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Daniel H. Burnham writes to Edward H. Bennett in Chicago, requesting that he write a note to Charles Dyer Norton that will be placed in a book that Burnham is binding for him. Click here to view transcription.

Daniel H. Burnham writes from London to Edward H. Bennett in Chicago about the proceedings of a Town Planning Conference. The Plan of Chicago was regarded as greatly important and Burnham feels that the meeting will further their agenda with the…

Daniel H. Burnham writes from Seville, Spain to Edward H. Bennett in Chicago regarding the activities of his trip. He discusses the merits and defects of the Seville Cathedral at length. Click here to view transcription.

Edward H. Bennett's notes on Portland, Oregon. Bennett created a city plan for Portland between 1910 and 1912 that was published in 1912.

"City officials are shown here conferring with E.H. Bennett, Chicago city planning engineer, on features of the St. Paul improvement program."

Edward H. Bennett's sketches and plans for Washington, D.C.

Edward H. Bennett's sketches and plans for Minneapolis. He worked on the Minneapolis city plan from 1910 to 1917.

Edward H. Bennett's sketches and plans for a barn in Tryon, North Carolina.

Louis A. Simon, who served as Supervising Architect to the U.S. treasury, sent Edward H. Bennett a letter with an attached news clipping about Bennett. Bennett served as Chairman of the Board of Architectural Consultants from 1927 to 1937.

The newspaper clipping, taken from the Chicago Herald and Examiner, includes a drawing of Edward H. Bennett and an article telling of his support for the Congress St. project.