Civic Services Committee Papers

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

HCF.001.

Scope and Content

The Civic Services Committee (CSC) (1942-1946) was the predecessor body to Historic Charleston Foundation. It was formed by the Carolina Art Association to address the need for architectural preservation and to implement city planning in response to growth. The Committee also addressed the conditions of civilian life in Charleston during World War II. Founding members included Robert N.S. Whitelaw, Samuel G. Stoney, E. Milby Burton, John Mead Howells, Homer M. Pace, Albert Simons, and Alice Ravenel Huger Smith. Two committees preceded the CSC: the Charleston Regional Planning Advisory Committee (1941) and the Civic Arts Committee (Feb. 1942). The Civic Services Committee began to meet regularly in June 1942. The Civic Services Committee took the lead in addressing citizens' concerns about architectural preservation. The Committee received grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and Carnegie Corporation, which were used to retain Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., to prepare a study that resulted in his report "Objectives for the Civic Services Committee." The funding was also used to compile an inventory of the city's architecture that resulted in the publication of the book This is Charleston. The Committee also addressed and conducted studies related to growth issues such as off-street parking and traffic. It was also interested in the housing shortage caused by the influx of temporary workers for shipbuilding and other military activities during World War II. A subcommittee, the Community Development Council, grew out of this interest and was formed to assist with planning for the needs of the growing wartime population and to determine future needs and solutions of post-war problems, one of which was housing. After the war, the efforts of the Civic Services Committee blossomed into the new and separately established Historic Charleston Foundation (April 25, 1947). Altogether, the records provide insight into Charleston civilian life during World War II and citizen participation, and reveal the early development of Charleston's pioneering architectural preservation program. This collection consists of the records of the Civic Services Committee, including meeting minutes, correspondence, memoranda, reports, articles, speeches news clippings, manuscripts, and other documents. See the entire collection on the Lowcountry Digital Library, http://lcdl.library.cofc.edu/content/civic-services-committee-papers. Container List for provides description of folder contents. Of note are the following items: Report entitled "Planning in Charleston" (1945) outlining early urban planning efforts in Charleston and issues facing the CSC; Kenneth Chorley's "The Challenge to Charleston"; report to the CSC dated 12/12/1946 by Mr. Whitelaw outlining the need to create a preservation organization; the report of the Committee to Consider Arrangement of Tours of Old Houses for HCF (4/15/1947) outlining the plan to conduct the first tours; various CSC Speaker's Bureau speeches; publication of This Is Charleston including the original architectural survey that inspired the book; publication of Charleston Grows; correspondence from consultants Frederick Law Olmsted and George W. Simons; correspondence from George W. Simons, Jr.; Hermann Herrey articles about city planning; planning documents for the Charleston Metropolitan Area Exhibit at the Gibbes Art Gallery rotunda; drafts of articles for a 2-page special feature on the This Is Charleston exhibition--"Charleston Architectural Story" by Samuel Gaillard Stoney, "The Development of Streets and Boroughs in Charleston" by Alice R. Huger Smith, "The National Value of Charleston as a City" by John Mead Howells; planning documents for the publication of Charleston Grows by the Carolina Art Association; Community Development Council files regarding wartime housing issues, including scripts for radio shows ("The Man of the Hour Program"); various reports about parking; Charleston post-war planning publications including "Charleston's Target for Tomorrow" and various Charleston Chamber of Commerce reports; news clippings from the 1940s about Charleston's architecture, historic importance, defense effort during WWII, cultural and educational institutions, public welfare and social institutions, churches, population, housing and rent control, racial issues, etc. Photographs from the architectural inventory in Folder 9 include: Nationally important churches: St. Michael's Church, St. Phillip's Church, First Baptist Church, and Chapel of the Orphan House. Nationally important buildings: public, industrial. Photographs of Courthouse, Old Exchange and Customs House, City Hall, Fireproof Building, College of Charleston, Marine Hospital, South Carolina Society Hall, and Bennett's Rice Mill. Nationally Important dwellings: 54 Hasell Street, 71 Church Street, 59 Meeting Street, 69 Church Street, 14 Legare Street, 87 Church Street, 34 Meeting Street, 106 Tradd Street, 8 South Battery, 27 King Street, 64 South Battery, 51 Meeting Street, and 350 Meeting Street. Photographs of buildings in Old and Historic Charleston: Tradd Street, 69 Church Street, 87 Church Street, 59 Meeting Street, 95 East Bay Street, 101 East Bay Street, Vanderhorst Row (East Bay Street), 4-6 Court House Square, 50-52 King Street, 3 Atlantic Street, 21 King Street, Dock Street Theater, First Baptist Church, St. Michael's Church, St Philip's Church, Court House, Exchange building, and South Carolina Society Hall. Photographs of buildings in the Mazyck Lands: 4 Magazine Street, 21 Archdale Street, 19 Archdale Street, St. John's Church, Unitarian Church, and the Gaol. Photographs of buildings in Rhettsbury: 37 Hasell Street, Charleston Hotel, Market Hall, St. Andrews Church, St. Johannes Church, St. Mary's Church, Centenary Church, and the Beth Elohim Synagogue. Photographs of buildings in Ansonborough: St. Stephen's Church, 14 George Street, 30 Anson Street, and 71 Anson Street. Photographs of buildings in Gen. Christopher Gadsden's Lands or Middlesex: 55 Laurens Street, 53 Laurens Street, Wall Street, 833 East Bay Street, 329 East Bay Street, 321 East Bay Street, and 330 East Bay Street. Photographs of buildings in Mazyckborough: 20 Charlotte Street, 14 Charlotte Street, and Gas Works on Charlotte Street. Photographs of buildings in Wragg Lands and Wragg Pasture Lands: Old Bethel Church, 56 St. Philip Street, 58 George Street, 214 Calhoun Street, 6 St. Philip Street, 220 Calhoun Street, 9 Liberty Street, and 12-16 Beaufain. Photographs of buildings in Wraggborough: 4 John Street, Aiken's Row, Wragg Mall, 48 Elizabeth Street, 34 Chapel Street, Mary Street, and Second Presbyterian Church. Photographs of buildings in Hampstead: St. John's Church, 2 Amherst Street, 105 Drake Street, and Bay Street. Photographs of buildings in Glebe Lands: Grace Church, 6 Glebe Street, Mt. Zion Church, 86-88 Wentworth, 17-19 St. Philip, 10 Coming Street, and 54 Beaufain Street. Photographs of buildings in Free School Lands: College of Charleston Library and Main Building, and Green Street. Photographs of buildings in Harleston: Bethel Church, 20 Montagu Street, 93 Ashley Avenue, 1 Lucas Street, 60 Montagu Street, 56 Pitt Street, 28 Montagu Street, 54 Smith Street, 94 Rutledge Avenue, 93 Rutledge Avenue, and 128 Wentworth Street. Photographs of buildings in Radcliffeborough and Elliott Lands [Elliottborough]: 6 Thomas Street, 47 Radcliffe Street, St. Paul's, 57 Radcliffe Street, and Radcliffe Street. Photographs of buildings in Cannonsboro [Cannonborough]: 178 Ashley Avenue, 192 Ashley Avenue, 173 Rutledge Avenue, 172 Rutledge Avenue, and 185 Rutledge Avenue. Photographs of the alteration of old houses into multiple dwellings, and of new buildings on old garden sites: 6 Montagu Street, 60 Meeting Street, 32 Pitt Street, 86 Anson Street, 10 Meeting Street, 48 Bull Street, 22-4 Thomas Street, and Meeting Street (house numbers not indicated). Photographs of the side piazza: 60 Church Street and 89 Beaufain Street. Photographs of the rehabilitation of old houses in Hasell Street ( 5 photographs of unidentified buildings). Photographs of existing and possible parks: White Point Gardens, Washington Square, Colonial Common "The Pond" [Colonial Lake], Hampton Park, Wragg Square, Wragg Mall, St. Peters Cemetery, Westminster Cemetery, Quaker Graveyard, and St. Andrews Hall site. Photographs of buildings destroyed in 1941: 450 King Street, Horlbeck Alley, 7-9-11 Beaufain Street, and 10 Charlotte Street. (Also includes 5 photographs of Meeting Street buildings between Charlotte and Henrietta streets .) Photographs of commercial and industrial buildings (addresses not indicated): warehouse, bank, office, dwelling and shop combinations, merchants offices, rice mills, apothecary shop, and 313 King Street clothing store. Photographs of contrasting before and after: 70 King Street, 50 and 54 Beaufain Street, and east Logan Street. Photographs of the "metropolitan pattern": subdivision architecture, government housing, defense housing, demountable houses, old plantations, trailer camp, and workers cottages, and R.F.D.

Collection

HCF Institutional Records

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Accession

HCF.

Source or Donor

HCF Institutional Records

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Collected by Staff

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Object Name

Collection

Archive Details

Creator

Civic Services Committee, Carolina Art Association Charleston Regional Planning Advisory Committee Civic Arts Committee

Date(s) of Creation

1939 - 1949

Archive Size/Extent

1.5 lin. ft. (4 boxes, 62 folders)

Restrictions

Access: Restricted access under supervision of the Archivist. The contents of these boxes are the only copies in existence.

Archive Notes

Date(s) Created: ~1939-1949 Date(s) Assembled: 1939-1949 Associated Material: According to notes in File 1, many documents were provided to the SC Historical Society (Albert Simons papers, etc.) and the Charleston Library Society (Charleston Grows materials). Some files remained with the Carolina Art Association. Level of Description: Collection System of Arrangement: This collection was originally arranged by Jeanette Bergeron, contract archivist, ca. 1996. Karen Emmons has mostly maintained Bergeron's order when describing and cataloging the collection.

Archive Items Details

Title

Indexes and Catalogs

Description

A description and index of Civic Services Committee materials that were (presumably) taken from Carolina Art Association and incorporated into the files of what became Historic Charleston Foundation. Also includes a list of materials "now on deposit at SC Historical Society," and the finding aid to the Civic Services Committee records that are still held at the Gibbes Museum of Art..

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 1

Title

Minutes, etc.

Description

Minutes of meetings of the Civic Services Committee and miscellaneous reports and documentation including proposed Constitution for Historic Charleston Foundation; "Request to the Rockefeller Foundation for a Grant for the CSC"; letter from Frederick H. McDonald regarding Program for Civic Services Committee; report entitled "Planning in Charleston" outlining early urban planning efforts in Charleston and issues facing the CSC; the visit to Charleston by Kenneth Chorley and his address to the CSC "The Challenge to Charleston"; the publication of This Is Charleston; the report to the CSC by Mr. Whitelaw that outlines the need to create a preservation organization; and the report of the Committee to Consider Arrangement of Tours of Old Houses for HCF outlining the plan to conduct tours. Note: The CSC was originally named Charleston Regional Planning Advisory Committee, which was changed in Dec. 1941 to Civic Arts Committee, which the Feb. 5, 1942 minutes reflect; shortly thereafter, the Feb. 11, 1942 minutes refer to the committee as the Civic Services Committee.

Date(s) of Creation

1941 - 1947

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 1

Title

CSC History, Objectives, Background Materials

Description

Background materials related to the Civic Service Committee's preservation and urban planning efforts in Charleston. File contains reports entitled "Planning in Charleston" (1945), "Objectives of the Carolina Art Association"; "History and Objectives of the Civic Services Committee Campaign for Funds" (1945); News and Courier article entitled "Public Opinion Key to Preservation of Local Beauty, Architect Holds"; "The Civic Services Committee: Work and Objectives" (1944) and October and November 1945 CAA newsletters.

Container

Notes

Date: 1940, 1944-1945 Container: CSC Box 1

Title

Committee Members

Description

Membership lists (current and prospective) and list of "Planning Groups"; correspondence including letters of invitation to join and acknowledgment of joining the CSC and letters from and to CSC members regarding other matters including resignation from the CSC, fundraising, etc.

Date(s) of Creation

1941 - 1949

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 1

Title

Committee Employees

Description

Correspondence (mostly copies of letters from Robert N.S. Whitelaw) to or about CSC employees or consultants. Most is correspondence to and from George W. Simons who was retained as a city planning consultant and to study downtown parking. See also Files 7, 10, 11, 22, and 23 for additional Simons corresondence and documents.

Date(s) of Creation

1941 - 1944

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 1

Title

Committee Memoranda and Correspondence

Description

Meeting agendas, notices, and other correspondence related to the activities of the Planning Committee / Civic Services Committee. Of note, memorandum from Whitelaw to the Civic Services Committee that refers to Kenneth Chorley' recommendation to form a "Charleston Foundation" (that and later references to Historic Charleston Foundation are in documents dated 1946-1947).

Date(s) of Creation

1941 - 1947

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 1

Title

"Planning in Charleston"

Description

Report entitled "Planning in Charleston" outlining the history of city planning in Charleston, the creation of the Civic Services Committee, the retaining of George W. Simons as a city planning consultant, the publishing of This is Charleston, the study of traffic conditions, and the continuing plans for the CSC including the formation of a new institution in Charleston. Includes [projected] budget for 1945-1948. See also Files 5, 10, 11, 22, and 23 for additional Simons corresondence and documents.

Date(s) of Creation

1945

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 1

Title

Frederick Law Olmsted Report

Description

Contains documents labeled "Olmsted Report to Regional Planning and Advisory Committee." Includes sections entitled "Central Considerations" (which later became known as Work and Objectives for the Civic Services Committee), "Inventory" [architecture/building], "Certain Financial Factors Bearing Loss and Protection of the Values in Question," and "Other Lines of Investigation." Also contains outlines related to the survey/architectural inventory. NOTE: These documents were bound into the same folder labeled Olmsted Report; it is not possible to distinguish the exact contents of the report and what may have been added by CSC members.

Creator

Olmsted, Frederick Law

Date(s) of Creation

1940

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 1

Title

Architectural Inventory of Charleston

Description

Typed manuscript, with photographs, of the architectural inventory of Charleston that later became This is Charleston. Also includes report entitled "Architectural Inventory for Charleston" that describes the background of the inventory and compilation of materials to be included in the publication.

Date(s) of Creation

1941

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 1

Title

Charleston Area Plats and Municipal Data

Description

Plats, maps, street information, and municipal data/statistics (census, tax assessment, building use) used as reference by George W. Simons in preparation of his report (see Folder 11). Includes peninsula maps and plats depicting neighborhoods/areas. Some documents are annotated. See also Files 5, 7, 11, 22, and 23 for additional Simons corresondence and documents.

Container

Notes

Date: 1940s Container: CSC Box 1

Title

George Simons's Report

Description

"Report on Planning Procedure at Charleston, South Carolina" by George W. Simons, Jr., dated December 1943. Describes Charleston's "unique problem," growth and development, current planning activities and future planning needs, community needs, and a program of action. Also includes correspondence (3 letters) and the News & Courier's publication of the report (6/18/1944). See also Files 5, 7, 10, 22, and 23 for additional Simons corresondence and documents.

Creator

Simons, George W.

Date(s) of Creation

1943

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 1

Title

Review of Committee Work Submitted to Carnegie Foundation

Description

Review of the work of the Charleston Regional Planning Committee and request for continued funding to support the architectural inventory/survey submitted to the Carnegie Foundation by Robert N.S. Whitelaw. Carnegie had given the Carolina Art Association grant funding with which to retain Frederick Olmsted and to hire a secretary and research assistant the architectural inventory/survey.

Date(s) of Creation

1943

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 1

Title

Report of CSC to Rockefeller Foundation

Description

Report submitted to the Rockefeller Foundation, describing the work and accomplishments of the Civic Services Committee, dated April 1944. Exhibits include newspaper and magazine articles, budget information, the original grant request, Carolina Art Association newsletters, etc. File also includes letter from Robert N.S. Whitelaw to the Civic Services Committee, dated 5/19/1942, announcing the grant award; copy of the grant application also in file. Note: Carnegie Foundation awarded the Carolina Art Association $24,000 to fund operations of the Civic Services Committee from 1942-1945.

Date(s) of Creation

1944

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 1

Title

Miscellaneous CSC Reports/Statements

Description

Letter to William P. Jacobs, State Council of Defense, from Robert N.S. Whitelaw, dated 12/1/1941, describing the work of the Charleston Regional Planning Committee. and draft of same (11/26/1941); unattributed statement, perhaps a press release, regarding the first public announcement of the architectural survey and the associated exhibition [1942]; "Statement of the Purpose of the City Planning Committee of the Carolina Art Association" prepared for the National Park Service [unattributed, 1941?]; offprint of article that appeared in the Journal of the American Society of Architectural Historians (v. 1, n. 3-4, Oct. 1941) entitled "An Architectural Inventory for Charleston" by Helen G. McCormack, and draft of same.

Date(s) of Creation

1941 - 1942

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 1

Title

CSC Speaker's Bureau

Description

Sample speeches, notes, and outlines of presentations attributed to the Speaker's Bureau of the Civic Services Committee. Also includes list of Speaker's Bureau assignments (2 pages). Topics include the work of the Committee, Charleston generally, offstreet parking; benefits of city planning; the purpose of the Planning Bureau during war-time; etc. Attributed speeches include "How a Community Plans Together" by Henry P. Staats; "The Background of Traffic Congestion" by Henry P. Staats (presented to the Society for the Preservation of Old Dwellings, 11/8/1945); "Presentation of Off-Street Parking Plan" by Robert N.S. Whitelaw to City Council (10/23/1945); "Organizational Set-Up for City Planning" by M.T. Mitchell to Junior League (12/4/1944); "Address Before Rotary [Club]" by Robert N.S. Whitelaw (6/15/1943). Note: Excellent source for background information.

Date(s) of Creation

1944 - 1945

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 1

Title

Rotary Club Commendation

Description

Letter dated 11/15/1943 from the Rotary Club of Charleston commending Mr. Whitelaw and the Carolina Art Association for the work done in post-war planning in Charleston. Mr. Whitelaw's response also included.

Date(s) of Creation

1943

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 1

Title

CSC Director's Correspondence

Description

Correspondence mostly from (and some letters to) Robert N.S. Whitelaw. Of note is the correspondence with Frederick P. Keppel, president of the Carnegie Corporation, outlining Mr. Whitelaw's desire to create a committee to promote Charleston's art and history, to conduct an architectural survey, to retain Frederick Law Olmsted for which Carnegie contributed funds; and regarding funds to pay the salary of an assistant, Helen G. McCormack. There is also correspondence to Committee members concerning the status of Mr. Olmsted's report and about grants awarded; a carbon copy of a letter from Albert Simons to Harold Mouzon critical of a recent meeting (annotated, possibly by Whitelaw); correspondence with executives at Eastman Kodak Co. regarding request for funding; a postcard from Elizabeth O'Neill Verner; an anonymous author complaining about the slums on Beaufain Street. Other correspondents include John Mead Howells, William Emerson, David Stevens (Rockefeller Foundation), Robert D. Kohn, Charles F. Colbert of the Pittsburgh Metallurgical Company, the Mayor of Savannah (Thomas Gamble) regarding the parking survey; Seward Mott of the Urban Land Institute; and Kerman Kobbe.

Date(s) of Creation

1939 - 1946

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 1

Title

Helen McCormack's Correspondence, etc.

Description

This file contains her correspondence from 1941 through April 1946 concerning the architectural survey and other matters related to the Civic Services Committee. Most of the correspondence consists of copies of letters to others but there are some letters on file to her. Also contains a copy of the offprint of the JASAH article and a draft of same; an invitation to her to join the American Planning and Civic Association; questionnaire (1941) about Carolina Art Association activities, filled out by John Mead Howells, Homer M. Pace (HMP), Albert Simons, and one unattributed; a sketch for a "Star of Merit" plaque to be awarded by the Carolina Art Association for "Architecture, Harmony, Landscape." Grouped separately is her correspondence with other planning commissions (Chicago, New Orleans, Detroit, New York, Washington DC, Connecticut, Dayton OH, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Santa Barbara, Bridgeport CT, Williamsburg). Includes letters to/from planning commissions, business cards for individuals, handwritten index cards for various organizations, and American Society of Planning Officials membership certificates for the Carolina Art Association, Helen G. McCormack, and Robert N.S. Whitelaw. Literature (brochures, newsletter) moved to Pamphlet collection. Helen McCormack was the former director of the Valentine Museum of Richmond, Virginia. She began her work with the Civil Services Committee as secretary/researcher, a position funded by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation. She was the author of article entitled "An Architectural Inventory for Charleston" that appeared in the Journal of the American Society of Architectural Historians (v. 1, n. 3-4, Oct. 1941).

Date(s) of Creation

1941 - 1946

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 2

Title

McCormack's Information Sources

Description

Lists of books on planning and housing, architecture, and Charleston, and of foundations that make grants for planning; notes on a variety of topics (planning, historic preservation, community development); articles on housing for defense, San Diego "Boom Town," New York City, new building techniques, students talking with Eleanor Roosevelt, and American Gothic-style houses.

Date(s) of Creation

1941

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 2

Title

Olmsted's Correspondence with CSC

Description

Correspondence between Frederick Law Olmsted and Robert N.S. Whitelaw that initiate the arrangements to hire Olmsted as a consultant and that convey the progress of Olmsted's report and the CSC's achitectural survey.

Date(s) of Creation

1939 - 1940

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 2

Title

Frances Benjamin Johnston Correspondence

Description

Correspondence between photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston and Helen McCormack or Robert Whitelaw regarding the use of her photographs of Charleston buildings in the upcoming city planning exhibit. Johnston suggests that the architectural inventory be published. File also contains lists of FBJ photographs, presumably of photos provided to the Carolina Art Association, and newspaper and magazine articles about FBJ and her work.

Date(s) of Creation

1937 - 1942

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 2

Title

George W. Simons Correspondence

Description

Correspondence between (mostly) Robert N.S. Whitelaw and George W. Simons (municipal engineering research and planning consultant). Correspondence primarily addresses Simons consulting with the CSC for post-war city planning, specifically to address traffic/parking problems. See also Files 5, 7, 10, 11, 23 for additional George Simons correspondence and documents.

Date(s) of Creation

1943 - 1946

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 2

Title

Simons's Jacksonville City Plan

Description

Report entitled "The Comprehensive City Plan of Jacksonville, Florida," by George W. Simons, Consulting Municipal Engineer, dated 1931; includes "Historical Sketch and Brief Resume of the City Plan of Jacksonville." See also Files 5, 7, 10, 11, and 22 for additional Simons correspondence and documents.

Creator

Simons, George W.

Date(s) of Creation

1931

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 2

Title

Hermann Herrey City Planning Articles

Description

Sent by Hermann Herrey, architect and engineer, to Robert N.S. Whitelaw after RNSW expressed interest in Herrey's work. Contains two city planning reports/articles by Hermann Herrey entitled "An Organic Theory of City Planning" (Architectural Forum magazine, Apr. 1944) and "Comprehensive Planning for the City: Market and Dwelling Place" (Pencil Points magazine, Apr. 1944). Cover letter mentioned a third article but it is not in the file.

Creator

Herrey, Hermann

Date(s) of Creation

1944

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 2

Title

List of HABS Charleston Photographs

Description

List/inventory of Historic American Buildings Survey photographs of Charleston buildings and document (presumably prepared by CSC) with suggested changes of names of Charleston buildings in the Historical American Buildings Survey.

Container

Notes

Date: 1941? Container: CSC Box 2

Title

Charleston Metropolitan Area Exhibit at Gibbes Gallery

Description

Planning documents for the Charleston Metropolitan Area Exhibit at the Gibbes Art Gallery rotunda. Includes drawing of exhibit, reference maps, and "original sections of 1941 [Sanborn?] maps with buildings colored by Helen McCormack."

Date(s) of Creation

1943 - 1944

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 2

Title

Graphic Survey Subcommittee Meeting Transcription

Description

Transcript of a meeting of the Committee for a Graphic Survey of Charleston in which the approach to Charleston, the need for a plan, and the need to catalogue the places in Charleston "worth keeping and preserving" were discussed. Those in attendance were Mr. Olmsted, Mr. Pace, Mr. Stoney, Mr. Burton, Mr. Simons (Albert?), Mr. Howells, Mr. Rittenberg, Mr. O'Hear, Mr. Whitelaw, and Miss Alice R. Huger Smith.

Container

Notes

Date: 1942(?) Container: CSC Box 2

Title

This Is Charleston

Description

Published text of This Is Charleston, with annotations and editing marks for a later edition.

Date(s) of Creation

1944

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 2

Title

This Is Charleston: Exhibit

Description

Planning documents for an exhibition of This Is Charleston, to be held at the Gibbes Art Gallery in early 1942. Includes outline and narrative description of the exhibit; event invitation and mailing list; receipts, expenditures, cost analysis, and receipts for loans of exhibit items; and exhibit layouts, some with photographs affixed.

Date(s) of Creation

1942

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 2

Title

"Charleston Grows" Committee

Description

Meeting minutes for the newly-formed Civic Services Committee to Consider Publications Underwriting Plan for the Carolina Art Association, informally known as the "Charleston Grows" Committee. Other documents include correspondence (scant) about the publication; a tentative outline of the publication; lists of underwriters and contributors; and publicity, ordering information, and sponsorship materials.

Date(s) of Creation

1949

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 2

Title

Community Development Council: Members

Description

The Community Development Council was formed to serve as a single, voluntary agency to serve as a clearinghouse for the many City, County, and local activities which function in the development of the metropolitan area of Charleston; to assist with planning for the needs of a growing wartime population; and determine future needs and solutions of post-war problems. Funded by the Carolina Art Association, with offices at the Gibbes Art Gallery. This file contains documents pertaining to the creation of the Committee and membership, including "Purpose and Objects" statement, membership lists, and correspondence related to the formation of the Committee. Most of the letters are to (or from) Frederick H. McDonald, committee chairman, from prominent Charlestonians including Albert Simons who expresses criticism of the suggested program, and from businessmen, military personnel, and local politicians regarding their receipt of invitations to join the Committee. First of four Community Development Council files.

Date(s) of Creation

1941 - 1943

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 2

Title

This Is Charleston: Publicity

Description

Newspaper articles and press releases about the exhibit "This is Charleston," and articles (perhaps interpretive text for the exhibit) written by Samuel Gaillard Stoney, Alice Ravenel Huger Smith, and John Mead Howells.

Date(s) of Creation

1942

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 2

Title

Community Development Council: Correspondence and Reports

Description

Contains documents related to the war-time planning objectives and activities of the Committee; descriptions of the Housing Bureau and Planning Bureau; correspondence; and reports. Reports include "Purpose and Objects" statement (Committee Assignments list affixed to verso*), "Community Services are Vital to War Production" by Frederick H. McDonald, and "Report Accompanying Guide Plan of a Residential Unit Development Adapted to War Housing" by Loutrel W. Briggs. Correspondence pertains to various activities of the Committee; of note is correspondence related to the "Elimination of Dwellings Unfit for Human Habitation" and the "Growing Shortage of Vital Necessities." File also contains two letters from individuals offering housing; forms "Authorization for Reconditioning Service (Defense Housing)" (Oct. 1942) submitted to the Home Owners' Loan Corporation (Reconditioning Section) to convert or renovate buildings into housing (at 45 Bull Street, 366 King Street, 21 King Street, and 2 Limehouse Street; "Statement of Mr. Aldace F. Walker, Vice-President, Trans-American Pipeline Corporation" to the Committee related to the crude-oil pipeline project TAPCO; and data related to the planning for shopping centers. *First Regional Planning Group consisted of Homer M. Pace, Chairman; E. Milby Burton; Albert Simons; John Mead Howells; Alice Huger Smith; Samuel G. Stoney; Helen McCormack, secretary; E. Burnham Chamberlain; Frederick H. McDonald; William M. Means; Thomas R. Waring; and Robert N.S. Whitelaw, director. Second of four files.

Date(s) of Creation

1941 - 1943

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 2

Title

Community Development Council: Housing Publicity

Description

Newspaper clippings of articles about the Community Development Committee and its purpose and activities related to wartime housing and other issues. Includes articles about the need for homes for officers, the need for and building of "demountable" houses in Liberty Hill, advertisements for assistance services and for the post-War Reconstruction Planning Committee of the Charleston Chamber of Commerce, Charleston dwelling survey, anticipated growth of population and related needs, the proposed development of a park and playground adjacent to the Yacht Club, and other community issues. *Bulk 1942-1944. Third of four files. Articles are glued to paper and are in (mostly) chronological order.

Container

Notes

Date: 1942-1945* Container: CSC Box 2

Title

Community Development Council: Radio Shows

Description

Scripts for the radio show "The Man of the Hour Program brought to you by the Community Development Council, with Dick Reeves," a weekly show that featured the work of people in Charleston who were aiding Charleston and the national war effort. (Sometimes, Mrs. Arthur Lassek would host the show.) The community was invited to nominate outstanding citizens and the "winner" would then appear on the show to be interviewed by Reeves. Guests include Mrs. Arthur Ravenel, Mayor Wehman, Mrs. Joseph I. Waring Jr., Mrs. John Bennett, Mrs. Juanita Whitfield, Mrs. Richard Merritt, Mr. Traynor Perillo, Officer Warren Brickley, Miss Charlotte Dillingham, and Mr. John D. Rooney. Scripts span April through June, 1943. File also contains a script from a March 1, 1943, "Radio Forum" and correspondence from listeners with suggestions for the betterment of Charleston. Fourth of four files.

Date(s) of Creation

1943

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 2

Title

Off-Street Parking Study: Reports, Minutes, Notes, Instructions

Description

Planning documents for the off-street parking study that was conducted in response to parts of Frederick Law Olmsted's report. George W. Simons served as consultant on the study. Includes CSC meeting minutes and memoranda in which the study is discussed at length; meeting minutes of the Metropolitan Council; "Objectives of Off-Street Parking Plan"; article announcing the start of a parking poll sample "Opinion Poll on Automobile Parking Problems in Charleston" and "Off-Street Parking Questionnaire"; draft of report/article "So You Want to Park"; Carolina Art Association newsletter containing CSC and Metropolitan Council Objectives and Activities and article by George W. Simons Jr. "Off-Street Parking."

Creator

Civic Services Committee

Date(s) of Creation

1944

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

Off-Street Parking: Presentation of Plan to Charleston City Council

Description

Correspondence and other documents leading up the presentation of the Off-Street Parking Plan made by Robert N.S. Whitelaw to City Council, 10/23/1945.

Date(s) of Creation

1945

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

Off-Street Parking: Report of the CSC on Off-Street Parking to City Council

Description

Report outlining the purpose of, and other details related to, the off-street parking plan, including financial aspects. Presented to City Council on Nov. 13, 1945. Includes breakdown of costs, parking meter revenue around the U.S., traffic flow check at King and Calhoun Streets, and suggested layouts for off-street parking facilities (maps).

Date(s) of Creation

1945

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

Off-Street Parking: Correspondence and Reports

Description

Correspondence and reports/statements related to the issue off-street parking. Reports/statements provide background information about parking in Charleston and on parking in business areas in other cities: "Outline of Procedure in Development of Off-Street Parking Plan"; "Public Relations in City Planning" by Henry P. Staats and George W. Simons, Jr.; "The Background of Traffic Congestion" by Samuel G. Stoney; "Off-Street Parking for Charleston" by the Civic Services Committee (10/19/1945); reports entitled "Parking in Business Areas" by representatives from Providence RI, Augusta, New Haven CT.

Date(s) of Creation

1941 - 1951

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

Off-Street Parking: Merchants Committee Correspondence and Poll

Description

The Merchants Committee was a subcommittee of the CSC and its members were Jack Krawcheck (chairman), Mrs. Wilson Wing (secretary), Robert T. Rosemond, William M. Means, Edward Kronsberg, Matthew Condon, W.P. Poulnot, T.W. Perry, and H.D. Todd. Contains the questionnaire responses from numerous King Street merchants and the "Tabulation of Poll Taken by the Merchants Committee on Off-Street Parking Among King Street Business Men." Also contains planning documents for the merchant survey.

Date(s) of Creation

1944

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

Off-Street Parking: Metropolitan Council Residential Study

Description

Planning documents for the Metropolitan Council's survey/poll of Charleston residents on parking problems in Charleston. Also contains survey results and comments from residents.

Date(s) of Creation

1944 - 1945

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

Off-Street Parking: Metropolitan Council Street Survey

Description

The Metropolitan Council assigned individuals to observe parking in assigned areas. File contains planning documents for this survey including assignments and also survey reports.

Date(s) of Creation

1945

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

Off-Street Parking and Traffic: Miscellaneous Reports & Other Study Materials

Description

Includes lists of various committees/committee members; correspondence and memoranda; survey materials; booklet "Traffic Regulations and Rules of the City of Charleston; lists of traffic violations, insurance issues, city-owned property in congested areas; questionnaires on church-owned property; surveys of present off-street parking facilities; maps of properties affected.

Date(s) of Creation

1944

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

Off-Street Parking/Transportation: Publicity

Description

Newspaper clippings about the Metropolitan Council and traffic and parking issues.

Date(s) of Creation

1942 - 1951

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

Boy Scout Traffic Study

Description

Planning documents for a traffic study conducted by a group of Charleston Boy Scouts. Includes instructions on how to conduct a traffic flow survey; survey assignments; traffic count sheets; list of Charleston Boy Scouts; maps; and correspondence (mostly between RNS Whitelaw and George W. Simons).

Date(s) of Creation

1944

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

War Memorials: Committee

Description

in 1944, the CSC considered the question of erecting war memorials in Charleston and formed a subcommittee to study the possibility. This file contains planning documents including general lists of area parks and playgrounds and a list of suggested war memorials; general information about park and recreation planning; correspondence mostly consisting of suggestions for sites but also some related to the formation of the subcommittee, including from Loutrel W. Briggs, and letter to Mayor Wehman; and "Report of Committee on War Memorials."

Date(s) of Creation

1944 - 1945

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

War Memorials: Publicity

Description

Newspaper articles, including letters to the editor, about war memorials and the war memorial committee.

Date(s) of Creation

1944 - 1945

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

Road Conservation and Beautification

Description

In January 1937, the Carolina Art Association members resolved to organize a committee of citizens from cultural and civic organizations to address the protection and beautification of the approaches to Charleston. File contains correspondence related to the formation of the committee; minutes of a meeting in which how to organize popular opinion was discussed; correspondence in support of the effort; and newspaper articles (May 1937).

Date(s) of Creation

1937

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

Legislation: The George Bill

Description

Copy of "The George Bill," a/k/a "War Mobilization and Reconversion Act of 1944," which provides federal funds for making post-war plans. (Public law 458-- 78th Congress / Chapter 480--2nd Session / S. 2051.)

Date(s) of Creation

1944

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

Zoning Ordinances

Description

Background information on the 1931 landmark zoning ordinance,* including City Council meeting proceedings, newspaper article about its presentation to City Council in 1931; commentary about the ordinance; "Report Made to the Mayor After the Zoning Ordinance Had Been in Operation for Two Years;" CSC correspondence related to its study of the ordinance and conclusion that it needed to be revised; and newspaper articles about various zoning issues. *Copy of the zoning ordinance with updates from 1941 pasted in was removed from this file and moved to pamphlet P066 (2006.002.0136).

Date(s) of Creation

1931 - 1946

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

Post-War Planning

Description

Reports, publications, and correspondence regarding post-war planning issues. Includes "Charleston's Target for Tomorrow"; various Charleston Chamber of Commerce publications about post-war planning; CSC invitation to businessmen to meet to discuss city planning; and newspaper articles about post-war planning in Charleston. Also includes "A Plan for Stimulating Post-War Employment in the United States" by Kendall Weisiger, Atlanta, GA); and "Remodeled Main Street, Niles, Michigan" (Architectural Forum magazine, Oct. 1944).

Date(s) of Creation

1942 - 1945

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 3

Title

Misc. CSC Files: Objections to Sale of Waterfront Property (S. Adgers Wharf)

Description

Correspondence and newspaper articles about opposition to the sale of waterfront property at South Adgers Wharf for commercial use, particularly the building of a shrimpery.

Date(s) of Creation

1945

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 4

Title

Misc. CSC Files: Charleston Background Information

Description

Articles and other documents about Charleston's architecture, historic importance, cultural wealth, cultural institutions, educational institutions, welfare and social institutions, churches, and population.

Container

Notes

Date: Various Container: CSC Box 4

Title

Misc. CSC Files: City Government Structure

Description

Two-page typed list of City of Charleston departments.

Container

Notes

Date: Undated Container: CSC Box 4

Title

Misc. CSC Files: Charleston During War Years

Description

Newspaper clippings about the defense effort in and around Charleston. Of note is an article about the conversion of the West Point Rice Mill into a Naval patrol base.

Date(s) of Creation

1941 - 1942

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 4

Title

Misc. CSC Files: Housing in Charleston

Description

Probably compiled as background information for the Community Development Committee. Includes statistics and other information about public housing generally; notes on the Housing Authority of Charleston including 1940 Census data; U.S. Dept. of Commerce news releases about financial data on Charleston housing and the need for additional housing facilities in Charleston; some correspondence about the housing for war workers; and newspaper clippings.

Container

Notes

Date: 1934-1935, 1941-1943 Container: CSC Box 4

Title

Misc. CSC Files: Rent and Rent Control

Description

Newspaper clippings about rent control.

Date(s) of Creation

1942

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 4

Title

Misc. CSC Files: Rural SC Events

Description

Newspaper clippings about rural SC including the construction of the Santee-Cooper hydroelectric plant; the Agricultural Society of SC; Colleton; Denmark; Summerville, Holly Hill development; Andrews; Georgetown; Berkeley County; Conway; Walterboro

Date(s) of Creation

1941

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 4

Title

Misc. CSC Files: Fiscal Reports

Description

Fiscal and taxation reports presented to the Civic Club Forum entitled " County Taxation" by Prof. A.L. Gussenheimer; "Municipal Taxation" by Mr. O.W. Schleeter; and "The Fiscal System of South Carolina" by James K. Coleman.

Date(s) of Creation

1941

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 4

Title

Misc. CSC Files: Racial Issues

Description

Newspaper clippings about funding for recreacional facilities for "Negroes"; newsletter of the Inter-Racial Committee of Charleston, SC.

Date(s) of Creation

1943

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 4

Title

Misc. CSC Files: Hospitals/Public Health

Description

Two letters. One refers to the "present hospital situation," and the other refers to the absence of adequate hsopitals to care for Charleston civilians.

Date(s) of Creation

1943

Container

Notes

Container: CSC Box 4

Title

Creation of Historic Charleston Foundation

Description

Documents (photocopies) relating to the founding of Historic Charleston Foundation: Charter; Certificate of Incorporation; minutes of meetings of the HCF Incorporating Committee; minutes of the first meeting of HCF's Committee to Consider Tours of Old Houses; letter from Robert N.S. Whitelaw to HCF's president, C. Bissell Jenkins, listing officers and trustees; and the first promotional publication, a 12-page booklet that describes the formation and purpose of HCF.

Container

Notes

Date: 1947 (April) Container: CSC Box 4

Location

Shelf

Archives B-1

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Missroon Archives/HCF Institutional Materials

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

2004.003.039, 2004.004.0016, 2009.002.046, HCF., HCF.002A, HCF.003., HCF.004., HCF.005.1a, HCF.005.2a, HCF.007.1962-64

Related Publications

Notes

This Is Charleston Charleston Grows

General Notes

Note

Notes: Photographs from the architectural inventory in Folder 9. (PDF of above photos on Media link. Scans of above photos on HiRes022.) Nationally important churches: St. Michael's Church, St. Phillip's Church, First Baptist Church, and Chapel of the Orphan House. Nationally important buildings: public, industrial. Photographs of Courthouse, Old Exchange and Customs House, City Hall, Fireproof Building, College of Charleston, Marine Hospital, South Carolina Society Hall, and Bennett's Rice Mill. Nationally Important dwellings: 54 Hasell Street, 71 Church Street, 59 Meeting Street, 69 Church Street, 14 Legare Street, 87 Church Street, 34 Meeting Street, 106 Tradd Street, 8 South Battery, 27 King Street, 64 South Battery, 51 Meeting Street, and 350 Meeting Street. Photographs of buildings in Old and Historic Charleston: Tradd Street, 69 Church Street, 87 Church Street, 59 Meeting Street, 95 East Bay Street, 101 East Bay Street, Vanderhorst Row (East Bay Street), 4-6 Court House Square, 50-52 King Street, 3 Atlantic Street, 21 King Street, Dock Street Theater, First Baptist Church, St. Michael's Church, St Philip's Church, Court House, Exchange building, and South Carolina Society Hall. Photographs of buildings in the Mazyck Lands: 4 Magazine Street, 21 Archdale Street, 19 Archdale Street, St. John's Church, Unitarian Church, and the Gaol. Photographs of buildings in Rhettsbury: 37 Hasell Street, Charleston Hotel, Market Hall, St. Andrews Church, St. Johannes Church, St. Mary's Church, Centenary Church, and the Beth Elohim Synagogue. Photographs of buildings in Ansonborough: St. Stephen's Church, 14 George Street, 30 Anson Street, and 71 Anson Street. Photographs of buildings in Gen. Christopher Gadsden's Lands or Middlesex: 55 Laurens Street, 53 Laurens Street, Wall Street, 833 East Bay Street, 329 East Bay Street, 321 East Bay Street, and 330 East Bay Street. Photographs of buildings in Mazyckborough: 20 Charlotte Street, 14 Charlotte Street, and Gas Works on Charlotte Street. Photographs of buildings in Wragg Lands and Wragg Pasture Lands: Old Bethel Church, 56 St. Philip Street, 58 George Street, 214 Calhoun Street, 6 St. Philip Street, 220 Calhoun Street, 9 Liberty Street, and 12-16 Beaufain. Photographs of buildings in Wraggborough: 4 John Street, Aiken's Row, Wragg Mall, 48 Elizabeth Street, 34 Chapel Street, Mary Street, and Second Presbyterian Church. Photographs of buildings in Hampstead: St. John's Church, 2 Amherst Street, 105 Drake Street, and Bay Street. Photographs of buildings in Glebe Lands: Grace Church, 6 Glebe Street, Mt. Zion Church, 86-88 Wentworth, 17-19 St. Philip, 10 Coming Street, and 54 Beaufain Street. Photographs of buildings in Free School Lands: College of Charleston Library and Main Building, and Green Street. . Photographs of buildings in Harleston: Bethel Church, 20 Montagu Street, 93 Ashley Avenue, 1 Lucas Street, 60 Montagu Street, 56 Pitt Street, 28 Montagu Street, 54 Smith Street, 94 Rutledge Avenue, 93 Rutledge Avenue, and 128 Wentworth Street. Photographs of buildings in Radcliffeborough and Elliott Lands [Elliottborough]: 6 Thomas Street, 47 Radcliffe Street, St. Paul's, 57 Radcliffe Street, and Radcliffe Street. Photographs of buildings in Cannonsboro [Cannonborough]: 178 Ashley Avenue, 192 Ashley Avenue, 173 Rutledge Avenue, 172 Rutledge Avenue, and 185 Rutledge Avenue. Photographs of the alteration of old houses into multiple dwellings, and of new buildings on old garden sites: 6 Montagu Street, 60 Meeting Street, 32 Pitt Street, 86 Anson Street, 10 Meeting Street, 48 Bull Street, 22-4 Thomas Street, and Meeting Street (house numbers not indicated). Photographs of the side piazza: 60 Church Street and 89 Beaufain Street. (Also includes 6 photographs of unidentified houses: piazza taken under roof, Victorian piazza, colossal order, use of piazza defeated, loss of piazzas.) Photographs of the rehabilitation of old houses in Hasell Street ( 5 photographs of unidentified buildings). Photographs of existing and possible parks: White Point Gardens, Washington Square, Colonial Common "The Pond" [Colonial Lake], Hampton Park, Wragg Square, Wragg Mall, St. Peters Cemetery, Westminster Cemetery, Quaker Graveyard, and St. Andrews Hall site. Photographs of buildings destroyed in 1941: 450 King Street, Horlbeck Alley, 7-9-11 Beaufain Street, and 10 Charlotte Street. (Also includes 5 photographs of Meeting Street buildings between Charlotte and Henrietta streets .) Photographs of commercial and industrial buildings (addresses not indicated): warehouse, bank, office, dwelling and shop combinations, merchants offices, rice mills, apothecary shop, and 313 King Street clothing store. Photographs of contrasting before and after: 70 King Street, 50 and 54 Beaufain Street, and east Logan Street. Photographs of the "metropolitan pattern": subdivision architecture, government housing, defense housing, demountable houses, old plantations, trailer camp, and workers cottages, and R.F.D. Photographs of ten buildings (addresses not provided).

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Create Date

August 16, 2006

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Update Date

February 17, 2023