Guide to the Milton Glass Files On Kitimat Canada
circa 1950-1954.

Collection Number: 6896

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
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Compiled by:

Sean Lee

Date completed:

August 2011

EAD encoding:

Sean Lee, August 2011

Date modified:

RMC Staff, July 2012

© 2012 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Milton Glass files on Kitimat Canada circa 1950-1954.

Correspondence, maps, photographs, plans, printed materials, publications

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Files relating to the planning and development of Kitimat, B.C..

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Architect. Milton Glass worked on the planned community of Kitimat, British Columbia. Commissioned by Alcan (Aluminum Company of Canada), it was to be British Columbia's first planned community: "Kitimat would be designed for the worker and his family. The fulfillment of people's needs as the focus of a town plan was considered revolutionary. Famed American architect and town planner Clarence S. Stein, and town planners Mayer & Whittlesey of New York fulfilled Alcan's goals. A green space model was chosen separating pedestrian and vehicular traffic and having home, store, and community building face peaceful open spaces, removed from intrusion and hazard by the automobile."

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Files relating to the planning and development of Kitimat, B.C.. The Kitimat collection goes in depth into the planning and development of all aspects of the city, starting from choosing the designers and planners of the city and ending with the evaluation of the mostly finished town. The correspondences, meeting reports, and townsite planning reports show what the planners had in mind at the time and how the town slowly evolved to satisfy the townspeople physically, mentally, and culturally. The collection also includes many photographs used to plan the landscape and various blueprints and reports which show changes between the years of planning. Various publications and attempts to publicize and advertise the town is reflected. Conflicts with the municipal and provincial government are also listed as well as attempts to resolve the conflicts. Records, receipts, correspondences, and figures show the financial struggles in planning and developing the city.

The collection includes correspondences, maps, blueprints, reports, minutes of meetings, photographs, negatives, slides, publications, contracts, receipts, material lists, graphs, advertisements, and news clippings. Notable figures (in no particular order): ALCAN (Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd.), Clarence S. Stein, Julian Whittlesey, Wilbur Smith and Associates, Edmund T. Ames, Albert Mayer, William J. Conklin, Norman Klein, J. A. Currie, Wilfrid R. Ussner, Dan Kiley, James C. Buckley, Ralph Eberlin, Walter E. Kroening, Larry Smith, Lois Barclay, N. L. Engelhardt, Larry Smith, and Roger Willcox.

Mayer & Whittlesey (New York, N.Y)

Subjects:

City planning -- British Columbia -- Kitimat.

Planned communities -- Canada.

New towns -- British Columbia -- Kitimat.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Milton Glass files on Kitimat Canada #6896. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

RELATED MATERIALS

CONTAINER LIST

Date	Description	Container
1957	From the Start of the Job Through to the End of W and C Participation	Box 1	Folder 1
	On the front of the folder, it says: "KEEP THIS FILED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE KITIMAT JOB (this involves several job numbers)"
1952	Townsite Report	Box 1	Folder 2
1951	Correspondence Between Partners of Mayer and Whittlesey re Alcan	Box 1	Folder 3
1951	Miscellaneous Correspondence Relative to Kitimat	Box 1	Folder 4
1951-1952	General Correspondence with Alcan	Box 1	Folder 5
1952	Billing Beta - Fees	Box 1	Folder 6
1952	Billing Data - Reimbursible Expenses	Box 1	Folder 7
1951	Cost Estimates	Box 1	Folder 8
1952	Architectural Production Costs	Box 1	Folder 9
1952	Town Development Costs	Box 1	Folder 10
1952	Drawings Filed in Drafting Room	Box 1	Folder 11
1951	Minutes of Meetings	Box 1	Folder 12
1952	Record of Plans and Reports Submitted to ALCAN	Box 1	Folder 13
1952-1955	Planning Notes, Comments, and Reports	Box 1	Folder 14
1953	James C. Buckley	Box 1	Folder 15
1952	Dan Kiley - Landscape	Box 1	Folder 16
1952	Telecommunications - Walter Duchinsky	Box 1	Folder 17
1951-1952	Kitimat Constructors - Correspondence with	Box 1	Folder 18
1952	Sharp, Thompson, Berwick and Pratt - Architects for Alcan	Box 1	Folder 19
1952	Swan, Rhodes and Wooster Report on Kitimat River Bridge	Box 1	Folder 20
1954	Clarence S. Stein	Box 1	Folder 21
1951	Ralph Eberlin (Utilities)	Box 1	Folder 22
1952	Walter E. Kroening (Community Management)	Box 1	Folder 23
1951-1958	Larry Smith (Commerce and Business)	Box 1	Folder 24
1952	Community Living - Planning for Reports by Lois Barclay Murphy	Box 1	Folder 25
1952	Community "A" - The First Neighborhood; Home, Plot and Road: House Types and Materials	Box 1	Folder 26
1952	Butler Report - Recreation	Box 1	Folder 27
1952	Schools - N. L. Engelhardt	Box 1	Folder 28
1952-1953	Robert L. Davison (Howard T. Fisher Associates)	Box 1	Folder 29
1952	Frederick Latzer (re Utilities)	Box 1	Folder 30
1952	Semmons and Simpson - Architects for Alcan	Box 1	Folder 31
1952	River Control and Mr. K. Ross	Box 1	Folder 32
1951-1952	Weather - Dr. Landsberg	Box 1	Folder 33
1951-1952	Weather Reports from Dr. Landsberg	Box 1	Folder 34
1952	Maps	Box 1	Folder 35
	Indian Mission Weather Records	Box 1	Folder 36
1947-1957	Weather - Charts, etc.	Box 1	Folder 37
1955	Publicity	Box 2	Folder 1
No Date	Source Material (Empty as of August 18th 2011)	Box 2	Folder 2
1953	Kitimat Master Plan Report Backups of Parts I, II, II, and Index	Box 2	Folder 3
1952	Part I of Report on Master Planning	Box 2	Folder 4
	Mimeographed copy of 6.0 "Townsite Physicla Planning" as prepared by Mr. Stein's office for inclusion in the Townsite Report
1952	House Types and Their Relation to Land and Living; Self-Building; Landscaping	Box 2	Folder 5
1951-1952	First Interim Report (Land Use Study and Preliminary Master Plan)	Box 2	Folder 6
1952	Second Interim Report (Revised Town Plan)	Box 2	Folder 7
1957	Larry Smith Reports on Commercial Aspects of Kitimat and the Hotel Facility 1957	Box 2	Folder 8
1952	Larry Smith Reports on Commercial Aspects of Kitimat and the Hotel Facility 1952	Box 2	Folder 9
1951	Walter E. Kroening and Lawrence H. Tucker	Box 2	Folder 10
	Report entitled "The Kitimat Project - Study of Service Personnel Requirements"; Organization - Personnel - Budget
1952	Stein: Progress Report for Kitimat Townsite Planning	Box 2	Folder 11
1952	Howard T. Fisher Associates Report on Materials and Methods - Parts 1 and 2	Box 2	Folder 11
1952	Buckley Secion of Report on Kitimat	Box 2	Folder 12
	Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd.
1953	Master Plan for Service Center	Box 2	Folder 13
	Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd.
1953	Master Plan Report for Kitimat - Part I	Box 2	Folder 14
	Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd.
1953	Master Plan Report for Kitimat - Part II	Box 3	Folder 1
	Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd.
1953	Master Plan Report for Kitimat - Part III	Box 3	Folder 2
	Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd.
1951-1952	Church Planning	Box 3	Folder 3
1952-1955	City and Neighborhood Centers, Commercial Center, Service Center	Box 3	Folder 4
1952-1953	Theater Concept	Box 3	Folder 5
1952-1953	Service Center	Box 3	Folder 6
1953	Parking Facilities	Box 3	Folder 7
1953	Weather	Box 3	Folder 8
	Photos
1953	Commercial Space - J. S. Shakespeare	Box 3	Folder 8
1953-1953	Utilities (Water, Central Heating) and Site Engineering - River Control	Box 3	Folder 9
1953	Terrace Road	Box 3	Folder 10
1952-1954	Landscaping - Dan Kiley	Box 3	Folder 10
1952-1958	Architects - Semmons and Simpson and Sharp, Thompson, Berwik and Pratt	Box 3	Folder 11
1953	James C. Buckley	Box 3	Folder 12
1952-1953	Utilities - Ralph Eberlin	Box 3	Folder 13
1952-1956	Clarence S. Stein and Roger Willcox - Correspondence	Box 3	Folder 14
1952-1953	Correspondence with ALCAN	Box 3	Folder 15
1953	Correspondence with ALCAN	Box 3	Folder 16
1954	Correspondence with ALCAN	Box 4	Folder 1
1956-1957	Town Building Documents and Correspondents	Box 4	Folder 2
1955-1958	Town Building Letters	Box 4	Folder 3
1955	Correspondence With Vancouver Office	Box 4	Folder 4
1956	Correspondence With Vancouver Office	Box 4	Folder 5
1954-1956	Correspondence With Corporation of the District of Kitimat Officials	Box 4	Folder 6
1957	Kitimat Community Council (Stan Rough, Chairman)	Box 4	Folder 7
1952-1956	Contract Proposal	Box 4	Folder 8
1952-1956	Billing	Box 4	Folder 9
1953-1954	Progress Reports	Box 4	Folder 10
1953-1955	By-Laws and Regulations	Box 4	Folder 11
1953	By-Laws (Comments on, bound copies)	Box 4	Folder 12
1954	Master Plan Revisions	Box 4	Folder 13
1952	Survey	Box 4	Folder 14
1952	Field Directions to ALCAN	Box 4	Folder 15
1952	Maps in Connection With Field Directions	Box 4	Folder 16
1952	Minutes of Meetings and Office Memos	Box 5	Folder 1
1952	Architectural Production Costs	Box 5	Folder 2
1956	Planning Notes (Data extracted from Report by Dudley)	Box 5	Folder 3
1957	Conference: Understanding the Community	Box 5	Folder 4
1955	Meeting Report Back Ups	Box 5	Folder 5
1955-1956	Fall (1955) Conference: Development Program; Agendas; Proceedings	Box 5	Folder 6
1952-1955	Material for Possible Publication on Kitimat	Box 5	Folder 7
1954	Correspondence with FORUM (Haskell) re Publication	Box 5	Folder 8
1955	Letters Sent to Individuals and Firms with Brochure Reprint of FORUM Article	Box 5	Folder 9
1954	Publication of Mt. and Reports on Loan	Box 5	Folder 10
1957-1958	Miscellaneous Correspondence Relative to Kitimat	Box 5	Folder 11
1952-1959	Customs Forms and Instructions on Their Use When Shipping Blueprints	Box 5	Folder 12
July 12, 1957	Preliminary Report on Kitimat City Center - Mayer Whittlesey and Glass	Box 5	Folder 13
1955	Annual Report with Info on Alcan and Other Subsidaries of Aluminum Limited	Box 5	Folder 14
1957	City Center - Draft for Final Report (Mayer Whttlesey and Glass)	Box 5	Folder 15
1957	City Center Commercial Development - Volume 1 Draft	Box 5	Folder 16
1957	Ripley and Associates (Soil)	Box 5	Folder 17
1957-1958	Proposal, Contract, Billing	Box 5	Folder 18
1957-1958	Larry Smith and Company	Box 5	Folder 19
1957	Municipality of Kitimat Federal Government	Box 5	Folder 20
1957-1958	Correspondence with Alcan re City Center	Box 5	Folder 21
1958	Miscellaneous Correspondence	Box 5	Folder 22
1957	Notes: Made by J.W. in the Field in April-May, 1957	Box 6	Folder 1
1955-1958	Eric West - re Exhibit (1955) and Later Correspondence	Box 6	Folder 2
1952-1954	Publications	Box 6	Folder 3
	Architectural Forum (October 1954), Fortune (August 1952, July 1954)
1951	Kitimat Proposal by Mayer and Whittlesey	Box 6	Folder 4
1951	Proposal Dated July 31/51	Box 6	Folder 5
1953-1958	Publications	Box 6	Folder 6
	Clarence S. Stein, Kitimat: Progress Report on the ALCAN Project
1950s	Publicity, etc.	Box 6	Folder 7
1950s	Publicity and Historical and Other Data from Kitimat Newspapers and Elsewhere	Box 6	Folder 8
1956-1957	Progress on Physical Development on Kitimat	Box 6	Folder 9
	Newspapers
1954	Publicity	Box 6	Folder 10
1954	Publicity Material1954-1957	Box 6	Folder 11
1953	Zoning (Draft)	Box 6	Folder 12
November 1956	Zoning	Box 6	Folder 13
1954-1964	Zoning	Box 6	Folder 14
1952	Photostats of 4 Drawings	Box 6	Folder 15
1951-1957	Kitimat	Box 7	Folder 1
	Photos, material lists, correspondence, plan reviews, project plans, landscape maps, cost analyses, planning maps, charts and figures, facility plans, reports
1950s	Kitimat Photos	Box 7	Folder 2
1950s	Kitimat Photos	Box 7	Folder 3
1950s	Kitimat Photos	Box 7	Folder 4
1950s	Kitimat Photos	Box 7	Folder 5
1950s	Kitimat Photos	Box 7	Folder 6
1950s	Kitimat Photos	Box 7	Folder 7
1950s	Kitimat Photos	Box 7	Folder 8
1951	Photographs of Kitimat, Kemano, and Nechako	Box 7	Folder 9
No Date	Kitimat Exhibition Panels	Box 7	Folder 10
1959-1960	Reports and Small Plans from Kitimat	Box 7	Folder 11
1958-1960	Reports and Other Material Sent Direct from Kitimat to JW in Athens	Box 7	Folder 12
1959-1965	Correspondence with Mariel Ames (includes Social Study of Kitimat)	Box 7	Folder 13
1962	Consultation with the Municipality Report: Parks and Recreation (Community Plan Report)	Box 7	Folder 14
1959-1965	Community Center Plans	Box 7	Folder 15
1962	Report: Park and Recreation	Box 7	Folder 16
1964-1965	Reports (brought back by JW Nov. 1965)	Box 7	Folder 17
No Date	Kitimat Negatives	Box 7	Folder 18
1964	Drawing List as of January 1964	Box 7	Folder 19
1958	Townsite Development Maps	Box 7	Folder 20
No Date	House Plans	Box 7	Folder 21
1965-1966	Kitimat Consultancy	Box 8	Folder 1
1960	Record of Materials Sent to Julian Whittlesey in Athens, June 1960	Box 8	Folder 2
1959-1961	Henry Strub (Aluminum Secretariat Ltd., in Montreal)	Box 8	Folder 3
1959-1961	Miscellaneous Correspondence re Kitimat, Including Correspondence with Some Alcan People	Box 8	Folder 4
1959-1961	Correspondence with Mrs. Meldrm (Editor, Northern Sentinel) and Planning Articles Therein by Edmund T. Ames	Box 8	Folder 5
1958	Industrial Development Report (Delta Area) by Hopkins	Box 8	Folder 6
1961-1962	Edmund T. Ames (Personal)	Box 8	Folder 7
1960	Kitimat Consultancy - Kitimat Townsite Report	Box 8	Folder 8
1966	Bibliography (Jan. 1962): Community Plan Report Index	Box 8	Folder 9
1961	Background Info - Clippings, Reports, Minutes, etc.	Box 8	Folder 10
	CONSULTATION WITH THE MUNICIPALITY	Box 8	Folder 11-22
1952-1963	Correspondence Reports and Bill re May/63 Trip	Box 8	Folder 11
1956-1962	Traffic Survey Material Related to Wilber Smith File	Box 8	Folder 12
	Traffic survey, various sketches and maps showing intersections, correspondence
1961-1962	Wilbur Smith and Associates (Traffic)	Box 8	Folder 13
1961-1962	Contract and Billing	Box 8	Folder 14
1961	Correspondence with Ames and Currie	Box 8	Folder 15
1961-1962	Correspondence with Ames and Currie	Box 8	Folder 16
1960-1961	Portions of Minutes of Council Meetings	Box 8	Folder 17
1960	Correspondence with W. R. Ussner (Architect)	Box 8	Folder 18
1960	Proposal, Contract, Billing	Box 8	Folder 19
1960-1961	Planning Personnel	Box 8	Folder 20
1960	Correspondence (Ames and Currie)	Box 8	Folder 21
1959	Correspondence (Ames and Currie)	Box 8	Folder 22
No Date	Mayer and Whittlesey Photos	Box 8	Folder 23
	Folders of oversized items. These items are mostly plan drawings for the Kitimat area. Includes plans for the Service Center of the Aluminum company of Canada and the Kitimat Townsite Report, 1960	Mapcase W-5	Folder 1-5
	Oversized portfolio, 2 copies; placed in the library vault, separate from the rest of the collection

Guide to the Milton Glass Files On Kitimat Canadacirca 1950-1954.

Collection Number: 6896

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

© 2012 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Guide to the Milton Glass Files On Kitimat Canada
circa 1950-1954.

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library