Serge Chermayeff architectural records and papers, 1909-1980

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Series XI: Faculty Papers, Yale University


Subseries 1: Administrative and Faculty Committees



Box 37 Folder 10 Yale University News Bureau, press release announcing Serge Chermayeff's appointment in School of Art and Architecture., 1962 Jan 23

2 pages. Mimeograph



Box 37 Folder 11 "Annual Spring Convocation, Yale Arts Association, Alumni and Friends of the School of Art and Architecture," program announcement., circa 1962 Apr

1 item. Printed paper



Box 37 Folder 12 Unidentified report or memorandum, preliminary notes., circa 1962-1969

3 pages. Ink on paper; Regards curriculum and educational philosophy.



Box 37 Folder 13 "Urban Studies Conference, April 29 attendance," memorandum to Chermayeff from Barbara Mueller., 1965 Sep 28

1 page. Typescript



Box 37 Folder 14 "Report.", 1966 Feb

3 pages. Typescript carbon; Regards work in the Master Class.



Box 37 Folder 15 Advanced Studies in Urban Environments, contract proposal., 1966 May 12

5 pages. Photocopy



Box 37 Folder 16 Advanced Studies in Urban Environments, "Yale University Comptroller's Office, Initiation of Grant or Contract.", 1966 Jul 22

1 page. Typed form



Box 37 Folder 17 "Tele. Nos.", circa 1967-1969

1 page. Ink on paper, with annotations; List of students in unidentified course.



Box 37 Folder 18 Memorandum to Members of the Faculty of the Department of Architecture from Sara Stewart., 1967 Jun 06

1 page. Thermocopy, with annotations; Notes SC's lectures, publications, honors, etc., for 1966-1967 annual report.



Box 37 Folder 19 "Registration - MED - 68-69.", 1968

2 pages. Reprograph



Box 37 Folder 20 Memorandum from Merrill Pasco., 1968

1 page. Ink on paper; Regards choice of design studios for thesis



Box 37 Folder 21 Memorandum to Mr. Moore from Serge Chermayeff., 1968 Jan 09

2 pages. Thermocopy; Regarding letter by Barry Feiss (included).



Box 37 Folder 22 Governance Study documents., 1969 Aug 28-1968 Sep 15

11 pages. Photocopy; Memoranda and proposals regarding Governance Study of Yale University.



Box 37 Folder 23 "Yale University School of Art and Architecture 1968 / 1969.", 1969

1 item. Bound volume; Annual report.



Box 37 Folder 24 "Summary of the Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee.", 1969 Jul 09

5 pages. Photocopy; Includes appendix, "Assumptions and Goals."



Box 37 Folder 25 Memorandum to Serge Chermayeff from Steve Record., 1969 Aug 01

1 page. TL; References unknown committee papers (lacking).



Box 37 Folder 26 Memorandum from Kingman Brewster, Office of the President, Yale University., 1969 Oct 02

1 page. Photocopy; Expresses official position on protest of Vietnam War on October 15, 1969.



Box 37 Folder 27 Letter from Charles H. Taylor to John Wilkinson., 1969 Nov 04

2 pages. TLS photocopy; Regards suspension of students who remained in Wright Hall on November 3, 1969.



Box 37 Folder 28 Memorandum to John Wilkinson from John Embersits., 1969 Nov 05

8 pages. Photocopy; Regards "Student Activities in the Colia Williams Case."


Subseries 2: Course Materials



Box 37 Folder 29 "Yale University, Department of Architecture, Master's Class Design., Problem I - Preliminary Outline - Urban Consumer Goods Distribution.", 1962 Sep 20

2 pages. Photocopy



Box 37 Folder 30 "Master's Class, Fall Term 1963-1964," student enrollment list., 1963 Fall

1 page. Mimeograph, with annotations



Box 37 Folder 31 "Yale University, Department of Architecture, Programme Outline, Master's Class, Fall 1963.", 1963 Oct 16

4 pages. Photocopy



Box 37 Folder 32 "Yale University, Department of Architecture, Master's Class, Fall 1963, New Haven, 1980 - Town, Gown, and Growth!", 1963 Dec 09

3 pages. Photocopy, with annotations



Box 37 Folder 33 [Third Year Design, student assignments to Problem I committees.], 1964

1 page. Ink on paper



Box 37 Folder 34 [Third Year Design], "Basic Assumptions" diagram., circa 1964

1 page. Marker on paper; Moved from



Box 37 Folder 35 "Yale University, Department of Architecture, Third Year Design: 1964-1965, Schedule for First Problem.", 1964 Sep 17

1 page. Photocopy



Box 37 Folder 36 "Yale University, Department of Architecture, Third Year Design: 1964-1965, Problem I - Committee Reports.", 1964 Oct 18

2 pages. Photocopy, with annotations; One copy with annotations by SC.



Box 37 Folder 37 "SC / notes.", circa 1965

1 page. Ink on paper; Notes refer to urban planning issues, noted "Compendium of prel. Reports. (preliminary studies)."



Box 37 Folder 38 "Master's Class - Spring Term - 1964-65," list of students., 1965

1 page. Photocopy



Box 37 Folder 39 "Advanced Studies in Urban Design. A Proposal for a Research Grant to the Department of Architecture, Yale University., 1965

10 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Draft version.



Box 37 Folder 40 Williams, Richard. "New Haven Harbor Community Project - Critique Notes, Third Year Design - Yale University - Professor Serge Chermayeff.", 1965 Jan

2 pages. Photocopy



Box 37 Folder 41 "Yale University, Department of Architecture, Master's Class Work Calendar: Spring 1965.", 1965 Jan 27

1 page. Photocopy, with annotations



Box 37 Folder 42 [Master's Class Design], student group assignments., 1965 Feb 03

1 page. Typescript



Box 37 Folder 43 "Urban Environment Studies. A Proposal for Yale University.", 1965 Feb 11

3 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations.



Box 37 Folder 44 "Yale University, Department of Architecture, Master's Class Design: Spring 1965, Study Groups for Planning Phase.", 1965 Feb 15

1 page. Photocopy



Box 37 Folder 45 "Master's Class Design, 1964-1965, New Haven Arena Stadium Complex.", 1965 Feb 17

11 pages. Photocopy, with annotations



Box 37 Folder 46 "Yale University, Department of Architecture, Master's Class Design: 1964-1965.", 1965 Apr 10

3 pages. Photocopy



Box 37 Folder 47 "Yale University, Department of Architecture, Master's Class Design: Spring 1965, Stadium Complex Mechanical Analysis - Mr. Altieri, April 1965.", 1965 Apr

2 pages. Photocopy



Box 37 Folder 48 [Master's Class Design], "Invited for Final.", circa 1965 May

1 page. Ink on paper



Box 37 Folder 49 Memorandum to Gorm Hansen from Serge Chermayeff, "1965 Spring Term Master's Class Projects.", 1965 Oct 25

1 page. Typed paper, with annotations; With separate index card.



Box 44 Folder 09 Linear City, diagrams., 1965

4 items. Silver gelatin prints; Photostat



Box 37 Folder 50 "Advanced Studies in Urban Environments. Proposal for an Integrated Post-Graduate Course of Study at the School of Art and Architecture.", 1966 Mar 15

11 pages. Mimeograph



Box 37 Folder 51 "Advanced Studies in Urban Design. Proposals for New Courses in the Department of Architecture, Yale.", 1966 Mar

8 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations, and typescript; Typescript carbon noted "Retyped 3/7/66, except for p.8 which is part of present master.



Box 37 Folder 52 "Yale University. Department of Architecture. Master's Class: Fall-Term 1966," required reading list., 1966 Sep 19

1 page. Mimeograph



Box 37 Folder 53 Applications to Serge Chermayeff's Third Year Design Seminar, Fall Term 1967.", 1967 Fall

3 items. Applicants are: Callaway, Richard J. Solomon, and P. Witter.



Box 37 Folder 54 Silliman Memorial Lectures 1967. J. Bronowski, "The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination," reading list., 1967

1 page. Photocopy, with annotations



Box 37 Folder 55 "Urban and Regional Design, Environmental Design Program, Masters 67/8 application.", 1967

1 page. Ink on paper; List of students. Additional notes on verso.



Box 37 Folder 56 "Arch. 131. Advanced Design Studio," student list., circa 1967-1969

1 page. Typescript



Box 37 Folder 57 "Programmatic Analysis in Architecture" and "Programming Analysis in Architecture," proposed course outlines., circa 1968-1969

3 items. Photocopies, with annotations; With note of responses by Chermayeff.



Box 37 Folder 58 "Proposal--A Competition for a Design Plan For The Business District, Orleans, Mass.", circa 1967-1969

2 pages. Photocopy, with annotations; Noted "Thesis" and "John Fowler; SC; MED."



Box 37 Folder 59 "Upper Class Design. Chermayeff, S.", circa 1967-1969

1 page. Photocopy, with annotations; List of students.



Box 37 Folder 60 "Urban Design Seminar - Sequence Mon 10. am.", circa 1967-1969

1 page. Ink on paper; Lists topics with associated students.



Box 37 Folder 61 Unidentified course, required reading list., circa 1969

1 page. Thermocopy, with annotations



Box 37 Folder 62 "Designing and Shaping the Human Environment: Designing in Human Terms.", 1970

6 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; Noted "Seminar. Yale (part of course by many) 1970."



Box 37 Folder 63 "Master's Class Design, Framework of Reference." course outline notes, corrected version., circa 1962-1969

4 pages. Photocopy and ink on paper, with annotations



Box 37 Folder 64 [Third Year Design?], "Guiding Principle.", circa 1962-1969

1 item. Typescript photocopy



Box 37 Folder 65 Unidentified notes and diagrams for unidentified course., circa 1962-1969

11 items. Holograph papers; Includes student work.


Subseries 3: Writings and Presentations



Box 38 Folder 01 "From the Other End of the Spectrum. Some Thoughts on the Architectural Condition." Talk given to Yale University, Alumni Day, May 1962., 1962 May

18 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Extensive annotations on covers of both copies.



Box 38 Folder 02 "Some Thoughts on the Architectural Condition." Talk given at Yale University, December 1963., 1963 Dec

9 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Noted on cover "Alternative version using slides."



Box 38 Folder 03 "Chermayeff Interview," transcript. Telecast by WGBH, Boston, March 18, 1966., 1966 Mar

2 pages. Typescript carbon



Box 38 Folder 04 "Collage of Concern, III.2. University Catalytic Courses, Environmental Design," preliminary diagrams., 1967

3 pages. Holograph and ink on thermofax; Draft of illustration for article.



Box 38 Folder 05 "Collage of Concern." Eye: Magazine of the Yale Arts Association , pp. 20-24., 1967

2 items. Bound volume; Volumes include original screenprint, "Number One", by Norman Ives, issued in edition of 5000.



Box 38 Folder 06 "Urban Commitments and a Theory of Design." Talk given to Department of City Planning, Yale University., 1968 Oct

9 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 38 Folder 07 "Urban Commitments." Novum Organum 3 , n.p., 1969 Jan 06

2 items. Printed paper, with annotations


Subseries 4: Projects



Box 40 Folder 11 New Haven, Connecticut, redevelopment plan., 1964

20 items. Gelatin silver prints; Black-and-white film negatives


Subseries 5: Students' Work



Box 38 Folder 08 Search for a New Urbanity: A Study by the Master's Class, Department of Architecture, Yale University, preliminary draft., circa 1962-1964

81 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Title pages apparently lacking. Noted on first page, "amended continuous [illegible] 63/4."



Box 38 Folder 09 Search for a New Urbanity: A Study by the Master's Class, Department of Architecture, Yale University. New Haven: Yale University., 1962 Fall

1 item. Book; Copy inscribed, "Marked Copy SC," and signed by Alexander Tzonis and Serge Chermayeff on flyleaf.



Drawer 308 Search for a New Urbanity: A Study by the Master's Class, illustrations., 1962

2 items. 2 copies of first image.



Box 38 Folder 10 Baggley, Richard. "Report on First Term Master's Class.", 1963

19 pages. Mixed media



Box 38 Folder 11 David, Theohavis [?]. "General and Specific Comment/Master's Class Fall Semester.", 1963

5 pages. Typescript, with ink



Box 38 Folder 12 Liacas, Walter. "Prototype Study - New Haven - Master's Class - Fall 1963.", 1963

3 pages. Typescript



Box 38 Folder 13 Nerrie, Robert A. "Performing Arts: part of a study by the master's class, Department of Architecture, Yale University.", 1963

10 pages. Ink on paper



Box 38 Folder 14 Chewis and Patel. "Yale Medical Centre Development.", circa 1963

5 pages. Typescript; Probably for Master's Class, Fall 1963.



Box 38 Folder 15 Beckford, Fisher, Henkles, Morlok. "Seminar IV: The Environment as a Structure of Communication.", circa 1963-1969

1 item. Bound volume



Box 38 Folder 16 [Third Year Design], Work, #1- #6.", 1964

6 pages. Photocopy



Box 38 Folder 17 "Third Year Design: 1964-1965, Problem I - Report of the Cultural Committee.", 1964

2 pages. Photocopy



Box 38 Folder 18 "Third Year Design: 1964-1965. Residential Sector for 50,000 - List of Services, Intra Core.", circa 1964

7 pages. Photocopy, with annotations



Box 38 Folder 19 "Third Year Design, 1964-1965, Problem I - Report of the Transportation Comm.", 1964

8 pages. Photocopy; Includes addenda and illustrations.



Box 38 Folder 20 "Yale University, Department of Architecture, Third Year Design: 1964-1965, An Urban Sector - Population 50,000, Committee Report on Education.", 1964 Oct

10 pages. Photocopy, with annotations; Noted "Report #2" Includes charts.



Box 39 Folder 01 "Yale University Department of Architecture, Master's Class in Architecture--Fall 1965, Yale University; Review January 25, 1966.", 1965 Dec 29

43 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; Includes appendices and mimeograph and black and white photographic illustrations. Second copy noted "Rewritten for SC proposal," by SC.



Box 39 Folder 02 Chermayeff, Serge, with Alexander Tzonis.Advanced Studies in Urban Environments: Toward an Urban Model. A Study by the Master Class in Architecture ., 1967

1 item. Bound volume



Box 39 Folder 03 Bennet, Edward and Stuart Wrede. "The City is a School.", circa 1967-1969

2 pages. Photocopy, with annotation; Report on seminar project.



Box 39 Folder 04 Buckley, D. [Unidentified written assignment.], circa 1968

4 pages. Photocopy, with annotations; For Chermayeff's Studio class.



Box 39 Folder 05 Guzman, Jamie. "A Greek Island in the Cyclades," assignment., circa 1968

6 pages. Photocopy, with annotations; For Chermayeff's Studio class.



Box 39 Folder 06 Mahaffey, Gary J. "The Chermayeff Seminar -- 1968.", 1968

8 pages. Photocopy, with annotations



Box 39 Folder 07 Marshall. [Unidentified written assignment.], circa 1968

6 pages. Photocopy, with annotations; For Chermayeff's Studio class.



Box 39 Folder 08 Mitchell, W., ed. "Synopsis of Conclusions and Record of Process. The Chermayeff Studio Autumn 1968-69.", 1968

1 item. Bound volume



Box 39 Folder 09 Mitchell, William. [Unidentified writing assignment.], circa 1968

9 pages. Photocopy, with annotations; For Chermayeff's Studio class.



Box 39 Folder 10 Nix, Lewis. "Comments on the Chermayeff Studio.", circa 1968

13 pages. Photocopy, with annotations



Box 39 Folder 11 Nix, Lewis. [Unidentified written assignment.", circa 1968

9 pages. Photocopy, with annotations; For Chermayeff's Studio class.



Box 39 Folder 12 Safe, C. [Unidentified writing assignment.], 1968 Fall

6 pages. Photocopy, with annotations; For Chermayeff's Seminar class.



Box 39 Folder 13 Shelstad, Merlin. "An Urban Yardstick," preliminary draft., 1968

5 pages. Holograph photocopy, with annotations; For Chermayeff's Studio class.



Box 39 Folder 14 Shelstad, Merlin. "An Urban Yardstick.", circa 1968

8 pages. Photocopy, with annotations; For Chermayeff's Studio class.



Box 39 Folder 15 Unidentified author. "Chermayeff Seminar, Fall 1968.", 1968

11 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations



Box 39 Folder 16 Ibel, Manfred, T.J. McHose, and Donald Michaelis. "Symbiosis: A Project for Yale.", 1969 Apr

1 item. Printed papers



Box 39 Folder 17 [Unidentified student. Charts and diagrams.], circa 1962-1969

20 items. Gelatin silver prints; Black-and-white film negative; For unidentified class.



Box 44 Folder 10 [Unidentified student. Diagrams.], circa 1962-1969

4 items. Ink on paper; For unidentified class.


Subseries 6: Reference Files



Box 39 Folder 18 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings., 1962 Jan

10 items. Newspaper; Announcing appointment of Serge Chermayeff at Yale.



Box 39 Folder 19 "Chermayeff Accepts Appointment at Yale."Architectural Record , p. 28., 1962 Mar

1 item. Printed paper; With cover memo from Emerson Goble.



Box 39 Folder 20 "Heckscher to Speak at Yale Forum." Town Crier , n.p., 1962 Apr 12

1 item. Newspaper; Also announces lecture by SC, "The Designer's Dilemma."



Box 40 Folder 12 Drogin, Marc. "Space for Improvement." The New Haven Register, Sunday Pictorial , p. 4., 1964 May 17

1 item. Newsprint



Box 39 Folder 21 "10-Day Sketch Problem: Houston-Galveston Metro Region Transit," Architecture 500, School of Architecture, Rice University., circa 1964

1 page. Typescript photocopy, with annotations



Box 39 Folder 22 "On the Cover." Princeton Alumni Weekly , cover, p. 5., 1965 Jan 19

1 item. Printed paper; Depicts SC giving critique to MFA candidate at Princeton.



Box 39 Folder 23 "Cooperative Arts: Last of Sunday Series to Include Bus Tour." The New Haven Register , p. 6., 1965 Mar 31

1 item. Newspaper; Includes photograph of Mrs. Howard S. Weaver, Mr. Charles Brewer, and Serge Chermayeff.



Box 39 Folder 24 [UCLA], "A Proposal for a Program of Graduate Study Leading to the Degree of Master of Architecture in Urban Design.", circa 1965-1966

16 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Manuscript notes "Dean Dudley referred to in SC proposal." Includes separate holograph note by SC.



Box 39 Folder 25 "Architecture, Urban Design, The Graduate Programs in Architecture and Urban Design, Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning, The University of California, Los Angeles.", circa 1966-1968

1 item. Photocopy, with annotations



Box 39 Folder 26 "The School of Architecture and Urban Planning, The University of California, Los Angeles, Announces A Graduate Program in Urban Design, Leading to a Degree of Master of Architecture in Urban Design.", 1966 Feb 01

15 pages. Typescript photocopy; Includes cover letter.



Box 39 Folder 27 Huxtable, Ada Louise. "Revamping of Architectural Education Being Pressed in Nation."New York Times , n.p., 1966 Feb 20

1 page. Photocopy, with annotations



Box 39 Folder 28 [UCLA], "U.D. 401, Fall 1966.", 1966 Oct 03

2 pages. Photocopy



Box 39 Folder 29 "University of California at Los Angeles, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, U.D. 401, Urban Design Studio I, Fall 1966. Form, Forces, and Functions in Santa Monica, FFF.SM.", 1966 Oct 03

11 pages. Typescript photocopy



Box 39 Folder 30 "School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles, Survey of Related Research Activities, U.D. 221 - Fall Quarter, 1966.", 1966 Fall

6 pages. Photocopy, with annotations



Box 39 Folder 31 "Group Two," incorporation announcement and invitation to participation., 1968

1 page. Photocopy



Box 39 Folder 32 Yale University. "A Proposal for the Creation of an Institute of Social Science.", 1968

1 item. Pamphlet, with annotations



Box 39 Folder 33 Vreeland, Thomas R. Untitled talk, given to the Southern California Chapter of the American Institute of Architects., 1969 Feb 11

9 pages. Photocopy



Box 39 Folder 34 "Architects Axe Bomb Shelter Course." The Yale Graduate Professional , pp. 1, 4., 1969 Apr 17

1 item. Printed paper



Box 39 Folder 35 Yale University News Bureau , news release., 1969 Jul 28

2 pages. Photocopy; Announces results of investigation into fire in Art and Architecture Building.



Box 39 Folder 36 "Alex Gordon. John Carter interviews the chairman of the Board of Architectural Education." RIBA Journal , pp. 428-429., 1969 Oct

1 item. Printed paper



Box 39 Folder 37 Perspecta 12: The Yale Architectural Journal ., 1969

1 item. Bound volume; Issue is dedicated to Serge Chermayeff upon his retirement from Yale University.



Box 39 Folder 38 Yale Alumni Magazine ., 1969 Jun

1 item. Bound journal



Box 39 Folder 39 Berkeley, Ellen Perry. "Mathematics at Yale."Architectural Forum , pp. 62-65., 1970 Jul-1970 Aug

1 item. Bound volume



Box 39 Folder 40 "Mathematics at Yale: Readers Respond," letters to the editor. Architectural Forum , pp. 64-66., 1970 Oct

1 item. Printed paper



Box 39 Folder 41 "Pulsa: Sound, Light and 7 Young Artists." New York Times , p. 10., 1970 Dec 24

1 item. Newspaper



Box 39 Folder 42 "The Yale Faculty Makes the Scene." New York Times Magazine , n.p., 1971 Feb 07

1 item. Newspaper



Box 40 Folder 13 Treaster, Joseph B. "Harbor Development Plan Outlined by New Haven." New York Times , sec. M, p. 62., 1971 Aug 19

1 item. Newsprint; Annotated by SC, "Project SC/students [19]64/5/6/7/8."



Box 39 Folder 43 Yale School of Architecture: 1977-1978 Retrospecta , with cover letter., 1979 Jan

1 item. Bound volume