Serge Chermayeff architectural records and papers, 1909-1980

Series IV: Professional Papers


Subseries 1: Writings and Presentations


Box 19 Folder 01 "The Evolution of Decorative Art." Talk at Exhibition of Modern Furnishings at Waring and Gillow (London, England)., 1928

13 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 02 "Modern Decoration." For unidentified publication., 1929

4 pages. Hectograph, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 03 Untitled. Talk given to Design and Industries Association., circa 1929-1930

4 pages. Typescript carbon,with holograph annotations


Box 19 Folder 04 "Artificial Light. A Few Remarks on Power, Position, and Use." Britannia and Eve ., circa 1930

5 pages. Carbon typescript


Box 19 Folder 05 "Brief Statement of the 20th Century Group Beliefs.", circa 1930

8 pages. Typescript, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 06 "Furniture and Decoration." For unidentified publication., circa 1930

10 pages. Typescript carbon,with holograph annotations


Box 19 Folder 07 "German Furniture." The Cabinet Maker ., 1930

2 pages. Typescript carbon


Box 19 Folder 08 "Harmony in the House." Decoration ., circa 1930

6 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 09 "Originality v Plagiarism or Alternatively Creating v Copying." For unidentified publication., circa 1930

2 pages. Typescript carbon, with holograph annotations


Box 19 Folder 10 "Private Lives - Private Lights." For unidentified publication., circa 1930

5 pages. Typescript carbon with holograph annotations


Box 19 Folder 11 "The Architect in the Modern World. Synopsis of Argument.", 1930s

21 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Noted on original folder "Compare with Architect World Today 1935."


Box 19 Folder 12 "Coventry City Guild." Talk given to Coventry City Guild, England, UK., circa 1930s

7 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 13 "Furniture lecture notes.", 1930s

1 item. Ink on paper


Box 19 Folder 14 "MARS Lecture, Slide Sequence.", 1930s

1 item. Ink on paper


Box 19 Folder 15 "A New Spirit and Idealism." The Architects Journal, pp. 619-620., 1931 Nov 04

2 pages. Photocopy


Box 19 Folder 16 "Negative Notes: Camera Jottings in Germany.", 1931

5 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Preliminary draft for "Film Shots in Germany with Notes on the Film," Architectural Review (November 1931), pp. 131-133.


Box 19 Folder 17 "Black Glass Reflections, or Fleet Street Reflections in Black Glass, or the New Lady of Fleet Street." [For Architectural Review ?], circa 1931-1932

5 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 18 "Design in Industry (2). Design in Decoration and Furniture." Broadcast on September 14, 1932., 1932 Sep 14

13 pages. Typescript, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 19 "Away with Snobbery, Sentiment and Stupidity."The Listener , pp. 393-395, 420., 1932 Sep 21

4 pages. Photocopy


Box 19 Folder 20 "Modern Furniture." Talk given at Victoria and Albert Museum (London, England)., 1932

12 pages. Typescript carbon,with holograph annotations


Box 19 Folder 21 "Design Demonstrated," draft. For Design for Today ., 1933

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 22 "Ideal Homes Exhibition." The Architects' Journal , p. 550., 1933 Apr 26

1 item. Photocopy


Box 19 Folder 23 "Design Demonstrated." Design for Today , n.p., 1933 Jul

1 item. Printed paper


Box 26 Folder 01 "A Grammar of Groundwork." Architectural Review , supplement, pp. 147-154., 1933 Oct

1 item. Printed paper


Box 19 Folder 24 "New Materials and New Methods." Talk for the Royal Institute of British Architects. Published inRoyal Institute of British Architects Journal , pp. 165-179., 1933 Dec 23

1 item. Photocopy


Box 19 Folder 25 "A Collection of Ideas." For Royal Institute of British Architects Journal ., 1933

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Preliminary draft for "Thoughts on Modern Architecture. A Review by Serge Chermayeff." Royal Institute of British Architects Journal (July 8, 1933), p. 689.


Box 19 Folder 26 "The Modern Approach to Architecture and Its Equipment." Lecture given to Yorkshire Society of Architects., 1933

17 pages. Typescript carbon with holograph annotations.


Box 19 Folder 27 "Planning the Home for Modern Living." Talk given at the "Exhibition of Contemporary Domestic Architecture in the West.", 1933

4 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; One copy includes five leaves of graphite and colored pencil sketch illustrations.


Box 19 Folder 28 "Unit Building." Talk give to Architecture Club (London, England)., 1933

11 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 29 "Underfoot." [For Architectural Review ?], circa 1933

15 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Includes list of selected photographs and captions.


Box 19 Folder 30 "Design and Industries Association Announcements." Design For To-Day , p. 398., 1934 Oct

1 item. Photocopy; Announces lecture by Serge Chermayeff, "Standardised Furniture and Fittings for Houses and Flats," on November 22.


Box 19 Folder 31 "Building in the 20th Century. Being an Introductory Essay and a Chronological Table by a Student of the Constructional Faculty of the E.U.S.R. in the Intermediary Examination, Spring 2035," draft., 1934

10 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Published as Chermayeff, Serge and J.M. Richards. "A Hundred Years Ahead: Forecasting the Coming Century." The Architects' Journal (January 10, 1935), pp. 79-86.


Box 19 Folder 32 "Noise Prevention in Building." [For Architectural Journal ?]., circa 1934

4 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 33 Chermayeff, Serge and J.M. Richards. "A Hundred Years Ahead: Forecasting the Coming Century."The Architects' Journal , pp. 79-86., 1935 Jan 10

10 items. Printed paper; With copies of critical reaction, letters to editor, etc.


Box 19 Folder 34 "Design for Selling." Talk at Publicity Club (London, England)., 1935 Jan 21

6 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 35 "Synopsis. Paper read at Marx House, February 3rd, 1935.", 1935 Feb 03

14 pages. Typescript


Box 19 Folder 36 "The Architect in Society." [was titled "The Architect and the World To-Day."] Talk given to Architects and Technicians Organization, Students Section, March 18, 1935., 1935 Mar

7 pages. Typescript, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 37 "The Future for Students." The Architects' Journal , p. 435., 1935 Mar 21

1 page. Photocopy; Excerpts of talk by Chermayeff, "The Architect and the World Today," given to Student Section of the Architects' and Technicians' Organization.


Box 19 Folder 38 "The Architect in Society." Talk given at Harrow School, July 9, 1935., 1935 Jul

7 pages. Typescript, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 39 Unidentified talk to unidentified school., circa 1935

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Text begins, "It is particularly interesting for me to have had the privilege of visiting your school." Presents opinions of the role of "industrial artists" and designers in industry and need for recognition by society.


Box 19 Folder 40 Book on Color . London: Nobel Chemical Finishers., 1936 Jan

1 item. Printed paper; Includes examples of Chermayeff's architectural designs from circa 1932-1936.


Box 19 Folder 41 "Manchester Society of Architects. 'The Architect's Duty to the Modern World.'" The Builder , p. 205, 1936 Jan 24

1 item. Photocopy; Reviews lecture by Serge Chermayeff given on January 8.


Box 19 Folder 42 "Architecture of the Sea." For Architectural Review., 1936 Jul

17 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Published as Peter Maitland (pseud.), "Leisure at the Seaside: IV. The Architect." The Architectural Review(July 1936), pp. 18-28.


Box 26 Folder 02 Maitland, Peter (Chermayeff, pseud.) "Leisure at the Seaside: IV. The Architect." Architectural Review , pp. 18-28., 1936 Jul

1 item. Printed paper; Some pages lacking.


Box 19 Folder 43 "The Modern House." Talk for television with John Gloag., 1936 Dec 11

18 pages. Typescript carbon; Transcript of conversation between John Gloag and Serge Chermayeff on BBC television. Verso of last page has extensive annotations by SC


Box 19 Folder 44 "Rebuilding England." Presentation for television broadcast on the BBC, April 8, 1937., 1937 Apr 08

6 pages. Typescript, with annotations and typescript carbon; Copy 2, verso of last page, contains sketches for building plan detail and plans of dining table and seating, also design notes.


Box 19 Folder 45 Untitled notes and draft manuscript for talk, possibly given to Board of Education at the Victoria and Albert Museum, July 1937., 1937 Jul

2 items. Ink on paper and typescript with annotations


Box 26 Folder 03 "Circulation : Design : Display : The Architect at the Exhibition." The Architectural Review , pp. 91-104., 1937 Sep

1 item. Printed paper


Box 19 Folder 47 "Art in Modern Architecture." Conversation between Chermayeff and Piper for television broadcast on BBC on January 27, 1937., 1937

5 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 48 "Reinforced Concrete," draft. For News Chronicle , p. 19., 1938 Mar

3 pages. Typescript with annotations


Box 19 Folder 49 "Reinforced Concrete." News Chronicle , p. 19., 1938 Mar 24

1 item. Newsprint


Box 19 Folder 50 "Government Employment of Architects in Connection with Rearmament and Defence," manuscript., 1938

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 51 "Synopsis of Lecture Given on 4th November, 1938, at the Edinburgh Architectural Association," draft., circa 1938-1939

6 pages. Typescript, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 52 "Contemporary Architecture. Synopsis of Lecture Given on 4th November, 1938, at the Edinburgh Architectural Association." Unidentified publication, pp. 21-24., circa 1938-1939

1 item. Printed paper


Box 19 Folder 53 "The Architect's Diary: L.C.C. School of Arts and Crafts, 'Modern Furniture and Its Application to the Modern Interior,' b. Serge Chermayeff. 7 pm."The Architects' Journal , p. 276., 1939 Feb 16

1 item. Photocopy


Box 19 Folder 54 "The Architect's Place and Purpose in Modern Society." Northern Architectural Students' Association Journal , pp. 21-22., 1939 Feb

1 item. Bound volume


Box 19 Folder 55 "Northern Architectural Students Association Congress 1939. A Symposium: Architecture, Science, Economics, and Society. 1. Serge Chermayeff, F.R.I.B.A.," transcript., 1939 Mar

5 pages. Typescript carbon; With newspaper article about conference.


Box 19 Folder 56 "The Reasons for this House designed by Himself at Uckfield, in Sussex." The Ideal Home , pp. 384-387., 1939 May

1 item. Printed paper; Page 387 is partial and additional pages may be lacking.


Box 19 Folder 57 "The Architectural Student - Training for What?"Architectural Association Journal , pp. 4-15., 1939 Jun

1 item. Bound journal, with annotations; Transcript of talk given to Architectural Association General Meeting on May 23, with discussion after.


Box 19 Folder 58 "Training for What?" Focus , pp. 96-101., 1939

1 item. Photocopy; Transcript of presentation and discussion before the General Meeting of the Architectural Association.


Box 19 Folder 59 "The Modern Approach to Furniture Design." Talk given at Art Workers' Guild (London, England)., 1939

15 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Document was originally dated 1929; note from Alan Powers (Hon. Librarian, Art Workers' Guild) notes that minutes of the Art Workers' Guild confirm that the talk was delivered in 1939.


Box 19 Folder 60 Plan for A.R.P. A Practical Policy for Air Raid Precautions . London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1939

1 item. Photocopy; Complete text.


Box 19 Folder 61 "Finsbury Borough Council A.R.P. Shelters: Report on suggested Signposting of Shelters.", 1939

6 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 62 "Luncheon Speech. " Talk given to Ontario Architectural Societies, March 11, 1940., 1940 Mar

8 pages. Typescript on paper, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 63 "Why Modern Architecture?" Broadcast talk for CBC, March 26, 1940., 1940 Mar 26

5 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Copies 2 and 3 are 4 pp. each.


Box 19 Folder 64 "Modern Science, Technique, Arts and a Living Architecture." Notes for talk given to Ontario Architectural Societies, March 13 and April 1, 1940., 1940 Mar

3 pages. Holograph on paper and typescript on paper, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 65 "Present Position in Architecture, or, Architectural Crisis." Talk at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, April 18, 1940., 1940 Apr

15 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 66 "Contemporary Society and a Living Architecture." For unidentified audience, May 1940., 1940 May

16 pages. Holograph on paper; Talk probably given on Canadian tour.


Box 19 Folder 67 "Crisis in Architecture." Talk given to Museum of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California, September 18, 1940., 1940 Sep

11 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 68 "Synopsis of Proposed Lecture or Series of Lectures; Examination of the Present Position of Architecture." For unidentified audience., circa 1940

2 pages. Typescript carbon


Box 19 Folder 69 "Architects and the A.R.P." Pencil Points , special supplement., 1940 Nov

1 item. Tearsheet


Box 19 Folder 70 "Implications of A.R.P." Pencil Points , pp. 489-490., 1941 Jul

1 item. Printed paper


Box 19 Folder 71 "A.R.P. and our Office of Civilian Defense." Pencil Points , pp. 591-593., 1941 Sep

1 item. Printed paper


Box 19 Folder 72 "A Reply." Pencil Points , p. 656., 1941 Oct

1 item. Printed paper; Responding to comments on "A.R.P. Office of Civilian Defense."


Box 19 Folder 73 "False Gods?" draft. For Task (November 1941). [1 of 2], circa 1941 10

9 pages. Ink on paper; Not published.


Box 19 Folder 74 "False Gods?" draft. For Task (November 1941). [2 of 2], circa 1941 10

6 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 75 Review, draft, of Civil Air Defense (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1941) by Lt. Col. Augustin M. Prentiss. For Pencil Points (December 1941)., circa 1941 Oct-1941 Nov

6 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 76 Review of Civil Air Defense (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1941) by Lt. Col. Augustin M. Prentiss. Pencil Points , p. 10., 1941 Dec

1 item. Printed paper


Box 19 Folder 77 "Is High Explosive the Greatest Danger?" Pencil Points , pp. 725-726., 1941 Nov

1 item. Printed paper


Box 19 Folder 78 "Textbooks and Actuality." Pencil Points , pp. 777-778., 1941 Dec

1 item. Printed paper


Box 19 Folder 79 "What About Beautiful Homes?" For unidentified publication., circa 1941

6 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 19 Folder 80 "Outline for Planning and Design Department in a Western University." Prepared for Stanford University., circa 1941-1943

2 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; One copy of manuscript noted "1942" by SC; one copy dated "Stanford 1941" by SC.; One copy gift 2005.002


Box 20 Folder 01 "San Francisco Blackout." Pencil Points , pp. 27-28., 1942 Jan

1 item. Printed paper


Box 20 Folder 02 "Modern Architecture in Palestine." Talk for unidentified audience, March 22, 1942., 1942 Mar 22

6 pages. Holograph on paper


Box 20 Folder 03 Untitled address. Talk given to Alumni Association, Columbia University, May 28, 1942., 1942 May

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 04 "Telesis," manuscript., 1942 Jun

5 pages. Holograph on paper


Box 20 Folder 05 "Telesis." Pencil Points , pp. 45-48., 1942 Jul

1 item. Printed paper


Box 20 Folder 06 "Architecture and Architectural Education in the West.", 1942

7 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 07 "A Summary of Report on Contemporary Planning, Architecture, Design, and Design Education.", 1942

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 08 "Report on Design and Design Education in the West.", 1942

7 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; One copy with notes interleaved.


Box 20 Folder 09 "Architectural Education in California. Confidential memorandum to the President, University of California, Berkeley.", 1942

8 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 10 "Urns or Urbanism?" First typescript draft for The New Pencil Points , pp. 72-76., circa 1942-1943

6 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Published as "Four viewpoints on architecture and planning. Planning: Urns or Urbanism?"


Box 20 Folder 11 "Urns or Urbanism?" Draft for The New Pencil Points, pp. 72-76., circa 1942-1943

7 pages. Holograph on paper; Published as "Four viewpoints on architecture and planning. Planning: Urns or Urbanism?"


Box 20 Folder 12 "Urns or Urbanism?" Second typescript draft forThe New Pencil Points , pp. 72-76., 1943

8 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Published as "Four viewpoints on architecture and planning. Planning: Urns or Urbanism?"


Box 20 Folder 13 "Four viewpoints on architecture and planning. Planning: Urns or Urbanism?" The New Pencil Points, pp. 72-76., 1943 Feb

1 item. Printed paper


Box 20 Folder 14 "Future Possibilities of Multiple Dwellings." in Paul Zucker, ed. New Architecture and City Planning . New York: Philosophical Library, pp. 278-289., 1944

1 item. Printed paper


Box 20 Folder 15 "Art and the Industrial Designer." Magazine of Art , pp. 50-53., 1945 Feb

1 item. Printed paper


Box 20 Folder 16 "Broadcast from Union College." Transcript of radio broadcast., 1945 Feb 25

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 17 "Mondrian of the Perfectionists." Art News , pp. 14-16., 1945 Mar 15-1945 Mar 31

1 item. Bound volume


Box 20 Folder 18 "Industry, Architecture, and Design," preliminary notes and draft. Talk given at University of Toronto, January 26, 1946., 1946 Jan

16 pages. Ink on paper, with clippings affixed.


Box 20 Folder 19 "Industry, Architecture, and Design." Transcript of talk given at University of Toronto, January 26, 1946., 1946 Jan

29 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 20 "Architecture, Painting and Sculpture." Talk given at symposium held at Hampton Institute., 1946 Jan

5 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 21 Young, Rod. "Accident or Design?" Unidentified newspaper, p. 10., 1946 Feb 02

1 item. Newsprint; Review of "Industry, Architecture and Design," address to University of Toronto, Canada, January 26, 1946.


Box 20 Folder 22 "Structure and the Esthetic Experience." Magazine of Art , pp. 190-194., 1946 May

1 item. Bound journal


Box 20 Folder 23 Review of an unidentified publication of the "American Abstract Artists.", 1947 Feb 10

3 pages. Photocopy


Box 20 Folder 24 Address to Western Arts Association., 1947 Apr 30

9 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Later published as "Cultural Delinquency and How to Prevent its Spread."


Box 20 Folder 25 Western Arts Association Bulletin , 1947 Convention Program, Cleveland, Ohio, 30 April to 3 May., 1947 Apr

1 item. Bound journal


Box 20 Folder 26 "Education for Modern Design," manuscript. ForCollege Art Journal (Spring 1947)., 1947 Spring

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Adapted from inaugural address by SC on February 4, 1947 as new director of the Institute of Design.


Box 20 Folder 27 "Education for Modern Design." College Art Journal, pp. 219-221., 1947 Spring

1 item. Photocopy; Address given at inauguration as new director at Institute of Design, February 4, 1947.


Box 26 Folder 15 "Cultural Delinquency and How to Prevent its Spread." California Arts and Architecture , pp. 28, 51-52., 1947 Aug

1 item. Printed paper; An address to the Western Arts Association, April 30, 1947.


Box 20 Folder 29 "Education for Planning: Memo for the establishment of a 'Physical Planning' course/seminar/school at Stanford University," draft manuscript., circa 1947

18 pages. Holograph on paper


Box 20 Folder 30 Unidentified book award or exhibition program, juror's notes., circa 1947-1951

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 31 "Project for a book: Education in Art and Design," draft., circa 1947-1951

2 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 32 "Safe at Home--or Are We?" Talk given to American Designers Institute, January 7, 1948., 1948 Jan

1 page. Mimeograph, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 33 "Naum Gabo." Magazine of Art , pp. 56-59., 1948 Feb

1 item. Bound journal


Box 20 Folder 34 "Social Responsibility and the Artist." Transcript of talk given to Minneapolis School of Art, June 3, 1948., 1948 Jun

9 pages. Typescript, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 35 ["The case of a unique building plan: the case study houses,"] introduction preliminary draft. For Contract Interiors (September 1948), pp. 96-119., 1948 Sep

2 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 36 ["The case of a unique building plan: the case study houses,"] introduction, final draft. ForContract Interiors (September 1948), pp. 96-119., 1948 Sep

1 page. Typescript carbon


Box 20 Folder 37 ["The case of a unique building plan: the case study houses,"] introduction. Contract Interiors , pp. 96-119., 1948 Sep

1 item. Bound journal; Partial journal only.


Box 20 Folder 38 "Painting Toward Architecture, Typical Comparative Material." Draft. Talk given at opening of exhibition at the Milwaukee Museum of Art, later published in California Arts and Architecture (June 1948)., 1948

1 page. Holograph on paper


Box 20 Folder 39 "Painting Toward Architecture." Talk given at opening of exhibition at the Milwaukee Museum of Art., 1948

7 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Review of The Miller Company Collection of Abstract Art.


Box 20 Folder 40 "Painting Toward Architecture." Talk given at opening of exhibition at the Milwaukee Museum of Art, later published in California Arts and Architecture (June 1948)., 1948

7 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Review of The Miller Company Collection of Abstract Art.


Box 20 Folder 41 Comments by Chermayeff After Judging 735 Entries to the Annual Exhibition of Design in Chicago Printing. Draft manuscript., 1948

2 pages. Typescript carbon


Box 20 Folder 42 Comments by Chermayeff After Judging 735 Entries to the Annual Exhibition of Design in Chicago Printing . Chicago: The Society of Typographic Arts, 1948., 1948

2 items. Booklet; One copy gift 2005.002.


Box 20 Folder 43 Address to Planning and Building Panel. Talk given to Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace, New York City, New York (March 25, 1949)., 1949 Mar 25

2 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; One copy gift, 2005.002


Box 20 Folder 44 "Are Our Houses Fit to Live In?" Announcement for talk to The Home Institute Club of Northwestern National Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 8, 1949., 1949 Mar

1 item. Printed paper


Box 20 Folder 45 "Are Our Houses Fit to Live In?" Draft transcript of talk given to The Home Institute Club of Northwestern National Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 8, 1949., 1949 Mar

38 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 46 "Are Our Houses Fit to Live In?" Transcript of talk given to The Home Institute Club of Northwestern National Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 8, 1949., 1949 Mar

17 pages. Typescript photocopy


Box 20 Folder 47 "Architecture--Anonymity and Autonomy." Talk given at Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University., 1949 Apr 11

20 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 48 "Design in the Elementary and Secondary School Art Program." Talk given at Iowa State University, May 1949., 1949 May

5 pages. Typescript, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 49 "Art and Design in the Elementary School Art Program." Talk given at Iowa State University, May 1949., 1949 May

8 pages. Typescript, with annotations


Box 20 Folder 50 "Exhibition of Designs by Will Burtin," introduction, exhibition catalog. Chicago: The Art Directors' Club of Chicago., circa 1949 Sep

3 pages. Photocopy


Box 20 Folder 51 "Fine Arts In General Education," panel discussion transcript. Talk given at the Midwestern College Art Conference, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, November 10-12, 1949., 1949 Nov

22 pages. Mimeograph


Box 20 Folder 52 "Architecture at the Institute of Design," draft. For Architecture d'Aujourd'Hui (February 1950)., circa 1949

6 pages. Typescript, with annotations


Box 21 Folder 01 "Serge Chermayeff, president of the Institute of Design, Chicago, will be one of the speakers at the initial meeting of the City Bond and Mortgage Company's Home Planning Forum." Kansas City's Weekly Journal of Society , p. 26., circa 1950 Feb

1 page. 1 page


Box 20 Folder 02 "Architecture at the Institute of Design."Architecture d'Aujourd'Hui , pp. 61-68., 1950 Feb

1item. Bound volume


Box 21 Folder 03 Bel Geddes, Norman, Arch Lautner, Edward C. Cole, Serge Chermayeff, Stanley McCandless. "Theater Planning: A Symposium." In Educational Theatre Journal , pp. 1-8., 1950 Mar

1 item. Bound volume


Box 21 Folder 04 Untitled address, transcript. Talk given to the American Institute of Graphics, "Fifty Books of the Year" dinner, New York, New York (April 4, 1950)., 1950 Apr

15 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Includes remarks by others.


Box 21 Folder 05 "The Social Aspects of Art." In Julian Harris, ed.The Humanities: An Appraisal . Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, pp. 140-142., 1950

1 item. Printed paper


Box 21 Folder 06 "Design Demonstrated," introduction. Furniture Forum , vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 5-6., 1951 Apr

2 items. Bound volume


Box 21 Folder 07 "The Technique of Architecture from an Educator's Point of View," excerpts. The Boston Society of Architects Record , n.p., 1951 Nov

1 item. Brochure; Excerpts and commentary on talk given October 1951 to BSA.


Box 21 Folder 08 "Education of Architects." Perspective , pp. 11-15., 1951

1 item. Bound volume


Box 21 Folder 09 "Symposium on Art Education." From unidentified publication., circa 1951-1952

1 item. Printed paper; Includes announcement of Serge Chermayeff's presentation "To What Kind of Architecture Are We Led by Our Socio-Economic Experiences?"


Box 21 Folder 10 "Corrected transcript of Professors Chermayeff's Remarks. The Gropius Symposium." Talk given at the Institute of Contemporary Art/ American Society of Arts and Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, January 31, 1952., 1952 Jan

4 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 21 Folder 11 Symposium transcript. Gropius Symposium, Institute of Contemporary Art/ American Society of Arts and Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, January 31, 1952., 1952 Jan 31

33 pages 33 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations


Box 21 Folder 12 Review of opening of "Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture," Mayo Galleries, Orleans, Massachusetts. Draft manuscript for The Cape Codder ., 1952 Jun 09

2 pages. Typescript carbon


Box 21 Folder 13 "An Art Review. Serge Chermayeff Seems to Prefer 57th Street on 57th Street." The Cape Codder , p. 6., 1952 Jun 12

1 item. Photocopy; Review of opening of Mayo Galleries, Orleans, Massachusetts.


Box 21 Folder 14 "Architect as Builder: Can He Play a Dual Role?"Architectural Record , p. 17, 1952 Dec

1 item. Printed paper; Quotes Chermayeff in report on panel session of North Central States A.I.A. Regional Conference, St. Paul, Minnesota, November 7-8, 1951.


Box 21 Folder 15 Summary of speech given by Chermayeff to Industrial Designers Institute., circa 1952-1962

2 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 21 Folder 16 Author unidentified. "National Symposium Held." Unidentified publication., circa 1952-1962

1 item. Printed paper photocopy; Summary report of first national symposium, "The Pivotal Forces," of Industrial Designers Institute.


Box 21 Folder 17 "Commencement Address." Given at Rhode Island School of Design, June 12, 1954., 1954 Jun

5 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; One copy gift 2005.002


Box 21 Folder 18 Commencement Address, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, June 12, 1954., 1954 Jun

5 items. Press clippings and admissions brochures from RISD.


Box 21 Folder 19 "The Responsibility of the Architect," abstract.Der Aufbau, Special Issue: USA-Europe ., 1955 Feb-1955 Mar

1 item. Printed paper


Box 21 Folder 20 "Artists Evening." The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Members' Bulletin , p. 3., 1955 Apr

1 item. Printed paper; Announces lecture by Chermayeff, "Art in an Industrial Society," on April 22, 1955.


Box 21 Folder 21 Untitled transcript of television presentation, probably for NBC "Home" show., circa 1956 Apr 10

9 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Discussion of chair design.


Box 21 Folder 22 "Design and Transition: Architecture and Planning Purpose Examined in the Light of Accelerating Events," transcript. Talk at Dartmouth College, Great Issues Course, April 22, 1957., 1957 Apr 22

36 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Corrected transcript. With separate note, "TRANSITION Some of this (it is a tape recording) -- is quite prophetic." includes transcript of question and answer sessions after lecture. Second copy lacking question and answer transcript.


Box 21 Folder 23 "Modes and Manners in Art." Talk given at Brooklyn College, May 20, 1957., 1957 May

9 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Includes introductory remarks by Harry Gideonse.


Box 21 Folder 24 "Education for Designers." Talk given to Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom, July 1957, 1957 Jul

8 pages. Typescript, with annotations


Box 21 Folder 25 Untitled. Talk given to Massachusetts Institute of Technology., 1957

12 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 21 Folder 26 "Harvard Teacher's Opinion Canada Virgin Ground for Industrial Design." The (Montreal) Gazette , p. 1., 1958 Apr 02

1 page. Newsprint


Box 21 Folder 27 Yur'echek, Gerald. "City Living New Trend, Expert Says." Montreal Star , p.1., 1958 Apr

1 page. Newsprint


Box 21 Folder 28 "Thin Concrete Shells." Talk at Conference on Thin Concrete Shells at Massachusetts Institute of Technology., [circa 1958]

5 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; One copy gift 2005.002


Box 21 Folder 29 "A History of Thin Concrete Shells." transcript. Talk at Conference on Thin Concrete Shells at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, pp. 2-4., circa 1958

1 item. Printed paper; From unidentified publication.


Box 21 Folder 30 "Chermayeff To Lecture On Campus." Unidentified (College Station, TX) newspaper, n.p., circa 1959 Mar

1 page. Newsprint


Box 21 Folder 31 "Scale, Shape, Mobility," announcement for lecture at Division of Architecture, Texas A&M University, March 17, 1959., 1959 Mar

1 item. Printed paper


Box 21 Folder 32 "Harvard Designer to Speak Here." The Battalion , p. 4., 1959 Mar 17

1 page. Photocopy


Box 21 Folder 33 "Scale, Shape, Mobility." Talk given at Texas A&M University, March 17, 1959., 1959 Mar

19 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Noted "unfinished" by SC.


Box 21 Folder 34 "Transportation as a Builder of Cities," preliminary transcript. Talk given to the Second Annual Spring Conference of the Organization of Cornell Planners, Cornell University, March 20-21, 1959., 1959 Mar

7 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; One copy noted "This copy was used for report!"


Box 21 Folder 35 "Transportation as a Builder of Cities," morning panel discussion, preliminary transcript. Panel at the Second Annual Spring Conference of the Organization of Cornell Planners, Cornell University, March 20-21, 1959., 1959 Mar

21 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Noted "Prof. Chermayeff - Friday morning discussion."


Box 21 Folder 36 "Transportation as a Builder of Cities," afternoon panel discussion, preliminary transcript. Panel at the Second Annual Spring Conference of the Organization of Cornell Planners, Cornell University, March 20-21, 1959., 1959 Mar 20

3 pages. Thermofax copy, with annotations


Box 21 Folder 37 "Transportation as a Builder of Cities," final transcript. Talk given to the Second Annual Spring Conference of the Organization of Cornell Planners, Cornell University, March 20-21, 1959., 1959 Mar

15 pages. Photocopy; Some pages lacking.


Box 21 Folder 38 "Planning for Urban Transportation." Proceedings of the Second Annual Spring Conference of the Organization of Cornell Planners, Cornell University, March 20-21, 1959., 1959 Mar

1 item. Bound volume


Box 21 Folder 39 "A Star is Sought." Architectural Forum , p. 174., 1959 Aug

1 item. Printed paper, with annotations; Quotes from Chermayeff's comments during radio broadcast for "Yale Reports.


Box 21 Folder 40 "The Shape of Quality," Architecture Plus no 2, pp. 16-23., 1959-1960

2 items. Booklet


Box 21 Folder 41 "The New Nomads." Saugatuck, Conn.: Eno Foundation for Highway Traffic Control, pp. 189-198. Reprinted from The Traffic Quarterly (April 1960)., 1960

1 item. Pamphlet; 1 copy gift, 2005.002


Box 21 Folder 42 "An Enquiry into Urban Organization.", 1960

9 pages. Typescript carbon


Box 21 Folder 43 "Let Us Not Make Shapes: Let Us Solve Problems." Talk given at "Four Great Makers and The Next Phase in Architecture. The House for the Modern Family: Urban Towers or Suburban Idylls?" program, Columbia University, April 1963., 1961 Apr

7 pages. Mimeograph; Noted "Columbia Uty symposium?" by SC. Includes press release and program for event.


Box 21 Folder 44 "The Automobile as an Object." For Canadian Design ., 1961

7 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Published in Canadian Art as "Design of the Automobile."


Box 21 Folder 45 "Design of the Automobile: The Automobile as Object." Canadian art , pp. 20-23, 1962 Jan-1962 Feb

1 item. Bound volume


Box 21 Folder 46 "Architects Stumble." Unidentified Miami newspaper, n.p., 1962 Feb

1 item. Newsprint; Review of Chermayeff's speech to American Institute of Architects South Florida chapter.


Box 21 Folder 47 "The Designer's Dilemma," Yale Reports, no. 255, transcript of radio broadcast on WTIC., 1962 May 20

6 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; Talk to the Art Convocation at the Yale Art School.


Box 21 Folder 48 "The Hub of the Matter." Review of The Turning Point of Building: Structure and Design (New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp., 1961) by Konrad Wachsmann. Progressive Architecture , pp. 196, 202, 208, 212., 1962 May

1 item. Printed paper


Box 22 Folder 01 Review of Architecture and the Aesthetics of Plenty(New York: Columbia University Press, 1961) by James Marston Fitch. Scientific American , pp. 183-187., 1962 May

1 item. Printed paper


Box 22 Folder 02 "Mobility and Urban Design." Program, School of Architecture, Columbia University, pp. 3-12., 1962 Spring

1 item. Bound volume; Cover noted "Harvard Urban Design Conference May 1958."; One copy gift, 2005.002


Box 22 Folder 03 "The Architect's Eye." Cooper Union Museum Chronicle , exhibition catalog., 1962 Sep

1 item. Booklet; Includes drawings by Serge Chermayeff, pp. 43-45.


Box 22 Folder 04 "The Designer's Dilemma." Edward J. Zagorski, ed. Serge Chermayeff, Heinz Von Foerster, Ralph Caplan, Sibyl Moholy-Nagy: A Panel Discussion . Chicago: Industrial Design Education Association., 1962

1 item. Booklet


Box 22 Folder 05 Review draft of Architecture and the Aesthetics of Plenty (New York: Columbia University Press, 1961) by James Marston Fitch. For Scientific American ., circa 1962

6 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 22 Folder 06 Review of Guide to Modern Architecture (London: The Architectural Forum, 1962) by Reyner Banham. For The Architectural Forum ., circa 1962

4 pages. Typescript, with annotations


Box 22 Folder 07 "In Search of a New Urbanity." Talk given at the Walker Art Center, April 1963., 1963 Apr

28 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; Noted "Corrected copy SC 8/9."


Box 22 Folder 08 "In Search of a New Urbanity." Talk given at the Walker Art Center, the Baltimore Museum of Fine Art, the University of Illinois, Chicago., 1963

18 pages. Mimeograph


Box 22 Folder 09 Untitled transcript. Radio interview, Minneapolis., 1963 Apr

6 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations


Box 22 Folder 10 Eyes West 1963: Creativity in a World of Increasing Conformity, program. Conference at the University of California Extension, Berkeley, in cooperation with the Art Directors and Artists Club of San Francisco., 1963 Sep

1 item. Printed paper; With extensive annotations by SC.


Box 22 Folder 11 "Where Does the Artists Go?" Notes for talk given to Eyes West 1963, "Creativity in a world of increasing conformity," September 1963., circa 1963 Sep

13 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Extensive annotations on cover.


Box 22 Folder 12 "A Dilemma of Our Time." Talk given to Eyes West 1963 conference., 1963 Sep

12 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Noted "Corrected by SC 2/11/64."; Two copies gift, 2005.002


Box 22 Folder 13 "Some Thoughts on the Architectural Condition," preliminary notes. Talk given to the Architectural Association, University of California, Berkeley, September 18, 1963., circa 1963 Sep

1 page. Ink on paper


Box 22 Folder 14 "Some Thoughts on the Architectural Condition." Talk given to the Architectural Association, University of California, Berkeley, September 18, 1963., 1963 Sep

9 pages. Typescript mimeograph, with annotations; Includes event program and notes.


Box 22 Folder 15 Chermayeff, Serge and Christopher Alexander. "Cities To Live In: The Disappearance of Nature."Current , pp. 58-63., 1963 Oct

1 item. Bound journal


Box 22 Folder 16 "From the Other End of the Spectrum: Some Thoughts on the Architectural Condition." Talk to American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter, and Yale University., 1963

10 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 22 Folder 17 "From the Other End of the Spectrum: Some Thoughts on the Architectural Condition." Yale Reports , no. 309., 1964 Jan 19

6 pages. Mimeograph; Transcript of broadcast on WTIC.


Box 22 Folder 18 "No Style - either Regional of International." Talk given to Pratt Institute School of Architecture, February 20, 1964., 1964 Feb

19 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Adaptation of "Some Thoughts on the Architectural Condition." Includes clippings and other notes interleaved with document.


Box 26 Folder 04 Williams and Williams, Ltd. Lecture tour., 1964 Apr

17 pages.


Box 22 Folder 19 "Chermayeff." Architectural Design , n.p., 1964 May

1 page. Thermofax copy


Box 22 Folder 20 "From the Other End of the Spectrum." Image 2 , University of Texas School of Architecture, pp. 18-23., 1964 May

1 item. Bound volume; One copy, gift 2005.002


Box 22 Folder 21 "Private Affluence and Public Squalor." Punch , pp. 880-883., 1964 Jun 17

1 item. Bound volume


Box 22 Folder 22 "Random Thoughts on the Architectural Condition." Talk given to AIA-ACSA Teachers Seminar, Cranbrook Academy, June 9, 1964., 1964 Jun

14 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; One copy noted "(Mostly if not exclusively historians.) SC." Second copy noted "incomplete."


Box 22 Folder 23 "The Architectural Condition." Architectural Association Journal , pp. 45-50., 1964 Jul-1964 Aug

2 items. Bound journal


Box 22 Folder 24 "Architecture and the Computer." Talk given at Architecture and the Computer Conference, Boston Architectural Center, December 1964., 1964 Dec

5 items. Typescript mimeograph, with annotations


Box 22 Folder 25 "Architecture and the Computer, transcript." Architecture and the Computer Conference Proceedings. Boston: Boston Architectural Center, December 1964, pp. 21-22., 1964 Dec

1 item. Bound journal


Box 22 Folder 26 "The Architect and the Future." Talk given to secondary school as part of Career Advising Seminar, 1964., 1964

4 pages. Typescript thermofax; Circumstances of talk noted by SC.


Box 22 Folder 27 "From the Other End of the Spectrum: Some Thoughts on the Architectural Condition." Talk to unidentified group., 1964

17 pages. Typescript photocopy; Probably a version of talk presented to University of Texas, School of Architecture.; One copy gift, 2005.002


Box 22 Folder 28 "Random Thoughts on the Architectural Condition," printer's proofs. Whiffen, Marcus, ed.The History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture: Papers from the 1964 AIA-ASCA Teacher Seminar . Washington, D.C.: The American Institute of Architects., 1964

1 item. Printed paper, with annotations


Box 22 Folder 29 "What Should Our Environmental Goals Be?" Talk given to the State of Connecticut 16th Annual Development Conference, [1964]., 1964

6 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Dated provided by SC.


Box 22 Folder 30 "Jury Discussion." Twelfth Annual Design Awards. Progressive Architecture , pp. 168-170., 1965 Jan

1 item. Printed paper; P/A Twelfth Annual Design Awards. Chermayeff was one of six jurors.


Box 22 Folder 31 "La Prosperidad Privida y la Desidia Publica."PROA: Urbanisme Arquitectura Industriel , pp. 30-34., 1965 Feb

1 item. Printed paper; Translation of "The Architectural Condition."


Box 22 Folder 32 "Abstracts: Foot-dragging?" Architectural and Engineering News , n.p., 1965 Mar

1 item. Printed paper


Box 22 Folder 33 "Planning Places." Proposal to the 20th Century Fund., 1965 Apr

7 pages. Mimeograph


Box 22 Folder 34 "A Dilemma of Our Times." BASIS I , pp. 7-10., 1965 Spring

1 item. Bound journal


Box 22 Folder 35 Untitled manuscript. Talk given at Louisiana State University [?], 1965., 1965

27 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Noted "LSU direct transcript unedited 1964?" by SC.


Box 22 Folder 36 Untitled manuscript. Possibly for NBC broadcast., circa 1965

10 pages. Mimeograph; Noted "NBC broadcast" by SC. Regarding urban house design


Box 22 Folder 37 Untitled transcript, probably from radio or television broadcast., circa 1965

4 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Discusses problems of urban housing.


Box 23 Folder 01 "Technology and the City Matrix; The Cardio Vascular System of the City; Movement and the City Pattern." Talk at Engineering Foundation Research Conference 1966, University of California, Santa Barbara, August 24, 1966., 1966 Aug 24

8 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; One copy noted "Incomplete."


Box 23 Folder 02 "Technology and the City Matrix; The Cardio Vascular System of the City; Movement and the City Pattern." Talk at Conference of National Bureau of Standards, University of California, Santa Barbara, August 24, 1966., 1966 Aug

8 pages. Typescript


Box 23 Folder 03 "Technology and the City Matrix; The Cardio Vascular System of the City; Movement and the City Pattern," lecture summary report and notes., 1966 Aug

3 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 23 Folder 04 "Technology and the City Matrix," Engineering Foundation Research Conference 1966, University of California, Santa Barbara, participant list., 1966 Aug

2 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 23 Folder 05 "Technology and the City Matrix" Engineering Foundation Research Conference 1966, University of California, Santa Barbara, revised program., 1966 Aug

4 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 23 Folder 06 "Environmental Design and Adaptation to Change." Urban Exploration, proceedings of conference, Florida State University, October 28-29, 1966, pp. 1-7., 1966 Oct

1 item. Bound volume, with annotations; One copy retitled "In Search of Questions," by SC.


Box 23 Folder 07 "Architect Schedules Lecture For OU Focus on Fine Arts." Norman (Okla.) Transcript , p.3., 1967 Apr 18

1 page. Newsprint


Box 23 Folder 08 "Noted Architect to Talk." The Oklahoma Daily , p. 7., circa 1967 Apr

1 page. Newsprint


Box 23 Folder 09 "Design as Catalyst." Socio-Economic Planning Sciences I , pp. 63-69., 1967

1 item. Bound volume


Box 23 Folder 10 "Design as a Catalyst," transcript. Talk given at New York Academy of Science, 1967., circa 1967

9 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; Noted "Given extempore at New York Academy of Science 1967" and "Socio-Economic Panning [sic] Science," by SC


Box 23 Folder 11 Program for the Final Week Celebration of the University of Illinois Centennial Year, March 6-11, 1968., 1968 Mar

1 item. Bound volume; Contains program for "The Fate of the City" symposium, with SC as participant in panel discussion.


Box 23 Folder 12 "Design as Catalyst." Talk given at University of Illinois, Urbana, March 13, 1968., 1968 Mar

13 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; One copy has multiple excisions, presumably for reuse in other talks.; Partial copy is gift 2005.002.


Box 23 Folder 13 "Quattordicesima Triennale di Milano. International Meeting on the Greater Number. Reports and Contributions.", 1968

2 pages. Typescript photocopy


Box 23 Folder 14 "Formal and Structural Changes in Human Settlements." Talk intended (not delivered) for Triennale di Milano, 1968., 1968

32 pages. Mimeograph


Box 23 Folder 15 "Formal and Structural Changes in Human Settlements." Talk intended (not delivered) for Triennale di Milano, 1968., 1968

7 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; Includes annotated comments by Peter Chermayeff


Box 23 Folder 16 "Formal and Structural Changes in Human Settlements," summary of paper. Talk intended (not delivered) for Triennale di Milano, 1968., 1968

5 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Noted "Substance of Shape of Community" by SC.


Box 23 Folder 17 "Physical Mobility and Social Change," Yale Reports , no. 501., 1969 Feb 02

8 pages. Printed paper, with annotations; Transcript of radio broadcast on WTIC.


Box 23 Folder 18 Architecture of Human Environment." Talk give to Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, December 19, 1969., 1969 Dec

3 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations


Box 23 Folder 19 "No Simple Answers." Modulus 5 , pp. 4-14., 1969

1 item. Bound volume; One copy is gift, 2005.002.


Box 23 Folder 20 "Design of the Physical Environment in India: Professional Standards and Education. A Report to the JDR 3rd Fund, New York, from Professor Chermayeff.", 1970 Mar 31

27 pages. Typescript photocopy; One copy gift, 2005.002


Box 23 Folder 21 "Designing and Shaping the Human Environment: Designing in Human Terms." Talk given to Pennsylvania State University, November 17, 1970., 1970 Nov

7 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Includes holograph introduction.


Box 23 Folder 22 "The March out of Chaos Towards Community." Talk given to the Second World Congress of Engineers and Architects. Reprint in unidentified publication, pp. 283-287., circa 1970

1 item. Printed paper; One copy includes presentation card from the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel. Paper is noted as an extract from "Shape of Community."


Box 23 Folder 23 "Mobility and Tranquility," introduction, first draft., circa 1970

5 pages. Holograph thermofax and holograph on paper


Box 23 Folder 24 "Mobility and Tranquility," introduction, second draft., circa 1970

5 pages. Typescript, with annotations and typescript photocopy and Thermofax; One copy includes "Extract from Report by Students on a Study in Chermayeff Studio Fall 68/9."


Box 23 Folder 25 "Mobility and Tranquility," introduction, second draft., circa 1970

6 pages. Holograph on paper


Box 23 Folder 26 "Mobility and Tranquility," second draft, with paste-ups from "Shape of Community; Commitment and Priorities.", circa 1970

20 pages. Typescript photocopy, Thermofax, and photocopy with annotations


Box 23 Folder 27 "After the SST: A Look Ahead," letter to the editor. New York Times , n.p., 1971 Apr 15

1 page. Photocopy


Box 23 Folder 28 "Design as Catalyst (Architecture and All That)." Talk given to Australian Architectural Students Association, 1971., 1971 Apr 23

8 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; One copy noted by SC "Corrected [illegible] SC 4/21/71 AASA/71."


Box 23 Folder 29 "On Urbanization, Broad Frameworks and Commitment." Congress, Congress, Congress: "Printout," Report on Australian Architectural Students Association Convention [AASA], May 16-23,1971, n.p., 1971 May

1 item. Bound journal


Box 23 Folder 30 "The Consequences of Today," convention program. The Royal Australian Institute of Architects Centenary Convention, May 22-28, 1971., 1971 May

1 item. Bound volume


Box 23 Folder 31 "Design as Catalyst: The March out of Chaos Towards Community, preliminary draft." A.S. Hook Memorial Lecture, given to Royal Australian Institute of Architects Centenary Convention, May 24, 1971., 1971 May 23

9 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Noted by SC "Edited SC 5/23/1971 Sydney"


Box 23 Folder 32 "Design as Catalyst: The March out of Chaos Towards Community," later draft. A.S. Hook Memorial Lecture, given to Royal Australian Institute of Architects Centenary Convention, May 24, 1971., 1971 May

9 pages. Typescript photocopy,with annotations; Noted "unedited SC; later edited June 71." Verso of last page contains extensive notes.


Box 23 Folder 33 "Design as Catalyst: The March out of Chaos Towards Community," later draft. A.S. Hook Memorial Lecture, given to Royal Australian Institute of Architects Centenary Convention, May 24, 1971., 1971 May

9 pages. Typescript photocopy,with annotations; Noted "Edited again July 71."


Box 23 Folder 34 "Design as Catalyst." Talk given to Royal Australian Institute of Architects Centenary Convention, 1971., 1971

8 pages. Typescript with annotations


Box 23 Folder 35 "Design as Catalyst," draft manuscript based on previously published essay. A.S. Hook Memorial Lecture given Royal Australian Institute of Architects Centenary Convention, Sydney, Australia., circa 1971

5 pages. Printed paper, with annotations; Adapted from "The March out of Chaos Toward Community." Unidentified publications, Reg. No. 06, pp. 283-287.


Box 24 Folder 01 "Prof. Hits at Technology." Unidentified Australian newspaper, n.p., 1971 May

1 item. Newsprint; Report of A.S. Hook Memorial Lecture, given to Royal Australian Institute of Architects Centenary Convention, May 24, 1971.


Box 24 Folder 02 "Design as Catalyst," transcript. "The Consequences of Today." Architecture in Australia , supplement, pp. 630-637., 1971 Aug

1 item. Bound journal; Transcript of talk given as A.S. Hook Memorial Lecture to Australian Institute of Architects Centenary Convention, May 22, 1971.; One copy gift, 2005.002


Box 24 Folder 03 "The Shape of Humanism." Talk given to Australian Architectural Students Association [?]., 1971

7 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Noted by SC " AASA/71 Complete corrected copy SC." Reworked from "Designing in Human Terms," talk.


Box 24 Folder 04 "The Shape of Humanism," printer's proofs. Arts in Society VII , pp. 517-531., 1971

6 pages. Printed paper photocopy; Includes cover letter.


Box 24 Folder 05 "The Shape of Humanism." Arts in Society VII , pp. 517-531., 1971

1 item. Bound volume; One copy gift, 2005.002


Box 24 Folder 06 "Shape of Community." Transportation, Proceedings of the Fifth Boston Architectural Center Lecture Series, pp. 7-14., 1971

1 item. Bound volume


Box 24 Folder 07 Untitled manuscript, aka "[Doom Talk]." Talk given at Auburn University, January 18, 1972., 1972 Jan 18

15 pages. Typescript photocopy,with annotations


Box 24 Folder 08 "Shape of Community Revisited," notes. Talk given at Yale University, April 26, 1972., 1972

24 pages. Ink on paper


Box 24 Folder 09 "The Shape of Community Revisited," transcript. Talk given at Yale University, Spring 1972., 1972 May

39 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Includes note, "Dreadful Transcript"; with TLS letter expressing hope that "agonies caused by your move to Cape Cod have by now subsided."


Box 24 Folder 10 Gold Medal Acceptance speech, draft. Talk given to Royal Canadian Institute of Architects, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 1, 1973., 1973 May

6 pages. Ink on paper


Box 24 Folder 11 Gold Medal Acceptance speech, draft. Talk given to Royal Canadian Institute of Architects, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 1, 1973., 1973 May

5 pages. Typescript, with annotations


Box 24 Folder 12 Gold Medal Acceptance speech, manuscript. Talk given to Royal Canadian Institute of Architects, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 1, 1973., 1973 Jun 01

4 pages. Typescript thermofax, with annotations


Box 24 Folder 13 "Some Journeys in Search of Questions." Samuel Snow, ed. The Place of Planning . Auburn, Alabama: Auburn University Graduate School, pp. 55-64., 1973 Nov

1 item. Bound volume


Box 24 Folder 14 "Auburn Design Lecture Series." Auburn Design , pp. 56-57., 1973

1 item. Bound volume; Includes report of Chermayeff's lecture, "[Doom Talk]," at Auburn University, January 18, 1972.; Gift, 2005.002


Box 24 Folder 15 "Design of the Physical Environment in India: Professional Standards and Education. A Report to the JDR 3rd Fund, New York, from Professor Chermayeff," preliminary draft., circa 1973

1 item. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 24 Folder 16 [*Missing] "In Search of Questions," corrected second draft. Talk given at Tulane University, April 19, 1974., 1974 Apr

22 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Noted "Corrected third draft sent Tulane with seminary QA as footnotes for publication" by SC.; One copy gift 2005.002


Box 24 Folder 17 "In Search of Questions." Architecture: The John William Lawrence Memorial Lectures, The Tulane University School of Architecture. Talk given at Tulane University, April 19, 1974., circa 1974 Apr

1 item. Bound volume; 2 copies gift, 2005.002


Box 24 Folder 18 "Institutions, Priorities and Revolutions," preliminary draft. 12th Gropius lecture given at Harvard University, May 1, 1974., circa 1974 Apr

22 pages. Ink on paper; Includes additional pages of notes.


Box 24 Folder 19 "Institutions, Priorities and Revolutions," preliminary draft. 12th Gropius lecture given at Harvard University, May 1, 1974., circa 1974 Apr

30 pages. Typescript, with annotations


Box 24 Folder 20 "Institutions, Priorities and Revolutions," preliminary draft. 12th Gropius lecture given at Harvard University, May 1, 1974., circa 1974 Apr

29 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 24 Folder 21 "Institutions, Priorities and Revolutions," draft version "A". 12th Gropius lecture given at Harvard University, May 1, 1974., circa 1974 Apr

20 pages. Ink on paper; Pages 10 and 11 lacking.


Box 24 Folder 22 "Institutions, Priorities and Revolutions," draft version "B". 12th Gropius lecture given at Harvard University, May 1, 1974., circa 1974 Apr

25 pages. Typescript, with annotations


Box 24 Folder 23 "Institutions, Priorities and Revolutions," draft version "B". 12th Gropius lecture given at Harvard University, May 1, 1974., circa 1974 Apr

27 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 24 Folder 24 "Institutions, Priorities and Revolutions," draft version "B". 12th Gropius lecture given at Harvard University, May 1, 1974., circa 1974 Apr

25 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Pages 9 and 10 lacking.


Box 24 Folder 25 "Institutions, Priorities and Revolutions," draft version "C". 12th Gropius lecture given at Harvard University, May 1, 1974., circa 1974 Apr

28 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Box 24 Folder 26 "Institutions, Priorities and Revolutions," draft version "C". 12th Gropius lecture given at Harvard University, May 1, 1974., circa 1974 Apr

26 pages. Typescript thermofax, with annotations; Page 13 lacking.


Box 24 Folder 27 "Institutions, Priorities and Revolutions," loose pages. 12th Gropius lecture given at Harvard University, May 1, 1974., circa 1974 Apr

9 pages. Typescript, typescript thermofax, typescript photocopy, holograph thermofax, with annotations; Corrections and additions to unidentified versions of the draft manuscripts.


Box 26 Folder 05 "Gropius Lecture 1974 - Serge Chermayeff," announcement., circa 1974 Apr

1 item. Sepia diazo print


Box 24 Folder 28 "Institutions, Priorities and Revolutions," final draft. 12th Gropius lecture given at Harvard University, May 1, 1974., 1974 May 01

29 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Noted by SC, "Final corrected version as given 5/1/74. D."


Box 24 Folder 29 "Institutions, Priorities and Revolutions," preliminary draft. 12th Gropius lecture given at Harvard University, May 1, 1974., circa 1974 Apr

22 pages. Ink on paper; Includes additional pages of notes.


Box 25 Folder 01 "Institutions, Priorities, and Revolutions." Walter Gropius Lecture, talk at Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, May 1, 1974., 1974 May 01, 1 film reels; 1/2" Helical Scan open reel video tape


Box 25 Folder 02 "Serge Chermayeff Assesses Role of Urban Designers." The Harvard Gazette , pp. 1, 5., 1974 May 03

1 item. Photocopy; Review of "Institutions, Priorities and Revolutions" talk by SC.


Box 25 Folder 03 "May 1, 1974. Serge Chermayeff: a tree, a Picasso, and a very old man." HSGD News , pp. 1, 8., 1974 May

1 item. Newspaper; One copy, gift 2005.002


Box 25 Folder 04 "Institutions, priorities and revolutions," The Future Role of Professionals in the Built Environment, conference proceedings, pp. 9-23., circa 1974 May

2 items. Bound volume; Gift, 2005.002


Box 25 Folder 05 Untitled talk or writing, draft notes or manuscript., circa 1976-1978

18 pages. Ink on paper; Possibly for speech at Cornell University?


Box 25 Folder 06 "Values and Ethics in the Design and Planning Professions: Questions and Answers," later revision. Talk given at the School of Architecture and Environmental Design, State University of New York at Buffalo, November 7, 1977., 1977

17 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Includes page of holograph notes.


Box 25 Folder 07 "Values and Ethics in the Design and Planning Professions: Questions and Answers," later revision. Talk given at the School of Architecture and Environmental Design, State University of New York at Buffalo, November 7, 1977., circa 1977-1978

15 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Appears to be revised draft for other unidentified purpose.


Box 25 Folder 08 "Values and Ethics: The Continuity of Change."CRIT , no. 4, pp. 19-21., 1978 Fall

2 items. Bound volume


Box 25 Folder 09 "Continuities and Changes - Concerns and Commitments." Talk given at Ohio State University, February 3, 1980., 1980 Feb

24 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 25 Folder 10 "Continuity and Change, Concern and Commitment," draft. Talk given to International Design Conference, Aspen, Colorado, June 18, 1980., 1980 Jun

23 pages. Typescript, with holograph annotations


Box 25 Folder 11 "Continuity and Change, Concern and Commitment," draft. Talk given to International Design Conference, Aspen, Colorado, June 18, 1980., 1980 Jun

24 pages. Typescript photocopy, with holograph annotations


Box 25 Folder 12 "Form and Purpose." conference program. The 30th International Design Conference in Aspen, June 15-20, 1980., 1980 Jun

1 item. Bound volume, with annotations; Chermayeff listed as conference speaker on p. 13.


Box 25 Folder 13 "Continuities and Changes -- Concerns and Commitments," draft manuscript. Talk given to Illinois Council, American Institute of Architects 1980 Convention, Moline, Illinois, September 12, 1980., 1980 Sep

32 pages. Typescript,with annotations; Noted "Variation on Ohio speech requested by ILL with emphasis on educational and accrediting of ACSA's. See end quarter."


Box 25 Folder 14 "Continuities and Changes -- Concerns and Commitments," draft manuscript. Talk given to Illinois Council, American Institute of Architects 1980 Convention, Moline, Illinois, September 12, 1980., 1980 Sep

33 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Noted "Corrected SC."


Box 25 Folder 15 "Continuities and Changes -- Concerns and Commitments," draft manuscript. Talk given to Illinois Council, American Institute of Architects 1980 Convention, Moline, Illinois, September 12, 1980., 1980 Sep

18 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Noted "Man-Made Ecology."


Box 25 Folder 16 "The Man-Made Ecology," draft. Talk given to Society of Industrial Artists and Designers, October 10, 1980., 1980 Oct

5 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Speech given on occasion of receiving the Sir Misha Black Medal.


Box 25 Folder 17 "The Man-Made Ecology," draft. Talk given to Society of Industrial Artists and Designers, October 10, 1980., 1980 Oct

25 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Speech given on occasion of receiving the Sir Misha Black Medal.


Box 25 Folder 18 "The Third Ecology: Continuity and Change, Concern and Commitment." Talk given to the Royal Society of Arts, Society of Industrial Artists and Designers, October 10, 1980., 1980 Oct

24 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 25 Folder 19 [Untitled talk,] draft. Talk given to Architectural Student Chapters Annual Meeting, American Institute of Architects [ASC/AIA], Temple University, November 25, 1980., 1980 Nov

1 item. Holograph on paper, bound


Box 25 Folder 20 [To paraphraze (sic) the ASCA Gropius Lecture 1974, OSU Lecture 1980.], circa 1980

6 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Noted "Annual Meeting 1980 of the ACSA. San Antonio."


Box 25 Folder 21 "chermayeff SEMINAR 10am 118," announcement., undated

1 item. Printed paper


Box 25 Folder 22 "Conversations with S. Chermayeff," invitation with sketch., undated

1 page. Ink on paper


Box 25 Folder 23 "Hamden - Lord. Cape Codder of 30 years…," notes., undated

1 page. Ink on paper


Box 25 Folder 24 "Man is urbanizing, i.e. becoming more interdependent…," notes., undated

5 pages. Ink on paper


Box 25 Folder 25 "Public/Private. Inverse Ratio Complimentarity (i.e.) Public.Private," illustration., undated

1 item. Ink and colored marker on paper


Box 26 Folder 16 "Serge Chermayeff. An Alcoa Lecture on Oct 13 at the School of Arch, RPI," announcement., undated

1 item. Printed paper


Box 25 Folder 27 "Summary -- Chermayeff.", undated

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Contains sections: "I. Platform to be addressed to designers and patrons," "II. What is a city?," "III. Mobility," and "III. Action."


Box 25 Folder 28 Untitled manuscript., undated

7 pages. Typescript photocopy; Noted "Duplicate."


Box 25 Folder 29 Unidentified manuscript excerpt, "Conclusion.", undated

5 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Some pages have been partially excised.


Box 25 Folder 30 Unidentified manuscript, excerpt, page 4., undated

1 page. Mimeograph, with annotations; Begins with text "Maximization of individual choice of environment. ,"; Later acquisition


Box 25 Folder 31 Unidentified manuscript, excerpt, page 10., undated


Subseries 2: Exhibitions


Box 27 Folder 01 "The Exhibition at Dorland Hall." Design for Today , p. 74., 1933 Jun

1 page. Photocopy


Box 26 Folder 06 ["The Week End House."] From unidentified publication, p. 20., [1933]

1 page. Printed paper


Box 27 Folder 02 Frost, A.C. "The Contemporary Industrial Design Exhibition." Design for Today , pp. 424-425., 1934 Nov

2 pages. Photocopy


Box 27 Folder 03 Bertram, Anthony. "Contemporary Industrial Design, The Dorland Hall Exhibition." Design for Today , p. 451., 1934 Dec

1 page. Photocopy


Box 27 Folder 04 "Serge Chermayeff, Fellow Royal Institute of Architects, Fellow Royal Society of Arts, Architecture, Product Design, Painting," exhibition label., circa 1961

1 item. Printed paper mounted on board


Subseries 3: Associations and Committees


Box 26 Folder 07 MARS Group., 1938, 1957

2 items. Published pictorial record of New Burlington Galleries exhibition and summary report of meeting to disband.


Box 27 Folder 05 Architects Committee of the Council on Soviet-American Friendship., 1944-1952

19 items. Correspondence, meeting agendas, newsletters, published materials.


Box 27 Folder 06 National Council of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions., 1946-1953

13 items. Correspondence and administrative papers.


Box 27 Folder 07 Royal Society of Arts., 1948-1960

5 items.


Box 27 Folder 08 CIAM [Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne]., 1954-1955, undated

17 items. Meeting notes, reports, and correspondence, some with envelopes.


Box 27 Folder 09 "Personnel Going to Moscow in Connection with American National Exhibition," memorandum., 1959- Mar 17

5 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 27 Folder 10 "Informe." PROA: Urbanismo Arquitectura Industrias , pp. 22-23., 1964 Aug

1 item. Printed paper photocopy; Reports findings of Award Committee for the II Bienal Columbiana de Arquitectura.


Box 27 Folder 11 Society of Industrial Arts and Designers, Jubilee Dinner., 1980 Oct 13

5 items.


Subseries 4: Awards and Degrees


Box 27 Folder 12 American Institute of Architects / Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture [AIA/ACSA] Award for Excellence in Architectural Education, nomination papers., 1978-1980

44 items.


Box 27 Folder 13 American Institute of Graphics, Certificate of Excellence, Design and Printing for Commerce, 1956 / 1957., 1957

1 item. Printed paper


Box 27 Folder 14 Ohio State University, honorary degree, documentation., 1977-1978

Correspondence, list of references, biographical information. (1 of 2) folders.


Box 27 Folder 15 Ohio State University, honorary degree, documentation., 1977-1978

Correspondence, list of references, biographical information. (2 of 2) folders


Box 27 Folder 16 Royal College of Arts, Misha Black Medal., 1980 Oct

5 items.


Box 26 Folder 08 Royal Institute of British Architects, certification of election to Fellow., 1933 Feb 06

1 item. Printed paper, mounted on board


Box 27 Folder 17 Washington University in Saint Louis, honorary doctor of arts and architecture degree., 1968 Jun 02

2 items. Printed paper, in leather presentation portfolio


Box 26 Folder 09 Yale University, honorary degree., 1962

2 items. Printed paper, with fabric presentation portfolio


Subseries 5: Licenses and Registrations


Box 27 Folder 18 County of New York, County Clerk's Office, certificate of architectural registration County Clerk's Office, County of New York, certificate of architectural registration., 1943 Jan 31

1 item. Printed paper, mounted on illustration board; Register no. 658.


Box 26 Folder 10 National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, certification for registration., 1943 Oct 22

1 item. Printed paper, mounted on illustration board


Box 26 Folder 11 University of the State of New York, Education Department, certificate of architectural license., 1943 Oct 22

1 item. Printed paper, mounted on illustration board; License no. 5443.


Box 26 Folder 12 American Institute of Architects, certificate of membership., 1944 Feb 15

1 item. Printed paper


Box 26 Folder 13 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Board of Registration of Architects, certificate of architectural registration., 1953 Oct 06

1 item. Printed paper; Register no. 1111.


Box 27 Folder 19 Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce, London, certificate of election as Benjamin Franklin Fellow., 1960 Jun 13

1 item. Printed paper


Box 27 Folder 20 "AIA Pre-Registration Training: Guidelines to Education, Training, and Registration of Architects." Commission on Education, The American Institute of Architects., 1963 Sep

1 item. Bound volume


Box 26 Folder 14 Architectural Registration Board of the State of Connecticut, certificate of licensing., 1967

1 item. Printed paper; License no. 2666.


Box 27 Folder 21 Architectural Examining Board, State of Connecticut, renewal certificate for architectural registration., pre-1969

1 item. Printed paper; Registration no. 2666.


Box 27 Folder 22 University of the State of New York, State Education Department, certificate of architectural registration., 1968 Sep 01

1 item. Printed paper; License no. 5443.


Subseries 6: Reference Files


Box 29 Folder 01 "Televising Architecture." Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects , p. 163., 1936 Dec 19

1 item. Printed paper; Noting the first televised broadcast on architecture on December 11, 1936, with Chermayeff discussing "The Modern House" with John Gloag.


Box 29 Folder 02 Clifton, H[?] / Abbey Road Flats. London, England., circa 1936

1 item. Gelatin silver print


Box 29 Folder 03 Modern Architecture in England . New York: The Museum of Modern Art., 1937

1 item. Book; Contains illustrations of two residences designed by Chermayeff.


Box 29 Folder 04 "Current architecture. Hospitals [by] Erich Mendelsohn." Architectural Review , pp. 83-86., 1939 Feb

1 item. Printed paper


Box 29 Folder 05 Digest of Papers Presented at the Yale-Life Conference on House Buildings Technics ., 1939

1 item. Bound volume; Includes papers by Everett V. Meeks, Wallace K. Harrison, Richmond Shreve, Miles Colean, Ralph Walker, John Ely Burchard, Charles Seymour, and Henry R. Luce.


Box 29 Folder 06 West, Rebecca. "The First Fortnight." Ladies Home Journal , pp. 12, 68-69., 1940 Jan

1 item. Printed paper


Box 29 Folder 07 "Proceedings, Conference on Coordination in Design," University of Michigan, February 2 and 3, 1940., 1940 Feb

54 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Includes lectures by Walter Gropius and László Moholy-Nagy.


Box 29 Folder 08 "Premios Municipales a la Arquitectura Privada."Revista de arquitectura , p. 104., 1941 Mar

1 item. Printed paper; Subsequent pages lacking.


Box 29 Folder 09 "Here, There, This & That." Pencil Points , p. 42., 1941 Dec

1 item. Printed paper; Mentions opening of exhibition of work of Erich Mendelsohn at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.


Box 29 Folder 10 Letter to the Editor and Reply from Leo Balet.Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism , pp. 75-80, reprint., 1941 Winter-1942 Winter

1 item. Printed paper; Mentions opening of exhibition of work of Erich Mendelsohn at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.


Box 29 Folder 11 "Editorial: 'business as usual' in the architectural schools?" TASK , p. 10., 1941

1 item. Photocopy


Box 29 Folder 12 "TASK Activities." TASK , n.p., circa 1942-1944

1 item. Photocopy


Box 29 Folder 13 Hudnut, Joseph. "The Art in Housing." Architectural Record , n.p., 1943 Jan

1 item. Tearsheet


Box 29 Folder 14 Mead, Margaret. "Art and Reality From the Standpoint of Cultural Anthropology." Reprint from College Art Journal , pp. 119-121., 1943 May

1 page. Printed paper


Box 29 Folder 15 "Mixed rental neighborhood, Washington."Architectural Forum , pp. 79-87., 1943 Oct

1 item. Printed paper; Some pages lacking.


Box 29 Folder 16 "Apartment-row house project, Chicago."Architectural Forum , pp. 111-119., 1943 Oct

1 item. Printed paper; Some pages lacking.


Box 29 Folder 17 Laurence, William L. "New Chemical Magic Transmutes Soft Woods Into Best of Timber." New York Times , pp. 1, 38., 1944 Apr 08

1 item. Newsprint


Box 29 Folder 18 "Activities." TASK , p. 36., circa 1944

1 item. Photocopy


Box 29 Folder 19 Revere Copper and Brass, Inc. "A 'Flexible' House for Happier Living," pamphlet., circa 1944-1945

1 item. Bound journal; Describes and illustrates "Flexible" house designed by William Wurster.


Box 29 Folder 20 Revere Copper and Brass, Inc. "A higher living standard at lower cost.", circa 1944-1945

1 items. Bound volume; Describes and illustrates "Plank Panel" house designed by Cass Gilbert, Jr.


Box 29 Folder 21 Fuller, R Buckminster. "Designing a New Industry: A Composite of a Series of Talks." Wichita, Kansas: Fuller Research Institute., 1945-1946

1 item. Bound volume; Inscribed on verso of front cover, "To Serge Chermayeff; R. Buckminster Fuller; 2/17/1948."


Box 29 Folder 22 Design Research Unit, promotional materials., circa 1945-1950

2 items. Printed paper


Box 29 Folder 23 Wachsmann, Konrad. "Mobilar structures." Reprinted from Pencil Points , pp. 87-99., 1946 Mar

2 items. Bound volume and offprint


Box 29 Folder 24 Van Dusen, Henry P. "Conversion in Education."Christianity and Crisis , pp. 3-7, 1946 Apr 29

8 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations.


Box 29 Folder 25 Ames, Adelbert, Jr. "Binocular Vision as Affected by Relations Between Uniocular Stimulus Patterns in Commonplace Environments."American Journal of Psychology , pp. 333-357., 1946 Jul

1 item. Bound volume


Box 29 Folder 26 Revere Copper and Brass, Inc. "Preview of a New Way of Life," pamphlet., 1946

1 item. Bound volume


Box 28 Folder 01 Martin. J. L. "Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and The Chicago Institute of Design". Architectural Review , pp. 225-226., 1947 Aug

1 item. Bound volume, with annotations


Box 29 Folder 27 Mumford, Lewis. "The Sky Line," excerpt. The New Yorker ., 1947 Oct 11

1 item. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 29 Folder 28 Wijdeveld, H. Th. Time and Art . Hilversum, Holland: Rotting's Printing Works., 1947

1 item. Booklet


Box 28 Folder 02 "Howard Myers," obituary. Architectural Forum , pp. 82-84., 1947 Oct

1 item. Tearsheet


Box 29 Folder 29 Fuller, R. Buckminster. Earth, Inc. New York, NY: Fuller Research Foundation., 1947

1 item. Bound volume; Inscribed "To Serge Chermayeff; R. Buckminster Fuller; 2/17/1948."


Box 29 Folder 30 The Society of Typographic Arts, Twenty-First Exhibition of Design in Chicago Printing, The Art Institute of Chicago, March 20th to May 2nd, 1948 . Exhibition catalog., 1948 Mar

1 item. Bound journal


Box 29 Folder 31 "Textile designer's dreamland." Contract Interiors , pp. 125-132, 139-140., 1948 Sep

1 item. Printed paper


Box 29 Folder 32 Interiors and Industrial Design , 1948 Oct

1 item. Bound volume


Box 29 Folder 33 Marks, Robert W. "Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion World." Reprint from Science Illustrated ., 1948 Nov

1 item. Printed paper


Box 29 Folder 34 Fuller, R. Buckminster. "Fluid Geography." Reprint from American Neptune ., circa 1948

1 item. Bound volume; Inscribed on verso of front cover "To Serge Chermayeff; R. Buckminster Fuller; Feb-17-1948."


Box 29 Folder 35 Lee, Harry B. "Projective Features of Contemplative Artistic Experience." Reprint fromAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry , pp. 101-111., 1949 Jan

1 item. Bound volume


Box 29 Folder 36 "Designed for Living, Oct.. 28 to November 27, 1949," St. Paul Gallery and School of Art, St. Paul, Minnesota., 1949 Oct

1 item. Booklet


Box 29 Folder 37 Fuller, R. Buckminster. "Universal Requirements of a Dwelling Advantage, Teleologic Schedule.", 1949

18 pages. Typescript photocopy; Inscribed "To Serge Chermayeff with affectionate regard BF."


Box 29 Folder 38 Hospitals., 1949-1950

5 items. Publications and reports.


Box 29 Folder 39 Illumination., 1949-1960

8 items. Publications.


Box 29 Folder 40 "Good Design: An Exhibition of Home Furnishings Selected by the Museum of Modern Art New York for the Merchandise Mart Chicago," exhibition catalog., 1950 Jan

1 item. Bound volume


Box 29 Folder 41 "The New Landscape," exhibition brochure. Exhibition held from February 19 to March 8 at the Charles Hayden Memorial Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., 1951 Feb

1 item. Printed paper


Box 29 Folder 42 TEAM ., 1951 May

1 item. Bound volume


Box 29 Folder 43 "What Abstract Art Means to Me." Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art , vol. XVIII, no. 3., 1951 Spring

1 item. Bound volume


Box 29 Folder 44 Building Research Congress, , provisional programme., 1951

1 item. Bound volume


Box 29 Folder 45 Mirror ., 1951 Winter

1 item. Bound volume; Literary journal published by Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.


Box 29 Folder 46 Climate., 1951-1960

4 items. Publications and reports.


Box 28 Folder 03 Gropius, Walter., 1951-1975

13 items. Includes writings by Gropius, obituaries, "Grope Fest" invitation.


Box 29 Folder 47 Der Aufbau ., 1952 Jun

1 item. Bound volume


Box 28 Folder 04 Spazio., 1952 Dec

1 item. Bound volume


Box 29 Folder 48 One Quarter Scale ., 1953 Feb

1 item. Bound volume; Article inscribed "to Serge Chermayeff; clear (and sharp) mind; Ernesto N. Rogers 23.2.54."


Box 28 Folder 05 Rogers, Ernesto N. "Continuità." Casabella , pp. 2-3., 1953 Dec

1 item. Bound volume; Article inscribed "to Serge Chermayeff; clear (and sharp) mind; Ernesto N. Rogers 23.2.54."


Box 44 Folder 01 Encyclopédie de l'urbanisme [by] Robert Auzelle. Assistant: Ivan Jankovic. Promotional brochure for Volumes 1 to 12., circa 1953

1 item. Printed paper; Includes tipped-in leaf with English translation of preface and excerpts of other text.


Box 28 Folder 06 Pepis, Betty. "Japanese House in New York." New York Times Magazine , pp. 38-39., 1954 Jun 20

1 item. Newsprint


Box 29 Folder 49 U.I.A. Union Internationale des Architectes, Revue Bimestrielle 5 ., 1954 Dec

1 item. Boun volume, with annotations


Box 29 Folder 50 Housing Policy Report, supplement to House & Home ., 1954

1 item. Bound volume


Box 29 Folder 51 Techbuilt, Inc., promotional materials., 1954

4 items.


Box 29 Folder 52 Blakely, Robert J. "What It Might Be Like." Talk to the United Steelworkers, Pennsylvania State University Conference., 1955 Mar 23

9 pages. Typescript photocopy


Box 29 Folder 53 Community Services, Inc. Annual Report ., 1955 Sep

1 item. Bound volume


Box 29 Folder 54 Der Aufbau ., 1955 Oct

1 item. Bound volume


Box 29 Folder 55 Brayman, Albert I. "Subject - Heating with Nuclear Energy.", circa 1955 Nov

1 item. Printed paper


Box 29 Folder 56 International Design Conference, Aspen, Colorado., 1955

5 items. Promotional and registration materials.


Box 29 Folder 57 Keasler, John. "That Odd Dome at Washington U. - Is It the Model Home of the Future?" Reprint from St. Louis Post-Dispatch , n.p., 1955

1 page. Printed paper; Regards R. Buckminster Fuller.


Box 29 Folder 58 Nueva Visión , no. 7., 1955

1 item. Bound volume


Box 29 Folder 59 Synthetics., 1955

1 item.


Box 30 Folder 01 "A Look at Lobbies." Architectural Forum , pp. 122-129., 1956 Jan

1 item. Printed paper


Box 30 Folder 02 "Textiles USA," exhibition catalog. Exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, August 29 to November 4, 1956., 1956 Aug

2 items. Bound volume, with annotations; Includes separate page of notes from SC.


Box 30 Folder 03 "Craftsmanship in a Changing World," exhibition catalog. Exhibition held at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York City, September 20 to November 4, 1956., 1956 Sep

1 item. Bound volume


Box 30 Folder 04 Urban Renewal Provisions Authorizing Federal Assistance to Slum Clearance and Urban Redevelopment and Urban Renewal . Washington D.C.: Housing and Home Finance Agency, Office of the Administrator., 1956 Dec 01

1 item. Bound volume


Box 30 Folder 05 United Housing Foundation, Annual Report ., 1956 Dec 31

1 item. Bound volume


Box 30 Folder 06 "A Report on Urban Renewal Demonstrations Authorized by Section 314 of the Housing Act of 1954." Washington, D.C.: Housing and Home Finance Agency., 1956 Dec

1 item. Brochure


Box 30 Folder 07 Journal of Architectural Education , no. 11., 1956 Winter

1 item. Bound volume


Box 30 Folder 08 "American Fabrics Exhibition," call for entries for exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City., 1956

1 item. Printed paper


Box 30 Folder 09 "Urban Renewal: What it is...a new way to end slums and blight." Washington, D.C.: Housing and Home Finance Agency., 1956

1 item. Brochure


Box 30 Folder 10 MacDougall, A. K. "Conspicuous Consumption."The Nation , pp. 185-187., 1957 Mar 02

1 item. Bound volume, with annotations


Box 30 Folder 11 Stead, William H. "The Sun and Foreign Policy."Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists , pp. 86-90., 1957 Mar

1 item. Bound volume, with annotations


Box 30 Folder 12 The Modular Quarterly ., 1957 Spring

1 item. Bound volume


Box 30 Folder 13 What Every Operator Should Know - A Guide to Cooperative Housing . New York, NY: United Housing Foundation., 1957 May

1 item. Bound volume; Includes loose photocopied list of officers and directors of the United Housing Foundation, as of May 10, 1956.


Box 30 Folder 14 Frank, Lawrence K. "Housing for Married Students." Reprint from Journal of Home Economics, pp. 347-350., 1957 May

1 item. Printed paper; Noted at top "J. Tyrwhitt."


Box 30 Folder 15 "Green Tunnel vs. Billboard Jungle." From unidentified magazine, p. 44., circa 1957

1 page. Printed paper, with annotations


Box 30 Folder 16 "University of Minnesota Campus Plans Stirred Up By Visiting Architect." Northwest Architect , pp. 33, 35, 37., 1958 Jan-1958 Feb

1 item. Printed paper; Reports Chermayeff's criticisms of expansion plans for the University of Minnesota.


Box 30 Folder 17 Cohen, Harold L. "Creative Thinking - The Common Denominator." Talk given at the Illinois Art Education Association Conference, November 6, 1958., 1958 Nov

11 pages. Typescript photocopy


Box 30 Folder 18 Lea, F.M. "Advanced Training, Research and Development." RIBA Journal , p. 5., 1958 Nov

1 item. Printed paper


Box 30 Folder 19 Tropical., 1958

1 item. Publication.


Box 30 Folder 20 University of Liverpool., 1958-1964

20 items. Course papers, administrative papers, speeches.


Box 30 Folder 21 Raskin, Eugene. "The Unloved City." The Nation , pp. 119-120., 1959 Feb 02

1 item. Newsprint


Box 30 Folder 22 [*Missing] "Red Transistor Device Cools, Heats Room Fast."New York Herald Tribune , p. 5., 1959 May 12

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 30 Folder 23 Thiel, Philip. "The Anatomy of Space.", 1959 Jun

22 pages.


Box 30 Folder 24 "Are Oil and Gas Replacing Coal?" Swiss Bank Corporation Bulletin , supplement, n.p., 1959 Jul

1 page. Printed paper


Box 30 Folder 25 Thiel, Philip. "The Urban Spaces at Broadway and Mason: A Visual Survey, Analysis and Representation.", 1959 Aug

24 pages. Typescript photocopy


Box 30 Folder 26 Thiel, Philip. "A Proposed Space-Notation.", 1959 Sep

6 pages. Typescript mimeograph


Box 30 Folder 27 "A Tale of 174 Cities," editorial. The Christian Science Monitor , p. 16., 1959 Oct

1 item. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 30 Folder 28 Acoustics., 1959

1 item. Publication.


Box 30 Folder 29 "Eastwick Renewal Area / A Redevelopment Proposal / Philadelphia / 1959." "Eastwick Renewal Area / A Redevelopment Proposal / Philadelphia / 1959.", 1959

1 item. Printed paper, with annotations


Box 30 Folder 30 Weismantel, William L. "Dante's Inferno: The First Land Use Model." Reprinted from the Journal of American Institute of Planners , pp. 175-179., 1959

1 item. Printed paper, with annotations


Box 30 Folder 31 Jordy, William H. "Humanism in Contemporary Architecture: Tough- and Tender-Minded." Talk given at the North East Regional Meeting, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Rhode Island School of Design, March 25, 1960., 1960 Mar

18 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 30 Folder 32 Hudnut, Joseph. "Humanism and the Teaching of Architecture." Talk given at the North East Regional Meeting, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Rhode Island School of Design, March 25, 1960., 1960 Mar 26

10 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 28 Folder 07 "The University of Baghdad." Casabella .Reprint., 1960 Aug

1 item. Printed paper


Box 30 Folder 33 Cohen, Harold L. "The Whole is the Particular.", 1960 Oct

10 pages. Typescript photocopy; Essay on the Department of Design, Southern Illinois University.


Box 30 Folder 34 Mollerson, John. "7-Year Survey of Tropical Area; Africans Going Own Way, Geographer's Study Finds." New York Times , p. 7., 1960 Nov 21

1 item. Newsprint


Box 30 Folder 35 Parkinson, C. Northcote. "The Corporation and the Designer," excerpt. From the Aspen Conference on Design., 1960

2 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; Verso of last pages has annotations about architectural projects (?).


Box 30 Folder 36 Graduates of the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. "Plastics as Building Construction Materials.", 1960

1 item. Bound volume


Box 30 Folder 37 McLuhan, Marshall. "Through the Vanishing Point.", 1961 May 01

2 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 30 Folder 38 CI Designs, product catalog and price list., 1961 July

2 items. Bound volume and printed papers


Box 30 Folder 39 Journal of Architectural Education ., 1961 Summer

1 item. Bound volume


Box 30 Folder 40 Potomac Valley Architect ., 1961 Oct

1 item. Bound volume; Includes cover letter from publisher to Chermayeff, requesting comment on winning entry for Washington, D.C., redevelopment proposal.


Box 30 Folder 41 Kavatalos, William. Organics ., 1961

1 item. Bound volume


Box 30 Folder 42 University of Liverpool, Prospectus of the School of Architecture., 1961

1 item. Bound volume


Box 30 Folder 43 Olsen, Donald, James Prestini, Jesse Reichek, and Joseph Esherick. "A Proposal for the Development of a System of Architectural Practice and Education.", 1962 Feb 22

6 pages. Mimeograph


Box 30 Folder 44 Esherick, Joseph. "Planning and Design: Some Notes on an Approach to a General System," working paper #1., 1962 Apr 21

9 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; Part of larger project, "A Proposal for the Development of a System of Architectural Practice and Education."


Box 30 Folder 45 Hunt, Dudley, Jr. "The New Role of the Architect."Architectural Record , pp. 179-182., 1962 Apr

1 item. Printed paper, with annotations


Box 30 Folder 46 Weismantel, William. "A Speech in Protest Against the Doctrine that Pervaded the 1962 AIA-ACSA Teacher Seminar on 'The Architect and the City.'", 1962 Jun 25

8 pages. Typescript photocopy


Box 30 Folder 47 Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl. "Architecture and the Moon Age." Lecture given to the Department of Architecture, Yale University, October 10, 1962., 1962 Oct 10

10 pages. Typescript photocopy


Box 30 Folder 48 Esherick, Joseph. "The Systems Approach in the Design Professions: Possibilities and Problems." Talk at the American Institute of Planners State Convention, Santa Rosa, California, February 10, 1962., 1962

7 pages. Mimeograph


Box 30 Folder 49 Burton, Will. "The Visual Aspects of Science.", [1962]

1 item. Bound volume


Box 30 Folder 50 Educational Facilities Laboratories. New Campuses for Old: A Case Study of Four Colleges that Moved ., [1962]

1 item. Bound volume


Box 30 Folder 51 American Institute of Architects, Committee on the Profession. A Second Report on Your Profession ., circa 1962-1963

1 item. Bound volume


Box 31 Folder 01 Robertson, W.D. "The Architecture of Matter: A Study in Design of Form and Function in the Microcosmos." Fifth William B. Coleman Lecture, The Franklin Institute., 1963 Feb 20

23 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 31 Folder 02 Field, Hermann. "The Role of the Architect in Urban Renewal." Paper given at meeting of the Boston Society of Architects, April 18, 1963., 1963 Apr

4 pages. Typescript photocopy


Box 31 Folder 03 АРХИТЕКТУРА США ., 1963

1 item. Bound volume; Illustrated journal of 20th-century American architecture.


Box 31 Folder 04 Cumbernauld, Ca., 1963

2 items. Publication and notes.


Box 31 Folder 05 India., 1963-1969

11 items. Publications, reports, curricula, relating to research for the JDR 3rd Fund.


Box 31 Folder 06 "New Concepts in Urban Housing Design. A Major 'Building Types Study' on Apartments Featured in September's Architectural Record.", circa 1963

1 item. Printed paper; Promotional material from Architectural Record


Box 31 Folder 07 The Nation ., 1964 Jan 04

1 item. Bound volume


Box 31 Folder 08 "Modern Living: Design: The Dymaxion American." Time , pp. 46-51., 1964 Jan 10

1 item. Printed paper; Includes cover.


Box 31 Folder 09 Taylor, Harold. "The Impossible Takes a Little Longer." Book Week , pp. 1, 20., 1964 Jan 26

1 item. Newsprint; Regards R. Buckminster Fuller.


Box 31 Folder 10 Joedicke, Jurgen. "High-rise tensile structures of van den Broek and Bakema." Arts and Architecture , pp. 16-17., 1964 Jan

1 item. Printed paper, with annotations


Box 31 Folder 11 Rounthwaite and Associates. "An Outline Program for the Development of the Laurentian University Athletic Complex.", 1964 Jan

16 pages. Typescript mimeograph


Box 31 Folder 12 Fuller, R. Buckminster. "Dissonant chords on a grand piano." Book Week , pp. 5+., 1964 Feb 09

1 item. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 31 Folder 13 Architecture at Rice University , n. 13., 1964 May

1 item. Bound volume


Box 31 Folder 14 Correa, Charles M. "Report from Chandigarh." Reprinted from The Architectural Review , n.p., 1964 Jun

1 item. Tearsheet


Box 31 Folder 15 Osgood, Charles E. "Semantic Differential Technique in the Comparative Study of Cultures." Reprint from American Anthropology ., 1964 Jun

1 item. Photocopy


Box 31 Folder 16 Fuller, R. Buckminster. "Notes on the Future: The Prospect for Humanity." Saturday Review , pp. 43-44, 180-183., 1964 Aug 29

1 item. Printed paper


Box 31 Folder 17 Gross, Ronald. "Language and Educational Progress," draft., 1964 Aug

16 pages. Photocopy; With cover letter requesting comments from SC.


Box 31 Folder 18 Architecture at Rice University , n. 14., 1964 Aug

1 item. Bound volume


Box 31 Folder 19 Fuller, R. Buckminster. "Notes on the Future: The Prospect for Mankind." Saturday Review , pp. 26-27., 1964 Sep 19

1 item. Printed paper


Box 31 Folder 20 Fuller, R. Buckminster. "The Prospect for Mankind: Notes on the Future." Saturday Review , p. 26., 1964 Oct 03

1 item. Printed paper


Box 31 Folder 21 AIGA. Call for Entries., 1964

1 item. Printed paper


Box 31 Folder 22 Huxtable, Ada Louise. "A Glimpse of Tomorrow Provided by Architectural Award Winners: Designs of Future Almost Victorian." New York Times , sec. 8, pp. 1, 5., 1965 Jan 10

1 item. Newsprint


Box 28 Folder 16 Bombay: Planning and Dreaming. Marg , special issue., 1965 Jun

1 item. Bound journal


Box 31 Folder 23 Australia., 1965-1973

9 items. Speeches, publications, curriculum vitae, program announcements.


Box 31 Folder 24 Tomkins, Calvin. "Profiles in the Outlaw Area."The New Yorker , pp. 35-68, 73-97., 1966 Jan 08

1 item. Printed paper


Box 31 Folder 25 Huxtable, Ada Louise. "Revamping of Architectural Education Being Pressed in Nation."New York Times ., 1966 Feb 20

1 item. Thermofax copy, with annotations


Box 31 Folder 26 Alexander, Christopher. "The Pattern of Streets."The American Institute of Planners Journal , pp. 273-278., 1966 Sep

9 pages. Photocopy, with annotations; Includes separate notes and comments by SC.; Gift, 2005.002


Box 31 Folder 27 Pusey, Nathan Marsh. "The Needed New Man in Architecture." AIA Journal , pp. 79-85., 1966 Sep

1 item. Printed paper


Box 31 Folder 28 "(Preliminary) College of Fine Arts & School of Architecture, 26th Annual Fine Arts Festival," program, University of Texas at Austin., 1967 Jul 12

2 pages. Typescript photocopy; Includes mention of presentation by SC on November 16, 1967 to the School of Architecture.


Box 31 Folder 29 "4.65 Studies towards a Theory of Architecture.", 1967 Fall

1 item. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Course summary.


Box 31 Folder 30 Unidentified author. "The Value Image of the City (Tentative Outline & Rationale for a Conference).", 1967 Oct 03

2 pages. Typescript


Box 28 Folder 08 Expo '67., 1967

22 items. Publications.


Box 28 Folder 09 India., 1967-1970

4 items. Publications, reports.


Box 28 Folder 10 Correa, Charles M. "The Architectural Scene."Times of India , supplement, p. VIII., 1968 Jan 26

1 item. Newsprint


Box 31 Folder 31 Parr, Albert Eide. "Remarks on Climate and Environmental Design." Reprint from Human Dimensions of the Atmosphere ., 1968 Feb

1 item. Bound volume


Box 31 Folder 32 Danzig, David and John Field. "The Betrayal of the American City." Commentary , pp. 52-59., 1968 Jun

1 item. Printed paper


Box 31 Folder 33 "Australia." Reprint from Domus , n.p., 1968 Aug

1 item. Harry and Penelope Seidler House, Killara, Australia.


Box 31 Folder 34 Gujarat Technical Relief Committee. "Report of Hutment Construction and Village Rehabilitation for Flood Affected Families.", 1968 Aug 26

1 item. Bound volume, with annotations


Box 31 Folder 35 Leven, Charles L. "A Plan for an Urban University." Inland Architect , pp. 16-17., 1968 Sep

1 item. Printed paper


Box 31 Folder 36 Shenker, Israel. "Servan-Schreiber Urges Reduced U.S. Role Abroad." New York Times , n.p., 1968 Dec 02

1 item. Newspaper


Box 28 Folder 11 Ball, Ian. "Storey with an Unhappy Ending." Daily Telegraph Magazine , pp. 28-34., 1968 Dec 12

1 item. Printed paper


Box 28 Folder 12 Plumb, Barbara. "The Stamp of Breuer." New York Times Magazine , pp. 102-103., 1968 Dec 15

1 item. Printed paper


Box 31 Folder 37 Avery, W.H. and G.S. McMurray. "Urban Transportation." APL Technical Digest , pp. 2-16., 1969 Mar-1969 Apr

1 item. Bound volume


Box 31 Folder 38 Leven, Charles L. "Determinants of the Size and Spatial Form of Urban Areas." Working paper, Institute for Urban and Regional Studies, Washington University, St. Louis., 1969 Mar

1 item. Bound volume


Box 31 Folder 39 Bigart, Homer. "Perkins Lifts 'Situation of Emergency' Imposed to Avoid Armed Clashes on Cornell Campus." New York Times , sec. C, p. 15., 1969 Apr 28

1 item. Newspaper


Box 31 Folder 40 Spiegel, Irving. "Negro Students Criticized by Rustin." New York Times ., 1969 Apr 28

1 item. Newspaper, with annotations


Box 31 Folder 41 Avery, William H. "An Integrated Urban-Interurban Transportation Concept." Reprinted from Traffic Quarterly , pp. 285-311., 1969 Apr

1 item. Printed paper


Box 31 Folder 42 Editorial Page. The Cape Codder , p. 20., 1969 Jul 03

1 item. Newspaper


Box 31 Folder 43 "Iran's Artist of Pitch-Black Humor." Atlas , pp. 46-47., 1969 Oct

1 item. Printed paper


Box 31 Folder 44 Huxtable, Ada Louise. "U.S. Pavilion at Osaka Fair will Have Translucent Inflated Roof." New York Times , sec. C, pp. 6, 1969 Nov 21

1 item. Newsprint


Box 44 Folder 02 Franklin, Ben A. "Subway-Surface Line in Capital and a Magnet Rail Car." New York Times , sec. 2, p. 1, 42., 1969 Dec 10

1 item. Newsprint


Box 31 Folder 45 "Architects and the Nuclear Arms Race." Memo and petition from the Architects Resistance., 1969

2 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 31 Folder 46 BAUHAUS , promotional materials., 1969

4 items. Printed paper


Box 31 Folder 47 Levey, Robert L. "A Rose in Bloom for Mrs. Gropius, Friends 'Celebrate' Architect's Death."Boston Herald , pp. 1, 20., 1969

1 item. Newspaper


Box 31 Folder 48 Museum of Modern Art, Biennial Report, 1967 / 1969 ., 1969

2 items. Bound volume; Includes cover letter from Gardner Cowles, dated Jan 21 1970.


Box 31 Folder 49 Barille, Neal, and Robin Gaunt. "Notes from Mr. Barellie [sic] and Mr. Gaunt." ., circa 1969-1970

3 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Related to work for the John D. Rockefeller III Fund.


Box 31 Folder 50 "Notes from Mr. Deolalikar.", circa 1969-1970

3 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Related to work for the John D. Rockefeller III Fund.


Box 31 Folder 51 "Study of generative structures in Rur-Urban areas.", circa 1969-1970

5 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Preliminary report for the John D. Rockefeller III Fund.


Box 44 Folder 03 "'Counter-Magnet' to Bombay: New Metro-Centre Urged." Times of India , pp. 1, 9., 1970 Jan 28

1 item. Newsprint


Box 31 Folder 52 "Statement Read to a Special Assembly of the Pennsylvania State University Academic Senate, by Students of the Pennsylvania State University Department of Architecture, May 12, 1970.", 1970 May 12

4 pages. Typescript photocopy


Box 31 Folder 53 "Review for the Third Conference: 'The Countryside in 1970.'", 1970

1 item. Bound volume, with annotations; With cover note from the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, "With the Secretary's Compliments. Sent at the request of Mrs. Mary Adams."


Box 31 Folder 54 "Rice University School of Architecture Houston Texas 77001," annual report., 1970

1 item. Printed paper


Box 31 Folder 55 Second World Congress of Engineers and Architects in Israel. Program and Registration Information., 1970

9 pages. Typescript photocopy


Box 31 Folder 56 USSR Agriculture, 1958, 1965, 1970 ., 1970

1 item. Bound volume


Box 32 Folder 01 Shepherd, Jack. "Polis '76." Look , pp. 43-44., 1971 Jan 12

1 page. Printed paper, with annotations


Box 28 Folder 13 Johnson, Philip. "An Open Letter to Mayor Kollek." New York Times , p. 33., 1971 Feb 26

1 item. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 02 Burnet, Macfarlane. "Man's Responsibilities, Global Homeostasis." Talk given at Royal Australian Institute of Architects Centenary Convention, Sydney, Australia., 1971 May 25

8 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 03 Boyden Stephen V. "Man in a Changing Environment." Talk given at Royal Australian Institute of Architects Centenary Convention, Sydney, Australia., 1971 May 25

8 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 04 Pahl, Raymond. "Man in Society." Talk given at Royal Australian Institute of Architects Centenary Convention, Sydney, Australia., 1971 May 25

14 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 05 Weaver, James H. "The Results of the Pursuit of Economic Growth." Talk given at Royal Australian Institute of Architects Centenary Convention, Sydney, Australia., 1971 May 26

16 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 06 "City State Versus National Cities. Comments from 'Should New York City be the 51st State?' Time, June 21, 1961." Current , pp. 11-14., 1971 Jul-1971 Aug

1 item. Bound volume, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 07 Macmillan, Andy. "Architects are also people."RIBA Journal , pp. 450-451., 1971 Oct

1 item. Bound volume, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 08 "Symposium: The Philosophy of Paul Weiss." Held at the Catholic University of American, November 5-6, 1971., 1971 Nov 05-1971 Nov 06

1 item. Brochure, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 09 Hamilton, John A. "End of the Line." New York Times , n.p., 1971 Nov 08

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 10 Huxtable, Ada Louise. "Architecture: Non-Fables for Out Time." New York Times , n.p., 1971 Nov 14

1 item. Newspaper


Box 32 Folder 11 Rickels, Robert N. "A "Nut' and a "Damn Fool' Explains." New York Times , sec. C, p. 37., 1971 Nov 26

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 12 Kneeland, Douglas E. "Garish Strips Stir Hostility, Coast to Coast." New York Times , pp. 1, 60., 1971 Nov 28

2 pages. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 13 Tomasson, Robert. " A Widow Takes Up Law and Beats U.S." New York Times , pp. 1, 42., 1971 Nov 28

2 pages. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 14 Wilson, John S. "Jazz: Time Remembered--Blues, Jazz and Swing." New York Times , sec. D, p. 32., 1971 Nov 28

1 page. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 15 "Bicentennial Plans: POLIS '76." New York Times , n.p., 1971 Nov

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 16 "Letters to the Editor: Forest Hills - A Dream or Nightmare Coming True?" New York Times ., 1971 Dec 06

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 17 Stern, Michael. "Pedestrian Mall Is Proposed for Madison Ave." New York Times , sec. C., p. 50., 1971 Dec 07

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 18 Baker, Russell. "A Fling With the Buses." New York Times , p. 47., 1971 Dec 09

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 19 Blumenthal, Ralph. "14-Story Office-Garage Center Planned in Bronx." New York Times , p. 42., 1971 Dec 09

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 20 Rosenthal, Jack. "Suburb Apartments Up by 96% in Decade." New York Times , p. 36., 1971 Dec 09

1 page. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 21 "Action Sought to Save the Environment." Unidentified Australian newspaper., 1971

1 item. Newspaper


Box 32 Folder 22 Messer, John. "World war three: a frontline report." Unidentified Australian newspaper, n.p., circa 1971

1 item. Newspaper


Box 32 Folder 23 Grossman, M. Gary. "Designs for Living," Letters to the Editor. New York Times , p. 6., 1972 Jan 17

1 item. Printed paper; Includes response from Peter Blake.


Box 28 Folder 14 Bordewich, Fergus M. "The View from Third-Class: Absorbing and Being Absorbed by India."New York Times , pp. 1, 18-19., 1972 Mar 26

1 item. Newsprint; Page 1 lacking.


Box 32 Folder 24 Bordewich, Fergus M. "In Third-Class India, Europe Seems Like a Science-Fiction Story." New York Times , pp. 1, 14, 15, 1972 Apr 02

1 item. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 25 Reston, James. "The Sports Crisis." New York Times , sec. C., p. 39., 1972 Apr 14

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 26 "City Planners Get a New Complaint: 'Leave Us Alone.'" New York Times , n.p., 1972 Apr 16

1 page. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 27 "St. Louis Disturbed by Grant to Study Subway Alternates." New York Times , n.p., 1972 Apr 16

1 item. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 28 Blair, William M. "Supreme Court Sets Aside Suit of Sierra Club to Block Resort." New York Times , n.p., 1972 Apr 20

1 page. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 29 Parr, Albert Eide. "The Happy Habitat." Reprint from The Journal of Aesthetic Education ., 1972 Jul

1 item. Bound volume


Box 32 Folder 30 Parr, Albert Eide. "Art and Environment in an Age of Abundance." Reprint from Environmental Quality: Now or Never ., 1972

1 item. Bound volume; Proceedings of a Summer Institute held June 29 through July 1, 1970 at the Kellogg Center for Continuing Education, Michigan State University.


Box 32 Folder 31 Reinhold, Robert. "B. F. Skinner's Philosophy Fascist? Depends on How its Used, He Says." New York Times , n.p., 1972

1 page. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 32 Population and Settlement: Internal Organization of Metropolitan Areas. "Self-Help City: the internal organization of metropolitan areas. World Population Conference 1974, Symposium on Population, Resources, and Environment. Stockholm, 26 September - 5 October, 1973. United Nations Economic and Social Council., 1973 Aug 28

1 item. Bound volume


Box 32 Folder 33 Bogart, Leo. "Urban papers under pressure." Reprint from Columbia Journalism Review ., 1974

1 item. Printed paper, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 34 Howe, Marvine. "Brazilian City Growing, by in Scale." New York Times , p. W1., 1975 Jan 14

1 page. Photocopy


Box 32 Folder 35 Environa - An Energy Saving Housing System , promotional material., 1975

1 item. Bound volume; Inscribed to Chermayeff by Valerie Batorewicz.


Box 32 Folder 36 Sulzberger, C.L. "Can the Future Be Repealed."New York Times , p. 31., 1976 Feb 04

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 37 "Architects Have Blueprint for Hospital." New York Times , n.p., 1976 Jun 08

1 page. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 38 Goldberger, Paul. " Youthful Forum That Parallels the Habitat Conference is Virtually Another World." New York Times , sec. C, p. 5., 1976 Jun 09

1 page. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 39 Shenker, Israel. "Grand Panjandrum of History Still Roams the Seas of the Academe at 73." New York Times , n.p., 1976 Jun 14

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 40 Goldberger, Paul. "New Zealand Architect Flouts Rules." New York Times , p. 30., 1976 Jun 22

1 page. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 41 Huxtable, Ada Louise. "The Gospel According to Giedion and Gropius Is Under Attack." New York Times , n.p., 1976 Jun 27

2 pages. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 42 Hill, Gladwin. "Scientist is Hopeful on World Resources." New York Times , n.p., 1976 Dec 02

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 43 Oakes, John B. "The Battle for the Environment."New York Times , p. 44., 1976 Dec 02

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 44 "Notes on People: New British Speaker." New York Times , p. 53., 1976

1 item. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 45 Trippett, Frank. "The Sad State of the Passenger Train." Time , p. 94., 1979 May 21

1 page. Printed paper


Box 32 Folder 46 McDowell, Edwin. "A Data Conglomerate." New York Times , n.p., 1979 Sep 09

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 47 Games, Stephen. "'30s is a dangerous age."Manchester (England) Guardian , n.p., 1979 Dec 14

1 page. Photocopy


Box 32 Folder 48 Pritchard, Jack. "Must We Make the Same Mistake Twice?" Reprinted from 1979 Year Book of the Design and Industries Association ., 1979

1 item. Printed paper photocopy


Box 32 Folder 49 "People: Pessimistic Educator." World Press Review, p. 47., 1980 Aug

1 page. Photocopy


Box 32 Folder 50 Ahrend Furniture, catalog., undated

1 item. Bound volume


Box 32 Folder 51 Alexander, Christopher. "Ten Year Program for Research on Environmental Design.", undated

28 pages. Typescript mimeograph, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 52 Andelman, David A. "Nassau Planners Cause Split on L.I." New York Times ., undated

1 page. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 53 Arts Council of Greater New Haven, Inc. "Center for the Arts in downtown New Haven--the time is now!", undated

2 items. Printed paper; Includes note from unidentified correspondent.


Box 32 Folder 54 "Backtalk: In Praise (And Castigation) of 'The Folly of Modern Architecture.'" The Atlantic , pp. 69-76., undated

1 item. Printed paper; Letters in response to Peter Blake's article "The Folly of Modern Architecture."


Box 32 Folder 55 "BR fears 'twisting' of rules." Unidentified newspaper, n.p., undated

1 page. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 56 Climatron, St. Louis, Missouri, exterior view., undated

1 item. Color postcard


Box 32 Folder 57 "Colony Restaurant Closes Amid Te[?]." New York Times , n.p., undated

Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 58 Cowan, Edward. "Montreal Gets Expo Debt Delay." New York Times ., undated

1 page. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 59 Okada, Shinichi. "Design for the Transition Area: an approach to the urban design." From unidentified publication., undated

1 item. Printed paper


Box 28 Folder 15 Graduate Design Studio, University of Illinois, Urbana. "Hennepin Two.", undated

1 item. Printed paper


Box 32 Folder 60 "Habitat." Unidentified newspaper, n.p., undated

1 page. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 61 Herbers, John. "Foreclosure on a Slum: New Housing Move." New York Times , sec. C, p. 48., undated

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 62 'Housing." Study of characteristics of population of 50,000., undated

14 pages. Holograph photocopy; Probably student project at Washington University, St. Louis.


Box 32 Folder 63 "The Imperial County General Services Building, said to be 'earthquake-proof,' suffered severe damage to supports." From unidentified newspaper, n.p., undated

1 page. Newsprint; Illustration with caption.


Box 32 Folder 64 [In the period ahead all educational institutions will be faced with keen competition….], undated

2 pages. Holograph on paper


Box 32 Folder 65 Gropius, Walter and Maxwell Fry. / Levy, Ben and Constance Cummings, residence. Chelsea, London, England., undated

1 item. Gelatin silver print; Exterior perspective view


Box 32 Folder 66 "Liberal Society Won't Survive--Burnet." Unidentified Australian newspaper, n.p., undated

1 item. Newsprint


Box 32 Folder 67 "Long Island University's Intercollegiate Urban Affairs Conference," participant list., undated

1 item. Typescript photocopy


Box 32 Folder 68 "The Metropolis of Tomorrow," diagrammatic illustrations., undated

1 item. Printed paper


Box 32 Folder 69 Mumford, Lewis. "Reflections: Prologue to Our Time." The New Yorker , pp. 42-63., undated

1 item. Photocopy


Box 32 Folder 70 "The New Urbanists." From unidentified newspaper, n.p., undated

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 71 "Old Apartment Houses with New Faces; Park and Carports for Old Block." From unidentified magazine, n.p., undated

1 item. Printed paper


Box 32 Folder 72 Osborn, Alan. "Housing frauds shatter dreams of U.S. poor." Unidentified newspaper, n.p., undated

1 page. Newsprint, with annotations


Box 32 Folder 73 Planned Parenthood-Worldwide Population, solicitation letter., undated

1 page. Printed paper


Box 32 Folder 74 "Refugio de Vacaciones." Unidentified serial, pp. 20-21., undated

1 item. Printed paper


Box 32 Folder 75 "Residential Sector, 50,000 inh., Housing Communities, Census 1940. St. Louis.", undated

16 pages. Holograph photocopy; Includes report cover.


Box 32 Folder 76 Sekler, Eduard F. "Research and Criticism in Architecture. " Journal of Architectural Education , pp. 31-32., undated

1 item. Thermofax copy


Box 32 Folder 77 Seven Arts Club., undated

2 items. Contains "Statement of Aims" and preliminary notes for a "7 Arts Manifesto."


Box 32 Folder 78 School of Architecture, Washington University. "The Story of a Building: the Nature of an Architect's Work and his Role in Society Traced in the Development of One Building.", undated

1 item. Bound volume; Regarding the St. Louis Air Terminal.


Box 32 Folder 79 [Studies Exploring the Influence of Weight as Determinant of Architectural Form], compiled by students of Dr. Frei Otto, Washington University, St. Louis., undated

10 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Includes ink illustrations.


Box 32 Folder 80 "Triangular windows of Bell museum reflect the inventor's experiments with man-carrying kites," illustration from unidentified magazine article, p. 3., undated

1 page. Printed paper; Partial text of article on verso.


Box 32 Folder 81 "The University of Houston Presents Number 3 in a Series of Lectures," lecture program., undated

1 item. Bound volume; Includes announcement of lecture by Serge Chermayeff.


Box 32 Folder 82 Unknown / Unidentified apartment building. New Haven [?], Connecticut [?], undated

3 items. Gelatin silver prints


Box 44 Folder 04 Unidentified artist. Urban scenes, sketches., undated

30 items. Photomechanical prints


Box 44 Folder 05 Unidentified building, elevations. Manhattan, New York., undated

2 items. Silver gelatin prints


Box 32 Folder 83 Quotations, miscellaneous. [1 of 4], undated

31 items.


Box 32 Folder 84 Quotations, miscellaneous. [2 of 4], undated

22 items.


Box 32 Folder 85 Quotations, miscellaneous. [3 of 4], undated

34 items.


Box 32 Folder 86 Quotations, miscellaneous. [4 of 4], undated

46 items.


Subseries 7: 35mm slides


Box 45 Container 1.01 Miscellaneous Projects, Wilk, O'Connor, Payson

4 slides. 26th Church Street


Box 45 Container 1.02 Miscellaneous Projects, Wilk, O'Connor, Payson

40 slides. 28th Lincoln Street, New Haven


Box 45 Container 1.03 Miscellaneous Projects, Wilk, O'Connor, Payson

4 slides. 28th Lincoln Street—BW


Box 45 Container 1.04 Miscellaneous Projects, Wilk, O'Connor, Payson

16 slides. Cape Codder, New Orleans


Box 45 Container 1.05 Miscellaneous Projects, Wilk, O'Connor, Payson

16 slides. Chicago 48


Box 45 Container 1.06 Miscellaneous Projects, Wilk, O'Connor, Payson

13 slides. Harvard Yatch


Box 45 Container 1.07 Miscellaneous Projects, Wilk, O'Connor, Payson

44 slides. O'Connor 56


Box 45 Container 1.08 Miscellaneous Projects, Wilk, O'Connor, Payson

5 slides. Patio


Box 45 Container 1.09 Miscellaneous Projects, Wilk, O'Connor, Payson

31 slides. Payson


Box 45 Container 1.10 Miscellaneous Projects, Wilk, O'Connor, Payson

5 slides. Shady Hill, Harvard


Box 45 Container 1.11 Miscellaneous Projects, Wilk, O'Connor, Payson

20 slides. Sighson Wechslef


Box 45 Container 1.12 Miscellaneous Projects, Wilk, O'Connor, Payson

9 slides. Wellfleet Harbor Development


Box 45 Container 1.13 Miscellaneous Projects, Wilk, O'Connor, Payson

15 slides. Wilkinson


Box 45 Container 1.14 Miscellaneous Projects, Wilk, O'Connor, Payson

24 slides. 1942-51


Box 45 Container 1.15 Miscellaneous Projects, Wilk, O'Connor, Payson

2 slides. Wellfleet - Master Plan


Box 45 Container 2.01 Yale 62m 63m 64m 65m, Harvard, St. Louis 63

2 slides. England


Box 45 Container 2.02 Yale 62m 63m 64m 65m, Harvard, St. Louis 63

58 slides. SC, Yale—Comparative Models, New Town (2 folders), Untitled 2


Box 45 Container 2.03 Yale 62m 63m 64m 65m, Harvard, St. Louis 63

10 slides. St. Louis 63


Box 45 Container 2.04 Yale 62m 63m 64m 65m, Harvard, St. Louis 63

12 slides. Harvard Patio House


Box 45 Container 2.06 Yale 62m 63m 64m 65m, Harvard, St. Louis 63

18 slides. Yale 3rd Fall 64


Box 45 Container 2.07 Yale 62m 63m 64m 65m, Harvard, St. Louis 63

2 slides. Yale 65


Box 45 Container 3.01 Yale Master Class, Comparative Models

474 slides. 1967, Berlin Free University, Bogota, Boston, City Scale, Fulham, Hook (New Town, Columbia, Valencia), Housing (Sharnberg Thesis), Houston, Mass Transit, Mykonos, Netherlands (Nord Kennmerland), Thamesmead (London), Tokyo, Typical Project, Yale Model, Untitled, Untitled 1


Box 45 Container 4.01 Shape of Community

63 slides. Community + Privacy Graphics : 63 slides


Box 45 Container 4.02 Shape of Community

SC Labs : 3 slides. SC Labs : 3 slides


Box 45 Container 4.03 Shape of Community

Shape of Community Graphics : 8 slides. Shape of Community Graphics : 8 slides