

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Compiled by:
J. Hodgson, B. Shepherd, K Jacklin, N. Dean
Date completed:
October 1989
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, April 2002

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Alfred Bettman Papers, 1910-1945
Collection Number:
2774
Creator:
Alfred Bettman, 1873-1945.
Quantity:
33 reels, 1 folder
Forms of Material:
Microfilm reels and a photocopy of a pamphlet.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Microfilmed papers include correspondence, memoranda, drafts, lectures, clippings, minutes, articles, pamphlets, programs, budgets, reports, briefs, regulations, and records of conferences and committees pertaining to various planning agencies and projects. Also includes a photocopied "Draft of an Act for Urban Development and Redevelopment," by Alfred Bettman, 1943.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Alfred Bettman was a city planner.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Microfilmed papers include correspondence, memoranda, drafts, lectures, clippings, minutes, articles, pamphlets, programs, budgets, reports, briefs, regulations, and records of conferences and committees pertaining to the American Bar Association, American City Planning Institute, American Institute of Planners, American Society of Planning Officials, Better Housing Authority, Cincinnati City Planning Commission, Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, Federal Reserve, Maryland National Park and Planning Commission, National Capital Park and Planning Commission, National Resources Planning Board, Regional Planning Commission of Hamilton County, Ohio, Resettlement Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority, and the U.S. Department of Commerce Advisory Committee on Planning and Zoning. Material relates primarily to zoning, housing, and city planning in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Also includes a photocopied "Draft of an Act for Urban Development and Redevelopment," by Alfred Bettman, 1943.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Bettman, Alfred, 1873-1945.
American Bar Association.
American Institute of Planners.
Better Housing Authority (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Cincinnati (Ohio). City Planning Commission.
Cincinnati (Ohio). Metropolitan Housing Authority.
Maryland. National Park and Planning Commission.
Regional Planning Commission (Hamilton Co., Ohio)
Tennessee Valley Authority.
United States. Federal Reserve.
United States. National Capital Park and Planning Commission.
United States. National Resources Planning Board.
United States. Resettlement Administration.
United States. Dept. of Commerce. Advisory Committee on Planning and Zoning.

Subjects:
City planning--Alabama.
City planning--Illinois.
City planning--Indiana.
City planning--Kentucky.
City planning--Puerto Rico.
City planning--Tennessee.
City planning--West Virginia.
City planning--Wisconsin.
City planning and redevelopment law.
Housing.
Regional planning.
Zoning.
Cincinnati (Ohio)--City planning.
City planners.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Available Copies:
Originals held by the University of Cincinnati.
Cite As:
Alfred Bettman Papers, #2774. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Series I. Public activities
Cincinnati City Planning Commission
Correspondence, 1919-1944
Reel 1-3
Proceedings of the Commission, 1927-1928
Reel 3
Proceedings of the Commission, 1929
Reel 3
Proceedings of the Commission, 1936-1944
Reel 3
Calendars of the Commission meetings, 1927-1940
Reel 3
Budgets for Commission and related correspondence, 1937-1944
Reel 3
United City Planning Committee, ca. 1922-1926
Reel 3
Master Plan, ca. 1942-1944
Reel 3
City Bond and improvement program, ca. 1926-1945
Reel 3
Technical Advisory Corp. and the City Plan (Preliminary Report - 1922 and final scheme - 1925 )
Reel 3-4
Zoning Board of Appeals
Correspondence, 1926-1931
Reel 4
Annual Reports, 1926-1938
Reel 4
Zoning Regulations, Building Codes, etc.
Cincinnati City Planning reports
Reel 4
Drafts, ca. 1929-1932
Reel 4
Miscellaneous Zoning manuscripts
Reel 5
Miscellaneous
Price Hill area
 Reel 5
Flood control
 Reel 5
Misc. reports, 1932-1937
Reel 5
Undated misc.
 Reel 5
Newspaper clippings
Reel 5
Bureau of Municipal Research (Governmental Research)
Reel 5
Regional Planning Commission of Hamilton County, Ohio
Correspondence, Mar. 19, 1928-Dec. 4, 1941
Reel 5
Sub-division regulations, 1937-1941
Reel 6
Zoning, 1936-1941
Reel 6
Drafts, ca. 1935-1941
Reel 6
Misc. pamphlets
Reel 6
Minutes of Commission, 1929-1941
Reel 6
Miscellaneous
 Reel 6
National Resources Planning Board
National Resources Board--correspondence 1933-May 1935
Reel 6-7
National Resources Commission
Correspondence, June-Oct. 1935
Reel 7
Correspondence, Nov. 1935-Feb. 1936
Reel 7
Correspondence, Mar.-Dec. 1936
Reel 7-8
Correspondence, Feb.-Dec. 1937
Reel 8
Correspondence, Jan.-Apr. 1938
Reel 8-9
Correspondence, May-Dec. 1938
Reel 9
Correspondence, Jan. 1938-May 1939
Reel 10
Miscellaneous National Resources Commission
Stream Pollution Compact Commission, flood control, etc.
 Reel 10
Drainage basin--Scioto, Ohio
 Reel 10
B-56 bulletin
 Reel 11
Roadside development
 Reel 11
Cutover reports
 Reel 11
State planning--Indiana and Wisconsin
 Reel 11
State planning--Illinois and W. Virginia
 Reel 11
State planning--Tennessee and Kentucky
 Reel 11
State planning boards--General
 Reel 11
Travelling expenses and correpondence
 Reel 11-12
Misc. bulletins, pamphlets, and reports
 Reel 12
National Resources Planning Board
General correspondence, July 1939-1944
Reel 12
General travelling expenses, etc.
 Reel 12-13
Puerto Rico planning
Correspondence, 1941-1944
Reel 13
Travel correspondence and expenses, 1941
Reel 13
Memos to Gov. Tugwell, 1941-1942
Reel 13
Articles, etc. re: Gov. Tugwell
 Reel 13
Martinez memoes
 Reel 13
Drafts of stages of zoning bill, 1941
Reel 13
Misc. drafts
 Reel 14
Series II. Civic activities
Advisory Committee on Planning and Zonings of U.D. Dept. of Commerce
Papers, ca. 1929-1937
Reel 14
American City Planning Institute
Correspondence, 1923-1940
Reel 14
Misc. reports (zoning plans)
 Reel 14
American Institute of Planners
Correspondence, 1935-1944
Reel 14
Miscellaneous
 Reel 14
American Society of Planning Officers
Correspondence, 1934-1938
Reel 14-15
Correspondence, 1939-1945
Reel 15
Miscellaneous
Reports--Minutes of Society, 1935-1936
Reel 15
Redevelopment Committee--drafts and reports
 Reel 15
Redevelopment Committee--pamphlets and misc. reports
 Reel 15
Redevelopment Bill--misc. drafts
 Reel 16
National Conference on City Planning
Correspondence, 1919-1920 , Program for Conference, 1920
Reel 16
Reorganization Committee, 1933-1935
Reel 16
Amalgamation with A.C.P.I., ca. 1934-1935
Reel 16
Program and Expense Budget for 1935 Conference
Reel 16
Miscellaneous
 Reel 17
National Municipal League Committee on Municipal Charter
Correspondence, 1929-1944
Reel 17
Misc. drafts, reports, minutes, meetings, etc.
 Reel 17
Ohio State Conference on City Planning
Correspondence, 1919-1925
Reel 17
Correspondence, 1926-1941
Reel 18
Miscellaneous
Programs and proceedings, 1920-1931
Reel 18
Legislative Committee reports, 1922-1925
Reel 18
Misc. drafts of act and bills for legislative committee
 Reel 18
Misc. reports and pamphlets
 Reel 18
Ohio State Planning Board
County Zoning (possibly re: Ohio State Conference)
Correspondence, 1933-1939
Reel 19
Correspondence, 1941-1945
Reel 19
Minutes of meetings, 1934-1936
 Reel 19
Misc. drafts
 Reel 19
Series III. Professional activities
American Bar Association
Correspondence, 1928-1944
Reel 19
Reports
 Reel 19
Legal cases
City Bulletin Case, 1933
Reel 19
City of Cincinnati vs. Vester, 1930
Reel 19
City of Cincinnati vs. Wess, 1933
Reel 19
Devoll vs. Better Housing League, 1929
Reel 19-20
Eighth Street Viaduct Case, 1926-1928
Reel 20
Erdman vs. Hauser, n.d.
 Reel 20
Land Registration Case, 1927-1928
Reel 20
Meyer vs. Cupid Ice Cream Company, 1934
Reel 20
Pritz vs. Messer, 1924-1925
Reel 20
Maryland National Park and Planning Commission
Correspondence, 1927-1940
Reel 20
Correspondence, 1941-1944
Reel 21
Drafts re: formation of Commission
 Reel 21
Misc. litigation and legislation material
 Reel 21
Pritz case
 Reel 21
Misc. zoning drafts
 Reel 21
Misc. printed material
 Reel 22
National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Correspondence, 1926-1943
Reel 22-23
Correspondence, 1944-1945
Reel 23
Memos, 1936-1944
Reel 23
Reports, 1926-1944
Reel 23
Drafts re: formation of Commission
 Reel 23
Drafts, 1943
Reel 23
Drafts, 1944
Reel 23
Pamphlets
 Reel 24
Misc. notes, etc.
 Reel 24
Resettlement Administration
Papers, 1935-1940
Reel 24
State legislation in zoning, planning, etc.
Akron, Ohio, 1929
Reel 24
Birmingham, Alabama, 1926-1929
Reel 24
Euclid Village Case, 1923-1931
Reel 24
Lexington, Kentucky, 1929-1930
Reel 24-25
Louisville, Kentucky--building line case
Correspondence, 1936-1939
Reel 25
Drafts
Reel 25
Missouri, 1927-1933
Reel 25-26
Princeton, New Jersey, 1928-1930
Reel 26
TVA and Tennessee State planning, 1933-1939
Reel 26
Louisville, Kentucky, Housing case, 1933-1936
Reel 26
Technical Advisory Corporation
Papers
 Reel 26
Series IV. General planning information--city, state, regional planning
Housing
Better Housing League, 1931-1944
Reel 26
Cincinnati Housing Corporation, 1933-1934
Reel 26
Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, 1933-1936
Reel 27
Federal Reserve
Correspondence, 1936-1945
Reel 27
Drafts (Wagner and Thomas bills)
Reel 27
Misc. memos, reports, drafts re: Wagner and Thomas bills
Reel 27-28
Misc. housing
Correspondence, 1930-1943
Reel 28
Misc. reports, bills, pamphlets
Reel 28
Planning
Planning decisions
Correspondence, 1929-1945
Reel 28-29
Briefs
 Reel 29
Rough notes and drafts
 Reel 29
Misc. planning
 Reel 29
Regional planning--general
Correspondence, 1927-1941
Reel 30
Misc. reports, pamphlets, articles
 Reel 30
Building Line Authority, 1927-1937
Reel 30-31
Roadside zoning
Papers, 1932-1942
Reel 31
Misc. printed pamphlets and articles
Papers
 Reel 31-32
Series V. Alfred Bettman's writings
Lectures at Harvard and Western Reserve
Papers
Reel 32
Misc. writings
Correspondence re: some articles, 1929-1944
Reel 32
Series VI. Miscellaneous correspondence
Correspondence, 1910-1944
Reel 33
Series VII. Maps and plans
Cincinnati City Planning Commission
 Reel 33
Louisville, Kentucky
 Reel 33
Maryland National Park and Planning Commission
 Reel 33
National Capital Park and Planning Commission
 Reel 33
Miscellaneous
 Reel 33