Article from the News and Courier entitled "Housing Bureau Will be Set Up" regarding a planning bureau to help with housing needs during the war (Oct. 6, 1942).
"Notes on the Housing Authority of the City of Charleston," listing statistics from the "Real Property Inventory" of 1934 and housing data from the 1940 Census.
1942-11-02, 1942-05-29, 1942-06-08, and 1942-08-13
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Series of News and Courier articles: "380 Demountable Homes Under Way" (May 29, 1942), "1,000 Families Need Homes Here" (June 8, 1942), "Housing Problem Greatest in S.C." (August 13, 1942), "Home Building Here Attains 3rd Best Level in 12 Years" (November 2, 1942).
Series of articles: "Rent Homes Here Reported Filled" (Oct. 12, 1942), "Henderson Rules Against Evictions" (Oct. 20, 1942), and "Government Rent to be Controlled" (Oct. 27, 1942).
Letter dated Nov. 10, 1942, from Frederick H. McDonald to R.T. Ledbetter (Home Owners' Loan Corporation) regarding the conversion of Charleston dwellings under the "home-use" program.
Letter dated Nov. 16, 1942, from Robert N.S. Whitelaw to T.J. Kenney, Chairman of the War Housing Committee in Charleston, proposing that a "Garage Bungalow," a.k.a. "Victory Bungalow," be used as a new type of family dwelling for war housing.
Letter to Theodore J. Kenny from Frederick H. McDonald regarding a report entitled "Elimination of Dwellings Unfit for Human Habitation" (Mar. 5, 1943).
Letter to Frederick H. McDonald from Theodore J. Kenny in response to letter on the report entitled "Elimination of Dwellings Unfit for Human Habitation" (Mar. 15, 1943).
Letter dated Nov. 10, 1942, from Frederick H. McDonald to Leicester B. Holland, F.A.I.A. (Library of Congress) regarding the National Housing Administration program to house war workers in Charleston, requesting that Albert Simons be charged with the architectural phases of the program.
Letter to Theodore J. Kenny from Frederick H. McDonald regarding a report entitled "Elimination of Dwellings Unfit for Human Habitation" (Mar. 26, 1943).
Letter to Frederick H. McDonald from Edward H. H. Old regarding a report by the Community Development Council entitled "Elimination of Dwellings Unfit for Human Habitation" (Mar. 18, 1943).