Letter to David H. Stevens (Rockefeller Foundation) from Robert N.S. Whitelaw (Nov. 30, 1939) about the need for a "social survey" of Charleston and requesting the services of Mr. Gorer to conduct the survey.
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.
Page 1 of article from The Christian Science Monitor Weekly (Nov. 11, 1936) about Frances Benjamin Johnston entitled "Preserving a Nation's Architecture" and her photographs of historic buildings.
Draft of letter from Albert Simons to U.S. Representative Mendel Rivers outlining the public health situation in Charleston and the absence of adequate health facilities for the civilian population.
1942-11-02, 1942-05-29, 1942-06-08, and 1942-08-13
Description:
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 to Helen Gardner McCormack from Virginia D. Parker (National Planning Association) (July 30, 1941) regarding publications by the National Resources Planning Board.
Letter to F. C. Riddick (Service Clubs Council) from Robert N.S. Whitelaw requesting opportunity to speak at the next meeting and an attached list of recipients (Feb. 21, 1945).
Letter dated Jan. 27, 1945, from Porter Williams of Carolina Savings Bank [City of Charleston Alderman] to Dr. Joseph I. Waring in support of the opposition to selling the South Adgers Wharf property to a shrimpery and keeping the neighborhood residential.
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.
1941-11-10, 1941-11-29, 1941-11-17, 1941-10-06, and 1941-03-21
Description:
Series of articles: "Annual Bureau Opens Monday: Will be Operated by Charleston Social Service Exchange" (Nov. 29, 1941), "Orphanage Seeks $60,000 Fund" (Nov. 17, 1941), "Jewish Relief Drive Opens" (Nov. 10, 1941), "Y.W.C.A. Would Enlarge Girls' Quarters" (Oct. 6, 1941), "$500,000 is Spent on Welfare Here" (March 21, 1941).
Series of articles: "Population Here Mounts Rapidly" (March 1, [1941]), "Charleston Ranks 129th" (Aug. 28, 1941), "Fast Population Rise Here Shown" (Oct. 29, 1942).
Series of articles: "School District Millages Listed" (June 19 [no year]), "Federal School Aid is Discussed" (Sept. 4, 1942), "Education Week Observed in Negro Schools" (Nov. 15, 1941).
Map entitled "The Historic Heart of Charleston ... Compliments of the Old Slave Mart Museum," with advertisements on back of "The Historic Heart of Charleston."
Letter to Nathan Rosen from Robert N.S. Whitelaw regarding the reorganization of the Planning Board within the Civic Services Committee (March 9, 1945).
1941-09-25, 1941-09-05, 1942-08-17, and 1942-09-18
Description:
Series of articled: " Firemen Studying Civilian Defense" (Sept. 5, 1941), "Two Anti-Aircraft Regiments to Defend Charleston in Oct. Exercises" (Sept. 25, 1941), "Do You Know Your Charleston: Port of Embarkation" (Aug. 17, 1942), and "Former Rice Mill and Marshland Converted into Busy Naval Patrol Base" [West Point Rice Mill] (Sept. 18, 1942).
Series of articles: "Project Expected to Bring Rapid Growth to Holly Hill" (Dec. 1941), "Excellent Soil and Wildlife Abundant in Berkeley County" (Dec. 1941), "Walterboro has Strategic Place" (Dec. 1941), and an articles dated about Berkeley County (Dec. 1941).
Article (offprint) "An Architectural Inventory for Charleston" and a review of This is Charleston exhibit by Helen G. McCormack from the Journal of the American Society of Architectural Historians (vol. 1, no. 3-4, Jul-Oct 1941).
One version of document entitled "The Background of Traffic Congestion," by Henry P. Staats regarding traffic congestion in America including Charleston and New York City.
"Statement of the Purpose of the Charleston Regional Planning Committee of the Carolina Art Association." Handwritten at top: Prepared for National Park Service.