James Rossant papers, 1950s-1990s

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Series I: Project Records

Series I is organized alphabetically by project name. Project records typically include one or more summary sheets and some form of photographic representation (primarily photographic prints and/or 35mm slides of drawings, model photography and views of completed structures). A small number of projects lack summary documentation, and appear only as slides or printed drawings; many have more extensive files including various correspondence, publication clippings, printed drawings, promotional materials, etc. With the partial exception of the National Capital Center in Dodoma, projects are not documented with extensive incremental notes, sketches, client correspondence, etc.



Box 3 Folder 27 1160 Fifth Avenue (New York, NY), undated

1 photographic print (exterior view)



Box 3 Folder 28 2000 Plan (Washington, D.C. metropolitan area), ca. 1960s

1 35mm slide transparency (diagram)



Box 1 Folder 1 33rd Street Station Renovation & Restoration, Lexington Avenue IRT Line (New York, NY), ca. 1994

1 sectional perspective; project description sheets, including sectional perspective and cutaway axonometric



Box 3 Folder 27 3-R Community (Colorado City, CO), undated

project description sheet



Box 1 Folder 2 74 East 79th Street (New York, NY), 1991

1 elevation; 5 project description sheets



Box 1 Folder 3 Admiralty [townhouse development] (Bay Shore, NY), ca. 1977

2 copies of exterior photograph; 1 roof plan of individual townhouse 'cluster'; project description sheet; 11 35mm slide transparencies (9 exterior photographs, 1 aerial photograph, 1 overall site plan)



Box 1 Folder 4 Alroll Aluminum Plant and Office Building (Oswego, NY), 1964, 1970, 1976

project description sheets; 2 copies of reprinted article in Progressive Architecture (November, 1964)



Box 1 Folder 5 American Airlines Maintenance Facilities (Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA), 1972, 1980

project description sheets; 2 photographic prints; 27 35mm slide transparencies (diagrams, plans, model photography, construction, finished building); 6 publications/reprints (Civil Engineering, Design In Steel 1973, Daily Pacific Builder, Architectural Forum)



Box 1 Folder 6 Baltimore CBD North, "Fungus Park," "Wet Park" (Baltimore, MD), ca. 1969

project description sheet; 2 photographic prints of plan drawings; 4 printed site plans; 1 printed perspective; 8 35mm slide transparencies (plan diagrams)



Box 1 Folder 7 Banks & Company development plan (Hernando, MS), 1995

project description sheet; 4 prints of site plan (various scales)



Box 3 Folder 27 Bhutan Mission to the United Nations (New York, NY), ca. 1986-1997

letter with ambassador summarizing consultation on existing building



Box 1 Folder 8 Bhutan National Conference Center and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Thimphu, Bhutan), 1993

project description sheets; printed drawings (plans, perspective, construction details, sections, axonometric); printed transparencies (elevations, plans, sections, axonometric); printed photographs; 44 35mm slide transparencies (22 drawings; remainder site imagery and completed building)



Box 1 Folder 9 Bhutan National Conference Center and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Thimphu, Bhutan), 1993

247 35mm slide transparencies (primarily travel photography, with some drawings), taken from binder labeled "Asia"



Box 1 Folder 10 Bloomingdale's Historic Restoration (New York, NY), 1980s

project description sheets, including printed elevation



Box 1 Folder 11 Boneyard Creek Master Plan (Champaign-Urbana, IL), 1970s

1 portfolio (including only Volume II, "Engineering"); 2 copies of coverage in Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette; 52 35mm slide transparencies (23 drawings including renderings over site photographs; site photographs; photographs of public "Listening Booths")



Box 1 Folder 12 Brooklyn Borough Hall Restoration (Brooklyn, NY), 1989

project description sheets; 2 printed photographs; 1 brochure; 14 35mm slide transparencies (exterior photographs)



Box 1 Folder 13 Brooklyn Bridge Approaches [Restoration] (New York, NY), ca. 1990s

project description sheets



Box 1 Folder 14 Brooklyn Bridge Station Restoration, Lexington Avenue IRT Line (New York, NY), ca. 1990s

project description sheets, including sectional perspective view and historic imagery



Box 3 Folder 27 Bruckner Boulevard Restoration Study (Bronx, NY), ca. 1990

project description sheets



Box 3 Folder 28 Buchsbaum Interior, undated

2 35mm slide transparencies (interior photographs)



Box 1 Folder 15 Buddha Green Restaurant (New York, NY), ca. 1998

correspondence and contract documents; 7 medium-format photographic negatives; 2 photographic contact sheets



Box 1 Folder 16 Bunkit children's furniture for the Hollaender Manufacturing Co., 1976

4 printed sheets of drawings (axonometric, detail plans and sections, axonometrics of two different configurations); 4 photographic prints; 1 35mm photographic negative



Box 3 Folder 27 Bunnell Industrial Park (Hempstead, NY), 1973

project description sheet



Oversize 1 Butterfield House (37 West 12th Street, 20 West 13th Street) (New York, NY), 1963

2 photographic prints



Box 1 Folder 17 Butterfield House (37 West 12th Street, 20 West 13th Street) (New York, NY), 1963, 2001

project description sheets; publication and reprint from Architectural Forum (1963); correspondence regarding 2001 window replacement study; 4 medium-format photographic negatives; 9 35mm slide transparencies (exterior photographs); 11 photographic prints (including model photography and exterior views of finished building); 1 printed perspective view of courtyard



Box 1 Folder 18 Cadman Towers (Brooklyn, NY), 1973

project description sheets; 1 brochure (including perspective, elevation, plans); 2 printed drawings (elevation of townhouse units, perspective 80 medium-format transparencies (exterior photography); 11 photographic prints



Box 1 Folder 19 Cadman Towers (Brooklyn, NY), 1973

166 35mm slide transparencies (primarily exterior views of construction and finished building; some model photography)



Oversize 1 Cadman Towers (Brooklyn, NY), 1973

bound project proposal, including description and 3 perspective drawings



Box 1 Folder 20 Caryatid Storefront (New York, NY), ca. 1968

2 copies of Progressive Architecture article; 7 photographic prints; 1 contact sheet; 2 35mm slide transparencies



Box 1 Folder 21 Casa Fizie / John Rossant House (Umbria, Italy), ca. 1996

correspondence (including description of project in letter to Elle Décor); drawings; 17 photographic prints; 100 35mm slide transparencies (interior and exterior views of finished building)



Box 1 Folder 22 Central Park Stables, Arena and Police Station Competition (New York, NY), 1966

10 photographic prints (site plan, first floor plan, second floor plan, elevation, section, model photography); photocopies



Box 1 Folder 23 Charles Towers (Baltimore, MD), 1984

project description sheets; 6 photographic prints; 2 printed transparencies (ground floor plan, typical office plan); 7 35mm slide transparencies (exterior views of finished building); publications (Architectural Forum, Brick & Tile)



Box 3 Folder 28 Clason Point Park, undated

1 35mm slide transparency (plan diagram)



Box 3 Folder 28 Clemson University Botanical Gardens & Conservatory (Clemson, SC), ca. 1990s

project description, roof plan, sectional diagram



Box 1 Folder 24 College of Staten Island Sports and Recreation Facility and Campus Services/Central Plant, ca. 1993

project description sheets; 2 printed elevations; 3 35mm slide transparencies (exterior view, section, interior axonometric of gymnasium)



Box 3 Folder 27 Community Church of the Pelhams (Pelham, NY), 1991

memo describing project scope



Box 1 Folder 25 Community Synagogue (Rye, NY), ca. 1999

2 copies of "Proposal II" presentation document



Box 1 Folder 26 Congregation Sons of Israel Sanctuary (Briarcliff Manor, NY), 1993

project description sheets, 3 descriptive essays; printed drawings (plans, site plan, section, interior and interior perspectives, furnishing designs for "Sanctuary 2"); published articles (Architectural Record, Progressive Architecture, Oculus); 22 photographic prints; 5 sheets of printed photographs; dedication program; faxed 1997 correspondence concerning design of prayer book storage furniture including drawings; fax to Paul Goldberger concerning developments in synagogue architecture



Box 1 Folder 27 Congregation Sons of Israel Sanctuary (Briarcliff Manor, NY), 1993

18 35mm negatives; 7 medium-format negatives; 2 medium-format transparencies; 195 35mm slide transparencies (primarily views of finished building; 4 drawings; some views of construction and dedication)



Box 1 Folder 28 Congregation Sons of Israel Sanctuary (Briarcliff Manor, NY), 1993

28 medium-format transparencies



Box 1 Folder 29 Conklin & Rossant Office (New York, NY), ca. 1970

2 copies of Architectural Forum article; 9 35mm slide transparencies



Box 3 Folder 27 Convention Center Impact Area (New York, NY), ca. 1970s-1980s

project description sheet



Box 3 Folder 28 Crystal Hill Gardens, undated

3 35mm slide transparencies (plans, model photograph)



Box 3 Folder 27 Dim Sum Go Go Restaurant (New York, NY), ca. 2000

letter to Commissioner of Parks and Recreation; 2 35mm slides (interior views; printed photograph of interior)



Box 3 Folder 26 Dry Dock Savings Bank branch, ca. 1950s-1960s

11 medium-format and 6x6cm photographic negatives (model photography)



Box 1 Folder 30 Eagle Chase (Woodbury, NY), ca. 1986-1990, 1993

project description sheets; 2 35mm slide transparencies



Box 1 Folder 31 East Dakota (931 First Avenue, New York, NY), 1987

project description sheets



Box 1 Folder 32 East Lake Wales master plan, including Nalcrest and Fedhaven village centers, now known as "Lakeshore Club Villas," etc. (East Lake Wales, FL), ca. 1961-1963; 1972

project description sheets; 1991 newspaper article with forwarding letter; 2 photographic prints; 35 35mm slide transparencies (4 Nalcrest views, 31 Fedhaven views including town center building)



Box 3 Folder 28 East Orange Urban Renewal (East Orange, NJ), ca. 1960

newspaper clippings from Orange Transcript and East Orange Record



Box 1 Folder 33 Edelstein House Addition (Cold Spring, NY), ca. 1999

correspondence; 3 plans



Box 3 Folder 27 Edith Ferber House Addition, 1997

letter outlining architectural services



Box 1 Folder 34 Ellis Island Restoration and World Conference Center (New York, NY), ca. 1986-1992

project description sheets; 17 press clippings; 1 medium-format color transparency; 10 35mm photographic negatives (various drawings); correspondence and press releases; numerous color printed presentation drawings (site plans at two scales, axonometrics, regional site plan, plans and elevations; perspective view of ferry slip); black-and-white printed drawings (10 plans, axonometric, elevation, view of ferry slip, frontispiece with view of ferry slip); 35 35mm slide transparencies (primarily drawing set, with 2 site photographs)



Box 1 Folder 35 English Road development (Rochester, NY), ca. 1976

40 35mm slide transparencies (exterior photographs of finished project, with some construction views of community center)



Box 1 Folder 36 Film Sounds, Inc. Alterations (New York, NY) / [Other Creator: William A. Hall], ca. 1958

blueprint plan of 2nd floor



Box 4 Folder 8 Gas Station Project (possibly Reston, VA), ca. 1960s

7 photographic prints (model photography); 6 slide transparencies (35mm and 2"x2", model photography)



Box 1 Folder 37 Gennessee Gateway, "PIP Modular Housing" / Patio Compound Housing (Rochester, NY), ca. 1969

project description sheet; article from Progressive Architecture; presentation brochure for PIP Modular Housing scheme; 1 printed site plan of Patio Compound Housing Scheme; 1 35mm slide transparency (model photograph of Patio Compound Housing scheme)



Box 1 Folder 38 Germantown New Town, "Germontown" (Germantown, MD), ca. 1966

project description sheet; 1 photographic print of perspective drawing showing plaza and terraces



Box 1 Folder 39 Grand Valley Study / Battlement Mesa (Grand Valley, CO), ca. 1974

1 printed site plan; 19 35mm slide transparencies (site plans at various scales)



Box 1 Folder 40 Hamilton Town Center, "The Crescent at Hamilton" (Hamilton Township, NJ), ca. 1983

project description sheet; 1 cover sheet for presentation brochure; 19 35mm slide transparencies (primarily of drawing set, with 1 photograph of site model)



Box 1 Folder 41 Hamilton Town Center, "The Crescent at Hamilton" (Hamilton Township, NJ), ca. 1983

4 copies of 1983 presentation brochure (including 13 drawings)



Box 1 Folder 42 Hamlet on Spring Pond (Ossining, NY), 1986

project description sheet; 6 printed unit floor plans including different unit configurations; 4 exterior photographs



Box 1 Folder 43 Harbour Beach Club (Westhampton Beach, NY), ca. 1963

reprint of Architectural Forum article; 6 35mm slide transparencies (exterior photographs)



Box 1 Folder 44 Hineni Heritage Center (New York, NY), 1987

project description sheets; 4 35mm slide transparencies (all of exterior perspective drawing)



Box 3 Folder 27 Home Box Office Headquarters consultation (New York, NY), 1984

project description sheet



Box 1 Folder 45 Huntington Station Revitalization Plan (Huntington, NY), 1989

project description sheets; 2 printed drawings (site axonometric, perspective); 2 copies of presentation book (125 pages, 44 drawings)



Box 2 Folder 1 Inner Harbor Area Five (Baltimore, MD), 1986

project description sheets; presentation brochure (35 pages including 17 drawings); 5 printed drawing sheets (perspective, elevations, site plan); 6 35mm slide transparencies (site plan, model photography of hotel)



Box 2 Folder 2 Island City (Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria), ca. 1980s

project description sheets; 2 copies of 1982 presentation binder (41 pages, 22 illustrations); correspondence with City Group and Lagos State Government; 1 printed site section; 29 35mm slide transparencies (photographs of site model); 17 6x6cm slide transparencies (photographs of site model)



Box 2 Folder 3 Jacob S. Lasdon House / Cornell University medical student housing (New York, NY), 1975

project description sheets; 2 printed photographs; 1 promotional sheet for New York Concrete Construction Institute; 1 cast medal with elevation



Box 2 Folder 4 Jericho Jewish Center (Jericho, NY), ca. 1983-1990

project description sheets; 9 printed drawings (including interior and exterior perspectives, interior and exterior elevations, sections, seating plan); 27 35mm slide transparencies (primarily model photography with some elevation drawings)



Box 3 Folder 27 Jewish Museum (New York, NY), 1985

letter summarizing proposed services



Box 2 Folder 5 Jiaozhou International Community (Unknown City, China), ca. 2003

20 printed drawing sheets (site plans, perspectives, elevations, site sections); numerous sketches and underlays on trace paper, interleaved with printed drawings and description of landscape (from envelope originally labeled "Jiao-Zhou, China Project 2003"); 2 mini-CD-R discs, contents unknown



Box 2 Folder 6 Just Bulbs Store / Superior Lamp Company Offices (New York, NY), ca. 1979-1982

project description sheets; 12 photographic prints; publications (Architecture Quarterly, The New York Times, Direct); 104 35mm slide transparencies (2 of exterior axonometric, remainder interior and exterior photographs); 21 medium-format negatives and transparencies; 8 6x6cm photographic transparencies; 3 contact sheets; envelope with site sketch



Box 2 Folder 7 Kitimat Master Plan (Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada), ca. 1950s

project description sheet; site plan with aerial perspective and diagrammatic sections; articles from Architectural Forum (July and August, 1954)



Oversize 1 Lavanburg Community (Bronx, NY), ca. 1968

bound project proposal, 53 pages (including various drawings: rendering, unit plans, overall floor plans of towers and Neighborhood Family Care Center, site plans)



Box 3 Folder 28 Lavanburg Community (Bronx, NY), ca. 1968

4 35mm slide transparencies (site plan, elevation, rendering at two scales)



Box 3 Folder 27 Lehman College Gymnasium (Bronx, NY), undated

project description sheet; 3 35mm slides (model photography)



Oversize 1 Lower Manhattan / Battery Park City (New York, NY), ca. 1960s-1980s

1966 presentation binder of Lower Manhattan Plan (approx. 200 pages, with numerous drawings [plans, diagrams, elevations, renderings])



Box 2 Folder 8 Lower Manhattan / Battery Park City (New York, NY), ca. 1960s-1990s

project description sheets (including individual sites Parcel G / Site 22 / Riverview West); correspondence concerning 1980s-90s developments and 2001 article in Grid; 22 photographic prints (11 model photographs, 11 printed drawings including perspective renderings, site plans, section; elevations of South Dakota Towers); bound Preliminary Development Plan, 1969 (20 pages, with 16 drawings including plans and site sections)



Box 2 Folder 9 Lower Manhattan / Battery Park City (New York, NY), ca. 1960s-1990s

notes and drafts for retrospective lecture (ca. 2000), correspondence with authors and, cover proof for The Lower Manhattan Plan (Carol Willis, ed., Princeton Architectural Press, 2003); various press clippings and reprints; 66 35mm slide transparencies (renderings, model photography, site plans, sections, various images of world cities and artworks [Amsterdam, SoHo and New York context, San Gimignano, Rome, Washington, D.C., Versailles, Serlio's ideal city, Lyon, Vienna, Paris, all grouped with Lower Manhattan in Rossant files]



Box 2 Folder 10 Mark Center (Alexandria, VA), ca. 1960s-1970s

bound presentation document (47 pages, including various plans, diagrams, and model photographs); 5 printed site plans)



Box 2 Folder 11 Market Square and United States Navy Memorial (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1990

project description sheets; 2 copies of brochure "Pennsylvania Avenue: An American Place" (including overall site plan); reprint of Washington Post article; photographic prints (rendering, model photography; exterior views); 22 35mm slide transparencies (model photography, site plan, rendering, site views)



Box 2 Folder 12 Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust Office (New York, NY), 1984

project description sheets; letter to editor of Metropolis; 1 printed plan perspective; 2 medium-format photographic negatives; 47 35mm slide transparencies (interior photographs of finished office; interior and exterior views of Empire State Building); reprint of Architecture article; 14 photographic prints



Box 2 Folder 13 Mason Pavilion / Francis and Patricia Mason House Addition (Rye, NY), ca. 1990-1991

project description sheets; descriptive letter to editor of Metropolitan Home Magazine; 6 drawings (elevation, 2 plans, orthographic set of dining table); press clippings and reprints; 3 medium-format color photographic transparencies; 10 photographic prints (interior and exterior views); 90 35mm slide transparencies (interior and exterior photographs)



Box 2 Folder 14 Metro North Riverview Houses / P.S. 50 Vito Marcantonio School (New York, NY), ca. 1977

project description sheets; bound 1974 presentation document (75 pages, 20 drawings including unit plans, site sections, and various alternate site plans) 3 photographic prints; 1 brochure (including model photograph, unit plans, rendering); 2 6x6cm photographic transparencies; 106 35mm slide transparencies (model photography, site plans, exterior and interior views of completed building)



Box 3 Folder 27 Metropolitan Transit Authority Retail Properties Design (New York, NY), ca. 1990s

project description sheets



Box 2 Folder 15 Monument East / Oldtown Urban Renewal (Baltimore, MD), ca. 1964-1976

project description sheets; 2 publications (Architectural Record, Baltimore Sun); 1 contact sheet; 4 medium-format photographic negatives; 3 medium-format color transparencies; 1 8x10 printed transparency; 26 35mm slide transparencies (primarily exterior views, some interiors)



Box 3 Folder 27 Mount Lucas Road Townhouses (possibly Princeton, NJ), undated

printed project brief, with sketches and notes



Box 2 Folder 16 Myriad Gardens (Oklahoma City, OK), 1987

project description sheets; 19 photographic prints; publications and reprints (Progressive Architecture, Architectural Record, Southern Accents, National Geographic); correspondence concerning National Geographic photography; 83 35mm slide transparencies (interior and exterior views, drawings)



Box 2 Folder 17 Myriad Gardens (Oklahoma City, OK), 1987

1972 presentation binder ("Part 2: Planning" and "Part 3: Implementation"; 78 pages, 12 drawings (site plans, section, perspective, rendering)



Box 4 Folder 9 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

project descriptions; text of talk at Berkeley (1980); text and illustrations of slides from "Tanzania Talk" given at Pratt Institute (1983); text of "APA Talk on Dodoma" (1987); 3 versions of essay "The Making of the National Capital Center," ca. 1996; envelope with contact notes; loose pages from unknown report; miscellaneous correspondence 1980-1997 including publication and editorial correspondence as well as remarks indicating ultimate fate of project; photocopies of photographs from 1980 advisory panel meetings; stapled set of contact sheets with Tanzanian and Mexican addresses and phone numbers



Box 4 Folder 10 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

2 copies of December 1980 drawing set (including some drawings not found in loose sets); description and drawings formerly in binder labeled "Dodoma" including some photographs and isometrics not found in loose sets); elevation set received March 1983



Box 4 Folder 11 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

numerous printed drawings (primarily site plans [various scales and diagrammatic themes] and some road sections), various dates (1979-1981) and undated



Box 4 Folder 12 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

numerous printed drawings (isometrics and diagrammatic perspectives), various dates (1979-1981) and undated



Box 4 Folder 13 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

numerous printed drawings (perspectives and vignettes), 1979-1980 and undated



Box 4 Folder 14 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

20 photographic prints, ca. 1979 (site views, model photography); 2 contact sheets; 4 medium-form negatives, 1 8x10 transparency, 1 35mm transparency (all of drawings)



Box 4 Folder 15 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

2 copies of bound "Report on Urban Design and Architecture Consultancy, November 1978 - January 1979"; loose document "General Comments: Conclusions and Suggestions" found inside one of said binders



Box 4 Folder 16 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

1 bound document "Review of Planning Proposals for the National Capital Centre and Observations on Matters to be Considered in Second Cycle Studies," August 1979; April 1980 edition of U.N. "Habitat News"; printed brochure "Building The National Capital 1981"



Box 4 Folder 17 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

2 copies of bound "Urban Design for the National Capital Centre," June 1981



Box 4 Folder 18 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

2 copies of bound "Urban Design for the National Capital Centre," June 1981



Box 4 Folder 19 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

1 copy of bound "Urban Design for the National Capital Centre," June 1981; 2 copies of document "Urban Design for the National Capital Centre: Construction Schedule, Cost Estimate, Material Summary," June 1981; 2 copies of color brochure "Dodoma: The National Capital Centre" (ca. 1981); 1 loose copy (partial) of June 1981 report



Box 4 Folder 20 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

printed brochure "Dodoma in the Making - Capital Development Authority, Annual Report and Accounts 1978-1981"; 2 copies of bound report to United Nations Centre for Human Settlements, December 1984



Box 4 Folder 21 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

publications and reprints (newspapers, architectural magazines, books)



Box 4 Folder 22 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

157 35mm slide transparencies formerly housed with alphabetically-sorted project slides, including drawings, travel photography, model photography, and some views and drawings of other projects and artworks (Chandigarh, Brasilia, Ebenezer Howard's Garden City; medieval Lucca, vernacular trulli housing, etc.)



Box 5 Folder 1 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

131 35mm slide transparencies, from binder "Dodoma - Africa," including drawings, travel photography, and model photography



Box 5 Folder 2 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

136 35mm slide transparencies, from binder "Dodoma - Africa," including drawings, travel photography, and model photography



Box 5 Folder 3 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

220 35mm slide transparencies, from binder "Africa - Dodoma," including drawings and travel photography



Box 5 Folder 4 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

240 35mm slide transparencies, from binder "Africa - Dodoma," including drawings and travel photography



Box 5 Folder 5 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

231 35mm slide transparencies, from binder "Africa - Dodoma," including drawings, travel photography, and model photography



Box 5 Folder 6 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "I. Directory," including summary document of file structure, various telephone and address records



Box 5 Folder 7 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "II. Contract and Billings"



Box 5 Folder 8 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "II. Contract and Billings"



Box 5 Folder 9 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "III. Contract Proposals"



Box 5 Folder 10 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "V. Monthly Reports," including monthly reports June 1979 to June 1981 and one "Work Products" chronology (year not given)



Box 5 Folder 11 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "IX. Work Plan"



Box 5 Folder 12 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "XVI. General"



Box 5 Folder 13 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "XVI. General"



Box 5 Folder 14 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "XVI. General"



Box 5 Folder 15 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "XXI. Publicity - Press Releases," including press releases, drafts of bound proposals, some printed drawing sets, press clippings



Box 5 Folder 16 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "XXI. Publicity - Press Releases," including press clippings and miscellaneous correspondence with publications, etc.



Box 5 Folder 17 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "Railway"



Box 5 Folder 18 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "UN Consultant Tanzania," including 1978 contract, etc.



Box 5 Folder 19 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "Rossant Trip to Tanzania (Notes & Report)"



Box 5 Folder 20 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "Ministry of Capital Development"



Box 5 Folder 21 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "Tanzania Telex 4/81 - 10/82"



Box 5 Folder 22 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "Tanzania Telex 4/81 - 10/82"



Box 5 Folder 23 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "Telex 1/85 - " including correspondence and telex transcripts, 1985-1987, with discussion of related hotel proposals; press clippings



Box 5 Folder 24 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1984

contents of Rossant folder "Miscell. Inquiries" including letters (1985) to United Nations officials and Aga-Kahn Publications



Box 5 Folder 25 New Playground Design / [Other Creator: Isamu Noguchi], ca. 1950s-1960s

7 35mm slide transparencies (model photography)



Box 3 Folder 28 New School for Social Research, Kaplan Building and courtyard (New York, NY), undated

5 35mm slide transparencies (photographs)



Box 3 Folder 28 New York City Center, ca. 1975

1 35mm slide transparency (site plan)



Box 2 Folder 19 New York Studio School Master Plan (New York, NY) / [Other Creator: Diane Lewis], ca. 2003

bound 2003 draft proposal (numerous drawings); undated proposal and drawing set



Box 2 Folder 18 New York University School of Social Work (New York, NY), ca. 1994

project description sheets; 3 printed photographs



Box 2 Folder 20 Oklahoma City Memorial Design Competition (Oklahoma City, OK) / [Other Creator: Richard Scherr], 1997

project description narratives; report from selection committee; correspondence; clippings and correspondence related to barn-raising image; Rossant resume; contact list of consultants; business cards; 12 press clippings (various newspapers; Architectural Record); 2 renderings (ink and watercolor over printed imagery); 14 photographic prints (model photography, site plan, presentation board including plan, section and renderings); 7 printed and faxed sheets (various drawings); 29 35mm slide transparencies (model photography)



Box 2 Folder 21 Painters Industry Welfare Building / Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers (New York, NY), 1961

project description sheets; 3 printed photographs; 2 35mm slide transparencies (exterior views)



Box 2 Folder 22 Park Avenue Synagogue (New York, NY), ca. 1970

printed model photograph; reprinted article from Architectural Forum; 2 35mm slide transparencies (model photography)



Box 2 Folder 23 Piermont Landing (Piermont, NY), ca. 1990

project description sheets; 1 newspaper article; 2 large-format photographic negatives (elevations, aerial perspective); 4 35mm slide transparencies (renderings)



Box 3 Folder 28 Pierson House, ca. 1959

4 35mm slide transparencies (exterior photographs)



Box 2 Folder 24 Poughkeepsie Downtown Renewal (Poughkeepsie, NY), ca. 1969

1 printed rendering showing geodesic domes over downtown; 11 35mm slide transparencies (rendering at various crops and scales)



Box 3 Folder 27 Qublite Lamp design, 2002

print with 4 copies of photograph



Box 3 Folder 27 Queens Jewish Center (Queens, NY), ca. 1990

project description sheet



Box 3 Folder 1 Ramaz School (New York, NY), 1980

project description sheets; publications (Architectural Record, The New York Times); 6 photographic prints (rendering, model photograph, interior and exterior views of completed building); 48 35mm slide transparencies (interior and exterior views of completed building)



Box 3 Folder 2 Reading the Energy Meter on Development (study for the Federal Energy Administration) / [Other Creator: Flack + Kurtz], 1976

printed presentation document (271 pages, 30 drawings); 4 35mm slide transparencies (drawings)



Box 4 Folder 7 Reston Lake Anne Village Center Expansion (Reston, VA), ca. 2001-2003

project description sheets; folder with handwritten notes on project; correspondence; printed plan drawings, some with sketches and notes; 4 printed perspectives from digital model, some with pen and marker additions



Box 4 Folder 1 Reston Master Plan & Lake Anne Village Center (Reston, VA), 1961-1970s

various project description sheets (including master plan, Lake Anne Village, individual buildings); bound 1962 master plan report (28 pages, including 8 drawings (7 plans, 1 perspective of village center); brochure "A brief history of Reston, Virginia" (1973 edition); Reston Development Plan (undated site plan, ca. 1980s?); summary document of rolled drawings evidently prepared by James Rossant in the 1990s or 2000s (with descriptions of nine individual drawings, generally not appearing to correspond to collection holdings, including recollections on personnel and incremental changes in the design)



Box 4 Folder 2 Reston Master Plan & Lake Anne Village Center (Reston, VA), 1961-1970s

3 printouts of drawings (exterior perspective; elevation and typical floor plan of tower); paper-clipped group of prints and clippings, some with handwritten annotations (perspectives, photographs); 25 photographic prints (15 model photographs; master plan diagrams, perspective and elevation of village center; lobby plan of tower; plan, section, and section perspective of HUD housing unit study)



Box 4 Folder 3 Reston Master Plan & Lake Anne Village Center (Reston, VA), 1961-1970s

numerous press clippings and reprints (1960s-1970s); 6 postcards (unused);



Box 4 Folder 4 Reston Master Plan & Lake Anne Village Center (Reston, VA), 1961-1970s

63 photographic prints (primarily exterior views of plaza, church, and fountain; some construction views); 1 contact sheet;



Box 4 Folder 5 Reston Master Plan & Lake Anne Village Center (Reston, VA), 1961-1970s

16 medium-format photographic negatives and transparencies; 5 2"x2" photographic transparencies (views of finished project, 1 roof plan drawing); 198 35mm slide transparencies (primarily construction and finished views; some drawings and model photography; 1 plan view of Radburn, NJ; 1 drawing by Antonio Sant'Elia; 1 view of Cumbernauld Town Centre, Scotland, UK)



Box 4 Folder 6 Reston Master Plan & Lake Anne Village Center (Reston, VA), 1961-1970s

newspaper clippings (1980s and 1990s, particularly dealing with twenty-year anniversary of project); 3 versions of 1985 symposium lecture "Reston After Twenty Years: The City Gallery"; notes for talk "Reston, the Early Days" at George Mason University (1989); 4 copies of lecture "The Origins of Reston and the First Village Center" (1997, 1999); 9 4x6 photographic prints (ca. 1990s)



Box 3 Folder 3 Roosevelt Island / Welfare Island Housing for the Urban Development Corporation (New York, NY), ca. 1970

article in Design & Environment (Winter 1970); 7 35mm slide transparencies (renderings, model photography)



Box 3 Folder 4 Roosevelt Memorial Competition / Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (Washington, D.C.), 1959 or 1966?

print and photostat negative of perspective; envelope with sketch



Box 3 Folder 5 Rossant House (Austerlitz, NY), ca. 1999-2001

letter to building committee concerning disapproval of plans; 2 sets of drawings (plans, elevations)



Box 3 Folder 6 Rossant House (Germonville, Condeau, France), ca. 2003

6 printed drawing sheets (plans, elevations, section, details)



Box 3 Folder 7 Rossant Townhouse (114 Sullivan Street) and garden pavilion / "The Tempietto" (New York, NY), ca. 1976, 1983-1990

project description sheets; essay "History and Features of 114 Sullivan Street" (ca. 1999; originally filed with late 1990s professional materials); folder of various drawings (trace, vellum, Department of Buildings files); 13 publications and reprints; letter concerning height increase of neighboring building



Box 3 Folder 8 Rossant Townhouse (114 Sullivan Street) and garden pavilion / "The Tempietto" (New York, NY), ca. 1976, 1983-1990

1984 drawing set submission for addition (two folded sheets, including plans, details, sections); 3 printed drawing sheets (garden pavilion plan, sections); 3 photostat negatives (garden pavilion plan, sections)



Box 3 Folder 9 Rossant Townhouse (114 Sullivan Street) and garden pavilion / "The Tempietto" (New York, NY), ca. 1976, 1983-1990

29 photographic prints (interior and exterior views of townhouse and pavilion); 3 medium-format photographic negatives; 1 medium-format photographic transparency; 108 mounted and 9 unmounted 35mm slide transparencies (interior and exterior views, primarily of garden pavilion)



Box 3 Folder 28 Ruppert Renewal Plan (New York, NY), 1967

1 35mm slide transparency (model photography)



Oversize 1 Ruppert Renewal Plan (New York, NY), 1967

bound presentation document (116 pages, various drawings including site plans, sections, renderings, circulation diagrams, etc.)



Box 3 Folder 27 Shimla Tourism Projects for Jadish Saggar, undated

letter soliciting project; originally filed with Young Israel of Brookline as "Brookline / Saggar"



Box 3 Folder 10 Solari Clock Case / [Other Creator: Gino Valle / Studio Valle, Udine, Italy], 1954

5 drawings



Box 3 Folder 28 Soundview Park (New York, NY), undated

1 35mm slide transparency (site plan)



Box 3 Folder 27 Southgate at Bar Harbor (Massapequa Park, NY), 1982

project description sheet



Box 3 Folder 27 Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.), 1986

project description sheets



Box 2 Folder 25 The Premier (333 East 69th Street) (New York, NY), 1974

project description sheets; 1 printed exterior photograph; 1 photographic print of exterior perspective; 2 35mm slide transparencies (exterior photographs)



Box 3 Folder 28 Times Square Ticket Booth / TKTS, ca. 1973

2 35mm slide transparencies (model photography)



Box 3 Folder 11 Tocks Island Lake Project & Alternatives (New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania), ca. 1975

3 copies of bound presentation document; 4 newspaper articles



Box 3 Folder 12 Tower Ten (10th Avenue & 37th Street) (New York, NY), ca. 1985

bound presentation document (including 13 images: site perspectives, site axonometrics, site plans, partial section, floor plans, elevation, aerial photography with added elements); 16 35mm slide transparencies (image set from presentation document)



Box 3 Folder 28 Twin Rivers Master Plan (Twin Rivers, Windsor Township, NJ), undated

2 35mm slide transparencies (site plan, diagram)



Box 3 Folder 28 Unidentified community or religious buildings, ca. 1960s-1990s

2 model photographs; 3 35mm slide transparencies (perspective sketch, exterior photographs)



Box 3 Folder 28 Unidentified historical building (Italianate), undated

1 printed photograph (rear façade)



Box 3 Folder 28 Unidentified historical house or hotel, undated

2 photographic prints (exterior and lobby views)



Box 3 Folder 28 Unidentified housing (possibly related to Gennessee Gateway / PIP Modular Housing), ca. 1960s-1970s

2 photographic prints (model photography)



Box 3 Folder 27 Unidentified housing or retail project, undated

printed exterior photograph



Box 3 Folder 28 Unidentified housing, "Housing in L.T.", undated

35mm slide transparency (exterior view)



Box 3 Folder 28 Unidentified housing, "Kaufman Broad, Staten Island", ca. 1960s-1970s

1 35mm slide transparency (model photograph showing terraced housing)



Box 3 Folder 28 Unidentified institutional building, "Longwood", undated

1 35mm slide transparency (exterior photograph)



Box 3 Folder 28 Unidentified master plan or campus, ca. 1950s-1960s

3 35mm slide transparencies (model photography)



Box 3 Folder 27 Unidentified project, 1996-1997

correspondence with Brother Benedikt Walder (Brusata-Novazzano, Switzerland)



Box 3 Folder 27 Unidentified project in Flushing, Queens, NY, undated

site plan diagram with handwritten notes



Box 3 Folder 27 Unidentified proposal on 9th Street (New York, NY), undated

2 sheets of photocopied lot plans



Box 3 Folder 27 Unidentified residential interior, undated

1 photographic print (view of living room and deck)



Box 3 Folder 27 Unidentified salon, ca. 1990s

printed interior photograph



Box 3 Folder 28 Unidentified school or community building, ca. 1950s-1960s

4 photographic prints (exterior views) mounted on single sheet



Box 3 Folder 27 Union Settlement - Legget Children's Center (New York, NY), undated

project description sheet



Box 3 Folder 13 Union Station Transportation Center Study (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1970

bound document ("Phase II - Report 4: Final Development Plan and Program Review," roughly 150 pages, including 30 illustrations)



Box 3 Folder 28 United States Embassy to Morocco (Rabat, Morocco), ca. 1988-1989

letter to Senator Alfonse D'Amato expressing grievances with U.S. State Department (1992); 5 35mm slide transparenciess (plan; site photograph)



Box 3 Folder 28 University City Study (New York, NY), 1966

1 35mm slide transparency (model photography)



Oversize 2 University City Study (New York, NY), 1966

3 copies of bound presentation document (45 pages, including various plans, perspectives, and model photographs); master plan includes Baruch School, Borough of Manhattan Community College, and College of Police Science



Box 3 Folder 14 Upstate Medical Center / State University of New York (SUNY) Student Activities Building (Syracuse, NY), 1974

project description sheet; letter concerning later condition of building (1998); 4 printed photographs; 1 contact sheet; 6 medium-format photographic negatives (interior and exterior views); 3 medium-format photographic transparencies (exterior views); 35 35mm slide transparencies (interior and exterior views)



Box 3 Folder 15 Usdan Center for the Performing Arts, "Summer Day Art Center" Camp (Huntington, NY), 1970

project description sheets; 2-page printed illustration set (photographs, plans, sections); 2 copies of Architectural Forum article; 20 photographic prints (interior, exterior, and aerial views); 3 contact sheets; 2 sheets of mounted model photographs; 1 aerial rendering; 5 medium-format photographic negatives (interior and exterior views); 15 medium-format photographic transparencies (exterior views); 3 6x6cm photographic transparencies (prints of exterior photographs)



Box 3 Folder 16 Üsküdar American Academy Gymnasium and Cafeteria (Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey), 1991

project description sheets; 4-page descriptive essay; descriptive letter to editor of Progressive Architecture; 10 printed drawings (plans, elevations, axonometric, perspective); 4 printed photographs; press release; newspaper articles; Dekorasyon article; 206 35mm slide transparencies (interior and exterior photographs)



Box 3 Folder 17 Üsküdar American Academy Master Plan (Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey), 1989

bound presentation document (approximately 85 pages, 17 illustrations including plans, perspective, axonometrics, elevations)



Box 3 Folder 25 Utica Urban Renewal (Utica, NY), ca. 1961

newspaper clipping from Utica Observer-Dipatch



Oversize 2 Villas Lucania, "Fusco Dwellings" (Mamaroneck, NY), 1985-1988, 1991

6 cardboard panels with mounted photographs



Box 3 Folder 18 Villas Lucania, "Fusco Dwellings" (Mamaroneck, NY), 1985-1988, 1991

project description sheets; 2 photographic prints; photocopies of newspaper reports and advertisements; photocopy of article from Sun Coast; 2 copies of promotional brochure; 7 medium-format photographic transparencies (interior and exterior views); 120 35mm slide transparencies (interior and exterior views)



Box 3 Folder 19 Wards Island Bridge / 103rd Street Bridge (New York, NY), ca. 1976

letters; newspaper articles; 3 35mm slide transparencies



Box 3 Folder 20 Wilton Developmental Center (Wilton, NY), 1974

project description sheet; 2 printed drawing sheets (sections, plan of "Living Unit Cluster"); articles from Architectural Record and C&A; 24 photographic prints (model photography, projected drawing, interior and exterior views); 10 photographic transparencies mounted in two sheets; 1 model photograph, 1 plan); 13 medium-format transparencies (model photography, plan diagram, interior views) 1 additional medium-format transparency (plan diagram of circulation at different times of day; not originally filed with this project but likely related)



Box 3 Folder 21 Wilton Developmental Center (Wilton, NY), 1974

177 35mm slide transparencies (primarily interior and exterior photographs



Box 3 Folder 22 Wilton State School Camp, "Camp Wilton" (Wilton, NY), ca. 1967

8 35mm slide transparencies (exterior views)



Box 3 Folder 24 Windemere (Woodbury, NY), ca. 1980s

project description sheet; first floor plan of single house; 3 printed photographs; 1 medium-format photographic transparency; 2 35mm slide transparencies (interior view)



Box 3 Folder 28 Woodbury Common (Woodbury, NY), ca. 1982, 1991

contract correspondence; 1 35mm slide transparency (exterior photograph)



Box 3 Folder 24 World Trade Center Site (New York, NY), 2002

2 copies of request for qualifications (1 bound, 1 loose set); correspondence



Box 3 Folder 27 World Yacht Cabaret for New York Cruise Lines / Pier 83 (New York, NY), 1996

correspondence; incomplete contract document



Box 3 Folder 25 Young Israel of Brookline (Brookline, MA), ca. 1994

project description sheet; proposal correspondence and forms; 35 35mm slide transparencies (plan diagrams, perspectives)

Series II: Professional Papers

Series II includes various promotional brochures and résumés listing and illustrating the work of Rossant's firms, with the majority stemming from the Conklin & Rossant era. Also included are documents relating to Rossant's participation in commissions and professional organizations, and essays and lectures Rossant published or presented in his capacity as an architect, concerning general themes on architecture and urbanism, or surveying the firm's work as a whole. Texts concerning specific projects are generally found in Project Records.



Box 6 Folder 1 Summary documents (Conklin & Rossant Architects), ca. 1980s-1990s

various firm profiles, introductory letters, project lists, and individual resumes dating from James Rossant's years in partnership with William J. Conklin.



Box 6 Folder 2 Summary documents (Conklin & Rossant Architects), 1990s-2000s

Rossant autobiographical narratives, project lists, introductory letters, and various resumes dating from James Rossant's sole partnership and collaborations.



Box 6 Folder 3 Firm summary forms, ca. 1993

complete and incomplete paperwork sets describing Conklin Rossant Architects, including project summaries, lists of personnel, C.V.s, etc.



Box 6 Folder 4 Portfolios, 1970s-1980s

3 copies of Conklin & Rossant portfolio ca. 1975 (36 pages, various projects, extensively illustrated); bound portfolio ca. 1981 (limited text; illustrations include National Capital Center, Dodoma; Ramaz School; and principally Just Bulbs Store / Superior Lamp Company Offices)



Box 6 Folder 5 Portfolios, 1990s

2 general Conklin & Rossant portfolios ca. 1991 (various projects and illustrations); portfolio for submission to Center for Wine, Food and the Arts, Napa, California); one incomplete portfolio ("Representative Work" section, draft, with limited markup)



Box 6 Folder 6 Portfolios, ca. 1975

Conklin & Rossant portfolio for submission to Cooper Square, missing unknown number of pages



Box 6 Folder 7 Portfolios, undated

pages from unlabeled binder, possibly a missing "Projects 1," including Reston Lake Anne Center, 333 E. 69th Street, Butterfield House, Ramaz Upper School, East Lake Wales, "Clouds Over Radiant City" essay, Alroll Aluminum Plant, Willow Park Center concrete block factories, Harbour Beach Club, New School For Social Research, Painters Industry Welfare Building, Bunkit, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Caryatid, Eagle Chase



Box 6 Folder 8 Portfolios, ca. 1990s

pages from binder "Projects 2," including Congregation Sons of Israel, Ramaz Upper School, Üsküdar American Academy Gymnasium, Usdan Center for the Arts, Wilton Developmental Center, Upstate Medical Center Student Activities Building, Reston Lake Anne Center, Island City



Box 6 Folder 9 Portfolios, ca. 1980s

pages from unlabeled binder, possibly a missing "Projects 3," including Myriad Gardens, Just Bulbs storefront, National Capital Center (Dodoma), Congregation Sons of Israel, Rossant Townhouse, Ramaz Upper School, Ellis Island International Conference Center



Box 6 Folder 10 Portfolios, ca. 1990s

pages from binder "Projects 4," including Myriad Gardens, Island City, National Capital Center (Dodoma), Ellis Island International Conference Center, Casa Fizie, Congregation Sons of Israel, Mason Pavilion



Box 6 Folder 11 Portfolios, ca. 2000

pages from binder "Projects 5," including Windemere, Hamlet on Spring Pond, Admiralty, Villas Lucania, Ramaz Upper School, Buddha Green Restaurant, Rossant Townhouse, Ellis Island International Conference Center, Monument East, Myriad Gardens



Box 6 Folder 12 Awards - Summary Documents, ca. 1980s

various resumes of firm awards, "awards chronology" documents and summary sheets of quotations from critics; certification of listing in Who's Who In America



Box 6 Folder 13 Awards - Submissions and Correspondence, 1975-1992

correspondence and submission materials for various awards



Box 6 Folder 14 Contacts 1/5, undated

contents of "Contacts" binder, inside front pocket and loose sheets, with summary contact sheet and contact lists organized by project (Armonk Office Condominium, Metro North, Kuwaiti contacts, Community Church of the Pelhams, Woodbury Common, 33rd Street Station, Battery Maritime Building, Brooklyn Bridge/Chambers Street Station, Brooklyn Bridge Station, P.S. 150, Panama Canal Area Master Planning, P.S. 51, Huntington Affordable Housing, Villas Lucania [Mamaroneck Village])



Box 6 Folder 15 Contacts 2/5, undated

contents of "Contacts" binder, contact lists largely organized by project (Credit Lyonais Bank, Metro North Association, Market Square / Navy Memorial, Brooklyn Borough Hall, Myriad Gardens, Ellis Island International Conference Center, Jericho Jewish Center, Rifkin-Crowe House, Bloomingdale's, Hineni Heritage Center, Fairfield at St. James, 74 East 79th Street, Eagle Chase)



Box 6 Folder 16 Contacts 3/5, undated

contents of "Contacts" binder, contacts lists largely organized by project (Battery Park City, Brooklyn Borough Hall furniture, Brooklyn Borough Hall park, Queens Jewish Center, United States Embassy to Morocco, Villas Lucania [Mamaroneck Village], Rosehill Manor, Castro Convertibles, Piermont Landing, Cornwall Hotel, Canterbury Brook, Hunter's Point Community Development Corporation, Princeton Gate, Manhattan Beach, Howard Pool, National Capital Center [Dodoma, TZ])



Box 6 Folder 17 Contacts 4/5, undated

contents of "Contacts" binder, contact lists largely organized by project (Armonk Office Condos, Pure Foods, Huntington Affordable Housing, Sobro, Banks & Company, 51st St. [Beekman Center], CUNY / College of Staten Island, Hastings, Adath Israel Synagogue, Walt Whitman Road Office Center, 70 East 10th Street Lobby, Karachi Coastal Zone Planning, Peekskill Housing, East of Central Business District [White Plains, NY], Congregation Sons of Israel)



Box 6 Folder 18 Contacts 5/5, undated

contents of "Contacts" binder, contact lists largely organized by project (Tamiment Development Plan, Üsküdar American Academy Gymnasium, Cunningham Park, GSA Court Houses, Mason Pavilion, NYU School of Social Work, Police Service Area #5, Pittsburgh Apartments, East Dakota [931 First Avenue],Kingsboro Alcohol Treatment Center Control Room, Butterfield House Restoration, Atlantic Terminal)



Box 6 Folder 19 Office and Architectural Correspondence, 1976-1999

miscellaneous professional correspondence, responses to publication and financial inquiries, and some exchanges with other architectural and planning figures (Edward "Ed" Logue, Michael Deskey, Khalil Bennani, Philip Johnson [including remarks on Donald Trump], Mack Scogin [including remarks on Scogin & Elam work in Reston])



Box 6 Folder 20 Job Inquiries, 1983-1999

correspondence and other documents related to efforts to secure commissions and employment



Box 6 Folder 21 Job Inquiries - Turkish Proposals, 1989-1993

contents of "Turkish Proposals" file, primarily correspondence and contact lists with one photocopied site plan across two sheets. Documents largely concern efforts to secure retail, office, and master planning work in Turkey; some refer to an academic visit by James Rossant in April 1992, and to publications of Üsküdar American Academy projects.



Box 6 Folder 22 Commentary and Publications, 1972-2001

James Rossant correspondence and press clippings concerning architectural and urban-planning matters; responses to published articles, various venues



Box 6 Folder 23 Commissions and Associations, 1980-2002

minutes, correspondence and publication related to James Rossant's organizational affiliations (Arts Commission of the City of New York, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Fine Arts Federation, American Institute of Architects, etc.)



Box 6 Folder 24 Miscellaneous Office Papers, undated

directory listings of floppy diskettes, notes on website design, publicity photograph, C.V. of architect/planner Jaime Soldi, professional qualifications of design firm HSMM, sheet with layout notes and sketches (possibly for portfolio or website)



Box 7 Folder 1 Lectures, Essays and Appearances, 1969-1980

correspondence, clippings and texts, relating to: appearance before National Society of Professional Engineers at University of Virginia (1969); appearance on "Firing Line" (William F. Buckley television series, with Ada Louise Huxtable, 1971); appearance at Bennington College discussing new towns (1973); "An Architectural Viewpoint, Concrete," before the American Society for Concrete Construction (1974); "Architectural Meaning and Architectural Function in Housing for the Elderly" (Mt. Sinai Hospital, 1979; AIA Journal article "The Lively and Versatile Lofts of New York's SoHo" (1979); New York Academy of Medicine, 1980); "Speech to Engineers" (ca. 1980)



Box 7 Folder 2 Lectures, Essays and Appearances, 1982-1986

correspondence, clippings and texts, relating to: appearance at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (1982); appearance at the University of Tokyo, including correspondence with Fumihiko Maki, Kenzo Tange, Kazumasa Yamashita, Taeko Matsda (1984); "Work in Progress" lecture at Pratt Institute (1985); "Mumford and the Origins of Reston" talk at New Jersey Institute of Technology panel on Lewis Mumford, including correspondence with M. Christine Boyer and Tony Schumann (1985); "The City as Historic Document" talk at International University Foundation converence at Tulane University (1986); lecture given in Shanghai on firm's planning work and traditional Chinese cities (1986); address to Interiors Committee of the New York City chapter of the American Institute of Architects (NYC/AIA) (1986)



Box 7 Folder 3 Lectures, Essays and Appearances, 1990-1997

correspondence, clippings and texts, relating to: "Disneyland and the Death of Cities" lecture given at Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul (ca. 1992); lecture on firm's projects at City College School of Architecture, New York (1996); "The Making of the National Capital Center: Dodoma, Tanzania," talk given at International Planning History Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece (1996); essay "SoHo, Or The Way Cities Will Be: The City of the Post-Industrial Future" (1996-1997)



Box 7 Folder 4 Lectures, Essays and Appearances, 1998-2002 and undated

correspondence, clippings and texts, relating to: "Against Type: The Metropolis Re-Configured" talk at Pratt Institute (1998); "A Retrospective: The Architecture and Planning of James Rossant" talk given at the American University in Beirut (1998); retrospective lecture in Beijing (1999); "Works, The Architecture and Planning of James Rossant" talk given at the National University of Singapore (1999); International Competition for Liusha Peninsula in Nanning, Guangxi, China (ca. 2001-2002); "Against Type," lecture at the Cooper Union, New York (2002); "James Rossant: 'Theory and Work'" (n.d.); "Concerning Architecture and Urban Design" (n.d.); talk organized around three propositions on the city (n.d.); talk on firm's work and theme of architecture as art and the city as gallery (n.d.); photocopy of lecture slides with notes and overlays (n.d.)



Box 7 Folder 5 Miscellaneous Event Invitations and Programs, 1983-1987

invitations and programs for events not apparently involving any presentation by James Rossant, including: China's New Business and Investment Conference, London, UK (1983); Total Energy: China's Total Energy Exposition and Conference, Guangzhou, China (1984); Le Corbusier; 5 Projects exhibition at Museum of Modern Art, New York (1987); American Planning Association National Planning Conference, Whitney Museum, New York (1987)



Oversize 2 AIA Membership Certificate, 1962

certification of James Rossant's membership in the American Institute of Architects

Series III: Academic Papers

Series III includes several folders covering James Rossant's teaching at Harvard University, New York University, and especially Pratt Institute, organized by institution, then by course or project. Also included is a small amount of correspondence and documentation relating to hiring and faculty issues at these institutions, and the contents of two binders, "Cities" and "Cities Plans Slides II." These last total 1,200 35mm slides, and likely comprise some portion of the contents of Rossant's long-running courses on the history and design of cities.



Box 7 Folder 6 Academic Resumes and General Correspondence, undated

resumes and biographical summaries filed with academic papers; application materials and letter of reference for Bogliasco Fellowship Program; miscellaneous academic job offers and related correspondence; 4 4x6 photographic prints of James Rossant attending a design review (unknown date and location)



Box 7 Folder 7 Harvard: Correspondence, 1984-1985

Harvard University Graduate School of Design job description and paperwork, including submitted course description; certificate recognizing Conklin Rossant fellowship contribution



Box 7 Folder 8 Harvard: Urban Revitalization Studio (West Midtown / Jacob Javits Exposition Center), 1985

schedule of studio option presentations; draft and final versions of syllabus; loose copies of site plans; student list; 2 copies of schedule for off-site activities on two days; handwritten notes; letters to outside presenters, guest jurors, and filmmaker Hiroshi Teshegahara (regarding Antonio Gaudi)



Box 7 Folder 9 Harvard: Syllabi of Other Instructors, 1980-1985

syllabi of Harvard urban design courses by other instructors



Box 7 Folder 10 NYU: Correspondence, 1977-1980, 1985, 1996

New York University Graduate School of Public Administration letters of offer; syllabus for "Service Systems and Site Planning" (Stephen J. Johnston); 1 pay stub; correspondence relating to later jury participation



Box 7 Folder 11 NYU: Introduction to Physical Design, Workshop in Urban Design (with Elliot Willensky), 1977-1980

syllabi; notes for one lecture ("Warfare - From Persopolis to the National Defense Highway Act"); questions for Master's Comprehensive Examination; student course evaluations from Urban Planning Students Committee



Box 7 Folder 12 Pratt: Correspondence and Miscellaneous Documents, 1985-2003

Pratt Institute letters of offer; faculty telephone listing; various intra-faculty memoranda, invitations, newsletters, etc.; letter of reference for Theo David



Box 7 Folder 13 Pratt: Theories of Urban Design, 1992-1997

syllabi (including one sample from previous instructor)



Box 7 Folder 14 Pratt: City Design: History and Theory, 1995-1998

syllabi; seminar session notes



Box 7 Folder 15 Pratt: Culmination Studio, 1997-1999

syllabi; assignment descriptions



Box 7 Folder 16 Pratt: Wilmington 2000 Study (Wilmington, DE), 1996-1997

correspondence and drafts; loose notes; site plan; 2 bound presentation documents including various illustrations



Box 7 Folder 17 Pratt: Beirut Study (Solidere Area B), 1997-1998

correspondence, particularly with Prof. Tarek Al-Kazzaz (American University of Beirut)



Box 7 Folder 18 Pratt: Waterfront Seminar, 1983-1986

correspondence, lecture notes, schedules and promotional brochure for guest lecture in "Waterfronts Summer Studio / Seminar"



Box 7 Folder 19 Pratt: Miscellaneous Classes and Projects, 1982-2001

correspondence and course materials relating to various courses at Pratt Institute, including "International Practices," "The City House and the Country House," "4-Hour Sketch Problem: The Design of a New Hotel for SoHo," "The Metropolis Re-Configured," "History and Analysis of New York," renovation of the Brooklyn Bar Association building, untitled collaboration with the National University of Singapore



Box 7 Folder 20 Miscellaneous Academic Papers, undated

loose papers filed with academic material, including: partial reading lists; copy of Rosalind Krauss's "Grids" (1979); unidentified notes; mailer from Amtrak and the Department of Transportation including New York Times article "The Philosopher as a Hero Maker"; reprint of Antonio di Bitonto and Paolo Montani, "Un Edificio Problematico L' 'Oratorio' Dell'Osteriaccia Presso Portaria" (1985); syllabus of Urban Design Seminar at Columbia University taught by D.G. Shane (1996); photocopied site plan of central Bangkok



Box 7 Folder 21 "Cities 1" 1/3, undated

196 35mm slide transparencies from binder "Cities 1," with photographs and some published drawings of various world cities including Prague, Brasilia, San Gimignano, Alberobello, Siena, Pisa, Savannah, Versailles, Atlanta, Manaus, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Laon, Rio de Janeiro, Lucca, Florence, Mexico City, Cairo, Agrigento, Panama City, Warsaw, Milton Keynes, Radburn, and others; specific projects including the Guggenheim Museum (Frank Lloyd Wright, New York City), the Convent of La Tourette (Le Corbusier, Evry), V.C. Morris Gift Shop (Frank Lloyd Wright, San Francisco), Staatsgalerie (James Stirling, Stuttgart)



Box 7 Folder 22 "Cities 1" 2/3, undated

175 35mm slide transparencies from binder "Cities 1," with photographs and some published drawings of various world cities including Letchworth, Rome, Milan, Rome, Las Vegas, Siena, Cairo, Monreale, Warsaw, Mayagüez, Cambridge, San Francisco, Brasilia, Palermo, Prague, Manaus, SoHo (New York City), Istanbul, and others; specific projects including the proposed Garden City (Ebenezer Howard), the Centre Pompidou (Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, Paris), the Unité d'habitation (Le Corbusier, Marseilles), the Philharmonic Hall (Hans Scharoun, Berlin)



Box 7 Folder 23 "Cities 1" 3/3, undated

154 35mm slide transparencies from binder "Cities 1," with photographs and some published drawings of various world cities including Istanbul, Brussels, Paris, Rome, Prague, Agrigento, Nairobi, and others; specific projects including the Hubertus House (Aldo Van Eyck, Amsterdam), the Marin County Civic Center (Frank Lloyd Wright, northern California), and El Capricho (Antoni Gaudí, Cantabrilla, Spain)



Box 7 Folder 24 "Cities Plans Slides II" 1/3, undated

198 35mm slide transparencies from binder "Cities Plans Slides II," with photographs and some published drawings of various world cities including Rome, Venice, Paris, Pisa, Siena, Jerusalem, Bath, Florence, Cairo, Pompeii, London, Los Angeles, Agrigento, Palermo, Thimphu, Warsaw, and others; specific projects including the Bauhaus (Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer, Dessau), Lloyd's Building (Richard Rogers, London), structures for the 1968 Olympic Games (Frei Otto, Munich), Centre Pompidou (Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, Paris), El Capricho (Antoni Gaudí, Cantabrilla, Spain), Garden City project (Ebenezer Howard), New Lanark Mills (Robert Owen, Scotland)



Box 7 Folder 25 "Cities Plans Slides II" 2/3, undated

258 35mm slide transparencies from binder "Cities Plans Slides II," with photographs and some published drawings of various world cities including Athens, Rome, Los Angeles, Cairo, Siena, Mexico City, Paris, Florence, San Gimignano, Tivoli, Prague, Cyprus, Rotterdam, San Francisco, Charleston, Berlin, Brasilia, Samarkand, Evry; specific projects including Cumbernauld Town Center (Geoffrey Copcutt, Leslie Wilson, et al.), Lloyd's Building (Richard Rogers, London), Learning From Las Vegas(Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, Steven Izenour), V.C. Morris Gift Shop (Frank Lloyd Wright, San Francisco), Peachtree Center and hotel interiors (John Portman, Atlanta), Casa del Fascio (Giuseppe Terragni, Como), Marin County Civic Center (Frank Lloyd Wright, Northern California), convent of La Tourette (Le Corbusier, Evry), Centre Pompidou (Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, Paris), Altesmuseum (Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Berlin), Staatsgalerie (James Stirling, Stuttgart), Glasgow School of Art (Charles Rennie Mackintosh), Jewish Museum (Daniel Libeskind, Berlin)



Box 7 Folder 26 "Cities Plans Slides II" 3/3, undated

219 35mm slide transparencies from binder "Cities Plans Slides II," with photographs and some published drawings of various world cities including San Juan (Puerto Rico), Mexico City, Pisa, Milan, Orange, Warsaw, Brussels, Panama City, New Delhi, Pisa, Beijing, Bruges, Pompeii, Rome, Prague, Charleston, Mantua, Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Palermo; specific projects including Tristan Tzara House (Adolf Loos, Paris), Centre Pompidou (Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers, Paris), Lijnbaan (Bakema & van den Broek, Rotterdam), Peachtree Center (John Portman, Atlanta), Altesmuseum (Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Berlin), Glasgow School of Art (Charles Rennie Mackintosh), Lloyd's building (Richard Rogers, London), Staatsgalerie (James Stirling, Stuttgart)



Oversize 2 National University of Singapore Plaque, undated

fritted glass or lucite plaque given to James Rossant on occasion of guest lecture at National University of Singapore (August 25, 2000)

Series IV: Personal Papers

Series IV covers material distinct from Rossant's professional and teaching careers. An incomplete selection of his student work (1946-1952) includes keepsakes as well as incomplete student notebooks from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in the early 1950s. Otherwise, the bulk of this series deals with Rossant's output as a fine artist, including gallery correspondence, resumes, brochures, reproductions of his designs for imaginary cities, and some miscellaneous sketches and cartoons. Also included are the contents of a binder of Asian travel photography and a handful of letters (including personal correspondence and non-architectural letters to businesses and publications) which offer biographical insight into James Rossant's life, interests, and personality.



Box 7 Folder 27 Student Papers: Miscellaneous, 1946-1952

diploma from New York High School of Science (1946); copy of L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui (February 1950), given to James Rossant by guest editor Paul Rudolph; examination 'blue books' (1952)



Box 7 Folder 28 Student Papers: "Harvard GSD Lecture Notes 1951-52", 1951-1952

lecture notes and student papers from Harvard Graduate School of Design and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from courses on Land Economics (Leo Grebler), Government and the Conservation of Natural Resources (no instructor listed), Seminar in Policy and Administration (John M. Gaus) and others, including notes on New Towns and planning, intermixed with technical coursework and extensive marginalia and cartooning (particularly of automobiles)



Box 7 Folder 29 Student Papers: Harvard GSD Planning Material, 1951-1952

lecture notes and student papers from Harvard Graduate School of Design and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from courses on Urban Land Economics (Leo Grebler) and others, including drafts of paper on the automobile nad the development of miami, with extensive marginalia and cartooning including sketches of modular housing and automobiles, and early references to Colette Rossant



Box 7 Folder 30 Design Sketches: Automobiles and Prefabricated Housing, 1952-1955

folder of car designs labeled by James Rossant as belonging to his time stationed in Munich with the U.S. Army Counterintelligence Corps (1953 or 1954 to 1955); photocopied sketches of prefabricated housing units elevated in three-dimensional matrix, with label "Labström Neda) (1952-1953)



Box 8 Folder 1 Artistic C.V.s and Artist's Statements, ca. 1980s-2000s

C.V.s, essays and book proposals concerning James Rossant's artistic production in general and the "Cities in the Sky / Cities of the Plain" series particularly



Box 8 Folder 2 Artistic Correspondence, 1977-1997 and undated

letters and grant materials relating to James Rossant's artistic production, including correspondence with Kenneth Frampton, Elaine Evans Dee, Fumihiko Maki, Phillip Johnson, and various gallerists, editors and friends



Box 8 Folder 3 Art Prints and Gallery Materials, 1976-2000

prints of various artworks; promotional materials and postcards (including "Artists' Postcards" series) relating to various gallery shows; 1 35mm slide transparency of "Paris Show" featuring Colette Rossant in front of mounted artwork



Box 8 Folder 4 Art Publications and Criticism, 1976-1998

clippings of print announcements and critical responses to art works, including Paul Goldberger, Sarane Alexandrian, Laurie Attias and others



Box 8 Folder 5 Loose Art, Sketches and Photographs, 1972-1987, undated

original and photocopied sketches including some imaginary cities, promotional image for Colette Rossant's "Zee Cooking Show," and view of the World Trade Center; contact sheets showing sculptural work, construction of a geodesic dome, and travel photography of Le Corbusier's church of Notre Dame du Haut



Box 8 Folder 6 "Asia" 1/2, 1986, 1998

172 35mm slide transparencies of travel photography from binder "Asia," including views of Aleppo, Damascus, Delhi, Beijing, and Hong Kong



Box 8 Folder 7 "Asia" 2/2, 1972, 1980s-1990s

172 35mm slide transparencies of travel photography from binder "Asia," including views of Hong Kong, Delhi, Calcutta, Ayuthaya, Bangkok, Istanbul, and the restaurant L'Oasis (Mandelieu-la-Napoule, France)



Box 8 Folder 8 Personal Correspondence, 1975, 1990-1999, undated

personal correspondence with friends, family, retail businesses and government agencies, not related to James Rossant's architectural or artistic production; letter to the New York Times with proposed solution to the Falkland Islands crisis



Box 8 Folder 9 Miscellaneous Clippings, 1952-1996

newspaper clippings and reproductions from journals and books on various topics, including: report on historic preservation in New York City (1952); obituary of Talbot F. Hamlin (1956); obituary of Grosvenor Atterbury (1956); report on construction of bridge for Merritt Parkway (1957); report on slum clearance in Lagos (1957); report on changing slum clearance regulations in New York City (1957); report on archaeological excavations in Pella, Greece (1957); report on reconstruction of Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. (n.d., probably 1950s); partial clipping of John Summerson review of Thomas Howarth's Charlies Rennie Mackintosh and the Modern Movement (1952); coverage of Frank Lloyd Wright speaking on American culture (1956); report on high-speed construction of bolted steel frames (1957); partial clipping of review of Frederick Gutheim's 100 years of American Architecture show at the National Gallery of Art (1957); report on "King Kong"-themed party hosted by James and Suzan Wines, with quote from James Rossant (1976) review of Carl Condit's The Railroad and the City (1980); Folke T. Kihlstedt, "The Automobile and the Transformation of the American House, 1910-1935" (1980-1981); review of Reyner Banham's Megastructure by Folke T. Kihlstedt (1980); Inside... newsletter of the New York School of Interior Design (1985); ACSANews newsletter of the Asosciation of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (1996); excerpt from a book by Alain Jouffroy mentioning James and Colette Rossant (n.d.; photocopy is marked 2008)



Box 8 Folder 10 Memorial Document, 2010

booklet from James S. Rossant memorial service at the Ramaz School (New York, NY), April 16, 2010, including personal and architectural photography, and poem "Watching My Father Draw" by Juliette Rossant

Series V: Electronic Media

Series V includes mixed digital and filmic media, and is principally comprised of 5.25" floppy diskettes and CD-ROMs, the labels of which indicate project records and office files, chiefly from the 1980s and 1990s. For a small number of projects dating from the 1990s and 2000s, including the World Trade Center site competition, the Dim Sum Go Go Restaurant, and the children's book "The Little Blue Duck," the CD-ROM collection appears to comprise the primary or sole form of documentation in the archive. One 16mm film reel and one VHS tape are also included.



Box 8 Floppy Diskettes 1/5: Projects A-E, 1980s-1990s

case of 18 5.25" floppy diskettes, with labels indicating the following projects: Congregation Sons of Israel (Briarcliff Manor, NY); Credit Lyonais Bank; East 59th Street Development Study; Ellis Island Restoration and World Conference Center (New York, NY)



Box 8 Floppy Diskettes 2/5: Projects F-P, 1980s-1990s

case of 18 5.25" floppy diskettes, with labels indicating the following projects: Hineni Heritage Center (New York, NY); Huntington Station Revitalization Plan (Huntington, NY); Mason Pavilion / Francis and Patricia Mason House Addition (Rye, NY); McClaren (unidentified); Metro North Riverview Houses / P.S. 50 Vito Marcantonio School (New York, NY); National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania); "New School Tower" (likely New School for Social Research, Kaplan Building and courtyard [New York, NY]); Piermont Landing (Piermont, NY); "Pitti - Per" (unidentified)



Box 8 Floppy Diskettes 3/5: Projects R-T, 1980s-1990s

case of 15 5.25" floppy diskettes, with labels indicating the following projects: Rossant Townhouse (New York, NY) [label indicates "TWNHS"]; Shelter Cove / Green Spring (unidentified); Sandyville Housing (Tamiment, PA); unnamed Trump project; United States Embassy to Morocco (Rabat, Morocco); unidentified Turkish proposals



Box 8 Floppy Diskettes 4/5: Projects U-V, Professional, 1980s-1990s

case of 19 5.25" floppy diskettes, with labels indicating the following projects and office files: Üsküdar American Academy (Istanbul, Turkey); Villas Lucania [Fusco] (Mamaroneck, NY); various office files and forms including job descriptions, "Rolodex File," and "Quality Assurance Plan"; handwritten list of AutoCad drawing layers for unidentified project



Box 8 Floppy Diskettes 5/5: Professional, Personal, 1980s-1990s

case of 1 3.5" floppy diskette and 24 5.25" floppy diskettes, with labels indicating the following office and personal files: "Arts, Letters - Cotton Ducreux" & Cities in the Sky; "JSR Personal"; Arts Commission of the City of New York, Snug Harbor Cultural Center; Colette Rossant cookbooks; furniture designs; miscellaneous



Box 8 VHS Videocassette: Future Watch, 1990

VHS cassette with recording of CNN program FutureWatch, 5/19/1990 featuring James Rossant discussing imaginary city drawings, with references to planning of Reston, Virginia, and the National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania)



Box 8 16mm Film: "Reston Rev.", ca. 1970s

boxed 16mm film reel labelled "Gulf - 791 - 120 Sec - 'Reston Rev. Color - Young & Rubicam"



Box 8 CD-ROMs, 1990s-2000s

case of 46 CD-ROMs, with labels indicating the following projects or other contents: Dim Sum Go Go Restaurant (New York, NY); "Germonville" (unidentified); "Getty" (unidentified); "Hair Box" (unidentified); Heron House (Reston, VA); Jacobson House (unidentified); "Kodak EasyShare Files"; "Loft Architecture & Sketches - Older JSR Jobs"; "Manhattan Scans"; "Miscellaneous JSR Materials - Germany 2002, Loft 2002, New Folder (AIA)"; illegible; New York Studio School Master Plan (New York, NY); Rossant House; "Rossant Web Layout"; "Storage - Claverack - Watercolor Paintings"; World Trade Center Site; digital children's book project "The Little Blue Duck" (written by Marianne Rossant, illustrated by James Rossant, programmed by Christian Niemitz); "BCI"; "NY Live View; software from Safety Technology International; copy of Bob Dylan album Desire (1976); unlabeled discs

Series VI: Architectural Drawings

Series VI contains 577 large-format original and reprographic architectural drawings, organized alphabetically by project name.



Tube 1 Roll 1 Academic: Wilmington 2000 Study (Wilmington, DE), 1996-1997

5 drawing sheets (perspectives, including downtown skyline with rooftop light sculptures)



Tube 1 Roll 2 Baltimore CBD North (Baltimore, MD), ca. 1969

1 drawing sheet (perspective showing multi-level "Wet Park")



Tube 1 Roll 3 Bhutan National Conference Center and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Thimphu, Bhutan), ca. 1986

24 drawing sheets (plans, sections, elevations, site section, site plan, interior and exterior perspectives, construction details)



Tube 1 Roll 4 Bhutan National Conference Center and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Thimphu, Bhutan), ca. 1986

18 drawing sheets (plans [some with markup], elevation, section-elevation, aerial and courtyard perspectives, diagrammatic plans, topographic maps)



Tube 2 Roll 1 Bhutan National Conference Center and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Thimphu, Bhutan), ca. 1986

77 drawing sheets, largely but not exclusively sketches/overlays (plans, sections, elevations, axonometrics, details, perspectives, marginalia including female nudes, etc.)



Tube 2 Roll 2 Bunkit children's furniture for the Hollaender Manufacturing Co., 1976

4 drawing sheets (plan, elevation, detail and axonometric views of furniture system)



Tube 2 Roll 3 Central Park Stables, Arena and Police Station Competition (New York, NY), 1966

4 drawing sheets (exterior perspectives)



Tube 2 Roll 4 Cities in the Sky, 1978

6 drawing sheets (axonometrics of imaginary cities, some with additional cartooned elements)



Tube 3 Roll 1 Eagle Chase (Woodbury, NY), 1986

2 drawing sheets (plans)



Tube 3 Roll 2 East Lake Wales master plan, including Nalcrest and Fedhaven village centers (East Lake Wales, FL), ca. 1961-1963

7 drawing sheets (perspective nad plan of proposed use for "pyramid" of [excavated?] fill, perspectives of town centers and housing, elevation and plan of church or community center)



Tube 3 Roll 3 Ellis Island Restoration and World Conference Center (New York, NY), 1988-1989

47 drawing sheets (existing and proposed plans, various buildings, partial plan and elevation of waterfront housing and marina [possibly from a different project])



Tube 3 Roll 4 Ellis Island Restoration and World Conference Center (New York, NY), 1988-1989

3 drawing sheets (sections and elevations)



Tube 4 Roll 1 Ellis Island Restoration and World Conference Center (New York, NY), 1988-1989

17 drawing sheets (site plans, floor plans, elevations, section, aerial and waterfront perspectives)



Tube 4 Roll 2 G Street Pedestrian Concourse, Downtown Washington Feasibility Survey (Washington, D.C.) / [Other Creator: Wallace, McHarg, Roberts & Todd]

1 drawing sheet (interior perspective of concourse / mall)



Tube 4 Roll 3 Germantown New Town, "Germontown" (Germantown, MD), ca. 1966

4 drawing sheets (overall aerial view, perspectives showing plaza and terraces), annotated "for Life magazine"



Tube 5 Roll 1 International Urban Development Competition (Regina, Canada), 1974

3 drawing sheets (context plan with descriptive text, interior perspective of concourse inside 'Ultrastructure,' partial aerial perspective of 'Ultrastructure' including elevated geodesic dome / Sky Park, plan, section through 'Ultrastructure' and surrounding context)



Tube 5 Roll 2 International Urban Development Competition (Regina, Canada), 1974

4 drawing sheets (isometric and plan views of 'Ultrastructure' in context; explanatory sections; texts on land use, implementation, and environmental performance [largely illegible], diagrams of implementation sequence, vignettes of historical precedents [typical North American urban and small-town streets, bazaars of Isfahan, Grand Central Terminal], site context plans)



Tube 5 Roll 3 Jericho Jewish Center (Jericho, NY), 1983, undated

10 drawing sheets (exterior rendering, elevations, plans, interior perspective, interior elevations, sections)



Tube 6 Roll 1 Judd Residence (George Judd House) (Waccabuc, NY), 1960

4 drawing sheets (site plan with sketches, plans, elevations, section, construction details)



Tube 6 Roll 2 Judd Residence (George Judd House) (Waccabuc, NY), 1960

4 drawing sheets (site plan, plans, elevations, sections, construction details)



Tube 6 Roll 3 Just Bulbs Store / Superior Lamp Company Offices (New York, NY), ca. 1979-1982

7 drawing sheets (plans, sections, interior elevations, construction details)



Tube 6 Roll 4 Just Bulbs Store / Superior Lamp Company Offices (New York, NY), ca. 1979-1982

10 drawing sheets (plans, exterior elevations, construction details)



Tube 6 Roll 5 Live-Work Center for the Ford Foundation (Calcutta), 1961

1 drawing sheet (perspective view of courtyard plaza)



Tube 7 Roll 1 Lower Manhattan / Battery Park City (New York, NY), 1965

2 drawing sheets (aerial view of 'Wall Street East' development, including East River waterfront with proposed housing and marina)



Tube 7 Roll 2 Lower Manhattan / Battery Park City (New York, NY), 1969

2 drawing sheets (interior perspectives of Westside Mall concourse with monorail/people-mover)



Tube 7 Roll 3 Mason Pavilion / Francis and Patricia Mason House Addition (Rye, NY), 1990

7 drawing sheets (site plan, construction notes, plans, interior and exterior elevations, construction details)



Tube 7 Roll 4 Monument East / Oldtown Urban Renewal (Baltimore, MD), ca. 1965

1 drawing sheet (perspective of townhosue units with tower)



Tube 8 Roll 1 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1978-1979

7 drawing sheets dated 1978-1979 (no months given) (aerial perspectives, perspective of 'Processional Way' with inverted-pyramid structure, perspectives of plaza spaces)



Tube 8 Roll 2 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1979

16 drawing sheets dated 1979 (June-August) (plans and one section of various 'Controls'; plans of growth strategy, terraces, spatial sequence, and major circulation; isometrics of terraces)



Tube 9 Roll 1 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1979

18 drawing sheets dated 1979 (October-November) (isometric; various plans including site plan, land use, surveys and open space, survey, landscape, various utilities and infrastructure, hierarchy of ministries)



Tube 9 Roll 2 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1980

6 drawing sheets dated 1980 (no months given) (aerial perspectives; perspective of Iseni Park; 'Overall Master Plan: 1980 Revision')



Tube 10 Roll 1 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1980

15 drawing sheets dated 1980 (March) (plans including site plans, Iseni Park, landscape, paving, railway; diagrams of 'Controls: People's Square'; perspectives of 'Tropical Garden,' Ujamaa Square, other 'vignettes' and isometrics)



Tube 10 Roll 2 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1980

13 drawing sheets dated 1980 (June-December) (plans including site plan, general plan of context, Unguja Boulevard, Phase 1 building locations, open space; diagrams of 'Controls': energy and minerals, land/housing/urban development; isometric)



Tube 11 Roll 1 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1981

16 drawing sheets dated 1981 (February-March) (plans including grading, storm drainage, Diplomatic Area, People's Square complex, National Sports Complex, major pedestrian ways, close-up plan of Terrace 1; 'Controls' diagrams of International Hotel and Foreign Affairs; road sections)



Tube 12 Roll 1 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), 1981

16 drawing sheets dated 1981 (April-June) and 1982 (April) (plans of land use and landscape; 'Controls' diagrams of hotels, High Court, Bank of Tanzania, Typical Parastatal building, Finance building, Building Plot Plan of Commercial Link Area; diagrammatic plan of international hotel)



Tube 13 Roll 1 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), undated

19 drawing sheets (no dates) (oversize aerial perspectives; isometrics and axonometrics of terraces; 'vignettes' including axonometrics and perspectives of plaza spaces; interior perspective of Hotel Galleria; perspectives and plans of sculptural gateway or portal)



Tube 13 Roll 2 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), undated

12 drawing sheets (no dates) (overall site plans, one with sketches and highlighting; plans of road network, busway, and land use; park plan with color underlay; timeline charts of staged development)



Tube 14 Roll 1 National Capital Center (Dodoma, Tanzania), undated

13 drawing sheets (no dates) (isometrics of gridded prismatic volumes; close-up plans of various spaces; 'Controls' diagram of Prime Minister's Office; east-west site sections; section baseline drawings)



Tube 14 Roll 2 Office Building for the Redevelopment Land Agency Competition (Washington, D.C.), ca. 1960s-1970s

16 drawing sheets (site plan, floor plans, sections, elevations)



Tube 14 Roll 3 Outdoor Lamp Designs for the Lightolier Company, undated

2 drawing sheets (plan, elevation and detail views of several lamp types)



Tube 14 Roll 4 Poughkeepsie Downtown Renewal (Poughkeepsie, NY), ca. 1969

1 oversize drawing sheet (printed elevation of waterfront with terraced buildings and geodesic climate domes)



Tube 15 Roll 1 Reston, VA: Hunter's Wood Village Center, 1964-1965

4 drawing sheets (perspectives, site plan, topographic context plan)



Tube 15 Roll 2 Reston, VA: Lake Anne Village, ca. 1965

1 drawing sheet (elevation of townhouse units on lakefront)



Tube 15 Roll 3 Reston, VA: Lake Anne Village, 1964-1965

3 drawing sheets (elevation of Heron House, perspective of Chimney Road townhouses, perspective of village center [fragile - screentone overlays are loose and peeling])



Tube 16 Roll 1 Roosevelt Island / Welfare Island Housing for the Urban Development Corporation (New York, NY), ca. 1970

1 drawing sheet (perspective)



Tube 16 Roll 2 Roosevelt Island / Welfare Island Housing for the Urban Development Corporation (New York, NY), ca. 1970

15 drawing sheets (site plans, floor plans, unit plans, apartment distribution diagram, partial axonometric showing elevation details, section-elevation)



Tube 17 Roll 1 Rossant House (Austerlitz, NY), 1999

4 drawing sheets (plans, elevations, sections)



Tube 17 Roll 2 Rossant Townhouse (114 Sullivan Street) and garden pavilion / "The Tempietto" (New York, NY), ca. 1983

22 drawing sheets, largely sketches/overlalys (plans, elevations, details, other drawings)



Tube 17 Roll 3 Rossant Townhouse (114 Sullivan Street) and garden pavilion / "The Tempietto" (New York, NY), ca. 1983

18 drawing sheets (plans, elevations, sections, wall sections, planting plan)



Tube 18 Roll 1 Rossant Townhouse (114 Sullivan Street) and garden pavilion / "The Tempietto" (New York, NY), ca. 1983

14 drawing sheets, some with markup and marginalia (plans, sections, wall sections, construction details, notes, including Doric column details)



Tube 18 Roll 2 Rossant Townhouse (114 Sullivan Street) and garden pavilion / "The Tempietto" (New York, NY), ca. 1983

5 drawing sheets, some with markup/red-lining (plans, sections, elevations, construction details)



Tube 18 Roll 3 Sandyville Housing at Tamiment Resort (Tamiment, PA), ca. 1990

4 sheets (elevations, sections, plans)



Tube 18 Roll 4 Unidentified Hotel Plan Diagrams (possibly Baltimore Inner Harbor, Tower Ten, or other project), undated

6 drawing sheets (diagrammatic plans and sketches)



Tube 19 Roll 1 United States Embassy to Morocco (Rabat, Morocco), 1988-1989

1 drawing sheet (site plan)



Tube 19 Roll 2 Üsküdar American Academy Gymnasium and Cafeteria (Üsküdar, Istanbul, Turkey), 1990

10 drawing sheets (site plans, plans, elevations, sections, site section)



Tube 19 Roll 3 Villas Lucania, "Fusco Dwellings" (Mamaroneck, NY), ca. 1985-1987

23 drawing sheets (plans, sections, interior and exterior elevations, site plan, perspectives, construction details)



Tube 19 Roll 4 Wayside Chapel For a Lakefront Site (Student Sketch Problem, University of Florida), 1949-1950

1 drawing sheet (plan, section, rendering)