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1. Folder 02: Public Opinion Article

Folder 02: Public Opinion Article

Date:: 1939
Description:: Article entitled "Public Opinion Key to Preservation of Local Beauty, Architect Holds" with the original article attached (Dec. 10, 1939).

2. Folder 17: Whitelaw Letter 1

Folder 17: Whitelaw Letter 1

Date:: 1939-11-30
Description:: 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.

3. Folder 17: Howells Letter 1

Folder 17: Howells Letter 1

Date:: 1939-12-06
Description:: 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.

4. Folder 20: Olmsted Letter 1

Folder 20: Olmsted Letter 1

Date:: 1939
Description:: Letter from Olmsted Brothers (in Frederick's absence) (Dec. 13, 1939) acknowledging receipt of Robert N.S. Whitelaw letter.

5. Folder 20: Whitelaw Letter 1

Folder 20: Whitelaw Letter 1

Date:: 1939
Description:: Letter from Robert N.S. Whitelaw to Frederick Law Olmsted (Dec. 11, 1939) requesting his services as a consultant.

6. Sing Lee Laundry (133 King Street) After the 1938 Tornadoes

Sing Lee Laundry (133 King Street) After the 1938 Tornadoes

Date:: 1938
Description:: Photograph of the Sing Lee Laundry (133 King Street) after the tornadoes of September 29, 1938, showing the damage done to the building. Signs for the Robbins Bros. Circus (on Sept. 26) are posted in the windows.

7. Folder 17: Whitelaw Letter 5

Folder 17: Whitelaw Letter 5

Date:: 1939-12-20
Description:: Letter to John Mead Howells from Robert N.S. Whitelaw Dec. 20, 1939) about Howells's participation on the committee.

8. Folder 17: Howells Letter 2

Folder 17: Howells Letter 2

Date:: 1939-12-16
Description:: Letter to Robert N.S. Whitelaw from John M. Howells (Dec. 16, 1939) agreeing to work on the committee but declining the chairmanship.

9. Folder 17: Whitelaw Letter 4

Folder 17: Whitelaw Letter 4

Date:: 1939-12-11
Description:: Letter to John Mead Howells from Robert N.S. Whitelaw (Dec. 11, 1939) about the need for him to chair the committee.

10. Folder 17: Whitelaw Letter 7

Folder 17: Whitelaw Letter 7

Date:: 1939-12-22
Description:: 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.