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J. Horace McFarland Papers
American Civic Association


AMERICAN CIVIC ASSOCIATION CORRESPONDENCE, 1908-1924, [undated]. (36 boxes)





box 10

Walker, Miss Elizabeth F.L., Philadelphia, PA, 1918 (1 folder)
Walker, F.W., Pres., Chamber of Commerce, Beaver Falls, PA, October 7, 1919
Walker, John S., Chemical Lime Co., Bellefonte, PA, 1914
Walker, Wm., Pittsburgh, PA, 1913
Wallace, Hon. Robert L., PA House, Harrisburg, PA, 1919
Wallis, R.S., State College, Ames, Iowa, 1917
Wallower, E.Z., Harrisburg, PA, 1913
Walter, Louis W., Secy., Chamber of Commerce, Glen Falls, NY, 1917
Walton, Edmund G., Real Estate, Minneapolis, MN, 1912
Waple, Miss Olga, Clearfield, PA, 1916
Ward, Hon. Cabot, Park Commissioner, NYC, January 22, 1917
Ward, Charles Willis, Outdoor World and Recreation, NYC, 1913
Ward, George B., Investments, Birmingham, AL, 1920
Wardrop, G. Douglas, Editor, Ariel Age Weekly, NYC, 1915 (1 folder)
Warner, Ralph F., Town Planning, Post and Sons, Architect, NYC, 1919
Warren, Maj. Everett, Attorney, Scranton, PA, 1913
Warren, Miss M. Frances, Secy., Bureau of Associated Charities, Newark, NJ, 1919
Washburn, F.L., State Entomologist, St. Anthony Park, MN, 1914
Washburn, George A., 1st Vice Pres., Commercial Club, Bloomington, IL, 1913
Waterman, W.F., Attorney, Davenport, IA, 1913

GM 0395 box 11

Watrous, Richard B., Secy., A.C.A., Washington, D.C., 1912-1920, [undated] (22 folders)
-Association of Commerce, New Orleans, LA, 1915
-Baker, Hon. Newton D., Mayor of Cleveland, OH, January 30, 1915
-Ball, James A., Saskatoon, Sask., 1913
-Ball, Miss Margaret, Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, January 27, 1913
-Bennett, Jesse Lee, Baltimore, MD, November 28, 1916
-Brumbaugh, Hon. Martin G., Governor of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, June 19, 1916
-Buttenheim, Harold S., Editor, The American City, NYC, 1913
-Chaille Emerson W., Indianapolis, IN, April 2, 1915
-Chamberlain, Allen, Boston, MA, October 28, 1916
-Chute, Fred B., Realty Co., Minneapolis, MN, June 7, 1916
-Conklin, Miss Mary T., NYC, October 29, 1913
-Cooper, Walter G., Secy., Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta, GA, January 10, 1913
-Corbaley, Gordon, Ex. Secy., Chamber of Commerce, Seattle, WA, January 23, 1918
-Cowall, Arthur W., Pennsylvania State College, State College, PA, June 12, 1914 (copy)
-Crossman, Lyman T., Secy., YMCA, Rome, NY, June 14, 1916
-Culley, Frank H., State College, Ames, IA, January 12, 1916 (copy)
-Gilbert, Mrs. Lyman D., Harrisburg, PA, April 10, 1914
-Gordon, Col. G.A., Savannah, GA, April 7, 1914
-Gregg, J.W., Berkeley, CA, February 6, 1915
-Hannan, W.W., Detroit, MI, June 19, 1915
-Harris, James Russell, Philadelphia, PA, April 16, 1913
-Hinchman, John R., Lecturer, NYC, [May 12, 1914]
-Hogg, Rev. Charles, Williamsport, PA, March 16, 1916
-Holmes, W.E., Secy., Commercial Club, Sioux City, IA, May 8, 1916
-Howard, Josiah, Emporium, PA, [undated]
-Jewett, M.B., Winter Haven, FL, February 26, 1914
-Kelsey, Albert, Philadelphia, PA, April 2, 1914
-Kingman, Brig. Gen. Dan C., War Dept., Washington, D.C., January 31, 1916
-Kopmeier, John R., Milwaukee, WI, May 7, 1914 (copy)
-Lott, Edson S., NYC, March 27, 1914
-McClure, George W., Landscape Designer, Buffalo, NY, 1916
-Miller, Herman P., Harrisburg, PA, October 5, 1916
-Nolen, Dr. John, Landscape Architect, Cambridge, MA, 1914, 1917
-Olmsted, Frederick Law, Landscape Architect, Brookline, MA, May 10, 1916
-Parker, G.A., Supt. of Parks, Hartford, CT, July 22, 1914 (copy)
-Pingree, W,H., Central Civic Committee, Jacksonville, FL, April 4, 1916
-Pray, Dr. James Sturgis, Cambridge, MA, January 3, 1916
-Punshon, H.O., Secy., Chamber of Commerce, Laramie, WY, August 18, 1916
-Romeike, Henry, inc., NYC, 1913-1914
-Schoene, R., The Outlook, NYC, 1914
-Slaydon, Hon. James L., U.S. House, TX, Washington, D.C., 1916
-Stoddard, W.L., Secy., Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., December 5, 1916 (copy)
-Todd, Frederick G., Montreal, Canada, May 8, 1914
-Tuckerman, Gustanis, City Club, St. Louis, MO, July 25, 1917
-Waid, Earnest D., Assist. Director, MA Agricultural College, Amherst, MA, 1913-1914
-Waugh, Frank A., MA Agricultural College, Amherst, MA, 1917-1917
-Wilson, Hon. Woodrow, President of the United States, Washington, D.C., December 5, 1916 (copy)
-Wolf, Miss Elinor, Assist. Secy., National Housing Assoc., NYC, December 5, 1917
-Woodruff, Clinton Rogers, Secy., National Municipal League, Philadelphia, PA, 1913
-Woolen, Wm. Watson, Indianapolis, IN, June 13, 1916

box 12

Watson, John, Secy., Amer, Assoc. of Nurserymen, Princeton, NJ, 1921 (1 folder)
Watts, R.L., Dean, Pennsylvania State College, State College, PA, 1915, 1917
Waugh, Frank A., MA Agricultural College, Amherst, MA, (incl. Streets and Public Grounds, a course in Civic Art) 1912-1920 (6 folders)
Way, Wm. A., Vice Pres., Commonwealth Trust Co., Pittsburgh, PA, 1920 (1 folder)
Webber, Miss Lorena N., Librarian, Public Library, Jacksonville, IL, 1913
Webber, R.H., Pres., J.H. Hudson Co., Detroit, MI, Septemver 20, 1915
Weber, Miss Louise, Du Bois, PA, 1913
Wedding, Ralph Townsend, Landscape Architect, St. Petersburg, FL, 1914
Weeber, R.C., Secy., Chamber of Commerce, New Brighton, PA, October 6, 1919
Weekes, John A., Pres., N.Y. Historical Society, NYC, September 24, 1921
Weil, A. Leo, Pres., Voters' League, Pittsburgh, PA, 1913
Weiser, Eugene F., Secy., Chamer of Commerce, York, PA, 1913
Weisheit, Wm. H., Field Scout Commissioner, Butler, PA, 1915
Weiss, Miss Christine Brandt, Secy., Home and War Relief Committee, Harrisburg, PA, 1915
Welch, W.A., General Manager, Palisades Interstate Park, Haverstraw, NY, 1919
Weller, Charles F., Chester, PA, October 7, 1919
Wells, J.R., Pres., Civic League, Harriman, PA, 1919
Wells, Philip P., Dept. of Interior, Washington, D.C., December 24, 1912
Welsh, Herbert, Philadelphia, PA, February 4, 1909
Wendell, Arthur R., Tr., Wheatena Co., Rahway, NJ, 1915
Wert, Albert A., Harrisburg, PA, 1918 (1 folder)
Wertz, Hon. George M., PA Senate, Johnstown, PA, 1913
West, E. Porter, Chairman, Improvement Committee, Grosse Isle, MI, 1921
West, Henry L., Ex. Secy., National Security League, Inc., NYC, 1918
West, James E., Chief Scout Ex., Boy Scouts of America, NYC, 1913
West, M. Grady, Spartanburg, SC, 1917
West, Myron H., Pres., American Park Builders, Chicago, IL, 1914, 1919
Weston, Mrs. Charles S., Sctanton, PA, 1920
Wetmore, Mrs. Charles W., Pres., Capital Garden Club, Washington, D.C., 1917-1918 (1 folder)
Wetmore, E.D., Warren, PA, October 29, 1913
Wetherell, Frank E., Secy., Town Planning Committee, Des Moines, IA, 1919, 1921
Wetzel, Wm. A., Peicipal, High School, Trenton, NJ, 1919-1920
Wheaton, Wilfrid, Secy., State Board of Agriculture, Boston, MA, July 10, 1918
Whetzel, H.H., Chairman, War Emergency Board, Ithace, NY, 1918
Whitaker, Charles Harris, Editor, The Octagon, Washington, D.C., 1914-1918, 1920
White, Charles D., Director, Streets and Public Improvements, Atlantic City, NJ, 1919
White, E.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1915
Whiteside, Loring J., Manager, Central Chautauqua System, NYC, 1915 (1 folder)
Whiting, Frederic A., Chairman, Framingham Improvement Assoc., Framingham, MA, 1912-1913, 1919-1920
Whitley, Mrs. Francis E., Chairman, Gen. Federation of Women's Clubs, Webster City, IA, 1922
Whitlow, F.M., Milwaukee, WI, August 17, 1916
Whitman, Miss Elizabeth, Supt. of Nurses, N.Y. Eye and Ear Infirmary, NYC, 1917
Whitmore, Charles E., Membership Secy., City Club, NYC, 1920
Whitmore, Maj. Eugene R., Army Medical School, Washington, D.C., 1916
Whitney, Mrs. S.B., Glens Falls, NY, January 20, 1917
Whittaker, L. Coffin, Boston, MA, 1916
Whitten, Robert, Special City Plan Advisor, Cleveland, OH, 1921-1922
Whitten, W.S., Secy., Commercial Club, Lincoln, NE, 1915
Wickersham, J. Harold, Lancaster, PA, December 28, 1912
Wickersham, Wm. F., Secy., Board of Trade, Kennett Square, PA, 1916, 1918-1919
Widener, Hon. Joseph, Elkins Park, PA, November 5, 1919 (1 folder)
Wiers, Edgar Swan, Minister, Montclair, NJ, 1919
Wigfield, Hon. Fred., Chief Burgess, Steelton, PA, 1914
Wilcox, Mrs. Edwin A., San Jose, CA, October 13, 1921
Wildman, Hon. Augustus, PA House, Harrisburg, PA, 1913, 1915
Wiley, Dr. Harvey W., Washington, D.C., July 20, 1915
Wiley, John and Sons, Inc., Publishers, NYC, 1915
Wilkins, Edward H., Secy., State Park Commissio, Middletown, CT, 1913, 1915
Will, Thomas Elmer, Washington, D.C., 1914
Willcox, Wm. G., Pres., Civic League, Staten Island, NY, 1913
Willets, Mrs. Joseph H., Cold Spring Harbor, NY, 1916-1917
Williams, Arthur, Pres., American Museum of Safety, NYC, 1913 (1 folder)
Williams, Mrs. Bion B., McKeesport, PA, 1917
Williams, Frank B., Assoc. of the Bar, NYC, 1913, 1917, 1921
Williams, George Weems, Pres., Board of Park Commissioners, Baltimore, MD, 1912
Williams, Irvin C., Deputy Commissioner of Forestry, Harrisburg, PA, 1915, 1919
Williamson, C.C., New York Public Library, NYC, 1919
Willson, Alfred L., Columbus, Ohio, 1917 (1 folder)
Wilmington, Delaware, The Evening Sentinal, Editor, January 27, 1915
Wilson, E.P., State Normal School, Chadron, NE, 1913
Wilson, Fred. A., Nahant, MA, 1918
Wilson, Hon. J. Lockie, Vice Pres., A.C.A., Toronto, Canada, 1914-1915, 1917-1918, 1920
Wilson, Lucius E., Secy., Board of Commerce, Detroit, MI, 1913
Wilson, Miss Margaret Woodrow, White House, Washington, D.C., 1916
Wilson, Samuel, Ex. Secy., Chamber of Commerce, Johnstown, PA, 1915
Wilson, Hon. Wm. B., Secretary of Labor, Washington, D.C., 1919
Wilson, Hon. Woodrow, Governor of New Jersey and President of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1913, 1916, 1918
Winchester, Charles M., Librarian, University of Illinois Library, Urbana, IL, August 4, 1914
Winship, A.E., Editor, Journal of Education, Boston, MA, 1912
Winship, Addison L., Pres., Civic Secretaries Committee on National Municipal League, Boston, MA, December 20, 1917
Winslow, Charles W., Secy., Chamber of Commerce, Springfield, MA, 1918
Winslow, Joseph I., Clerk, City Plan Commission, Pittsburgh, PA, January 30, 1914
Wirth, Theodore, Minneapolis, MN, December 27, 1915
Wister, Miss Frances A., Saunderstown, RI, July 16, 1919
Wolcott, Miss Theresa H., Ladies' Home Journal, Philadelphia, PA, 1919
Woodard, Mrs. Francis, Chairman, Civic Club, Chambersburg, PA, 1915
Woodbridge, Mrs. J.D., Chester, PA, 1918
Woodbury, C.G., Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, 1914

box 13

Woodruff, Clinton Rogers, Secy., National Municipal League, Philadelphia, PA, 1912-1922 (21 folders)
Woods, Laurence C., Pittsburgh, PA, 1915, 1917 (1 folder)
Woodson, C.J., Washington, D,C., February 1, 1917
Woodward, Miss Effie W., Richmond, NY, 1914
Woodward, Dr. George, Philadelphia, PA, 1919
Woodward, Hon. James F., PA House, Harrisburg, PA, April 14, 1919
Woodward, Roland B., Secy., Chamber of Commerce, Rochester, NY, 1916
Woodward, Stewart M., Richmond, VA, 1918
Woodworth, Leo Day, Advisory Council of Real Estate Interests, NYC, 1919
Woollett, John W., Dept. of Engineering, Sacramento, CA, August 11, 1913
Worsham, E. Lee, Pres., National Conservation Congress, Atlanta, GA, 1913-1914
Worstell, Miss Mary V., Editor, True Stories of Great Americans, NYC, 1916
Worthington, George Y., Pres., Real Estate Brokers Assoc., Washington, D.C., December 6, 1916
Wozencraft, Hon. Frank W., Mayor of Dallas, TX, 1920
Wragg, N.J., Manager, Wragg Nursery Co., Des Moines, IA, 1911, 1913
Wright, F.H., Chairman, Citizens' Committee, Dayton, OH, July 7, 1917
Wright, F,J., Chairman, Garden Commission, Des Moines, IA, 1919
Wright, Henry C., Dept. of Charities, Municipal Building, NYC, April 23, 1915
Wynn, Mrs. Mabel Osgood, Pres., Garden Club, Fairfield, CT, 1918
Yeomans, Alfred B., Landscape Architect, Chicago, IL, 1916 (1 folder)
Young, Hon. G.W., Mayor of Cartersville, GA, 1915
Young, John R., Merchants' Assoc. of New York, NYC, 1913
Zierden, Miss Alicia M., Union City, PA, 1912-1913
Zinkeisen, Paul E., Brooklyn, NY, March 28, 1918
Zouck, Frank H., Chairman, State Roadfs Commission, Baltimore, MD, 1917
Zurbrigg, Dr. A. Anton, Milford, DE, 1918
Zwink, Wm., Eustis, NE, 1913


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J. Horace McFarland Papers
American Civic Association


MINUTES, PROGRAMMES, ETC., 1903-1921, 1930-1933, [undated]. (1 folder)

box 14


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J. Horace McFarland Papers
American Civic Association


ADDRESSES AND ARTICLES BY J. HORACE McFARLAND, 1903-1910, 1921. (1 box)

box 14

"American Civic Association," June 30, 1904 (flyer, 1 p.)
"The American Civic Association," December 12, 1912 (typed, 2 pp.)
["American Civic Association"], November 20, 1914 (typed, 2 pp.)
"American Park and Outdoor Art Association," April 1904 (flyer, 1 p.)
"Are State Parks Worthwhile?" December 10, 1910 (typed, 15 pp.,) and November 17, 1908 (typed, 12 pp.)
"The Betterment of American Cities," [undated], Worchester Magazine (pp. 10-11)
"Cannot Indianapolis Do Better for Herself?" December 14, 1912 (Revision, typed, 2 pp.)
"Cannot Indianapolis Do Better Than This?" November 4, 1912 (typed, 2 pp.)
"Chicago's Answer." The Outlook, October 22, 1910, pp. 443-52 (typed, 15 pp.)
"The City of 'Old Eli'," May 1, 1912 (typed, 2 pp.)
"City Planning," Civic Club Bulletin, May 1916, pp 6-8.
"Civic Advance in 1911," Club Nites, Vol. XVI, No. 1, March 1911, pp. 2-4 (typed, 5 pp.)
"A Civic Experiment in Landscape," [undated] (typed, 5 pp.)
"The Civic Problem Discussed from the Improvement Point of View," June 14 [1904], (typed, 3 pp.)
"The Convention of the American Civic Association," December 12, 1911 (typed, 6 pp.)
"Co-Operation in Improvement Work," October 9, 1914 (typed, 7 pp.)
"Country-Wide Housecleaning - The Work of the American Civic Association," October 31, 1907 (typed, 12 pp.)
"The Crusade Against Ugliness," November 20, 1906 (typed, 7 pp.) and undated abstract (typed, 11 pp.)
"The Development of Outdoor Beautificatiuon In a Community," June 10, 1912 (typed, 10 pp.) (appeared as "Eyesores that Spoil Memphis," in The Ladies' Home Journal, June 1906)
"The First President Reports," [undated], (typed, 5 pp.)
"Forests and the Health of the People," January 28, 1908 (typed, 6 pp.)
"Forward Work In Indianapolis," Forward, Vol. IV, No. 3, April 1911, pp. 69-71
"The Future of the American Civic Association," [undated], (typed, 3 pp.)
"Garden Cities," October 24, 1914 (typed, 4 pp.)
"Getting Better Legislation," January 18-19, 1912 (typed, 26 pp and typed, 9 pp.)
"Getting Ready for 1918 War Gardens," October 17, 1919 (typed, 4 pp.)
"Getting the Best for Your Money," March 7, 1914 (typed, 5 pp.)
"The Glory of the Cities - Buffalo," February 27, 1907 (typed, 14 pp.)
"The Glory of the Cities - Washington, D.C.," February 27, 1907 (typed, 14 pp.)
"The Great Civic Awakening," The Outlook, April 18, 1903, pp. 917-920 (typed, 9 pp.)
"The Growth of City Planning in America," January 13, 1908 (typed, 14 pp.)
"How Not to Plan Cities," National Municipal Review, January 1917, pp. 57-63 (typed, 10 pp.)
"How to Improve Railroad Stations and Their Surroundings," October 27, 1913 (typed, 7 pp.)
"The Ignorance of 'Good' Citozens," The Outlook, February 3, 1906, pp. 271-273, Reprint, The Outlook, February 3, 1906, pp. 3-15 (typed, 5 pp.)
"In Detroit, Life is Worth Living," The Outlook, January 23, 1909, pp. 204-216 (typed, 9 pp.)
"Is the Work Worthwhile?" Flyer, January 1, 1907 (1 p.)
"Isn't Trenton a Dirty City?" January 3, 1912 (typed, 2 pp.)
"Justice in Trenton," November 16, 1912 (typed, 2 pp.)
"Living Conditions in American Cities," October 31, 1919 (Ms., 15 pp.)
"Making Over A City," [Harrisburg, PA], The Delineator, August 1910, pp. 92-93.
"Making Over a Middle States City," [Harrisburg, PA], [undated] (typed, 8 pp.)
"The Nationalization of Civic Improvement," Serptember 29, 1906, Charities and The Commons, [undated, pp. 229-234 (typed, 7 pp.)
"A New Kind of Improvement Meeting," October 16, 1914 (typed, 2 pp.)
"Not Only the City Beautifil," November 20, 1912 (typed Ms., 27 pp.)
"Pennsylvania Shade Tree Law," March 25, 1912 (typed, 2 pp.)
"Playing Fair in Building," September 28, 1914 (typed, 4 pp.)
"Pushing On The Betterment of American Cities," December 20, 1911 (typed, 10 pp.)
"The Relation of City Planning to Business," May 8, 1917 (typed, 15 pp.)
"The School As A Factor In Creating And Fostering Civic Virtue, Or Does The School Make Good Citizens?" July 4, 1906 (typed, 10 pp.)
"School Gardens" October 17, 1906 (typed, 8 pp.)
"Shall We Have Ugly Conservation?" The Outlook, March 13, 1909, pp. 594-598.
"Shall We Make A Desert of America?" March 2, 1908 (typed 5 pp.)
"The Shame Of Our Country Schools," March 8, 1907 (typed, 6 pp.)
"Slums And Town Nuisances," December 14, 1909 (typed, 19 pp.)
"The Suburban Christmas," October 14, 1907 (typed, 1 p.)
"Three Years in Harrisburg," American Monthly Review of Reviews, May 1905, pp. 559-560.
"Things That Should Happen In York," January 29, 1913 (typed, 3 pp.)
"Trenton's Disregard of History and Dignity," May 1, 1912 (typed, 2 pp.)
"The Uplift of American Cities," [undated]
"The Value of Natural Scenery," The Outlook, September 26, 1908, pp. 149-151.
"The Value of Beauty in Waterways," December 10, 1908 (typed, 7 pp.)
"The Value of Your Vote," October 6, 1917 (typed, 6 pp.)
"War-Time Housing and the Government," The American Review of Reviews, Dece,ber 1919, pp. 597-598.
"The Weakness of Atlantic City - Must the 'City by the Sea' Reek Ugliness?" [undated] (typed, 3 pp. and Revision, December 2, 1912, typed, 2 pp.)
"What About The American Civic Association?" [undated] (typed, 4 pp.)
"What About The Country Highway?" Reprint, National Municipal Review, Vol. X, No. 4, April 1921, pp. 220-225.
"What Is A Good Looking Town?" June 30, 1914 (typed, 6 pp.)
"What Is The Use of A Chamber of Commerce or a Board of Trade?" [undated] (typed, 3 pp.)
"What Makes A Town Good?" July 10, 1917 (typed, 5 pp.)
"What To Strive For In Civic Improvement In 1914," December 11, 1913
"What You Can Do For Your Town," The Circle, March 1910, pp. 141-142 (typed, February 1, 1910, 9 pp.)
"Why Not Have A Beautiful Town?" January 9, 1907 (typed, 4 pp.)
"Women And Civics," Club Notes, [undated], pp. 146-147 (typed, February 15, 1910, 5 pp.)
"Why Should Shade Trees Be Municipally Controlled?" February 1, 1915 (typed, 6 pp., [untitled], October 3, 1910 re" Municipal Utilities, typed, 3 pp.)


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J. Horace McFarland Papers
American Civic Association


BIILBOARDS CORRESPONDENCE, 1907-1932, 1938. (36 boxes)

box 14

Abbey, Hon. Sanford W., Assembly Chamber, Albany, NY, 1910 (1 folder)
Adams, Dr. John Quincy, Secy., Art Commission of the City of NYC, 1908
Africa, E.M.C., Huntingdon, PA, 1908
Andrews, Henry V., NYC, December 10, 1909
Atkins, Frederick L., Bobbink and Atkins, Importers, Rutherford, NJ, 1919-1920
Bair, I.N., Boulder, CO, December 24, 1914
Baker, Frank J., Pres. Common Council, Utica, NY, 1908
Baldwin, Roger N., Secy., Civic League, St. Louis, MO, March 4, 1915
BaltimoreNews, Editor, Baltimore, MD, May 11, 1910
Baltimore Sun, Editor, Baltimore, MD, 1907
Bard, Albert S., NYC, September 21, 1932
Barker, Henry A., Vice Pres., A.C.A., Providence, RI, 1908-1910
Barrow, Charles H., Springfield, MA, February 20, 1908
Bates, Norman F., Chairman, Bill Board Committee, Municipal League, Seattle, WA, 1911
Beatty, John W., Director of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1908 (1 folder)
Beckman, F. Wood., Chamber of Commerce, Altoona, PA, 1916, 1919
Bedding, Thomas, Tennant and Ward, Publishers, NYC, 1908
Bennett, Jesse Lee, Baltimore, MD, 1914, 1916, 1919
Bennett, R. Nelson, Attorney, Eilkes Barre, PA, 1908-1909, 1912 (1 folder)
Berkowitz, Mortimer L., Secy., United Improvement Association, 1910
Bigelow, Frederick S., The Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia, PA, 1923
Birmingham, Ernest F., Editor, The Fourth Estate, NYC, February 27, 1908
Black, Robert L., Attorney, Cincinnati, OH, 1908
Boese, Edward Wm., Editor, The Ladies' Home Journal, Philadelphia, PA, 1907-1909
Bond, James R., Engineer, Niagara Falls Commission, Niagara Falls, Canada, September 21, 1932
Bowles, Samuel, Editor, Springfield Republican, Springfield, MA, 1908
Brainerd, Erastus, The Post Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, February 12, 1909 (1 folder)
Bray, Frank Chapin, Chaitauqua Press, Chautauqua, NY, 1908
Breen, Thomas, Adv. Mgr., Queen Quality Shoe, Boston, MA, [February 25, 1908]
Brett, W.H., Librarian, Public Library, Cleveland, OH, 1909
Brown, Stanley E., Secy., J, H. McFarland, Harrisburg, PA, 1912, 1915
Buchanan, Mrs. J.I., Pres., Free Kindergarten Assoc., Pittsburgh, PA, 1908
Burba, George F., The Daily News, Dayton, OH, 1910
Burlingame, Lether D., Providence, RI, March 13, 1911
Burrellis Press Clipping Bureau, NYC, 1911
Burroughs, A.H., Assist., American Tobacco Company, NYC, 1910, 1912
Burrows, E.T., Portland, ME, 1909
Butchart, A., Commissioner, City of Edmonton, Alta., 1909
Butler, Miss Mary, Vice Pres., Fellowship of PA, Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 1920
Cady, LeRoy, Assoc. Prof. of Horticulture, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, January 30, 1915 (1 folder)
Caldwell, W.W., Commissioner, Highway Dept., Harrisburg, PA, 1911
Caparn, Harold A., Landscape Architect, NYC, 1918
Carpenter, Charles K., Attorney, NYC, 1910
Cauffiel, Hon. Joseph, Mayor, Johnstown, PA, 1912
Chapman, Mrs. H.R., Secy., Woman's Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Syracuse, NY, 1908
Christian Science Monitor, Editor, Boston, MA, July 12, 1919

Coghill, Newton B., Agent, Union Assurance Society, Ltd., Berkeley, CA, 1919
- McAdoo, Hon. Wm. Gibbs, Secretary of Treasury, Washington, D.C., 1918
- Phelan, Hon. James Duval, Un.S. Senate, California, Washington, D.C., 1918

Cone, Miss Elizabeth, Chairman, Middlesex Co. Billboards, Colonia, NJ, 1910
Cooke, Robert Grier, Pres., The Fifth Ave. Assoc., NYC, 1912
Cooley, Wm. J., Dept. f Public Safety, Bureau of Police, Philadelphia, PA, 1914
Cornell, Edward S., Secy., Nat. Highways Protective Society, NYC, 1914
Craig, F.W., Official Reporter, Sphinx Club Proceedings, NYC, 1908
Day, Hon. Clyde L., City Attorney, Chicago, IL, 1911 (1 folder)
Dean, Henry E., Kansas City, KS, June 19, 1911
Dermitt, Miss H. Marie, Secy., Civic Club, Pittsburgh, PA, 1908, 1911
Dial, George S., Pres., Springfield Commercial Club, Springfield, OH, July 23, 1909
Diehl, C.S., Pres., Board of School Directors, Harrisburg, PA, 1909
Disbrow, Charles A., Pres., Harrisburg Shoe Mfg. Co., Harrisburg, PA, 1908
Dobbs, Samuel G., Sales Manager, Coca Cola Co., Atlanta, GA, 1908
Douglas, J.S., Treasurer, Mail Printing Co., Toronto, Canada, 1909
Eliot, Dr. Charles Wm., Cambridge, MA, 1910-1911 (See also Samuel Milliken) (1 folder)
Elson, A.W., Photogravure, Boston, MA, 1910
Ernsmere, Dr. J.B., Buffalo, NY, 1908
Estep, Ralph E., Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, MI, 1909

box 15

Farrington, Edward I., Editor, Horticulture, Boston, MA, September 30, 1919 (1 folder)
Fay, Charles Edey, Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co., NYC, 1911
Fesler, Mayo, Secy., Civic League, St. Louis, MO, February 9, 1910
Fitch, Edward P., Washington, D.C., 1912
Freeman, Robert, Lexington, KY, 1908
Frick, Henry C., NYC, December 26, 1916
Frost, E.A., Chicago, IL, 1910
Frothingham, Robert, Manager, Everybody's Magazine, NYC, 1908
Fuller, T.B., Pres., Golden Belt Manufacturing Co., NYC, 1908
Fulton, K.H., Vice Pres., Van Beuren and N.Y., Billposting Co., NYC, 1915
Furst, Mrs. Sydney D., Acting Pres., Civic Club, Lock Haven, PA, 1912
Garvin, M.T., Lancaster, PA, 1909 (1 folder)
Gilbert, D.M., Managing Editor, The Patriot, Harrisburg, PA, March 24, 1910
Gillespie, H.B.Advertising Manager, Michigan Stove Co., Detroit, MI, 1908
Goldstein, Moise H., Architect, New Orleans, LA, 1917
Greene L.R., Mgr., Sherwin Williams Co., Cleveland, OH, Feb. 25, 1908
Grinstead, Hon. J.F., Mayor, Louisville, KY, 1909
Gross, Hon. E.Z., Mayor, Harrisburg, PA, March 24, 1908
Gude, O.J., Pres., O.J. Gude Co., NYC, March 11, 1912
Hall, Capt. D. P., U.S.M.C., Washington, D.C., 1910-1911
Hanna, Will H., Public Safety and Dept. Efficiency, Seattle, Washington, D.C., 1916
Harper's Weekly, Editor, NYC, March 19, 1908
Harrisburg Star Independent, Editor, Harrisburg, PA, December 20, 1911
Hartman, Edward T., MA Billboard Law Defense Committee, Boston, MA, 1931
Hatch, Wallace, Secy., RI Anti-Tuberculosis Assoc., Providence, RI, 1911
Hatton, Dr. A.R., Library of Research in Government, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1912
Henninger, Frank W., "The Sign Man," Williamsport, PA, 1925 (1 folder)
Henshaw, P.J., Cincinnati, OH, January 11, 1909
Hess, Charles W., Quaker Oats Co., Chicago, IL, 1908
Hewitt, Leslie R., Los Angeles, CA, February 25, 1908
Heyburn, Hon. Weldon B., U.S. Senate, Idaho, Chairman, Committee on Manufacturers, Washington, D.C., 1909
Hinkel, Edwin, City Clerk, Milwaukee, WI, 1910
Hiss, Miss Elizabeth, N.J. State Federation of Women's Clubs, East Orange, NJ, 1909
Holmes, H.A., Current Opinion, NYC, December 21, 1914
Hudson, J.L., Pres., J.L. Hudson Co., Detroit, MI, July 23, 1909
Hume, Prof. H. Harold, Vice Pres., Glen St. Mary Nurseries Co., FL, 1908
Hutson, Miss Ethel, Woman's Dept., The New Orleans Item, New Orleans, LA, 1915
Hyde, Arthur M., Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1929
Ingersoll, Charles H., NYC, 1903 (1 folder)
Jacobosky, Gilbert G., Civil Engineer, Wilkes Barre, PA, 1912
Jacobs, Thornwell, Nashville, TN, 1908
Jersey City Journal, Editor, Jersey City, NJ, 1908
Johnson, Henry Lewis, The University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1906
Johnston, Henry R., "Signs," Reading, PA, 1925
Jones, J.W., County Court House, NYC, March 18, 1908
Jones, Richard Seelye, Seattle, WA, 1910
Jones, Wm. L., Chairman, Committee on Education, 150th Anniv., Pittsburgh, PA, 1908
Kelsey, Frederick W., Fine Nursery Stock, NYC, 1914
Kelsey, Harlan P., Vice Pres., A.C.A., Salem, MA, 1908
Kern, O.J., Rockford, IL, March 30, 1908
Kilborn, Charles H., American Can Co.,
Kirk, H.B. and Co., NYC, [February 27, 1908]
Lake, Harry F., Attorney, Concord, NH, 1910 (1 folder)
Lamb, Frederick S., National Arts Club, NYC, 1908
Lancaster Intelligencer, [Editor], Lancaster, PA, February 22, 1909
Lansden, Hon. D. L., Chief Justice, Supreme Court, Nashville, TN, April 9, 1920
Lorimer, George Horace, Editor, Saturday Evening Post, Philadelphia, PA, 1925
Los Angeles Express, Editor, Los Angeles, CA, March 24, 1910
Ludlow, Wm. O., Secy., Municipal Art League, East Orange, NJ, 1908
Lytton, E.C., Secy., Dept. of Public Affairs, Des Moines, IA, 1910
McAneny, George, Pres., Borough of Manhattan, City Hall, NYC, 1910-1912
McCormick, Wm., Editor, Reading Herald, Reading, PA, 1909
McFarland, Hon. Henry B. F., Attorney, Washington, D.C., 1908-1909
McKenna, John A., Secy., Lowell Board of Trade, Lowell, MA, 1908
McManus, J.D., Editor, Billposter and Distributor, NYC, 1908
Macrum, W., Attorney, Pittsburgh, PA, 1911
March, Harmon W., Chairman, Adscript Club, Indianapolis, IN, 1911 (1 folder)
Meals, Hon. Ezra S., Mayor, Harrisburg, PA, October 7, 1908
Marker, Miss, M. Louisville, KY, 1908
Meservey, Edwin C., Attorney, Kansas City, MO, 1909
Metcalf, Hermon C., Boy Scouts of America, NYC, 1915
Metzger, C. Arthur, Secy., Retail Merctants' Assoc., Lancaster, PA, 1909
Meyer, Mrs.Arthur H. Memner, Ladies's Auxiliary of N. Side Business Men's Asoc., Gransville, Ind., 1916
Millikin, Samuel, The Newpoer, Philadelphia, PA, 1914-1915
-Eliot, Dr. Charles Wm., Cambridge, MA, January 4, 1915
Minneapolis Journal, Editor, Minneapolis, MN, December 7, 1909
Morgan, Mary C., Carlisle, PA, December 2, 1910
Morrison, Clinton, Pres., The Munsing Underwear, Minneapolis, MN, 1908
Morrison, R.E., Secy., Greater Park League of Cincinnati, OH, 1908
Newhall, D.S., Purchasing Agent, PA Railroad Co., Philadelphia, PA, 1908 (1 folder)
Niles, J.T.. Secy., American Tobaccp Co., NYC, April 9, 1908
Nokes, Tom, Secy., Outdoor Advertising Assoc. of PA, Johnstown, PA, 1924-1928, 1930-1932, 1938 (3 folders)
Novington, Al, Director, Outdoor Advertising Assoc. of PA, Pittsburgh, PA, 1925-1926
O'Brien, Hon. John P., Attorney, NYC, 1908
Oliver, Hon. Robert Shaw, Acting Secretary of War, Washington, D.C., 1910-1911
Orbison, J.M., Collier's, NYC, December 23, 1908
Page, Hon. Courtney, Secy., The National Rose Society, London, England, September 29, 1925 (1 folder)
Parkins, C.E., Flushing, NY, 1912
Pell, Mrs. E.A., Pres., College Woman's Club of Essex Co., Newark, NJ, 1909
Pennock, S.S., Pres., "The" Wholesale Florists, Philadelphia, PA, 1919
Petty, Miss Ruth, Ft. Collins, CO, 1909
Philadelphia Public Ledger, Editor, Philadelphia, PA, December 31, 1909
Pierson, Wallace R., Cromwell, CT, 1919-1920 (1 folder)
Pittsburgh Dispatch, Editor, Pittsburgh, PA, November 23, 1908
Portland Telegram, Editor, portland, OR, December 7, 1909
Poss, Benjamin, City Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, 1908
Powell, Paul M., The Evening Express, Los Angeles, CA, 1908
Power, Winn, St. Paul, MN, May 27, 1909
Pray, Prof. James Sturgis, Chairman, Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Cambridge, MA, 1909 (1 folder)
Prendergast, R.E., Manufacturing Stationer, Scranton, PA, 1911
Preston, Edward D., Building Inspector, City Hall, Baltimore, MD, February 19, 1908
Proctor Gamble Co., Cincinnati, OH, [February 27, 1908]
Rapp, George W., Commissioner of Buildings, Cincinnati, OH, 1912
Rebert, Mrs. Wm. R., Civic League, Cashtown, PA, 1912
Reed, J.S., Principal, Seattle Schools, Seattle, WA, 1909
Reese, Dr. W.W., St. Paul's Church, Salt Lake City, UT, 1912
Reister, Dr. Christian F., NYC, April 19, 1919
Reuter, Louis J., Plant Brokers, Waltham, MA, 1919
Reynolds, C.B.,Foster and Reynolds Co., NYC, 1915
Rick, Hon. Wm., Mayor, Reading, PA, 1910
Robbins, Milo Reese, Attorney, San Francisco, CA, 1920
Roberts, W.A., Pres., Bankers Trust Co., Pittsburgh, PA, 1911
Robinson, Charles Mulford, Rochester, NY, 1909
Rogers, John A., Grocer, Camden, NJ, 1908
Rose, Hon Arthur P., Mayor, Geneva, NY, 1909
Sabine, C.A., Adv. Mgr., C.A. Eaton Co., Brockton, MA, February 22, 1908 (1 folder)
St. Paul Pioneer Press, Edotor, St. Paul, MN, January 3, 1910
Saylor, H.H., Editor, Country Life in America, Garden City, NY, 1914-1915
Schenk, John W., City Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, February 2, 1911
Sellers, Ernest H., Carlisle, PA, 1908
Sharp, John W., Board of Education, Leonia, NJ, 1907-1908
Shipley, Murray, Machine Tool, Co., Cincinnati, OH, 1908-1909, 1912, (1 folder)
Simon, Hon. Joseph, Mayor, Portland, OR, 1910
Smith, R.I., Dry Goods, Harrisburg, PA, 1910
Snelgrove, Maj. H.J., Pres., ontarion Horticulture Assoc., 1909
Sohier, Wm. D., Chairman, MA Highway Commission, Boston, MA, 1919 (1 folder)
Spencer, Nelson S., Attorney, NYC, 1908
Stamm, A. Carson, Attorney, Harrisburg, PA, 1909
Stechert, G.E. and Co., Booksellers, NYC, 1914
Stevens, N.C., Chief Sanitary Officer, Seattle, WA, 1909
Stevens, Theodosius F., NYC, 1919
Stockwell, Hon. John N., City Law Director, Cleveland, OH, September 16, 1915
Strong, Howard, Assist. Secy., Chamber of Commerce, Cleveland, OH, 1911
Stuart, Hon. James L., Secy., Secy., Dept. of Highways, Harrisburg, PA, July 14, 1930
Sullivan, Mark, Editor, Collier's, NYC, 1908 (1 folder)
Sweeney, Hon. James M., Mayor, El Paso, TX, 1908
Taylor, S, Earl, NYC, April 21, 1919
Thomas, D.J., Harrisburg, PA, April 20, 1909,
Thorne, Miss Elizabeth G., City Library, Kingston, NY, 1910
Townes, Hon. W.P., Member, City Council, Cleveland, OH, 1910
Townsend, R.D., The Outlook, NYC, March 19, 1908
Train, R.S., Managing Editor, Agricultural Advertising, Chicago, IL, 1908
Travelers' and Merchants' Assoc., Secy., Baltimore, MD, April 18, 1910
Turner, Ernest A., Los Angeles, CA, November 29, 1909
Upham, George B., Attorney, Boston, MA, 1909 (1 folder)
Urich, Miss Iola E., Harrisburg, PA, 1908
Van Nest, G. Willett, Attorney, NYC, 1908
Wallower, E.Z., Harrisburg, PA, 1910, (1 folder)
Wallower, W.W., Harrisburg, PA, October, 20, 1908
Washington Times, Editorm Washington, D.C., January 28, 1929

Watrous, Richard B., Citizens Business League, Milwaukee, WI, 1908, 1910-1912

-Burlingame, Luther D., Secy, League of Improvement Societies, Providence, RI, 1911
-Dermitt, Miss H. Marie, Secy., Civic Club, Allegheny County, 1911
-Rapp, George W., Commissioner of Buildings, Cincinnati, OH, May 20, 1912
-Shipley, Murray, Machine Tool Co., Cincinnati, OH, March 16, 1912
-Taft, Hon Wm. H., President of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1911

Watson, John, Secy, American Assoc. of Nurserymen, Princetin, NJ, October 28, 1919 (1 folder)
Watts, Harvey M., Philadelphia, PA, 1911
Waugh, Prof. Frank A., Amherst, MA, 1911
West, Hon. Henry L., Commissioner, Washington, D.C., 1909
West, James E., Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America, NYC, 1914
Weston, Gerrett, Outdoor Adv. Assoc. of America, Inc., Chicago, IL, 1928
White, Thomas Raeburn. Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, 1909
Whiting, F.H., Adv. Dept., Pillsbury-Washburn, Minneapolis, MN, February 25, 1908
Whitton, James, Chatham, NJ, 1909
Wilbert, Hon. D.A., PA Senate, Harrisburg, PA, 1911, (1 folder)
Wilde, Charles L., Chief Deputy, Los Angeles, CA, July 7, 1910
Wiley, H.A., Commander, U.S.N., Washington, D.C., October 7, 1910
Wilkes Barre Leader, Editor, Wilkes Barre, PA, May 5, 1908
Willcox, Hon. James, H., Public Utilities Comm., NYC, March 2, 1908
Williams, D.F., Secy, Chamber of Commerce, Youngstown, OH, 1910
Williams, P.C., Secy., Chamber of Commerce, Pittsburgh, PA, 1908
Williamson, H.S., Lancaster, PA, 1909
Wilmarth, J.C., El Paso Herald, El Paso, TX, 1917
Wilson, Miss Ethel S., Albright House, Northampton, MA, 1909
Wilson, James, Commissioner of Parks, Toronto, Canada, 1910
Winters, C.E., Gen. Mgr., "Skipper" Sardines, Philadelphia, PA, 1911
Woodruff, Clinton Rogers, 1st Vice Pres., and Secy., Philadelphia, PA, 1908-1911 (1 folder)
Woodward, W.E., New York Evening Sun, NYC, 1908
Worman, W., Pres., Dayton Spice Mills Co., Dayton, OH, 1908
Worthley, Prof. I.T., Cresson, PA, 1913
Wright, Richardson, Editor, House and Garden, NYC, 1939 (1 folder)
Young, Mrs. George A., Sunbury, PA, 1917
Young, John, Secy., Nat. Publicity, Campaign for Flowers, NYC, 1919-1920


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J. Horace McFarland Papers
American Civic Association


BIILBOARDS ADDRESSES AND ARTICLES, 1905-1939. ( boxes)

box 14

"The Billboard, A Legal Nuisance," by J, H. McFarland, October 24, 1907 (typescript, 3 pp.) (1 folder)
"The Billboard and the Public Highways," by J.H. McFarland, November 1924, Reprinted, The Annals, Publication No. 1839, pp. 1-7.
"The Billboard in California," by J.H. McFarland, May 22, 1909 (typescript, 4 pp.)
"Billboards Again," by J.H. McFarland, July 1905 (typescript, 7 pp.)
"Billboards and Architecture," by J.H. McFarland, October 31, 1913 )typescript, 3 pp.)
"Billboards and the Motorist," by Harlean James, July 1924, Reprint, National Municipal Review, Vol. 13, No. 7, pp. 345-347.
"Billboards in the Country," by J.H. McFarland, [undated], Club Notes, Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs, [undated], pp. 8-11.
"The Billboard Situation from the Outside," by J.H. McFarland, June 6, 1907, address, PA Billposters and Distributors Assoc at Williamsport, PA, (typescript, 18 pp.)
"The Case Against the Billboard," by J.H. McFarland, [ca. 1925), 2 versions (typescript, 10 pp. and typescript, 13 pp.) (1 folder)
-"Abstract," May 14, 1925, typescript, 3 pp., printed, Liberty, March 21, 1931
"The Case for the Billboard," by Alexander Stoddart, printed, Liberty, March 28, 1931
"Clearing Up the Highways," by J.H. McFarland, May 13, 1914 (typescript, 4 pp.)
"Gains Against the Nuisances III, Billboard Control tp Date," by Everett L. Millard, Reprint, National Municipal Review, Vol. 11, No. 12, December 1922 (3 pp.)
"Hearing Before the Municipal Corporations Committee of the PA, H. R. . . . for," March 1907 (typescript, 4 pp.)
"Is Roadside Billboard Advertising Good Advertising?" by J.H. McFarland, [undated], (typescript, 5 pp.)
"Milestones in the Progress of Outdoor Advertising Regulation, The Present Stage of the Billboard Campaign," by Harold A. Caparn, Reprint, City Planning, July 1926, pp. 1-11.

"The New York Billboard Situation," [by J.H. McFarland], October 21, 1912 (typescript, 2 pp.)
"Pennsylvania Clear Her Highways," by J.H. McFarland, September 26, 1930 (typescript, 6 pp.), Reprint, National Municipal Review, November 1930, pp. 747-749. (1 folder)
"The Position of Outdoor Advertising," by J.H. McFarland, October 16, 1925 (typescript, 4 pp.)
"Present Legal Aspects of the Billboard Problem," by Everett L. Millard, December 29, 1915 (typecript, 14 pp.)
"The Proposed New Selling Plan for Outdoor Advertising," by George W. Kleiser, The Artist and Advertiser, May 1931, pp. 24-26.
"The Public Interest is Paramount," by J.H. McFarland, September 20, 1932 (typescript, 8 pp.)
"The 'Reform' of Outdoor Advertising," by J. H. McFarland, October 15, 1925, (typescript, 5 pp.), printed, National Municipal Review, January [1926], pp. 20-22.
"Revolt in Billboardia," by Kenneth L. Roberts, Printed, The Saturday Evening Post, November 2, 1929, pp. 14-15.
"Two More Legal Blows at the Billboard," by J.H. McFarland, October 7, 1914, (typescript, 8 pp.) (1 folder)
"The United States Government and the Billboards," by J.H. McFarland, March 9, 1914 (typescript, 2 pp.)
"What About Roadside Improvement?" by J.H. McFarland, May 23, 1939 (typescript, 4 pp.)
"What Is a Billboard?" by J.H. McFarland?" January 23, 1932 (typescript, 16 pp.)
"Why Billboard Advertising as at Present Conducted id Doomed," by J.H. McFarland, February 11, 1908 (typescript, 17 pp.)


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