Harold MacLean Lewis Papers,[ca.1922]-1967.

Collection Number: 3648

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Harold MacLean Lewis papers, [ca.1922]-1967.
Collection Number:
3648
Creator:
Lewis, Harold MacLean,
Quantity:
40 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Reports, printed material, architectural plans, photographs, and research materials.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Lectures, talks, and papers; planning reports by Harold M. Lewis and others; job files including contracts and zoning ordinances; reference materials, notebooks, and clippings. Also, plans, drawings, and slides; and bound volumes of the New York Regional Plan of 1928-1929.
Language:
Collection material in English


BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Consulting engineer, city planner. Harold M. Lewis served as the chief engineer and secretary of the Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs for 20 years, and revised the zoning code for Washington, D.C. in the 1950s. He was a member of the American Society of Planning Officials (ASPO) and the American Institute of Planners (AIP). He lectured at M.I.T. and Columbia University, and was the author of CITY PLANNING--WHY AND HOW, 1939 and PLANNING THE MODERN CITY, 1949.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Lectures, talks, and papers; planning reports by Harold M. Lewis and others; job files including contracts and zoning ordinances; reference materials, notebooks, and clippings. Also, plans, drawings, and slides; and bound volumes of the New York Regional Plan of 1928-1929.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Lewis, Harold MacLean, 1889-
Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs
Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs.

Subjects:
City planning.
Engineering.
Zoning law.
City planners.
Engineers.
City planners
City planning
Engineering
Engineers
Zoning law

Places:
New York (N.Y.) -- City planning.
Washington (D.C.) -- City planning.
New York (State) -- New York
Washington (D.C.)

Form and Genre Terms:
Drawings.
Color slides.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Harold MacLean Lewis papers, #3648. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

RELATED MATERIALS

Related collection:Nelson Peter Lewis. Papers, #2712.

CONTAINER LIST

Container
Description
Collection consists of two boxes. Online guide unavailable.