Communities and Housing
Scope and Contents
Published material: The Institute of Housing Managers, Scottish Branch, conference proceedings (1968-1970); Glasgow Adventure Playgrounds Association, issue 1 (1968); Occassional Bulletin issued by the Co-operative Permanent Building Society (1970); The Edinburgh University Settlement Association, annual report 1965-1966; Bristol Industrial Therapy Housing Association Ltd, annual report 1975; Housing and Social Work: The interim report of the Morris Committee on links between housing and social work (1974); Homes for People: Scottish Housing Policy in the 1970s; Lowe, Jeremy, The appraisal of designs RIBA journal (1969); newspaper cuttings.
Photocopies and transcripts: Social Work Department, Edinburgh, Grassmarket Urban Aid Project, discussion papers and reports (1973); Borders Consultative Group, The Social Implication of Border Development; The Evidence of Shelter Housing Aid Centre to the Director of Housing of the Revision of the House Letting Regulations (1972); City Poverty Committee, An Urban Commission; Communal Housing, report by a Chimera working group (1971); Scottish Council of Social Services, United Nations European seminar on Rural Community Development (1968); Architecture Research Unit, University of Edinburgh, Privacy and Courtyard Housing (1969); Sub-Committee on Amenity and Social Character of Local Authority Housing Schemes, Council Housing Schemes in Scotland (1969); Scottish Development Department and Scottish Council of Social Service circulars on rent payments; Shelter Housing Aid Centre press release on unlet corporation houses in Wester Hailes; Annual conference of the Social Administration Association, discussion paper Housing and Social Planning (1970); Reprot of the Working Party of Edinburgh University Settlement (1968); press release on condition of some housing schemes; Town planning: Restricting the size of housing estates; Edinburgh Poverty Action Group, Housing Finance Project (1972).
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1940-1978
Creator
- From the Fonds: Spencer, John Carrington, 1915-1978 (Professor of Social Administration) (Person)
Full Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Repository Details
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