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Collection Overview
| Size | 15.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 8150 items) |
| Abstract | Philip Gibbon Hammer (1914- ), urban economist and city planner of Atlanta, Ga., Washington, D.C., and Palm Harbor, Fla. Subject files, about eighty articles and speeches by Hammer, pictures, and other materials of Philip G. Hammer. Subject files hold correspondence, reports, clippings, and other materials concerning many of Hammer's activities, especially various projects in Atlanta, Ga., and Washington, D.C., and his work with the Conservation Foundation, the National Planning Association, and South Associates, Inc. |
| Creator | Hammer, Philip G. |
| Language | English |
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Subject Headings
The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
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Biographical Information
Philip Gibbon Hammer
1914Born 18 September in Philadelphia, Pa., son of John Levering and Emma (Gibbon) Hammer. Raised in Wilmington, NC.
1936 Received A. B. from University of North Carolina
1936-1939 Harvard University
Rockefeller Fellow in Training for the Public Service, 1936-1937
Intern on staff of Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Jr., in Washington, D. C., 1937-1938
Littauer Fellow in Public Administration, 1938-1939
Passed general exams for Ph.D. in political economy
1939-1941 Chief, editorial section, Farm Security Administration, U. S. Department of Agriculture
1941-1943 Chief, program analysis section, Farm Security Administration, U. S. Department of Agriculture
1943-1944 Staff assistant to Herbert H. Lehman (former governor of New York), Director, Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
1944-1946 Staff assistant to Herbert H. Lehman, Director-General, United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
1947-1950 Principal associate, Joseph K. Heyman Company, economic and business analysts, Atlanta, Georgia
1949-1950 Project director for reorganization of local government, Local Government Commission of Fulton County, Georgia
1950-1953 Executive Director, Metropolitan Planning Commission, Atlanta
1953 Executive officer, Committee of the South, National Planning Association
1953 Director of research, study of Negro schools in the South (with Harry S. Ashmore), Fund for the Advancement of Education
1954-1979 Founder, president, chairman, Hammer and Company Associates (later, Hammer, Siler, George Associates), economic consultants, Atlanta/Washington/Denver
1979-1985 Consultant in urban economics, part-time, Philip Hammer, Inc
Activities:
1953-1955 Planning Council, Atlanta Community Chest
1954-1957 Board of Directors, Fernbank Forest, Inc., Atlanta
1955-1957 Board of Directors, Southern Regional Council
1955-1957 Family Service Society of Atlanta
1955-1958 Board of Directors, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
1956-1961 Board of Directors, Atlanta Urban League
1958 Representative from Fulton County, Metropolitan Planning Commission
1958-1961 Advisory Committee, Graduate School of City Planning, Georgia Institute of Technology
1959-1960 Lecturer on economics, Georgia Institute of Technology and Atlanta University
1961- Board of Directors, Potomac Institute
1964-1966 Consultant to Taconic Foundation
1965 Acting executive director, Urban America
1967-1968 President's Task Force on Suburban Problems
1967-1980 Board of Directors, Planning and Development Collaborative International
1967-1981 Board of Trustees, Clark College (Atlanta University)
1968-1969 Chairman, National Capital Planning Commission
1968-1969 President, American Society of Planning Officials
1970-1973 Commission on Governance of Metropolitan Areas, Resources for the Future
1971 Lecturer, Howard University
1972- Board of Trustees, World Wildlife Fund/ The Conservation Foundation
1972-1973 Faculty, Dag Hammarskjold College, Columbia, Maryland
1973 Member, U. S. delegation, United States-South Africa Leader Exchange Program
1973-1975 Board of Directors, Soul City Foundation
1973-1976 District of Columbia Bicentennial Commission
1973-1977 Board of Directors, Cousins Properties, Atlanta
1973-1977 Board of Directors, National Council for Equal Business Opportunity
1973-1982 Board of Trustees, National Planning Association
1974- American Planning Association Foundation
1975-1979 Representative of District of Columbia Mayor, National Capital Planning Commission
1977 Distinguished Practitioner/Lecturer, College of Business Administration, University of Georgia
1978- Board of Editors, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMENTARY Magazine
1981-1984 Chairman, Building Research Board (formerly Advisory Board on the Built Environment), National Academy of Sciences
1983-1985 Lecturer, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina
1985- Chairman, Advisory Board, Northwestern Council for Urban Economic Development (CUED) Institute for Economic Development, Evanston
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Scope and Content
This collection contains correspondence, reports, clippings, articles, speeches, and other materials that document the professional life of Philip Gibbon Hammer. Each phase of Hammer's education and work is documented, including many professional activities in addition to his employment and consulting work. The bulk of the material dates from the 1950s through the 1970s.
In Series 1, Subject Files, file titles established by Hammer have been retained. Articles were placed in alphabetical order; and speeches, speech notes, and correspondence about speaking engagements were placed in chronological order during processing.
The following descriptions were written by Philip Hammer. The first folder in each group contains more extensive information provided by Hammer.
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Series 1. Subject Files, 1934-1988.
Arrangement: alphabetical by file title.
Correspondence, reports, clippings, and other materials concerning Philip Hammer's work, professional activities, and education. The files were established and titled by Hammer. The names "Atlanta" and "Washington" were added at the beginning of some file titles, so that files pertaining to these cities would be grouped together. Hammer prepared and placed in many files typed notes that explain his involvement with the organization that is the subject of the file.
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Series 2. Articles and Speeches, 1953-1984 and undated.
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Subseries 2.1. Articles, 1955-1981 and undated.
Arrangement: alphabetical.
Drafts and published versions of articles by Philip Hammer.
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Subseries 2.2. Speeches, 1954-1984 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Typescripts and published versions of speeches by Philip Hammer.
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Subseries 2.3. Speech Notes, 1953-1984 and undated.
Arrangement: chronological.
Handwritten notes on cards or paper for speeches by Philip Hammer to professional groups, such as the American Institute of Architects or the American Society of Planning Officials, to civic groups, such as Rotary, Civitan, or the League of Women Voters, and to government bodies, such as city councils.
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Subseries 2.4. Correspondence Related to Speaking Engagements, 1953-1984.
Arrangement: chronological.
Invitations to speak and Hammer's responses, thanks following speeches, and some discussions of topics of speeches.
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Series 3. Pictures, 1958-1963.
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Addition of August 1993 (Acc. 93117).
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Items Separated
Processed by: Linda Sellars, July 1989; Roslyn Holdzkom, January 1991, September 1993
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
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