PG'S COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FILES, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Box 25 Folder 01 Columbia University material, 1960-1961, undated
"A Synagogue," n.d., design program ; "Recommended Graduate Program" (1960 May) ; Correspondence: [G.M.] Kallman to PG (1960 Jun 11) ; PG to Dean Charles Colbert (1960 Jun 27) ; PG to Dean Colbert (1960 Sep 9) ; Memo from Rabbi Paul Ritterband (1960 Oct 21) ; PG to John Canaday with attached announcement (1960 Oct 24) ; PG to Thomas Hess (1960 Oct 24) ; PG to Dean Colbert (1960 Oct 24) ; PG to Arthur Drexler (1960 Oct 24) ; PG to Thomas Hess (1960 Oct 31) ; Hess to PG ([1960] Sep 31) ; PG to Rabbi Ritterband (1960 Oct 31) ; Drexler to PG (1960 Oct 28) ; Ritterband to PG (1960 Oct 25) ; PG to Ritterband (1960 Nov 1) ; Dean Colbert to PG (1960 Oct 26) ; PG to Dean Colbert (1960 Dec 13) ; PG to Dr. Rose I. Coser (1960 Dec 23) ; Coser to PG (1960 Dec 20) ; PG to Otto Gerson (1961 Feb 2) ; Ja[c]ques Lipchitz (1961 Feb 2) ; PG to Percy Uris (1961 Feb 2) ; PG to Dean Jacques Barzun, (1961 Apr 5), 2 copies ; Davidson Taylor (1961 May 1).
Box 25 Folder 02 Columbia University Material, 1965-1967
"Proposed Draft of Letter to Educational Facilities Laboratory" ; Material on Le Corbusier Memorial Service (1965 Oct 18), 5 items ; "Seven Religious Buildings, Projects and Objects," (flier for PG exhibition at Avery Hall) ; "Plan" (1965) ; "Plan of Study: Architecture" (1966 Feb 16) ; [List of South Bronx Planning Projects] ; PG to Hon. James H. Scheuer (1966 Mar 14) ; "Proposed Reorganization: Planning and Masters Courses" (1966 Nov 14) ; "South Bronx Project" (1966 Nov 28), 2 different drafts ; "Propositions for Third Phase Design" (1967 Jan 6) ; "South Bronx Project, Third Phase," (1967 Feb), 5 copies, one edited version ; "A Redesign of the 21st Congressional District, Borough of Bronx, New York City," n.d. ; "Recommendations for use of the Ford Foundation's Ten Million line of credit to 'encourage further university interest in urban-minority affair,'" n.d., 2 copies. ; "A Project for the Ford Foundation's Credit Line," n.d. ; PG to Dr. Albert Eide Parr (1967 Feb 23) ; "Seminar on Human Maladaptation in Modern Society" (1967 Jan 16) ; PG to Romaldo Giurgola (1967 Feb 28) ; "Physical Replanning of the South Bronx" (1967 Mar 3) ; Raymond Lifchez to Commissioner Herbert Halberg (1967 Jul 26) ; Lifchez to J.M. Kaplan (1967 Jul 26) ; "Report on Current Status - Recreation Pier Study for Institute of Urban Environment" (1967 Jul 26).
Box 25 Folder 03 Columbia University Material, 1967-1968
"The Atlantic Terminal Urban Renewal Area" ([1967] Sep 29), 2 drafts, one with plans ; Memo from Controller, Columbia University, to Staff Members (1967 Oct 12) ; [PG statement on the teaching of Urban Design] (1967 Dec 22) ; "Draft: Outline for a Two-Year Curriculum in Urban Design" ; "Brooklyn Project" (1968 Feb 7), 2 copies ; "A Work-Study Program" (1968 Apr 5) ; [Faculty resolution calling for amnesty for students involved in spring protests (1968 Apr 28)] ; PG to Dean Kenneth Smith (1968 May 16) ; "'Motion' by Percival Goodman" (1968 May 16) ; "Proposal #1," & "Proposal #2" ; "On Teaching Urban Design" (1968 Jun 17) ; Memo from PG to Dan[forth] Toan (1968 Jul 24) ; "Platform for Urban Design Study" (1968 Aug 19) ; "Platform for Urban Design Study" (1968 Aug 29).
Box 25 Folder 04 Columbia University Material, 1968-1969
PG to Prof. Kenneth Koch (1968 Nov 1) ; "Confidential Draft: Proposed Interim Rules for the School of Architecture" (1968 Nov 19) ; "Utopian Community," [Course description and bibliography], 3 pp. ; "Chinatown Study Proposal" President Andrew W. Cordier to PG (1969 Jan 31) ; Dean Carl F. Hovde to PG (1969 Feb 8) ; PG to Cordier (1969 Feb 11) ; PG to Dr. Franklin Williams (1969 Feb 17) ; "Towards an Optimum Use of the Navy Yard" ; "Platform for Urban Design Study" ; "Preface" (1969 Aug 6) ; Misc. Correspondence: Aaron W. Warner to Colleague (1969 Mar 5), PG to Dr. Warner (1969 Mar 21), Jacques [Barzun] to PG (1969 Mar 13), Giurgola to Design Staff, School of Architecture (1969 Mar 19) ; "Platforms" (1969 Mar 22) ; 3 sketches by PG for Columbia Campus (1969 Mar) ; "On Columbia Expansion," drafts (1969 Mar 11) and (1969 Apr 2) ; Photocopy of 6 pp. of article "Columbia 1968: The Wound Unhealed," from Political Science Quarterly ; "Master Planning," 2 drafts ; "A Proposal for a Committee on Planning & Building" ; "Excerpt from The Amherst Statement" (1969 May 5) ; Misc. Correspondence: Romaine M. Weil to PG (1969 May 12), Andrew W. Cordier to PG (1969 Jun 15), PG to Cordier (1969 Jun 26) ; [Statement by PG], (1969 Aug 6), with attached note from Oona Sullivan to PG (1969 Aug 4) ; Flier from Columbia University Club ; Eva Braun to PG (1969 Aug 28) ; "Highlights of the History of New York City" (1969 Nov).
Box 25 Folder 05 Columbia University Material, 1970-1972
[Description of course on "A Study of Space Requirements for the Urban Dweller,"], 2 versions, one with copy of note from PG to Prof. Seymour Melman ; Misc. Correspondence: PG to Kenneth Smith (1971 Jan 8), Robert Spiegelman to PG (1971 Feb 3), Frederick M. Binder to PG (1971 Feb 2), Dean Carl F. Hovde to PG (1971 Feb 15), PG to Hovde (1971 Feb 19), PG to Smith (1971 Jun 25) ; "Books to Columbia" ; "Draft for Faculty Rules" (1971 Feb 1) ; "Rules for the School of Architecture" (1971 Apr 28) ; "Notes of The [Design Faulty] Meeting" (1971 Jun 14) ; "Master of Science Degree in Urban Design" (1971 Jun) ; "Proposed Urban Design Sequence, 1971-1972" (1971 Jun) ; Misc. Correspondence: Henry C. K. Liu to PG (1971 Aug 11), Carl F. Hovde to PG (1971 Oct 8), PG to Hovde (1971 Oct 18) ; "Project A: Street Improvements" (1971 Oct), typescript draft version & 2 copies of mimeographed text ; "Project B: Improving Manhattan's Waterfront" ; "Project C: Creating a Multi-Movement East-West Street in Midtown Manhattan" ; "Bibliography on Streets" ; Herbert Gans to PG (Nov 19) ; PG to Gans (1971 Nov 29) ; "Some Observations and Proposals on the Role of Architecture in Today's America" by Herbert J. Gans ; "South Richmond Project" (1972 Feb 9) ; "Project C: What Do You Mean by a Good Environment?" ; "Biblio - On Utopian Community" ; "Short Bibliography on Utopias" (1972 Jan) ; "Architecture Students Designing A Center for Sheepshead Bay," Columbia Reports,(1972 Mar).
MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL, SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Box 25 Folder 06 "Architecture at Columbia", ca. 1961-1962
Catalogue of School of Architecture, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Box 25 Folder 07 "The Navy Yard - as an Industrial Park"
Unbound report.
Box 25 Folder 08 Misc. Material on Model Cities Program, NYC
Photocopy of article by Ada Louise Huxtable, "Model Cities Construction to Start Here by Fall," NYT (1968 Apr 19) ; Summary & General Observations," 2 copies, with different introductory pages.
[Research conducted in 1968 by Susan Goodman, niece of PG, for one of his courses.]
Box 25 Folder 09 Misc. drawings and papers for PG's course, "Utopian Communities"
Box 25 Folder 10 Photographs of Student Projects for General Hospital, Columbia University, Graduate School
61 photographs.
Box 25 Folder 11 Photographs of Models for Woodbridge Centre
10 photos by Louis Checkman.
Box 25 Folder 12 Photographs of model for "Residential-Educational Complex"
7 photos by Louis Checkman.
Box 25 Folder 13 "A Study of School Building Types for New York City"
Spiral-bound report.
Box 25 Folder 14 Photographs of models for Cooper Square Development, Graduate Dept., School of Architecture
2 photographs.
Box 25 Folder 15 "The Cooper Square Plan, Report for Discussion", 1986 Oct 15
Report prepared by Cooper Square Committee; presents historic overview of planning for area.
URBAN PLANNING PROJECTS WITH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AFFILIATION AND/OR SPONSORSHIP
Box 26 Folder 01 Proposed Redevelopment of Long Island City (The Riverview-Community) (Long Island City, Queens, New York), ca. 1944-46
Contains student projects undertaken when PG was a Visiting Critic in City Planning at the School of Architecture, Division of Planning & Housing. Projects relate to PG'S Riverview Community Housing Development proposal for Long Island City of 1945.
"Initial Study of Shopping Facilities for Proposed Redevelopment of Long Island City," by E. Davila and A. Swartz, under directon of Percival Goodman and Simon Breines, n.d.
"Initial Study of Industry for Proposed Redevelopment of Long Island City," by E. Elwyn, R. Knight and S. Duran - Ballen, under direction of Goodman and Breines, n.d.
2 photographs of model & display of Riverview- Community development project, by Columbia University Students, under direction of PG, Visiting Critic.
Box 26 Folder 02 to 04 Welfare Island Redevelopment Proposal (Terrace City) (Roosevelt Island, New York) [3 folders], 1961
[1]: Misc. Non-inventoried Items: 1 drawing, ink on paper ; 1 photostat of drawing ; Blueprint with sketches on verso ; Correspondence, which includes correspondence with Max Abramovitz, Victor Gruen, I.M. Pei, & Jane [Jacobs] inviting them to critique project ; Project Descriptions ; Clippings, 3 items ; Tearsheets, 8 pp.
[2]: Photographs : Photograph of 59th St.- Queensborough Bridge, view from L.I.C. to Roosevelt Island & Manhattan, 1958 (Dept. of Public Works) ; 13 Photographs of model, photograph by Louis Checkman ; Contact sheets of model: 4 sheets.
[3]: Negatives.
Box 26 Folder 05 to 10 "Break-Through to the Hudson," (Hudson River Project, Yonkers to Peekskill) [6 folders], 1964
Developed by the School of Architecture, Columbia University, under sponsorship of Richard L. Ottinger and family; Percival Goodman and Alexander Kouzmanoff, Co-cordinators.
[1]: Non-inventoried Correspondence & Project Descriptions, 1964-1966; includes correspondence with Dean Kenneth Smith, Jerome L. Wilson, Cornell Capa, Stewart L. Udall, Alex Kouzmanoff, William L. Slayton, George A. Dudley, Albert Mayer, Richard L. Ottinger, Jacob K. Javits, Nelson Rockefeller, Allan Temko, William F.R. Ballard, William F. Ryan and Robert F. Kennedy.
[2]: Misc. Items: Clippings, 7 items ; Press Releases ; Misc. Government Documents ; Public Hearing Statements & Misc. Notes.
[3]:Empire State Architect,vol. 25, no. 4 (July-August 1965); includes article, "Breakthrough to the Hudson River: A Plan for Yonkers to Peekskill," pp. 23-31.
[4]:Break-through to the Hudson River: A Plan for Yonkers to Peekskill, October,1964. School of Architecture, Columbia University; Percival Goodman, FAIA, and Alexander Kouzmanoff, Co-ordinators; Susan Goodman, text; Cornell Capa, photographs. Unbound copy of printed report.
[5]:Break-through to the Hudson River: A Plan for Yonkers to Peekskill, October,1964. Spiral-bound copy inscribed to Percival Goodman from Stewart L. Udall; front cover loose.
[6]:Break-through to the Hudson River: A Plan for Yonkers to Peekskill, October,1964. Hardcover spiral-bound copy.
Box 26 Folder 11 to 12 Washington Heights and Inwood Master Plan, 1965-1966
Proposed by the School of Architecture, Columbia University, as a Community Service; Percival Goodman, Project Director.
[1]: Misc. Items: Non-inventoried Correspondence ; Outline of Urban Design Program ; 2 photocopies of maps of 21st Congressional District, County of Bronx ; 4 Drafts of report, "A Master Plan for Washington Heights and Inwood, New York City."
[2]:A Basis for Discussion; A Master Plan for Washington Heights and Inwood,School of Architecture, Columbia University, n.d. Spiral-bound report, 2 copies.
Box 27 Folder 01 to 08 Harlem River Project (New York), 1966
Prepared for Riverfront Associates, Inc., by The Institute for Urban Environment & School of Architecture, Columbia University; Percival Goodman, Project Director.
[1]: Non-inventoried Correspondence & Project Descriptions, Summary & Draft Report; includes correspondence with Charles Abrams, Hortense Gabel & James Scheuer.
[2]: Photographs by Arnold Newman, photographer, 1966 : 21 photographs, 2 photostats, and contact sheets.
[3]: Misc. Photographs : Site Conditions, 8 photographs, 3 1/2 x 5 in ; Historic maps & views, 5 photographs.
[4]: Non-inventoried Illustrations and Graphic Material; includes drawing & photostats of drawings & plans included in report.
[5]: Negatives.
[6]: "HR." Unbound report with original typescript & photographs.
[7]: "The Harlem River." Unbound draft report, August 1966.
[8]:HR, The Harlem River,August 1966. Spiral-found copy of report.