Robert Allan Jacobs papers, 1890s-1990s, bulk 1909-1983

Robert Allan Jacobs papers, 1890s-1990s, bulk 1909-1983

Summary Information

Abstract

Robert Allan Jacobs (1905-1993) was an American architect and designer active in the United States from the 1930s until his retirement in the early 1980s. His work consists primarily of commercial projects, including numerous skyscrapers in New York City, along with a richly varied corpus of other institutional, residential, and commercial projects--primarily centered in New York City and its surrounding suburbs but ranging as far afield as South Africa and the Dominican Republic. The son of the notable Beaux-Arts architect Harry Allan Jacobs, Robert Allan Jacobs was educated at Amherst College and the Columbia University School of Architecture. Jacobs began his career as a disciple of Le Corbusier, went on to serve as a designer and draftsman for Harrison & Fouilhoux, and then formed a partnership with Ely Jacques Kahn in 1941--thus commencing three decades of pioneering collaborative design work that would leave an indelible mark on the Manhattan skyline. Together, Kahn & Jacobs made their debut with the Municipal Asphalt Plant in 1941 and went on to design such iconic projects as 100 Park Avenue (1944), the Universal Pictures Building (1947), 1407 Broadway (1950), 425 Park Avenue (1957), the Seagram Building (in collaboration with Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson, 1958), the Astor Plaza Building (in collaboration with Carson & Lundin, 1961), the New York Telephone Building (1969), and One Astor Place (1970).

At a Glance

Bib ID:
12473331 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Jacobs, Robert Allan, 1905-1993; Jacobs, Harry Allan, 1872-1932
Repository:
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Physical Description:
34.5 manuscript boxes; 19 print boxes; 2 boxes (Card Storage-File Boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. All original copies of audio / moving image media are closed. Email avery-drawings@columbia.edu for more information.

Description

Scope and Content

The collection documents the architectural projects by the firm Kahn & Jacobs through photographs primarily, but also through some architectural plans and drawings, and office records. Additionally, the collection includes a number of Robert Allan Jacobs' personal and professional papers, the confluence of which helps to contextualize his work vis-a-vis his broader milieu while helping to delineate the unique design impulses of Jacobs as distinct from his partner Ely Jacques Kahn. This collection's rich diversity of project records and photographs, office records, personal papers, correspondence, and ephemera offers a way into understanding the influences that formed the underpinnings of Jacobs' design ethos--from the Beaux-Arts spectre of his father Harry Allan Jacobs and the deeply traditional nature of his architectural education through his modernist awakening under Le Corbusier and finally the brutalism that would dominate the world of architecture by the end of his career.

Series I: Architectural Plans and Drawings

This series includes all of the architectural plans and drawings within the collection, ranging from blueprints to plans, sections, and elevations. Included within this series are drawings ranging from Jacobs' time as a student through his career and retirement as well as plans and drawings from his father, Harry Allan Jacobs, and his partner, Ely Jacques Kahn.

Series II: Project Photographs

Arranged alphabetically by project name, this series includes all photographs of projects contained within the collection--ranging from entire buildings to interiors.

Series III: Correspondence

Because the line between Jacobs' personal and professional life was often blurred, all correspondence-both professional and personal-has been organized into one series. Substantial materials from a particular project or event have been organized around that project or event name while more general correspondence has been organized alphabetically by the last name (or when no last name is provided by the first letter of the first name) of the correspondent.

Series IV: Office Records

This series, organized around individual projects or general themes as appropriate, includes a broad range of materials, from Kahn & Jacobs firm publicity and presentations to appointment books and firm financial records, scrapbooks, personnel photographs, and awards.

Series V: Personal

This series includes material that correspond more directly to Jacobs' personal rather than professional life. Included are books and monographs found in Jacobs' office, school yearbooks, a portfolio of watercolors, diplomas, journals, and military ephemera. The series includes photographs of a more personal nature found within the collection. Included within the series are studio portraits-both of Robert Allan Jacobs himself and of his family-and more informal snapshots, especially from Jacobs' vacations and hunting expeditions.

Series VI: Harry Allan Jacobs

This series contains papers of Robert Allan Jacob's father Harry Allan Jacobs. The papers include clippings, ephemera, scrapbooks, firm ledger, portrait, and a play script.

Arrangement

This collection is made up of six series: Series I: Project Photographs, Series II: Office Records, Series III: Personal, Series IV: Personal Photographs, Series V: Correspondence, and Series VI: Architectural Plans and Drawings.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. All original copies of audio / moving image media are closed. Email avery-drawings@columbia.edu for more information.

Restrictions on Use

Columbia University is providing access to the materials in the Library's collections solely for noncommercial educational and research purposes. The unauthorized use, including, but not limited to, publication of the materials without the prior written permission of Columbia University is strictly prohibited. All inquiries regarding permission to publish should be submitted in writing to the Director, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. In addition to permission from Columbia University, permission of the copyright owner (if not Columbia University) and/or any holder of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights) may also be required for reproduction, publication, distributions, and other uses. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of any item and securing any necessary permissions rests with the persons desiring to publish the item. Columbia University makes no warranties as to the accuracy of the materials or their fitness for a particular purpose.

Preferred Citation

Robert Allan Jacobs papers, 1890s-1990s, (bulk dates 1909-1983), Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Related Material

Related holdings in Avery Drawings & Archives:

Kahn Jacobs architectural drawings and records, circa 1893-1965, (bulk ca. 1893-1950): Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabum Gift (1978.001)

Harry Allan Jacobs photographs, ca. 1910-1930: Gift (1000.064)

Ely Jacques Kahn papers, 1906-1986, (bulk 1906-1972) : Ely and Liselotte Kahn (1963.001, 1992.003, 1992.011, 1993.016, 1994.013)

[Conceptual cross-section rendering for a multi-use building] / Kahn Jacobs : Mark Dessauce Gift (2003.005)

150 Permanent Dwelling Units and Community House [Lexington Park, M.D. ] / Kahn Jacobs: Mark Dessauce Gift (2003.005)

Related holdings in other institutions:

Robert A. Jacobs Photographs, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Margot Jacobs. Method of acquisition--Donated;; Date of acquisition--1999. Accession number--1999.013.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Travis Brock Kennedy (Robert Allan Jacobs Intern) in 2016-2017.

Revision Description

2017-04-20 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biography

The son of the prominent Beaux-Arts architect Harry Allan Jacobs (1872-1932), Robert Allan Jacobs (1905-1993) was a prominent American architect active in New York City from the 1930's until the early 1980's. Jacobs was educated at Amherst College and the Columbia University School of Architecture, where he was awarded the Hamlin Prize for Design.

Jacobs worked with Le Corbusier in Paris from the fall of 1934 to the winter of 1935 and accompanied him on his American lecture tour in the spring of 1935, serving as translator, guide, photographer, and assistant. Following his work with Le Corbusier, Jacobs took a position as a designer and draftsman in the New York offices of Harrison & Fouilhoux where he worked from 1935-1939.

In 1939, Jacobs took a position working with Ely Jacques Kahn on designs for Kahn's own apartment at 970 Park Avenue and was offered a 15% partnership in Kahn's firm the same year. By 1941, Jacobs was made a 50% partner in Kahn & Jacobs Architects, commencing three decades of collaboration between the architects. Together, Kahn & Jacobs designed numerous projects, primarily in New York City and its surrounding suburbs, but including major projects further afield in the United States and abroad.

Jacobs was a president of the Architectural League of New York and a fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Following the death of Ely Jacques Kahn in 1972, Robert Allan Jacobs merged his firm with Hellmuth, Obata, and Kassabaum of St. Louis, forming the firm of Kahn & Jacobs + HOK. Slowing work for the firm throughout the later part of the 1970s mirrored the broader slowing of development in New York City, and by the time of Jacobs' retirement in 1982 the business of Kahn & Jacobs was fully absorbed into HO+K.

Robert Allan Jacobs retired to his home in Pawling, New York, where he remained active within the local community and where he died, at home, in 1993.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Name
Jacobs, Robert Allan, 1905-1993
Kahn & Jacobs
Kahn, Ely Jacques, 1884-1972
Subject
Architects -- New York (State)
Architectural firms -- New York (State) -- New York
Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York
Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans
Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
Commercial buildings -- New York (State) -- New York

Series I: Architectural Plans and Drawings

This series includes all of the architectural plans and drawings within the collection, ranging from blueprints to plans, sections, and elevations. Included within this series are drawings ranging from Jacobs' time as a student through his career and retirement as well as plans and drawings from his father, Harry Allan Jacobs, and his partner, Ely Jacques Kahn.


Oversize 24 Folder 13

100 Park Avenue (New York, NY), 1949

1 item


Oversize 24 Folder 12

1095 Avenue of the Americas (New York, NY), 1971

1 item


Roll A92C.07

126 West 42nd Street (New York, NY), 1973

3 items


Oversize 2 Folder 6

2 Park Avenue (New York, NY), undated


Box 35 Folder 28

A.D.P. Inc., undated


Oversize 2 Folder 7

Airco (New Jersey), undated


Roll A92C.11

Alfred Rose Indian Camp (Lake Placid, NY), 1946

2 items


Oversize 1 Folder 7

Berkshire Mall Center


Oversize 24 Folder 10

Bonwit Teller and Saks Blueprint, 1937

1 item


Box 35 Folder 20

Chapel of St. Christopher (New York, NY), undated


Oversize 24 Folder 8

Dallas Fort Worth Regional Airport (Texas), undated

1 item


Roll A92C.10

Duchess Valley Rod and Gun Club (Millbrook, NY), 1966

62 items


Roll A92C.12

Edificio Copello (Dominican Republic), 1937

43 items


Roll A92C.09

Martin Beck Residence, 64 East 55th Street (New York, NY), 1929

Creator: Harry Allan Jacobs

7 items


Roll A92.06-.07

Alterations to Lehman Estate (Purchase, NY) [2 rolls], undated

Creator: Harry Allan Jacobs


Roll A92C.16

Lehman Estate (Purchase, NY), undated

Creator: Harry Allan Jacobs


Roll A92C.16, A92.06, A92.08

Lehman Residence (Harrison, NY) [3 rolls], 1913, 1915

Creator: Harry Allan Jacobs


Oversize 24 Folder 11

Jacobs Mausoleum, undated

18 Items


Roll A92C.13-.14

Jucca Corporation Land (Pawling, NY), 1968

14 items


Roll A92C.09

47 East 88th Street (New York, NY). Living Room of Apt. 9C, undated

1 item


Oversize 1 Folder 6

Mt. Sinai Hospital (New York, NY), undated


Roll A92C.11

New York World's Fair Space Allocation Plan (New York, NY), 1964-1965


Box 35 Folder 18

Notes and Plans for AT&T, ca. 1967

4 items


Oversize 24 Folder 6

One Penn Plaza (New York, NY), 1969

1 item


Box 35 Folder 19

Pawling Main Street (Pawling, NY), undated


Roll A92C.09

Pawling Zoning Plan (Pawling, NY), 1975-1976

6 items


Roll A92.07

Proposed Master Plan II for the Cemetery of the US Air Force Academy (Colorado Springs, CO), undated


Roll A92C.07-.08

Residence of A. L. Rose, Esq. (White Plains and Lake Placid, NY), ca. 1935-1945

123 items


Roll A92C.06, A92.08

Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allan Jacobs (Stamford, CT) [2 rolls], ca. 1946

53 items


Roll A92C.15

Residence of R.P. Ettinger (Norwalk, CT), undated


Oversize 24 Folder 4

Retail Music Store - Plan Prior to Alteration, undated

1 item


Roll Above A92D

Robert Allan Jacobs School Drawings, undated

10 items [oversize roll]


Oversize 24 Folder 15

Robert Allan Jacobs School Drawings, undated

1 item


Oversize 24 Folder 14

Rye Airport (Rye, NY), undated


Roll A92C.07-.08

Sand Hill River Club (Labrador, Newfoundland), 1963

7 items


Box 35 Folder 21

Sheraton Hotel Insignia, undated


Oversize 24 Folder 7

Sheraton Park Hotel (Washington DC), 1974

31 Items


Oversize 24 Folder 5

State Agricultural and Industrial School (Rush, NY), 1947

1 item


Box 35 Folder 27

State University of New York (Genesco, NY), 1967


Oversize 35 Folder 9

United States Post Office John F. Kennedy Air Mail Facility (Jamaica, NY), 1974

20 items


Box 35 Folder 29

Western Electric (Saudi Arabia), 1977


Oversize 2 Folder 5

Western Union, 1969

Series II: Project Photographs

Arranged alphabetically by project name, this series includes all photographs of projects contained within the collection--ranging from entire buildings to interiors.


Box 1 Folder 1

1 Astor Plaza (New York, NY), undated

12 items ; includes 2 publicity photographs with press release


Box 1 Folder 2a

1 Penn Plaza (New York, NY), undated

3 items


Box 1 Folder 2b

20 Broad Street (New York, NY), undated

1 items


Box 1 Folder 31

100 Park Avenue (New York, NY), ca. 1954

3 items


Box 1 Folder 3b

120 Wall Street (New York, NY), undated

4 items


Box 1 Folder 4

111 West 40th Street - Union Dime (New York, NY), undated

21 items


Oversize 1 Folder 1

1407 Broadway (New York, NY), undated

50 items


Box 4 Folder 13

1939 World's Fair - Marine Transport Building (New York, NY), 1939

2 items


Oversize 11 Folder 3

1964 World's Fair - African Pavilion (New York, NY), 1964-1965

12 items


Box 4 Folder 16

1964 World's Fair - American Petroleum Industry Pavilion (New York, NY), 1964-1965

17 items


Box 4 Folder 17

1964 World's Fair - Aviation Industries Building (New York, NY), 1964-1965

1 item


Oversize 10 Folder 5

1964 World's Fair - Eastman Kodak Company Pavilion (New York, NY), 1964-1965

26 items, 1 portfolio


Box 4 Folder 14

1964 World's Fair - General Renderings and Contact Sheets (New York, NY, 1964-1965

29 items


Oversize 11 Folder 4

1964 World's Fair - Greyhound Pavilion (New York, NY), 1964-1965

33 items, 3 portfolios


Box 4 Folder 15

1964 World's Fair - Marina (New York, NY), 1964-1965

6 items


Oversize 12 Folder 1

1964 World's Fair - New York Pavilion - Rheingold Oasis - Liebman Breweries Pavilion (New York, NY), 1964-1965

24 items, 2 portfolios


Box 4 Folder 18

1964 World's Fair - Traveler's Insurance Company Pavilion (New York, NY), 1964-1965

42 items


Box 1 Folder 5

2 Park Avenue (New York, NY), undated

7 items


Box 1 Folder 6

20 Broad Street (New York, NY), ca. 1956

4 items


Oversize 1 Folder 2

445 Park Avenue (New York, NY), undated

55 items


Box 1 Folder 7

477 Madison Avenue (New York, NY), undated

1 item


Box 1 Folder 8

489 5th Avenue (New York, NY), undated

13 items


Box 1 Folder 9

540 Madison Avenue (New York, NY) - Sterling National Bank, undated

8 items


Box 1 Folder 10

700 Park Avenue (New York, NY), ca. 1961

15 items


Box 1 Folder 11

810 7th Avenue (New York, NY), undated

4 items


Oversize 2 Folder 1

Airco (Montvale, NJ), undated

59 items


Oversize 24 Folder 2

Alfred Rose Residence - Lake Placid, NY, ca. 1948

38 Items


Oversize 2 Folder 3

American Airlines - 633 3rd Avenue (New York, NY), undated

13 items, 1 portfolio


Oversize 3 Folder 1

American Airlines - Idlewild Airport (New York, NY), 1960s

132 items, 2 portfolios


Box 1 Folder 12

American Airlines, La Guardia Airport (Queens, NY), 1950s and 1960s

68 items


Box 1 Folder 13

American Express, 2 New York Plaza (New York, NY), undated

8 items


Box 1 Folder 14

American Field Service (New York, NY), 1961

3 items


Box 1 Folder 16

Aqueduct Racetrack (New York, NY), undated

8 items


Oversize 3 Folder 2

Asphalt Plant (New York, NY), undated

14 items


Box 1 Folder 17

AT&T 195 Broadway (New York, NY), undated

94 items


Oversize 1 Folder 3

AT&T Long Lines Building - Manhattan (New York, NY), undated

40 items


Oversize 1 Folder 4

AT&T Long Lines Building (Queens, NY), undated

41 items


Box 1 Folder 15

Automatic Data Processing (Clifton, NJ), 1960s

31 items


Box 2 Folder 18

B. Altman (St. David's, PA), undated

47 items


Oversize 2 Folder 2

B. Altman (White Plains, NY), undated

49 items, 1 portfolio


Oversize 4 Folder 1

Bache & Co. (New York, NY), undated

1 portfolio


Box 1 Folder 18

Banco Popular (San Juan, Puerto Rico), undated

21 items


Oversize 4 Folder 2

Baruch College (New York, NY), undated

16 items


Box 1 Folder 19

Baxter Street Apartments (New York, NY), undated

2 items


Box 1 Folder 20

Bell System (New York, NY), undated

5 items


Box 1 Folder 21

Belmont Park (Elmont, NY), 1964

10 items


Box 35 Folder 15

Bill Heler New Bedford Residence, 1955

4 items


Box 1 Folder 22

Bonwitt Teller (New York, NY), undated

7 items


Oversize 4 Folder 3

Broad Street Plaza (New York, NY), undated

6 items


Box 1 Folder 23

Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (New York, NY), undated

12 items


Box 1 Folder 24

C.A. Vincent Building (New York, NY), 1972

12 items


Box 35 Folder 14

Carribe Murals, undated

2 items


Oversize 4 Folder 4

Carver Houses (New York, NY), undated

32 items


Box 1 Folder 25

Central Synagogue Community House (New York, NY), undated

16 items


Box 1 Folder 26

Chapel of St. Christopher (New York, NY, undated

3 items


Box 1 Folder 27

Cincinnati and Suburban Bell (Cincinnati, OH), undated

46 items


Box 35 Folder 7

CIT, undated

2 items


Box 2 Folder 19

Cities Service (Newark, NJ), 1953

1 item


Oversize 4 Folder 5

City Squire Inn (New York, NY), undated

9 items, 1 portfolio


Box 2 Folder 1

Cleveland Office Building (Cleveland, OH), 1966

12 items


Box 2 Folder 2

Coca Cola (New York, NY), undated

24 items


Box 2 Folder 3

Cone Mills Showroom - 1440 Broadway (New York, NY), undated

6 items


Box 2 Folder 4

Congregation Emanu-El (New York, NY), undated

3 items


Oversize 3 Folder 3

Connecticut Bank and Trust Company (Hartford, CT), undated

1 portfolio


Oversize 5 Folder 1

Connecticut Light and Power & Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power (Norwalk Harbor - Haddam, CT), ca. 1964

98 items, 1 portfolio


Box 2 Folder 5

Corspan / Wellesley Mass. Office Building (Wellesley, MA), undated

4 items


Box 2 Folder 6

Crawford's (New York, NY), undated

5 items


Box 2 Folder 7

Crossroads Office Building (Rochester, NY), undated

12 items


Box 2 Folder 8

Douglass Houses (New York, NY), undated

34 items


Box 2 Folder 9

Dumont Estate Houses (Dumont, NJ), undated

4 items


Oversize 4 Folder 6

Eastern Airlines - JFK International Airport (New York, NY), undated

64 items


Box 2 Folder 9

Eastern Airlines (San Juan, Puerto Rico), undated

5 items


Box 35 Folder 5

Edificio Copello (Dominican Republic), undated

1 item


Box 35 Folder 10

Empire State Building, undated

2 items


Box 2 Folder 10

Empire Trust Company (New York, NY), 1956-1957

11 items


Box 35 Folder 17

Equipment Building Long Lines AT&T Rigo Park, Long Island, undated

3 items


Oversize 4 Folder 7

Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation (Jericho, NY), undated

48 items


Box 2 Folder 11

Fawcett Building - 67 West 44th Street (New York, NY), undated

3 items


Box 2 Folder 12

Film Center (New York, NY), undated

2 items


Oversize 5 Folder 2

First National City Bank - 399 Park Avenue - 1 Astor Plaza (New York, NY), undated

31 items, 2 portfolios


Box 2 Folder 13

Fort Monmouth Office Building (New Shrewsbury, NJ), undated

4 items


Box 2 Folder 14

GEON, undated

5 items


Box 2 Folder 15

Gimbels (Valley Stream, NY), 1957

13 items


Oversize 6 Folder 1

Greenwich Savings Bank (New York, NY), undated

24 items


Box 2 Folder 16

Greenwich Savings Bank (Roosevelt Field, NY), undated

6 items


Box 2 Folder 17

Greyhound - Port Authority (New York, NY), undated

13 items


Box 2 Folder 20

Hayes House (Stamford, CT), undated

7 items


Box 35 Folder 6

Herald Square Building, 1953

5 items


Box 2 Folder 21

High School of Art and Design (New York, NY), 1961

3 items


Box 2 Folder 22

Hippodrome Building - 1120 Avenue of the Americas (New York, NY), undated

23 items


Box 2 Folder 23

Holland Plaza Building (New York, NY), undated

1 item


Oversize 7 Folder 2

Houghton Mifflin Company (New York, NY), undated

2 items, 1 portfolio


Box 2 Folder 24

Hyatt Regency (New York, NY), undated

13 items


Box 2 Folder 25

IBM Exhibit, undated

10 items


Box 2 Folder 26

Indiana Bell (Indianapolis, IN), undated

17 items


Box 3 Folder 17

IPCO Hospital Supply Corporation (Mt. Pleasant, NY), undated

1 item


Box 2 Folder 27

Janus Engineers - Kahn & Jacobs Presentation, undated

39 items


Box 35 Folder 16

John Dewey High School - Brooklyn, undated

2 items


Oversize 7 Folder 3

Junior League Recreation Hall (Pleasantville, NJ), undated

10 items


Box 2 Folder 28

Kahn & Jacobs: Over 100 Years - Firm Presentation, undated

97 items


Box 2 Folder 29

Lane Bryant (New York, NY), undated

39 items


Oversize 7 Folder 4

Lighthouse New York Association for the Blind (New York, NY), undated

5 items, 1 portfolio


Box 2 Folder 30

Maimonides Hospital (New York, NY), undated

23 items


Oversize 6 Folder 3

Manresa Island (Norwalk, CT), undated

11 items


Box 35 Folder 12

Manufacturer's Bank of Hanover, 1956

2 items


Box 4 Folder 2

Metropolitan Transit Authority - Suptin Avenue Subway (Queens, NY), undated

86 items


Box 2 Folder 31

Mexico, undated

72 items


Box 3 Folder 1

Mile High Center (Denver, CO), undated

3 items


Box 3 Folder 2

Minskoff Office Building (White Plains, NY), undated

3 items


Oversize 7 Folder 1

Monmouth Shopping Center (Long Branch, NJ), ca. 1960

71 items


Oversize 6 Folder 4

Mt. Sinai Hospital (New York, NY), undated

56 items


Box 3 Folder 3

Mutual of New York (Syracuse, NY), undated

9 items


Box 3 Folder 4

National Vending, undated

2 items


Box 3 Folder 5

Netherlands House - Rockefeller Center (New York, NY), undated

22 items


Box 35 Folder 4

Neudstadter Convalescent Home - Yonkers, NY, undated

9 items


Box 3 Folder 9

New York Telephone - SYTEL (Syracuse, NY), undated

3 items


Box 3 Folder 6

New York Telephone (Elmsford, NY), undated

1 item


Oversize 8 Folder 1

New York Telephone (New York, NY), undated

82 items, 1 portfolio


Box 3 Folder 7

New York Telephone (Pearl River, NY), undated

19 items


Box 3 Folder 8

New York Telephone (Saratoga, NY), undated

3 items


Box 35 Folder 9

New York Times, 1956

1 item


Box 3 Folder 10

Norfolk Shopping Center (Norfolk, VA), undated

1 item


Box 3 Folder 12

North Brother Island Hospital (New York, NY), 1960

16 items


Box 3 Folder 11

Northeast Brooklyn High School (Brooklyn, NY), 1970

15 items


Box 3 Folder 13

Olivetti, undated

2 items


Box 3 Folder 14

Orbach's (New York, NY), undated

20 items


Box 3 Folder 15

Orbach's (Paramus, NJ), undated

35 items


Box 3 Folder 16

Pennsylvania Avenue Complex, undated

8 items


Photograph Album from 1963 World's Fair, 1963


Oversize 8 Folder 2

Picker X-Ray Corporation (White Plains, NY), undated

13 items


Oversize 6 Folder 5

Piel's (Brooklyn, NY), undated

1 portfolio


Oversize 6 Folder 6

Prentice Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1954-1960

27 items


Box 3 Folder 18

Remington Rand, undated

5 items


Box 3 Folder 19

Riker's Island Women's Institute (New York, NY), 1960-1971

32 items


Box 3 Folder 20

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Headquarters Building (Princeton, NJ), 1973

8 items


Oversize 8 Folder 3

Rochester State Hospital (Rochester, NY), undated

68 items, 3 portfolios


Oversize 6 Folder 7

Saks Fifth Avenue, undated

3 items


Box 3 Folder 21

Saks Fifth Avenue (Millburn Avenue, Springfield, NJ), ca. 1958

29 items


Oversize 6 Folder 8

Saks Fifth Avenue (San Francisco, CA), undated

25 items


Oversize 9 Folder 1

Saks Fifth Avenue (White Plains, NY), undated

27 items


Box 3 Folder 22

San Lam (Caption, South Africa), undated

18 items


Oversize 10 Folder 1

Scandinavian Airline System - SAS (Jamaica, NY), 1956-1960

42 items


Box 3 Folder 23

Schlitz Brewing Company (Brooklyn, NY), ca. 1954-1956

8 items


Box 3 Folder 24

Seaboard & Western Airlines (New York, NY), ca. 1960

20 items


Box 35 Folder 13

Seaforth, undated

3 items


Box 3 Folder 25

Seagram House (New York, NY), 1961

2 items


Box 3 Folder 26

Sears Roebuck & Co. (New York, NY), undated

21 items


Oversize 4 Folder 8

Sheraton Park Hotel (Washington DC), undated

7 items


Oversize 9 Folder 2

Sherman Sterling Wright Law Offices (New York, NY), undated

1 portfolio


Box 3 Folder 27

Shorefront High School (Brooklyn, NY), ca. 1965

13 items


Box 3 Folder 28

South Central Bell, (Birmingham, AL), undated

40 items


Box 3 Folder 29

Stamford Office Building (Stamford, CT), undated

14 items


Box 3 Folder 20

Standard Oil of Indiana (Indianapolis, IN), 1968

10 items


Box 4 Folder 1

State University of New York (Genesco, NY), undated

40 items


Oversize 10 Folder 2

Sun Life Insurance Company (New York, NY), undated

42 items


Box 35 Folder 8

Survey Slides of Fairfield and Norwalk, undated

23 items


Box 4 Folder 3

Sybron Tower (Rochester, NY), undated

4 items


Box 4 Folder 4

Tatlow - Abbott, Merkt, & Co., undated

44 items


Box 4 Folder 5

Technicon Science Center (Tarrytown, NY), undated

12 items


Oversize 10 Folder 3

Temple Emanuel Religious School (New York, NY), undated

30 items, 1 portfolio


Oversize 6 Folder 2

The Hecht Company (Arlington, VA), undated

3 items


Box 4 Folder 6

Transportation Facilities - Kahn & Jacobs Presentation, undated

227 items


Oversize 9 Folder 3

Travelers Insurance Company (Boston, MA), 1959

26 items, 1 portfolio


Box 4 Folder 8

U.S. Mission to the United Nations (New York, NY), 1961

8 items


Oversize 24 Folder 1

Unidentified Projects - Building Models and Plans

34 items


Box 35 Folder 3

Unidentified Projects - Built

63 Items


Box 4 Folder 7

United States Air Force Academy Cemetery (Colorado Springs, CO), undated

31 items


Oversize 9 Folder 4

United States Customs Court and Federal Office Building (New York, NY), undated

60 items


Oversize 11 Folder 1

University Tower (New Haven, CT), undated

8 items


Box 4 Folder 9

Vendo (Kansas City, MO), undated

6 items


Box 4 Folder 10

Water Street Project - Seaport (New York, NY), undated

6 items


Box 4 Folder 11

Westchester Day School (Mamaroneck, NY), undated

19 items


Oversize 10 Folder 4

Western Union (Upper Saddle River, NJ), undated

90 items


Box 4 Folder 12

White Plains Office Building (White Plains, NY), undated

30 items


Oversize 11 Folder 2

White Weld & Company (New Haven, CT), undated

13 items, 1 portfolio


Box 35 Folder 11

Worthington Corporation, undated

1 item


Oversize 12 Folder 2

Youth Houses - Shelter for Delinquent Boys (Bronx, NY), ca. 1957-1961

47 items, 1 portfolio

Series III: Correspondence

Because the line between Jacobs' personal and professional life was often blurred, all correspondence-both professional and personal-has been organized into one series. Substantial materials from a particular project or event have been organized around that project or event name while more general correspondence has been organized alphabetically by the last name (or when no last name is provided by the first letter of the first name) of the correspondent.


Box 21 Folder 4

Activism, 1980-1981


Box 21 Folder 5 to 7

AIA and Architecture League of New York [3 folders], 1953-1971


Box 21 Folder 8

AIA Convention NYC, 1967


Box 21 Folder 9 to 10

Amherst [2 folders], 1967-1970


Box 21 Folder 11

Apartment (Personal), 1967-1981


Box 22 Folder 1

Applications, 1966-1968


Box 22 Folder 2

Architect's Emergency Committee


Box 22 Folder 3

Architectural Associations Quarterly


Box 22 Folder 4 to 5

Architectural League [2 folders], 1967-8


Box 22 Folder 6

Architectural League Minutes, 1967


Box 22 Folder 7

Attended Events, 1969


Box 22 Folder 8

Autobiography


Box 22 Folder 9

Awards and Accolades


Box 23 Folder 8

B.R.I., 1968


Box 23 Folder 3 to 6

Boy Scouts of America [4 folders], 1967-8, 1971, 1973


Box 22 Folder 10 to 11

Boy Scouts, Construction Lunch-o-Ree [2 folders], 1968-9


Box 23 Folder 1 to 2

Boy Scouts, Construction Lunch-o-Ree [2 folders], 1970, 1973


Box 23 Folder 7

Brandeis University Campaign, 1968


Box 23 Folder 9

Charities, Community Involvement, and Organizations, 1977-1981


Box 23 Folder 10

Committee on the Atlantic Salmon Emergency


Box 23 Folder 11

Communications Award Dinner, 1979


Box 23 Folder 12

Contribution Queens to Partners, 1969


Box 23 Folder 13

Contributions Made, 1967


Box 24 Folder 1, 3 to 4

Contributions No [3 folders], 1968, 1971, 1973


Box 24 Folder 2, 5 to 9

Contributions Yes [6 folders], 1968-70, 1972-4


Box 24 Folder 10

Cozumel, Mexico, 1971


Box 24 Folder 11

Defense Orientation Conference, 1967


Box 24 Folder 12

Duchess Valley Rod and Gun Club, 1982-1985


Box 25 Folder 1

Executive Committee, 1967


Box 25 Folder 2

Executive Meeting, 1968


Box 25 Folder 3

Federation of Jewish Philanthropies


Box 25 Folder 4

Fifth Avenue Association Awards


Box 25 Folder 5

FMC Corporation, 1971-1973


Box 27 Folder 2

Hospital Thank You Letters, 1968


Box 25 Folder 6

Indiana Bell Telephone, ca. 1972-1978


Box 25 Folder 7 to 10

Inter-Office Communications [4 folders], 1973-6


Box 26 Folder 1 to 3

Inter-Office Communications [3 folders], 1977, 1979-82


Box 26 Folder 5

Invitations, 1968


Box 26 Folder 4, 6 to 7

Invitations No [3 folders], 1967, 1969-70


Box 26 Folder 8 to 10

Invitations Yes [3 folders], 1969-70


Box 27 Folder 1

Invitations Yes, 1974


Box 29 Folder 3 to 5

Jacobs Family [3 folders], 1967-1969, 1972-3


Box 29 Folder 6

Joint Distribution Committee, 1967-1968


Box 27 Folder 7

Kahn & Jacobs, 1970


Box 27 Folder 10

Kahn & Jacobs - Publicity, PR, et cetera, 1971


Box 28 Folder 1

Kahn & Jacobs - Publicity, PR, et cetera, 1972


Box 27 Folder 4 to 5

Kahn & Jacobs Designs [2 folders], 1971-1974


Box 27 Folder 6

Kahn & Jacobs Designs Miscellaneous, 1969-1970


Box 27 Folder 8

Kahn & Jacobs Magazines, RAJ Personal


Box 27 Folder 3, 9

Kahn & Jacobs Miscellaneous [2 folders], 1971-1972


Box 28 Folder 2 to 5

Lighthouse New York Association for the Blind [4 folders], ca. 1960, 1967-1968, 1970


Box 28 Folder 6

Lighthouse Solicitation Requests


Box 28 Folder 7 to 8

Lunches at Kahn & Jacobs [2 folders], 1969-1970


Box 28 Folder 9

Memberships, 1966-1967


Box 28 Folder 11

Minskoff, Irene Co, Mask Co Theater Investment


Box 28 Folder 10

Miscellaneous, 1967


Box 29 Folder 1 to 2

Miscellaneous [2 folders], 1968-1969


Box 17 Folder 1

Miscellaneous Correspondence "A"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 17 Folder 2

Miscellaneous Correspondence "B"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 17 Folder 3

Miscellaneous Correspondence "C"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 17 Folder 4

Miscellaneous Correspondence "D"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 17 Folder 5

Miscellaneous Correspondence "E"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 17 Folder 6

Miscellaneous Correspondence "F"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 18 Folder 1

Miscellaneous Correspondence "G"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 18 Folder 2

Miscellaneous Correspondence "H"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 18 Folder 3

Miscellaneous Correspondence "I"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 18 Folder 4

Miscellaneous Correspondence "J"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 18 Folder 5

Miscellaneous Correspondence "K"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 18 Folder 6

Miscellaneous Correspondence "L"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 18 Folder 7

Miscellaneous Correspondence "M"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 19 Folder 1

Miscellaneous Correspondence "N"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 19 Folder 2

Miscellaneous Correspondence "O"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 19 Folder 3

Miscellaneous Correspondence "P"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 19 Folder 4

Miscellaneous Correspondence "Q"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 19 Folder 5

Miscellaneous Correspondence "R"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 19 Folder 6

Miscellaneous Correspondence "S"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 19 Folder 7

Miscellaneous Correspondence "T"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 19 Folder 8

Miscellaneous Correspondence "U"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 20 Folder 1

Miscellaneous Correspondence "V"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 20 Folder 2

Miscellaneous Correspondence "W"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 20 Folder 3

Miscellaneous Correspondence "Y"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 20 Folder 4

Miscellaneous Correspondence "Z"

Organized by last name of correspondent where available and first letter of first name or firm name where no last name is available.


Box 29 Folder 7

Nassau - Exuma, 1967-1968


Box 29 Folder 8

Nassau - Exuma - Christmas, 1969


Box 29 Folder 9

National Jewish Hospital


Box 30 Folder 3

NCCR, 1967-1968


Box 30 Folder 4 to 5

New Business A-H [2 folders], 1967-1968


Box 30 Folder 6 to 7

New Business I-P [2 folders], 1967-1968


Box 30 Folder 8 to 9

New Business Q-Z [2 folders], 1967-1968


Box 31 Folder 2

New York Building Conference, 1968


Box 30 Folder 10

New York Building Congress


Box 31 Folder 1

New York Building Congress, 1967


Box 29 Folder 10 to 13

New York Telephone [4 folder], 1964-1974


Box 30 Folder 1

New York Telephone, 1972


Box 31 Folder 3 to 4

New York Times Article [2 folders], 1970-1971


Box 31 Folder 5

New York Times Second Article, 1970


Box 30 Folder 2

Office Space, 1968


Box 35 Folder 26

One Astor Plaza, 1972


Box 31 Folder 6

Personal Correspondence A-D, 1969


Box 31 Folder 7

Pez Maya - RAJ Yucatan, 1971


Box 31 Folder 8

Presentations and Luncheons Kahn & Jacobs, 1972


Box 31 Folder 9

President's Club, 1965-1967


Box 31 Folder 10

Private, 1972


Box 31 Folder 11

Proposed "Private" Sector Article Letter to Mayor Lindsay, 1972


Box 31 Folder 12

RA Jacobs Jr., 1972


Box 31 Folder 13

RAJ Thank-You Notes, 1968


Box 32 Folder 1, 3

Regional Plan Association [2 folders], 1967-1968


Box 32 Folder 2

Reservations, 1967


Box 35 Folder 22

Robert Allan Jacobs Greeting Cards


Box 32 Folder 4 to 6

Rowland Ward - Trophies [3 folders], 1969-1971


Box 32 Folder 11

Safari, 1972


Box 33 Folder 1 to 2, 8

Safari [3 folders], 1970, 1973-1974


Box 32 Folder 10

Safari - June, 1971


Box 33 Folder 3

Safari - Trophies, 1973


Box 32 Folder 7

Safari 1969 - Passports, Visas, Inoculations, 1969


Box 32 Folder 9

Safari Additional, 1970


Box 33 Folder 7

Sand Hill - JR Hollapple, 1972


Box 33 Folder 4 to 5

Sand Hill River Club [2 folders], 1972, undated


Box 33 Folder 8

Sand Hill River Salmon Club, 1971


Box 33 Folder 6, 9

Sand Hill Trip [2 folders], 1970-1971


Box 33 Folder 10

Scout-o-Ree, 1969


Box 33 Folder 11

TG Flyfishers


Box 33 Folder 12

Travel and Entertainment Reports, 1967


Box 33 Folder 13

Trophies, 1972


Box 35 Folder 1

United Fund Solicitation by RAJ


Box 33 Folder 14

United Jewish Appeal


Box 35 Folder 2

WAA Ball, 1968

Series IV: Office Records

This series, organized around individual projects or general themes as appropriate, includes a broad range of materials, from Kahn & Jacobs firm publicity and presentations to appointment books and firm financial records, scrapbooks, personnel photographs, and awards.


Subseries 1: Appointment Books


Box 9

1961 Appointment Book, 1961


Box 9

1962 Appointment Book, 1962


Box 9

1963 Appointment Book, 1963


Box 9

1964 Appointment Book, 1964


Box 9

1965 Appointment Book, 1965


Box 9

1966 Appointment Book, 1966


Box 9

1967 Appointment Book, 1967


Box 9

1968 Appointment Book, 1968


Box 9

1969 Appointment Book, 1969


Box 9

1969 Diary, 1969


Box 9

1970 Appointment Book, 1970


Box 9

1970 Diary, 1970


Box 9

1971 Appointment Book, 1971


Box 9

1971 Diary, 1971


Box 9

1972 Appointment Book, 1972


Box 9

1972 Diary, 1972


Box 9

1973 Appointment Book, 1973


Box 9

1973 Diary, 1973


Box 9

1974 Appointment Book, 1974


Box 9

1975 Appointment Book [1 of 2], 1975


Box 9

1975 Appointment Book [2 of 2], 1975


Box 9

1976 Appointment Book [1 fo 2], 1976


Box 9

1976 Appointment Book [2 fo 2], 1976


Box 9

1977 Appointment Book [1 of 2], 1974


Box 9

1977 Appointment Book [2 of 2], 1977


Box 9

1977 Pocket Diary, 1977


Box 9

1978 Appointment Book, 1978


Box 9

1978 Pocket Diary, 1978


Box 9

1979 Appointment Book, 1979


Box 9

1980 Appointment Book [1 of 2], 1980


Box 9

1980 Appointment Book [2 of 2], 1980


Box 9

1980 Diary, 1980


Subseries 2: Firm Presentations


Oversize 14 Folder 1

1095 Avenue of the Americas (New York, NY), undated

2 items


Oversize 13 Folder 1

Baruch College (New York, NY), 1974

5 items


Box 7 Folder 2

Concept and Program - State Courts Facility (Juneau, AK), 1972

1 item


Box 8 Folder 2

Corporate Headquarters Qualifications to Union Carbide Corporation, undated

1 item


Box 7 Folder 4

Furnishings Program and Budget - National Service Center - General American Life Insurance Company (St. Louis, MO), 1975

1 item


Oversize 13 Folder 2

HOK Marketing Portfolio, undated

1 item


Box 7 Folder 3

Housing Projects, undated

1 item


Oversize 14 Folder 4

Little Bennett Regional Park Economic Feasibility Study, undated

1 item


Oversize 15 Folder 1

New York Correctional Facilities for Women (New York, NY), undated

2 items


Oversize 14 Folder 3

New York Hospital - Cornell University Medical College (New York, NY), undated

1 item


Box 7 Folder 5

Outline Specifications and Relevant Experience - Hyatt Regency (New York, NY), 1974

2 items


Oversize 14 Folder 2

Proposed New Belmont - New York Racing Association (Elmont, NY), undated

1 item


Portfolio C062l

Rheingold Pavilion (1964-1965 New York World's Fair) presentation portfolio

Large presentation portfolio with perspective sketches of various conceptual schemes.


Oversize 15 Folder 2

Stauffer Chemicals (Dobbs Ferry, NY), undated

2 items


Box 8 Folder 1

The Village of Lake Placid Proposal for Comprehensive Planning Services (Lake Placid, NY), 1974

1 item


Box 8 Folder 3

U.S. Government Architect-Engineer Questionnaire Standard Form 251, undated

1 item


Oversize 13 Folder 3

United States Air Force Academy Cemetery (Colorado Springs, CO), undated

1 item


Box 8 Folder 4 to 5

University and College Projects [2 folders], undated

12 item


Box 7 Folder 6

Untitled Presentation - Suburban Work and Buildings Involving Large Acreage, undated

13 items


Box 7 Folder 7

West Side Highway Management Planning Design (New York, NY), 1971

1 item


Box 7 Folder 1

Western Union Original and Revised Requirements (Upper Saddle River, NJ), undated

2 items


Oversize 16 Folder 1

Westfield State Farm (Bedford Hills, NY), undated

3 items


Oversize 15 Folder 3

Youth Houses - Shelter for Delinquent Boys (Bronx, NY), undated

1 item


Subseries 3: General Records


Box 5 Folder 1 to 4

"Kahn & Jacobs Architects" Marketing Portfolio [4 folders], undated


Box 16 Folder 5

"Robert A. Jacobs: An Architect's Career" by Lewis Mumford, 1994


Box 10 Folder 3

1961 Financial Statements, 1961


Box 10 Folder 2

1967 Financial Statements, 1967


Box 10 Folder 5

1967 Ledger, 1967


Box 11 Folder 4

3rd Interim Revision - 1967 - 1964 Master Plan for the City University of New York, 1967


Oversize 21

Advisory Committee of the High School of Art & Design Certificate of Membership, 1963


Box 35 Folder 24

Architectural League of New York Shows and Exhibitions Folder, ca. 1963-1964


Box 12 Folder 1

Architecture and the Arts Awards 1965 - Program, 1965

Carver Houses Plaza given an award


Box 10 Folder 4

Architecture League of New York Records, ca. 1962-1963


Box 11 Folder 3

Asphalt Green Booklets and Programs (Municipal Asphalt Plant - New York, NY), 1979-1984


Box 16 Folder 3

Awards and Certificates, 1953-1968

6 items


Oversize 21 Folder 3

Awards and Certificates, 1940s-1970s

5 items


Box 34 Folder 2

Awards and Certificates, 1940s-1970s

21 items


Box 34 Folder 1

Boy Scouts of America Appreciation Trophy, 1960


Box 34

Commerce and Industry Association of New York Membership Certificate, 1949


Box 4 Folder 21

Commercial Credit Corporation Executive Offices (New York, NY), undated

3 items


Box 20 Folder 4

Costs and Figures, 1950-1979


Box 16 Folder 6

Dissemination of Kahn & Jacobs Drawings, 1978


Box 36 Folder 1

Dissemination of Kahn & Jacobs Drawings, undated


Box 15 Folder 2

Early Kahn & Jacobs Scrapbook, ca. 1940s


Box 21 Folder 3

Event Programs, 1950-1980


Box 17 Folder 1

Federation of Jewish Philanthropies Appreciation Trophy, 1954


Box 34

Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York 1956 Distinguished Service Award, 1956


Box 34

Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York 1959-1960 Award of Honor, 1959


Box 34

Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York 1960 and 1963 Awards, 1960 & 1963


Box 34

Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York 1966 Award of Honor, 1966


Box 21 Folder 2

Firm History, Biography, and Client References


Box 34 Folder 1

Flushing Meadow Park Municipal Stadium Ground Breaking Ceremony Souvenir, 1961


Oversize 20

Framed New York Times Article, 1967


Oversize 20

High School of Industrial Arts Ely Jacques Kahn Appreciation Certificate, 1957


Box 12 Folder 4

HOK Publicity Portfolio, 1970s


Box 12 Folder 2

HOK Publicity Portfolio 12, 1970s


Oversize 21

Institutions Magazine First Award -- Mt. Sinai Hospital, 1953


Box 10 Folder 1

K&J Designs Inc. Records, ca. 1969

Includes financial statements, by-laws, board of directors meeting minutes, and other records from" K&J Designs, Inc.", a distinct entity within Kahn & Jacobs Architects


Box 14

Kahn & Jacobs Architects 25th Anniversary Guest Book, 1965


Oversize 21 Folder 2

Kahn & Jacobs Firm Portraits, undated


Box 9

Kahn & Jacobs Firm Stamps, undated

6 items


Box 6 Folder 1 to 2

Kahn & Jacobs Marketing Portfolios [2 folders[, undated


Box 6 Folder 3

Kahn & Jacobs Marketing Portfolios, undated


Oversize 16

Kahn & Jacobs Publicity Portfolio, 1969


Oversize 16

Kahn & Jacobs Publicity Portfolio, 1959-1967


Oversize 17

Kahn & Jacobs Publicity Portfolio, 1972


Oversize 17

Kahn & Jacobs Publicity Portfolio, 1973


Oversize 18

Kahn & Jacobs Publicity Portfolio, 1950


Box 13 Folder 1

Kahn & Jacobs Scrapbook, ca. 1940s


Box 13 Folder 2

Kahn & Jacobs Scrapbook, ca. 1940s


Oversize 18

Kahn & Jacobs Scrapbook, undated


Oversize 19

Kahn & Jacobs Scrapbook, ca. 1950


Oversize 19

Kahn & Jacobs Scrapbook, ca. 1950


Oversize 21

Kahn & Jacobs Scrapbook, ca. 1940s-1950s


Box 12 Folder 5

Kahn & Jacobs/HOK Marketing Portfolio, ca. 1970s


Box 12 Folder 3

Kahn & Jacobs/HOK Publicity Portfolio, 1970s


Oversize 1 Folder 5

Kahn & Jacobs Cartoon, 1968


Box 20 Folder 5

Kahn & Jacobs/H.O.K. Records, 1973


Box 4 Folder 20

Misc. Kahn & Jacobs Firm Presentations, undated

8 items


Box 4 Folder 19

Misc. Site Studies, 1950s - 1970s

144 items


Box 4 Folder 22

Philip Morris (New York, NY), 1957

4 items


Box 16 Folder 1

Photographs from Events and Parties, undated


Box 11 Folder 5

Proposed Concept for 1964 World's Fair Submitted by Kahn & Jacobs, Architects, and Graham Arrociates, 1961


Oversize 2 Folder 4

Prospectuses and Clippings from Completed Projects for Firm Publicity (Including New York Telephone, Connecticut Light and Power, and One Penn Plaza


Box 20 Folder 7 to 8

Public Relations and Publicity [2 folders], 1973-1974


Box 21 Folder 1

Public Relations and Publicity, 1976


Box 20 Folder 6

Public Relations and Publicity for New York Telephone, 1973


Box 16 Folder 7

Public Relations and Publicity, Misc. 1955-1970s, 1955-1979


Box 17 Folder 1

RAJ Desk Ornament, undated


Oversize 20

Robert Allan Jacobs New York State Architecture License, 1939


Oversize 21

Robert Allan Jacobs Scrapbook, ca. 1940s


Box 11 Folder 6

Shopping Center Showcase Marketing Portfolio, 1961


Oversize 21

State Insurance Fund Appreciation Plaque, 1964


Box 34

The Times Union Democrat and Chronicle 1969 Better Rochester Building Program Special Commendation for New Construction, 1969


Box 17 Folder 1

Topping Out The Traveler's Exhibit Building at the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair, 1963


Box 34

Western Union Telegraph Company New Good Neighbor Award 1973, 1973

Series V: Personal

This series includes material that correspond more directly to Jacobs' personal rather than professional life. Included are books and monographs found in Jacobs' office, school yearbooks, a portfolio of watercolors, diplomas, journals, and military ephemera. The series includes photographs of a more personal nature found within the collection. Included within the series are studio portraits-both of Robert Allan Jacobs himself and of his family-and more informal snapshots, especially from Jacobs' vacations and hunting expeditions.


Subseries 1: Papers


Box 35 Folder 25

Amherst College Honorary Degree Ceremony Program


Oversize 17 Folder 1

Amherst Diploma


Box 35 Folder 23

Angler's Club of New York, 1983


Oversize 20

Columbia Diploma, 1935


Box 16 Folder 4

Military/JCOC, 1956


Oversize 24 Folder 3

Painting of a Parisian Street Scene, undated

1 item


Box 16 Folder 2

Robert Allan Jacobs Fishing Journal, 1966


Box 15 Folder 3

Robert Allan Jacobs Shooting Diary, 1970s


Oversize 17

Robert Allan Jacobs Watercolor Portfolio, 1955


Box 10 Folder 7

"Japanese Flower Arrangement: An Illustrated Handbook" by Haruko Obata, 1953


Box 10 Folder 6

"The Sad Saga of a Salmon Slayer" by Herman Cone, undated


Box 11 Folder 1

1921 Choate School Yearbook, 1921

Jacobs listed on Page 182


Box 11 Folder 2

1922 & 1923 Horace Mann Yearbooks, 1922-1923


Subseries 2: Photographs


Oversize 21 Folder 1

Framed Jacobs Family Portraits, 1909


Box 13 Folder 4

Personal & Family Photographs, undated


Oversize 21 Folder 1

Portraits of Robert Allan Jacobs, undated


Box 14 Folder 1

Robert Allan Jacobs Childhood Photo Albums, ca. 1910s


Box 15 Folder 1

Robert Allan Jacobs Childhood Photo Albums, ca. 1910s & 1920s


Box 14

Robert Allan Jacobs JCOC Album, undated


Box 13 Folder 3

Vacation Snapshots, undated

Series VI: Harry Allan Jacobs

This series contains papers of Robert Allan Jacob's father Harry Allan Jacobs. The papers include clippings, ephemera, scrapbooks, firm ledger, portrait, and a play script.


Box 37 Folder 5

Clippings and Ephemera, 1931


Box 37 Folder 2 to 3

Columbia School of Mines Notebook, ca. 1890s

3 items


Box 37 Folder 4

Firm Ledger, ca. 1900s-1930s


Box 35 Folder 26

Play Script, "Daddy's Eugenic Baby - A Farce in Three Acts", undated


Box 37 Folder 1

Portrait


Oversize 25

Scrapbook

Includes prospectuses for completed Buildings


Oversize 25

Scrapbook


Oversize 26

Scrapbook


Oversize 25

The Beaux-Arts Boys on the Boulevards, ca. 1931

Series VII: Time-based Media


Box 36

Audio recordings, unknown, circa 1960s, 18 items; Fidelipac cartridges


Box 36

Audio recording, "Excerpt - Dorothy + Dick - WOR, NY", Sept. 14, 1961, 1 open reel audiotapes



Box 36

Audio recordings, "Kahn & Jacobs Narration Track", ca. 1960s, 3 open reel audiotapes