Series 6: Bureau of Urban Research Records /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421641 6 boxes 1935-1977 Biographical / Historical

The Bureau of Urban Research was formed at Princeton University in 1941 to establish source material for research in the field of Urban Studies. The Bureau had three major goals, these being the coordination of information and research, the creation of original research, and providing assistance to students interested in the field. In pursuit of these ends the Bureau of Urban Research created a research library of urban studies materials as well as published scholarly periodical, "The Urban Reference." In 1967 the Bureau of Urban Research merged with the newly created Research Center for Urban and Environmental Planning.

 Scope and Contents

Series 6: Bureau of Urban Research Records, 1935-1977 contains information about the projects, publications, and admnistration of the Bureau from its inception beyond its merger with the Research Center for Urban and Evnironmental Planning.

 Arrangement

No arrangement has been imposed on Series 6: Bureau of Urban Research Records, 1935-1977. The folders remain in the original order in which they were received in the archives.

 Summaries of Bureau Activities. See: Annual Reports, Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings. Plans for Establishing the Bureau. Documents Prepared Describing Aims /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421763 1 box 1936-1967 Including 25-Year Report. Early Publicity /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422376 1 box 1941-1967 18 Memoranda to Professor Morey (for Planning Committee, Princeton University School of Architecture) from M.C. Branch, Junior /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422377 1 box 1939 November 30 - 1940 January 14 18 Melville C. Branch, Junior, Research; Organizational and Directional Work /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422378 1 box 1939-1940 18 Organizing Committee /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422379 1 box 1940 18 Steering Committee (or Planning Committee) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422380 1 box 1940 18 Committee on Urban Research (1) (Documents) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422381 1 box 1936-1940 18 Executive Committee; Director. Proposed Budget /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422382 1 box 1940-1941 June 27 18 Bureau Funds: American Philosophical Society (3-Year Grant) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421764 1 box 1941-1945 18 Bureau Funds : Carnegie Corporation (Request for Funds) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421765 1 box 1941 18 Bureau Funds : Fels Foundation : Request for Funds /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421766 1 box 1941 18 Bureau Funds : Gordon McCormick (The Major Donor to the Bureau of Urban Research) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421767 1 box 1941-1977 18 Bureau Funds : Rockefeller Foundation : 3-Year Grant /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421768 1 box 1941-1944 18 Bureau Funds : Russell Sage Foundation : Request for Funds /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421769 1 box 1941 18 Bureau Ledgers /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421770 1 box 1941-1967 18 Bureau Ledgers : Purchasing Department /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421771 1 box 1941-1967 18 Executive Committee : Minutes of Meetings; Bureau Programs; Memoranda. (See: Annual Reports) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421772 1 box 1941-1949 18 Executive Committee : Minutes of Meetings; Memoranda /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421773 1 box 1950-1966 18 Executive Committee : Labatut, Jean (Chairman) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421774 1 box 1941-1969 18 Executive Committee : Angas, Admiral W. M. (Replaced Condit) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421775 1 box 1940-1959 18 Executive Committee : Brown, J. Douglas /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421776 1 box 1940-1961 18 Executive Committee : Duane Lockard /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421777 1 box 1962 18 Executive Committee : Mestres, Ricardo A. (Replaced Geoge A. Brakeley) (Both Treasurers of University) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421778 1 box 1941-1961 18 Executive Committee : Moore, Wilbert E /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421779 1 box 1948-1959 18 Executive Committee : R.E. Quandt /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421780 1 box 1961 18 Executive Committee : Sly, John F /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421781 1 box 1940-1959 18 Executive Committee : N.J. Sollenberger /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421782 1 box 1961 18 Executive Committee : Charles F. Westoff /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421783 1 box 1965-1966 18 University Committee : Meetings - Joint Advisory-University Committees /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421784 1 box 1941-1943 18 University Committee : The Bureau of Urban Research University Committee /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421785 1 box 1941-1947 18 University Committee : University President /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421786 1 box 1940-1962 18 University Committee : Cantril, Hadley /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421787 1 box 1941-1950 18 University Committee : Carpenter, W.S. /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421788 1 box 1940-1950 18 University Committee : Eliot, Charles W /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421789 1 box 1940-1950 18 University Committee : Holden, Arthur C /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421790 1 box 1940-1975 18 University Committee : Kissam, Philip /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421791 1 box 1940-1952 18 University Committee : Lutz, Harley L /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421792 1 box 1941-1944 18 University Committee : Morey, Charles R /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421793 1 box 1941-1948 18 University Committee : Sherley W. Morgan /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421794 1 box 1941-1952 18 University Committee : Notestein, F.W. /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421795 1 box 1941-1957 18 Advisory Committee : Walter Curt Behrendt /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421796 1 box 1940-1944 18 Advisory Committee : Lambert, Gerard B /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421797 1 box 1941-1950 18 Advisory Committee : Mumford, Lewis /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421798 1 box 1940-1950 18 Advisory Committee : Rheinstein, Alfred /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421799 1 box 1940-1950 18 Advisory Committee : Riefler, W.W. /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421800 1 box 1940-1950 18 Advisory Committee : Voorhees, Stephen F /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421801 1 box 1940-1950 18 Annual Reports (Also See: Executive Committee; Minutes of Meetings) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421802 1 box 1942-1967 19 Bureau Director; Assistant Director; Staff : Melville C. Branch, Jr /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421803 1 box 1941-1967 19 Bureau Director; Assistant Director; Staff : Letters Written by Melville C. Branch, Jr., Director of the Bureau /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421804 1 box 1941-1943 19 Bureau Director; Assistant Director; Staff : Gerald Breese /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421805 1 box 1951-1977 19 Bureau Director; Assistant Director; Staff : Dorothy E. Whiteman /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421806 1 box 1953-1976 19 Bureau Director; Assistant Director; Staff : Katherine Perring, Research Technician /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421807 1 box 1941-1942 19 Bureau Director; Assistant Director; Staff : Miriam Strong, Assistant Director /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421808 1 box 1943 19 Bureau Director; Assistant Director; Staff : Bureau Staff, Bureau Budget (See: Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings and Annual Reports for Complete Annual Budget Data) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421809 1 box 1954-1966 19 Headquarters of Bureau : Bureau of Urban Research : Where Located /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421810 1 box 1941-1967 19 Headquarters of Bureau : Architecture Building : Bureau Quarters /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421811 1 box 1941-1967 19 Urban Planning Forum : Student-Initiated Organization /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421812 1 box 1950-1955 19 Proposed Programs for Education in Planning at Princeton /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421813 1 box 1942-1969 19 Research Assistance : List of Those to Whom Detailed Research Assistance Was Given By Dorothy E. Whitman /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421814 1 box 1943-1967 19 Research Assistance Rendered by Bureau /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421815 1 box 1943-1966 19 The Urban Reference : Sample of Letters Regretting Its Discontinuation (Outstanding Planners, Specialists, etc.) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421816 1 box 1957-1977 19 The Urban Reference : Few Comments from Authors of Books Reviewed in The Urban Reference /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421817 1 box 1948-1964 19 The Urban Reference : Examples of Requests to Reprint Summaries of Publications Appearing in The Urban Reference /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421818 1 box 1955 19 The Urban Reference : Index /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421819 1 box 1943-1951 19 The Urban Reference : Sample Letters from Recipients of The Urban Reference (16 Volumes Published) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421820 1 box 1942-1957 19 The Urban Reference : Exchange Arrangements /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421821 1 box 1941-1965 19 The Urban Reference : Publications Reviewed in The Urban Reference: A-N /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421822 1 box 1945-1956 19 The Urban Reference : Publications Reviewed in The Urban Reference: O-Z /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421823 1 box 1946-1956 20 Library : Urban and Environmental Studies Library (Mainly Comprised of the Collection of the Bureau of Urban Research--some 40,000 Items) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421824 1 box 1967 July 1 20 Library : Winton Reading Room, Winton Reading Room Librarian /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421825 1 box 1962-1964 20 Library : Classification System /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421826 1 box undated 20 Library : Bureau of Urban Research Accessions Carded and Inserted in Firestone Library Catalogue /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421827 1 box 1949-1966 20 Library : Directories (Inclusion of Bureau) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421828 1 box 1965-1967 20 Library : Samples of Books Ordered (Note Delays in Publishing and Unawareness of Some Presses of Forthcoming Titles) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421829 1 box 1962-1967 20 Library : Examples of Diversity of Material Requested for Bureau Library and Areas (From Addis Ababa to Wales) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421830 1 box 1955-1966 20 Special Donations to Bureau Library /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421831 1 box 1942-1964 20 Special Donations to Bureau Library : Frederic A. Delano (His Collection of Books Given to the Bureau. Folder Includes a List of Documents.) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421832 1 box 1935-1977 20 Special Donations to Bureau Library : Jean Gottman ("Megalopolis" Files) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421833 1 box 1957-1963 20 Public Lectures : Ubran Planning Forum (Published Title: An Approach to Urban Planning) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421834 1 box 1951-1952 20 Public Lectures : Cities in Transition: The Causes and Consequences of Metropolitan Decentralization (Copy of Lectures, Correspondence, costs, Publicity. See Folder, Same Title, Under "Documents Not Published") /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421835 1 box 1947-1949 20 Conferences : Urban Development and Urban Transportation /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421836 1 box 1957 20 Publications /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421837 2 boxes 1941-1972 Copyrights /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422383 1 box 1954 20 Card System (Mailing List) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422384 1 box circa 1955 20 Accelerated Urban Growth in a Metropolitan Fringe Area /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422385 1 box 1951-1954 20 An Approach to Urban Planning (Princeton University, Press Correspondence, Complimentary Copies, Royalties) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422386 1 box 1952-1967 20 An Approach to Urban Planning (Reviews) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422387 1 box 1953-1954 20 An Approach to Urban Planning (Reprinted by Greenwood Press, Incorporated) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422388 1 box 1970-1972 20 Delhi Regional Master Plan /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422389 1 box 1957-1958 20 Highways in Our National Life /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422390 1 box 1945-1960 20 Highways in Our National Life : Proof Reading /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422391 1 box 1950 20 Highways in Our National Life : Publicity /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422392 1 box 1945-1950 20 Assignment /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422393 1 box 1950 20 Highways in Our National Life : Contributors: A-Z /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422394 1 box 1946-1949 20 Highways in Our National Life : Refused: A-Z /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422395 1 box 1944-1946 20 The Impact of Large Installations on Nearby Areas Proposal : Outline, Expenditures, Letters to Participants /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422396 1 box 1963-1967 21 The Impact of Large Installations on Nearby Areas : Distribution of Study /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422397 1 box 1964-1967 21 The Impact of Large Installations on Nearby Areas : Copies Distributed, Libraries, Publicity, etc /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422398 1 box 1963-1967 21 The Impact of Large Installations on Nearby Areas : Reprinted by Sage Publications /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422399 1 box 1967 21 Industrial Land Use in Burlington County : Comments by Recipients, List of Purchasers, Free and Exchange List, Review List, Reviews /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422400 1 box 1951 21 Industrial Site Selection : Burlington County, NJ, 1700 Copies Purchased by Burlington County and 300 by Public Service, Review List, Reviews /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422401 1 box 1954-1955 21 Local Planning Activity in the United States /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422402 1 box 1942 21 Princeton Block Coding Guide /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422403 1 box 1956 21 Regional Analysis, Trenton-Camden Metropolitan Area /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422404 1 box 1954 21 Selected Data Maps on Princeton and Inventory of Selected Data Maps on Princeton : Distribution Lists, Review Copies, Listings /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422405 1 box 1955 21 Urban Devlopment and Urban Transportation : Proceedings of Conference /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422406 1 box 1957-1958 21 The Urban Reference : Proposed Unique Index to Publications (Card Form) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422407 1 box 1941 21 Urbanization in Newly Developing Countries /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422408 1 box 1966-1968 21 Urban Planning and Public Opinion: A Pilot Study /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422409 1 box 1941-1942 21 Urban Planning and Public Opinion: National Survey--Research Investigation /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422410 1 box 1942-1951 21 Proposed Research Projects /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421838 1 box 1942-1977 Comparative Analysis of the Structure and Growth of Large Metropolitan Areas: Proposed Research Program (Not Funded, Example of Struggle to Obtain Research Funds) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422411 1 box 1954-1965 21 Central Business Direct Proposal (Funds Not Provided to Undertake It) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422412 1 box 1950-1954 21 Princeton Urban Planning Series (Proposal to Princeton University Press, Project Not Given Approval) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422413 1 box 1960-1967 21 Map (Military Posts) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422414 1 box 1942 21 The Urban Reference /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422415 1 box 1942-1977 21 Urban Renewal: Technical Guide (Not Undertaken) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422416 1 box 1964 21 Cities in Transition: The Causes and Consequences of Metropolitan Decentralization (Lecture Series, Not Published, See Folder under "Lectures" Under that Title for Copy of Lectures, Correspondence, Publicity, etc.) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422417 1 box 1949-1951 21 Comparative City Costs of Living (Katherine Perring, Not Published) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422418 1 box 1942-1944 21 Reigonal Plan Bulletin (Not Published, This was Based on the Bureau's Publication Urban Planning and Public Opinion: National Survey--Research Investigation) /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422419 1 box 1942-1943 21 Investigation of Feasibility of Indexing and Abstracting Service /repositories/4/archival_objects/1422420 1 box 1959 21 Examples of Speeches, Presentations at Conferences, Participation in Projects, etc /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421839 1 box 1941-1967 21 Examples of Papers, Articles /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421840 1 box 1941-1951 21 Examples of Correspondence, Includes Outstanding Planners /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421841 1 box 1942-1977 22 Examples of Subject Range of Bibliographies Prepared as Part of the Bureau's Research Assistance /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421842 1 box 1947-1966 22 International Federation for Housing and Town Planning /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421843 1 box 1947-1953 22 United States Office of War Information: United States Information Service, Foreign Service of the United States of America /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421844 1 box 1944-1953 22 Early Planners /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421845 1 box 1940-1943 22 Controller -- Ledger Sheets /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421846 1 box 1941-1967 22 The End of the Bureau of Urban Research /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421847 1 box 1967-1968 22 The Bureau of Urban Research /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421848 1 box 1941-1967 22 Location and Size of Cities Throughout the United States Selected for Interviews /repositories/4/archival_objects/1421849 1 box undated 29