Serge Chermayeff architectural records and papers, 1909-1980

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Series IX: Faculty Papers, Harvard University


Subseries 1: Administrative and Faculty Committees



Box 34 Folder 01 "The Ph.D. Degree." Graduate School of Design Bulletin, Harvard University , pp. 24-25., 1950 Aug

1 item. Photocopy



Box 34 Folder 02 "Progress Report, A Center for Urban and Regional Studies.", 1952 Jan 18

3 pages. Photocopy, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 03 Harvard University News Office, press release announcing Serge Chermayeff's appointment as professor in Graduate School of Design., 1953 May 30

2 pages. Photocopy



Box 34 Folder 04 "Description of Courses, Curriculum in City and Regional Planning." Graduate School of Design, Harvard University., 1953 Sept-1953 Oct

2 pages. Photocopy



Box 34 Folder 05 Invitation to installation of Nathan Marsh Pusey as 24th President of Harvard College., 1953 Oct

1 item. Printed paper



Box 34 Folder 06 Memorandum to Dean Sert from Serge Chermayeff, draft version., 1953 Nov 03

4 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Proposal for curricula development.



Box 34 Folder 07 Memorandum to Dean Sert from Serge Chermayeff, final version., 1953 Nov 03

3 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; Proposal for curricula development.; One copy, gift 2005.002



Box 34 Folder 08 Harvard University School of Design. Announcement of Recent Changes ., 1953

1 item. Photocopy; Announces appointment of Serge Chermayeff to Professor in Architecture.



Box 34 Folder 09 "Design Research at the Graduate School of Design," memorandum to the Committee on Design Research from Chermayeff., circa 1953

7 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; One copy gift 2005.002



Box 34 Folder 10 Benefit and retirement policy information., 1953-1956

3 pages. Printed paper



Box 34 Folder 11 "Graduate School of Design, Faculty on Students' Curriculum," memoranda and reports., 1953-1956

1 item. Bound papers, with annotations; Includes memoranda and reports filed singly elsewhere in this series.



Box 34 Folder 12 "Graduate School of Design, Ph.D. and Advanced Studies," memoranda and reports., 1953-1957

1 item. Bound papers, with annotations; Includes various memoranda and reports filed individually elsewhere in this series.



Box 34 Folder 13 'Serge Chermayeff Reports / General Curriculum," memoranda and reports., 1953-1961

1 item. Bound papers, with annotations; Contains some items filed singly elsewhere in this series.



Box 34 Folder 14 Graduate School of Design, proposed entrance and curriculum requirements, draft., circa 1953-1962

1 page. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 15 Official Register of Harvard University , pp. 9, 11, 18-19, 31-32., 1954 May 19

1 item. Photocopy; Curriculum for Graduate School of Design.



Box 34 Folder 16 Letter. Heyward Cutting to Vincent Astor., 1954 Oct 08

2 pages. Typescript carbon; Regarding funding by Astor Foundation of proposed Chair in Environmental Control in the Graduate school of Design.



Box 34 Folder 17 "Graduate School of Design Lectures.", 1954

5 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Includes chart of "Suggestions for Lectures GSD Tuesday Series 1954-55."



Box 34 Folder 18 "Outline Proposal for the Establishment of Studies for the Improvement of Design Standards in Buildings of High Technical Complexity," proposal to the Vincent Astor Foundation., circa 1954

3 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Includes cover letter to Sert from SC.



Box 34 Folder 19 Memorandum to Dean Sert from Serge Chermayeff., 1955 Apr 13

2 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Offers thoughts on proposed creative art courses in Harvard College.



Box 34 Folder 20 Memorandum to Dean Sert from Serge Chermayeff., 1955 Apr 14

2 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Noted "Sekler return to SC" by SC.



Box 34 Folder 21 "Comments on Present Curricula," memorandum to Dean Jose L. Sert., 1955 Spring

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 22 Sekler, Eduard F. "The Visual Arts in History: Some Ideas and Suggestions.", 1955 May 08

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 23 Official Register of Harvard University , p. 30., 1955 Jul 28

1 item. Photocopy; Curriculum for Graduate School of Design.



Box 34 Folder 24 "Courses in Visual Arts for Undergraduates and the Broadening and Clarifying of Graduate Studies in the Field at Harvard," draft version., 1955 Oct 06

4 pages. Typescript, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 25 "Graduate School of Design, Urban Design Conference," planning notes., 1955 Dec 01

1 page. Typescript photocopy



Box 34 Folder 26 "Memorandum for General Circulation from Serge Chermayeff, regarding Urban Design Conference.", 1955 Dec 07

1 page. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Includes holograph annotations from "Reg."



Box 34 Folder 27 Memorandum to Dean Sert from Serge Chermayeff., 1955 Dec 09

2 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; Proposes improvements to Slide Collection management.



Box 34 Folder 28 "Proposed Curricular Revision, First Year," memorandum to committee., 1955

5 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 29 "Draft Material for Letter to John Nicholas Brown, Chairman, Committee on Visual Arts at Harvard.", circa 1955

3 pages. Typescript carbon



Box 34 Folder 30 Memorandum to Dean Sert from Wells Coates., 1956 Jan 04

6 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; Comments on "improving the facilities offered by the Graduate School of Design in the training of persons who desire to become architects."



Box 34 Folder 31 Memorandum to Dean, Faculty and Staff of the Graduate School of Design from Serge Chermayeff., 1956 Jan 11

1 page. Mimeograph



Box 34 Folder 32 "Resolutions Pertaining to Changes in the Program and Degrees of the Department of Architecture.", 1956 Jan 12

2 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations /Includes chart of "Admissions Record as of February 7, 1956."



Box 34 Folder 33 Bogner, Walter. "Comparison of Graduate School of Design Program in Architecture With Undergraduate Programs of Collegiate Schools.", 1956 Jan

11 pages. Photocopy; Includes several charts as appendices.



Box 34 Folder 34 Memorandum to Dean Sert., 1956 Jan

3 pages. Typescript copy; Comments on the "state of the GSD."



Box 34 Folder 35 "Remarks and Proposals About the Visual Arts and History at the Graduate School of Design.", 1956 Jan

3 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 36 "Memorandum to All Faculty GSD from Tyrwhitt, regarding Urban Design Conference.", 1956 Feb 05

1 page. Typescript photocopy, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 37 "Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Urban Design Conference.", 1956 Feb

2 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Tentative program and registration information.



Box 34 Folder 38 "Report of Faculty Committee on Urban Design Conference.", 1956 Apr 24

4 pages. Typescript photocopy



Box 34 Folder 39 Memorandum to Dean Sert and Committee, draft., 1956 Apr 26

4 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Suggestions for revising GSD curricula and programs.



Box 34 Folder 40 "Explanation by Professor Chermayeff.", 1956 Apr 27

4 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; With notation, "To accompany Minutes of April 27, 1956."



Box 34 Folder 41 [*Missing] Memorandum to Professors Bogner, Eliot, True, Wells Coates from Chermayeff., 1956 Apr 27

2 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Includes draft of summary.



Box 34 Folder 42 "Program for the Arthur and Laura Merrill Memorial Prize for Essay Writing," Department of City Planning and Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University., 1956 Apr

1 page. Typescript photocopy; Notations on verso.



Box 34 Folder 43 "General Policy of the Graduate School of Design." Harvard University., 1956 May 24

6 pages.



Box 34 Folder 44 "General Policy of the Graduate School of Design," memorandum to Dean Sert., 1956 Jun 08

2 pages. Typescript copy



Box 34 Folder 45 Memorandum to Professors Bogner, Chermayeff, Isaacs, and Sekler from Jaqueline Tyrwhitt., 1956 Nov 08

3 pages. Typescript carbon; Cover letter for letter to Victor Gruen from Jose Luis Sert dated 08 Nov 1956 regarding "Round Table" discussion to be held at Harvard on 27 and 28 November 1956.



Box 34 Folder 46 "Urban Design Preparatory Meeting.", 1956 Nov 26

2 pages. Typescript photocopy



Box 34 Folder 47 "General Professional Educational Revision," notes., circa 1956-1961

1 page. Ink on paper; Part of larger document?



Box 34 Folder 48 Memorandum to Committee on Urban Design from Chermayeff., 1957 Feb 20

1 page. Typescript



Box 34 Folder 49 "Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Summary of Notes prepared at URBAN DESIGN Round Table Conference, November 26th and 27th, 1956.", 1956 Nov

4 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Noted "Not for Publication."



Box 34 Folder 50 "Tentative Program - Urban Design - Invitation Conference, Harvard University, April 12 and 13, 1957.", circa 1957 Mar

2 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 51 "Docket for the Faculty Meeting in the Last Week of April.", 1957 Apr

3 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 52 "Harvard Graduate School of Design: 2nd Urban Design Conference, April 12 & 13, 1957. Statements for Discussion.", 1957 Apr

3 pages. Typescript photocopy



Box 34 Folder 53 "Urban Design Conference - April 12 and 13, 1957 - Harvard. Resolutions.", 1957 Apr

1 page. Typescript photocopy



Box 34 Folder 54 "Urban Design, Second Invitation Conference, Harvard University, April 12 and 13, 1957," program., 1957 Apr

1 page. Printed paper



Box 34 Folder 55 Notes by SC regarding Second Urban Design Conference., circa 1957 Apr

4 pages. Holograph notes



Box 34 Folder 56 "Memorandum to the Faculty," announcing inauguration of "Advanced Studies in Design" program., 1957 May 24

3 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 57 Official Register of Harvard University , p. 31., 1957 Aug 26

1 item. Photocopy; Curriculum for Graduate School of Design.



Box 34 Folder 58 "Report of the Subcommittee of the Committee on Educational Policy, Appointed to Consider the Report of the Committee on Visual Arts at Harvard University.", 1957 May 03

10 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 59 Memorandum to Faculty of the Graduate School of Design from Martin Meyerson, "An Invitation from the Center for Urban Studies.", 1957 Oct 09

2 pages. Typescript carbon.; Regards



Box 34 Folder 60 "Agreement of Collaboration, Harvard University -- Center for Urban Studies and Massachusetts Institute of Technology -- Center for Urban and Regional Studies," draft., 1957 Dec 05

2 pages. Photocopy



Box 34 Folder 61 Memorandum to Dean Sert., 1957 Dec 11

2 pages. Mimeograph; Comments on "Coordination of Design Courses."



Box 34 Folder 62 "Memo to the Faculty," announcing establishment of Committee on Advanced Studies., 1957 Dec 17

1 page. Mimeograph, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 63 "Minutes of Meeting, Committee on Advanced Studies.", 1958 Feb 12

1 page. Mimeograph



Box 34 Folder 64 Letter. From Jose Luis Sert to Chermayeff., 1958 Mar 11

3 pages. TLS; Regards planning for Third Annual Urban Design Conference at Harvard, includes "Panel of Design Principles for Large Residential Development Within the City." Annotated by SC.



Box 34 Folder 65 Harvard University, Third Urban Design Conference, planning notes., 1958 Apr

10 pages. Ink and graphite on paper



Box 34 Folder 66 "Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Urban Design, Report of Meeting of Small Panels to Prepare Next Urban Design Conference.", 1958 Apr 18-1958 Apr 19

5 pages. Typescript photocopy



Box 34 Folder 67 Harvard Graduate School of Design Newsletter(Autumn 1958)., 1958 Aug

1 item. Printed paper



Box 34 Folder 68 Memorandum to Dean Sert from Chermayeff, Tyrwhitt, Szabo, and Nash., 1958 Oct

2 pages. Mimeograph; Proposing revisions to First Year Program, Course Procedure, Course Grading, Exercises, Visualization and Graphics, Grades, Warning and Probation.



Box 34 Folder 69 "Memorandum to All Department Chairmen of the University," regarding faculty exchange between Leningrad University and Harvard., 1958

1 item. Thermofax copy



Box 34 Folder 70 Marcus, Stanley. "Report of the Committee to Visit the Graduate School of Design.", 1959 Mar 09

1 item. Printed paper, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 71 "Urban Design Conference, GSD, Harvard University, Panel Members and Meeting Rooms - Friday April 24.", 1959 Apr 24

2 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 72 "Extract from Minutes of Meeting of Urban Design Conference Held at Harvard GSD - April 1959.", 1959 Apr

2 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 73 "Fourth Urban Design Conference, GSD, Harvard University, Vallingby, Sweden.", 1959 Apr

9 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Includes two pages of illustrations.



Box 34 Folder 74 "Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Third [sic] Urban Design Conference, General Report of Proceedings.", 1959 Apr

1 item. Photocopy; Includes "Vallingby, Sweden" project on which Chermayeff was a panel member. Some page lacking. Related to "Mobility and Urban Design" texts?



Box 34 Folder 75 Harvard Graduate School of Design Association Newsletter , vol. 5, no. 1., 1959 Apr

1 item. Printed paper; Includes inserted reply page for registration to Urban Design Conference.



Box 35 Folder 01 Letter from Harvard Graduate School of Design Students to Jose Luis Sert., 1960 May 10

3 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; Enumerates dissatisfaction with Graduate School of Design faculty, curriculum, and ethos, with recommended remedies.



Box 34 Folder 76 Memoranda to Dean Sert et. al. from the Student Council of the Harvard Graduate School of Design., 1959 May-1961 May

39 pages. Mimeograph; Documentation of dissatisfaction and recommended remedies by student body toward curriculum and organization of the Graduate School of Design.



Box 34 Folder 77 Harvard Graduate School of Design Newsletter ., 1959 Nov

1 item. Printed paper



Box 34 Folder 78 "Fourth Invitation Conference on Urban Design - April 24 & 25, 1959. Invitation to Serge Chermayeff from Jose Luis Sert.", 1959

2 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations



Box 34 Folder 79 "Research Project, U.S.C.," budget and notes., 1959

3 pages. Ink on paper; For period of October 1, 1959 to September 30, 1960.



Box 35 Folder 02 Official Register of Harvard University , pp. 29, 35., 1960 May 31

1 item. Photocopy; Curriculum for Graduate School of Design.



Box 35 Folder 03 Letter from Faculty, GSD, to Student Council, GSD., 1960 Sep 14

1 page. Mimeograph; Enumerates dissatisfaction with GSD curriculum and program, with proposed remedies.



Box 35 Folder 04 Sekler, Eduard F. "Remarks About the Teaching of History and Theory at the Graduate School of Design.", 1960 Nov

2 pages. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 05 "Report to Curriculum Committee, Department of Architecture," preliminary version., 1961 Feb 24

7 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Some pages lacking.



Box 35 Folder 06 "Appendix to the Report to Curriculum Committee" and "Curriculum Proposal - Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.", 1961 Mar 10

3 pages. Mimeograph; Curriculum proposal chart for second and third year courses.



Box 35 Folder 07 Sekler, Eduard F. "The Architectural Curriculum.", 1961 Mar 15

4 pages. Photocopy, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 08 "Curriculum Proposal - Graduate School of Design, Harvard University," draft notes., circa 1961 Mar

6 pages. Ink on paper



Box 35 Folder 09 Letter from Edward McCagg, GSD Student Council, to Jose Luis Sert., 1961 May 15

1 page. TC; Exonerates Chermayeff from involvement with Student Council's memorandum of May 5.



Box 35 Folder 10 Serge Chermayeff Leave of Absence document., 1961 Sep 18

1 page. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 11 "Report on the First Year at the Graduate School of Design," memorandum to Dean Sert from Chermayeff, Szabo, Floyd, Payne and Wainwright., 1961 Dec 12

3 pages. Typescript carbon; With original folder.



Box 35 Folder 12 Serge Chermayeff, resignation documents, 1962 Feb

2 pages. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 13 "Unanimous Resolution of the GSD Meeting of April 11, 1969.", 1969 Apr 11

1 page. Mimeograph, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 14 "Catalog Supplement #1, Graduate School of Design, Department of Architecture.", 1969 Aug

18 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; Contains Part I: Program of Studies; Part II: Courses Offered; Part III: Grading, Advisory System, Curriculum Committee and Space Allocation.



Box 35 Folder 15 Memorandum to Chairman and Student Advisors from Sekler, "The Study of Architectural History in the Department of Architecture.", 1969 Sep 18

2 pages. Photocopy



Box 35 Folder 16 "Department of Architecture, Course Options, 1969-1970, Curriculum Vitae.", 1969

1 item. Photocopy, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 17 "2nd Semester Architecture.", circa 1953-1962

1 page. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 18 "Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Department of Architecture, First Year Design Curricula.", circa 1953-1962

7 pages. Typescript photocopy



Box 35 Folder 19 Memorandum to the Committee on Design Research from Chermayeff., circa 1953-1962

1 page. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Summary of course structure and contents for "Human Habitat or Anatomy of Design," for use in course catalog.



Box 35 Folder 20 "Proposed Curricula Revision, First Year.", circa 1953-1962

5 pages. Typescript carbon



Box 35 Folder 21 [Revisions to unidentified document]., circa 1953-1962

6 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Subseries 2: Course Materials



Box 35 Folder 22 "Bibliography, Theory of Design.", 1958 Jan 07

1 page. Typescript carbon



Box 35 Folder 23 "Environmental Design," course flowchart and notes., circa 1952-1962

1 item. Ink and colored pencil on paper



Box 35 Folder 24 "Environmental Control," outline., 1952

2 pages. Typescript mimeograph



Box 35 Folder 25 "Environmental Control Sequence.", circa 1952

22 pages. Typescript photocopy; Noted on first page, "Marston Fitch"



Box 35 Folder 26 "Environment Design. Design Analysis, First and Second Semesters," syllabus., circa 1954-1955

6 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 27 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1954 Oct 01

7 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 28 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1954 Oct 15

9 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 29 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1954 Oct 22

7 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 30 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1954 Oct 29

4 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 31 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1954 Nov 05

8 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 32 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1954 Nov 12

10 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 33 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1954 Dec 03

17 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 34 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1954 Dec 17

12 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 35 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1955 Jan 07

13 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 36 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1955 Jan 14

11 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 37 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1955 Feb 11

14 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 38 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1955 Feb 18

11 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 39 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1955 Apr 07

4 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 40 Environmental Design Seminar, with Wells Coates, lecture transcript., circa 1954-1955

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 41 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1955 Oct 01

10 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 42 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1955-1956

11 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 43 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1955 Fall-1956 Spr

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 44 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1955 Fall-1956 Spr

9 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Variant on lecture transcript from April 7, 1955.



Box 35 Folder 45 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1955 Fall-1956 Spr

8 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 46 Environmental Design Seminar, lecture transcript., 1955 Fall-1956 Spr

17 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 47 Environmental Design Seminar, partial lecture transcript., circa 1955 Fall-1956 Spr

1 page. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 48 "Environmental Design. Chermayeff Seminar," syllabus., 1955

4 pages. Typescript photocopy



Box 35 Folder 49 "Environmental Design 2, 1ab, exercises, Man as Measure in the Physical Environment.", 1956

1 sheet. Mimeograph; For Fall term, 1956.



Box 35 Folder 50 "Environmental Design Chermayeff Seminar," syllabus., circa 1959

3 pages. Typescript photocopy



Box 35 Folder 51 [Design 1-0ab], "Architecture of Work and Transportation," preliminary syllabus., circa 1954

3 pages. Ink on paper



Box 35 Folder 52 [Design 1-0ab], "Visual Arts in History. Chermayeff. Work and Transportation," final syllabus., 1954

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Noted "Outline 54/55."



Box 35 Folder 53 "Visual Arts in History: Work & Transportation.", circa 1954-1955

3 pages. Typescript, with annotation



Box 35 Folder 54 "Design 1-0ab. Visual Arts in History. Prof. Chermayeff, Lecture 1 - Work and Transport Arts in History," slide list., 1954 Nov 02

2 pages. Typescript; Noted "13 lectures 54/55."



Box 35 Folder 55 "Design 1-0ab. Visual Arts in History. Prof. Chermayeff, Lecture 2," slide list., 1954 Nov 17

2 pages. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 56 "Design 1-0ab. Visual Arts in History. Prof. Chermayeff, Lecture 3-Nautical Architecture" slide list., 1954 Nov 18

1 page. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 57 "Design 1-0ab. Visual Arts in History. Prof. Chermayeff, Lecture 4-Bridges to Giant Enclosures," slide list., 1954 Nov 10

2 pages. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 58 "Design 1-0ab. Visual Arts in History. Prof. Chermayeff, Lecture 5-Iron and Glass," slide list., 1954 Nov 10

2 pages. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 59 "Design 1-0ab. Visual Arts in History. Prof. Chermayeff, Lecture 6," slide list., 1954 Nov 24

1 page. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 60 "Design 1-0ab. Visual Arts in History. Prof. Chermayeff, Lecture 7," slide list., 1955 Feb 14

2 pages. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 61 "Design 1-0ab. Visual Arts in History. Prof. Chermayeff, Lecture 8," slide list., 1955 Feb 14

2 pages. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 62 "Design 1-0ab. Visual Arts in History. Prof. Chermayeff, Lecture 9," slide list., 1955 Feb 14

2 pages. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 63 "Design 1-0ab. Visual Arts in History. Prof. Chermayeff, Lecture 10," slide list., 1955 Mar 08

2 pages. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 64 "Design 1-0ab. Visual Arts in History. Prof. Chermayeff, Lecture 11," slide list., 1995 Mar 08

2 pages. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 65 "Design 1-0ab. Visual Arts in History. Prof. Chermayeff, Lecture 13," slide list., 1955 Mar 01

2 pages. Typescript; Sketch on verso of page 2.



Box 35 Folder 66 [Design 1-0a. Introduction to Visual Arts,] preliminary syllabus., circa 1955

3 pages. Ink on paper



Box 35 Folder 67 "Design 1-0ab, Introduction to the Visual Arts, Fall Term 1955-56," preliminary syllabus., 1955 May 19

2 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 68 "Design 1-0a. Introduction to Visual Arts, Prof. Chermayeff, Lecture I," slide list., 1955 Sep 28

2 pages. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 69 "Design 1-0a. Introduction to Visual Arts, Prof. Chermayeff, Lecture II," slide list., 1955 Sep 30

2 pages. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 70 Sekler, Eduard F. "Design 1-0a. Introduction to the Visual Arts: Suggested Changes for the Second Part of the Course.", 1955 Oct 13

1 page. Typescript carbon



Box 35 Folder 71 "Design 1-0ab, Introduction to the Visual Arts," appendix I., circa 1955 Nov

1 page. Typescript



Box 35 Folder 72 "Visualization and Graphics, Design 3-1ab. 1956/57 First Year, GSD," syllabus, preliminary., 1956

3 pages. Mimeograph



Box 35 Folder 73 "Proposed Revisions. Studio Courses. First Year.", 1955

1 page. Holograph copy, with annotations



Box 35 Folder 74 First Year Curriculum, German translation., 1957-1958

2 items.


Subseries 3: Writings and Presentations



Box 36 Folder 01 "An Approach to Redevelopment." Panel discussion, Harvard University Community Appraisal Study, Graduate School of Design., 1951 Spring

1 item. Photocopy



Box 36 Folder 02 Untitled manuscript. Talk given to "Symposium on the Integration of the Arts," Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, February 8, 1954., 1954 Feb

2 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 36 Folder 03 "Summary of statement by Serge Chermayeff on the relationship of the Visual Arts." Presented at "Symposium on the Integration of the Arts," Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, February 8, 1955., 1955 Feb

4 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 36 Folder 04 "Symposium on the Integration of the Arts, Feb. 8, 1954 [sic]," Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, draft transcript., 1955 Feb

37 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 36 Folder 05 "Mobility and Urban Design," draft. Talk given at Harvard Urban Design Conference, April 1957., 1957 Apr

7 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Noted "Urban Design Conf. Apr. 57. Contains points bearing directly on the Design of Urban Family Houses. SC."



Box 45 Privacy, 1957 May 07, 1 film reels

A broadcast of Professor Serge Chermayeff discussing privacy in neighborhood planning and housing subdivision design, interviewed by Nancy Ann Graham. Chermayeff walks Graham through various model houses which were designed for domestic privacy. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)



Box 45 Professor Serge Chermayeff, Harvard University School of Design, Between 1953-1962, 1 film reels

A short film of Professor Serge Chermayeff lecturing about privacy in domestic architecture and neighborhood planning.



Box 36 Folder 06 "The Shape of Quality," preliminary transcript. Talk given at Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, April 16, 1959., 1959 Apr

16 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; Includes cover letter, dated May 1963, and question and answer responses after talk.



Box 36 Folder 07 "The Shape of Quality," question and answer session, preliminary transcript. Talk given at Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, April 16, 1959., 1959 Apr

4 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 36 Folder 08 "The Shape of Quality," final transcript. Talk given at Graduate School of Design, Harvard, April 16, 1959., 1959 Apr

11 pages. Typescript



Box 36 Folder 09 "The Shape of Privacy, manuscript. " Talk at Graduate School of Design, Harvard University., 1961 May

16 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations; One copy gift, 2005.002


Subseries 4: Projects



Box 36 Folder 10 Brattle Street Theater, proposed. Cambridge, Mass. [1 of 2], 1954-1956

20 items. Correspondence and published materials. Some documents in duplicate.



Box 36 Folder 11 Brattle Street Theater, proposed. Cambridge, Mass. [2 of 2], 1959

21 items. Correspondence, notes, calculations, preliminary proposal, final proposal, published materials. Some materials in duplicate.



Box 36 Folder 12 Harvard Urban Family Houses, project. Cambridge, Mass. Press release., 1957 Feb

1 item. Photocopy



Box 36 Folder 13 Chermayeff, Serge / Harvard Urban Family Houses, project. Cambridge, Mass. / Model views / People / Some images in duplicate., 1957

6 items. Gelatin silver prints



Box 36 Folder 14 [*Missing] Chermayeff, Serge / Harvard Urban Family Houses, project. Cambridge, Mass. / Model views / People / Some images in duplicate., 1957

16 items. Color transparencies



Box 36 Folder 15 Chermayeff, Serge / Harvard Urban Family Houses, project. Cambridge, Mass. / Model views / People / Some images in duplicate., 1957

3 items. Black-and-white film negatives



Box 36 Folder 16 [*Missing] Chermayeff, Serge / Harvard Urban Family Houses, project. Cambridge, Mass. / Model views / People / Some images in duplicate., 1957

4 photostats. Photostats



Box 36 Folder 17 [*Missing] Chermayeff, Serge / Harvard Urban Family Houses, project. Cambridge, Mass. / Model views / People / Some images in duplicate., 1957

4 photostats. Photostats



Box 36 Folder 18 Harvard Urban Family Houses, project. Cambridge, Mass. Articles., 1957

11 items.



Box 40 Folder 03 Harvard Urban Family Houses, project. Cambridge, Mass. Articles., 1957

2 items. Newsprint



Box 36 Folder 19 Harvard Urban Family Houses, project. Cambridge, Mass. Letter from Peter Blake to Roger Schafer, United Housing Federation., 1957 Jun 26

1 item. TC, with annotations



Box 36 Folder 20 Harvard Urban Family Houses, project. Cambridge, Mass. Letter from Serge Chermayeff to Roger Schafer, United Housing Federation., 1957 Sep 26

1 item. TC



Box 36 Folder 21 Harvard Urban Family Houses, project. Cambridge, Mass. "Notes.", 1957-1959

10 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Annotated, "These notes over two years were the basis for broadcasts CBS-NBC-WGBH-articles-lectures and, of course, our first year design exercises. SC"



Box 40 Folder 04 Chermayeff, Serge / Harvard Urban Family Houses, project. Cambridge, Mass. Drawings., 1957-1959

18 items. Photostats; Architectural drawing; Most images in positive and negative formats. Many duplicates.



Roll A60.05 Chermayeff, Serge / Harvard Urban Family Houses, project. Cambridge, Mass. Drawings / Presentation drawings, 1957-1959

1 item. Diazo print on paper



Roll A60.05 Chermayeff, Serge / Harvard Urban Family Houses, project. Cambridge, Mass. Drawings / Presentation drawings, 1957-1959

1 item. Colored pencil on diazo print on paper



Box 44 Folder 06 Harvard Urban Family Houses, project. Cambridge, Mass. Drawings., 1957-1959

3 items. Photostats



Box 36 Folder 22 "Center for Urban Studies, proposal for Research Project at the GSD, Harvard. The Urban Family House," 2nd draft. 2a., 1959

8 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 36 Folder 23 "Center for Urban Studies, proposal for Research Project at the GSD, Harvard. The Urban Family House," second revision. 2b., 1959

5 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 36 Folder 24 [Center for Urban Studies, proposal for Research Project at the GSD, Harvard. The Urban Family House,] Scope and Method," second revision, 2c., 1959

5 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 36 Folder 25 "Proposal for a Design Project, The Urban Family House, First Report on Progress.", 1959 Oct 15

5 pages. Typescript, with annotations



Box 36 Folder 26 "The Paul Sachs Shady Hill Estate. Cambridge, Mass. Proposal for Redevelopment by Harvard University.", 1954

1 item. 2 copies.



Box 36 Folder 27 Urban Family Houses, aka Patio Houses, proposed Paul Sachs Estate, "Shady Hill," development. Cambridge, Mass. Notes and calculations., circa 1954-1957

5 pages.



Box 36 Folder 28 Urban Family Houses, aka Patio Houses, proposed Paul Sachs Estate, "Shady Hill," development. Cambridge, Mass. Correspondence., 1954 Aug-1954 Nov

10 items.



Box 36 Folder 29 Urban Family Houses, aka Patio Houses, proposed Paul Sachs Estate, "Shady Hill," development. Cambridge, Mass. Photographs. [1 of 2]., circa 1957

5 items. Gelatin silver prints; Model views. Some images in duplicate.



Box 40 Folder 05 Chermayeff, Serge / Urban Family Houses, aka Patio Houses, proposed Paul Sachs Estate, "Shady Hill," development. Photographs. [2 of 2]., 1957

3 items. Photostat; Architectural drawing



Drawer 307 Chermayeff, Serge / Urban Family Houses, aka Patio Houses, proposed Paul Sachs Estate, "Shady Hill," development. Cambridge, Mass. Drawings / Design drawings; Site survey and engineering drawings., 1957-1959

19 items. Graphite and/or colored pencil and/or colored marker on tracing paper



Drawer 307 Chermayeff, Serge / Urban Family Houses, aka Patio Houses, proposed Paul Sachs Estate, "Shady Hill," development. Cambridge, Mass. Drawings / Design drawings; Site survey and engineering drawings.

13 items. Graphite on trace



Drawer 307 Chermayeff, Serge / Urban Family Houses, aka Patio Houses, proposed Paul Sachs Estate, "Shady Hill," development. Cambridge, Mass. Drawings / Design drawings; Site survey and engineering drawings.

6 items. Diazo print on paper



Drawer 307 Chermayeff, Serge / Urban Family Houses, aka Patio Houses, proposed Paul Sachs Estate, "Shady Hill," development. Cambridge, Mass. Drawings / Design drawings; Site survey and engineering drawings.

1 item. Colored pencil on lithograph



Box 40 Folder 06 Chermayeff, Serge / Urban Family Houses, aka Patio Houses, proposed Paul Sachs Estate, "Shady Hill," development. Cambridge, Mass. Drawings / Design drawings, circa 1954-1957

4 items. Colored pencil, ink, and colored marker on trace



Box 40 Folder 07 [*Missing] Chermayeff, Serge / Urban Family Houses, aka Patio Houses, proposed Paul Sachs Estate, "Shady Hill," development. Cambridge, Mass. Drawings / Design drawings

9 items. Colored pencil, ink, and colored marker and graphite on paper



Box 40 Folder 08 Chermayeff, Serge / Urban Family Houses, aka Patio Houses, proposed Paul Sachs Estate, "Shady Hill," development. Cambridge, Mass. Drawings / Design drawings

1 items. Graphite on trace



Box 36 Folder 30 "Outline of Proposed Study of Privacy and Community in Housing.", circa 1961

2 pages. Typescript carbon


Subseries 5: Students' Work



Box 44 Folder 07 Environmental Design Course. Student designs., circa 1956-1960

33 items. Photostats



Box 44 Folder 08 Architectural and urban planning renderings and plans, miscellaneous., 1960

6 items.



Box 40 Folder 09 Mitchell, Mark B. "Residential Over Commercial," terminal project., 1962 Jan

1 item. Photostat



Box 36 Folder 31 Reynolds, Robert. "Housing for the Houghton Area of Cambridge." Thesis., undated

8 pages. Typescript and ink on paper



Box 40 Folder 10 Van Housen, Thomas. "Harvard Square Proposal," Urban Design Studio., 1961 Fall

18 items. Photostat



Box 36 Folder 32 Unidentified apartment project, probably by/for a design studio., circa 1952-1962

4 items. Gelatin silver prints; Model views. Possibly Paul Sachs Estate Housing project?


Subseries 6: Reference Files



Box 36 Folder 33 "Architects to Honor Gropius' Birthday." Harvard Crimson , p.1., 1958 May 23

1 item. Photostat



Box 36 Folder 34 "Architecture 8-5a, Contemporary Issues in Architecture, Session IV. Topic: Serge Chermayeff." Course given by Edward Baum at Graduate School of Design, Harvard University., 1974 Oct 16

3 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; Annotated comments by SC



Box 36 Folder 35 "Architecture 8-5a, Contemporary Issues in Architecture, Session V. Topic: Serge Chermayeff." Course given by Edward Baum at Graduate School of Design, Harvard University., 1974 Oct 23

3 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations; Annotated comments by SC.



Box 36 Folder 36 "Architecture 8-5ab. Contemporary Issues in Architecture," interview questions for Chermayeff., 1974 Oct 30

1 page. Mimeograph, with annotations; Outline of questions and issues for course.



Box 36 Folder 37 [Arch 8-5a. Contemporary Issues in Architecture," interview questions for Chermayeff., 1974 Nov 06

1 item. Ink on paper



Box 36 Folder 38 Bakema, J.B. "Harvard University, Second Invitation Urban Design Conference - April 12 and 13, 1957. Elements of Urban Design, The Structure of Residential Areas.", 1957 Apr

6 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations



Box 36 Folder 39 Letter from John R.H. Blum to Serge Chermayeff., 19-- Oct 30

4 pages. ALS; Invitation to Chermayeff to be guest at dinner of Choate Club on November 17.



Box 36 Folder 40 Cook, Ruth V. "Some Useful Titles for an Architect's Library.", 1953 Oct

1 item. Mimeograph



Box 36 Folder 41 Harvard Foundation for Advanced Study and Research Newsletter ., 1956 May 18

1 item. Printed paper



Box 36 Folder 42 Helpern, David. "Summary of the Sixth Annual Student Forum Sponsored by the A.I.A." Conference held in Washington, D.C.. November 20-23., circa 1953-1962

3 pages. Mimeograph, with annotations



Box 36 Folder 43 "Judges Study Architecture Suggestions for Arts Festival." The (New Haven, CT) Register , n.p., 1959 Apr 12

1 item. Newsprint



Box 36 Folder 44 List of names, beginning with Ove Arup & Partners., circa 1953-1962

1 page. Mimeograph, with annotations; List for sending copies of unidentified item?



Box 36 Folder 45 Neutra, Richard. "Harvard University, Second Invitation Urban Design Conference - April 12 & 13, 1957. Biological Realism, an Address.", 1957 Apr

6 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations



Box 36 Folder 46 Newspaper articles., 1964-1969

10 items. Newsprint; Primarily regards student protests on Harvard University campus.



Roll A78A.05 "S.C. Larger than Life," caricature., circa 1952-1963

1 item. Ink on paper; Noted on verso, "Missing J.L. Sert (rather smaller); next panel "Harvard."



Box 36 Folder 47 Sekler, Eduard F. "Der Kunstler und die Stadt." Unidentified publication, pp. 411-415., undated

1 item. Printed paper



Box 36 Folder 48 "Sert, Chermayeff Join Opposition to Destruction of Grand Central." Harvard Crimson , p. 1., 1955 Feb 10

1 item. Newspaper



Box 36 Folder 49 Tyrwhitt, Jaqueline. "The A.A. Exhibition. London, August 1955.", 1955 Aug

3 pages. Typescript, with annotations; Review of the exhibition. With notation, "Dear Serge. Thought you might be interested--"



Box 36 Folder 50 Tyrwhitt, Jaqueline. "The City of Ch'ang-An." Reprinted from The Town Planning Review , pp. 21-37., 1968 Apr

1 item. Bound volume



Box 36 Folder 51 Unidentified campus planning project., circa 1952-1962

1 item. Colored pencil and ink on printed paper; Area adjacent to Harvard Divinity School is circled in red.