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providing parks, playgrounds, community houses and 

 other recreation facilities. Material from these may 

 be used in campaigns in rural communities. 



6. Children's Bureau, Department of Labor, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. The Bureau supplies photographs, slides, 

 moving picture films and publications of various kinds. 



7. National Bureau of Education, Department of the 

 Interior, Washington, D. C. Here may be secured pho- 

 tographs, slides, films, dealing chiefly with playgrounds 

 and physical education activities in connection with 

 the public schools. 



8. National Forestry Association, Washington, D. C. 



Publicity material which may be used in campaigns 

 for forestry work in cities, towns and rural districts is 

 furnished by this group. 



9. Massachusetts Forestry Association, Boston, Mass. 

 The Association publishes pamphlets, giving statistical 

 material regarding growth of the town forest movement 

 and suggestions on methods of procedure in establishing 

 such forests. 



10. National Safety Council, 120 West 4.2$. Street, 

 New York City, N. Y. The Council issues publicity 

 material on value of playgrounds and other recreation 

 areas in preventing accidents. 



PARTIAL LIST OF RECREATION SURVEYS AND CITY PLAN STUDIES 

 CONTAINING PARK AND RECREATION SURVEYS 



It will be very helpful to groups interested in the 

 technique of making surveys and compiling reports to 

 consult studies which have been made. Long before 

 the modern recreation movement, a city planning move- 

 ment assumed much prominence; surveys looking toward 

 the establishment of park systems were made in many 

 cities throughout the United States, some of these by 

 the most eminent representatives in the field of land- 

 scape architecture and park planning that this country 

 has ever produced. The reports of these surveyors and 

 planners, often found in old reports of park depart- 

 ments are worthy of the most careful study by modern 

 planners, for the principles then laid down and devel- 

 oped, form the groundwork for much of the best work 

 in landscape architecture in so far as these principles 

 relate to public recreation areas that is being done 

 today. 



In the following list a number of outstanding studies 

 are enumerated. A complete list may be secured from 

 the Playground and Recreation Association of America: 



Asheville, N. C,, 1925: Asheville City Plan. John 

 Nolen, Ph.B., Sc.D. Published by City Commission, 

 1925. 48 pages, maps in colors. 



Baltimore, Md., 1904: Development of Public 

 Grounds for Greater Baltimore. Olmsted Brothers. 

 Published by the Municipal Art Society of Baltimore, 

 1904. 1 20 pages, illus., maps. 



Baltimore, Md., 1926: Report and Recommendations 

 on Park Extension for Baltimore, to the Board of Park 

 Commissioners, by the City Plan Committee of the 

 Department of Public Works. Olmsted Brothers, 

 Consultants. 



Birmingham, Ala., 1925: A System of Parks and Play- 

 grounds for Birmingham. Preliminary Report upon the 

 Park Problems, Needs, and Opportunities of the City 

 and its Immediate Surroundings. Olmsted Brothers. 

 Published by the Park and Recreation Board of Bir- 

 mingham, 1925. 31 pages, illus., maps. 



Boston, Mass., 1925: I. Special Report, City of Bos- 

 ton Park Department. Arthur A. Shurtleff, Landscape 

 Architect. Published by Boston Park Department, 1925. 



36 pages, illus., maps, plans, statistical tables. II. Future 

 Parks, Playgrounds and Parkways. Arthur A. Shurt- 

 leff, Landscape Architect. Published by Boston Park 

 Department, November, 1925. 61 pages, illus., plans, 

 maps, statistical tables. 



Buffalo, N. Y., 1925: Recreation Survey of Buffalo, 

 City Planning Association, Recreation Committee. 

 Published by Department of Parks and Public Build- 

 ings, City Planning Committee of Council and Buffalo 

 City Planning Association, 1926. 369 pages, maps, 

 charts, diagrams. 



Cincinnati, Ohio, IQOJ: A Park System for the City of 

 Cincinnati. George E. Kessler & Company. Published 

 by Park Commission and Council Advisory Committee, 

 1907. 54 pages, photos, plans, maps, diagrams. 



Cincinnati, Ohio, 1925: The Official City Plan of Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio. Technical Advisory Corporation. Pub- 

 lished by the City Plan Commission, 1925. 274 pages, 

 illus., maps, plans and charts. 



Cleveland, Ohio, 1920: Cleveland Recreation Survey 

 (Cleveland Foundation Committee). Roland Haynes 

 and Stanley B. Davies, 1920. 



Columbus, Ga., 1926: City Plan, Columbus, Ga. John 

 Nolen, City Planner. Hale J. Walker and Justin R. 

 Hartzog, Associates. Published by Planning Board, 

 City of Columbus, Ga., 1926. 34 pages, illus., maps, 

 plans. 



Dallas, Texas, 1911: A City Plan for Dallas, Report of 

 Park Board. Prepared by George E. Kessler. 58 pages, 

 illus., plates, plans. (Printed by the Southwestern 

 Company, Dallas, 1911.) 



East Orange, N. /., 1922: City Plan for East Orange, 

 N. J. Technical Advisory Corporation, New York City. 

 Published by City Plan Commission of East Orange, 

 1922. 80 pages, illus., plans. 



El Paso, Texas, 1925: The City Plan of El Paso, Texas. 

 Prepared by City Plan Commission. Published by said 

 Commission, 1925. 69 pages, illus., plans, maps. 



Essex County, N. Y., 1915: Report on a Proposed 

 Parkway System for Essex County, N. J. Olmsted 

 Brothers. 84 pages, map. 



