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Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company architectural records, 1866-1985, bulk 1890-1942
40.1 linear feetThis collection is made up of architectural drawings, correspondence, specifications, contracts, invoices, minutes, financial statements, patents, advertisements, photographs, photograph album, test results and reports, memoranda, tile samples, factory order cards, and other materials pertaining to The Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company's projects. The dates of the materials span 1866-1985, with bulk dates 1890-1942. The architectural records include structural, decorative, and acoustical sample products and fragments. Also included are materials added to the files by George Collins (1917-1993), Professor of Art History at Columbia University. Prof. Collins secured the donation of this archive in 1963, and remained its custodian until it was transferred to the Drawings and Archives Collection at the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library in 1988. The records document Prof. Collins' research efforts, as well as the Company's projects in forty states (including District of Columbia), four Canadian provinces, and eleven other foreign countries.
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Robin Middleton papers, 1931-2005
5 document boxesRobin Middleton is an architectural historian whose work focuses largely on French and English architecture of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The collection documents Middleton's research and writing process starting with his early dissertation work on Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc at Cambridge University continuing into the 1990s after Middleton joined the faculty at Columbia University.
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Notes for article on Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc, 1981, undated Box 02, Folder 04
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- Notes; Xeroxes; correspondence; Art History 4 no. 2 (June 1981), including "Viollet-le-Duc's
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Notes; Xeroxes; correspondence; Art History 4 no. 2 (June 1981), including "Viollet-le-Duc's influence in ninetenth-century England" By Robin D. Middleton; 4 photographs; 1 postcard
Art History, 1937-1999
0.02 Linear FeetThis collection consists of materials from the Barnard College Art History Department.
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Lecture notes collection, 1817-1969, bulk 1877-1913
9.92 linear feetLecture notes taken by Columbia University students. Collection includes notes of lectures given by prominent Columbia professors such as Charles F. Chandler, John W. Burgess, Herbert L. Osgood, Paul Oskar Kristeller, and George E. Woodberry.
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Series X: Douglas Fraser, circa, 1950s
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- . They include notes primarily on art history lectures, but with some anthropology and other courses
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This series contains notes taken by Professor Douglas Fraser when he was a student at Columbia. They include notes primarily on art history lectures, but with some anthropology and other courses included as well.
Arthur Rothstein photographs, 1848-2000, bulk 1932-1985
812 negativesThis collection contains the photographs, negatives, contact sheets, correspondence, printed material, and research files of and about American photographer Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985).
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Columbia University [1 of 2], 1932-1935 Box 47, Folder 01
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- student activities and accomplishments, chemistry grades, an art history paper on the depiction of depth
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Contains clippings from the Columbia Daily Spectator and the New York Times related to Rothstein's student activities and accomplishments, chemistry grades, an art history paper on the depiction of depth perception, a 1933 photograph of the Columbia University Camera Club.
James Marston Fitch papers, 1933-2000, 1933-2000
18 manuscript boxesThis small collection contains primarily correspondence, itineraries, and papers related to Fitch's publications, travel, and the administration of Columbia University's Historic Preservation program. There are copies and drafts of several articles and reports generated for various organizations authored by Fitch and others (all reports are noted in italics in the spreadsheet). Also included is the unfinished manuscript of Fitch's final book project on American architecture. Of particular note among the reference materials are fifty-two photographs of Richard Neutra's VDL Research House in Los Angeles, some taken by architectural photographer Julius Shulman.
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USSR., 1972-1976 Box 02, Fol 08
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- ; Central Europe; Eastern Europe; Ministry of Culture of the USSR; Institute of Art History; Institutue of
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Includes material relating to Society of Architectural Historians; Oleg Shvidkowsky; Palladianism; Central Europe; Eastern Europe; Ministry of Culture of the USSR; Institute of Art History; Institutue of the History of Arts Moscow; KV Zhukov; and Society of Architectural Historians Conference on Architecture of Middle and Eastern Europe.
Correspondence. [3 of 3], 1976 Box 08, Fol 08
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- photograph); ICOMOS; Oleg Shvidkovsky; Institute of Art History, Ministry of Culture of the USSR; and Carol
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Includes materials relating to Sailor's Snug Harbor; National Museum of the Building Arts; Samborn, Steketee, Otis, & Evans, Inc.; panels, lectures, and conferences; Anthony C. Antoniades; Dion Neutra; Miami-Dade Community College Close-Range Photogrammetry Program; Historic Richmond Foundation (includes 1 photograph); ICOMOS; Oleg Shvidkovsky; Institute of Art History, Ministry of Culture of the USSR; and Carol Clark.
Audio Collections, 1936-2007
32.17 Linear FeetThe collection consists of original and duplicate audio recordings of speeches and lectures, forums, conferences, interviews, anniversary celebrations, reunions, inaugurations, degree candidate presentations, and concerts.
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Parent's Day, tape number 154, undated Carton 24
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- Side A (Tape Y): date unknown, 38 min. Parents Seminar, Barbara Novak- Chair of Art History Dept
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Side A (Tape Y): date unknown, 38 min. Parents Seminar, Barbara Novak- Chair of Art History Dept. on American Contemporary Art (1940's – Jackson Pollock, Abstract Expressionism to the Present) Side B (Tape Y): date unknown, 24 min. Continuation of Side A
- Audiocassettes, 1951-2004, undated
- Parents' Day, 1965, 1984, undated
David Rosand papers, 1950s-2010s
23.59 Linear FeetMaterials include: Expertises (correspondence, images, fading fax paper regarding artwork consultations); Course Materials; Writings (reviews, articles, manuscripts, art catalog text, drafts of manuscripts, published and non-published materials, speeches and lectures); Correspondence; Notebooks; Columbia Files (any materials and documents regarding his involvement with the department, art humanities or University at large); Research Files (materials he used as he wrote his manuscripts); Muraro (any documents concerning this center in Venice, since he was so instrumental in getting the bequest for CU); Save Venice (and documents concerning his involvement with this organization); Subject Files (evidence of his interests in the art history field.); Awards and Honors (any certificates or honors you would want to include, including diplomas); Photographs (of people or events, not artwork)
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Douglas Putnam Haskell papers, 1866-1979-(bulk 1949-1964).
56 Linear FeetDouglas Putnam Haskellan (1899-1979) was an American writer, architecture critic and magazine editor. This collection contains correspondence, memos, articles, speeches, lectures, transcripts, clippings, notes, printed matter, photographs, audiotapes, and memorabilia mainly relating to Douglas Haskell's editorship at Architectural Forum and his professional activities. The collection includes items dating from 1866 to 1979, with the majority of materials dating from the period of 1949 to 1964.
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St. Louis-Washington University – School of Architecture Box 39, Folder 9
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- Wright's Arizona State Capitol. Discusses architectural journalism; art history; Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Smith, Norris K. Department of Art and Archeology, Washington University. 1967; Answers DH's letter regarding his article on Frank Lloyd Wright. Defends and discusses his article.
Roger C. Ferri architectural drawings and papers
3,729 drawingsRoger Cesare Ferri (1949-1991) was an American architect, painter, and designer, principally active in New York City. This collection includes Ferri's project records, original and reprographic architectural drawings, paintings and sketches, professional papers, and very limited miscellaneous personal documents and items.
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Student Papers on Ferri, 1983 Box 5, Folder 17
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- His Work; 1975-1981," submitted as a thesis for the Bachelor of Arts in Art History at Vassar College
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student paper on Roger Ferri by Francis P. Russell, entitled "Roger Ferri, Architect: A Survey of His Work; 1975-1981," submitted as a thesis for the Bachelor of Arts in Art History at Vassar College, advised by Richard Pommer; 64 pages, plus notes and appendix; some limited markup (possibly by Ferri) notes alleged misquotations and inaccuracies