12/6/810 Guide to the Circular Series Circular Series

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Guide to the Circular Series 1944/2006 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Circular Series 1944-2006 12/6/810 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Small Homes Council 0.60 English University of Illinois Archives
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Historical Note:

In 1944, the Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Small Homes Council.1

The purpose of the council was to focus "talents on the small home problems, rural and urban." Its objectives were to inform the public on all home building problems and solutions, "to keep abreast of all that is new", and to work continually for the improvement of homes and housing. It was to publish "bulletins and circulars in convenient form on all subjects pertaining to planning, financing and building the home." Homes were to be built on campus to demonstrate good homes to thousands of visitors to the campus.2

Students in University courses which relate to construction, design, and management of the home would have advantages of practical studies. Financing was expected from sponsors.3

In 1955 the responsibility for the director to report directly to the University president was changed so that he reported to the Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts.4 The council issues non-technical circulars for home owners and planners, publishes research reports and presents short courses for contractors, builders, mortgage lenders and others.

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 43rd Report, September 29, 1944, pp. 214-15.

2. Ibid., p. 214.

3. Ibid., p. 215.

4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 48th Report, May 19, 1955, p. 353.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Topical Term: Residential Construction Small Homes Council
Administrative Information Accruals:

9/1964, 3/2012

Arrangement of Materials:

By subject, chronologically thereunder.

Scope and Contents

Circular Series, circulars issued by the Small Homes Council -Building Research Council covering A - financing and business dealings; B- selection of neighborhood, fundamentals of land design; C - home safety and planning; D - selecting materials; E - construction methods; F - basements, insulation, framing, moisture control, termite control, incidental planning; G - heating and electricity, communication, plumbing; H - interior design and decoration; OHR - Old House Restoration; and PRR - Practical Restoration Reports. This series also includes publication index (1981), publications catalog (ca. 2006), and Housing Topics (ca. 2006), a bound collection of SHC-BRC circulars issued under the Council Notes imprint.