Repository

ULS Archives & Special Collections

Title

Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh Records

Creator

Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh

Collection Number

AIS.1966.08

Extent

1.875 Linear Feet (1 record center box and 1 document case)

Date

1937-1953

Abstract

This collection contains financial reports, speeches, correspondence, architectural drawings, and publications of the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh. This collection also includes materials from the comptroller, 1937-1953.

Language

English .

Author

ASC Staff. Revisions occurred to the finding aid as a part of the encoding process on July 28, 2004.

Publisher

ULS Archives & Special Collections

Address

University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections

History

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh (HACP) is a municipal corporation, formed under the United States Housing Act of 1937, charged with providing decent, affordable housing for low-income persons. The Authority is governed by a seven-member Board of Directors which establishes goals, approves policy and budgets, and provides general direction to the HACP Executive Staff. HACP provides publicly assisted housing comprised of traditional public housing, scattered sites and Section 8.

Scope and Content Notes

No Subnote Content

Arrangement

The Records of the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh include four series.

• Series I. Financial Reports
• Series II. Comptroller Records
• Series III. Housing Projects
• Series IV. Publications

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mrs. L.A. Zindel, April 28, 1966.

Preferred Citation

Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh Records, 1937-1953, AIS.1966.08, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Previous Citation

Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh Records, 1937-1953, AIS.1966.08, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, Records, 1937-1953, AIS 66:8, Archives of Industrial Society, University of Pittsburgh Libraries

Processing Information

This collection was processed by ASC Staff in 1966.

Copyright

Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Subjects

Corporate Names

• Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh

Personal Names

• Zindel, Lester A.

Geographic Names

• Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Social policy

Other Subjects

• Public housing -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
• Public housing -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
• Public housing -- Pennsylvania
• Housing authorities -- Officials and employees
• Government

Container List

Series I. Financial Reports, 1938-1953

Scope and Content Notes

Series I contains Financial Reports of the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, 1938-1953. The reports are arranged by date and generally include a mid-year report (June 30) and a end of year report (December 30) for each year.

Financial Reports, 1938-1945

Containers

box 1, folder 1-8

Financial Report (Condensed), 1945

Containers

box 1, folder 9

Financial Reports, 1946-1953

Containers

box 1, folder 10-17

Series II. Comptroller Records, 1938-1945

Scope and Content Notes

Series II consists of correspondence, speeches, memorandum, and publications of Lester A. Zindel, comptroller, 1939-1953.

Subseries 1. Correspondence and Memorandum, 1938

Correspondence, 1938

Containers

box 1, folder 18

Memorandum - "Illustration of Local Contribution to Subsidy", January, 1938

Containers

box 1, folder 19

Subseries 2. Speeches, 1938-1945

Speech on the procedure to follow to receive benefits under the Housing Authority laws, ca. 1938

Containers

box 1, folder 20

"Centralized Tenants Accounting for Housing Authorities" - Local Housing Authority Controllers' Conference, NY, 1944

Containers

box 1, folder 21

"The Application and Functioning of the U.S. Housing Authority's Program for Slum Clearance and the Construction of Housing for the Low Income in Pennsylvania", 1938

Containers

box 1, folder 22

Analysis of Land Acquisition Covering Terrace Village, Arlington Heights, Bedford Dwellings, and Allegheny Dwellings, 1944

Containers

box 1, folder 23

"Financial Structure of Housing Authorities", 1943

Containers

box 1, folder 24

"The Financing of USHA-aided Projects in Pittsburgh", ca. 1940

Containers

box 1, folder 25

"Financing and Budgeting of Low-Rent Housing Projects", 1945

Containers

box 1, folder 26

Series III. Housing Projects, 1937-1945

Scope and Content Notes

Series III includes Architectural drawings, newsletters, and photographs related to housing projects, including Arlington Heights, Bedford Dwellings, Chatham Village, and Terrace Village. This series also contains the arbitration proceedings of Appeal for the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, Brief for Appellant in Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh District, #103.

Architectural Drawings, no date

Containers

box 1, folder 27

Rental Statement-Chatham Village Project, September 1937

Containers

box 1, folder 28

Terrace Village News, volume 1-3, June 16 - July 18, 1941

Containers

box 1, folder 29

Photographs of Housing Renewal in Project Areas, no date

Containers

box 1, photos 1-28

Architectural Drawings-Allegheny Dwellings, Terrace Village, and Bedford Dwellings, no date

Containers

map-case 7, drawer 1

map-case 7, drawer 1, folder 1-3

Series IV. Publications, 1937-1946

Scope and Content Notes

Series IV contains publications by and about the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh and publications on public housing in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Pennsylvania in general. This series also includes miscellaneous publications relating to the Housing Authority.

"Statistical Land Study of Bedford Dwellings...", September 1944

Containers

box 2, folder 1

Arbitration Proceedings - Housing Authority v. Sanctis Construction Company, April 1945

Containers

box 2, folder 2

Publication by the Housing Authority, 1941-1944

Containers

box 2, folder 3

Publications by the Housing Authority and Public Housing, , 1938-1943

Containers

box 2, folder 4

Extracts from a report on Phildelphia, April 1949

Containers

box 2, folder 5

Publications about Pittsburgh, 1937-1946

Containers

box 2, folder 6

Miscellaneous Publications, 1937-1946

Containers

box 2, folder 7

Miscellaneous Periodicals, 1938-1943

Containers

box 2, folder 8