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Rockefeller Foundation records, officers' diaries, RG 12, F-L, 1911-1992

51.47 Cubic Feet Boxes 137-273, 129 letter document boxes, 29 microfilm boxes (35mm), 7 half-letter boxes, 1 oversize box, and 1 legal document box

Abstract Or Scope: Rockefeller Foundation officers' diaries:

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1954 February 11-April 23 Box 141, Reel M Fah 4, Frame 317

Organized according to interview and visit, Fahs discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of humanities. He is involved in the progress of Humanities Division programs, selection of fellows and grant in-aid, and development of new research. The aims of the Humanities Division are to identify and stimulate new cultural growth, assist in interpretative studies of recent history, assist in American studies in other countries, fund creative writing and initiate major grants in music and other arts. Fahs takes a trip to Pittsburgh and visits MIT to survey their project on the aesthetic problems of city planning.

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1959 October 22-December 31 Box 145, Reel M Fah 7, Frame 307

Organized according to interview and visit, Fahs discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of humanities. He is involved in the progress of Humanities Division programs, selection of fellows and grant in-aid, and development of new research. The aims of the Humanities Division are to identify and stimulate new cultural growth, assist in interpretative studies of recent history, assist in American studies in other countries, fund creative writing and initiate major grants in music and other arts. Fahs attends the ACLS Conference on Scholarly Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Meeting of the Third Major Project Committee of the US National Commission for UNESCO and Conference on North African Problems. He also plans for his trip to the Middle East.

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Trip to Korea, 1958 April 4-May 5 Box 144, Reel M Fah 6, Frame 661

Organized according to interview and visit, Fahs discusses projects and proposals with professionals in the field of humanities. He is involved in the progress of Humanities Division programs, selection of fellows and grant in-aid, and development of new research. The aims of the Humanities Division are to identify and stimulate new cultural growth, assist in interpretative studies of recent history, assist in American studies in other countries, fund creative writing and initiate major grants in music and other arts. Fahs tours Korean and Japanese Universities to survey RF intercultural humanities projects that focus on history, philosophy and American studies. During his time in Korea the Korean dictionary and Encyclopedia of Science are discussed.

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Ford Foundation records, Catalogued Reports, Reports 13949-17726, 1949-2008, bulk 1950s-1990s

57.41 Cubic Feet 173 containers total including but not limited to document boxes 742-886.

Abstract Or Scope: The Ford Foundation's Catalogued Reports collection includes policy and programming documents, program evaluations, and periodic program status reports produced by Foundation officers and staff, as well as consultants and grantees. Some published material produced by Ford Foundation grants is also included in the collection. The collection also includes some of the Ford Foundation's own publications, such as the Annual Reports and newsletters.

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A compilation of the research reports and data gathering tools of the Growth Areas Research Project GAP-LAGUINDINGAN April 1997 (Reports 016892), 2001 Box 869, Reel R-9322

GAP research report of Laguindingan, Philippines, and focal issues surrounding the Airport Project on Laguindingan.

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A compilation of the research reports and data-gathering tools of the Growth Areas Research Project GAP-NAGA April 1997 (Reports 016893), 2001 Box 869, Reel R-9322, Box 870

Research report on growth projects in Naga City, Philippines, with special reports on demographic profiles , city government , managing growth costs , and addressing urban poor issues.

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An approach to urban research in the nineties Final meetings, Cairo, February 14 - 18 (Reports 016902), 1993 Box 871, Reel R-9322

Report discusses urban research in the Third World and looks for ways to improve the workings of cities and the lives of people within those cities.

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Ford Foundation records, Catalogued Reports, Reports 6262-9286, 1950-2005, bulk 1960s-1970s

44.41 Cubic Feet Document boxes 281-385.

Abstract Or Scope: The Ford Foundation's Catalogued Reports collection includes policy and programming documents, program evaluations, and periodic program status reports produced by Foundation officers and staff, as well as consultants and grantees. Some published material produced by Ford Foundation grants is also included in the collection. The collection also includes some of the Ford Foundation's own publications, such as the Annual Reports and newsletters.

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Action-housing Urban Extension Program: office of Policy and Planning (Reports 008422), 1964 Box 356

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United Planning Organization, Washington D.C., February 13 (Reports 007808), 1968 Box 336

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United Planning Organization, Washington, D.C., November 30 (Reports 007809), 1967 Box 336

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Ford Foundation records, Catalogued Reports, Reports 17727-19980, 1936-2005, bulk 1950s-1990s

5.39 Cubic Feet 17 containers total including but not limited to Document boxes 886-898.

Abstract Or Scope: The Ford Foundation's Catalogued Reports collection includes policy and programming documents, program evaluations, and periodic program status reports produced by Foundation officers and staff, as well as consultants and grantees. Some published material produced by Ford Foundation grants is also included in the collection. The collection also includes some of the Ford Foundation's own publications, such as the Annual Reports and newsletters.

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Address to the World Traffic Engineering Conference, Washington, D. C., August 21 (Reports 019258) (EA 61-4), 1961 Box 936, Sheet EA 61-4

"In recent months, a city has been forced by international events to become the decisive pawn in the present chessgame of man's destiny, and to shoulder the eternal problem of war or peace." [p. 1]

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Bay area conference: "regional planning," Oakland, CA, March 2 (Reports 019259), 1963

"That could be an exciting -- for whatever you may feel about New York (and Californians, being now the most populous state in the Union, can afford to be generous) -- the fact is New York is the liveliest and most powerful city of our age." [p. 1]

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Camden: the next generation: conditions and opportunities for community development (Reports 019620), 2004 Box 897

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Ford Foundation records, Audiovisual materials, 1950s-1990s

173 film reels 68 tapes Video 48 Reels Audio 33 Cassettes Audio 31.79 Cubic Feet

Abstract Or Scope: Types of records include: film, audio, and video.

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Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Board - Record of Snag Club Meeting, 1963 December 11 Box 8, Reel AV 8660

Unedited recording of a discussion of the Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Board held at the Snag Club in New York City on December 11, 1963.

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Ford Foundation records, Catalogued Reports, Reports 11775-13948, 1949-2008, bulk 1970s-1990s

82.35 Cubic Feet 235 containers

Abstract Or Scope: The Ford Foundation's Catalogued Reports collection includes policy and programming documents, program evaluations, and periodic program status reports produced by Foundation officers and staff, as well as consultants and grantees. Some published material produced by Ford Foundation grants is also included in the collection. The collection also includes some of the Ford Foundation's own publications, such as the Annual Reports and newsletters.

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City without limits (Reports 013126), 1965 Box 676, Reel R-9289

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Philanthropy's adaptation to the urban crisis 11 volumes (Reports 012158), 1987 Box 575

This manuscript consists of revised drafts by Winnick, and of preliminary drafts of chapters by McCarthy, Tolles, and Winnick, on philanthropy and the urban crisis. With the exception of an introductory chapter dealing with population shifts during the tw

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Downtown-Lower Manhattan Association, Inc. records, 1937-1995, bulk 1958-1974, bulk 1958-1974

98.81 Cubic Feet

Abstract Or Scope: The collection documents all aspects of the Downtown-Lower Manhattan Association's activities from its creation, with the consolidation of the Downtown Manhattan Association and the Committee on Lower Manhattan in 1958, through its most active and successful years of 1958-1974, through the mid-1990s with its participation in the Lower Manhattan Project and its resulting updated Lower Manhattan Plan, and the role played by the DLMA as the supporting organization for Lower Manhattan's Business Improvement District (BID), the Alliance for Downtown New York. The material encompasses the meeting records of the Board of Directors, Members, Executive Committee, Planning Committee, and other prominent committees, a limited selection of officers files, financial records, membership records, projects, DLMA publications, and reports and studies.

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Downtown-Lower Manhattan Association, Inc. records, 1937-1995, bulk 1958-1974, bulk 1958-1974 98.81 Cubic Feet

Downtown Lower Manhattan Association

The collection documents all aspects of the Downtown-Lower Manhattan Association's activities from its creation, with the consolidation of the Downtown Manhattan Association and the Committee on Lower Manhattan in 1958, through its most active and successful years of 1958-1974, through the mid-1990s with its participation in the Lower Manhattan Project and its resulting updated Lower Manhattan Plan, and the role played by the DLMA as the supporting organization for Lower Manhattan's Business Improvement District (BID), the Alliance for Downtown New York. The material encompasses the meeting records of the Board of Directors, Members, Executive Committee, Planning Committee, and other prominent committees, a limited selection of officers files, financial records, membership records, projects, DLMA publications, and reports and studies.

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Ford Foundation records, Catalogued Reports, Reports 9287-11774, 1947-2005, 1960s-1980s

57.48 Cubic Feet 150 containers

Abstract Or Scope: The Ford Foundation's Catalogued Reports collection includes policy and programming documents, program evaluations, and periodic program status reports produced by Foundation officers and staff, as well as consultants and grantees. Some published material produced by Ford Foundation grants is also included in the collection. The collection also includes some of the Ford Foundation's own publications, such as the Annual Reports and newsletters.

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Evaluation of research produced during the year 1977-78 by CEUR-Buenos Aires (Reports 009319), 1978 Box 386

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Planning in a period of change: A luncheon address, 1958 Annual Conference of The American Institute of Planners, New York City, October 27 (Reports 010510), 1958 Box 424

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Ford Foundation records, Economic Opportunity and Assets Program, Metropolitan Opportunity Unit, Office Files of Elizabeth McKeon, 1994-2012

1.9 Cubic Feet 5 letter size boxes

Abstract Or Scope: Collection contains the office files Elizabeth, "Liz", McKeon created when she worked at the Ford Foundation as the Foundation's Representative for Russia and then as Director for the Special Initiative on Urban Poverty in Developing Countries. When McKeon was Representative for Russia, she was based in the Foundation's Moscow Field Office until its closure. She then moved to direct the Special Initiative on Urban Poverty in Developing Countries within the Metropolitan Opportunity unit (MOU) of the Economic Opportunity and Assets Program (EOA).

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Ford Foundation records, Economic Opportunity and Assets Program, Metropolitan Opportunity Unit, Office Files of Elizabeth McKeon, 1994-2012 1.9 Cubic Feet 5 letter size boxes

Ford Foundation

Collection contains the office files Elizabeth, "Liz", McKeon created when she worked at the Ford Foundation as the Foundation's Representative for Russia and then as Director for the Special Initiative on Urban Poverty in Developing Countries. When McKeon was Representative for Russia, she was based in the Foundation's Moscow Field Office until its closure. She then moved to direct the Special Initiative on Urban Poverty in Developing Countries within the Metropolitan Opportunity unit (MOU) of the Economic Opportunity and Assets Program (EOA).

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Ford Foundation records, Grants Them-Tw, 1936-2006

29.44 Cubic Feet 2905 16mm microfilm reels, 437 35mm microfilm reels

Abstract Or Scope: Grant administration files

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The Regents of the University of California, Berkeley (06300558), 1963 October 01-1966 July 01 Reel R1022

Background studies for a demonstration program in urban development

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