Paul Opperman papers
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the professional activities of Paul Oppermann between approximately 1940 and 1969.
Materials include: correspondence, notes, and working files.
Dates
- Creation: 1940s -1969
Creator
- Opperman, Paul (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open.
Conditions Governing Use
Access to collections in the Department of Distinctive Collections is not authorization to publish. Please see the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy for permission information. Copyright of some items in this collection may be held by respective creators, not by the donor of the collection or MIT.
Biographical Note
Paul Oppermann was a consultant, administrator, and professional urban and regional planner. From 1964 to 1968 he taught as the Bemis Visiting Lecturer in metropolitan planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He also worked as a city planner in San Francisco and Washington DC. (1)
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Office of the President. “Report of the President and the Chancellor Issue 1976-1977,” 1977. http://dome.mit.edu/handle/1721.3/59058.
Extent
13 Cubic Feet (13 record cartons and manuscript boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Materials are stored off-site. Advance notice is required for use.
Processing Information note
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Subject
- Opperman, Paul (Person)
Topical
- Title
- Preliminary Inventory to the Papers of Paul Opperman
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- August 2020: Biographical note by Ashlynn August added.
- 2021 August 30: Edited by Lana Mason for compliance with DACS single-level optimum requirements.
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Repository Details
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