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JEAN AND WILLARD
GARVEY WORLD HOMES ARCHIVES |
NOTE: Collection stored in off-site facility. Contact Special Collections regarding retrieval.
Size: 97.0 linear feet
Literary rights:
Literary rights were granted to the Wichita State University. When permission
is granted to examine the manuscripts, it is not an authorization to publish
them. Manuscripts cannot be used for publication without regard for common law
literary rights, copyright laws
and the laws of libel. It is the responsibility of the researcher and his/her
publisher to obtain permission to publish. Scholars and students who eventually
plan to have their work published are urged to make inquiry regarding overall
restrictions on publication before initial research.
Restrictions: None
Content note:
The World Homes Collection tells the story of Willard Garvey's effort to build
housing in developing nations. For Garvey, World Homes represented the practical
application of his idea "Every Man a Home Owner, Every Man a Capitalist,"
which attempted to introduce the American concept of private property through
home ownership. The collection chronicles the Garvey effort in international
housing finance and development from the conception of the idea by Willard Garvey
in the late 1950s to the liquidation in the 1980s. During its life World Homes
had subsidiary and affiliate companies operating on four continents in countries
as diverse as Mexico, Taiwan, and Morocco. The collection includes corporate
correspondence, financial and legal records, project plans and designs, photographs,
and films.
The World Homes Collection offers a variety of research opportunities for researchers of history, business, and international development, including the interplay between private U.S. corporations and U.S. foreign aid, and the issues involved in the management of multi-national corporations.
The processors of this collection have prepared an Introductory File to present the researcher a preliminary understanding of the nature and contents of the collection. None of the material in the introductory file is unique; the file consists of photocopied material that can be found in other parts of the collection.
Acquisition: Gift of Jean and Willard Garvey.
Processed by: James Oberst, Teresa Tatro, Mark Unruh and Jerome Waltner with assistance from Cheryl Gillenwater, Shauna Payne and Mary Nelson, May 13, 1994
