Scope and Contents

Materials previously stored in Boxes 1-5 are now available on Microfilm only. Box 1 is on reels 1-3, box 2 is on reels 4-6, box 3 is on reels 7-10, box 4 is on reels 11-13, box 5 is on reels 14-17.

Abstract Correspondence, books, articles, reports, legal briefs transcripts, and scrapbooks dealing with Bassett's tenure as a U.S. Congressman, 1902-1905, and his membership on committees and boards including the Public Service Commission of New York, the Brooklyn Committee on City Plan, the Zoning Committee of the City of New York, and the Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs Committee. Papers deal primarily with zoning and city planning in New York City. Also includes many articles, reports...