Series I: Faculty Papers
Series I is comprised of material relating to Collins' career as a professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University in the City of New York. A majority of the papers in this series are related to the Architecture and Technology course Collins taught and the Colloquium he led. There is also a series of folders containing correspondence relating to academic affairs between the years of 1949 and 1958.
Box 1 Folder 1
Academic Affairs [1 of 2], 1947-1969
Box 1 Folder 2
Academic Affairs [2 of 3], 1946-1979
Box 1 Folder 3
Academic Affairs [3 of 3], 1946-1954
Material specifically relating to Columbia College
Box 1 Folder 4
School of General Studies [1 of 2], 1952
Cooperative program with the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Box 1 Folder 5
School of General Studies [2 of 2], 1953-1974
Box 1 Folder 6
Programs in the Arts, 1958-1962
Box 1 Folder 7
Committee on the Humanities, 1962
Box 1 Folder 8
Humanities Music Course, 1962
Box 1 Folder 9
Columbia University Art Center, 1963
Box 1 Folder 10
Vassar to Join Yale in New Haven, 1967
Box 1 Folder 11
The Bell Report, 1966 and 1969
Box 1 Folder 12
The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies [1 of 2], 1971
Box 1 Folder 13
The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies [2 of 2], 1971
Box 1 Folder 14
Urban Design Symposium, 1967
Box 1 Folder 15 to 19
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, 1961-1968
Box 1 Folder 20
History of City Planning, 1974
Box 1 Folder 21 to 28
Architecture and Technology, 1976
Box 1 Folder 29 to 32
Architecture and Technology Papers [1 of 2], 1976
Box 2 Folder 1 to 6
Architecture and Technology Papers [2 of 2], 1976
Box 2 Folder 7
Introduction to the Arts, 1977
Box 2 Folder 8
Organization of Colloquium, 1971-1974
Box 2 Folder 9
Planning Colloquium, 1972
Box 2 Folder 10
Colloquium Topics [1 of 37], undated
Box 2 Folder 11
Colloquium Topics [2 of 37], 1983
Box 2 Folder 12
Colloquium Topics [3 of 37], 1979-1985
Box 2 Folder 13
Colloquium Topics [4 of 37], 1982
Box 2 Folder 14
Colloquium Topics [5 of 37], 1978
Architectural Photography
Box 2 Folder 15
Colloquium Topics [6 of 37], 1973-1985
Box 2 Folder 16
Colloquium Topics [7 of 37], 1973-1985
Columbia University Campus
Box 2 Folder 17
Colloquium Topics [8 of 37], 1975
Box 2 Folder 18
Colloquium Topics [9 of 37], 1973
Box 2 Folder 19
Colloquium Topics [10 of 37], 1978-1982
Box 2 Folder 20
Colloquium Topics [11 of 37], 1981-1985
Box 2 Folder 21
Colloquium Topics [12 of 37], 1974-1984
Box 2 Folder 22
Colloquium Topics [13 of 37], 1978-1985
Box 2 Folder 23
Colloquium Topics [14 of 37], 1962-1970
Box 2 Folder 24
Colloquium Topics [15 of 37], 1983-1984
Box 2 Folder 25
Colloquium Topics [16 of 37], 1979-1981
Box 2 Folder 26
Colloquium Topics [17 of 37], 1981
Geometry, Proportion, Nature and the Cosmos
Box 2 Folder 27
Colloquium Topics [18 of 37], 1967
Box 2 Folder 28
Colloquium Topics [19 of 37], undated
Box 2 Folder 29
Colloquium Topics [20 of 37], 1982
Box 2 Folder 30
Colloquium Topics [21 of 37], 1977-1984
Box 2 Folder 31
Colloquium Topics [22 of 37], 1977-1985
Box 2 Folder 32
Colloquium Topics [23 of 37], 1979-1984
Box 2 Folder 33
Colloquium Topics [24 of 37], undated
Box 2 Folder 34
Colloquium Topics [25 of 37], 1979
Box 2 Folder 35
Colloquium Topics [26 of 37], 1980-1981
Box 2 Folder 36
Colloquium Topics [27 of 37], 1983
Box 2 Folder 37
Colloquium Topics [28 of 37], 1972-1974
Psychology and Aesthetics
Box 2 Folder 38
Colloquium Topics [29 of 37], 1977-1985
Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall
Box 2 Folder 39
Colloquium Topics [30 of 37], 1979
Box 2 Folder 40
Colloquium Topics [31 of 37], 1975
Box 3 Folder 1
Colloquium Topics [32 of 37], 1962
Box 3 Folder 2
Colloquium Topics [33 of 37], 1985
Box 3 Folder 3
Colloquium Topics [34 of 37], 1973-1984
Box 3 Folder 4
Colloquium Topics [35 of 37], 1974-1982
Box 3 Folder 5
Colloquium Topics [36 of 37], 1972-1985
Box 3 Folder 6
Colloquium Topics [37 of 37], 1977-1985
Box 3 Folder 7
Colloquium Guests [1 of 3], 1972-1974
Box 3 Folder 8
Colloquium Guests [2 of 3], 1972-1975
Box 3 Folder 9
Colloquium Guests [3 of 3], 1963-1975
Box 3 Folder 10
Colloquium Visits [1 of 4], 1979-1985
Box 3 Folder 11
Colloquium Visits [2 of 4], 1981-1985
Box 3 Folder 12
Colloquium Visits [3 of 4], 1982
Box 3 Folder 13
Colloquium Visits [4 of 4], 1977-1985
St Paul's Chapel and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Box 3 Folder 14
Colloquium Schedules, 1979-1985
Box 3 Folder 15
Colloquium Assignments, 1978
Box 3 Folder 16
Colloquium, 1984
Box 3 Folder 17
General Correspondence [1 of 10], 1949
Box 3 Folder 18
General Correspondence [2 of 10], 1950
Box 3 Folder 19
General Correspondence [3 of 10], 1951
Box 3 Folder 20
General Correspondence [4 of 10], 1952
Box 3 Folder 21
General Correspondence [5 of 10], 1953
Box 3 Folder 22
General Correspondence [6 of 10], 1954
Box 3 Folder 23
General Correspondence [7 of 10], 1955
Box 3 Folder 24
General Correspondence [8 of 10], 1956
Box 3 Folder 25
General Correspondence [9 of 10], 1957
Box 3 Folder 26
General Correspondence [10 of 10], 1958
Box 3 Folder 27
General Papers, 1949-1980
Box 3 Folder 28
General Material, 1976-1980
Box 3 Folder 29
Lecture Notes, 1962-1963
Box 3 Folder 30
Seminar Notes, 1965
"Frank Lloyd Wright: Aspects of Creativity and Eclecticism in his Works"
Box 3 Folder 31
Miscellaneous Research Papers, undated
"On Thinking About Future World Order" By: Robert W Cox; "Utopian Views of War and Peace" By: Elisabeth Hansot
Series II: Modern Architecture Symposium
Series II is comprised of three subseries: The first subseries includes material relating to the 1962 Modern Architecture Symposium. There are papers regarding the planning and financial arrangements of the Symposium as well as the publication of its proceedings. There are also individual files containing correspondence and the papers delivered by speakers. The second subseries includes material relating to the 1964 Modern Architecture Symposium. There are papers regarding the planning and financial arrangements of the Symposium as well as the publication of the proceedings. There are also individual files containing correspondence and the papers delivered by speakers. The third subseries includes material relating to the 1966 Modern Architecture Symposium. There are papers regarding the planning and financial arrangements of the Symposium as well as the publication of the proceedings. There are also individual files containing correspondence and the papers delivered by speakers.
Subseries 1: MAS 1962
Box 3 Folder 32
Planning and Arrangements, 1962
Box 3 Folder 33 to 34
Publication and Planning, 1962
Box 3 Folder 35
Finances and Financing, 1962
Box 3 Folder 36
Exhibition List, 1962
Box 3 Folder 37
Distribution Lists, 1962
Box 3 Folder 38
Mailings, 1962
Box 3 Folder 39
Individual Files [1 of 12], 1962
Box 3 Folder 40
Individual Files [2 of 12], 1962
Box 3 Folder 41
Individual Files [3 of 12], 1962
Box 3 Folder 42
Individual Files [4 of 12], 1962
Box 3 Folder 43
Individual Files [5 of 12], 1962
Box 3 Folder 44
Individual Files [6 of 12], 1962
Box 3 Folder 45
Individual Files [7 of 12], 1962
Box 3 Folder 46
Individual Files [8 of 12], 1962
Box 3 Folder 47
Individual Files [9 of 12], 1962
Box 3 Folder 48
Individual Files [10 of 12], 1962
Box 3 Folder 49
Individual Files [11 of 12], 1962
Box 3 Folder 50
Individual Files [12 of 12], 1962
Box 3 Folder 51
Proceedings, 1962
Box 3 Folder 52
Proceedings, 1962
Corrections by: A. Barr, A Brooks, and T. Brown
Box 3 Folder 53
Proceedings, 1962
Corrections by: G. Collins, P. Collins and T. Brown
Box 3 Folder 54
Proceedings, 1962
Corrections by: E. Kaufmann, H. Millon , and S. Moholy-Nagy
Box 3 Folder 55
Proceedings, 1962
Corrections by: H-R Hitchcock, J. Jacobus, P. Johnson
Box 3 Folder 56
Proceedings, 1962
Corrections by: M. Peisch, R. Rosenblum, and E. Santomasso
Box 3 Folder 57
Proceedings, 1962
Corrections by: P. Serenyi, R Sherwood, and S. Shuloff
Box 4 Folder 1
Proceedings, 1962
Box 4 Folder 2
Proceedings, 1962
Box 4 Folder 3
Proceedings, 1962
Box 4 Folder 4
Proceedings, 1962
Box 4 Folder 5
Proceedings, 1962
Box 4 Folder 6
Proceedings, 1962
Final manuscript for Stencil Cutting
Box 4 Folder 7
General Records, 1964
Box 4 Folder 8
Post-Conference Correspondence, 1964
Adolf Placzek to K.P. Zygas
Subseries 2: MAS 1964
Box 4 Folder 9
Planning and Arrangements, 1964
Box 4 Folder 10 to 11
Publication and Planning, 1964
Box 4 Folder 12
Publication, 1964
Corrections by: G. Collins, and A. Placzek for Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
Box 4 Folder 13
Finances and Financing, 1964
Box 4 Folder 14
Slide and Image Lists, 1964
Box 4 Folder 15
Mailings, 1964
Box 4 Folder 16
Individual Files [1 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 17
Individual Files [2 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 18
Individual Files [3 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 19
Individual Files [4 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 20
Individual Files [5 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 21
Individual Files [6 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 22
Individual Files [7 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 23
Individual Files [8 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 24
Individual Files [9 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 25
Individual Files [10 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 26
Individual Files [11 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 27
Individual Files [12 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 28
Individual Files [13 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 29
Individual Files [14 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 30
Individual Files [15 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 31
Individual Files [16 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 32
Individual Files [17 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 33
Individual Files [18 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 34
Individual Files [19 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 35
Individual Files [20 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 36
Individual Files [21 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 37
Individual Files [22 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 38
Individual Files [23 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 39
Individual Files [24 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 40
Individual Files [25 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 41
Individual Files [26 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 42
Individual Files [27 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 43
Individual Files [28 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 44
Individual Files [29 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 45
Individual Files [30 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 46
Individual Files [31 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 47
Individual Files [32 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 48
Individual Files [33 of 33], 1964
Box 4 Folder 49
Preliminary Statements, 1964
Spain: A Case Study In Action And Reaction -George Collins, The Spread of Technology: 1929-1939-James M. Fitch, The Decade: 1929-1939- Henry Russell Hitchcock, The "International Style" In The Thirties-William Jordy, Frank Lloyd Wright's Years of Modernism, 1925-1935-Edgar Kaufmann Jr, The Diaspora-Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, City-Planning Theory in Nazi Germany of the 1930s-Christian Otto, Modern Architecture and Architectural Criticism in the USA 1929-1939- Mark L Peisch, A Brief Review of the Decade's Architectural Literature- Adolf K Placzek, Le Corbusier's Changing Attitude Toward Form (A Summary)-Peter Serenyu, Relevance of The Decade- Robert A.M. Stern, The Social Front of Modern Architecture in the 1930s-CAtherine Bauer Wurster
Box 4 Folder 50
Statements, 1964
Spain: A Case Study In Action And Reaction -George Collins, The Spread of Technology: 1929-1939-James M. Fitch, The Decade: 1929-1939- Henry Russell Hitchcock, The "International Style" In The Thirties-William Jordy, Frank Lloyd Wright's Years of Modernism, 1925-1935-Edgar Kaufmann Jr, The Diaspora-Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, City-Planning Theory in Nazi Germany of the 1930s-Christian Otto, Modern Architecture and Architectural Criticism in the USA 1929-1939- Mark L Peisch, A Brief Review of the Decade's Architectural Literature- Adolf K Placzek, Le Corbusier's Changing Attitude Toward Form (A Summary)-Peter Serenyu, Relevance of The Decade- Robert A.M. Stern, The Social Front of Modern Architecture in the 1930s-CAtherine Bauer Wurster
Box 4 Folder 51
Proceedings, 1964
Box 4 Folder 52
Proceedings, 1964
Author Corrections of Transcriptions
Box 4 Folder 53
Proceedings, 1964
Author Corrections of Transcriptions
Box 4 Folder 54
Proceedings, 1964
Box 4 Folder 55
Proceedings, 1964
Box 4 Folder 56
Proceedings, 1964
Box 4 Folder 57
Proceedings, 1964
Box 5 Folder 1
Proceedings, 1964
Box 5 Folder 2
Proceedings, 1964
Box 5 Folder 3
Proceedings, 1966
Box 5 Folder 4
Post-Conference Correspondence, 1966
Subseries 3: MAS 1966
Box 5 to 10 Folder 5
Planning and Arrangements, 1966
Box 5 Folder 11 to 12
Publication and Planning, 1966
Box 5 Folder 13 to 14
Finances and Financing, 1966
Box 5 Folder 15
Slide Lists, 1966
Box 5 Folder 16
Mailings, 1966
Box 5 Folder 17 to 18
Program, 1966
Box 5 Folder 19
Signs and Posters, 1966
Box 5 Folder 20
Exhibit, 1966
Box 5 Folder 21
Opening Remarks, 1966
Box 5 Folder 22
Individual Files [1 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 23
Individual Files [2 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 24
Individual Files [3 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 25
Individual Files [4 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 26
Individual Files [5 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 27
Individual Files [6 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 28
Individual Files [7 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 29
Individual Files [8 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 30
Individual Files [9 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 31
Individual Files [10 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 32
Individual Files [11 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 33
Individual Files [12 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 34
Individual Files [13 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 35
Individual Files [14 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 36
Individual Files [15 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 37
Individual Files [16 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 38
Individual Files [17 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 39
Individual Files [18 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 40
Individual Files [19 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 41
Individual Files [20 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 42
Individual Files [21 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 43
Individual Files [22 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 44
Individual Files [23 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 45
Individual Files [24 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 46
Individual Files [25 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 47
Individual Files [26 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 48
Individual Files [27 of 27], 1966
Box 5 Folder 49 to 50
Proceedings, 1966
George Collins Corrections
Box 5 Folder 51 to 52
Proceedings, undated
Series III: Braziller Papers
Series III is comprised of five subseries: The first subseries includes proposals, draft pages, correspondence, and illustrations relating to the publication of Socialist Planning in the Cities of Eastern Europe. The second subseries includes correspondence, suggested chapters, author contracts, draft pages, and layout considerations relating to the writing and publication of Planning and Cities. The third subseries includes files on individual authors. The fourth subseries includes book proposals. The fifth subseries includes correspondences, reviews of publications and publicity for George Braziller, Inc.
Subseries 1: Socialist Planning in the Cities of Eastern Europe
Subseries 2: Planning and Cities
Box 5 Folder 61
Correspondence, 1966, 1970-1971
Box 5 Folder 62
Correspondence, 1966, 1968, 1971-1974
Box 5 Folder 63
Planning Prospectus, 1966-1967
Box 6 Folder 64
Instructions to Authors, 1966-1967
Box 6 Folder 1
Contracts, 1966-1967, 1972-1973
Box 6 Folder 2
Promotion and Reviews, 1967-1968, 1969-1970, 1973
Box 6 Folder 3
Suggestions and Proposals for Chapters, 1967
Box 6 Folder 4
Book Layout, 1967-1968
Box 6 Folder 5
Preface, 1968-1969
Box 6 Folder 6
Book Jacket and Design, 1968-1969
Box 6 Folder 7
Draft Pages, undated
Box 6 Folder 8
1980s Proposals, 1981
Subseries 3: Individual Files
Box 6 Folder 9
Mircea Eliade, 1966
Box 6 Folder 10
Norma Evenson, 1969
Box 6 Folder 11
Francis L. Fergueson, 1972
Box 6 Folder 12
Kurt Forster, 1970-1973
Box 6 Folder 13
Josef Konvitz, 1973-1977
Box 6 Folder 14
Ervin Y.Gakantay, 1968-1974
Box 6 Folder 15
Thomas Hines, 1972-1978
Box 6 Folder 16
Jonathan Lane, 1974-1979
Box 6 Folder 17
Mark B. Lapping, 1970-1972
Box 6 Folder 18
Henry Millon, 1966-1969
Box 6 Folder 19
Erwin Walter Palm, 1970-1973
Box 6 Folder 20
Robert Serge, 1970-1982
Box 6 Folder 21
Arthur Sprague, 1966-1967
Box 6 Folder 22 to 23
Paul Speiregen, 1971-1972, undated
Box 6 Folder 24 to 27
Anthony Vidler, 1970-1971, undated
Box 6 Folder 28
John Ward, 1966-1975
Subseries 4: Book Proposals
Subseries 5: General Material
Series IV: Columbia History of Architecture
Series IV is comprised of material relating to the publication of the Columbia History of Architecture. There are files containing suggested chapters and authors, preliminary instructions to selected authors, chapters regarding prehistoric, primitive, and Pre Columbian architecture, the architecture of Egypt and the Far East, the Architecture of Greater India and South East Asia, Roman Architecture, Gothic Architecture, Mannerism and Classicism, Baroque architecture, the architecture of the United States, and modern architecture. There is also correspondence between Collins and various authors as well as correspondence between Collins and the editors at George Braziller, Inc.
Box 6 Folder 35
Suggested Chapters and Authors, undated
Box 6 Folder 36
Preliminary Instructions to Authors, 1962
Box 6 Folder 37
Prehistoric, Primitive, and Pre Columbian Architecture, undated
Box 6 Folder 38
Architecture of Egypt and the Far East, undated
Box 6 Folder 39
Architecture of Greater India and South East Asia, 1961
Box 6 Folder 40
Photographs, undated
Box 6 Folder 41
Roman Architecture, 1961
Box 6 Folder 42
Gothic Architecture, 1961
Box 7 Folder 1
Mannerism and Classicism, 1961
Box 7 Folder 2
Baroque Architecture, 1961
Box 7 Folder 3
Architecture of the United States, 1961
Box 7 Folder 4
Modern Architecture, 1961
Box 7 Folder 5
Correspondence, 1970, 1976
Correspondence with Peter Serenyi
Box 7 Folder 6
Correspondence, 1961
Correspondence with William B. Dinsmoor
Box 7 Folder 7
General Correspondence, 1956, 1960-1961, 1963-1965, undated
Box 7 Folder 8
Praeger INC., undated
Series V: Russian Papers
Series V is comprised of five subseries: The first subseries includes material relating to the publication of N.A. Miliutin's Sotsgorod: The Problem of building Socialist Cities. The text was translated from Russian to English by Arthur Sprague as part of his dissertation research. Collins, who served as Sprague's dissertation advisor, edited the translated text. There are files containing the edited manuscript, various drafts, and correspondence. The second subseries includes a selection of Arthur Sprague's graduate school work. There are files containing Sprague's master's essay, as well as various other writings on Soviet architecture. There is also correspondence between George Collins and Sprague, research notes, newspaper clippings. The third subseries includes copies of the papers delivered during the 1974 American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies and Columbia University Russian Institute's Conference on "The Cultural Revolution in Russia, 1928-1933." The fourth subseries includes numerous papers authored by Frederick Starr, an American expert of Russian and Eurasain affairs. There are also images for Starr's book Melnikov Solo Architect in a Mass Society, and correspondence between Starr and Collins. The fifth subseries is comprised of general material including newspaper clippings, journal articles, and numerous writings about Soviet architecture and city planning.
Subseries 1: Sotsgorod: The Problems of Building Socialist Cities
Box 7 Folder 9
Base Notes, undated
Box 7 Folder 10
Miscellaneous Notes, undated
Box 7 Folder 11
Russian Text, undated
Box 7 Folder 13
Text, undated
Box 7 Folder 14
English Translation, undated
Box 7 Folder 15
Introduction Drafts, undated
Box 7 Folder 16 to 17
Edited Text [1 of 2], undated
Box 7 Folder 18
Edited Manuscript, undated
Box 7 Folder 19
Edited Manuscript, undated
Box 7 Folder 20
Edited Manuscript, undated
Box 7 Folder 21
Edited Manuscript [1 of 2], undated
Box 7 Folder 22
Edited Manuscript [2 of 2], undated
Box 7 Folder 23
Edited Manuscript, undated
Box 7 Folder 24
Corrections, 1973
Box 7 Folder 25
Stalingrad: Linear City, undated
Box 7 Folder 26
Early Book Layout, undated
Box 7 Folder 27
Book Layout, undated
Box 7 Folder 28
Book Jacket and Design, undated
Box 7 Folder 29
Photoduplicating Services, 1974
Box 7 Folder 30
Sotsgorod Photographs, undated
Box 14 Folder 1
Page Layouts, 1974
Box 14 Folder 2
Draft Pages, 1974
Box 14 Folder 3
Index, 1974
Box 7 Folder 31
Publicity, 1974
Box 8 Folder 1
MIT Press, 1975
Including reviews of the book
Box 8 Folder 2
General Material, 1977-1980
Box 8 Folder 3
Correspondence [1 of 3], 1970-1975
Correspondence with MIT Press personnel including: Michael Connolly, Barbara Levy, and Ed Argo
Box 8 Folder 4
Correspondence [2 of 3], 1970-1978-1974, 197
Includes Correspondence with Katherine Burger Sprague, Frederick Starr, and Catherine Cook
Box 8 Folder 5
Correspondence [3 of 3], 1967-1975
Subseries 2: Arthur Sprague
Box 8 Folder 6
"Nikolai Aleksandrovich Miliutin: Soviet Town Planner and Architect, 1961
Box 8 Folder 7
"Kandinsky and Malevich", 1962
Box 8 Folder 8
"Kandinsky and Malevich", 1962
Box 8 Folder 9
"The Modern Movement in Architecture", 1964
Box 8 Folder 10
"Constructivism and Cosmopolitism in Soviet Architecture and Town Planning, undated
Box 8 Folder 11
"Ivan Leonidov 1902-1960", undated
Box 8 Folder 12
"Constructivism In Soviet Architecture", undated
Box 8 Folder 13
"Iakov Chernikov: The Last Constructivist"
Box 8 Folder 14
Writings on Konstantin Melnikov, undated
Box 8 Folder 15
"Sotsgorod and Linear Planning in the USSR", undated
Box 8 Folder 16
Marx Monument, undated
Box 8 Folder 17
USSR Study Plan, 1962
Box 8 Folder 18
Master's Essay, undated
Box 8 Folder 19
Master's Essay Draft, 1962
Box 8 Folder 20
Master's Essay Chapters and Appendices, 1962
Box 8 Folder 21
Outline of Dissertation, undated
Box 8 Folder 22
Sotsgorod Translation, undated
Box 8 Folder 23
"The Problems of Building Socialist Cities", undated
Box 8 Folder 24
Brothers Vesnin Catalog, 1964
Box 8 Folder 25
Photographs, undated
Photographs of Ily Golosov's Architecture
Box 8 Folder 26
Application to the Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants, undated
Box 8 Folder 27
Correspondence with George Collins, 1961-1962, 1964-1968
Box 8 Folder 28
Correspondence regarding Sprague, 1961, 1962, 1964,1967, 1975
Box 8 Folder 29
Marriage Announcement, 1965
Box 8 Folder 30
"Art, Rubles, and Dollars", 1962
Box 8 Folder 31
Moisei Iakovlevich Ginzburg Research, 1970
Box 8 Folder 32
"Mikhail Alexandrovich Vrubel: The Demon and the Prophet", undated
Box 8 Folder 33
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Miliutin Paper and Articles, 1961
Box 8 Folder 34
"Constructivism and Academicism in Soviet Architecture", undated
Box 14 Folder 4
Research Notes, undated
Box 14 Folder 5
"Voks and its Problems", undated
Box 14 Folder 6
Draft Pages, undated
Box 8 Folder 35
"Nikolai Nikolaevich (1831-1894), Academic Painting in Russia in the Nineteenth Century", 1962
Box 14 Folder 7
Notes, Notes
Box 14 Folder 8
"Soviet Architecture", undated
Box 14 Folder 9
"Sotsgorod and Linearism in the USSR (1928-1931), undated
Subseries 3: Conference Papers
Box 8 Folder 36
"Little Heroes and Big Deeds: Literature Responds to the First Five-Year Plan", 1974
By: Katerina Clark, Wesleyan University
Box 8 Folder 37
"The Soviet Metallurgical Industry 1929-1941", 1974
By: Samuel Lieberstein, Temple University
Box 8 Folder 38
"Pashukanis and the Withering Away of Law in the USSR, 1974
By: Robert Sharlet, Union College
Box 8 Folder 39
"The Anti-Urban Utopias of Early Stalinist Russia", 1974
By: S. Frederick Starr, Princeton University
Box 8 Folder 40
"Educational Policy and Cultural Revolution: V.N. Shulgin and the 'Withering Away of the School'", 1974
By: Gail Warshofsky Lapidus, The Hoover Institution
Box 8 Folder 41
"The Psychoneutological Sciences and the Construction of Socialism", 1974
By: David Joravsky, Northwestern University
Box 8 Folder 42
"Cultural Revolution and the Creation of a New Technical Intelligentsia", 1974
Box 9 Folder 1
"Comments on David Joravasky's and Kendall Baile's Papers", 1974
By: Loren Graham, Columbia University
Box 9 Folder 2
"Soviet Historians During the First-Five-Year Plan", 1974
Box 9 Folder 3
"Class, State and Ideology in the Piatiletka", 1974
Box 9 Folder 4
"Cultural Revolution as Class War", 1974
Box 9 Folder 5
"Urbanization in Russia and the USSR: 1897-1966, 1974
By: Robert A. Lewis and Richard H. Rowland, Columbia University
Box 9 Folder 6
Untitled, 1974
By: Kendall E. Bailes, University of California at Irvine
Subseries 4: Frederick Starr
Box 9 Folder 7
"Architecture and Minor Arts", 1959
Box 9 Folder 8
"Architecture in the Soviet Union", 1963
Box 9 Folder 9
Some Observations on Russian Design, 1966
Box 9 Folder 10
Konstantin Melnikov, 1969
Box 9 Folder 11
"The Evolution of the Contemporary Idiom", undated
Box 9 Folder 12
"The Anti-Urban Utopias of Early Stalinist Russia", 1974
Box 9 Folder 13
"The Revival and Schism of Urban Planning in the Twentieth Century Russia", undated
Box 9 Folder 14
"The Union of Contemporary Architects", undated
Box 9 Folder 15
The Princeton Plan, 1970
Box 9 Folder 16
"City Planning in Russia: The Development of Odessa, 1789-1892", 1974
Box 9 Folder 17
Correspondence, 1968-1970, 1972-1974, 1978, undated
Box 9 Folder 18
Images for "Melnikov Solo Architect in a Mass Society" [1 of 2], undated
Box 9 Folder 19
Images for "Melnikov Solo Architect in a Mass Society" [2 of 2], undated
Box 9 Folder 20
General Material, 1970, 1974
Subseries 5: General Material
Box 9 Folder 21
Soviet Architecture Articles, 1972
Box 9 Folder 22
Soviet Art Articles and Reviews of Shows [1 of 2], 1961, 1968, 1970-1975, 1977, 1979-1980
Box 9 Folder 23
Soviet Art Articles and Reviews of Shows [2 of 2], undated
Box 9 Folder 24
Newspaper Clippings [1 of 4], 1965-1969
Box 9 Folder 25
Newspaper Clippings [2 of 4], 1970-1974
Box 9 Folder 26
Newspaper Clippings [3 of 4], 1975-1979
Box 9 Folder 27
Newspaper Clippings [4 of 4], 1980-1988, undated
Box 9 Folder 28
Journal Clippings, 1975-1981
Box 14 Folder 10
Journal Clippings, 1968
Box 14 Folder 11
Newspaper Clippings, 1967, 1971, 1985
Box 14 Folder 12
Soviet Life, 1974-1975
Box 14 Folder 13
New York Times Clippings, 1967
Box 14 Folder 14
Articles About Soviet Architecture, 1983
Box 9 Folder 29
Notes, 1968, 1971, 1977-1978
Box 9 Folder 30
Correspondence, 1961, 1963, 1968-1974, 1978, 1982
Includes correspondence with Anatole Senkevitch, Jr., Kitty Burger, Marshall D. Shulman, Hibbard.
Box 9 Folder 31
Nikolay Alexanrovich Miliutin, undated
Box 9 Folder 32
"The Political Economy of Soviet New Towns,", 1979
By T.J. Colton, University of Toronto
Box 9 Folder 33
"St. Petersburg", undated
By: Anatole Senkevitch, Jr.
Box 9 Folder 34
"Architecture in the Soviet Union", 1963
Box 9 Folder 35
"Concentric Circles: Russian History and Soviet Architecture", 1966
Box 9 Folder 36
"The Arts in the Soviet Union", 1960
Box 14 Folder 15
Articles about Warsaw, 1980-1983
Box 9 Folder 37
"Town Design: Theories of Planning Towns", 1965
Series VI: Other Projects
Series VI is comprised of material that Collins collected during the 1981 XIV Congress of the International Union of Architects, which was held in Warsaw, Poland. There is a series of general correspondence divided alphabetically that date from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. There is a series of folders containing photocopies, correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, and exhibition material regarding Avery Library's collection of children's drawings of the Spanish Civil War. There is also a series of files relating to the Guastavino family including correspondence between Collins and Bob Guastavino, numerous articles, newspaper clippings, and writings. The final grouping of material in this series is comprised of notes written by Collins on various matters.
Box 9 Folder 38
XIV Congress of the International Union of Architects [1 of 10], 1980-1981, 1983
Box 10 Folder 39
XIV Congress of the International Union of Architects [2 of 10], 1981
Box 10 Folder 40
XIV Congress of the International Union of Architects [3 of 10], 1981
Box 10 Folder 1
XIV Congress of the International Union of Architects [4 of 10], 1981
Box 10 Folder 2
XIV Congress of the International Union of Architects [5 of 10], 1981
Box 10 Folder 3
XIV Congress of the International Union of Architects [6 of 10], 1979, 1981-1983, 1985
Box 10 Folder 4
XIV Congress of the International Union of Architects [7 of 10], 1981
Poland tourism information
Box 10 Folder 5
XIV Congress of the International Union of Architects [8 of 10], 1981
Box 10 Folder 6
XIV Congress of the International Union of Architects [9 of 10], 1981
Box 10 Folder 7
XIV Congress of the International Union of Architects [10 of 10], 1980-1981
Box 10 Folder 8
Correspondence 'A'-'B', 1961-1984
Includes correspondence with Pierre Bourdelle, and Reyner Banaham (see also Box 5, Folder 23)
Box 10 Folder 9
Correspondence 'C', 1959-1982
Includes correspondence with Peter Collins (see also Box 3 Folder 39, Box 4 Folder 19, Box 5 Folder 29)
Box 10 Folder 10
Correspondence 'D'-'H', 1959-1984
Box 10 Folder 11
Correspondence 'K', 1958-1986
Includes correspondence with Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. (see also Box 5, Folder 36; Box 4, Folder 32; Box 3, Folder 43)
Box 10 Folder 12
Correspondence 'L', 1967-1982
Box 10 Folder 13
Correspondence 'M', 1962-1983
Box 10 Folder 14
Correspondence 'P', 1962-1980
Box 10 Folder 15
Correspondence 'R', 1977-1984
Box 10 Folder 16
Correspondence 'S', 1962-1983
Box 10 Folder 17
Children's Drawings of the Spanish Civil War [1 of 14], undated
Avery's collection of Children's Drawing of the Civil War, including photocopies of selected drawings.
Box 10 Folder 18
Children's Drawings of the Spanish Civil War [2 of 14], undated
Photocopies of children's' drawing.
Box 10 Folder 19
Children's Drawings of the Spanish Civil War [3 of 14], 1977-1985
Correspondence regarding Museo del Prado's exhibition of children's drawing of the Spanish Civil War.
Box 11 Folder 1
Children's Drawings of the Spanish Civil War [4 of 14], 1984-1986
Correspondence regarding the Spanish Institute's 1986 exhibition of the Children's Drawing of the Spanish Civil War.
Box 11 Folder 2
Children's Drawings of the Spanish Civil War [5 of 14], 1986
Exhibition material and material from galas held at the Spanish Institute
Box 11 Folder 3
Children's Drawings of the Spanish Civil War [6 of 14], undated
The Spanish Institute's invitation mailing list.
Box 11 Folder 4
Children's Drawings of the Spanish Civil War [7 of 14], 1986
Collins' essay for the Spanish Institute's 1986 exhibition of the Children's Drawings from the Spanish Civil War.
Box 11 Folder 5
Children's Drawings of the Spanish Civil War [8 of 14], 1986
Reviews of the 1986 Spanish Institute's exhibit of Spanish Drawings of the Spanish Civil War
Box 11 Folder 6
Children's Drawings of the Spanish Civil War [9 of 14], 198-1985
Material regarding the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Box 11 Folder 7
Children's Drawings of the Spanish Civil War [10 of 14], 1938-39 1981-1987
Newspaper articles on the Spanish Civil War, Newspaper articles on the political history of Spain
Box 11 Folder 8
Children's Drawings of the Spanish Civil War [11 of 14], 1937-39 1954 1978
Journal and magazine articles
Box 11 Folder 9
Children's Drawings of the Spanish Civil War [12 of 14], undated
Box 11 Folder 10
Children's Drawings of the Spanish Civil War [13 of 14], undated
Material regarding Luis Quintanilla
Box 11 Folder 11
Children's Drawings of the Spanish Civil War [14 of 14], 1986
Box 11 Folder 12
Guastavino Family Files [1 of 18], 1962-1970
Correspondence between George R. Collins and Bob Guastavino and others.
Box 11 Folder 13
Guastavino Family Files [2 of 18], 1971-1979
Correspondence between George R. Collins and Bob Guastavino and others.
Box 11 Folder 14
Guastavino Family Files [3 of 18], 1864-1931
Books and Articles by William E. Blodgett also obituaries
Box 11 Folder 15
Guastavino Family Files [4 of 18], undated
Negatives of the Rafael Guastavino Jr. House
Box 11 Folder 16
Guastavino Family Files [5 of 18], undated
"The Guastavino Family" by: Rafael Guastavino IV
Box 11 Folder 17
Guastavino Family Files [6 of 18], 1976
Edited manuscript of "The Guastavino Family"
Box 11 Folder 18
Guastavino Family Files [7 of 18], 1980-1981
Box 11 Folder 19
Guastavino Family Files [8 of 18], 1977, 1981
Correspondence with Luis Moya [Madrid] regarding Guastavino Album
Box 11 Folder 20
Guastavino Family Files [9 of 18], 1978
Theodore HM Prudon "Architectural Terra Cotta: Analyzing the Deterioration Problems & Restoration Approaches.
Box 11 Folder 21
Guastavino Family Files [10 of 18], 1975-1976 1978 1988
Box 11 Folder 22
Guastavino Family Files [11 of 18], undated
Article titled "Sr. D.R. Guastavino" in Spanish
Box 11 Folder 23
Guastavino Family Files [12 of 18], 1964
Article titled "A Name in Tiles: The Architect Guastavino"
Box 11 Folder 24
Guastavino Family Files [13 of 18], 1927
Article titles "A Large Dome Built Without Centering"
Box 11 Folder 25
Guastavino Family Files [14 of 18], 1953
Squib from Valencia newspaper
Box 11 Folder 26
Guastavino Family Files [15 of 18], 1929
Untitled article on Guastavino construction technology
Box 11 Folder 27
Guastavino Family Files [16 of 18], 1893, 1906, 1910, 1931, 1962, 1975, 1988, 1990
Box 11 Folder 28
Guastavino Family Files [17 of 18], undated
Box 14 Folder 16
Guastavino Family Files [18 of 18], 1838, 1873, 1889-1890, 1895. 1897-98 1903-04
Box 11 Folder 29
Notes [1 of 3], undated
Box 11 Folder 30
Notes [2 of 3], undated
Box 11 Folder 31
Notes [3 of 3], undated
Series VII: Visual Material
Series VII includes photographs taken during the 1962, 1964, and 1966 Modern Architecture Symposium, photographs of Soviet Architecture, photographs taken during an architecture studio review, and photographs of the Frank Lloyd Wright Humanities Exhibit. There are also numerous slides of Russian architecture as well as a series contact sheets and negatives.
Box 11 Folder 32
Modern Architecture Symposium Photographs [1 of 3], undated
Box 11 Folder 33
Modern Architecture Symposium Photographs [2 of 3], undated
Box 12 Folder 1
Modern Architecture Symposium Photographs [3 of 3], undated
Box 11 Folder 2
Soviet Architecture Photographs [1 of 7], undated
Box 11 Folder 3
Soviet Architecture Photographs [2 of 7], undated
Box 11 Folder 4
Soviet Architecture Photographs [3 of 7], undated
Box 11 Folder 5
Soviet Architecture Photographs [4 of 7], undated
Box 11 Folder 6
Soviet Architecture Photographs [5 of 7], undated
Box 12 Folder 7
Soviet Architecture Photographs [6 of 7], undated
Box 12 Folder 8
Soviet Architecture Photographs [7 of 7], undated
Box 12 Folder 9
Architecture Studio Photographs, undated
Box 12 Folder 10
Frank Lloyd Wright Humanities Exhibit, undated
Box 12 Folder 11
Designs for Beauty and Use, 1961-1968
Box 12 Folder 12
Hybrid Buildings, undated
Box 12 Folder 13
Russian Slides [1 of 4], 1967
Box 12 Folder 14
Russian Slides [2 of 4], 1985
Box 12 Folder 15
Russian Slides [3 of 4], undated
Box 12 Folder 16
Russian Slides [4 of 4], undated
Box 12 Folder 17
Russian Slides [1 of 2], undated
Box 12 Folder 18
Russian Slides [2 of 2], undated
Box 12 Folder 19
Contact Sheets, undated
Box 12 Folder 20
Modern Architecture Symposium, 1964
Box 12 Folder 21
Negatives, undated
Box 12 Folder 22
Negatives, undated
Box 12 Folder 23
Negatives, undated
Modern Architecture Symposium
Series VIII: Audio Material
Series VIII is comprised of eight tape reels that contain the audio recording of the 1966 Modern Architecture Symposium. The Third Modern Architecture Symposium took place at Columbia University in New York May 14-15, 1966. The decade 1907-1917 was discussed. Henry-Russell Hitchcock was Chairman and member of the organizing committee. An additional member of that committee was George Collins.
Box 12 Folder 24
Modern Architecture Symposium, 1966 May 14, 2 open reel audiotapes
Speakers: George Collins, Henry-Russell Hitchock, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Allen Brooks,
Box 13 Folder 1
Modern Architecture Symposium, 1966
Box 13 Folder 2
Modern Architecture Symposium, 1966
Box 13 Folder 3
Modern Architecture Symposium, 1966