Housing and Education

Books and Pamphlets

Adams Thomas. Rural Planning and Development. Canadian Commission on Conservation Ottawa, 1917.

ALDRIDGE H. R. National Housing Manual. National Housing and Town Planning Council, London: 1923, p. 526. Supplement: Guide to Administration of Housing Acts, 1924.

Exhaustive and authoritative, by the secretary of the National Housing and Town Planning Council. History of housing movement to 1923; a national housing policy; its administration; housing problem in other countries.

Aronovici Carol. Housing and the Housing Problem. McClurg Chicago: 1920, p. 163.

A stimulating discussion of the broader issues,—land, materials, labor, capital, maintenance, improvements.

Bacon Albion Fellows. Beauty for Ashes. Survey Magazine, New York: Nov, 1, 1923 to Sept. 5, 1914. (Also in book form—out of print.)

The epic of American housing reform by a woman citizen who led in securing the Indiana housing law.

Barnes Harry. Housing, the Facts and the Future. Ernest Benn London: 1923, p. 450, illustrated.

By a parliamentary housing leader who anticipates increased provision of housing by government until it becomes a public utility.

Bashore Harvey B. Overcrowding and Defective Housing in Rural Districts. Wiley New York: 1915, p. 92.

Housing not simply a large city problem; land overcrowding, house overcrowding, defective buildings, overcrowded schools. By official of Pennsylvania Department of Health.

Bassett Edward M. Zoning. National Municipal League New York: 1922, p. 26.

A compact handbook of zoning—need for, methods, laws, bibliography. By a leading legal authority.

Bibliography of Social Surveys. Russell Sage Foundation New York. (Out of print, new edition ready shortly.)

Lists important housing surveys.

Bird Charles S. JR. , Chairman. Town Planning for Small Communities. Walpole Town Planning Committee. Appleton New York: 1917, p. 492, illustrated.

Surveys town planning problems with chapters on Cost, Ways and Means, Parks and Playgrounds, Streets and Roads, Recreation, Forests, Social Life, Housing, Health, Industry, etc., also, the town planning of Walpole.

Crane Caroline Bartlett. Everyman's House. Doubleday, Page, New York: 1925, p. 226.

The prize demonstration house, at Kalamazoo, Mich., in the Better Homes in America competition.

Davis Katherine B. Housing Conditions of Employed Women in the Borough of Manhattan. Bureau of Social Hygiene New York: 1922.

A survey of housing conditions and problems of non-family women; organized houses; room registries; housing experiments.

De Forest Robert W. , and Veiller Lawrence Editors. The Tenement House Problem, Including the Report of the New York State Tenement House Commission of 1900. 2 Vols. Macmillan Co., 1903, pp. 470 and 516.

Authoritative articles by the editors and others on conditions in New York and other cities, requiring remedial action; also housing reform during the 19th century.

European Housing Problems Since the War. Issued by International Labor Office Geneva: 1924, p. 484.

Reports from seventeen European countries.

FURNISS A. D. S. , and Phillips Marian. The Working Woman's House. Swathmore Press London: 1919, p. 83.

Discusses the views of women on home, the house, cooperative house-management, and the healthy town.

GOULD E. R. L. Housing of the Working People. Eighth Special Report of Commissioner of Labor. Washington: 1895, p. 461. Important early study of American and foreign conditions.

Gray Greta House and Home. A Manual and Textbook of Practical House Planning. Lippincott Philadelphia: 1923, p. 356.

By a graduate in architecture and in home economics; deals with sanitary, economic, social, and architectural phases.

GRIES J. M. , and TAYLOR J. S. How to Own Your Own Home. Dept. of Commerce Washington, D. C: 1923, p. 28. Problems of family that would build or buy a home.

HAMLIN W. A. Low Cost Cottage Construction in America. Dept. of Social Ethics publications, Harvard University, Cambridge: 1917, p. 25.

Illustrations of economical plans with discussion of construction and materials.

Harap Henry. Education of the Consumer. A Study in Curriculum Material. Macmillan New York: 1924, p. 360.

The chapters on housing present facts and state the related educational objectives for the school curriculum.

Harrison Shelby M. Social Conditions in an American City. Russell Sage Foundation New York: 1920, p. 439.

Facts regarding health, recreation, industry, housing and other conditions having a relation to home and family life, brought together in the Springfield, Ill., social survey; includes summary of Mr. Ihlder's survey of housing (Chap. VI).

Hill Octavia , JEFFERY M. M. , and NEVILLE E. House Property and Its Management. Some papers on the methods of management introduced by Miss Octavia Hill and adapted to modern conditions. Allen and Unwin London: 1921, p. 96.

Five papers by Miss Hill; also management of Amsterdam municipal houses by women, etc.

Housing Shipbuilders. U. S. Shipping Board. Emergency Fleet Corporation. Philadelphia: 1920.

Housing and Town Planning. The Annals, American Academy of Political and Social Science Philadelphia: 1914, p. 264.

Some thirty-six papers by specialists, giving broad survey of problems.

Housing Problems in America. Proceedings of Conference of National Housing Association. Vol. I (1911)—Vol. IX (1923). Published by National Housing Association New York.

Each volume brings together, on special topics, papers by leading authorities. Supplemented by quarterly Housing Betterment.

Howard Ebenezer. Garden Cities of Tomorrow. Sonnenschein London: 1902, p. 191.

A famous work, appearing first as Tomorrow (1898), which started the Garden City Movement.

Ihlder John The City Plan and Living and Working Conditions. Civic Development Dept., Chamber of Commerce of United States, Washington, D. C.: 7 p.

James Harlean. The Building of Cities. Macmillan New York: 1917, p. 201.

A volume in Everychild's Series intended to interest young people in the planning of their own city. Capital for school use.

Kellogg Paul U. , Editor. The Pittsburgh Survey. Russell Sage Foundation New York. Housing is discussed in the volumes, Pittsburgh Civic Frontage, Wage Earning Pittsburgh, Homestead.

Kimball Theodora. Manual of Information on City Planning and Zoning. Including References on Regional, Rural and National Planning. Harvard University Press Cambridge: 1923, p. 188.

Complete reference as to sources. Supplementary lists have also been issued.

Knowles Morris. Industrial Housing. McGraw-Hill New York: 1920, p. 408.

A book for engineers. Selection of sites, planning, drainage, sewerage, water, gas, and electric supply, house design, zoning, districting, engineering and construction features.

LANCHESTER H. V. Talks on Town Planning. J. Cape London: 1924, p. 160.

Town Planning discussed by four characters: a business man, a professor of history and sociology, a mechanical engineer and a portrait painter.

Lewis Nelson P. The Planning of the Modern City. Second edition. Wiley New York: 1923.

By former chief engineer of New York City Board of Estimate; drawing on a large city planning experience in other cities as well as New York.

Magnusson Leifur. Homing by Employers in the United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics Washington, D. C.: Bul. No. 263, 1920, p. 283. Examples of housing in coal, iron, copper, textile, and other industries.

Magnusson Leifur. Housing Situation in United States. International Labor Office Geneva: 1925, p. 53,

Supplementing European Housing Problems Since the War listed above.

Murphy John J. , Wood Edith E. , and Ackerman Frederick L. The Housing Famine—And How to End It. Dutton New York: 1920, p. 246.

Three views: Individual initiative and economic freedom will give relief by supply and demand; the housing of the lower wage-earners must become a public utility under state supervision and encouragement; an industrial reorganization permitting profits only for services rendered can alone give permanent relief.

National Conference on City Planning, Annual Proceedings, 1909. Published by National Conference on City Planning, 130 East 22nd Street, New York City.

NETTLEFOLD J. S. Practical Housing. Garden City Press London: 1910, p. 194. English housing reform before the war; suggestive for American conditions today.

Nolen John , Editor. City Planning. Appleton New York: 1922, p. 423.

Eighteen chapters on essential elements of a city plan, with bibliographies, by American leaders in city planning.

Nolen John New Ideals in the Planning of Cities, Towns, and Villages. American City Bureau New York: 1919, p. 138. A popular statement, valuable for school or general use.

Recommended Minimum Requirements for Small Dwelling Construction. Dept. of Commerce Washington, D. C.: 1923, p. 108.

REISS R. L. The New Housing Handbook. P. S. King and Son London: 1924, p. 105.

A brief but adequate view of the English situation.

Richards Ellen H. The Cost of Shelter. Wiley New York: 1905, p. 136.

Standards and costs by the late founder of the home economics movement.

Richmond Mary E. How the Social Worker Can Aid Housing Reform. National Housing Association New York, p. 5. Also in Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction (1912). A practical program for the teacher and others.

Riis Jacob A. How the Other Half Lives. Scribners New York: (1890) 1922, p. 304. The Battle with the Slums. Macmillan, New York: 1902.

By a famous reporter; having much to do with starting housing reform in New York City and America.

Robinson Charles M. City Planning. With Special Reference to Planning of Streets and Lots. Putnam New York: 1916, p. 344.

By a late American leader in city planning; author also of Improvement of Towns and Cities, and of Modern Civic Art.

Rowntree B. Seebohm , and Pigou A. C. Warburton Lectures for 1914. Lectures on Housing. Manchester University Press. pp. 5 and 70.

Housing and poverty; how to secure more houses; state's relation to housing; permanent causes of housing shortage; reform measures.

Sellier Henri. La Crise du Logement et l'intervention publique en matière d'habitation populaire dans l'agglomeration parisienne. 4 Vols. Office Public d'Habitations à Bon Marché du Department de la Seine Paris: 1921.

Standard State Zoning Enabling Act. Act under which municipalities may adopt zoning regulations. Dept. of Commerce Washington, D. C: 1924, p. 12. Law recommended for state adoption.

Taylor Graham Romeyn. Satellite Cities. A Study of Industrial Suburbs. Appleton New York: 1915, p. 325.

Problems of industrial and other cities that have grown up about metropolitan centers.

Thompson Robert Ellis. The History of the Dwelling House and Its Future. Lippincott Philadelphia: 1914, p. 171. The development of the house, popularly treated.

Trotter Ann E. Housing of Non-Family Women in Chicago. Community Trust Chicago: 1921, p. 40. A survey of furnished rooms, clubs, registries, etc.

UNITED STATES HOUSING CORPORATION. Report of Labor Department, Bureau of Industrial Housing and Transportation. Government Printing Office Washington, D. C: 1920. American experience with government housing in the war.

Unwin Raymond. Town Planning in Practice. An Introduction to the Art of Designing Cities and Suburbs. T. Fisher Unwin London: 1919, p. 416, and 310 illustrations. Revised edition. A standard English work.

Veiller Lawrence. Housing Reform. A Handbook for Practical Use in American Cities. Russell Sage Foundation New York: 1910, p. 213.

By the secretary of National Housing Association. Discusses: housing evils, starting a movement for housing reform, housing investigation, model tenements and their limitations, housing laws and their enforcement, securing of legislative reforms, field of private effort, and a chapter on “don'ts.” Indispensable for legislative reform or housing education.

Veiller Lawrence. Model Housing Law. Russell Sage Foundation New York: 1920, p. 430. Revised edition.

A proposed standard law setting restrictions upon one-family, two-family, and multiple house construction; standards for light and air, sanitation, fire protection, etc. Basis of recent housing legislation in many states.

Verrill Charles H. Government Aid to Home Owning and Housing of Working People in Foreign Countries. U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Bul. 158, 1915. Washington; p. 451.

Authoritative and complete up to its date. WALDO E. L. Good Housing That Pays Harper Press, Philadelphia: 1917, p. 126.

Aims and accomplishments of a local housing enterprise managed on the Octavia Hill system.

Whitaker Charles H. , Ackerman Frederick L. , Childs Richard S. , and Wood Edith E. The Housing Problem in War and Peace. The Journal of the American Institute of Architects. Washington, D. C.: 1918, p. 116.

English war housing; what is a house; how housing has become a problem; housing of small-income family in America, etc.

Williams Frank B. The Law of City Planning and Zoning. Macmillan New York: 1922, p. 738.

An exhaustive treatise presenting the legal aspects of: planning the city as a whole, planning public features, planning private features, finance of planning, promotion of beauty, and administration of planning.

WOLFE A. The Lodging House Problem in Boston. Houghton Mifflin, Boston: 1906, p. 200.

Facts on a problem common to all cities.

Wood Edith Elmer. Housing of the Unskilled Wage Earner. America's Next Problem. Macmillan New York: 1919, p. 321.

The unskilled workman who lives in the cast-off houses of better-paid workers. American housing conditions; methods tried here, how far successful; foreign housing policies, their adaptability to our conditions; an American housing policy.

Wood Edith Elmer. Housing Progress in Western Europe. Dutton New York: 1923, p. 210.

“I have nowhere seen houses even remotely comparable to the old-law tenements of lower Manhattan. Nor have I seen any surveying lay-out as bad as that of the North end of Boston.”

“The people of Western Europe have undertaken national housing schemes, not because their need is greater than ours, but because they are more convinced than we of the importance of good housing.” The experience of England, France, Belgium, Italy.

Woolson Ira H. Dwelling Houses. National Board of Fire Underwriters New York: second edition, 1920, p. 124.

A recommended code for building houses which will reduce fire-risks; valuable for instruction in fire prevention. May be supplemented by the same Board's “Recommended Building Code.”

Zoning Primer, by Advisory Committee on Zoning, Dept. of Commerce, Washington, D. C: 1922, 7 pp.

Magazines

American City, Civic Press, 443 Fourth Avenue, New York. Monthly, $4.

City progress; good on city planning, regional planning and zoning.

City Planning. Organ of American City Planning Institute and National Conference on City Planning. Brookline Village, Mass. Quarterly, $3. (1925.)

Garden Cities and Town Planning. A Journal of Housing, Town Planning and Civic Improvement. 3 Grays Inn Place, London, W. C. 1. Monthly, $3.

Housing Betterment. A Journal of Housing Advance, National Housing Association, New York. Quarterly; free to members, including annual volume of proceedings called Homing Problems in America; membership fee, $5. (1912.)

Information on current housing and city planning progress in the United States especially, but in other countries as well. Most important.

L'Habitation à Bon Marché, 129 Chaussé Saint-Pierre, Brussels.

Monthly Labor Review. U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D. C.

Information on progress in industrial housing.

The Small House. Financing, Planning, Building. Monthly Service Bulletin of the Architects’ Small House Service Bureau of the United States, Inc. Minneapolis (1922.)

Survey Magazine. Survey Associates New York. Semi-monthly, $5.

The whole field of progressive social thought and action; a reliable reporter of current housing progress.

Zeitschrift für Wohnungswesen, Berlin.

Agencies Concerned with Housing and Town Planning

Better Homes in America, Inc., 1653 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington, D. C.

California Commission of Immigration and Housing, State Building, Polk and McAllister Streets, San Francisco, Calif.

Cincinnati Better Housing League, 25 East 9th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Civic Development Department, Chamber of Commerce of United States, Washington, D. C.

Division of Building and Housing, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C.

Division of Housing and Town Planning, Department of Public Welfare, State House, Boston, Mass.

National Conference on City Planning, 130 East 22nd Street, New York City.

National Housing Association, 103 East 22nd Street, New York City.

National Municipal League, 261 Broadway, New York City.

New York State Commission on Housing and Regional Planning, 949 Broadway, New York City.

Octavia Hill Association, 613 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Pennsylvania Housing Association, 311 S. Juniper Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Philadelphia Housing Association, 311 S. Juniper Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Small House Service Bureau, Minneapolis, Minn.