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.
Letter to David Stevens from Robert N.S. Whitelaw (Dec. 22, 1939) about the formation of the architectural survey. Also refers to the playwriting group of DuBose Heyward in which Jack McGowan participates.
Letter to Robert N.S. Whitelaw. from John Mead Howells (Dec. 6, 1939) declining the chairmanship of a committee that would oversee the architectural survey.
Letter to Frederick P. Keppel (Carnegie Corporation) from Robert N.S. Whitelaw (Nov. 30, 1939) about the need for an architectural survey in Charleston.
Article from The Sunday Star entitled "Deep South's Architecture Pictured in Impressive Exhibition Here" about Frances Benjamin Johnston and an exhibition of her photographs (Oct. 1, 1939).
Article (review?) from the Evening Star about Frances Benjamin Johnston's book Old Carolina Plantation Home Photographically Interpreted (Jan. 1, 1939).
Letter to Frederick P. Keppel from William Emerson (Dec. 14, 1939) about the architectural survey of Charleston, suggesting he Albert Simons and Johnny Howells might participate.
Letter to Frederick P. Keppel from Robert N.S. Whitelaw (Dec. 29, 1939) thanking him for the consultant fee and recommending he read "Charleston, the Great Myth" by Edward Twig.
Letter from Frederick Law Olmsted to Robert N.S. Whitelaw (Dec. 15, 1939) accepting the request for his services as a consultant and suggesting how to go forward.
Letter to Robert N.S. Whitelaw from Frederick P. Keppel (Dec. 27, 1939) regarding funding to retain Frederick Law Olmsted as a city planning consultant.
