Finding Aid for Louis B. Wetmore Papers, 1931-2003 | University of Illinois Archives

Title: Louis B. Wetmore Papers, 1931-2003

ID: 12/8/21

Primary Creator: Wetmore, Louis B. (Louis Bemis) (1912-)

Extent: 39.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: By subject and chronological or alphabetical thereunder.

Subjects: American Institute of Planners, City Planning and Landscape Architecture Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Faculty Papers, Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Regional Planning, Transportation Research, Urban and Regional Planning Department, Water Conservation, Water Quality

Languages: English

Papers of Louis Bemis Wetmore (1912- ), Professor of Urban & Regional Planning (1955-76) & department head (1955-65), contains correspondence, memoranda, meeting minutes, reports, draft essays and studies, blueprints, plans, biographical records, photographs, audiocassettes, slides, notes, bibliographies, contracts, case studies, course materials, budgets, newsletters, newspaper clippings, lectures, and publications concerning consulting; conferences; Department of Urban and Regional Planning; Bureau of Community Planning; Urban Planning curriculum and workshops; planning education, including a history of planning education relating to the Department of Urban and Regional Planning Anniversary Celebration (1983-85); research and professional practice studies, including the Chicago Lakefront Study (1966-73), sabbatical study on planning and development programs of Providence, RI and Toronto, Ontario (1974), Chicago Comprehensive Plan (1943-78), Indianapolis Transportation Corridor Study (1971), Model Cities Program (1966-67), Chicago Community Renewal Program (1960-1965), Jackson Park Study (1965-66), and Chicago Crosstown Expressway Study (1966); and committees and associations, including the Chicago Planning Commission (1963-75), American Institute of Planners (1949-83), American Planning Association (1985-92), Highway Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences (1956-78), the State of Illinois Board of Higher Education (1965-68), Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. (1960-70), Housing and Home Finance Agency (1950-67), Providence Redevelopment Agency (1947-53), Rhode Island Development Council (1950-56), and The Urbana Group (1986-96). Major correspondents include Lachlan Blair, Leonard Heumann, Albert Guttenberg, William I. Goodman, Jerrold Voss, and Sandra Stiles.

American Institute of Planners
City Planning and Landscape Architecture Department
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Faculty Papers
Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Regional Planning
Transportation Research
Urban and Regional Planning Department
Water Conservation
Water Quality

Repository: University of Illinois Archives

Accruals:

2/10/83;7/27/84;11/24/88; 5/30/2003; 11/23/2005; 6/30/2008.

2 boxes were transferred to UA on July 30 2015.

Processing Information: Processing note: A box containing Louis Wetmore papers originally processed and included in the Departmental Subject File (12/4/1) was moved to Box 39 of the Louis Wetmore Papers (12/8/21) in May 2016. A divider in Box 39 indicates the additional box with the label Departmental Subject File (12/4/1). Cross references and titles in [] are titles provided by archivist. The papers were processed by Gabrielle Mattingly and Emily Menendez in 2016/2017 and supervised by Susanne Belovari.

Other Note: 36 Pages

URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1208021.pdf

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