Alan Colquhoun papers, 1942-2010

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Series III: Visual Material

Comprised of three subseries: Photographs, Slides, Drawings, and DVDs. The majority of the photographs are personal documentation of Colquhoun's travels in India, while others include miscellaneous personal prints of friends and family. The slides depict architecture exclusively, and were presumably used both for publication and teaching purposes. They were arranged by Colquhoun himself, for most often by architect, location or movement, and his arrangement has been kept wherever discernable. The DVD's contain photographs and video, while the drawing series includes, on the one hand, Colquhoun's school work and on the other, reproductions of drawings by Colquhoun + Miller.


Subseries 1: Photographs



Box 8 Folder 11 Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, 1992

Prints : 24 items ; Contains 4" X 6" prints from Rie



Box 8 Folder 12 China, "Peking", undated

Prints : 8 items ; Contains 4" X 6" prints and a postcard from China, presumably taken and sent by "Esther"



Box 8 Folder 13 France, Palace d' Iena, 1995

Prints : 15 items ; Contains multiple formats of photographs of the 90s addition to the Palace d'Iena, Paris



Box 8 Folder 14 India [1 of 9], undated

Contact Sheets : 24 items ; Contains contact sheets from India



Box 8 Folder 15 India [2 of 9], undated

Negatives : 56 items ; Contains 120mm negatives from India



Box 8 Folder 16 India [3 of 9], undated

Prints : 5 items ; Contains 120mm prints from India



Box 8 Folder 17 India [4 of 9], undated

Prints: 35 items ; contains prints from India, among others of the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple in Khajuraho and the Mukteśvara Temple in Bhubaneswar



Box 8 Folder 18 India [5 of 9], ca. 1945

Prints : 273 items ; Contains small prints, one from 1945



Box 8 Folder 19 India [6 of 9], undated

Prints : 4 items ; Negatives : 4 items ; Contains 120mm prints and negatives from India



Box 8 Folder 20 India [7 of 9], undated

Prints : 20 items ; Negatives : 22 items ; Contains 120mm prints and negatives from India



Box 8 Folder 21 India [8 of 9], undated

Prints : 6 items ; Negatives : 7 items ; Contains 120mm prints and negatives from India



Box 8 Folder 22 India [9 of 9], undated

Contact print strip : 7 items ; Contains 35 mm contact print strips from India



Box 8 Folder 23 India [?], undated

Negative Strip : 14 items ; Contains 35 mm negatives



Box 8 Folder 24 India, "Agra, Fatephuur Siri, Delhi", undated

Negatives : 17 items ; Contains 120mm negatives from India



Box 8 Folder 25 India, "Banaras", undated

Negatives : 15 items ; Contains 120mm negatives from India



Box 8 Folder 26 India, Bhubaneshwara Khajuraho [Negatives], undated

Negatives : 24 items ; Contains 120mm negatives from India



Box 8 Folder 27 India, "Bijapur, [Vija?], [Deccan?]", undated

Negatives : 16 items ; Contains 120mm negatives from India



Box 8 Folder 28 India, Bundi 2006, 2006

Prints : 36 items ; Contains 4" X 6" prints



Box 8 Folder 29 India, Jaipur, Jodhpur, [Two Unidentified Indian Cities], undated

Negatives : 31 items ; Contains 120mm negatives from India



Box 8 Folder 30 India, "Kashmir, Kulu Valley", undated

Negatives : 12 items ; Contains 120mm negatives from India



Box 8 Folder 31 India, "Negs for Enlargement 2", undated

Negatives : 25 items ; Contains 120mm negatives from India



Box 8 Folder 32 India, "Negs for Enlargement", undated

Prints : 14 items ; Contains 120mm prints from India [not negatives]



Box 8 Folder 33 India, "Rural", undated

Negatives : 12 items ; Contains 120mm negatives from India



Box 8 Folder 34 India, "'Singa Mandi, Mt. Abu", undated

Negatives : 6 items ; Contains 120mm negatives from India



Box 8 Folder 35 India, "Taj Mahal. Negs + Copy Negs", undated

Prints : 9 items ; Negatives : 6 items ; Contains 120mm negatives and prints



Box 8 Folder 36 India, [Udaipur?], undated

Negatives : 25 items ; Contains 120mm negatives from India



Box 8 Folder 37 Italy, "Casa Zuccheri" [Casa Zuccari, Florence], undated

Prints : 2 items ; Contains two digital prints of the same photograph of the façade of the Casa Zuccari, one in black and white and one in color, along with a CR-ROM containing files for both versions in TIFF and JPEG format.



Box 8 Folder 38 Italy, Rome, 1980s

Prints : 35 items ; Contains 4" X 6" prints from Rome



Box 8 Folder 39 Spain, Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura Barcelona, 1980-04-30T00:00:00

Prints : 4 items ; Contains photographs of Colquhoun at the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura Barcelona



Box 8 Folder 40 Personal [1 of 5], 1980s-2010s

Prints : 3 items ; Contains three photographs in different times and formats



Box 8 Folder 41 Personal [2 of 5], ca. 1940s-2010s

Prints : 98 items ; Contains loose prints in multiple formats, mainly of family and friends



Box 8 Folder 42 Personal [3 of 5], ca. 1940s-2010s

Prints : 11 items ; Slides : 10 items ; Contains loose prints and slides in multiple formats, mainly of family and friends



Box 8 Folder 43 Personal [4 of 5], ca. 1940s-2010s

Prints : 15 items ; Contains loose prints in multiple formats, mainly of family and friends



Box 8 Folder 44 Personal [5 of 5], ca. 1940s-2010s

Prints : 36 items ; Contains loose prints in multiple formats, mainly of Colquhoun



Box 8 Folder 45 Personal, "Hawksmoor Churches, Roberta, Karen + John", 2008

Prints : 20 items ; Contains 4"X 5-1/4" prints



Box 8 Folder 46 Personal, "Shah - London", 2012

Prints : 4 items ; Contains prints of Colquhoun with Manhaz Shah


Subseries 2: Slides



Box 9 Folder 1 to 2 LC 1908-39 [2 folders], 1908-39

Slides : 397 items ; Contains slides of LC's buildings by building, arranged in order according to legend



Box 9 Folder 3 to 4 LC 1945-65 [2 folders], 1945-65

Slides : 414 items ; Contains slides of LC's buildings by building, arranged in order according to legend



Box 9 Folder 5 India, 1974

Slides : 360 items ; Contains travel slides from India



Box 9 Folder 6 Modern Architecture, Group 1 [Art Noveau], undated

Slides : 22 items ; Contains scanned images for book/lectures



Box 9 Folder 7 Modern Architecture, Group 2 [Chicago], undated

Slides : 16 items ; Contains scanned images for book/lectures



Box 9 Folder 8 Modern Architecture, Group 3 [Deutsche Werkbund], undated

Slides : 18 items ; Contains scanned images for book/lectures



Box 9 Folder 9 Modern Architecture, Group 4 [Adolf Loos], undated

Slides : 13 items ; Contains scanned images for book/lectures



Box 9 Folder 10 Modern Architecture, Group 5 [Expressionism & Futurism], undated

Slides : 25 items ; Contains scanned images for book/lectures



Box 9 Folder 11 Modern Architecture, Group 6 [Holland and Russia], undated

Slides : 28 items ; Contains scanned images for book/lectures



Box 9 Folder 12 Modern Architecture, Group 7 [Le Corbusier], undated

Slides : 22 items ; Contains scanned images for book/lectures



Box 9 Folder 13 Modern Architecture, Group 8 [Weimar Germany], undated

Slides : 23 items ; Contains scanned images for book/lectures



Box 9 Folder 14 Modern Architecture, Group 9 [Italy], undated

Slides : 11 items ; Contains scanned images for book/lectures



Box 9 Folder 15 Modern Architecture, Group 10 [Scandinavia], undated

Slides : 23 items ; Contains scanned images for book/lectures



Box 9 Folder 16 Modern Architecture, Group 11 [Le Corbusier to Megastructures], undated

Slides : 20 items ; Contains scanned images for book/lectures



Box 9 Folder 17 Modern Architecture, Group 12 [America], undated

Slides : 34 items ; Contains scanned images for book/lectures



Box 9 Folder 18 Modern Architecture, Untitled Group, undated

Slides : 40 items ; Contains scanned images for book/lectures



Box 9 Folder 19 C + M, Hornsye Lane Selected Duplicates, undated

Slides : 14 items ; Contains slides of Colquhoun + Miller built works



Box 9 Folder 20 C + M, Church Crescent Selected Duplicates, undated

Slides : 19 items ; Contains slides of Colquhoun + Miller built works



Box 9 Folder 21 C + M, Albion and Shrubland Selected Duplicates, undated

Slides : 13 items ; Contains slides of Colquhoun + Miller built works



Box 9 Folder 22 to 23 C + M, Caversham road + Gaisford St. Selected Duplicates [2 folders], undated

Slides : 33 items ; Contains slides of Colquhoun + Miller built works



Box 9 Folder 24 C + M, Milbank Selected Duplicates, undated

Slides : 8 items ; Contains slides of Colquhoun + Miller built works



Box 9 Folder 25 C + M, West Green Road Selected Duplicates, undated

Slides : 22 items ; Contains slides of Colquhoun + Miller built works



Box 9 Folder 26 to 28 C + M, Royal Holloway College Selected Duplicates [3 folders], undated

Slides : 54 items ; Contains slides of Colquhoun + Miller built works



Box 9 Folder 29 C + M, Melrose Avenue Selected Duplicates, undated

Slides : 22 items ; Contains slides of Colquhoun + Miller built works



Box 9 Folder 30 C + M, Staedel Gallery Selected Duplicates, undated

Slides : 14 items ; Contains slides of Colquhoun + Miller built works



Box 9 Folder 31 C + M, Pillwood Selected Duplicates, undated

Slides : 22 items ; Contains slides of Colquhoun + Miller built works



Box 9 Folder 32 C + M, Welbourne + Tenterden Selected Duplicates, undated

Slides : 20 items ; Contains slides of Colquhoun + Miller built works



Box 9 Folder 33 to 36 C + M, Witchapel Selected Duplicates [4 folders], undated

Slides : 92 items : Contains slides of Colquhoun + Miller built works



Box 9 Folder 37 C + M, Forest Gate Selected Duplicates, undated

Slides : 24 items ; Contains slides of Colquhoun + Miller built works



Box 9 Folder 38 C + M, Oldbrook Selected Duplicates, undated

Slides : 24 items ; Contains slides of Colquhoun + Miller built works



Box 10 Folder 1 to 2 403 General History [2 folders], undated

Slides : 327 items ; Contains lecture slides for Colquhoun's seminar, "History of Architectural History"



Box 10 Folder 3 to 8 By Country/ City [6 folders], undated

Slides : 1,361 items ; organized by city or country



Box 10 Folder 9 to 10 Rome [2 folders], undated

Slides : 564 items ; Contains travel slides, mainly of Rome, but also Chicago (Burnam, Sullivan and more)



Box 10 Folder 11 to 12 Miscellaneous, Unidentified Slides [2 foldrs], undated

Slides : 163 items ; Contains misc. travel slides, some of postmodern architecture. Others are titled "C" and could be from Chandigarh



Box 10 Folder 13 "Changing Museum Slides", undated

Slides : 20 items ; Contains slides for "Changing Museum"


Subseries 3: Drawings



Roll 1 Student work, Edinburgh, Analysis of Buildings, Early 1940s

Drawing : 1 item ; Analysis of Tuberculosis Sanatorium by Alvar Aalto, House at Guben [Wolf House] by Mies Van Der Rohe, Swiss Pavilion by Le Corbusier in gouache on paper



Roll 1 Student work, Edinburgh, House for a Professor, Early 1940s

Plans and Sections : 2 items



Roll 1 Student work, Edinburgh, Open Air Theater + [Detached Residence], Early 1940s

Drawing : 1 item ; with a project on either side



Roll 1 Student work, Edinburgh, Nursery School, Early 1940s

Plan and section : 1 item



Roll 1 Student work, Edinburgh, [Townhouse], Early 1940s

Plan and section : 1 item



Roll 1 Student work, Edinburgh, [Detached Residence], Early 1940s

Plan and section : 1 item



Roll 2 Student work, [Institution unknown], Club for a Builder's Union, undated

Plan : 1 item ; Elevations and sections : 1 item



Roll 2 Student work, [Institution unknown], A Small Tweed Mill, undated

Plan, section and elevation : 1 item ; Perspective and site plan : 1 item



Roll 2 Student work, [Institution unknown], Orangery, undated

Plan and section : 1 item



Roll 2 Student work, [Institution unknown], [Measured Drawings of Classical Buildings], undated

Plans and elevations : 3 items



Roll 3 Student work, [Institution unknown], Theater, undated

Plans : 3 items ; Section : 1 item ; Perspective : 1 item ; Perspective (reprography) : 1 item



Roll 4 Student work, [Institution unknown], Hostel, undated

Plans : 3 items ; Plan Sections : 2 items ; Plan and Plan Sections (reproductions) : 5 items ; Perspective (reproduction) : 1 item



Roll 5 C + M, Extension to the Fitzwilliam Museum, ca. 1965

Drawings : 18 items ; ink on vellum



Roll 6 Reproductions of Nolli's Plan of Rome, 1977 (publication date)

Reproductions : 20 items ; with introduction by Joseph Rykwert


Subseries 4: DVDs



Box 10 Folder 14 "London, October 2011", 2011 Oct 11

Digital images : 41 items (on 1 DVD) ; Contains a DVD with images of Coqhuhoun, presumably taken before the symposium "Alan Colquhoun and his Writings: A Celebration" at the AA. Contact the department to obtain a reference copy.



Box 10 Folder 15 Recording of Symposium, Alan Colquhoun and his Writings: A Celebration, 2011 Oct 21, 2 DVDs

DVDs : 2 items ; Contains DVDs with complete video recordings of the symposium "Alan Colquhoun and his Writings: A Celebration" at the AA.