Hilbert Fefferman papers, 1946-2002.
Collection Number: 8421

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Hilbert Fefferman papers, 1946-2002.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
8421
Abstract:
Includes correspondence, 1946-2002 on housing and financing issues and journal articles. Also, signed photographs of George Romney and Robert Weaver and a HUD Distinguished Service Award certificate.
Creator:
Fefferman, Hilbert.
Quanitities:
1 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Hilbert Fefferman served as chief legislative attorney for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from 1941 until 1972. He was also a visiting professor of city planning at MIT and special counsel for Fannie Mae in Washington. He was responsible for drafting major federal and state legislation relating to housing and urban development, including the creation of Fannie Mae and modern mortgage secondary market financing, civil rights developments, and the reconstruction of cities through urban renewal.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence, 1946-2002 on housing and financing issues and journal articles. Also, signed photographs of George Romney and Robert Weaver and a HUD Distinguished Service Award certificate.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Hilbert Fefferman papers, #8421. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (United States. Department of Labor) -- : Officials and employees.
Federal National Mortgage Association
Subjects:
Secondary mortgage market.
Mortgage loans.
Housing.
City planning.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1 Folder 1
Vitae and bibliographics
1970-1977
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondence
1946-1959
Box 1 Folder 3
Correspondence
1961-1969
Box 1 Folder 4
Correspondence
1970-1978
Box 1 Folder 5
Correspondence
1980-2002
Box 1 Folder 6
Oversight hearings, "Urban Growth and New Community Development Act of 1970"
1976
Box 1 Folder 7
Coan, Couture, Lyons and Moorhead biographics
1981-1984
Box 1 Folder 8
Fannie Mac
1978-1990
Box 1 Folder 9
Harvard - critical legal studies
1984-1985
Box 1 Folder 10
Moe Fleissig
1977
Box 1 Folder 11
McFarland book
1976-1977
Box 1 Folder 12
"Where We Live"
1988-1989
Box 1 Folder 13
Lloyd Rodwin
1999-2001
Box 1 Folder 14
Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering
1973-1976
Box 1
Journal articles
1947-1997
Box 2
Signed photographs of George Romney and Robert Weaver
Box 2
Group photograph
Box 2
HUD Distinguished Service Award certificate
Box 2 TR-10526
FNMA, presentation to real estate analyst group with Q & A, David O. Maxwell [tape cassette]
1983
Box 2
Small flyer for 1999 annual housing conference, encased in acrylic
1999
Box 3 Folder 1
Group photo of Dutch housing officials and Hilbert Fefferman
1949
Box 3 Folder 1
Photo of Hilbert and Helen Fefferman
n.d.
Box 3 Folder 2
HUD Proposal, legislative draft
1970
Box 3 Folder 3
Charles M. Haar items
1992, 1996
Box 3 Folder 4
The American Institute of Architects, National Housing Policy
1976
Box 3 Folder 5
"My Temporary Job in Washington," Ashley Foard
1980
Box 3 Folder 6
Miscellaneous
n.d.