Guide to the Frederick Morrison Babcock Publications,
1941-1973

Collection Number: 4087

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Frederick Morrison Babcock publications, 1941-1973
Collection Number:
4087
Creator:
Frederick Morrison Babcock
Quantity:
3 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Publications, including land valuations, estimates, reports and development studies.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Publications, including land valuations, estimates, reports and development studies by Frederick Morrison Babcock. Areas represented in these studies are located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Frederick Morrison Babcock (1898-1983) and his brother Henry Babcock were affiliated with their father's real estate appraisal firm, William H. Babcock and Sons.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Publications, including land valuations, estimates, reports and development studies by Frederick Morrison Babcock. Areas represented in these studies are located in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Babcock, Frederick Morrison.
Babcock, Henry Andrews, 1891-
Babcock, William H.
William H. Babcock and Sons.

Subjects:
City planning.
Land use--Planning.
Real estate development.
Real property--Valuation.
Real property surveys.
Real property--Illinois.
Real property--Indiana.
Real property--Iowa.
Real property--Kansas.
Real property--Maryland.
Real property--Minnesota.
Real property--Missouri.
Real property--Nevada.
Real property--New Jersey.
Real property--New Mexico.
Real property--New York (State)
Real property--North Carolina.
Real property--Pennsylvania.
Real property--Virginia.
Real property--Washington (D.C.)
Real estate appraisers.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Frederick Morrison Babcock Publications, #4087. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
RELATED MATERIAL

Related collection: William H. Babcock and Sons. Records. University of Wyoming, Archive of Contemporary History.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Series I. New Jersey
Jersey City
Valuation. Re-Use Parcel #1, Holland Tunnel Urban Renewal Project, July 13, 1962.
 Box 1
Valuations. Re-Use Parcel #2, Holland Tunnel Urban Renewal Project, Oct. 11, 1962.
 Box 1
Columbus Bridge Plaza West Project. Jersey City, Aug. 1, 1968.
 Box 1
West Orange
Valuations. Disposition Parcels, Thomas A. Edison Urban Renewal Project. West Orange, Feb. 3, 1967.
 Box 1
West New York
Valuations, Disposition Tracts, Revised Plan Boulevard East Urban Renewal Project, June 25, 1963.
 Box 1
Valuations, Disposition Tracts. Revised Plan Boulevard East Urban Renewal Project, Dec. 7, 1965.
 Box 1
Trenton
Valuations, Re-Use Parcels 2, 3, & 5, John Fitch Way #3 Urban Renewal Project, Aug. 2, 1966.
 Box 1
Disposition Plans, Trenton Mall, City Center Urban Renewal Project, Mar. 7, 1967.
 Box 1
Garage Price Estimate, Trenton Mall, City Center Urban Renewal Project, May 29, 1967.
 Box 1
Valuations, John Fitch Way #3, Urban Renewal Project Trenton, May 2, 1968.
 Box 1
Valuations, Development Area A, John Fitch Way III, Urban Renewal Project, Sept. 20, 1968.
 Box 1
Valuation, Sites Nos. 1 and 2, John Fitch Way III, Urban Renewal Project, Oct. 9, 1968.
 Box 1
Series II. Pennsylvania
Erie
Valuation Disposition Parcels, Erie Downtown, May 3, 1965.
 Box 1
Valuation Disposition Parcels, State Street, URP, Erie, Oct. 13, 1965.
 Box 1
Updated Valuations. Disposition Parcels, Erie Downtown, Dec. 2, 1966.
 Box 1
Valuation Motel Site, TH-RO, Erie Downtown, Jan. 30, 1968.
 Box 1
Updated Valuation Disposition Parcels, State Street, Erie, June 3, 1968.
 Box 1
Updated Valuation. Unsold Disposition Parcels, Downtown Erie, Dec. 12, 1968.
 Box 1
Updated Valuation. Disposition Parcel 29-F, Downtown Erie Urban Renewal Project, Apr. 30, 1969.
 Box 1
Philadelphia
Valuation Parcel 7, Market St., East Urban Renewal Project, Sept. 1, 1973.
 Box 1
Bethlehem
Valuation Re-Use Tracts A and B, Northhampton Heights Urban Renewal Project, Sept. 1, 1973.
 Box 1
Reading
Valuation Planning and Market Analysis, Downtown East Urban Renewal Project, Feb. 1, 1968.
 Box 1
Planning and Market Analysis, Downtown East Urban Renewal Project, Feb. 1, 1968.
 Box 1
Valuation Market for Transient Housing, Downtown East Urban Renewal Project, Feb. 2, 1968.
 Box 1
Lewistown
Land Utilization and Marketablity Study, East Market St., Urban Renewal Project, May 8, 1965.
 Box 1
Valuations Re-Use Parcels, East Market St., Urban Renewal Project, May 11, 1965.
 Box 1
Series III. North Carolina
High Point
Acquisition Valuations, Elwood Hotel Property, East Central Urban Renewal Project, High Point, Jan. 10, 1964.
 Box 1
Valuation, Magic Block 60, Parcel 1, East Central Urban Renewal Project, Dec. 5, 1964.
 Box 1
Pilot Study Civic Center and Museum Project, Oct. 13, 1965.
 Box 1
Valuation Report Elwood Hotel Property, Mar. 1, 1966.
 Box 1
Market for Transient Housing, East Central Urban Renewal Project, May 16, 1966.
 Box 1
Recommendations and Findings Land Use and Marketability, Harrison Center Urban Renewal Project, Aug. 5, 1968.
 Box 1
Charlotte
Re-Use Land Market, Brooklyn, Preliminary Report, Nov. 5, 1959.
 Box 1
Re-Use Valuations, Land Utilization and Marketability Study, Brooklyn Section 1, Oct. 1960.
 Box 1
Valuation Re-Use Parcels Section #1, Brooklyn, Feb. 1, 1963.
 Box 1
Valuation Re-Use Parcels, Section #2, Brooklyn Neighborhood, Mar. 5, 1963.
 Box 1
Valuation Re-Use Parcels, Section #3, Brooklyn, Jan. 10, 1964.
 Box 1
Market for Transient Housing, Sections #3, 4, and 5, Brooklyn, June 1966.
 Box 1
Land Utilization and Market Study, Section #4, Brooklyn, Oct. 5, 1964.
 Box 1
Land Utilization and Marketability Study, Sections #3, 4, and 5, Brooklyn, June 1966.
 Box 1
Series IV. Missouri
St. Louis
Estimates of Values, Re-Use Parcels, Mill Creek Valley Redevelopment, Oct. 21, 1958. (hard cover)
 Box 1
Estimates of Values, Re-Use Parcels, Mill Creek Valley (supplement), July 15, 1959.
 Box 1
Estimates of Values, Re-Use Parcels, Kosciusko, June 6, 1960.
 Box 1
Estimates of Values, Disposition Tracts Nos. 67, 69, 80 and 82, Mill Creek Valley, Dec. 15, 1960.
 Box 1
Estimates of Values, Disposition of I-5, I-8, I-12, I-15, I-16, I-17, and I-19, Kosciusko, Apr. 30, 1962.
 Box 1
Valuations, Disposition Tracts 12A, 12B, 77 and 78, Mill Creek Valley Redevelopment, Aug. 9, 1962.
 Box 1
Re-Use Valuations, Industrial Tracts 36A, 36B, 59A, 59B, Commercial Tracts 83, 84, and 38, Mill Creek Valley, March 13, 1963.
 Box 1
Valuations Disposition Tracts 68, 77A, 78B and 79, Mill Creek Valley, Oct. 1, 1963.
 Box 1
Valuations, Industrial Dispositions Tracts, Kosciusko, Oct. 2, 1963.
 Box 1
Series V. New Mexico
Los Alamos
Examination of FHA Procedures, Pricing of Disposal Properties, Los Alamos, Apr. 30, 1965.
 Box 1
Valuations, Commercial Properties, Los Alamos, Dec. 22, 1965.
 Box 1
Valuations, Community Center, Los Alamos, Aug. 21, 1967.
 Box 1
Series VI. Nevada
Nevada Community
Report to U.S. Atomic Energy Commission Financial Plan for Nevada Community, Dec. 1, 1962.
 Box 1
Report to U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Alternate Finance Plan for Nevada Housing, Mar. 4, 1963.
 Box 1
Series VII. Virginia
Reston
Valuation Real Estate Properties, Reston, Dec. 1967.
 Box 1
Valuation Real Estate Properties, Reston, and itemized properties, Dec. 1967.
 Box 1
Fairfax
Valuation, Burling Tract, Fairfax County, May 1, 1967.
 Box 1
Danville
Survey of Re-Use Market, Union St., Redevelopment, Oct. 15, 1957.
 Box 1
Estimates of Values, Re-Use Parcels, Union St., Dec. 15, 1958.
 Box 1
Revaluation of Re-Use Parcels, Union St., Jan. 1964.
 Box 1
Valuation of Re-Use Parcels, Block A,C,D,E, and F, Dec. 21, 1964.
 Box 1
Ridge Street Redevelopment, Danville, July 15, 1954. (hard cover)
 Box 1
Dulles
Valuations, Development Sites in C-7 Office Bldg., Area Dulles 1A, Aug. 2, 1968.
 Box 1
Newport News
Central District Redevelopment, Newport News, Jan. 31, 1955.
 Box 1
Valuations, Disposition Tracts 2A, 2B, 9, 12, 14, 16, 17B, 17C, 18 and 19, Jan. 1961.
 Box 1
Alexandria
Redevelopment Parcel A, Phase II, Gadsby, Apr. 1968.
 Box 1
Valuation Disposition Parcel D, Gadsby Commercial Urban Renewal, June 1969.
 Box 1
Valuations Disposition Parcels B and C, Gadsby Commercial, Jan. 1970.
 Box 1
Valuation Disposition Parcels, B.C.D. Gadsby Commercial, Sept. 7, 1970.
 Box 1
Arlington
Hot Shoppes Drive-In Restaurant, S Approaches 14th St., July 1959.
 Box 1
Norfolk
Valuations Leasehold Estate and Equity, Little Creek Apartments, Title VIII, Jan. 10, 1959.
 Box 1
Valuation Parcels 31 and 32, Atlantic City Redevelopment, Sept. 17, 1962.
 Box 1
Estimate of Damage to Norfolk Southern Railway Co., Jan 6, 1969.
 Box 1
Series VIII. Kansas
Fort Leavenworth
Leasehold Estates and Equities Kent Homes, Marshall Homes, Title VIII, Mar. 17, 1958.
 Box 1
Fort Riley
Valuations Leasehold Estate and Equity, Fort Riley Apartments, Title VIII Housing Project, Mar. 11, 1958.
 Box 1
Series IX. Illinois
Rantoul
Valuations Leasehold Estates and Equities, Chanute Apartments, Chanute Gardens, Title VIII, Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, Illinois, May 1, 1957.
Box 2
Series X. New York
New York City
Research Proposal Movable School Structures, Nov. 1, 1948.
 Box 2
Utica
Central District Redevelopment, Utica, New York, Jan. 15, 1957.
 Box 2
Series XI. Indiana
South Bend
Valuations, Disposition Parcels, Chapin St., Urban Renewal Project, July 7, 1965.
 Box 2
Valuations Disposition Parcels, La Salle Park Urban Renewal Project, South Bend, Dec. 10, 1965.
 Box 2
Series XII. Iowa
Dubuque
Housing in Dubuque, Aug. 19, 1946.
 Box 2
Series XIII. Minnesota
Housing in Minnesota, Jan. 15, 1941
Box 2
Series XIV. Washington, D.C.
Preliminary Acquisition Cost Estimates, First Project Area, D.C. Redevelopment Land Agency, Sept. 19, 1951. (hard cover)
 Box 2
Wholesale Food Market, Southwest Redevelopment, D.C., May 25, 1955.
 Box 2
Farmers Produce Market, Aug. 30, 1957.
 Box 2
Municipal Fish Market and Wharf, Southwest Redevelopment, Aug. 30, 1957.
 Box 2
Valuations Waterfront Disposition Sites, Sept. 24, 1963.
 Box 2
Re-Use Valuation Site E, Waterfront Redevelopment, Apr. 14, 1967.
 Box 2
Valuations Waterfront Disposition Sites, Dec. 28, 1967.
 Box 2
Valuations Site F, Pier 4, and Site P-6, Southwest Redevelopment, July 21, 1969.
 Box 2
Zoning, Mount Vernon Square East, Oct. 1972.
 Box 2
Valuation 4880 MacArthur Blvd., Oct. 1972.
 Box 2
Valuations, Waterfront Disposition Sites D-1, D-2, A & D-2, & D-2-B, Southwest Redevelopment Project, Dec. 2, 1974.
 Box 2
Valuation Waterfront Disposition Site C-3, 6, Southwest Redevelopment, July 15, 1977.
 Box 2
Series XV. Maryland
Baltimore
Valuation Baltimore Dairy Plant plus correspondence, May 26, 1959.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 7, Charles Center, Dec. 1959.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 13, Charles Center, Dec. 1959.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 5, Charles Center, Mar. 1960.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 6, Charles Center, July 1960.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 9, 10, 11, Charles Center, July 1960.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 2, Charles Center, July 1960.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 3, Charles Center, July 1960.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Areas 12A and 12B, Charles Center, Jan. 1961.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Areas 8A and 8B, Charles Center, Apr. 1961.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 4, Charles Center, Aug. 1961.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 15, Charles Center, Dec. 1961.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 9, 10, 11, Charles Center, Mar. 1962.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Areas 1 and 2, Charles Center, June 1962.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 14, Charles Center, June 1962.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 16A, Charles Center, Sept. 1964.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Areas 1 and 2, Charles Center, Sept. 1964.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 3A, Charles Center, Dec. 1964.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 12, Charles Center, Jan. 1965.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 6, Charles Center, Feb. 1965.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 5, Charles Center, July 1966.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 16B, Charles Center, Nov. 1966.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 1, Inner Harbor Project I, July 10, 1968.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 18, Inner Harbor Project I, Nov. 21, 1968.
 Box 2
Reevaluation Remaining Property, Charles Center Development Area 9, 10, 11, Apr. 1969.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 4, Inner Harbor, Dec. 10, 1969.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 8-9, Inner Harbor Project I, Dec. 10, 1969.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 15C, Inner Harbor Project I., May 1, 1970.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 15A, 22, 23, Inner Harbor Project I, Apr. 1971.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 5, Inner Harbor Project I, July 31, 1972.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 9A, Inner Harbor Project I, Apr. 27, 1971.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 11, Inner Harbor Project I, Dec. 5, 1972.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 5, Charles Center, Baltimore, Mar. 20, 1973.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Areas 15A, 22 and 23, Inner Harbor Project I, Nov. 8, 1973.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 25, Inner Harbor, July 18, 1974.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Area 5A, Inner Harbor West, July 18, 1974.
 Box 2
Valuation Development Areas 16A and 17A, Inner Harbor West, Oct. 7, 1974.
 Box 2
Montgomery County
Review of Re-Use Appraisals, Emory Grove Project in Montgomery County, Dec. 29, 1971.
 Box 2
Red Gate Farm Industrial Land, Rockville, Mar. 9, 1972.
 Box 2
Reduction in Value, No. 5 Bay Tree Lane, Lot 9, Tulip Hill
 Box 2
Rockville
Valuation Disposition Tracts Mid-City Urban Renewal, May 16, 1963.
 Box 2
Valuation Disposition Tract D-8, Mid-City, Sept. 17, 1965.
 Box 2
Valuation Parcel 2B, Mid-City, Nov. 7, 1966.
 Box 2
Valuation Disposition Tracts 3A, Mid-City, Nov. 7, 1966.
 Box 2
Valuation Disposition Tracts, Junior College Urban Renewal, Dec. 11, 1967.
 Box 2
Valuation Disposition Parcel 1-C, Mid-City, June 1969.
 Box 2
Valuation Disposition Parcel 1-D, Mid-City, July 1970.
 Box 2
Valuation Disposition Parcel 2E, Mid-City, July 1970.
 Box 2
Valuation Parcel 2B-1. Mid-City, Feb. 1971.
 Box 2
Valuation Disposition Parcel 2E, Mid-City, Feb. 1971.
 Box 2
Valuation Disposition Parcel 4A, Mid-City, Apr. 1971.
 Box 2
Valuation Disposition Parcel 2C, Mid-City, Sept. 19, 1973..
 Box 2
Valuation Disposition Parcel 2D, Mid-City, Sept. 1973..
 Box 2
Valuation Disposition Parcel 3C, Mid-City, Oct. 1973..
 Box 2
Cumberland
Urban Renewal Plan Center City II, Urban Renewal Area, May 26, 1970.
 Box 2
Valuation Disposition Parcels, George Street Urban Renewal Project, Feb. 23, 1966.
 Box 2
Valuations Disposition Parcels, George St., Urban Renewal Project, Cumberland, Feb. 28, 1970.
 Box 2
Laurel
Valuation Kimco Maryland, Inc. Zayre Store, Laurel, Aug. 4, 1971. (Copy I to Wyoming has correspondence file)
 Box 2
Series XVI. Miscellaneous Reports
War Housing Proposal, July 1942.
 Box 3
Toward a Postwar Housing Program prepared for Postwar Committee and the Producer's Council, May 1, 1944.
 Box 3
Report on Interest Rate for G.I. Home Loans. Prepared for Organizations Council of Altadena, California, Fall, 1948.
 Box 3
Recommendations on Air Force Housing Legislation, Mar. 1, 1949.
 Box 3
Recommendations and Suggestions on Policies and Practices in Housing of Families of Government Workers for Bureau of Budget, June 1, 1950.
Box 3
Preliminary Suggestions on NSRB Planning Project Housing and Community Facilities in Post-Attack Industrial Rehabilitation, Dec. 27, 1951.
Box 3
Discussion of Methods of Determining Values and Time Charter Hire Rates of Requisitional Vessels. A Report to American-Hawaiian Steamship Co., June 25, 1952.
Box 3
Methods of Valuation and Estimation of Hire Rates of Requisitioned Ships. Report to American-Hawaiian Steamship Co., Aug. 22, 1952.
 Box 3
Recommendations on Private Rental Housing Legislation for Oak Ridge and Richland. Feb. 27, 1950.
 Box 3
Recommendations on Private Rental Housing Legislation for Oak Ridge and Richland. Aug. 9, 1951.
 Box 3
Report on Current Status of Plans of the Federal Security Agency on Housing and Community Facilities in Post-Attack Industrial Rehabilitation, Apr. 8, 1952.
Box 3
Report to Home Builders on Recommended Appraisal Research, Dec. 14, 1956.
 Box 3
Report on Recommended NAHB Activities in Appraisal Field, prepared for NAHB, Dec. 15, 1956.
 Box 3
Report Training Curriculum, FHA Multiple Housing Programs, Dec. 6, 1961.
 Box 3
Quality Rating of Mortgage Portfolios to Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System, Sept. 15, 1964.
 Box 3
Land Acquisition Procedures and Techniques, July 30, 1971.
 Box 3
Valuation Processing in New Communities Program, Department of HUD, Septeber 6, 1969.
 Box 3
Disposition Practices, Organization and Procedures, Feb. 1973.
 Box 3
Re-Use Valuation Techniques, Principles and Processes, A Report for D.C., R.L.A., Feb. 1973.
 Box 3
Instructions for Land Acquisition Appraisers, Mar. 1973.
 Box 3
11th Annual Report of FHA, 1944.
 Box 3
Report: Trend in Section 50I GI Home Loan Activity.
 Box 3