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
Arcades and Galleries
Box 2 Folder 11 Colloquium Topics [2 of 37], 1983
Architectural Drawings
Box 2 Folder 12 Colloquium Topics [3 of 37], 1979-1985
Architecture and Genius
Box 2 Folder 13 Colloquium Topics [4 of 37], 1982
Architecture in Painting
Box 2 Folder 14 Colloquium Topics [5 of 37], 1978
Architectural Photography
Box 2 Folder 15 Colloquium Topics [6 of 37], 1973-1985
Architecture in Society
Box 2 Folder 16 Colloquium Topics [7 of 37], 1973-1985
Columbia University Campus
Box 2 Folder 17 Colloquium Topics [8 of 37], 1975
Columns
Box 2 Folder 18 Colloquium Topics [9 of 37], 1973
Domes
Box 2 Folder 19 Colloquium Topics [10 of 37], 1978-1982
Doors
Box 2 Folder 20 Colloquium Topics [11 of 37], 1981-1985
Formalism
Box 2 Folder 21 Colloquium Topics [12 of 37], 1974-1984
Functionalism
Box 2 Folder 22 Colloquium Topics [13 of 37], 1978-1985
Functionalism
Box 2 Folder 23 Colloquium Topics [14 of 37], 1962-1970
Geometry
Box 2 Folder 24 Colloquium Topics [15 of 37], 1983-1984
Geometry
Box 2 Folder 25 Colloquium Topics [16 of 37], 1979-1981
Geometry
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
Geometric Planning
Box 2 Folder 28 Colloquium Topics [19 of 37], undated
Golden Section
Box 2 Folder 29 Colloquium Topics [20 of 37], 1982
Historic Preservation
Box 2 Folder 30 Colloquium Topics [21 of 37], 1977-1984
Historiography
Box 2 Folder 31 Colloquium Topics [22 of 37], 1977-1985
Iconography
Box 2 Folder 32 Colloquium Topics [23 of 37], 1979-1984
Iconography
Box 2 Folder 33 Colloquium Topics [24 of 37], undated
Iconography
Box 2 Folder 34 Colloquium Topics [25 of 37], 1979
Modular Architecture
Box 2 Folder 35 Colloquium Topics [26 of 37], 1980-1981
The Museum
Box 2 Folder 36 Colloquium Topics [27 of 37], 1983
Ornament
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
The Roof
Box 2 Folder 40 Colloquium Topics [31 of 37], 1975
Space
Box 3 Folder 1 Colloquium Topics [32 of 37], 1962
Stairs
Box 3 Folder 2 Colloquium Topics [33 of 37], 1985
Structure
Box 3 Folder 3 Colloquium Topics [34 of 37], 1973-1984
Structure
Box 3 Folder 4 Colloquium Topics [35 of 37], 1974-1982
Style
Box 3 Folder 5 Colloquium Topics [36 of 37], 1972-1985
Style
Box 3 Folder 6 Colloquium Topics [37 of 37], 1977-1985
The Wall
Box 3 Folder 7 Colloquium Guests [1 of 3], 1972-1974
Professor Alfred Frazer
Box 3 Folder 8 Colloquium Guests [2 of 3], 1972-1975
Robert Streb
Box 3 Folder 9 Colloquium Guests [3 of 3], 1963-1975
Sir Tom Mellor
Box 3 Folder 10 Colloquium Visits [1 of 4], 1979-1985
Avery Library
Box 3 Folder 11 Colloquium Visits [2 of 4], 1981-1985
Avery Library
Box 3 Folder 12 Colloquium Visits [3 of 4], 1982
Grand Central Terminal
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
Periodicals
Box 3 Folder 16 Colloquium, 1984
Course Notes
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
Russian Art
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