Helen Jones files on the City Manager's Committee on Housing
Content Description
The Manager's Committee was founded in 1938 in order to investigate the housing structure of the city of Rochester. The majority of the materials are minutes and reports based on the Committee's findings throughout the years of 1938 and 1939. The materials includes census tracts, and the chapters of census, handwritten notes, findings, questionaires, as well as descriptions of the areas of Rochester that were investigated.
Dates
- Creation: 1938-1939
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use in any current or future manifestations must be obtained in writing from the Rochester Public Library Local History and Genealogy Division.
Administrative History
The City Manager's Committee on Housing was formed in 1938, in order to investigate housing conditions and the conditions of housing stock in the Rochester area. The Committee consisted of men and women with differing backgrounds based on their economic status, along with people of minority backgrounds. Numerous findings based on surveys of Rochester housing showed highly variable structural conditions around the city. The Committee also discovered that housing conditions were impacted by many rental houses being in poor condition. The Committee intended its research to show how existing housing could be improved and where to build entirely new living areas. The reports, however, were not supported by the City and housing projects received no funding. The evidence that the Committee found also brought about some controversy, which negatively impacted its effects.
Extent
.06 Cubic Feet (One binder.)
.04 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of records on the City Manager's Committee on Housing, a city government sponsored group dedicated to determining whether or not Rochester needed a civic housing authority. The materials are dated between the years of 1938 through 1939. The materials included are meeting minutes and reports.
Arrangement
This collection consists of 2 folders.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Uncertain, found in Document Case 12, Shelf 2. Possibly the gift of Helen Jones, aka Mrs. Leonard Jones, as her mailing address is on some of the materials
Bibliography
Condition Description
Fair, the papers are dry, somewhat brittle and dirty.
- Title
- A Guide to the City Manager's Committee on Housing records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Brandon Fess and Dakota Spinner
- Date
- 2020-01-27
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Local History & Genealogy Division Repository
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Rochester 14604 USA
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