Map showing the 1928 Austin City Plan's proposed zoning use districts, with "A" residential, "B" residential, commercial, and industrial districts marked.
Also includes Pages 52 and 53 of the 1928 City Plan for Austin explaining the zoning use map…
A map showing the approximate location of Freedman communities in Austin in 1881 and the district "recommended" for the Black population of Austin in the 1928 Plan.
- Two maps from the 1940 Census shaded to show the percentage of the Black population by tract and the percentage of homes without plumbing in 1940 by tract, respectively.
- A graph showing Austin's the average home value and average rent of…
A soft-cover edition of "Le Prophète" by Kahlil Gibran, translated from English by Madeline Mason-Manheim. Published in 1926 by Éditions du Sagittaire. 6.5 x 4.5 inches (15.5 x 11.5 centimeters)
A typewritten and signed review by Kahlil Gibran of Madeline Mason-Manheim's translations into French of his works "The Madman," "The Forerunner," and "The Prophet." Dated Feb. 21, 1924. Paper had torn vertically down the middle at some point.
A hardcover edition of "Hill Fragments" by Madeline Mason-Manheim. Published in 1925 by New York Brentano's Publishers. Printed by Arthurs Press, Ltd., Woodchester, Glos., Great Britain. 59 numbered pages. Hard cover is navy in color. The front cover…
Handwritten manuscript of "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran, translated from English by Madeline Mason-Manheim. Handwritten in ink on paper, with a pencil sketch of a hand cupping a flame. The papers are held together with a pink plastic paperclip. Full…
Residential security map of Austin, Texas. Residential neighborhoods were graded from A to D (“best” to “hazardous”) "A" districts, colored green on the map, indicated that mortgage lenders should consider this area “safe” and low-risk for loans,…
Pages from the Koch & Fowler 1928 City Plan for Austin, which was commissioned by the city to plan for future development. The text goes on to explain the history of the creation of the plan and encourages the city government to work with officials…
A black-and-white photograph of Madeline Mason-Manheim and Arthur Symons at his home Island Cottage, Wittersham, Kent, United Kingdom. Photo taken in May 1926 per handwritten note on the back. In the photo, Symons is sitting on a rattan chaise with…