Percival Goodman architectural records and papers, 1929-1989

[1] Travel Notebook (Paris, Israel, Athens), 1951

[2] Notebook ("Notes for Utopias Book"), 1980

[3] Notebook (poems and reminiscences), August 1985 - March 1986

[4] Notebook (poems), August 9, 1988

[5] Sketchbook (travel sketches and notes), undated

[6] Booklet ("Some Episodes from the Life of Michelangelo"), undated

[7] Index Cards (notes), undated

[8] Sketchbook (sketches of faces), undated

(Accession No. 2019.004)

Card file of former clients' addresses housed in Metal Box labeled "Old Clients, Old Addresses"; also housed in box are cards removed from PG's Rolodex.

Miscellaneous Obituaries, Bios, Exhibition fliers, Press Releases & Clippings.

Professional Statements & Bios, Lists of Publications, Lists of Works & Projects, Correspondence & Forms, NCARB.

17 items; includes 7 photographs of PG in his 57th Street Office (1939) [photographer Ruth Staudinger Rozaffy].

2 items; includes 1 photograph of PG with wire portrait by Alexander Calder.

5 items; includes image of PG in office at 1860 Broadway.

PG portraits; PG at conferences, meetings, juries.

22 items; photographs include PG at UAHC conference (1957 Dec) and other conferences; PG at National Institute of Public Affairs (1968 Oct); PG at opening of Guggenheim Museum with Jacques Lipchitz [photographer Dennis Stock]; Columbia University, Architectural Jury (1948) with Talbot Hamlin and Kenneth Smith; PG in office at 1860 Broadway with Naomi Goodman and two unidentified men (1966 Jul); Break-through to the Hudson River project with Jerry Wilson [photographer Cornell Capa]; PG seated at dais at meeting of Producer's Council, Inc.; PG with three women [one holding copy of Paul Goodman's Utopian Essays and Practical Proposals], and other various portraits.

Clipping of Berenice Abbott's photograph of 4-8 Fifth Avenue [Goodman's lived at #8 Fifth Avenue from 1946-48.] ; Poem "Monologue of the Architect on his Birthday" by Paul Goodman (1935) ; Drawing by Alice Goodman [sister] ; English paper "Percival Goodman" by Tamar Beach [niece] (1969) ; Photographs of PG, Augusta Goodman [mother], Paul Goodman [brother], George Ridge [son], tombstones of Paul Goodman and his son Matthew [tombstone designed by PG], Naomi Goodman with PG and unidentified man in Israel (1950), and PG in studio in apartment at 40 West 77th Street (1980s); identified photographers include Ruth Staudinger, Joel Goodman [son], and Dennis Dollens.

19 items; includes photographs of Jack and Edith Straus, Straus Mausoleum (designed by PG), PG with J. Franklin Whitman and wife Maria in Paris[?] (late 1920s), PG and Naomi Goodman with Mitzi Cunliffe and others (1986 Nov 22), PG with Bill Hayter at the Goodman home, The Springs, East Hampton (ca. 1972), PG and Raymond Lifchez at The Springs (1988 Summer), PG with Esther Gottlieb (1980s) ; also contains photocopies of photographs of Edith Straus by photographer May Ray [originals given to Raymond Lifchez and E. Straus's great-granddaughter Chloe Haimson] ; Blueprint by Edith Straus ; Invitation to Memorial Tribute for Stanley [Bill] Hayter, New School for Social Research (1988) ; NYT Obiturary of Stanley William Haytner (1988).

[Chiu-Hwa Wang received a M.Arch degree from Columbia University in 1949. A student of PG's, she then worked in Goodman office and was an associate of the firm from 1960-1979]

Photographs include images of Chiu-Hwa working in office at 2114 Broadway (1974), with her great-nephew and Ray Lichez in Oakland, CA (1979), with her niece and great-nephew (1979), with her cousin in ceremonial dress (1964), with her father and brother (1979), with PG and others at dinner in Taiwan (1981), with PG at dinner at her sister's in New Jersey (1983), in Pescadores Island with her sister and nieces (1982), and in her apartment in Taipei, Taiwan; also contains Letter of Agreement between PG and Chiu-Hwa Wang (1962 Oct 23) ; 2 Letters by PG certifying Chiu-Hwa's professional role in Goodman office ; 4 tearsheets showing Chiu-Hwa apartment in Taipei, Taiwan ; Copy of perspective rendering of Chiu-Hwa Wang apartment in Taipei, rendering by PG, design by Chiu-Hwa (1981 Nov) ; Copies of 18 drawings of Chiu-Hwa Wang apartment, by CHW (1981 Nov 4) ; Invitation/Announcement of J.J. Pan & Partners & Chiu-Hwa Wang, Architect ; Photocopy of business card ; Photocopy of article on building in Taiwan (1986 Apr) ; Blueline print of Chiu-Hwa's office ; Copies of 14 drawings of Biotechnology Development Center, Tapei, Taiwan University.

[Chiu-Hwa served as member of jury for final selection of architect. She and her partner, Joshua Pan, also a Columbia University graduate, were responsible for the furniture and part of the interior design.]

Gift of Chiu-Hwa to PG; includes inscription.

Includes interview with Chiu-Hwa Wang, pp. 207-215.

Gift of Chiu-Hwa to PG & Naomi Goodman; includes inscription.

17 sheets, varying sizes, labelled BC1 - BC17.

Sent to PG from Barry Gasson, an M. Arch. graduate of Columbia University, School of Architecture and student of PG. Gasson won competition for museum building to house Burrell Collection.

32 items : Business cards, fliers & brochures, clippings, press releases.

27 items.

Agreement between PG and International Honeycomb Corporation (1976) ; Letters of agreement and related correspondence with consulting engineers (1961, 1965) [10 items] ; Author's Copy of Publishing Agreement between PG and Doubleday & Company, Inc., forThe Double E,(1976 Aug 25) ; Agreement between PG and Morris Klein, literary agent (1976 Sep 1) ; Correspondence between Doubleday & Company, Inc. and PG, 4/18/78 (1978 Apr 18) ; Memo from Ken Lang/Contracts Department aboutThe Double E, 4/19/77 (1977 Apr 19) ; Contract between PG and Elaine Benson of Benson Gallery (1974 Oct 26) with attached correspondence (1974 Oct-Nov).

Letter of Appointment as Assistant Professor Architecture, Faculty of Architecture (1949 Apr 4) ; Copy of Resolution of Faculty of Architecture, Columbia University, upon PG's retirement (1972 Apr 25) ; Certificate of designation as Professor Emeritus of Architecture presented in leather case (1972 Jul 1)

The Architect's Oath, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) ; Certificate of Fellowship, AIA (1954 Mar 18) ; Appreciation for Participation in International Exhibition, AIA (1958) ; Member, New York Society of Architects (1958 Mar 4) ; Sustaining Firm, New York Chapter, AIA (1960) ; Fellow, International Institute of Arts and Letters (1961 Nov 4) ; Monetary Award, Classical Central Education Center Architectural Competition, City of Providence, Rhode Island (1963 Oct 22) ; Professional Member, Guild for Religious Architecture (1966 Apr 4) ; Diploma, Participation as Observer, Xth. World Congress of International Union of Architects, Argentine Federation of Architects Association (1969 Oct 25) ; Distinguished Member, Council of Educational Facility Planners (1969-70) ; Membership, National Institute for Architectural Education (1974 Dec 4) ; First Prize, Excellence in Design, for Administration Bldg.-Queensborough Community College, by Chamber of Commerce of Borough of Queens (1976) ; Award of Merit, for P.S. No. 57 Staten Island, Institutional Structure,[Concrete Industry](1977) ; Certificate of Appreciation, Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team, in Knoxville, TN (1979 Mar) ; Honorary Member, Guild for Religious Architecture, Professional Member (1977 Jul 6) ; Honorary Member, Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art & Architecture (IFRAA) (1979 Apr).

Citation, Division of Architecture, American Jewish Literary Foundation (1958 Nov 23). Wood-laminated certificate.

Board of Examiners and Registration of Architects, University of the State of New York (1936 Jan 30) ; Board of Architectural Examiners, State of State of Iowa ; State Board of Architects, State of New Jersey (1949 May 12) ; State Board of Examiners of Architects, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1949 Jul 25) ; State Board of Examiners of Architects, State of Ohio (1950 Jun 10) ; Board of Registration of Architects, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1952 Mar 6) ; Board of Registration for Architects, State of Indiana (1953 Mar 12) ; Colorado State Board of Examiners of Architects (1955 Nov 4) ; Colorado State Board of Examiners of Architects (1959 May 18) ; State Board of Examiners and Registration of Architects, State of Delaware (1960 Mar 18) ; Board of Registration for Architects Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, State of Michigan (1960 Nov 4).

National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, New York (1949 Mar 23) ; State of RI and Providence Plantations (1949 Jul 19) ; Architectural Examining Board of the State of Connecticut (1949) ; Colorado State Board of Examiners of Architects (1953) ; State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors Minnesota (1954) ; Department of Registration and Education, State of Illinois (1954 Dec 15) ; Board of Architectural Examination and Registration, State of North Carolina (1955 Jul 19) ; Biennial Registration Certificate, Architect, University of the State of New York (1980).

Office brochure, spiral-bound; 1 copy includes additional page with C.V. of Joseph Fuller, A.I.A., Associate Architect

Exhibition Catalogue. Alastair Gordon, Guest Curator.

Special issue of "Winners of the Journal's Architectural Drawings Contest." PG's drawings illustrated and described on pp. 52-53.

21 items : Exhibition invitations, press releases, brochures, clippings & publication announcements.

Illustrations by Percival Goodman.

7 photographs of painting series, "The Waiting Ones," 1962; 8 photographs of series, "Some Uses for Unwanted Things," 1960-66.

PG included, p. 8.

2 copies. PG included, drawings 19-24, from series, "The Road to Parnassus," and "Looking to the Future," 1981-82.

(Accession No. 2014.009)

3 interviews with Percival Goodman conducted by Suzanne O'Keefe.