Ernest M. Fisher papers for the Institute for Urban Land Use and Housing Studies, 1923-1953, bulk 1923-1953

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Series I: Processed General Data

This series compiles the documents and charts that synthetize individual raw data of properties in New York City towards an analysis of Real Estate costs throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Most of the data follows the same sample chart and is sorted to account for different research parameters. These documents largely present quantitative data without much prognosis on the trends and values.



Box 1 Folder 1 All Indexes., 1908-1950



Box 1 Folder 2 2. Indexes by Type., 1897-1951



Box 1 Folder 3 3. Indexes and Graphs for All NYC, NYC Res., and NYC Non-Res., 1897-1951



Box 1 Folder 4 5. Indexes and Graphs for Elevators and Walkups., 1918-1950



Box 1 Folder 5 6. Indexes and Graphs for Taxes by Type by Date Built., 1905-1950



Box 1 Folder 6 7. Total Expense Indexes by Date Built for Rooming Houses, Small Homes, Taxpayers., 1918-1950



Box 1 Folder 7 Operating Ratios, 1920-1950



Box 1 Folder 8 Expenses and Expense Ratios., 1904-1950



Box 1 Folder 9 Gross Income Indexes: Basic Tables Not Used., 1897-1950



Box 1 Folder 10 Constant Group: Indexes on Old Index Base, Not Used, 1926-1948



Box 1 Folder 11 Investment Experience, Chapter IV: Analytical Tables and Charts, Not Used., 1923-1950



Box 1 Folder 16 Vacancy Data (Constant Group), 1923-1943



Box 1 Folder 17 Synthetic Yield., 1897-1950



Box 1 Folder 18 Assessments (Yield - Synthetic), 1924-1950



Box 1 Folder 19 True Investment Yield., 1911-1948



Box 1 Folder 20 True Yield., 1897-1949



Box 1 Folder 21 Vacancy Data, All Cases by Type., 1920-1949



Box 1 Folder 22 Vacancy Data, REIE., 1953



Box 1 Folder 23 1. Worksheets for Base Year Expense Ratio Calculations., 1932-1950



Box 1 Folder 24 2. Transcription of Appendix Tables, Chapter IV., 1900-1950



Box 1 Folder 25 2. Transcription of Appendix Tables, Chapter V., 1921-1950



Box 1 Folder 26 2. Transcription of Appendix Tables, Chapter VI., 1900-1950



Box 1 Folder 29 3c. Net Acquisition for Rent Level 1 by Period Acquired., 1916-1950



Box 1 Folder 30 4. Influence of Age, Experimental Calculations., 1900-1950



Box 1 Folder 31 5. Expense Ratios., circa 1950



Box 1 Folder 37 All Cases: Gross Income Constant Group, Master of BD Analysis., 1926-1949



Box 1 Folder 38 Recalculation of all NYC, Residential and Non-Residential, 1900-1950



Box 2 Folder 3 All Cases: Constant Group Data for Sixth Session, R.E.R.T., 1905-1948



Box 2 Folder 4 Gross and Vacancy Data for Constant Group., 1925-1948



Box 2 Folder 7 Capitalized Expenses, Ground Rent, Miscellaneous Taxes - Appendix: Elevator, Dwelling Units, Rent Level., circa 1950



Box 2 Folder 8 Gross Income Link Relatives (Obsolete), 1897-1950



Box 2 Folder 9 Basic Data Tables (Corrected), 1890-1950



Box 2 Folder 12 All Cases: Basic Data, Master Sheet., circa 1950



Box 2 Folder 41 Tables, Chapter 4: Gross Income Identical Group/, circa 1950



Box 2 Folder 45 All Cases by Type of Structure., circa 1950



Box 2 Folder 47 Taxpayer - Detailed Analysis., 1925-1946



Box 3 Folder 15 Indexes of Net Operating Incomes., 1926-1949



Box 3 Folder 16 C-Properties Expense Data., 1922-1948



Box 3 Folder 17 Indexes of Realized Gross Income in Loft Buildings, By Year of Acquisition., 1920-1948



Box 3 Folder 18 Indexes of Realized Gross Income in Walk-Up Apartment Houses, By Year of Acquisition., 1920-1948



Box 3 Folder 23 Draft of Tables in Attributes of Properties Included in Study (Group A Properties), circa 1950



Box 4 Folder 3 Real Estate Investment Experience, Early Charts., 1900-1950



Box 4 Folder 7 Section on Vacancies, Constant Group., 1923-1947



Box 4 Folder 9 Miscellaneous Work Tables., 1924-1951



Box 6 Folder 1 4. Loft Manufacturing, Brief Analysis., 1904-1950



Box 6 Folder 2 4. Loft Manufacturing, Mixed Analysis., 1904-1950



Box 6 Folder 3 5. Loft Storage, Brief Analysis., 1920-1950



Box 6 Folder 4 Loft Storage, Mixed Analysis., 1920-1942



Box 6 Folder 5 6. Other Lofts, Brief Analysis., 1911-1950



Box 6 Folder 6 6. Other Lofts, Mixed Analysis., 1917-1950



Box 6 Folder 7 Office Buildings, Brief Analysis., 1896-1950



Box 6 Folder 8 Office Buildings, Mixed Analysis., 1904-1950



Box 6 Folder 9 One- and Two-Family Houses, Brief Analysis., 1917-1950



Box 6 Folder 10 One- and Two-Family Houses, Mixed Analysis. [1 of 2], 1917-1950



Box 6 Folder 11 One- and Two-Family Houses, Mixed Analysis. [2 of 2], 1917-1950



Box 6 Folder 12 Residential Elevator Buildings, Brief Analysis., 1919-1950



Box 6 Folder 13 Residential Elevator Buildings, Mixed Analysis., 1919-1950



Box 6 Folder 14 Residential Walk-up Buildings, Brief Analysis., 1898-1950



Box 6 Folder 15 Residential Walk-up Buildings, Mixed Analysis., 1913-1950



Box 6 Folder 16 Rooming Houses, Brief Analysis., 1919-1950



Box 6 Folder 17 Rooming Houses, Mixed Analysis., 1941-1950



Box 6 Folder 18 Taxpayers, Brief Analysis., 1919-1950



Box 6 Folder 19 Taxpayers, Mixed Analysis., 1919-1950



Box 6 Folder 31 Net Income Index., 1918-1950



Box 6 Folder 33 Ratio of Assessed Value to Consideration, 1905-1952., 1897-1951



Box 6 Folder 34 Acquisition Data., circa 1950



Box 6 Folder 35 Building Assessment Indexes., circa 1950



Box 6 Folder 36 Gross Income Index., 1918-1950



Box 6 Folder 37 Net, Gross, and Total - Not Graphed., 1899-1950



Box 7 Folder 1 Current Changes, Expenses., 1920-1953



Box 7 Folder 7 Rent Levels., 1952



Box 7 Folder 8 Multiple Dwelling Data and Construction Dates., circa 1950



Box 7 Folder 9 Construction Dates of Properties., circa 1950



Box 7 Folder 11 Taxes and Assessments (Investment Base), circa 1950



Box 7 Folder 15 Assessment and Construction Date of Properties., circa 1950