Series II comprises the bulk of the collection as it is concerned with Dunham's long-spanning career as an architectural consultant for projects in developing nations. It spans the "development decades" of the 1960s and 1970s, with smaller consultancies occurring in the 1980s. It includes sketches, field notes and notebooks (some "hand" bound), photographs, numerous slides, negatives, reproductions of architectural drawings, as well as drafts of reports, finalized published reports, and albums/bound volumes compiled by Dunham that include newspaper clippings, charts, calculations, itineraries, maps, as well as the already noted material. Each consultancy groups' related correspondence is located in its respective subseries and is primarily concerned with project logistics and travel information, though some are cursorily personal exchanges between colleagues. The series is organized geographically and then chronologically. It includes work conducted in East Pakistan/Bangladesh, India (with cursory reference to Sri Lanka), Mauritania, Somalia, Djibouti, Jamaica, Nepal, and housing for Afghan refugees in Quetta, Pakistan. Material is primarily in English, with a significant portion in French, and some in Bengali.
The majority of Dunham's consultancy work was concerned with coastal flooding and cyclone relief in both East Pakistan/ Bangladesh and the Caribbean and alternative energy sources in Africa. Dunham worked for a number of different international aid organizations, including, but not limited to: the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Ford Foundation, Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA), Institut Supérieure d'Etudes et de Recherches Scientifiques et Techniques (ISERST), the World Bank, and Save the Children. While formally in these roles, Dunham also engaged in side projects, such as his project for latrines and prototype housing.
Dunham authored or co-authored a number of reports for these organizations, which are included in this series. He also authored a manual, distributed by VITA, on low-cost housing techniques, Manual for Building with Chala Capor in Bangladesh. Also of note are Dunham's design for low-cost precast reinforced concrete latrines for "rapid improvement of sanitation in underdeveloped areas," and the related correspondence with their manufacturer, a Mr. Mukulesh Mitra.
In both Mauritania and Djibouti, Dunham collaborated on alternative energy projects, and he designed an applied energy center and the buildings for the Institut Supérieure d'Etudes et de Recherches Scientifiques et Techniques (ISERST) research. He also designed a community center in Somalia and authored a manual on construction for maritime desert climates. It was in these locations that Dunham's interest in solar energy collided with his role as a consultant.
While in Africa, Dunham designed prototype houses that were named after his local colleagues. The housing was to be built for foreigners and intended for later conversion to local use. They were part of the United States Agency for International Aid (USAID) project at the Sani Oasis. Drawings were likely drafted by Katherine Dunham who lived on site with her father.
Box 1 Folder 18 1965 East Pakistan (Bangladesh) Cyclone Relief, 1963-1965
Includes a notebook from the summer of 1965 with notes, sketches, maps, report drafts, photographs, and correspondence bound together in an album divided into the cities of Chitagong (now Chattogram) and Barisal. Includes report on Cyclone and Storm Surge Destruction Report and Recommendations on Cyclone Shelter Construction prepared for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). (6 items)
Box 1 Folder 19 1970 East Pakistan (Bangladesh) Coastal Storm, 1970-1971
Includes negatives, a bound collection of news coverage of the storm, and a United Nations report on the relief project with surveys and sketches and architectural drawings of storm shelters. United Nations employment contract included.
Box 1 Folder 20 1971 East Pakistan (Bangladesh) Low-Cost Housing, 1971
Report for World Food Program Low Cost Housing Project in East Pakistan (1 item)
Box 1 Folder 21 Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) Correspondence, 1976-1977, 1985
Correspondence related to cyclone relief and reconstruction. First correspondence between Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) and Daniel Dunham; VITA newsletter (7 items)
Box 1 Folder 22 1988 Flood Project, 1988
Includes handmade field visit notebook, photographs, sketched map, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) report, and a bound collection of documents, field reports, drawings for shelters, photographs, newspaper clippings. USAID report includes as appendices a manual for low-cost housing construction prepared by Daniel Dunham and referenced in correspondence throughout the collection; this manual is also located as its own publication in Box 1, Folder 24. Included is correspondence with Mary Frances and Katherine Dunham explaining flood conditions and requesting materials.
Box 1 Folder 23 1989 United Nations Development Program Reconstruction of Rural Housing Report, 1989
Draft report for United Nations Development Program Preparatory Assistance Mission entitled Building Patterns and Construction in Material Considerations Affecting Rural Shelter Reconstruction in Flood Affected Areas of Bangladesh: Analysis and Recommendations (1 item)
Box 1 Folder 24 Manual for Building with Chala Capor in Bangladesh, 1988-1989
United States Agency of International Development manual on Building with Chala Capor in Bangladesh. This is a construction manual for building temporary disaster relief and semi-permanent rural shelters with local materials and American roofing materials. This manual is also present as an appendix in the 1988 report found in Box 1, Folder 22, and is mentioned in various correspondences throughout the collection. One copy is in English and another in Bengali. (2 items)
Box 1 Folder 25 1991 Planning and Development Collaboration International Proposal to Cyclone Relief Mission, 1991 May 15
Unsolicited Proposal to United States Agency for International Development/ Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance Bangladesh Cyclone Relief Mission, prepared by Daniel Dunham with summary recommendations of his previous cyclone relief work. Includes sketches from previous reports and a resume.
Includes work completed during his tenure as a consultant for the Ford Foundation in Calcutta, though this was not itself a project for the Ford Foundation's mission. Katherine Dunham donated a portion of this collection to the Ford Foundation's archives.
Box 1 Folder 26 Feasibility Report on Precast Reinforced Concrete Latrines for Rapid Improvement of Sanitation in Underdeveloped Areas, 1971 Oct
Feasibility report titled Precast Reinforced Concrete Latrines for Rapid Improvement of Sanitation in Underdeveloped Areas. (1 item)
Box 1 Folder 27 Architectural Drawings and Photographs, 1971-1972
(10 items)
Box 1 Folder 28 Correspondence, 1971-1979, 1994
Includes correspondence primarily with Mukulesh Mitra who collaborated on the latrine production. One letter from another consultant requesting information for similar work in Sri Lanka (10 items)
Box 1 Folder 29 Alternative Energy Sources in Rural Mauritania Volunteers in Technical Assistance Reports, 1977
Includes official report on alternative energy and presentation notes. (5 items)
Box 1 Folder 30 Applied Energy Center, 1980-1981
Includes handwritten notes on the project and statements, scopes, and summaries of work, and copies of newspaper clippings, and sketches and drawings (12 items)
Box 1 Folder 31 Nouakchott American School, circa 1980s
Concept sketches for an American school. According to Katherine Dunham, the school was like pro bono work while Daniel Dunham worked on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project at Sani Oasis. (3 items)
Box 1 Folder 32 Residential Prototypes (Sani Oasis), circa 1972-1982
Includes architectural drawings for Maison de Jafdi-ould-Salem and Mouhamed ould Ismail. Katherine Dunham believes these were prototype houses, named after local colleagues, that were to be built for foreigners and intended for later converted for local use. They were part of the United States Agency for International Aid (USAID) project at the Sani Oasis. Drawings were likely drafted by Katherine Dunham who lived on site with her father.
Box 1 Folder 33 Correspondence, 1979-1981
Includes telegrams and letters, one of which contains sketches (10 items)
Box 2 Folder 1 Sani Oasis Development Project, 1980-1982
Includes architectural drawings and sketches, memoranda, work plans, and field notes (48 items)
Box 2 Folder 2 Djibouti Energy Initiatives Project, 1982-1984 Jul
Includes contracts, correspondence, field reports, quarterly reports, newspaper clippings, and draft and published reports on the Djibouti Energy Initiatives Project, which was a consultancy project in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development, Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA), and Institut Supérieure d'Etudes et de Recherches Scientifiques et Techniques (ISERST) whose goal was to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and the construction of an energy research lab building for ISERST. (14 items)
Box 2 Folder 3 Djibouti Energy Initiatives Project, Architectural Drawings and Photographs, 1982-1983
Includes architectural drawings, photographs, negatives, and architectural sketches and notes. Photographs with verso annotations are sleeved separately; those with no annotations are doubled. (20 items)
Box 2 Folder 4 Seymour Jarmul and Judy Hirsch Reports, 1983-1984
Includes World Bank report by French firm Groupe Huit-SEDES and two reports for Volunteers in Technical Assistance/ Institut Supérieure d'Etudes et de Recherches Scientifiques et Techniques (INSERST) by Seymour Jarmul and Judy Hirsch in French and English. (5 items)
Box 2 Folder 5 Salines-Ouest Prototype Housing, 1984-1985 Jan
Includes correspondence, maps, tourist map, architectural drawings, sketches, notes, proposal, photographs, drawings, and scope of work for construction of prototype housing illustrating principles of energy conservation and use of local materials. Project was carried out in collaboration with Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the World Bank, and Institut Supérieure d'Etudes et de Recherches Scientifiques et Techniques (ISERST). French architectural firm Groupe Huit-SEDES was also involved. Project appears to have been an outgrowth of the earlier energy lab and the Hirsch's subsequent work. Final report published in French and English. Correspondence is primarily with Steve Hirsch, Judy Hirsch, and Symour Jarmul. Photographs with verso annotations are sleeved separately; those with no annotations are doubled. (60 items)
Box 2 Folder 6 Construction Manual for Desert Maritime Regions, 1983 Aug
Includes manual in French by Daniel Dunham for energy efficient housing in desert maritime regions. Manual referenced in correspondence for Salines-Ouest prototype housing project and Somalia project. (2 items)
Box 2 Folder 7 Qorioley (Qoryoley), Somalia Community Center, 1984-1986,1989
Includes correspondence, project itinerary, architectural drawings, sketches, and photographs of existing conditions and architectural model, and a field notebook with notes, airplane tickets, drafts, business cards, and the consultancy agreement. Project was carried out under Save the Children. Project was visited by Maureen Reagan. (42 items)
Box 2 Folder 8 Nepal Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Project, 1989 Jun - 1989 Sep
Includes correspondence, reports, project scope, and architectural drawings and photographs. Project involved a training program for local builders and reconstruction project for a primary school carried out in conjunction with PADCO, United States Agency for International Development, and US Peace Corps. Jane Brown was a collaborating consultant and Madhab Mathema directed the reconstruction project. (36 items)
Box 2 Folder 9 Afghan Refugee Housing, 1988
1 report
Box 2 Folder 10 Concept Paper for Shelter-Related Disaster Support, 1991 Apr 12
Draft of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) draft concept paper entitled Shelter-Related Disaster Support Office of Housing and Urban Planning/ Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance. It outlines a plan for a Shelter Center for Disaster Mitigation with four subprojects: drought and famine in East Africa; flood relief in South Asia; hurricanes in Caribbean; earthquake and volcanic eruptions in Ecuador. (1 item)
Box 2 Folder 11 Hurricane Gilbert Reconstruction, 1979-1980, 1988-1989
Includes photographs, notes, correspondence, and reports on the United States Agency for International Development's project in response to Hurricane Gilbert (60 items)
Box 2 Folder 12 Proposal for City College Exchange Program, 1988-1989
Includes correspondence and proposal for students of City College to participate in academic exchange to Jamaica to gain practical experience on disaster relief architecture; Newspaper clippings on the opening of the Caribbean School of Architecture and Planning (6 items)