Series III is related to Dunham's role as an educator, a role he held throughout the majority of his career. The series includes syllabi, lecture schedules, lecture notes, slides, exams and assignments, bound volumes of course readings, and student and faculty correspondence, the majority of which concern Bangladeshi students requesting advice and references for American universities and jobs. His work as a professor in New York, Bangladesh, and China is represented to varying degrees. His lecture notes for courses at Columbia and CCNY are included, but there is minimal student correspondence. Contrarily, his work in Bangladesh is expressed almost exclusively through student correspondence. Ironically, his shortest teaching position in Yunnan is the most exhaustive collection, including lecture notes, exams, student work, and student correspondence.
Beginning in 1962, Dunham left the Dhaka office of Louis Berger to teach at the newly formed East Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology (EPUET; now BUET) as a professor of architecture. The faculty of architecture was established with aid from Texas A&M, which provided syllabi, resources, and visiting professors. Dunham was a popular professor, attested to by the student correspondence present in Subseries 1, which also includes material related to the faculty's fiftieth anniversary.
After completing his masters in planning at Columbia University, Dunham began teaching courses at Columbia in planning and solar energy. He served as an adjunct professor from 1972-1985. Present in Subseries 2 are lecture notes, syllabi, exams, lecture posters, and correspondence related to his Columbia courses "Solar Energy and the Architect" and "Planning in Developing Nations." Also included are some secondary material published by the Graduate School of Architecture and Planning course bulletin and Magazine of Columbia University April 1982 issue in which Daniel Dunham's course on solar energy is featured in an article by Meg Lavigne. The correspondence related to the solar energy course is primarily with guest lecturers. There is also correspondence with Herbert C. Morse II regarding the use of a grant from the Leighton B. Morse and Daisy Irene Lutz Morse Memorial Fund that provided funding for the course and the purchase of relevant literature for the library.
From 1985 until his retirement, Dunham taught at the City College of New York, where his course on Tropical Architecture was particularly popular. Subseries 3 includes lecture notes, syllabi, assignments and other papers from his time teaching at CUNY. Also included in this series are papers related to his popular "dollar-a-day" assignment.
Subseries 4 documents Dunham's time in teaching in China. In 1987, Dunham was a visiting professor in Yunnan, China, where he taught architectural and planning history. His wife, Mary Frances Dunham, taught English, and their daughter, Katerine D. Dunham served as a teaching assistant. Present are both Daniel and Mary Frances's notes on students, rosters, student assignments, and correspondence to students after they left.
Finally, Subseries 5 includes cursory material on lecturers Dunham gave at other institutions, such as the South Asian Institute, the Asia Society, Carnegie Mellon, Hunter College, Barnard College, and Princeton University.
Box 2 Folder 13 Administrative Papers, 1965-1967,1988
Includes foundation plan for Faculty of Architecture and Planning, student rosters, correspondence related to Daniel Dunham's compensation, farewell address, photograph, and a 1988 well-wishes with former students' updated addresses and titles. Content is in English and Bengali. In 2019, Katherine Dunham donated a portion of her father's EPUET/BUET papers to the school's archives. (10 items)
Box 2 Folder 14 Student Correspondence, 1971-1995
Includes correspondence with former students requesting letters of recommendation and advice on universities, application processes, and jobs in America. (15 items)
Box 2 Folder 15 Fiftieth Anniversary International Seminar on Architecture: Education, Practice and Research, 2012
Includes ephemera from the seminar commemorating East Pakistan (Bangladesh) University of Engineering and Technology Faculty of Architecture and Planning's fiftieth anniversary. Print-out articles of presented papers by Mary Frances Dunham, Shaheen Choudhury Westcombe, and Rafique Islam relating to Daniel Dunham's contributions to the school, a print out slide presentation, an article by Nurur Rahman Khan on Louis Khan's work, the Vrooman Memorial Trust Fund establishment, and a CD-ROM of the events' itineraries and papers are included. (14 items)
Box 2 Folder 16 Solar Energy Course, Lecture Notes, 1979-1983
Includes handwritten and typed lecture notes and sketches of slides.
Box 2 Folder 17 Solar Energy Course, Syllabi, Exams, and Correspondence, 1979-1983
Includes syllabi, lecture schedule, student rosters, exams and assignments, and correspondence. The correspondence is primarily to guest lecturers. Correspondence with Herbert C. Morse II regarding the use of a grant from Leighton B. Morse and Daisy Irene Lutz Morse Memorial Fund that provided funding for the course and the purchase of relevant literature for the library. Includes course flyers and lecture posters. (58 items)
Box 2 Folder 18 Planning in Developing Nations Course, Syllabi and Lecture Notes, 1975-1985
Includes syllabi, lecture schedules, and lecture notes.
Box 2 Folder 19 Planning in Developing Nations Course, Reader, 1975
Bound volume of course readings. (1 item)
Box 3 Folder 1 Correspondence, 1974-1985
Includes primarily student correspondence related to applications, letters of recommendation, and jobs; as well as one correspondence between faculty related to course development and a letter appointing Daniel Dunham to Adjunct Professor. (22 items)
Box 3 Folder 2 Bibliographies, 1972-1975
Includes bibliographies, and annotated bibliographies, and reading lists, as well as two annotated bibliographies created by students. (23 items)
Box 3 Folder 3 Columbia Publications, 1982,1984-1986
Includes Graduate School of Architecture and Planning course bulletin and Magazine of Columbia University April 1982 issue in which Daniel Dunham's course on solar energy is featured in an article by Meg Lavigne. (3 items)
Box 3 Folder 4 Tropical Architecture Course, Syllabi and Rosters, 1986-1992
Includes syllabi for 1986 and 1988-1990 and 1992, and student rosters for 1986, 1987, 1989, and 1992; as well as accreditation questions. (20 items)
Box 3 Folder 5 Tropical Architecture Course, Lecture Notes, 1960,1986-1992
Includes lecture notes, general notes and articles, and notes from his time at the Architectural Association School of Tropical Architecture (1960) which he referenced in his lectures.
Box 3 Folder 6 Tropical Architecture Course, Lecture Notes 1986, 1986
Bound volume of lecture notes.
Box 3 Folder 7 Tropical Architecture Course, Housing and Population Notes, 1986-1992
Includes lectures notes on world population and housing. Some were in a binder with a tab marked unused.
Box 3 Folder 8 Tropical Architecture Course, Dollar-A-Day Assignment, 1986-1992
Includes assignment instructions, notes, and answers for Daniel Dunham's popular "dollar-a-day" assignment in which students were asked to live on basics.
Box 3 Folder 9 Tropical Architecture Course, Other Assignments, 1986-1992
Includes weekly assignments, midterms, and finals. Included is the postcard image Daniel Dunham had students describe as part of their exams.
Box 3 Folder 10 Correspondence and Course Proposal, 1986, 1989-1990
Includes student correspondence regarding letters of recommendation and a proposal for a course on Designing for the Tropics (4 items)
Box 3 Folder 11 Lecture Notes, 1987
Includes lecture presentations and notes taken during lectures.
Box 3 Folder 12 Course Readings, 1987
Includes scanned articles.
Box 3 Folder 13 Assignments and Student Work, 1987
Includes student rosters, assignments, and student reports and exams.
Box 3 Folder 14 Correspondence, 1987-1996
Includes correspondence related to post acceptance, travel preparation and coordination, and student correspondence, most of which is related to letters of recommendation and job requests.(25 items)
Box 3 Folder 15 Mary Frances Dunham English Course and Identification Card, 1987
Includes letters written by Mary Frances Dunham to her successor and Co-Chairman Professor Zhu Liangwen related to student performance in the English course she taught in conjunction with her husband's courses on urban planning. Includes Daniel Dunham's Identification card. (8 items)
Box 3 Folder 16 Visiting Lecturer, 1973-1981
Includes a bound volume of correspondence, article drafts, article clippings, notes, and sketches on guest lectures and workshops Daniel Dunham gave outside of his capacity as a professor. These include workshops for the New York State High School Teachers' Summer India Seminar at the South Asian Institute; lectures at: Carnegie Mellon on Bangladeshi housing, City College on Architecture outside the European Tradition, Hunter College on Planning and Developing Countries for Sigurd Grava, Barnard College on Muslim/Indian Architecture, and Princeton University on Housing and Planning in Bangladesh; as well as guest lectures at Columbia University's Oriental Studies department and a comparative urbanism class taught by Kenneth Jackson, for which Dunham spoke on Calcutta. Included are his notes for the International Training in Alternative Energy Technologies in Gainesville, Florida, and a tour Dunham gave to Indian ministers of New York City Housing Authority sites. Included is a draft of an essay on solar cooking. The volume is not organized chronologically or topically.
Box 3 Folder 17 Correspondence, General, 1973-1983
Includes correspondence related to letters of recommendation for peers and projects. One letter from R. N. Mukherjee requests Daniel Dunham serve as a thesis reader for a student in India. One letter from a Paul Quiterio discusses frustrations with academia and describes Daniel Dunham as the "foremost authority on developing Nations." (5 items)