Gordon and Brysis Whitnall papers, 1913-1975.
Collection Number: 2880

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Gordon and Brysis Whitnall papers, 1913-1975.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections

Collection Number:

2880

Abstract:

Contains material on Gordon and Brysis Whitnall's careers as planners as well as family and biographical records.

Creator:

Whitnall, Gordon, 1888-1977.

Quanitities:

22.6 cubic feet.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

In 1913, Gordon Whitnall founded the Los Angeles City Planning Association, and in 1920, he established the Los Angeles City Planning Department. From 1920-1930, he was Director of Planning for Los Angeles, and from 1929-1930 was president of the League of California Cities. From 1932-1935 he was the coordinator of the Committee on Government Simplification for Los Angeles County. In 1941, Gordon and Brysis Whitnall established a planning and government consulting firm in Los Angeles. Gordon Whitnall was an instructor in Planning at the University of Southern California, and a member of the American Society of Planning Officials, the American Institute of Planners, the American Society of Consulting Planners, and the International Fraternity of Lambda Alpha, Los Angeles Chapter.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes ordinances, maps, reports, and correspondence for cities in the West and Southwest, including Amarillo, Texas; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Seattle, Washington; and Los Angeles, Modesto, Glendale, Palm Springs, and numerous other cities in California. Personal files consist of course outlines; Gordon and Brysis Whitnall interview tapes and transcript; material on Charles B. Whitnall Park; professional society correspondence, publications, and research information concerning the American Institute of Planners, the American Society of Planning Officials, and other organizations; published articles and reports; and tape recording of a speech at Cornell University, "After a Half Century of Urban Zoning - What's the Verdict." Also, family and biographical material; income tax returns; and other miscellaneous business and personal papers.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:

Gordon and Brysis Whitnall Papers, #2880. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Whitnall, Brysis.

American Institute of Planners

American Society of Consulting Planners

American Society of Planning Officials

League of California Cities

Los Angeles (Calif.). City Planning Association

Los Angeles (Calif.). City Planning Department

Los Angeles County (Calif.). Committee on Government Simplification

University of Southern California. School of Architecture

University of Southern California. School of Public Administration

Places:

Seattle (Wash.) -- City planning.

Palm Springs (Calif.) -- City planning.

Modesto (Calif.) -- City planning.

Los Angeles County (Calif.)

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- City planning.

Glendale (Calif.) -- City planning.

Amarillo (Tex.) -- City planning.

Albuquerque (N.M.) -- City planning.

Subjects:

Lambda Alpha International. -- Los Angeles Chapter.

City planners.

Zoning.

City planning.

Form and Genre Terms:

Speeches.

Maps.

Interviews.

CONTAINER LIST

Container		Description	Date
		Personal Files
Box 11		Gordon and Brysis Whitnall Interviews	1970
		Scope and Contents 2 tape recordings, one transcript, trans.??? to appropriate locations
	Transcript 4545-4546	Tape recording
	Transcript 4545-4546	Tape recording
Box 11		University of Southern California. Course outlines, planning	1959-1963
Box 11		Speeches	1968
Box 11		Christmas Card, photographs	1969
Box 11		Charles B. Whitnall Par. Hales Corners, Wisconsin	1968
Box 11		Speech by Charles Whitnall	1937
Box 15		Whitnall Family Tree
Box 15		Brysis' Affairs
Box 15		Whitnall, Brysis N. (Personal)
Box 15		Whitnall, Byrsis N. (Personal)
Box 15		Whitnal, C.B. (Personal)
Box 15		Whitnal, C.B. (Personal)
Box 15		G.W. Biographical Data
Box 15		3719 Prestwick Drive
Box 15		Personal Correspondence, unfinished
		Ordinances, Maps, Reports, and Correspondence
		Alphabetical File I
Box 1		Amarillo, Texas	1952-1963
Box 1		Albuquerque, New Mexico	1960-1962
Box 1		Alhambra, California	1955-1960
Box 1		Anaheim, California	1945-1961
Box 1		Bakersfield, California	1955
Box 1		Banning, California	1952-1954
Box 1		Butte County, California	1956-1962
Box 1		Carlsbad, California	1956-1962
Box 1		Chula Vista, California	1949-1963
Box 2		China Lake, California (United States Naval Test Station)	1945-1959
Box 2		Colton, California	1950-1960
Box 2		Downey, California	1961-1963
Box 2		El Cajon, California	1953-1959
Box 2		El Sequndo, California	1947-1963
Box 2		Exeter, California	1947-1963
Box 2		Forest Lawn Memorial Park, (Los Angeles County, California)	1963
Box 3		Fresno County, California	1949-1960
Box 3		Fullerton, California	1947-1967
Box 4		Garden Grove, California	1956-1961
Box 4		Glendale, California	1955-1962
Box 4		Glendora, California	1955-1958
Box 4		Hawthorne, California	1955, 1961-1963
Box 4		Indio, California	194-1963
Box 4		Inglewood, California	1952
Box 5		Kings County, California	1946-1963
Box 6		Kings County, Washington	1954-1964
Box 7		Los Angeles, California	1925, 1931-1964
Box 7		Los Angeles County, California	1931, 1951-1961
Box 7		Laguna Beach, California	1939-1955
Box 7		La Mesa, California	1945-1954
Box 7		La Puente, California	1956-1957
Box 8		Manhattan Beach, California	1954-1962
Box 8		Merced, California	1949-1956
Box 8		Modesto, California	1943, 1953-1961
Box 8		Montebello, California	1954-1958
Box 8		Oceanside, California	1949-1962
Box 8		Orange County, California	1957-1964
Box 9		Palm Springs, California	1951-1956
Box 9		Paramount, California	1958-1962
Box 9		Pismo Beach, California	1955-1960
Box 9		Pomona, California	1946
Box 9		Porterville, California	1949-1962
Box 9		Reedley, California	1948-1956
Box 9		Redondo Beach, California	1948-1950, 1955
Box 9		San Diego County, California	1946-1960
Box 10		Sanger, California	1942, 1949-1955
Box 10		Selma, California	1948-1956
Box 10		Sierra Madre, California	1953-1963
Box 10		Southgate, California	1957-1961
Box 10		Temple City, California	1960-1964
Box 11		Tulare County, California	1946-1956
Box 11		Ventura, California	1947-1956
Box 11		West Covina, California	1952-1956
Box 11		Whittier, California	1930, 1954-1958
Box 11		Woodlake, California	1950-1952
		Alphabetical File II
Box 15		American Institute of Planners	1944, 1945
Box 15		Scholarship Fund California Chapter - A.I.P.
Box 15		[A.I.P] California Planners Foundation Scholarship Fund
Box 15		Anaheim, City of
Box 15		A.S.C.P.
Box 15		Board File A.S.C.P.	1967
Box 15		Compton Ordinance Review
Box 15		Compton - William F. Hill
Box 15		Contracts - Insurance Policies
Box 15		Cornell University - John M. Olin Research Library
Box 15		Domingues Hills State College
Box 15		Franchise Tax
Box 15		Fresno County Planning Commission
Box 16		Fresno - "Off - Street Parking"
Box 16		GAG - Government Administration Group
Box 16		Glendale, City of
Box 16		Griffith Advisory Committee
Box 16		Griffith Park
Box 16		History - Planning and Zoning
Box 16		Incubator
Box 16		Los Angeles Metropolitan History Project
Box 16		Los Angeles General Plan (concept)
Box 16		Lambda Alpha - Board and Committee
Box 16		Mass-transit
Box 16		Milwaukee Baby Bonds
Box 16		Moorfield
Box 16		Edward W. Nettles, Planning 501
Box 16		Palm Springs
Box 16		Paramount
Box 16		Ryan vs. County of Riverside
Box 16		Temple City - Zoning Ordinance
Box 16		Temple City - Landfill Survey
Box 16		U.S.C. 636 - Fall	1971
Box 16		U.S.C. Spring Term	1972
		Alphabetical File III
Box 17		"A"
Box 17		"A"	1944
Box 17		Air Raid and Post Material
Box 17		A.S.C.P. HUD-DOT etc.
Box 17		A.S.P.O. - Blucher
Box 17		Atlanta, Georgia
Box 17		"B"
Box 17		Better Roads - Curtis Fuller
Box 17		"C"
Box 17		"C"	1944
Box 17		California Housing and Plan Association
Box 17		Clark, Fred P., New Hampshire
Box 17		Christmas Valley - Records of case heard by California Real Estate Commissioners
Box 17		"D"
Box 17		"D"	1944
Box 17		Daly, Thos.??? P.
Box 17		Downtown Survey U.L.I.???	1942
Box 17		"E"
Box 17		"E"	1944
Box 17		Eighth and Vermont Avenue Project
Box 17		Equitable and Various Finances
Box 17		Eminent Domain
Box 17		"F"
Box 17		"F"
Box 17		Fresno City
Box 17		County of Fresno
Box 17		Fresno County	1942
Box 17		Fresno County No. 2	1943
Box 17		Fresno County	1944
Box 17		Fresno County	1945
Box 17		"G"
Box 17		Gilmore Island
Box 17		Gilmore Island Project, Raymond Haight
Box 17		Glendale, City of
Box 17		"H"
Box 17		"H"
Box 17		Haynes Fountain and T.H. Plan. Sec.???
Box 17		Humphreys Bros., Miles O. Humphreys
Box 17		Income Tax Returns
Box 17		Income Tax Returns
Box 17		Income Tax Returns
Box 18		"J"
Box 18		"J"
Box 18		Patty Railsback Kennedy
Box 18		Kids Affairs
Box 18		"L"
Box 18		"L"
Box 18		Lafayette Park Place
Box 18		Leimert Pk. - Beverly Woof Oil Study
Box 18		Leimert, Walter H.
Box 18		Limited Access Highways	1951
Box 18		Long Beach, City of
Box 18		"M"
Box 18		Miscellaneous
Box 18		"M" Miscellaneous
Box 18		MacDonald Zoning Case
Box 18		Maier, Edw.??? J., Newark, N.J.
Box 18		Military Government School - Commission
Box 18		Miscellaneous Personal and Business
Box 18		"N"
Box 18		"N"
Box 18		National Association of Real Estate Boards (N.A.R.E.B.)
Box 18		National Association of Real Estate Boards (N.A.R.E.B.)
Box 18		"O"
Box 18		Off - Street Parking
Box 18		Oneonta - Page M.A.???
Box 18		Oneonta - Page
Box 18		Oxnard, City of
Box 18		"P"
Box 18		"P"
Box 18		Pacific Western Oil Company
Box 18		Pasadena Survey
Box 18		Pending Projects
Box 18		Personal
Box 18		Portland, Oregon
Box 18		"R"
Box 18		Receipts	1944
Box 18		Receipts	1945
Box 18		Receipts	1948
Box 18		"S"
Box 18		"S"
Box 18		Santa Ana - Irvin Chapman
Box 18		Santa Monica, City of
Box 18		Seaboard
Box 18		Seattle - Washington
Box 19		"T"
Box 19		Todell, Ellen, Estate, Miscellaneous
Box 19		Town Hall
Box 19		Town Hall
Box 19		Town Hall
Box 19		Town Hall
Box 19		Town Hall
Box 19		Town Hall No. 2
Box 19		Trust Fund - Farmers and Merchant Bank
Box 19		"U"
Box 19		Upland, City of
Box 19		U.L.I. - Chas. T. Stewart	1942
Box 19		Urban Land Institute - Seward Mott
Box 19		Urban Redevelopment Legislation File #1
Box 19		Urban Redevelopment Legislation File #2
Box 19		U.S.C. Fall Semester 501	1970
Box 19		U.S.C. Fall	1970
Box 19		"V"
Box 19		"V"
Box 19		Vaega Aircraft Corporation Fresno
Box 19		Visalia Inc.	1940-1942
Box 19		Visalia	1943-1945
Box 19		War Training Program
Box 19		Whittier - Kemmerer
Box 19		"W"
Box 19		Zoning Ordinance Revision, Los Angeles
Box 19		Zoning and Planning	1964, 1965
		Filed by Date
Box 20		Business Papers and Correspondence	1938-1968
Box 21		Business Papers and Correspondence	1969-1974
Box 21		Printed Material
Box 22		Printed Material	1964-1974
Box 22		Undated Material
		Professional Societies: Correspondence, Publications, Research Information
Box 12		American Planing and Civic Association	1957-1963
Box 12		American Institute of Planners	1961-1963
Box 12		American Society of Planning Officials	1957-1963
Box 12		Planning Advisory Service (ASPO)	1955-1962
Box 12		Southern California Hospital Planning Region	1960-1962
Box 12		Town Hall, Inc. Los Angeles, California	1931-1936
Box 12		Urban Renewal (Redevelopment)	1941-1961
Box 12		Research material. California, etc. Conservation, Planning, Zoning	1934-1964
Box 13		33 volumes. PLANNING. Selected Papers from the annual National Planning Conference. American Society of Planning Officials	1913, 1925-1967
		Papers by Gordon Whitnall (a few by others)
Box 14		General Observations and Citizens on the Planning Program and Procedures of the City of El Paso, Texas	May 1959
Box 14		Seattle Cityscape by Victor Steinbrueck	1962
Box 14		Master Plan of Streets and Highways, City of El Ca Jon, California	1954
Box 14		Master Plan of Off - Street Parking, City of El Ca Jon, California	1955
Box 14		Community Development Plan. A report on the elements of a master plan	1957
Box 14		Industrial Site Analysis, Anaheim, California	1950
Box 14		Report on Land Use Analysis. Prepared for 3475 investments	Mar. 1964
Box 14		Report on Master Plan, City of Indio, California	1954
Box 14		Proper Use of Variance	1957
Box 14		Are Building Line Setbacks Valid	1952
Box 14		Street and Highway Element of a Master Plan, Whittier, California	1955
Box 14		A Comprehensive General Plan. Garden Grove, California	1958
Box 14		Master Plan of the City of Fullerton, California	1955
Box 14		Report on Proposed Comprehensive General Plan of Temple, California	1963
Box 14		Report on Proposed Comprehensive General Plan of Hawthorne, California	1963
Box 14		Franklin Bills. Yule Springs Park, Las Vegas, Nevada	1967
Box 14		Zoning Reclassification of a Portion of "C" Street Frontage in Chula Vista, California
Box 14		Off - Street Parking, Tulane, California	1950
Box 14		Proposed Master Plan for United States Naval Ordinance Test Station, China Lake, California
Box 14		Techniques of Design for Off - Street Parking Facilities, Los Angeles, California	1947
Box 14		Kit Carson Park, Escondido, California	1968
Box 14		Manhattan Beach, California	1959
Box 14		Report Master Plan City of La Mesa, California	1954
Box 14		Community Development Plan, Montebello, California	1956
Box 14		Report on Comprehensive General Plan, Oceanside, California	1957
Box 14		Pismo Beach, Freeway Alignment, Analysis and Findings	1955
Box 14		"Five Points" Area El Monte Vicinity	August 1955
Box 14		Report on proposed comprehensive General Plan for South Gate, California	1959
Box 14		Survey of Use Potential	1934
Box 14		Off - Street Parking Study, City Planning Commission	1946
Box 14		A Program to Improve Planning and Zoning in Los Angeles	July 1968
Box 14		Marlesta Shopping Center	1955
Box 14		Washington State Planning Law	1959
Box 14		Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. Institute on Planning and Zoning. No. 1. Dallas, Texas
Box 14		Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. Institute on Planning and Zoning. No. 2. Dallas, Texas	1962
Box 14		Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. Institute on Planning and Zoning. No. 3. Dallas, Texas	1963
Box 14		Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. Institute on Planning and Zoning. No. 4. Dallas, Texas	1964
Box 14		Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. Institute on Planning and Zoning. No. 5. Dallas, Texas	1965
Box 14		Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. Institute on Planning and Zoning. No. 6. Dallas, Texas	1966
Box 14		Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. Institute on Planning and Zoning. No. 7. Dallas, Texas	1967
Box 14		Matthew Bender & Company, Inc. Institute on Planning and Zoning. No. 8. Dallas, Texas	1969
Box 14		Your Guide to Osaka. Commerce and Industry Dept., Osaka
Box 14		New Concepts in Planning 7 Zoning	1963
Box 14		Floor Space Requirements and Civic Center Plan, Barstow, California	1955
Box 14		Streets and Highways Element of a Master Plan, Manhattan Beach, California	1956
Box 14		Parking Survey for the City of Oceanside, California	1952
Box 14		Tulane County Planning Commission	1951
Box 14		Redevelopment Authority Project	1952
Box 14		City of Laguna Beach, California	1954
Box 14		City of Indic, California	1954
Box 14		City of Colton	1953
Box 14		Streets and Highways	1952
Box 14		Downey City School and Planning Commission	1963
Box 14		Industrial Area Study for El Segundo	1951
Box 14		Off Street Parking for Salt Lake City	1953
Box 14		Modern Shopping Center	1951
Box 14		Administrative Survey	1950
Box 14		Problem of Cities and Towns by Guy Greer	1942
Box 14		The Simplification of Modern Government by George H. Dunlop	1937
Box 14		Planning of the Cities, Towns and Villages by John Nolen	1919
Box 14		Laws Relating to the State of California	1966
Box 14		Department of Community Affairs, Jefferson City, Urban Planning Assistance Guide	1967
Box 14		Conditions Attached to Planning and Zoning by Brysis N, Whitnall	1965
Box 14		Dallas Citizens. Goals for Dallas	1969
Box 14		Five Lectures in Planning by C.B. Whitnall	1937
Box 14		Tulane County Planning Commission. Road and House Numbering	1951
Box 14		King's County and Hanford City Planning Commission, Joint Point for Public Building Sites	1953
Box 14		Planning and Government	1950
Box 14		Off - Street Parking Study	1946
Box 14		Plan for Vancouver, British Columbia by Harland Bartholomew	1928
Box 14		How to place color on land use maps	1963
Box 14		Committee on Governmental Simplification	1935
Box 14		Redevelopment Authority Project	1952
Box 14		Stratmore Hearing	1951
Box 14		Matthew Bender Company 1961, Institute on Planning and Zoning	1962
Box 14		Matthew Bender Company Eighth Annual Institute on Planning and Zoning	1970
Box 14		Matthew Bender Company 1964, Institute on Planning and Zoning
Box 14		Matthew Bender Company Metropolitan Area Planning	1965
Box 14		Matthew Bender Company Extraterritorial Jurisdiction	1964
Box 14		Matthew Bender Company 1963 Institute for Planning and Zoning	1964
Box 14		International Federation for Housing and Planning, Jerusalem	1964

Contents

Gordon and Brysis Whitnall papers, 1913-1975. Collection Number: 2880

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

Gordon and Brysis Whitnall papers, 1913-1975.
Collection Number: 2880

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library