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Correspondence between Davidson Taylor and high level administrators at Columbia University. Taylor was director of Columbia's Arts Center Program, a project to plan a University arts facility and arts programs and to seek funding for the construction of the arts facility. He also served as director of the School of the Arts and was later appointed dean of the school. The records consist of reports, proposals and correspondence related to the arts center project and correspondence related to the School of the Arts. Topics related to the school include: the establishment and organization of the school, administrative issues involving the various divisions in the school, and student affairs and discipline. Includes correspondence regarding a performance at the school by Lillian Gish [May, 1969]. Also, correspondence regarding Taylor's appointment as dean

Correspondence between Curt H. Reisinger and high level administrators at Columbia University. Reisinger was chairman of the Advisory Committee on the Arts Center, which assisted in the planning and funding of a proposed arts facility and arts programs for Columbia. Includes information regarding potential donors, building sites, and possible affiliations in New York City. Includes correspondence with Davidson Taylor, the director of the Arts Center Program