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Three maps (brownline prints with colored pencil) denoting proposed improvements at various sites in the Philippines. A map of the City of Baguio in the Province of Benguit features a preliminary plan for a proposed town site, dated October 1905. The plan for proposed improvements in Manila is dated May 1905 with revisions in June 1905. The plan for a proposed sea boulevard in Manila Bay is dated May 1905. All three plans are inscribed: "This plan accompanies report to Hon. William H. Taft, Secretary of War."

This collection contains materials related to Chermayeff's personal, professional, and academic lives, the bulk originating during his residency in the United States, beginning in the late 1930s. Project records document the full range of his work, including many records from his British period. The collection also contains extensive correspondence with personal friends, clients, and professional and academic colleagues.

Correspondence, minutes, reports, documents, scrapbooks, publications, memorabilia, and photographs. The general files, minutes, and reports reflect the varied activities and interests of the League, including apportionment, court reform, education, and voting rights. The historical files contain photographs, printed materials, and memorabilia, filed chronologically. Also included are the periodicals and publications of the League, scrapbooks arranged chronologically, and "Mailbooks", or volumes of mimeographed reports and announcements which were sent to branches and board members. Among the major correspondentrs are: Thomas E. Dewey, Herbert H. Hehman, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Alfred Smith

Primarily papers and photographs related to Breines' architectural designs and professional activities. Some project architectural drawings are also included.