Schussheim, Morton J.

Pioneers in Housing : An Oral History Project oral history interviews, 1981-1996. - 150 items. 3 containers plus electronic files. 1.2 linear feet.

Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.

Transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by Schussheim with community developers, educators in urban studies, and officials in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and its predecessor, the Housing and Home Finance Agency. Interviewees discussing the development of public housing and community planning include Albert M. Cole, Philip M. Klutznick, James W. Rouse, Robert Clifton Weaver, and Coleman Woodbury.


Sound recordings of interviews
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division.
transferred to


Senior specialist in housing, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.


Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms005017

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United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
United States. Housing and Home Finance Agency.


Community development, Urban.
Housing policy.
Public housing.