02382cpc  2200325 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002400066040002900090100003600119245004200155300001600197533004400213545065300257520055800910555001701468500004401485524010701529600003301636610005201669610006501721611006601786650001901852650002901871650004601900650002501946650002001971650001901991610004602010392004220001218104239.0840330i19261964nyu                 eng d  a(CStRLIN)NYCV84A302  aNICcNICeappmdNICdNIC1 aOppermann, Paul G.,d1903-1977.00aPaul G. Oppermann papers,f1926-1964.  a2 cubic ft.  aCollection includes carbon typescripts.  aCity planner and planning consultant.bIn the 1940s, Oppermann advised on federal housing legislation as a planner for the Federal Housing Administration.  He was planning director of San Francisco city and county from 1949-58, and was the first director of the Illinois planning agency, predecessor to the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission. He served as president of the American Institute of Planners and as assistant director of the American Society of Planning Officials.  Oppermann lectured in metropolitan planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a member of the International Fraternity of Lambda Alpha, Ely Chapter.  aIncludes carbon typescripts of correspondence between Alfred Bettman and officials of the Federal Housing Administration, with copies directed to Oppermann; memoranda; findings of committees; reports and drafts; legislative acts; notes; proposals; agenda; studies; published proceedings of the Conference on City Planning Administration in Chicago, 1936; correspondence as Director of City Planning, City and County of San Francisco and as Director of the Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Planning Commission; speeches, 1926-1964; and scrapbooks.0 aFolder list.  aPart of Lambda Alpha Literary Archives.  aPaul Oppermann Papers, #3161. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.10aBettman, Alfred,d1873-1945.10aUnited States.bFederal Housing Administration.20aNortheastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Planning Commission.20aConference on City Planning Administrationd(1936 :cChicago) 0aCity planning. 0aCity planningzIllinois. 0aCity planningzCaliforniazSan Francisco. 0aHousing authorities. 0aHousing policy. 0aCity planners.20aLambda Alpha International.bEly Chapter.