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Guide to the Jeanne R. Lowe Papers, circa 1941-1972

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Collection Summary

Repository: Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries
Creator: Lowe, Jeanne R.
Title: Jeanne R. Lowe Papers
Dates: circa 1941-1972
Quantity: 35.5 cubic feet (37 boxes)
Abstract: The collection consists of journalist and educator Jeanne R. Lowe's correspondence, writings, notes, and substantial research materials pertaining to urban renewal, urban housing, the role of women in the sciences, race, public housing, and community planning in the United States. Specific cities covered include New York, New Haven, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Miami, Sunnyvale (CA), Chicago, Rochester, and Washington, D.C.. Writings include drafts of Lowe's book Cities in a Race with Time (1967), as well as numerous other publications written for the Ford Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and other non-governmental organizations. Also included are personal and professional materials related to Lowe's life and career, including her work with academic organizations as a lecturer and organizer for Goucher College, Vassar College, and New York University.
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Biographical Note

Jeanne R. Lowe (1924-1972) was born in Pelham, NY, and attended the Horace Mann School for Girls. After she graduated from Vassar in December 1944 (Class of 1945-4), Lowe began a career in journalism. In time, her interests focused on urban affairs and she became known as an expert in that field. From 1959 to 1960, she directed Goucher College's seventy-fifth anniversary, a year-long program on urban society. She was a frequent lecturer on college and university campuses and spoke before numerous national organizations. A regular contributor to magazines such as Harper's Magazine and The Nation, Lowe's major publication was her book, Cities in a Race with Time, published in 1967. She was engaged as a consultant by many organizations, including the National Urban Coalition, the Fund for the City of New York, and the Ford Foundation. At the time of her death, Jeanne Lowe was a senior fellow at the Urban Center of New York University and a lecturer at the university's Washington Square campus.

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Chronology

1924 Jeanne R. Lowe is born in Pelham, NY.
1941 Graduated from Horace Mann School for Girls, New York City.
1941-1944 Attended Vassar College and graduated with a B.A. in Modern European History.
1944-1946 Editorial researcher at TIME Magazine, also worked on LIFE and Fortune.
1948-1949 Researcher-writer for The Reporter Magazine.
1949-1955 Account executive at Roger Brown, Inc.
1955-1957 Assistant public information manager for ACTION (American Council to Improve Our Neighborhoods)
1959-1960 Director of Goucher College’s 75th anniversary program on "Human Values in the Emerging City." Papers commissioned for this project were published in 1963 by University of Pittsburgh Press as Man and the Modern City.
1964-1965 Conducted research study on business leadership in metropolitan affairs for the Committee on Economic Development (CED).
1966 Published a book-length report, Urban Renewal in Flux: The New York View.
1967 Published Cities in a Race with Time.
1967-1968 Expert witness and consultant for the National Commission on Urban Problems.
1967-1969 Senior editor at McCall’s Magazine.
1969-1970 On commission from the New York City Housing Authority, prepared a history of the Authority. For the New York Urban Coalition with a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, directed a study of corporate resources of NYC universities.
1970 Investigated urban planning in European countries as Writer in Residence for The American Academy in Rome.
1971 Conducted housing study for the Fund for the City of New York. Worked on a monograph for Syracuse University on its Maxwell School for Citizenship and Public Affairs. Worked on a book for middle school-age readers on the urban crisis, on contract from the MacMillan Company.
1972 Published The Near Side of Federalism for the Ford Foundation, reporting on Foundation-assisted projects.
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Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of journalist and educator Jeanne R. Lowe's correspondence, writings, notes, and substantial research materials pertaining to urban renewal, urban housing, the role of women in the sciences, race, public housing, and community planning in the United States. Specific cities covered include New York, New Haven, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Miami, Sunnyvale (CA), Chicago, Rochester, and Washington, D.C.. Writings include drafts of Lowe's book Cities in a Race with Time (1967), as well as numerous other publications written for the Ford Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and other non-governmental organizations. Also included are personal and professional materials related to Lowe's life and career, including her work with academic organizations as a lecturer and organizer for Goucher College, Vassar College, and New York University.

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Access

This collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library without any additional restrictions.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to quote (publish) from unpublished or previously published material must be obtained as described in the regulations of the Vassar College Archives and Special Collections Library.

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  • Nine boxes of publications were separated from the collection and discarded during processing, including those published by the U.S. Federal Government, the State of New York, and the United Nations. Issues of magazines including Architectural Forum and House & Home were also discarded.
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Subject Headings

Names:

  • Gruen, Victor, 1903-1980
  • Moses, Robert, 1888-1981

Organizations:

  • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • American Council to Improve Our Neighborhoods
  • Committee for Economic Development
  • Ford Foundation
  • Fund for the City of New York
  • Goucher College
  • National Urban Coalition (U.S.)
  • New York University
  • Vassar College

Subjects:

  • City planning--United States
  • Housing policy--United States
  • Housing--United States
  • Public housing--United States
  • Racism--United States
  • Urban policy--New York (State)
  • Urban policy--United States
  • Urban renewal--New York (State)
  • Urban renewal--United States
  • Women authors, American
  • Women college teachers
  • Women journalists

Places:

  • Chicago (Ill.)--Social conditions
  • Miami (Fla.)--Social conditions
  • New Haven (Conn.)--Social conditions
  • New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions
  • Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions
  • Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Social conditions
  • Rochester (N.Y.)--Social conditions
  • Sunnyvale (Calif.)--Social conditions
  • Washington (D.C.)--Social conditions

Document Types:

  • Clippings (information artifacts)
  • Conference proceedings
  • Correspondence
  • Drafts (documents)
  • Newsletters
  • Notes (documents)
  • Printed ephemera
  • Publications (documents)
  • Reports

VCL Categories:

  • Economics
  • Journalism
  • Literature and Writing
  • Politics
  • Vassar College
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Encoding Information

Encoded by Emma Gronbeck, April 2024.

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Preferred Citation

Jeanne R. Lowe Papers, Archives and Special Collections Library, Vassar College Libraries.

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Emma Gronbeck, April 2024.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Joseph Lowe, 1972. Additional materials gifted by Ruth L. Bookman, May 1973.

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Series List

Series I. Personal and Professional Papers, circa 1941-1972 (Boxes 1-2, 36)

This series consists of material related to Jeanne Lowe's personal and professional life, including biographical information, correspondence, teaching materials, Goucher College 75th anniversary planning materials, and Vassar College materials related to Lowe's time as an undergraduate and her participation in the college's 100th anniversary.
Arranged alphabetically by title.

Series II. Writings, 1946-1972 (Boxes 2-14, 37)

This series consists of drafts, notes, research materials, correspondence, publicity material, reviews, printed editions, and other material related to Jeanne Lowe's writings, including articles, reports, speeches, and books. Major works include Lowe's 1967 book, Cities in a Race With Time; her publication on Washington D.C.'s Southwest Project, The City Rebuilders; her 1971 report for the Sloan Foundation on continuing education for women; drafts for a middle-school book on cities for the MacMillan Company; her report for the Ford Foundation on projects they had funded, The Near Side of Federalism; and a survey of secondary schools for New York University.
Arranged into seven subseries: Cities in a Race With Time (1967), The City Rebuilders, Continuing Education for Women: Report for the Sloan Foundation (1971), MacMillan Book, The Near Side of Federalism (Ford Foundation Report), New York University Survey of Secondary Schools, and Other Writings.

Series III. Projects and Research by City, 1943-1972 (Boxes 14-27)

This series consists of Jeanne Lowe's writing drafts, notes, research materials, and correspondence related to particular cities in the United States, particularly New York City; New Haven, Connecticut; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Sunnyvale, California. New York City subjects include public official and urban planner Robert Moses, the Fund for the City of New York, the New York Housing and Development Board, the New York Urban Coalition, and the National Urban Coalition. Research materials include newspaper clippings, pamphlets, reports, newsletters, proposals, and other material produced by government, non-profit, and corporate entities.
Arranged alphabetically by city.

Series IV. Subject Files, 1951-1972 (Boxes 27-31, 37)

This series consists of Jeanne Lowe's writing drafts, notes, research materials, and correspondence related to various topics around city planning and urban renewal. Significant topics include European urban development, the planning of new towns, public housing, the suburbs, and architect Victor Gruen. Research materials include newspaper clippings, pamphlets, reports, newsletters, proposals, and other material produced by government, non-profit, and corporate entities.
Arranged alphabetically by subject, with miscellaneous files at the end of the sequence.

Series V. Jeanne Lowe Research Library, 1948-1972 (Boxes 31-36)

This series consists of Jeanne Lowe's collected publications on topics related to city planning, urban renewal, race, and housing. Material types include reports, proposals, and other publications produced by non-governmental organizations, including the Committee for Economic Development (CED); local and state government publications related to policy, redevelopment, and analysis of various aspects of city planning; and other published materials related to urban renewal.
Arranged alphabetically by subject, with miscellaneous publications filed at the end of the sequence.

Container List

Series I. Personal and Professional Papers, circa 1941-1972

Biographical
Folder 1.1 American Academy in Rome - Correspondence, story leads, and assignments, 1970
Folder 1.2 American Academy in Rome - Fellowship in Environmental Design, 1968-1970
Folder 1.3 "Barry Gray Show" #242, featuring Jeanne Lowe, undated [audio reel]
Folder 1.4 Job searching, 1966-1969
Folder 1.5 Job searching, 1972
Folder 1.6 Job searching, notebooks, 1966
Folder 1.7 Lowe, clippings, 1967, 1969
Folder 1.8 Lowe, memorial pamphlet, 1972
Folder 1.9 Lowe, photographs, undated
Folder 1.10 Lowe, resumes and biographical information, 1967-1971
Folder 1.11 Phi Beta Kappa, Visiting Scholar Program, 1971-1972
Box 36 Planner, 1968
Conferences
Folder 1.12 ACTION Executives Seminar on the American City, 1959 May
Folder 1.13 ACTION, "The Seminar on Civic Leadership," Yale Law School, 1959 May 14
Folder 1.14 Center for NYC Affairs of the New School, Seminar on Urban Renewal, 1965-1966
Folder 1.15 National League of Cities annual conference, 1967
Folder 1.16 "The Planning of Our City--Reading Notes", circa 1956
Folder 1.17 "A Report on the The First National Corporate Executives Seminar on the American City," presented by ACTION, seminar agenda, 1959
Correspondence
Folder 1.18 A, 1957-1971
Folder 1.19 ACTION (American Council to Improve Our Neighborhoods), 1955
Folder 1.20 B, 1968-1972
Folder 1.21 Brunt, Harry H., 1957
Folder 1.22 C, 1961-1972
Folder 1.23 Campbell, Alan K., 1970-1971
Folder 1.24 Claremont University, 1971-1972
Folder 1.25 Committee on Architectural Preservation, 1970
Folder 1.26 D-F, 1968-1971
Folder 1.27 Drew University, 1971
Folder 1.28 Fan mail, 1968-1970
Folder 1.29 Foundation News, 1972
Folder 1.30 Fund for the City of New York, 1970-1971
Folder 1.31 G-H, 1970
Folder 1.32 Harper's Magazine, 1957, 1971
Folder 1.33 The Harry Walker Bureau, 1969
Folder 1.34 House & Home, 1957-1958
Folder 1.35 I-K, 1968-1971
Folder 1.36 L, 1969-1972
Folder 1.37 Lowe family, circa 1941-1945
Folder 1.38 Library of Urban Affairs, 1967-1970
Folder 1.39 M, 1963-1970
Folder 1.40 Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co., 1952-1954
Folder 1.41 Muskie Committee, 1972
Folder 1.42 N, 1970-1971
Folder 1.43 Osman, John, 1957
Folder 1.44 P-R, 1957-1970
Folder 1.45 "Redevelopment officials", 1957-1958
Folder 1.46 S, 1962-1972
Folder 1.47 Saturday Evening Post, 1957-1958
Folder 1.48 The Saturday Review, 1968-1971
Folder 1.49 Speaking invitations, 1969
Folder 1.50 T, 1944-1970
Folder 1.51 U, 1957-1970
Folder 1.52 Vassar College, 1955
Folder 1.53 W, 1968-1970
Folder 1.54 Y, 1970
Folder 1.55 Unidentified, 1971-1972
Goucher College 75th Anniversary Special Program
Folder 1.56 Bibliography, circa 1959
Folder 1.57 Clippings, 1960
Folder 1.58 Correspondence and planning, 1959-1960
Folder 1.59 Ephemera, 1960
Folder 2.1 Goucher Alumnae Quarterly, Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Issue, 1960
Folder 2.2 "Man and the Modern City," correspondence, 1963
Folder 2.3 Panel and discussion summaries, 1960
Folder 2.4 Paper by Lawrence Frank, 1960
Folder 2.5 "Reading for the Seminar on Human Values in the Emerging American City," Vol. 2, 1959
Folder 2.6 "Reading for the Seminar on Human Values in the Emerging American City," Vol. 3, 1959
Folder 2.7 "Reading for the Seminar on Human Values in the Emerging American City," Vol. 4, 1959
Folder 2.8 "Reading for the Seminar on Human Values in the Emerging American City," Vol. 5, 1959
Folders 2.9-2.11 "Readings for the Seminars on Human Values in the Emerging American City", 1960 [3 copies]
Teaching
Folder 2.12 Correspondence and proposals, 1969-1970
Folder 2.13 NYU, 1971-1972
Folders 2.14-2.15 NYU, "City in Crisis", undated
Folder 2.16 Universities, 1969
Folder 2.17 Yale lecture notes, undated
Vassar College
Folder 2.18 Acceptance letter, 1941
Folder 2.19 Centennial symposium, 1971-1972
Folder 2.20 "Next 20 Years," notes, 1962-1965
Folder 2.21 Student papers, 1942
Folder 2.22 Student papers, 1943
Folder 2.23 Student paper, "Ticonderoga: The Study of a Community", 1943
Folder 2.24 Student paper, "Which Way to Peace? - From the Rhineland to Munich", 1944

Series II. Writings, 1946-1972

Cities in a Race With Time (1967)
Correspondence
Folder 2.25 General, 1959-1968
Folder 2.26 Avalon Foundation Grant, 1959-1963
Folder 2.27 Julian Bach, 1965-1967
Folder 2.28 Film adaptation suggestions, 1967
Folder 2.29 Foreign rights, 1967
Folders 2.30-2.31 Letters of congratulations, 1967-1969
Folder 2.32 Letters received by J.R. Cominsky about the book, 1967
Folder 2.33 Letters to editors, 1967
Folder 2.34 Magazines, 1967
Drafts
Folders 2.35-2.36 "The City: America's Unfinished Business", undated
Folder 2.37 "The Past is Prelude," Ch 1-3, undated
Folder 3.1 Ch 1, "first draft", undated
Folders 3.2-3.3 Ch 1, drafts, undated
Folder 3.4 Ch 1-2, revised drafts, undated
Folder 3.5 Ch 2, "The Man Who Got Things Done for New York," drafts, 1962-1964
Folder 3.6 Ch 2, "The Man Who Got Things Done for New York," draft, 1964
Folder 3.7 Ch 2, "The Man Who Got Things Done for New York," drafts and notes, 1964-1965
Folder 3.8 Ch 2, "The Man Who Got Things Done for New York," drafts, notes, and research, 1965
Folders 3.9-3.12 Ch 2, drafts, undated
Folder 3.13 Ch 2-3, "first draft", undated
Folder 3.14 Ch 3, "The New Coalition," drafts and correspondence, 1963
Folder 3.15 Ch 3, "The New Coalition," draft, undated
Folders 3.16-3.18 Ch 3, "The New Coalition," drafts and notes, undated
Folder 3.19 Ch 4-5, drafts, undated
Folder 4.1 Ch 7, drafts, notes and clippings, 1960-1963
Folder 4.2 Ch 7, drafts, undated
Folders 4.3-4.4 Ch 7, "Housing," drafts and notes, undated
Folder 4.5 Ch 7, "End of the Line," drafts and notes, 1963-1964
Folders 4.6-4.7 Ch 7, "End of the Line," notes and research, 1966
Folder 4.8 Ch 7, research, 1961-1963
Folder 4.9 Ch 8, "A City for the People," draft, 1964
Folder 4.10 Ch 8, "A City for the People," draft, undated
Folder 4.11 Ch 8, Philadelphia, notes and revisions, 1962-1965
Folder 4.12 Ch 8, Philadelphia, notes and research, 1963-1966
Folder 4.13 Ch 8, Philadelphia, photographs and captions, 1965
Folder 4.14 Ch 10, draft, undated
Folder 4.15 Conclusion, "first draft", 1965
Folders 4.16-4.18 Conclusion, drafts and notes, undated
Folder 4.19 Chicago chapter, "Renewing Neighborhoods," draft, circa 1960
Folder 4.20 Miami chapter, drafts, correspondence, and research, 1961-1966
Folders 4.21-4.22 Miami chapter, drafts, notes, and research, 1961-1962
Folder 4.23 Miami chapter, drafts and notes, undated
Folder 5.1 Unsorted drafts and notes, 1956-1960
Folder 5.2 Unsorted drafts and notes, 1962
Folder 5.3 Unsorted drafts and notes, undated
Folder 5.4 Excerpts published in magazines, 1963-1965
Folder 5.5 Editing, 3rd printing, corrections, 1967
Folder 5.6 Editing, comments on manuscript, 1964
Folders 5.7-5.15 Notebooks, undated
Folders 5.16-5.17 Notes, undated
Folder 5.18 Notes and research, 1958-1962
Folder 6.1 Notes and research, 1959-1961
Folder 6.2 Notes and research, 1959-1963
Folder 6.3 Notes and research, 1960-1962
Folder 6.4 Notes and research, 1961-1963
Folder 6.5 Notes and research, 1961-1965
Folder 6.6 Notes and research, 1962-1966
Folder 6.7 Notes and research, "housing", 1963
Folder 6.8 Notes and research, "housing", undated
Folder 6.9 Notes and research, "Housing/New Illusions", 1966
Folder 6.10 Notes and research, Public Housing Act of 1965, 1966
Folder 6.11 Notes and research, "Relocation", 1958-1960
Folder 6.12 Outline, drafts, circa 1958
Folder 6.13 Outline and description, undated
Folder 6.14 Proofs, undated
Folder 6.15 Publicity, advance notices, 1967
Folder 6.16 Publicity, book blurb, 1966-1967
Folder 6.17 Publicity, ephemera, 1967
Folder 6.18 Publicity, flyer from Random House, undated
Folder 7.1 Publicity, flyer planning, 1967-1969
Folder 7.2 Publicity, interview for NFSNC, 1969
Folder 7.3 Publicity, paperback edition, 1967-1969
Folder 7.4 Publicity, press releases, 1963-1967
Folder 7.5 Publicity, promotion letters, 1966-1968
Folder 7.6 Publicity, promotion lists, 1958-1966
Folder 7.7 Publicity, promotion to universities, 1967-1971
Folder 7.8 Publicity, speaking invitations, 1967-1969
Folder 7.9 Publicity, television programs, 1967
Folder 7.10 Publicity material, 1967
Folder 37.1 (Oversize) Publicity material, 1967
Folder 7.11 Research, 1946-1961
Folder 7.12 Research, 1958-1971
Folder 7.13 Research, 1960
Folder 7.14 Research, 1960-1968
Folders 7.15-7.16 Research, 1961
Folder 7.17 Research, 1962-1971
Folder 7.18 Research, 1962-1972
Folder 7.19 Research, 1965-1966
Folder 7.20 Research, undated
Folder 8.1 Research - Chicago, Hyde Park, 1960-1961
Folder 8.2 Research - "conclusion", 1958-1964
Folder 8.3 Research - "End of the Line", 1961-1963
Folder 8.4 Research - National Housing Conference, 1966
Folder 8.5 Research - Philadelphia, Ford Foundation Project, 1961-1962
Folder 8.6 Research - Philadelphia, Schools, 1959-1961
Folders 8.7-8.9 Research - "Relocation", 1959-1961
Folder 8.10 Research - Schools, 1959-1961
Folder 8.11 Research - "Segregation and integration", 1964-1966
Folder 8.12 Review letters, 1964-1969
Folders 8.13-8.15 Reviews, 1967
Folder 37.2 (Oversize) Reviews, 1967
Folder 8.16 Reviews, 1968
Folder 8.17 Reviews, clippings, 1967-1968
The City Rebuilders
Folder 9.1 Correspondence and notes, 1958
Folder 9.2 Draft and correspondence, 1958
Folder 9.3 Drafts and notes, 1962-1963
Folder 9.4 Drafts - Ch 3, Washington DC Southwest project, 1961-1965
Folder 9.5 Notebooks, undated
Folder 9.6 Notes and research, 1958-1960
Folder 9.7 Notes and research, 1958-1961
Folder 9.8 Notes and research, 1960
Folder 9.9 Notes and research, 1961-1963
Folder 9.10 Notes and research, undated
Folder 9.11 Notes and research, Ch 3, 1961-1962
Folder 9.12 Notes and research, Ch 5, 1963
Folder 9.13 Notes and research, "conclusion", 1961
Folder 9.14 Notes and research, "James H. Scheuer", 1957-1960
Folder 9.15 Notes and research, "James H. Scheuer, Cleveland", 1957-1958
Folder 9.16 Notes and research, "Washington DC, Southwest project", 1962-1963
Folder 9.17 Notes and research, "Washington DC, Southwest project", 1963-1965
Folder 9.18 Notes and research, "Washington DC, Southwest project", 1965
Folder 9.19 Notes and research, "William Zeckendorf", 1960
Folder 9.20 Research - Insurance companies, 1960-1961
Folder 9.21 Research - Urban Renewal Symposium, Hartford, CT, 1960 Oct
Continuing Education for Women: Report for the Sloan Foundation (1971)
Folder 10.1 Correspondence, 1968-1971
Folder 10.2 Draft, 1971 Jun
Folder 10.3 Draft, "Appendix A: Schools with Special Programs or Services for Adult Women", 1971
Folder 10.4 Draft, "Appendix B: Related Services or Programs for Adult Women", 1971
Folder 10.5 Interviews, 1971
Folder 10.6 Notes, 1971
Folder 10.7 Notes, "Women in the Soviet Economy", 1971
Notes and Research
Folder 10.8 Business management, 1970-1971
Folder 10.9 Engineering, 1969-1971
Folder 10.10 Medicine, 1968-1971
Folder 10.11 Miscellaneous Post-B.A. Programs, 1971
Folder 10.12 PhDs in Science, 1971
Folders 10.13-10.14 Professional Women and Equality, 1971
Folder 10.15 Stanford Medical School, 1969-1971
Folder 10.16 Proposals, 1971
Research
Folder 10.17 College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), circa 1971
Folder 10.18 "The Female Engineer and Scientist" by Carolyn Perucci, 1968
Folder 10.19 Individual Institutions: Brooklyn College, 1971
Folder 10.20 Individual Institutions: Claremont Colleges, 1971
Folder 10.21 Individual Institutions: College for Human Services, 1971
Folder 10.22 Individual Institutions: George Washington University, 1971
Folder 10.23 Individual Institutions: Loyola University, 1971
Folder 10.24 Individual Institutions: Northeastern University, 1971
Folder 10.25 Individual Institutions: Radcliffe Institute, 1971
Folder 10.26 Individual Institutions: Sarah Lawrence College, 1971
Folder 10.27 Individual Institutions: Simmons College, 1971
Folder 11.1 Individual Institutions: Syracuse University College, 1971
Folder 11.2 Individual Institutions: Tufts University, 1971
Folder 11.3 Individual Institutions: University of Michigan, 1971
Folder 11.4 Individual Institutions: University of Minnesota, 1971
Folder 11.5 Individual Institutions: University of Pennsylvania, 1971
Folder 11.6 Individual Institutions: University of Pittsburgh, 1971
Folder 11.7 Individual Institutions: University of Wisconsin, 1971
Folder 11.8 Miscellaneous papers, 1971
Folder 11.9 Miscellaneous publications, 1965-1969
Folder 11.10 Miscellaneous publications, 1970-1971
MacMillan Book
Folder 11.11 Bibliography drafts, 1970
Folder 11.12 Chapter outlines, undated
Folder 11.13 Correspondence, 1970-1971
Folder 11.14 Drafts - Proposal and Chapters 1-5, 1970
Folder 11.15 Drafts - Chapters 1-4, undated
Folder 11.16 Drafts - Chapter 1, 1970
Folder 11.17 Drafts - Chapter 2, 1970
Folder 11.18 Drafts - Chapter 3, 1970
Folders 11.19-11.20 Drafts - Chapter 4, with notes, 1970
Folders 11.21-11.22 Drafts - Chapter 5, with notes, undated
Folder 11.23 Drafts - Chapter 5, notes and clippings, 1970
Folder 11.24 Drafts - Chapter 6, 1970
Folder 11.25 Drafts - Chapter 7, 1970
Folder 11.26 Drafts - Chapter 8, 1970
Folder 11.27 Drafts and notes, 1970
Folders 11.28-11.29 Notes, 1970
Folder 11.30 Notes - "Urban Living: Value of Bigness vs Problems of Size", 1970
Folder 11.31 Notes - "Why Cities Are in Trouble", undated
Folder 11.32 Research, clippings, 1971
Folder 11.33 Research, "crime", 1970
Folder 11.34 Research, "Grade 8 Urban Growth…Calendar of Lessons", 1970
Folder 11.35 Research, "Grade 8 Urban Growth…Course of Study and Related Learning Activities…", 1968-1969
The Near Side of Federalism (Ford Foundation Report)
Folder 11.36 Correspondence, 1967-1972
Folder 11.37 Drafts, outline, 1967
Folder 11.38 Drafts, "first draft", 1967 Dec
Folder 12.1 Draft, circa 1968
Folder 12.2 Draft, 1968 Jul
Folder 12.3 Draft, revisions, 1968 Aug
Folder 12.4 Draft, 1969 Feb
Folder 12.5 Draft, 1969 Jun 24
Folder 12.6 Draft with revisions, 1971 Jun
Folder 12.7 Draft, 1971 Sep
Folder 12.8 Notes, circa 1968
New York University Survey of Secondary Schools
Folder 12.9 Correspondence with publishers, 1971
Folder 12.10 Correspondence with school districts, 1971
Folder 12.11 Correspondence with State Department of Education, 1971
Folder 12.12 Correspondence, urban affairs curriculum, 1969-1971
Folder 12.13 Notes, urban affairs curriculum, 1970-1971
Folder 12.14 Research, Chicago, 1971
Folder 12.15 Research, Detroit Public Schools, 1971
Folder 12.16 Research, Indianapolis, 1971
Folder 12.17 Research, Seattle Public Schools, 1971
Other Writings
Folder 12.18 "85 Million Live in US Slums" (The Tulsa Tribune), clipping, 1958
Folder 12.19 "Adequate, Open Housing in Metropolis: Comprehensive Area Management's Challenge to the Business Community (National Association of Manufacturers, Area Industrial Problems Committee), drafts, 1967-1968
Folder 12.20 "The American House," article on property tax reform, notes, 1965
Folder 12.21 "Balanced [Neighborhoods]," notes and drafts, circa 1961
Folders 12.22-12.23 "Balanced [Neighborhoods]," research, 1962
Folder 12.24 "Battle Against Blight: Remaking Our Cities" (North American Newspaper Alliance), proofs, 1958
Folder 12.25 "Can Americans Create a City of Joy?" in the Proceedings of the 44th Annual Congress of Cities of the National League of Cities, 1967
Folder 12.26 "Cities in Crisis" (Journal of National Association of Women Deans and Counselors), clippings, 1968
Folder 12.27 "Clearance Plans Promise Results" (The Chattanooga Times), clipping, 1958
Folder 12.28 "Community Facilities and Services" for James Scheuer, 1958
Folder 12.29 "Downtown Areas: Mess to Malls" (The Tulsa Tribune), clipping, 1958
Folder 12.30 "European vs American Urban Policy," for the 20th Century Fund, draft, 1970
Folder 12.31 "Federal Renewal Program Aids in Slum Clearance" (Syracuse Herald-Journal), clipping, undated
Folder 12.32 Film proposal - "New Life for American Cities: A Case Study - New Haven, CT," draft with correspondence, 1958
Folder 12.33 "Fort Worth Forgot to Remember the Citizen" (Journal of Housing), clippings, 1959
Folder 12.34 "Greenwich - LWU speech," notes and research, 1968
Folder 12.35 "Higbee ms" for the 20th Century Fund, draft, 1967
Folder 12.36 "Hofstra College and Long Island," draft, 1957
Folder 12.37 "Housing and Urban Change: Where Does Social Work Fit In," speech for University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, draft, 1970
Folder 12.38 "Housing and Urban Change: Where Does Social Work Fit In" (The Social Service Review), clippings, 1970-1971
Folder 12.39 "Last Test for Federalism" (THINK Magazine), drafts, 1970
Folder 12.40 "Lee of New Haven and His Political Inkpot" (Harper's Magazine), clippings, 1957
Folder 13.1 "Local Funds Put to Worth Building Up Downtowns" (Syracuse Herald-Journal), clipping, 1958
Folder 13.2 LOOK Magazine, CPI article, draft, 1963-1965
Folder 13.3 "'Lowe' Program for Cities," drafts, 1967
Folder 13.4 "Major Overhaul Needed in Cities" (The Chattanooga Times), clipping, 1958
Folder 13.5 McCall's Magazine - Article, drafts and correspondence, 1968
Folder 37.3 (Oversize) McCall's Magazine - Articles and editorials, clippings, 1967-1968
Folder 13.6 "A Metropolitan Strategy for the Private Sector" (The Saturday Review), drafts, undated
Folder 13.7 Miscellaneous speech notes, undated
Folder 13.8 National Association of Women Deans and Counselors, speech, drafts, 1968
Folder 13.9 National Association of Women Deans and Counselors, speech, notes and research, 1968
Folder 13.10 National Commission on Urban Problems (Douglas Commission), Lowe testimony, 1967
Folder 13.11 The Nation, "New Coalition," drafts and notes, 1957
Folder 13.12 The Nation, "New Coalition," draft with correspondence, 1957
Folder 13.13 "New Life for Aging Neighborhoods" (America Illustrated), 1958-1959
Folder 13.14 "The Negro Woman," drafts and research, 1968
Folder 13.15 "NY Urban Development Company Proposal" for the 20th Century Fund, draft, 1970-1971
Folder 13.16 Notebook - Economics Meeting, census, etc., undated
Folder 13.17 Notebook - RPA meeting, 1961-1962
Folder 13.18 Notes - "Andrew Haswell Green", 1958
Folder 13.19 Notes - "Buffalo, [NY] - Alinsky", 1965
Folder 13.20 Notes - "case histories", 1970
Folder 13.21 Notes - "Future projects", 1965-1966
Folder 13.22 Notes - "Possible projects", 1962-1970
Folder 13.23 Notes - "Story ideas", 1957-1959
Folder 13.24 Notes - "Writer's job", 1964, undated
Folder 13.25 "Old Cities and New Towns" in The Saturday Review, 1968 Apr
Folder 13.26 "Our Urban Crisis," speech notes, undated
Folder 13.27 Pennsylvania Planning Association Annual Meeting, speech drafts, 1957
Folder 13.28 "The Press Takes a Long-Range Look at Urban Renewal" (NAHRO Convention), drafts, undated
Folder 13.29 "Progress Report on Cities" (National American Newspaper Alliance), proofs, 1958
Folder 13.30 "Race, Jobs, and Cities: What Business Can Do," for The Saturday Review, drafts and correspondence, 1968-1969
Folder 13.31 "Race, Jobs, and Cities: What Business Can Do" (The Saturday Review), clippings, 1969
Folder 13.32 "Rebuilding Cities - and Politics" (The Nation), clipping, 1958
Folder 13.33 "Rebuilding Cities - and Politics" (The Nation), reviews, 1958
Folders 14.1-14.2 Sermon before the First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, drafts and notes, 1969 Nov 9
Folder 14.3 "Special To: Women's News Service," draft, undated
Folder 14.4 "The States, Will They Act to Save Our Cities?" for THINK, clipping, 1970 Mar-Apr
Folder 14.5 "The States, Will They Act to Save Our Cities?" for THINK, correspondence and drafts, 1969-1970
Folder 14.6 "The States, Will They Act to Save Our Cities?" for THINK, notebooks, 1969
Folder 14.7 "The States, Will They Act to Save Our Cities?" for THINK, research, Buffalo-Amherst Corridor, 1969
Folder 14.8 "The States, Will They Act to Save Our Cities?" for THINK, research, Lysander, NY "New Community", 1969
Folder 14.9 "The States, Will They Act to Save Our Cities?" for THINK, research, Mid-Hudson Pattern for Progress, Inc., 1969
Folder 14.10 "The States, Will They Act to Save Our Cities?" for THINK, research, NY Urban Development Corporation, 1969
Folder 14.11 "The States, Will They Act to Save Our Cities?" for THINK, research, "Welfare Island", 1969
Folder 14.12 "Travel in Egypt," draft, circa 1947
Folder 14.13 "Travel in Egypt" (for New York Times), draft, circa 1952
Folder 14.14 "Urban Renewal," draft, undated
Folder 14.15 "The University and the Emerging Federalism" conference, speech drafts, 1972
Folder 14.16 "Victor Gruen," drafts, undated
Folder 14.17 "Washington's 'Operation Exodus'" (Reader's Digest), draft, undated
Folder 14.18 "What Rehabilitation Can Do (and Can't Do) to Uplift People as Well as Houses" (House & Home), clipping, 1959
Folder 14.19 "What White America Must Do" (The Saturday Review), clipping, 1968
Folder 14.20 "What's Happened in Fort Worth?" drafts and research, 1959-1960
Folder 14.21 "What's Happened in Fort Worth?" (Architectural Forum), clipping, 1959
Folder 14.22 Writings by Others - Gleklen, Donald and John Taussig, "A Case Study of Manhattan Town," draft with notes by Jeanne Lowe, 1963

Series III. Projects and Research by City, 1943-1972

Baltimore, MD
Folder 14.23 Notes and research, 1961
Chicago, IL
Folder 14.24 Hyde Park, correspondence and notes, 1958-1961
Folder 14.25 Hyde Park, Kenwood Community Conference, 1954-1960
Folder 14.26 Hyde Park, notebooks #1-2, circa 1960
Folder 14.27 Hyde Park, notebooks #3-4, circa 1960
Folder 14.28 Hyde Park, research, 1956-1958
Folder 14.29 Hyde Park, research, 1958
Folder 15.1 Hyde Park, research and notes, 1960-1961
Folder 15.2 Hyde Park, research and notes, 1961
Folder 15.3 Hyde Park, urban renewal, research and notes, 1961
Folder 15.4 "Urban Renewal Plan: Near West Side, City of Chicago", 1960 Oct 20
Cleveland, OH
Folder 15.5 Notes and research, 1956-1961
Fresno, CA
Folder 15.6 Notes and research, 1960
Miami, FL
Folder 15.7 Notebooks #1-2, undated
Folder 15.8 Notebooks #3-4, undated
Folder 15.9 Notebooks, undated
Folder 15.10 Notes, undated
Folder 15.11 Research - General, 1961
Folder 15.12 Research - Campbell firing, Oct 17 election, 1961
Folder 15.13 Research - Dade County Board of Commissioners, Meeting of Nov 22, 1960 - Index, 1960
Folder 15.14 Research - Dade County reports, 1958-1961
Folder 15.15 Research - Dade County research, ephemera, circa 1957
Folder 15.16 Research - Islandia, 1961
Folder 15.17 Research - Land use, notes and research, 1961
Folder 15.18 Research - MacLeod, 1961
Folder 15.19 Research - Miami Metro, clippings, 1961
Folder 15.20 Research - Miami Metro, notes and research, 1947-1961
Folder 15.21 Research - Miami Metro, notes and research, 1958-1961
Folder 15.22 Research - Miami Metro, notes and research, 1958-1962
Folder 16.1 Research - "Metro Bulletin", 1960-1961
Folder 16.2 Research - Metropolitan Dade County Planning Dept, Planning Staff Reports #1-6, 1960
Folder 16.3 Research - Reassessment, 1961
New Haven, CT
Folder 16.4 Drafts, notes, and correspondence, 1954-1959
Folder 16.5 Drafts, notes, and research, 1957
Folder 16.6 Drafts and notes, 1962
Folder 16.7 Drafts, notes, and research, 1962-1963
Folder 16.8 Drafts and notes, undated
Folder 16.9 Drafts, notes, and research - Church St, 1957-1963
Folder 16.10 Drafts and notes, "Lee of New Haven and His Political Jackpot", 1957-1962
Folder 16.11 Drafts, "The Real Revolution", undated
Folder 16.12 Drafts, notes, and research - Wooster Square manuscript, 1961-1962
Folder 16.13 Notebook, 1961
Folder 16.14 Notebooks, 1961-1962
Folder 16.15 Notebooks, [1965?] Nov
Folder 16.16 Notebooks, 1966
Folder 16.17 Notebooks, undated
Folder 16.18 Notes, undated
Folder 16.19 Notes - Books about New Haven, undated
Folder 16.20 Notes and research, 1961-1962
Folder 16.21 Notes and research, 1962-1963
Folder 16.22 Notes and research, 1964-1965
Folder 17.1 Notes and research, 1965
Folder 17.2 Notes and research - Church St, 1959-1963
Folder 17.3 Notes and research - Church St, 1962
Folder 17.4 Notes and research - Community Progress, Inc. (CPI) and employment, 1964
Folder 17.5 Notes and research - Community Progress, Inc. (CPI), 1965
Folder 17.6 Notes and research - Conclusion, 1964
Folder 17.7 Notes and research - Dixwell redevelopment, 1960-1962
Folder 17.8 Notes and research - Ford Foundation, gray areas, 1962-1965
Folder 17.9 Notes and research - Harper's Magazine article background, undated
Folder 17.10 Notes and research - Housing, 1962
Folder 17.11 Notes and research - Mayor Lee, 1957-1962
Folder 17.12 Notes and research - Mayor Lee, 1951-1961
Folder 17.13 Notes and research - Urban renewal, other cities, 1956-1960
Folder 17.14 Notes and research - "Middle Ground", 1961
Folder 17.15 Notes and research - Mitchell Svirdoff, 1962-1964
Folder 17.16 Notes and research - Planning and redevelopment, 1955-1957
Folders 17.17-17.18 Notes and research - "schools", 1961-1963
Folder 18.1 Research, 1954-1961
Folder 18.2 Research, 1955-1960
Folder 18.3 Research, 1960
Folder 18.4 Research, 1960-1963
Folder 18.5 Research, 1963-1965
Folder 18.6 Research, 1964-1965
Folder 18.7 Research - "Addresses by: Hon. Richard C. Lee, Eugene V. Rostow", 1959
Folder 18.8 Research - Business relocation payments, 1960
Folder 18.9 Research - Citizen's Action Commission, 1957-1960
Folder 18.10 Research - Citywide Recreation Survey, 1961
Folder 18.11 Research - Community Council of Greater New Haven, report, 1963
Folder 18.12 Research - Community Progress, Inc., 1963-1964
Folder 18.13 Research - Dixwell redevelopment, 1959-1960
Folder 18.14 Research - Dixwell redevelopment, undated
Folder 18.15 Research - Redevelopment Agency, annual reports, 1963-1964
Folder 18.16 Research - Redevelopment Agency, publications, 1963-1964
Folder 19.1 Research - Wooster Square, 1957-1963
Folder 19.2 Research - "Wooster Square Redevelopment and Renewal Plan", 1958 Jun 2
New York, NY
Folder 19.3 The Architect's Technical Assistance Center, 1971
Folder 19.4 Chelsea - Notebooks, undated
Folder 19.5 Chelsea - Notes and research, 1960-1961
Folder 19.6 Citizen's Housing and Planning Council of NY, Inc., publications, 1960
Folder 19.7 Citizens Union - planning committee, 1963
Folder 19.8 Citizens Union - "Proposal for Decentralizing City Government", 1961
Folder 19.9 Department of City Planning, newsletter, 1958-1963
Folder 19.10 Fund for the City of New York - Contract, 1971 Oct
Folder 19.11 Fund for the City of New York - "Housing Statistics Handbook", 1971-1972
Folder 19.12 Fund for the City of New York - Report, drafts and notes, 1971
Folders 19.13-19.14 Fund for the City of New York - Report, notebooks, 1971
Folder 19.15 Fund for the City of New York - Report, notebooks, undated
Folders 19.16-19.17 Fund for the City of New York - Report, notes and research, 1971
Folder 19.18 "Housing," notes and research, 1963-1966
Folders 19.19-19.21 "Housing," research, 1959-1963
Folder 19.22 "Housing," research, 1965-1966
Folder 19.23 "Housing," research - "An Interim Report on Neighborhood Conservation in New York City", 1963
Folder 20.1 "Housing and slums," research, 1957-1962
Folder 20.2 Housing and Development Board - notes and research, 1959-1962
Folder 20.3 Housing and Development Board - notes and research, 1962-1963
Folder 20.4 Housing and Development Board - research, 1960-1965
Folder 20.5 Housing and Development Board - research, 1961-1966
Folder 20.6 Housing and Development Board - "West Side Urban Renewal Area Project No. NY R-43", 1963
Folder 20.7 Housing and Development Board - "West Side Urban Renewal Project", 1959-1961
Folder 20.8 Housing and Development Board - West Village project, 1959-1962
Folder 20.9 Housing Authority - Report, correspondence, 1968-1969
Folder 20.10 Housing Authority - Report, draft, 1969 May
Folder 20.11 Housing Authority - Report, final draft, 1969 Aug
Folder 20.12 Metropolitan Regional Council, research, 1962
Folder 20.13 The Municipal Art Society of New York, 1970-1972
Folder 20.14 The Municipal Art Society of New York, awards committee, 1971
Folder 20.15 The Municipal Art Society of New York, subway art, 1970
Folder 20.16 National Association of County Officials - Meeting, notes and papers, 1962 Jul
Folder 20.17 "New Towns - Federal Programs," research, 1965
"New York City and Robert Moses"
Folder 20.18 Drafts, notes, and research, 1963-1965
Folder 20.19 Notebooks, undated
Folders 20.20-20.22 Notes and research, 1958-1963
Folder 20.23 Notes and research, 1958-1964
Folder 20.24 Notes and research, 1960
Folder 20.25 Notes and research, 1960-1963
Folder 20.26 Notes and research, 1960-1965
Folder 20.27 Notes and research, 1961
Folder 21.1 Notes and research, 1961-1966
Folder 21.2 1959 scandal, notes and research, 1959, 1963
Folder 21.3 "The End Product," notes and research, 1965
Folder 21.4 New York method, notes and research, 1963
Folder 21.5 Slums and relocation, notes and research, 1956-1963
Folder 21.6 Start of Title I, notes and research, 1949-1960
Folder 21.7 New York City, notes and research, 1961-1963
Folder 21.8 New York Regional Plan Association - "Choices for '76," proposal on urban planning, 1971 May 11
Folder 21.9 Radio WMCA - "The Housing That Haunts New York," scripts, 1963
Folder 21.10 "State government and metropolitan planning," research, 1966-1971
Folder 21.11 Taxes and revenue, research, 1960-1964
Folder 21.12 "Triborough Bridge," notes and research, 1956-1958
The Urban Coalition
Folder 21.13 House & Home roundtable conference, correspondence, 1969
Folder 21.14 House & Home roundtable conference, research, 1968-1969
Folder 21.15 House & Home roundtable conference, "Urban Housing: Patterns for Corporate Action," drafts and notes, 1969
Folder 21.16 Urban America, Inc. Development Forum 6, ephemera and correspondence, 1969 Apr
Folder 21.17 Urban America, Inc. Development Forum 6, notes, 1969 Apr
Folder 21.18 Urban America, Inc. Development Forum 6, "The Corporation and Low-Income Housing", 1969 Aug
The Urban Coalition Study
Folder 21.19 College Board Corporation, 1969
Folder 21.20 Correspondence on Position Papers and Statement of Principles of the National Urban Coalition, 1969 Apr-Sep
Folder 21.21 Letter to university president, drafts, 1969 Apr
Folder 21.22 National Urban Coalition goals and principles, research and notes, 1969
Folder 21.23 Notes, undated
Folder 21.24 Notes and research, 1969
Folder 21.25 Phase II research, correspondence, 1969
Folder 21.26 Phase II research, C.U.N.Y., 1967-1969
Folder 21.27 Phase II research, Columbia University, 1968-1969
Folder 21.28 Phase II research, Fordham University, 1968-1969
Folder 21.29 Phase II research, New York University, 1968-1969
Folder 22.1 Phase II research, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1968-1969
Folder 22.2 Phase II research, urban universities: admissions, educational programs, special studies, 1969
Folder 22.3 Planning drafts, 1969
Folder 22.4 Press release, 1969
Folder 22.5 Proposal, 1969 Mar
Folder 22.6 Reports, 1969
Folder 22.7 Reports, interim report, 1970 Feb
Folder 22.8 Reports, synopsis of findings, 1970 Apr
Folder 22.9 University personnel notes, 1969
Folder 22.10 "What's Wrong with NYC?" notes and research, 1955-1963
Folder 22.11 Zoning, notes and research, 1959-1963
Oakland, CA
Folder 22.12 Research, 1960
Philadelphia, PA
Folder 22.13 General - Drafts and notes, 1959-1960
Folder 22.14 General - Drafts and notes, "The Return of the Native", 1961
Folder 22.15 General - Notebooks, 1960
Folder 22.16 General - Notebooks, 1961-1962
Folder 22.17 General - Notebooks, circa 1961
Folder 22.18 General - Notebooks, 1965-1966
Folder 22.19 General - Notes and research, 1958-1961
Folder 22.20 General - Notes and research, 1960-1962
Folder 23.1 General - Notes and research, 1960-1965
Folder 23.2 General - Notes and research, 1963-1965
Folder 23.3 Center City - Notes and research, 1958-1961
Folder 23.4 Center City - Notes and research, 1960-1965
Folder 23.5 Center City - Notes and research, undated
Folder 23.6 "Commission on Human Relations," notes and research, 1956-1961
Folder 23.7 "Commission on Human Relations," informational packets #1-3, circa 1960
Folder 23.8 "Commission on Human Relations," informational packets #4, circa 1960
Folder 23.9 Commission on Human Relations, 1960-1962
Folder 23.10 Community Renewal Program, publications, 1964-1965
Folder 23.11 Community Renewal Program, "Technical Report #6", 1963
Folder 23.12 "Dilworth as Mayor," notes and research, 1950-1960
Folder 23.13 "Early Days," notes and research, 1951-1961
Folder 23.14 Greater Philadelphia Movement, research, 1958-1959
Folder 23.15 Housing, research, 1959-1966
Folder 23.16 Housing Code Enforcement, 1960
Folder 23.17 Industry, notes and research, 1960-1961
Folder 23.18 Jobs, notes and research, 1962-1964
Folder 24.1 "Negroes" and anti-poverty, notes and research, 1958-1966
Folder 24.2 Old Philadelphia, Development Corporation, publications, 1957-1960
Folder 24.3 Old Philadelphia, Development Corporation, publications, 1963-1966
Folder 24.4 Redevelopment, notes and research, 1953-1961
Folder 24.5 Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, "Summary Report of the Central Urban Renewal Area, 1956
Folder 24.6 Reichley, James, "The Art of Government: Reform and Organization Politics in Philadelphia, 1959
Folder 24.7 Renewing Renewal, 1959-1966
Folders 24.8-24.9 Schools, notes and research, 1961-1962
Folder 24.10 Society Hill and Washington Square East, notes and research, 1957-1960
Folders 24.11-24.12 Traffic and transit, notes and research, 1958-1961
Folder 24.13 Transportation, notes and research, 1962-1965
Folder 24.14 Urban renewal, notes and research, 1958-1961
Folder 24.15 West Philly, notes and research, 1962-1966
Pittsburgh, PA
Folder 24.16 ACTION, notebook, undated
Folder 24.17 ACTION-Housing, Inc., 1960-1961
Folder 24.18 Homewood Community Improvement Association, 1960-1961
Folder 25.1 Interview notes, 1960-1962
Folder 25.2 Junior League, "Quality in the Urban Environment," notes and drafts, undated
Folder 25.3 "The New Coalition," drafts, undated
Folder 25.4 "The New Coalition," Hazlett revisions, 1962
Folder 25.5 New Coalition and conference notes, 1965
Folder 25.6 Notes and research, 1964-1966
Folder 25.7 Notes and research, 1965-1966
Folder 25.8 Research, 1961-1963
Folder 25.9 Schools, notes and research, 1961-1965
Rochester, NY
Folder 25.10 Committee for Economic Development (CED) Study, correspondence and meeting minutes, 1963-1966
Folder 25.11 Committee for Economic Development (CED) Study, "The Rochester Bureau of Municipal Research," drafts, 1965
Folder 25.12 Committee for Economic Development (CED) Study, "The Rochester Bureau of Municipal Research," drafts, 1966
Folder 25.13 Correspondence, the MacMillan Company, 1967
Folder 25.14 Drafts, "conclusion", undated
Folder 25.15 Drafts and notes, "The Community Today", circa 1964
Folder 25.16 Notebooks, 1963
Folder 25.17 Notebooks, 1964
Folder 25.18 Notes, "community views of Bureau and Albany", undated
Folder 25.19 Notes and research, 1963-1965
Folder 25.20 Notes and research, undated
Folder 26.1 Notes and research, Monroe County, 1964-1965
St. Louis, MO
Folder 26.2 Notes and research, 1961
Sunnyvale, CA
Folder 26.3 Correspondence and outline, 1959-1966
Folder 26.4 Correspondence, finance and development policies, 1958-1959
Folder 26.5 Drafts - first draft and notes, undated
Folder 26.6 Drafts - "How to Build a New City", 1958-1959
Folder 26.7 Drafts - "How to Avoid Community Growing Pains", 1959
Folder 26.8 Drafts - "How to Build a New City", 1963
Folder 26.9 Drafts - "How to Build a New City", circa 1963
Folder 26.10 Drafts - "How to Build a New City," first revision, circa 1966
Folder 26.11 Drafts - "How to Build a New City", undated
Folder 26.12 Drafts - "conclusion", undated
Folder 26.13 Drafts - outline, 1962
Folder 26.14 Notebooks #1-2, undated
Folder 26.15 Notebooks, undated
Folder 26.16 Notecards, undated
Folder 26.17 Notes and correspondence, "problems", 1961-1962
Folder 26.18 Notes and drafts, undated
Folders 26.19-26.21 Research and notes, undated
Folder 27.1 Research and notes, undated
Folder 27.2 Research and notes, "early history", 1943-1957
Folder 27.3 Research and notes, maps and ephemera, 1959
Folder 27.4 Research and notes, "A Report from KOBE, Inc.", circa 1961
Folder 27.5 Research and notes, "schools", 1960-1962
Toronto, Canada
Folder 27.6 "A Report on the Metropolitan Toronto System of Government", 1961 Nov
Folder 27.7 Urban development, research, 1953-1961

Series IV. Subject Files, 1951-1972

Folder 27.8 ACTION - Notes and research, 1951-1957
Folder 27.9 Business and urban renewal, notes and research, 1958-1960
Folder 27.10 California metro, notes and research, 1962
Folders 27.11-27.12 "The Crisis," notes and research, 1968-1970
Folder 27.13 "The Crisis," notes, undated
Folder 27.14 European Urban Development - Great Britain, notes and research, 1970
Folder 27.15 European Urban Development - Israel, research, 1965-1968
Folders 27.16-27.18 European Urban Development - Notebooks, 1970
Folder 27.19 European Urban Development - "Report of the International Seminar on Urban Renewal - The Hague", 1958
Folder 27.20 European Urban Development - Rome, notebooks, undated
Folder 27.21 European Urban Development - Rome and Venice, traffic and city planning, notes and research, undated
Folder 27.22 European Urban Development - Sweden, notes and research, 1970
Folders 28.1-28.2 Highways, correspondence, notes, and research, 1957
Folder 28.3 "Industry in Suburbs," notes and research, 1961
Folder 28.4 "Industry in Suburbs," Fairlawn Industrial Park, notes and research, 1957-1960
Folders 28.5-28.6 Land use and zoning, notes and research, 1969
Folder 28.7 Local Government, notes and research, 1957-1959
Folder 28.8 The MacDowell Colony, 1970-1972
Folder 28.9 Metropolis, notes and research, 1957, 1960
Folders 28.10-28.12 Metropolis, notes and research, 1958-1961
Folder 28.13 Metropolis, notes and research, 1962
Folder 28.14 "Metropolis Against Itself" by Robert C. Wood, annotated, 1959 Mar
Folder 28.15 "Metro - Other cities," notes and research, 1958-1961
Folder 28.16 National Civic Review, annotated, 1960 Apr
Folder 28.17 National Civic Review, annotated, 1961
Folder 28.18 National Civic Review, annotated, 1962 Mar
Folder 28.19 Nevada industries, Inc., research, 1960-1961
Folder 28.20 New Jersey planning, notes, 1968-1969
Folders 29.1-29.2 New Jersey planning, research, 1968-1969
Folder 29.3 New Jersey planning and Paul Ylvisaker, research, 1968
Folder 29.4 New Towns, research, 1969
Folder 29.5 New Towns - Columbia, Maryland, research, 1969
Folder 29.6 New Towns - Columbia - Reston, VA, 1970
Folder 29.7 New Towns - Institute of Current World Affairs, 1970
Folder 29.8 New Towns - London, correspondence, notes, and research, 1970
Folder 29.9 Property Taxes, notes and research, 1960-1964
Folder 29.10 Property Taxes, notes and research, 1961
Folder 29.11 Public Housing, notes, circa 1968
Folder 29.12 Public Housing, notes, undated
Folder 29.13 Public Housing, notes and research, 1959-1962
Folder 29.14 Public Housing, notes and research, 1960-1961
Folder 29.15 Public Housing, notes and research, 1961-1962
Folder 29.16 Public Housing, research, 1951-1962
Folder 29.17 Public Housing, research, 1957-1962
Folders 29.18-29.19 Public Housing, research, 1958-1959
Folder 29.20 Public Housing, research, 1961
Folder 29.21 Public Housing - Community Relations Service / Justice Dept, notes and research, 1969-1970
Folder 30.1 Public Housing - Mid-Income Housing, research, 1957-1960
Folder 30.2 Public Housing - Mid-Income Housing, research, 1958-1963
Folder 30.3 Public Housing - Urban housing, notes and research, 1961
Folder 30.4 Race and housing, notes and research, 1956-1962
Folder 30.5 Race and housing, notes and research, 1959-1962
Folder 30.6 Race and housing, research, 1957-1959
Folder 30.7 Raymond, George, notes and research, 1970-1971
Folder 30.8 Redevelopers, notes and research, 1960
Folder 30.9 Regional Plan Association, conference, "The Spreading Metropolis", 1962
Folder 30.10 Suburbs, notes and research, 1956-1960
Folder 30.11 Suburbs, notes and research, 1957-1966
Folders 30.12-30.13 Suburbs, notes and research, 1961-1962
Folder 30.14 Suburbs - ACTION, correspondence and research, 1955-1956
Folder 30.15 Suburbs and New Towns, notes and research, 1960-1961
Folder 30.16 Suffolk County Planning Commission, "Report on Local Government Analysis", 1962 Jan
Folder 30.17 Transit and transportation, research, 1958-1961
Folder 30.18 Urban curricula - Yale, NYU, Columbia, Vassar, research, 1970
Folder 30.19 Urban redevelopment, research, 1955-1964
Folder 30.20 Urban redevelopment, research, 1964
Folder 31.1 Urban sprawl and open space, research, 1956-1960
Folders 31.2-31.3 Victor Gruen, notebooks, undated
Folder 31.4 Victor Gruen and others, notebooks, undated
Folder 31.5 Victor Gruen, notes and research, 1954-1961
Folder 31.6 Victor Gruen, notes and research, 1958-1961
Folder 31.7 Victor Gruen - Other cities, notes and research, 1958-1961
Folder 31.8 Victor Gruen - Vehicles and shopping, notes and research, 1957-1961
Folder 31.9 Victor Gruen, Rochester, and shopping malls - drafts and notes, 1959
Folder 31.10 Victor Gruen, Rochester, and shopping malls - drafts and notes, 1960
Folder 31.11 Victor Gruen, Rochester, and shopping malls - drafts and notes, 1962-1963
Folder 31.12 Victor Gruen, Rochester, and shopping malls - notes and research, 1958-1963
Folder 31.13 Victor Gruen, shopping, Ft. Worth - notes and research, 1958-1962
Folder 31.14 Ylvisaker, Paul N. - speeches, 1961-1969
Folder 37.4 (Oversize) Miscellaneous - Notes and research, 1951-1956
Folder 31.15 Miscellaneous - Notes and research, 1957-1962
Folder 31.16 Miscellaneous - Notes and research, 1958
Folder 31.17 Miscellaneous - Notes and research, 1958-1965
Folder 31.18 Miscellaneous - Notes and research, 1961-1962
Folder 31.19 Miscellaneous - Notes and research, 1962

Series V. Jeanne Lowe Research Library, 1948-1972

Box 32 Miami, FL, 1954-1961
Box 32 New Haven, CT, 1954-1961
Boxes 32-33 New York, NY, 1954-1972
Box 34 Philadelphia, PA, 1957-1966
Boxes 34-35 Sunnyvale, CA, 1948-1964
Box 35 Washington, D.C., 1961-1964
Box 35 Miscellaneous Publications, 1952-1968
Box 36 Miscellaneous Publications, 1969-1971

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Abstract

The collection consists of journalist and educator Jeanne R. Lowe's correspondence, writings, notes, and substantial research materials pertaining to urban renewal, urban housing, the role of women in the sciences, race, public housing, and community planning in the United States. Specific cities covered include New York, New Haven, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Miami, Sunnyvale (CA), Chicago, Rochester, and Washington, D.C.. Writings include drafts of Lowe's book (1967), as well as numerous other publications written for the Ford Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and other non

Finding Aid Date
Dates: circa 1941-1972
Collection Title
Jeanne R. Lowe Papers
Creator