12/6/813 Guide to the Housing Advisory Information Housing Advisory Information

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Guide to the Housing Advisory Information 1954/1988 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Housing Advisory Information 1954-1988 12/6/813 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Small Homes Council 0.20 English University of Illinois Archives
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3 Pages

Additional information may be found at https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/1206813.pdf

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: Construction Research Residential Construction Wood Construction
Administrative Information Accruals:

9/1964, 3/2012

Arrangement of Materials:

Numerical series.

Scope and Contents

Housing Advisory Information sheets, published by the Small Homes Council-Building Research Council, reporting results of studies, summarizing activities and providing sources of useful information concerning acoustics, basements, concrete slabs, construction methods, crawl spaces, design and planning, drywall, electrical heating, house plans, humidity, insulation, moisture condensation, paint, plaster, prefabricated houses, roof construction, solar, structural qualities, trusses, underground houses, vacation homes, wall panels, waterproofing, and windows. Several information sheets are included in Proceedings of the Short Courses.