Alfred Bettman papers, 1910-1945.
Collection Number: 2774

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Alfred Bettman papers, 1910-1945.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
2774
Abstract:
Microfilmed papers include correspondence, memoranda, drafts, lectures, clippings, minutes, articles, pamphlets, programs, budgets, reports, briefs, regulations, and records of conferences and committees pertaining to various planning agencies and projects. Also includes a photocopied "Draft of an Act for Urban Development and Redevelopment," by Alfred Bettman, 1943.
Creator:
Bettman, Alfred, 1873-1945.
Quanitities:
33 microfilm reels.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Alfred Bettman was a city planner.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Microfilmed papers include correspondence, memoranda, drafts, lectures, clippings, minutes, articles, pamphlets, programs, budgets, reports, briefs, regulations, and records of conferences and committees pertaining to the American Bar Association, American City Planning Institute, American Institute of Planners, American Society of Planning Officials, Better Housing Authority, Cincinnati City Planning Commission, Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, Federal Reserve, Maryland National Park and Planning Commission, National Capital Park and Planning Commission, National Resources Planning Board, Regional Planning Commission of Hamilton County, Ohio, Resettlement Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority, and the U.S. Department of Commerce Advisory Committee on Planning and Zoning. Material relates primarily to zoning, housing, and city planning in Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Puerto Rico, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Also includes a photocopied "Draft of an Act for Urban Development and Redevelopment," by Alfred Bettman, 1943.
Available Copies:

Originals held by the University of Cincinnati.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Alfred Bettman Papers, #2774. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:
American Bar Association
American Institute of Planners
Better Housing Authority (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Cincinnati (Ohio). City Planning Commission
Cincinnati (Ohio). Metropolitan Housing Authority
Maryland. National Park and Planning Commission
Regional Planning Commission (Hamilton Co., Ohio)
Tennessee Valley Authority
United States. Federal Reserve
United States. National Capital Park and Planning Commission
United States. National Resources Planning Board
United States. Resettlement Administration
United States. Department of Commerce. Advisory Committee on Planning and Zoning
Places:
Cincinnati (Ohio) -- City planning.
Subjects:
City planners.
Zoning.
Regional planning.
Housing.
City planning and redevelopment law.
City planning -- Wisconsin.
City planning -- West Virginia.
City planning -- Tennessee.
City planning -- Puerto Rico.
City planning -- Kentucky.
City planning -- Indiana.
City planning -- Illinois.
City planning -- Alabama.

CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Series I. Public activities
Cincinnati City Planning Commission
Microfilm Reel 1
Correspondence,
1919-1944
Microfilm Reel 2
Correspondence,
1919-1944
Microfilm Reel 3
Correspondence,
1919-1944
Microfilm Reel 3
Proceedings of the Commission,
1927-1928
Microfilm Reel 3
Proceedings of the Commission,
1929
Microfilm Reel 3
Proceedings of the Commission,
1936-1944
Microfilm Reel 3
Calendars of the Commission meetings,
1927-1940
Microfilm Reel 3
Budgets for Commission and related correspondence,
1937-1944
Microfilm Reel 3
United City Planning Committee,
1922-1926
Microfilm Reel 3
Master Plan,
1942-1944
Microfilm Reel 3
City Bond and improvement program,
1926-1945
Microfilm Reel 3
Technical Advisory Corp. and the City Plan (Preliminary Report - 1922 and final scheme - 1925)
1922, 1925
Microfilm Reel 4
Technical Advisory Corp. and the City Plan (Preliminary Report - 1922 and final scheme - 1925)
1922, 1925
Zoning Board of Appeals
Microfilm Reel 4
Correspondence,
1926-1931
Microfilm Reel 4
Annual Reports,
1926-1938
Zoning Regulations, Building Codes, etc.
Microfilm Reel 4
Cincinnati City Planning reports
Microfilm Reel 4
Drafts,
1929-1932
Microfilm Reel 5
Miscellaneous Zoning manuscripts
Miscellaneous
Microfilm Reel 5
Price Hill area
Microfilm Reel 5
Flood control
Microfilm Reel 5
Misc. reports,
1932-1937
Microfilm Reel 5
Undated misc.
Microfilm Reel 5
Newspaper clippings
Microfilm Reel 5
Bureau of Municipal Research (Governmental Research)
Regional Planning Commission of Hamilton County, Ohio
Microfilm Reel 5
Correspondence,
Mar. 19, 1928-Dec. 4, 1941
Microfilm Reel 6
Sub-division regulations,
1937-1941
Microfilm Reel 6
Zoning,
1936-1941
Microfilm Reel 6
Drafts,
1935-1941
Microfilm Reel 6
Misc. pamphlets
Microfilm Reel 6
Minutes of Commission,
1929-1941
Microfilm Reel 6
Miscellaneous
National Resources Planning Board
Microfilm Reel 6
National Resources Board--correspondence
1933-May 1935
Microfilm Reel 7
National Resources Board--correspondence
1933-May 1935
National Resources Commission
Microfilm Reel 7
Correspondence,
June-Oct. 1935
Microfilm Reel 7
Correspondence,
Nov. 1935-Feb. 1936
Microfilm Reel 7
Correspondence,
Mar.-Dec. 1936
Microfilm Reel 8
Correspondence,
Mar.-Dec. 1936
Microfilm Reel 8
Correspondence,
Feb.-Dec. 1937
Microfilm Reel 8
Correspondence,
Jan.-Apr. 1938
Microfilm Reel 9
Correspondence,
Jan.-Apr. 1938
Microfilm Reel 9
Correspondence,
May-Dec. 1938
Microfilm Reel 10
Correspondence,
Jan. 1938-May 1939
Miscellaneous National Resources Commission
Microfilm Reel 10
Stream Pollution Compact Commission, flood control, etc.
Microfilm Reel 10
Drainage basin--Scioto, Ohio
Microfilm Reel 11
B-56 bulletin
Microfilm Reel 11
Roadside development
Microfilm Reel 11
Cutover reports
Microfilm Reel 11
State planning--Indiana and Wisconsin
Microfilm Reel 11
State planning--Illinois and W. Virginia
Microfilm Reel 11
State planning--Tennessee and Kentucky
Microfilm Reel 11
State planning boards--General
Microfilm Reel 11
Travelling expenses and correspondence
Microfilm Reel 12
Travelling expenses and correspondence
Microfilm Reel 12
Misc. bulletins, pamphlets, and reports
National Resources Planning Board
Microfilm Reel 12
General correspondence,
July 1939-1944
Microfilm Reel 12
General travelling expenses, etc.
Microfilm Reel 13
General travelling expenses, etc.
Puerto Rico planning
Microfilm Reel 13
Correspondence,
1941-1944
Microfilm Reel 13
Travel correspondence and expenses,
1941
Microfilm Reel 13
Memos to Gov. Tugwell,
1941-1942
Microfilm Reel 13
Articles, etc. re: Gov. Tugwell
Microfilm Reel 13
Martinez memoes
Microfilm Reel 13
Drafts of stages of zoning bill,
1941
Microfilm Reel 14
Misc. drafts
Series II. Civic activities
Advisory Committee on Planning and Zonings of U.D. Dept. of Commerce
Microfilm Reel 14
Papers,
1929-1937
American City Planning Institute
Microfilm Reel 14
Correspondence,
1923-1940
Microfilm Reel 14
Misc. reports (zoning plans)
American Institute of Planners
Microfilm Reel 14
Correspondence,
1935-1944
Microfilm Reel 14
Miscellaneous
American Society of Planning Officers
Microfilm Reel 14
Correspondence,
1934-1938
Microfilm Reel 15
Correspondence,
1934-1938
Microfilm Reel 15
Correspondence,
1939-1945
Miscellaneous
Microfilm Reel 15
Reports--Minutes of Society,
1935-1936
Microfilm Reel 15
Redevelopment Committee--drafts and reports
Microfilm Reel 15
Redevelopment Committee--pamphlets and misc. reports
Microfilm Reel 16
Redevelopment Bill--misc. drafts
National Conference on City Planning
Microfilm Reel 16
Correspondence, 1919-1920 , Program for Conference, 1920
1919-1920
Microfilm Reel 16
Reorganization Committee,
1933-1935
Microfilm Reel 16
Amalgamation with A.C.P.I.,
1934-1935
Microfilm Reel 16
Program and Expense Budget for 1935 Conference
1935
Microfilm Reel 17
Miscellaneous
National Municipal League Committee on Municipal Charter
Microfilm Reel 17
Correspondence,
1929-1944
Microfilm Reel 17
Misc. drafts, reports, minutes, meetings, etc.
Ohio State Conference on City Planning
Microfilm Reel 17
Correspondence,
1919-1925
Microfilm Reel 18
Correspondence,
1926-1941
Miscellaneous
Microfilm Reel 18
Programs and proceedings,
1920-1931
Microfilm Reel 18
Legislative Committee reports,
1922-1925
Microfilm Reel 18
Misc. drafts of act and bills for legislative committee
Microfilm Reel 18
Misc. reports and pamphlets
Ohio State Planning Board
County Zoning (possibly re: Ohio State Conference)
Microfilm Reel 19
Correspondence,
1933-1939
Microfilm Reel 19
Correspondence,
1941-1945
Microfilm Reel 19
Minutes of meetings, 1934-1936
Microfilm Reel 19
Misc. drafts
Series III. Professional activities
American Bar Association
Microfilm Reel 19
Correspondence,
1928-1944
Microfilm Reel 19
Reports
Legal cases
Microfilm Reel 19
City Bulletin Case,
1933
Microfilm Reel 19
City of Cincinnati vs. Vester,
1930
Microfilm Reel 19
City of Cincinnati vs. Wess,
1933
Microfilm Reel 19
Devoll vs. Better Housing League,
1929
Microfilm Reel 20
Devoll vs. Better Housing League,
1929
Microfilm Reel 20
Eighth Street Viaduct Case,
1926-1928
Microfilm Reel 20
Erdman vs. Hauser, n.d.
Microfilm Reel 20
Land Registration Case,
1927-1928
Microfilm Reel 20
Meyer vs. Cupid Ice Cream Company,
1934
Microfilm Reel 20
Pritz vs. Messer,
1924-1925
Maryland National Park and Planning Commission
Microfilm Reel 20
Correspondence,
1927-1940
Microfilm Reel 21
Correspondence,
1941-1944
Microfilm Reel 21
Drafts re: formation of Commission
Microfilm Reel 21
Misc. litigation and legislation material
Microfilm Reel 21
Pritz case
Microfilm Reel 21
Misc. zoning drafts
Microfilm Reel 22
Misc. printed material
National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Microfilm Reel 22
Correspondence,
1926-1943
Microfilm Reel 23
Correspondence,
1926-1943
Microfilm Reel 23
Correspondence,
1944-1945
Microfilm Reel 23
Memos,
1936-1944
Microfilm Reel 23
Reports,
1926-1944
Microfilm Reel 23
Drafts re: formation of Commission
Microfilm Reel 23
Drafts,
1943
Microfilm Reel 23
Drafts,
1944
Microfilm Reel 24
Pamphlets
Microfilm Reel 24
Misc. notes, etc.
Resettlement Administration
Microfilm Reel 24
Papers,
1935-1940
State legislation in zoning, planning, etc.
Microfilm Reel 24
Akron, Ohio,
1929
Microfilm Reel 24
Birmingham, Alabama,
1926-1929
Microfilm Reel 24
Euclid Village Case,
1923-1931
Microfilm Reel 24
Lexington, Kentucky,
1929-1930
Microfilm Reel 25
Lexington, Kentucky,
1929-1930
Louisville, Kentucky--building line case
Microfilm Reel 25
Correspondence,
1936-1939
Microfilm Reel 25
Drafts
Microfilm Reel 25
Missouri,
1927-1933
Microfilm Reel 26
Missouri,
1927-1933
Microfilm Reel 26
Princeton, New Jersey,
1928-1930
Microfilm Reel 26
TVA and Tennessee State planning,
1933-1939
Microfilm Reel 26
Louisville, Kentucky, Housing case,
1933-1936
Technical Advisory Corporation
Microfilm Reel 26
Papers
Series IV. General planning information--city, state, regional planning
Housing
Microfilm Reel 26
Better Housing League,
1931-1944
Microfilm Reel 26
Cincinnati Housing Corporation,
1933-1934
Microfilm Reel 27
Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority,
1933-1936
Federal Reserve
Microfilm Reel 27
Correspondence,
1936-1945
Microfilm Reel 27
Drafts (Wagner and Thomas bills)
Microfilm Reel 27
Misc. memos, reports, drafts re: Wagner and Thomas bills
Microfilm Reel 28
Misc. memos, reports, drafts re: Wagner and Thomas bills
Misc. housing
Microfilm Reel 28
Correspondence,
1930-1943
Microfilm Reel 28
Misc. reports, bills, pamphlets
Planning
Planning decisions
Microfilm Reel 28
Correspondence,
1929-1945
Microfilm Reel 29
Correspondence,
1929-1945
Microfilm Reel 29
Briefs
Microfilm Reel 29
Rough notes and drafts
Microfilm Reel 29
Misc. planning
Regional planning--general
Microfilm Reel 30
Correspondence,
1927-1941
Microfilm Reel 30
Misc. reports, pamphlets, articles
Microfilm Reel 30
Building Line Authority,
1927-1937
Microfilm Reel 31
Building Line Authority,
1927-1937
Roadside zoning
Microfilm Reel 31
Papers,
1932-1942
Misc. printed pamphlets and articles
Microfilm Reel 31
Papers
Microfilm Reel 32
Papers
Series V. Alfred Bettman's writings
Lectures at Harvard and Western Reserve
Microfilm Reel 32
Papers
Misc. writings
Microfilm Reel 32
Correspondence re: some articles,
1929-1944
Series VI. Miscellaneous correspondence
Microfilm Reel 33
Correspondence,
1910-1944
Series VII. Maps and plans
Microfilm Reel 33
Cincinnati City Planning Commission
Microfilm Reel 33
Louisville, Kentucky
Microfilm Reel 33
Maryland National Park and Planning Commission
Microfilm Reel 33
National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Microfilm Reel 33
Miscellaneous