[Urban-Media] primary sources in the Loeb Library (Harvard GSD)

[eric lewis beverley]

Friends~

I believe that Shekhar has already been privy to the somewhat spotty  
but rich store of primary sources on South Asian (and other) cities  
available in the Loeb Library of the Harvard Design School, but I  
figured I would send an email around to let those of you who have not  
perused the collection know about some of the things that are housed  
there.  For those of you that do not have Harvard library privileges,  
I should point out that the staff at Loeb have never once checked my  
ID (quite a contrast to Widener's absurd number of security  
checkpoints and prohibitive charges for the non-affiliated reader).

In addition to any number of obscure published monographs and  
studies, there are fairly extensive sets of planning commission and  
development trust reports for several major Indian cities (Bombay,  
Calcutta, Madras, Patna, Lucknow, and Rangoon to name a few that I  
noticed; alas nothing here on Hyderabad).  A browse in the stacks  
around NAC 6951 will reveal unexpected treasures.  Another rich  
source is the _Journal of the Institute of Town Planners, India_,  
which is filed alphabetically in the  periodicals section.  Loeb's  
collection starts with the second issue (1955) and proceeds onwards  
to the 1980s.  I expect there are similar documents covering Middle  
Eastern and other cities that may be of interest to members of the  
reading group, and one can find out by doing an 'expanded search' on  
the Hollis catalog and selecting 'Loed Design' from the locations menu.

Looking forward to seeing all of you next week when Anand will join  
us for an exploration of Delhi.

Eric