James Marston Fitch papers, 1933-2000, 1933-2000

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Series V: Correspondence and Writing

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Box 04 Fol 04 Alicia Langford., 1997-1998

Includes materials relating to research assistant invoices.



Box 04 Fol 05 American Building, Second Edition, critiques., 1972-1974

Includes materials relating toAmerican Buildings II: The Environmental Forces that Shape It, Second Edition; book reviews; letters; clippings; and B.F. Skinner.



Box 04 Fol 06 American Building, mailing for Vol II., 1969-1970

Includes materials relating to American Association for the Advancement of Science Meeting; ; General Symposium "Human Settlements and Environmental Design"; "Integrated Environmental Control Systems"; "The architectural manipulation of space gravity and time"; requests for papers relating to environment and behavior; and UNESCO meeting in Pistoia.



Box 04 Fol 07 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book I, Introductory Materials., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 04 Fol 08 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book I, Contents., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 04 Fol 09 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book I, Book One., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 04 Fol 10 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book I, Book Two., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 04 Fol 11 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book I, Book Three., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 04 Fol 12 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book I, Book Four., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 04 Fol 13 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book I, Book Five., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 04 Fol 14 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book I, Notes., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 04 Fol 15 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book I, Supplementary Materials., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 04 Fol 16 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book II, Introductory Materials., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 04 Fol 17 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book II, Book VI., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 04 Fol 18 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book II, Book VII., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 04 Fol 19 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book II, Book VIII., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 04 Fol 20 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book II, Book IX., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 04 Fol 21 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book II, Book X., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 04 Fol 22 The Architecture of the American People: Men, Movements, and Monuments, Book II, Supplementary materials., 1997 Sep

Unpublished draft.



Box 05 Fol 01 James Benjamin., 1996-1997

Includes materials relating to Jim Benjamin;The Architecture of the American People; Jane Jacobs; and research assistant invoices.



Box 05 Fol 02 William Bobenhausen., 1995-1998

Includes materials relating to William Bobenhausen;American Building: The Environmental Forces That Shape It; contracts; agreements; Aikens Memo on Independence National Historical Park; chapter outlines; and case studies.



Box 05 Fol 03 Boscobel., undated

Includes"Boscobel," Garison, New York: A Preliminary Report



Box 05 Fol 04 Central Park. [1 of 3], 1974-1975

Includes materials relating to Central Park restoration; article clippings; Eiffel Tower; Wollman Rink; The Parks Council; and Eugenia M. Flatow.



Box 05 Fol 05 Central Park. [2 of 3], 1974-1975

Includes materials relating to Central Park; US Weather Bureau; New York Meteorological Observatory; Central Park Task Force; Central Park Restoration; appointment as Preservator of Central Park; Edwin L. Weisl, Jr.;A Program for Preservation, Rehabilitation, and Adaptive Uses in Central Park; Wollman Rink, Delacorte Theater; budget estimates; seasonal park helper;Rehabilitating Central Parkby Leonard Puglia;A comprehensive program for the scenographic, horticultural and botanical rejuvenation of Central Park; Proposed removal of major trees from Southeast quadrant of Central Park; andLandscape Restoration Project for North End of Central Park.



Box 05 Fol 06 Central Park. [3 of 3], 1974-1975

Includes materials relating to Central Park; Position Paper No. 3: A new program of education and apprenticeship for young gardeners; Position Paper No. 4: Priorities in Restoration and Rehabilitation of Central Park.; Position Paper No. 2: The Restoration of the Ramble and Creation of a New Type of Horticultural Display in Memory of Frederick Law Olmstead; ; Position Paper No. 1: The Wollman Rink and Restoration of the Historic Landscape Surrounding it;A comprehensive program for the scenographic, horticultural and botanical rejuvenation of Central Park; the bird sanctuary; Coffey, Levine, and Blumberg; timecards; budget; Adele Auchincloss; and North Central Park programs.



Box 05 Fol 07 Central Park, Position Papers. [1 of 2], 1974

Includes materials relating to Central Park task force.



Box 05 Fol 08 Central Park, Position Papers. [2 of 2], 1974-1976

Includes materials relating to Central Park task force (also called Task Force for the Preservation and Rehabilitation of Central Park); Central Park position papers; Martin Lang; and reference materials.



Box 05 Fol 09 Chicago, Charnley House., 1969-1972

Includes materials relating to American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter; Charnley House bibliography; Commission on Chicago Historical and Architectural Landmarks; Leonard J. Currie; Wilbert R. Hasbrouck; James Charnley House (Landmark Designation Report); Leslie Koening; and Hawley L. Smith.



Box 05 Fol 10 Cold Springs, NY., 1973

Includes materials relating to Village of Cold Spring; proposed historic district and scenic zone map; andPreservation and Protection of the Historic, Architectural and Scenic Assets of the Village of Cold Springs, New York: A Preliminary Report.



Box 05 Fol 11 Correspondence., 1962

Includes materials relating to Fred Bassetti; Brunner Scholarship;Country Beautiful(magazine); Paul Dominant; Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; Hedrich-Blessing;Journal of Architectural Education; Ralph Lewis Knowles; Heath Licklider; William Lyman; Pier Luigi Nervi; Leonardo Ricci; slide collection at Columbia University; Allan Temko;The Architectural Review; and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.



Box 05 Fol 12 Correspondence., 1962-1963

Includes materials relating to publications; Serge Chermayeff; Four Great Makers papers; Alfred Young; Aly Raafat; Ghana Museum and Monuments Board; travel notes; Stony Point; Horizon; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; Jacques Barzan; Roberto Orefice; Gerald Oster; Ernesto N. Rogers; Columbia University; Bruno Zevi; Adolf Placzek; Columbia University Forum; Nemrud Dagh excavations; Phillip Danzig; Charles R. Colbert; Bernard Kohn;Architectural Review; Walter Gropius; "The Forms of Plenty"; James Baldwin; Nevzat Ilhan; Dennis Flangan; Kips Bay; and Arnold W. Brunner Scholarship application.



Box 05 Fol 13 Correspondence., 1963-1965

Includes materials relating to National Architectural Accrediting Board; Serge Chermayeff; Victor Gruen; Nathan Silver; Frederick H. Hobbs, Jr.; Rhode Island School of Design; Charles Colbert; Madison Square Park; inquiries regarding historic building preservation graduate study; Francis Brown/New York Times;The Profession of Architecture; University of Alabama;Daedalus Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Allstate Insurance;AIA Journal; Helmut Richter; and Hilda Lass.



Box 05 Fol 14 Correspondence., 1964-1965

Includes materials relating to Noverre Musson; Maurice English/ University of Chicago Press; Serge Chermayeff; Walter Gropius; Museum of Modern Art; Fitch Twenty Years of TAC; Chicago;Industrial Design(magazine); Helmut S. Keidel; Alan M. Walmer; Blaine Cliver; American Academy in Rome; Louis Dupree/ American University Kabul;American Building Materials and Techniques; Nathan Silver; lecture tours; Adolf K. Placzek; George J. Mann; H.R. Hitchcock;New York Review of Books;The Spider(publication); Augusta Monferini; Vietnam;The Architectural Review; Ernesto Rogers; Mel Scott; Park Avenue Armory (includes photographs); Robert F. Kennedy; ICOMOS meeting in Poland; and Honor Awards, Baltimore.



Box 05 Fol 15 Correspondence., 1982

Includes materials relating to Adele Chatfield-Taylor; Report on Labelle Prussin'sAspects of Islam in the Arts and Architecture of West Africa; Report on John Fitchen'sBuilding Construction: Problems and Solutions through The Ages; Constantin Marinescu; Preservation Alumni; Katonah Gallery; Anthony Wood; Municipal Art Society; Upper East Side District; book reviews; and Daniel Vieyra.



Box 06 Fol 01 Cuba., 1998

Includes materials relating to Cuba.



Box 06 Fol 02 Cultural Resource Management., 1996-1997

Includes materials relating toCultural Resource Managementjournal; Henry Matthew Nowakowski; and "Murder at the Modern."



Box 06 Fol 03 Ellis Island., 1990

Includes materials relating to Ellis Island; "Reopening America's Gates"Architectural Record; and six unlabeled photographs.



Box 06 Fol 04 Essays later incorporated into books, early versions., undated



Box 06 Fol 05 Guggenheim., 1975-1977

Includes materials relating to Curriculum Vitae 1915-1975; Guggenheim Fellowship: expenses, application (including first person career narrative); John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation; James F. Mathias; Fellowship Plan of Work; Gordon N. Ray; andThe Architecture of the American People: 1586-1976.



Box 06 Fol 06 Historic Preservation Reviews., 1982-1983

Includes materials relating to Reviews ofHistoric Preservation; McGraw-Hill; Jane Jacobs; Bernd Foerster; Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities; and David G. De Long.



Box 06 Fol 07 Houghton Mifflin., 1946-1982

Includes materials relating to Houghton Mifflin Company;American Building: The Environmental Forces That Shape It; expense reports; royalty statements; editorial comments; photographic reproduction; Shocken Books; and jacket cover designs.



Box 06 Fol 08 McGraw-Hill., 1972-1986

Includes materials relating to McGraw-Hill; Jeremy Robinson; manuscript preparation guides;Historic Preservation: Curatorial Management of the Built World;The Architecture of the American Republic: 1596-1976; royalty statements; contracts; Leonard Josephson; book clubs;Great Works of Architecture;American Architects and Their Architecture; publishing agreement; preliminary style sheet; Joan Zseleczky; press releases; Urban Center Books; Municipal Art Society of New York; and text corrections.



Box 06 Fol 09 Miscellaneous correspondence., 1971-1998

Includes materials relating toAmerican Building: The Environmental Forces That Shape It; birthday celebration; 2000 Brendan Gill Prize; The James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation; Grand Central, Gateway to a Million Lives; John Belle; Beyer Blinder Belle; Daisaku Ikeda; Sho-Hondo; Richard Blinder; Columbia Encyclopedia; 1980 Design Arts Fellowship; National Endowment for the Arts; David G. De Long; University of Pennsylvania; National Trust for Historic Preservation; Allen Freeman; Ada Louise Huxtable; "The Battle for the Past"; University of Virginia, "Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village: The Creation of an Architectural Masterpiece"; Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation; Octagon and Renwick Ruin ; Alyce Russo; and Environmental Action Coalition.



Box 06 Fol 10 Miscellaneous correspondence., 1989-1997

Includes materials relating to receipts; Sarah Latham Kearns; Robert Wood; R. Buckminster Fuller;Places(journal); The Architecture of the American People; Talbot Wells, National Endowment for the Arts; MIT Press; Diana Ketchum; andArchitecture(magazine). Also contains 3 photographs.



Box 06 Fol 11 Miscellaneous correspondence., 1989-1999

Includes materials relating to Bernard Feilden; University of Virginia; Susan Doubilet.



Box 06 Fol 12 Miscellaneous correspondence., 1998-2000

Includes materials relating to Bernard Feilden; Peter Laurence; Fitch Fellowship; Coogan Building; Landmarks Preservation Commission; Masters of the Building Arts; Smithsonian Folklife Festival; Christopher Alexander;The Nature of Order; Indiana University Folklore Institute; Henry Glassie; John H. Stubbs;American Building: The Environmental Forces that Shape It; Jane Jacobs; Robert Gratz; Margot Gayle; Yorkville clock; Aluminaire House; Jefferson's Poplar Forest; Martica Swain; Alicia Langford; Historic Districts Council 1998 Landmarks Lion Award; Grady Clay; Adele Chatfield-Taylor; and Katherine T. Wood.



Box 06 Fol 13 National Endowment for the Arts., 1992

Includes materials relating to National Endowment for the Arts; and grant final report/ final fellowship report correspondence.



Box 06 Fol 14 Niagara Falls., 1973-1973

Includes materials relating to American Falls Commission; Niagara Falls; Army Corps of Engineers; Col. Roger L. Moore; contracts; and Garrett Eckbo.



Box 06 Fol 15 Notes., undated

Includes materials relating to potential book outline.



Box 06 Fol 16 Olmsted Office Preservation., 1973

Includes materials relating to Olmstead Office Preservation; William Alex; Frederick Law Olmstead Home and Office National Historic Site; brochures, publicity; and "Government Preservation of Natural Scenery."



Box 07 Fol 01 Preservation symposium via email., 1999

Includes materials relating toPreservationmagazine; Allen Freeman; "Visions and Revisions"; National Trust's 50th Anniversary; Preservation symposium; The Architectural League of New York; "New York 30/30"; Stewart Brand; Paul Spencer Byard; Ada Louise Huxtable; Douglas Kelbaugh; and William Murtagh.



Box 07 Fol 02 Princeton., 1968-1973

Includes materials relating to Kenneth Kassler;The Control of the Luminous Environment(Scientific American, 1968); notes fromLe Plans Le Corbusier de Paris 1956-1922; andAesthetics and the Contemporary Arts.



Box 07 Fol 03 Publicity., 1975-1980

Includes assorted newspaper clippings.



Box 07 Fol 04 Publishing Contracts, etc., 1957-1982

Includes materials relating to contracts;American BuildingVol. II; royalty statements; Columbia University;The Esthetics of Plenty; essays on American architecture; Columbia University Forum; and copyright statements.



Box 07 Fol 05 Reviews of Fitch books., 1972-1983

Includes materials relating toHistoric Preservation; andAmerican Building2.



Box 07 Fol 06 Roselyn Grist Mill., 1976-1977

Includes materials relating to Charles Howell; Charles E. Peterson; Roslyn Landmark Society; Raymond W. Smith; and John R. Stevens.



Box 07 Fol 07 Shocken Books., 1975-1975

Includes materials relating to Shocken Books;American BuildingsVolume II; and Sea Ranch.



Box 07 Fol 08 Speeches, lectures (arrangement for, 1976-1977)., 1976-1977

Includes materials relating to Bernard Feilden; and the United Kingdom.



Box 07 Fol 09 Tony Hiss., 1995-1998

Includes materials relating to Tony Hiss;American Buildings; Martica Sawin Fitch; Oxford University Press; and "Preface to the Third Edition of American Building…".



Box 07 Fol 10 Tony Hiss, unpublished introduction to 1999 Fitch book., undated

Includes materials relating to Tony Hiss; andHistoric Preservation.



Box 07 Fol 11 University Press of Virginia., 1987-1997

"Includes materials relating to royalties; University Press of Virginia;Historic Preservation; contracts; photograph permissions; proofs; preface; restoration projects (before and after); and Gerald Trett. Also contains photographs.



Box 07 Fol 12 Winterthur., 1997-1997

Includes materials relating to Winterthur; Rosemary Krill; and Fitch biography.