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Series: 2: General Files, 1890-1988The Advisory Housing Commission files contain materials collected by Leon M.
Gurda, Inspector of Buildings, for the City of Milwaukee. Mr. Gurda, whose
emphasis was on slum clearance, was a member of the Mayor’s Commission on
Housing. The material consists of: minutes, correspondence, and reports of
committees relating to the Mayor’s Housing Commission, including State of
Wisconsin Bill #304, S. – “to create sections 199.01 – 199.30 of the
statutes, relating to limited dividend housing corporations.” Also included
are surveys and data on housing; the Demolition Conference, including
correspondence, release of information, and an agenda regarding the
conference held in Washington, D.C., March 23-24, 1934; materials for the
“creation of a work relief project to survey Milwaukee and locate all unfit
frame buildings in fire areas” (C.W.A.); and Milwaukee’s plan on
condemnation of buildings for the demolition of unsafe and unsanitary
housing, including a map of buildings razed by condemnation and by permit
during 1930-1933. The Building Permits are a record of monies collected for building permits.
Permit types include frame buildings, brick and stone, brick cased,
additions and alterations, moving buildings, city charter and Board of
Public Works. There are no address listings. The series also contains annual
reports. The years 1925-1928 are missing. Early volumes include
informational reports on building improvements, building code ratification
process, and some photographs are included in the years 1910 and 1911.
Additional brochures and publications are included as well.
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Advisory Housing Commission, minutes, correspondence, and
reports, 1929-1933
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Advisory Housing Commission, plans, reports, maps, and
publications, 1933-1936
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Annual Reports
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Volume
1
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1910-1912
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Volume
2
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1913
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Volume
3
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1914-1920
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Volume
4
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1921-1922
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Volume
5
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1923-1924
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1929-1934
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Volume
6
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1935
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Volume
7
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1937
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Volume
8
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1938-1939
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Volume
9
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1940
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Volume
10
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1941
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Volume
11
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1942
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Volume
12
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1943-1944
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Volume
13
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1945
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Volume
14
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1946-1948
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Volume
15
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1949-1950
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Volume
16
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1951-1953
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Volume
17
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1954-1957
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Volume
18
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1958-1961
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Volume
19
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1962-1965
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Volume
20
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1966-1970
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Volume
21
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1970-1974
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Volume
22
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1975-1981
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Blasting - A Legal Overview,
undated
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Brochures and Ordinances, miscellaneous, 1908-1988,
undated
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Building Permits, 1890-1892
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Equipment and Hazards Inspection, annual report,
1968
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Personnel Rosters, 1975, 1984
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Review of Building Activities,
1951
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