Guide to the Ladislas Segoe and Associates, City Planners Records,
1924-1966

Collection Number: 2789

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
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Ithaca, NY 14853
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Compiled by:
R. Shepherd, R.R. Jones
Date completed:
May 1968
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2002

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Ladislas Segoe and Associates, City Planners records, 1924-1966
Collection Number:
2789
Creator:
Ladislas Segoe and Associates, City Planners.
Quantity:
24.3 cubic ft., 2 volumes.
Forms of Material:
Reports, master plans, correspondence, job files, tape recordings, and a transcript.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes reports, master plans, correspondence, and job files of Ladislas Segoe and Associates of Cincinnati, Ohio; and reports of the National Resources Committee (1937-1939). Master plans for Ohio cities, especially Cincinnati and Dayton; and many other areas. Correspondence regarding the Tennessee Valley Authority, Ohio State Planning Board, and Kentucky State Planning Board; and correspondence and job files concerning Greenville, Ohio. Also, tape recordings and published transcript of interview with Ladislas Segoe by Sydney H. Williams, May 1978.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes reports, master plans, correspondence, and job files of Ladislas Segoe and Associates of Cincinnati, Ohio; and reports of the National Resources Committee (1937-1939). Master plans for Ohio cities, especially Cincinnati and Dayton; and many other areas, including Ashland, Kentucky; Charleston, West Virginia; Frederick, Maryland; Lansing and Detroit, Michigan; and Wayne County, Indiana. Correspondence regarding the Tennessee Valley Authority, Ohio State Planning Board, and Kentucky State Planning Board; and correspondence and job files concerning Greenville, Ohio. Also, tape recordings and published transcript of interview with Ladislas Segoe by Sydney H. Williams, May 1978.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Ladislas Segoe and Associates, City Planners.
Segoe, Ladislas.
Williams, Sydney H., interviewer.
Kentucky. State Planning Board.
Ohio. State Planning Board.
Tennessee Valley Authority.
United States. National Resources Committee.

Subjects:
City planning.
City planning--Ohio.

Places:
Ashland (Ky.)--City planning.
Charleston (W. Va.)--City planning.
Cincinnati (Ohio)--City planning.
Dayton (Ohio)--City planning.
Detroit (Mich.)--City planning.
Frederick (Md.)--City planning.
Greenville (Ohio)--City planning.
Lansing (Mich.)--City planning.
Wayne County (Ind.)
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Ladislas Segoe and Associates, City Planners records, #2789. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Urbanism--technical monographs
 Box 1-5
Interprofessional Urban Planning Committee, 1 f.f.
 Box 3
Urbanism Study--files
 Box 6
National Resources Planning Board
 Box 7
National Resources Committee including folders on Indiana
 Box 8
National Resources Committee--reports, monographs, plus some correspondence, 1934-1935
Box 9-10
Master plan for development of Howe Smith properties, Consolidated Toronto Development Corp. Ltd., Jan. 1955 ; Ohio State Planning Board Reports; local planning administration reports; low-cost housing and slum clearance project, Cincinnati, Ohio; the Oakland Study--Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1950 ; Centennial Competition for a plan for Redevelopment and Improvement of the Central Commercial District of Chicago--Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., 1954 ; pamphlets related to planning; Metropolitan Data Center project, Mar. 1, 1965
Box 11
Local planning adm. drafts and related correspondence
 Box 12-13
General correspondence, 1938-1940 ; Covington, Ky. correspondence, 1931-1940 ; Lexington, Ky. correspondence, 1928-1932 ; Columbus, Ohio correspondence and county zoning bill (old)
Box 14
Institute of Traffic Engineers correspondence, 1931-1932 ; Tennessee Valley Authority correspondence, 1934-1946 ; Hamilton County Regional Planning, 1929-1930, 1931-1934 ; Laurel Homes Redevelopment, 1930-1931
Box 15
Cincinnati Union Terminal; Covington, Ky., 1929-1931 ; Dayton, Ohio, 1925-1930
Box 16
Toronto, Canada, Switchyard Study; Tucson, Arizona, Comprehensive Plan Reports, 1936 ; Rehabilitation of Blighted Areas and Conservation of Sound Neighbors; Louisville, Ky., Traffic Survey, 1926-1929 ; Comprehensive Master Plan for Madison, Wisconsin and its Environs; Second Inter-American Congress of Municipalities, Santiago, Chile, 1941 ; Ladislas Segoe's speeches and papers (1 envelope)
Box 17
Ohio State Planning Board, correspondence, 1934-1936 ; Ohio State Planning Conference; Ohio State Planning Board, reports, activities, etc., 1934-1937 ; Ohio Valley Regional Planning Commission, 1936-1937 , correspondence, reports, meetings
Box 18
Dayton, Ohio Comprehensive Plan; Greenville files; Madeira, Ohio, Jonas B. Frenkel, Davis Betts, National Safety Council; Middletown, Ohio, 1930
Box 19
Niagara Falls, Oakwood, Ohio, reports, correspondence, bills, zoning ordinances; Indian Hill Comprehensive Plan (Ohio)
 Box 20
Piqua, Ohio, correspondence, bills, contracts; Kentucky State Planning Board correspondence (old); Louisville Traffic Survey; Woodside Homes
Box 21
Our Cities--National Resources Committee, 1937
Box 22
Urban Planning and Land Policies--National Resources Committee, vols. I-II, 1939
Box 22
Ashland, Kentucky Comprehensive Master Plan, 1959
Box 22
Bellaire, Ohio Comprehensive Master Plan, 1963
Box 22
Bellefontaine, Ohio City Plan, 1956
Box 22
Cahokia, Illinois Comprehensive Master Plan, 1966
Box 22
Charleston, W. Va. Comprehensive Master Plan, vols. I-II, 1962
Box 22
Chillicothe, Ohio Master Plan, 1949
Box 22
Chillicothe, Ohio Master Plan (revised), 1960
Box 22
Cincinnati, Ohio--Official plan, 1925
Box 22
Metropolitan Master Plan studies (monographs)
Airports, 1946
Economy of the area, 1946
Industrial areas, 1946
Motorways, 1947
Parking, 1947
Population, 1945
Public service facilities, 1947
Public transit, 1946
Recreation, 1947
Residential areas, 1946
Riverfront development, 1946
Riverfront redevelopment plan, 1946
Statement and evidence submitted on pending zoning ordinance, 1924
Zoning ordinance outline, 1958
Columbus, Indiana--A renewal action program, 1961
Box 22
Coshocton, Ohio Comprehensive Master Plan, 1961
Box 22
Covington, Kentucky Comprehensive Master Plan, 1931
Box 22
Dayton, Ohio
 Box 22
Dayton, Ohio and Its City Plan (brochure), 1930
Grade crossing elimination, 1925
Delaware, Ohio Comprehensive Master Plan, 1964
Box 22
Delaware County, Ohio Comprehensive Master Plan, 1964
Box 22
Detroit, Michigan
Box 22-23
Master Plan, 1951 (oversize, loose on shelf)
Expressway and Transit System, 1945 (oversize, loose on shelf)
Master Plan (brochures):
Development of Riverfront, 1945
Land Use Plan, 1947
Recreational Facilities, 1946
Trafficways, 1946
Elmwood Place, Ohio General, 1964
Box 23
Fayette County, Ohio General Plan, 1964
Box 23
Franklin, Ohio
Box 23
Comprehensive Development Plan, 1966
Report on Plan Effectuation and Review, 1966
Capital Improvements Program, 1966
Frederick, Maryland Comprehensive Plan, 1964
Box 23
Granville, Ohio Comprehensive Master Plan, 1964
Box 23
Greenville, Ohio City Plan, 1945
Box 23
Guernsey County, Ohio Comprehensive Master Plan, 1965
Box 23
Hamilton County, Ohio Report on Main Thoroughfares, 1936
Box 23
Heath, Ohio Community Plan, 1963
Box 23
Kanawha County, W. Va. Comprehensive Metropolitan Plan, vols. I-II, 1964
Box 23
Kenton, Ohio Comprehensive Master Plan, 1964
Box 23
Lansing, Michigan Comprehensive Master Plan, 1958
Box 23
Lawrenceburg, Indiana Comprehensive Master Plan, 1965
Box 23
Lexington, Ky. Comprehensive Plan, 1931
Box 23
Louisville, Ky. Traffic Survey, vols. I-II, 1927
Box 23
Mason, Ohio Master Plan, 1963
Box 24
Newark, Ohio
Box 24
Comprehensive Master Plan, 1964
Supporting documentation--Vol. II, 1964
North College Hill, Ohio Comprehensive Development Plan, 1966
Box 24
Norwalk, Ohio Comprehensive Master Plan, 1964
Box 24
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin City Plan, 1957
Box 24
Richmond, Indiana Comprehensive Master Plan and Appendix, 1966
Box 24
Richmond, Virginia Land Use and Community Facilities, 1951
Box 24
Rock Island, Illinois
Box 24
City Plan, 1958
Extension of Comprehensive City Plan, 1958
St. Albans, West Virginia City Plan, 1953
Box 24
St. Bernard, Ohio General Community Plan, 1964
Box 24
San Francisco, California
 Box 24
Redevelopment Study, 1947
New City--San Francisco Redeveloped, 1947
Transportation Plan, 1948
Springfield, Missouri
 Box 24
Master Plan for Commercial Development, 1964
Supporting Documentation, 1964
Tuscon, Arizona Rehabilitation of Blighted Areas--Conservation of Sound Neighborhoods, 1942
Box 24
Tulsa, Oklahoma Program for Community Renewal, 1963
Box 24
Washington, Ohio Comprehensive Master Plan, 1962
Box 24
Wayne County, Indiana Comprehensive Master Plan, 1966
Box 24
Zanesville, Ohio Comprehensive Master Plan, vols. I-II, 1963
Box 24