Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture and Planning records, 1890-1963

Collection context

Creator:
Arnaud, Leopold, 1895-1984, Bach, Richard F., Burn, W. H, Butler, Nicholas Murray, 1862-1947, Clark, Birge M. (Birge Malcolm), 1893-1989, Boring, William A (William Alciphron), 1859-1937, Crock, Francis B, Danielson, Charles S, Davies, Milton J, Egbert, J. C. (James Chidester), 1859-1948, Goldsmith, Goldwin, Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926, Heuttin, F. R, Hudnut, Joseph, 1886-1968, King, Thomas, Laranoux, Maurice E, Lord, Austin Willard, 1860-1922, Lubschez, Ben J (Ben Jehudah), 1881-1963, Price, Thomas R, Rees, John K, Robin, Edwin J, Rood, Ogden N (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902, Rohdenburg, Theodor Karl, Sartain, William, 1843-1924, Sherman, Frank Dempster, 1860-1916, Tyson, Levering, Ward, Walker L, Warren, Charles Peck, Wilson, Walter F, Woodward, Robert Simpson, 1849-1924, Van Derpool, James Grote, 1903-1979, Partridge, William T, Cabot, Edward, Anderson, William, Delano, William Adams, 1874-1960, Ripley, Hubert, Sawyer, Philip, 1868-1950, Placzek, Adolf K, Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and Beaux-Arts Institute of Design
Extent:
225 drawings, 4 manuscript boxes, and 1 print box
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

Additional materials include carbons of typescript correspondence of lectures given by Dean William A. Boring (academic year 1933-1934) and Professor Theodor Karl Rohdenburg (academic year 1946-1947). Also design problems, the earliest of which were given in conjunction with the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, from academic years 1918-1919, 1926-1927, 1936-1937, 1949-1950, and 1957-1958. Also materials for the Architecture 51 class; correspondence of Joseph Hudnut; course outlines; correspondence relating to the search for a new dean of the school, 1957-1963.

Additional materials include carbons of typescript correspondence of lectures given by Dean William A. Boring (academic year 1933-1934) and Professor Theodor Karl Rohdenburg (academic year 1946-1947). Also design problems, the earliest of which were given in conjunction with the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, from academic years 1918-1919, 1926-1927, 1936-1937, 1949-1950, and 1957-1958. Also materials for the Architecture 51 class; correspondence of Joseph Hudnut; course outlines; correspondence relating to the search for a new dean of the school, 1957-1963.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish must be obtained in writing from the Director, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, 1172 Amsterdam Ave., MC 0301, New York, NY 10027.

Preferred citation:

Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture and Planning records. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

Location of this collection:
300 Avery Hall
1172 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027, USA
Before you visit:
Researchers are encouraged to request materials at least one month in advance. You will receive an email from the department within 2-3 business days confirming your request and currently available appointment times. Requests are limited to 8 boxes per day (or equivalent), with a maximum of 5 boxes for off-site materials, 5 folders of drawings, or 5 rolls or tube boxes.
Contact:
avery-drawings@columbia.edu