Oscar Newman papers, 1959-1998

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Series I: Defensible Space



Box 1 Defensible Space, undated

CD-ROM



Box 1 Defensible Space Color Slides, undated

Color Slides CD-ROM



Box 1 Defensible Space, Crime Prevention Through Urban Design, 1972

Macmillan, New York : 264 pp.



Box 1 Defensible Space: People & Design in the Violent City, 1973

Architectural Press, London : 264 pp.



Box 1 Folder 1 Research Material, 1973, 1977

Includes correspondence, congressional records and bills



Box 1 Folder 2 Defensible Space Hypothesis, ca.1960-72



Box 1 Folder 3 Drafts: Preface, ca.1960-72



Box 1 Folder 4 Drafts: Introduction, ca.1960-72



Box 1 Folder 5 Drafts: Chapter 1, ca.1960-72



Box 1 Folder 6 Drafts: Chapter 2, ca.1960-72



Box 1 Folder 7 Drafts: Chapter 3, ca.1960-72



Box 1 Folder 8 Drafts: Chapter 4, ca.1960-72



Box 1 Folder 9 Drafts: Chapter 6, ca.1960-72



Box 1 Folder 10 Drafts: Chapter 7, ca.1960-72



Box 1 Folder 11 to 12 Unidentified drafts [2 folders], ca.1960-72



Box 1 Folder 13 MacMillan Contract, 1972, 1992-3

Includes contract and correspondence



Box 1 Folder 14 Negatives of Plans and Photos, undated



Box 1 Folder 15 Diagrams, undated



Box 1 Folder 16 "Description of Defensible Space", undated



Box 1 Folder 17 The Defensible Space Game, undated



Box 1 Folder 18 Defensible Space Guidelines, undated

Comments from Roberta R. Spohn of the City of New York Department for the Aging



Box 1 Folder 19 Presentation for AIP Conference, 1972

Defensible Space: Crime Prevention Through Urban Design



Box 1 Folder 20 New York Times, 1970-4

Includes correspondence



Box 1 Progressive Architecture, 1972 Oct



Box 1 Folder 21 Time Magazine, 1972 Nov 27, 1972

Includes correspondence



Box 1 Fortune, 1973 Jan



Box 1 Folder 22 Intellectual Digest, 1973 Mar, 1972-3

Includes correspondence with Sidney Offit



Box 1 Folder 23 HUD Challenge, 1973 Sep

[3 copies]



Box 1 Architectural Design, 1973 Oct

Pawley, Martin. "Housing Problem UK Ltd "



Box 1 Crime Prevention Review, 1973 Oct



Box 1 Folder 24 EKISTECS, 1973 Nov, 1973-5

Includes correspondence regarding publishing and reprinting



Box 1 Folder 25 RIBA Journal, 1973 Nov, 1974-6

Includes correspondence and ON's response to book review



Box 1 Folder 26 The Listener, 1974 Mar 7



Box 1 Folder 27 Article for the Smithsonian, 1974

Response to some of the Reactions to the Defensible Space Study



Box 1 Folder 28 International Journal of Mental Health, 1975-6

Correspondence only



Box 1 Folder 29 Understanding Crime: Current Theory and Research, 1981

Taylor, Gottfredson, & Brower. "The Defensibility of Defensible Space," Understanding Crime: Current Theory and Research (London: Sage Publications).



Box 1 Folder 30 Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1981

Merry, Sally. "Defensible Space Undefended," Urban Affairs Quarterly, Vol. 16 No.4



Box 1 Folder 31 Article for New Society, undated

"Response to Criticisms of the Defensible Space Study and Some Further Findings"



Box 1 Burdeshaw, Jean R. "Evaluation Report on the Seminar on Humanities Issues in Defensible Space", 1979 Nov 15



Box 1 Folder 32 Requests for Copies, 1972-7



Box 1 Folder 33 Reviews & Articles, 1970-6

Arranged chronologically