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Jack Underhill papers, Collection #C0134, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University.
Donated by Jack Underhill in in October of 1997 and December of 1998. Series 5 was donated in 2011.
The Underhill papers were originally attached to the larger Planned Community Collection currently in the Special Collections and Archives. In 2008 the papers from Reston Players were removed and organized into a separate collection. The old box and folder numbers for each folder are also included as part of the new arrangement.
Processed in November 2008 by Emily Martin. EAD markup completed in December 2008 by Emily Martin. Series 5 was processed in February 2012 by Kate Grauvogel.
Jack Underhill retired in 1997 after 42 years of Federal service, 33 years of which were at Department of Housing and Urban Development. He served as a research analyst for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The department was created in 1937 under the U.S. Housing Act of 1937 and was later becomes a cabinet-level agency in 1965. HUD's mission is to increase home ownership, support community development, and increase access to affordable housing free from discrimination.
He has written books on Soviet and French New Towns and edited two joint publications with the Soviets on new towns. He holds a Masters in Public Administration Harvard University and a PhD in Public Policy from George Mason University. Since retirement, he has worked as a consultant, served as chairman of the board of trustees for the Annandale United Methodist Church, and served as treasurer of the Virginia Poet's Society and the Planning for Peace Foundation.
The Underhill papers include reports, correspondence, financial documents, plans, publications, and general information on new planned communities. Also included is a series of oversized maps from different new towns including Flower Mound, St. Charles and Roosevelt Island. The collection is comprised of Jack Underhill's personal papers that he accumulated while employed with the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The papers document the Federal New Communities Program which sponsored the development of 13 new towns. It also documents Underhill's research interests in private new towns and international urban planning. The collection covers the period of time from the 1963 to 1997.
Series 1 is correspondence which is dated from 1970 to 1983. The correspondence is primarily related to New Community Development Corporation. The correspondence is also broken down into months and years that they were received.
Series 2 is compiled of reports that are dated from 1967 to 1990. The information on the reports is about different planned communities in progress. Some of the reports in this series were submitted to Congress. Also included in the series are two boxes of microfiche.
Series 3 is plans involving various planned community projects that dates from 1969 to 1992. The information in the series includes project summaries, project evaluations, business plans and project lists.
Series 4 includes information on different places that is dated from 1968 to 1985. The information is on a variety of places within the United States. Also in the series are reports on places outside the United States, such as Russia, France and Israel. The information from the foreign countries are evaluations on the planned communities in those countries. The last few boxes in this series are not just paper work instead it is census data and computer printouts from the different planned communities.
Series 5 contains information dated from 1970-1997. This series contains documents on welfare reform, homelessness, and housing and climate in the United States and the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. There are also reports, assessments, and summaries.
Series 6 is a variety of histories dated from 1964 to 1983. The paperwork includes the history of Reston, administration history of different project and new planned communities.
Series 7 includes financial information that is dated from 1969 to 1983. The documents include information on the budget, costs, mortgages and banking for the different planned communities that were being built and maintained during that time period.
Series 8 is general information from 1963 to 1987. The documents in the series from a variety of different sources, including reference material, outlines, fact sheets, American Institution of Architects nc Conference, interviews, New League Community and New Town.
Series 9 is a variety of publications that were published from 1965 to 1983. The items that are included in this series are different articles, journals and press releases.
Series 10 are drafts from different books that are dated from 1969 to 1984. The books are drafts, work books and briefing books for different witnesses that are testifying before Congress.
Series 11 is a collection of oversized maps. The New Town maps document different locations that are included in the paperwork in the rest of the collection.
Organized into 11 Series.
Special Collections and Archives also holds other papers on the development of new towns, particularly Reston, Virginia. Also of related interest are the papers of
The majority of the correspondences in this series are about the New Community Development Corporation Program. The series has 55 folders in 8 boxes.
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This series are reports submitted about the different planned communities in progress. The series has 87 folders in 9 boxes plus the two boxes of microfiche
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The information in this series covers instructions for projects involved in different planned communities that the Underhill papers covers. The series has 65 folders in 5 boxes.
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The documents in these folders include general information on different planned communities. These communities are in the United States and from foreign countries. The series also includes census data and computer printouts. The series has 91 folders in 12 boxes
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This series consists of documents on welfare reform, homelessness, and housing studies in the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The documents housed in this series date from 1970-1997, and the series is arranged alphabetically.
This series documents the history of a variety of planned communities that the Underhill papers involve. The series has 23 folders in 3 boxes.
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The papers in this series all relate to finances. The documents include the budget, different costs, and other information. The series has 32 folders in 4 boxes.
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This series has information that comes from a variety of topics from the Underhill papers. Topics include reference material, outlines, fact sheets, and other information from different sources. The series has 99 folders in 10 boxes.
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This series has articles, journals and press releases that were published. The series has 23 folders in 4 boxes.
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This series includes workbooks, draft reviews and briefing books. The series has 42 folders in 6 boxes.
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This series includes about 29 sheets. All the maps are for New Towns. The maps are all located in map drawer no. 1 which is separate from the rest of the collection.
4 sheets; 149.1
3 sheets; 149.2
4 sheets; 149.3
1 sheets; 149.4
3 sheets; 149.5
3 sheets; 149.6
4 sheets; 149.7
1 sheets; 149.8
3 sheets; 149.9
3 sheets; 149.8
5 sheets; 149.10
2 sheets; 149.11
4 sheets; 149.12
1 sheets; 149.13
2 sheets; 149.14