School of the Arts records, 1895-1997
School of the Arts records, 1895-1997
Summary Information
At a Glance
- Call No.:
- UA#0100
- Bib ID:
- 7953736 View CLIO record
- Creator(s):
- Columbia University. Archives
- Repository:
- Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Physical Description:
- 45 linear feet (82 document boxes)
- Language(s):
- English .
- Access:
- You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
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This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Files concerning student records are restricted. Please see container list for exact box and folders.
Description
Summary
The School of the Arts Records consists of administrative files from several offices within the School. The files span from the creation of the Department of Fine Arts through the mid-1990s and document the day to day maintenance of the School as well as the large scale vision held by faculty and administration. General administrative files such as financial records, meeting minutes, proposals, reports, and correspondence comprise the bulk of the collection. Correspondence from Dean Davidson Taylor and Associate Dean Grafton Nunes is well represented. Records from the Translation Center tend to focus on individual issues, but there are also files concerning fundraising, publicity, and the many awards granted on a yearly basis.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in eight series.
Using the Collection
Restrictions on Access
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.
This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.
Files concerning student records are restricted. Please see container list for exact box and folders.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); School of the Arts records; Box and Folder; University Archives, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Accrual
No additions are expected
About the Finding Aid / Processing Information
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Processing Information
Papers processed Lea Osborne 2010 September.
Papers cataloged Lea Osborne 2010 September.
The Davidson Taylor journals (Subseries IV.5: Journals) were initially accessioned by the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and processed into this collection in 2010.
Revision Description
2010-09-14 File created.
2010-09-20 xml document instance created by Lea Osborne
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
2020-01-06 Removed expired restrictions. (JR)
2021-01-11 Removed expired restrictions. (JR)
2022-01-07 Removed expired restrictions. (JR)
Biographical / Historical
The Department of Music was established within the Faculty of Philosophy in 1896. Six years later the department was established as an independent School of Music under the Division of Fine Arts (which included the School of Architecture).
The Department of Fine Arts was established in 1921. The original goal was to allow the students to become familiar with aspects of architecture, painting, sculpture, and any related scholarly work in those fields. The first course that was offered was a general survey of western art from antiquity to the Renaissance period. The purpose, according to a history of the department, was "to acquaint those students whose programs would permit no more than a single course in Fine Arts with the outstanding names, monuments, and concepts in the arts, and to provide a framework for more intensive exploration in the several branches of the Fine Art.." Intermediate-level courses that allowed students to study in more depth were also established. An example of this would be Italian Renaissance Painting.
While the department steadily grew, its success rested on the economy. In other word, the economic outlook affected student interest in these fields and thus, the department size. Another factor affecting the department was a changing view of education and focus at Columbia College. As the liberal arts program evolved, the changes naturally affected specialized departments within the college. By the late 1930s, however, collaboration between Humanities and the Departments of Music and Fine Arts balanced out some of the inequalities. The focus of the department also solidified. In the 1950s, the department increased adding more faculty members in order to handle the growing amount of students.
The Arts Center Program, a forerunner to the School of the Arts, was never realized as such. Instead, Columbia created the Program in the Arts in 1958, which took over responsibility for the Schools of Dramatic Art and Painting and Sculpture. The Committee on the Arts administered the instruction of the Program in the Arts and advised on the Arts Center and the creation of the School of the Arts. The Trustees of Columbia University established the School of the Arts to take over the responsibilities of the Program of the Arts in December 1965. The School of the Arts was created with the intention of consolidating the many courses in the arts that had been offered at Columbia since the late nineteenth century.
Davidson Taylor was born in 1907 in Tennessee. He received a B.A. in 1927 from Mississippi College and a Th.M. in 1930 from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Before coming to Columbia University, Taylor worked at CBS beginning as an announcer for the Philharmonic and held various posts including the Director of the Music Division and ending as Vice President. After that, Taylor had been at NBC as Vice President in charge of news, public affairs, and sports and was also a consultant to the Lincoln Center Committee for the New York Public Library. In 1959, Columbia asked Taylor to be the Director of the Arts Center. Even though the Arts Center was never realized, Taylor spent many years fund-raising for the Center. In 1963, he became the Chairman of the Committee on the Arts, the administration committee of the Program of the Arts. In December 1965, when the School of the Arts took over the instructional responsibilities of the Program of the Arts, Taylor became director, and later dean in 1969, of the newly established School. He became Special Assistant to the President for Education in the Arts in September 1971. Taylor retired from Columbia University in 1975 and died in July 1979.
Grafton Nunes worked for Columbia University for twenty-two years. He received his B.A. in English and Religion from the College of the Holy Cross, his M.F.A. in Film History, Theory, and Criticism from Columbia, and his M.Phil in Theater History and Film Studies from Columbia. Nunes first began working at Columbia as the administrative assistant for the Film Division. In 1985, he was hired as a lecturer in the theatre division. He taught until 1988 when he was promoted to Assistant Dean. In 1990, Nunes was named Associate Dean of the School of the Arts. Besides his work in academia, Nunes was an active film writer and producer.
The Translation Center was founded in 1972 by Frank MacShane (a writing professor in the School of the Arts), Robert Payne, and William Jay Smith. Since its foundation it has been governed by a board of literary translators. The mission of the Center is to increase "the number of works available in English from foreign literature.." By doing so, the Center makes "the American public aware of the concerns that are common to peoples of the world." To accomplish this, the Center has three major outputs. It grants $10,000 each year in awards to literary translators, it publishes twice a year Translation a magazine filled with poetry, nonfiction, and contemporary fiction translated into English, and it operates a Publishing Advisory Service. Although the Translation Center is housed on campus, it is funded primarily through grants. The School of the Arts does, however, provide some financing of the Director's position.
Subject Headings
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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Series I: Administrative Files, 1954-1996
The largest series in the collection, Series I contains administrative records for the various departments within the School of the Arts. These records consist of statistics of course and department enrollment, admissions information, correspondence and documents related to different faculty members, financial records, committee meeting minutes, in particular the Committee on Instruction which was the governing body of the School. There are also reports to higher administrative, proposals for potential programs, records concerning the renovation of various performance facilities, such as Prentis Hall and Altschul Auditorium and Harkness Theatre. Included are Schuyler Chapin's extensive correspondence files (Dean, School of the Arts, 1976-1987). This series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
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1966-1968
Box 13 Folder 1
1968-1969
Box 13 Folder 2
1969-1971
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1971-1972
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1972-1973
Box 13 Folder 5
1973-1974
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1974-1975
Box 14 Folder 1
1975-1976
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1976-1978
Box 14 Folder 3
1979-1980
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1980-1981
Box 14 Folder 5
1982-1983
Box 14 Folder 6
1983-1985
Box 15 Folder 1
1985-1986
[Restricted until 2062]
Box 15 Folder 2
1987
Box 15 Folder 3
1988-1989
Box 15 Folder 4 to 5
1989, (2 Folders)
Box 15 Folder 6
Box 15 Folder 7
1991
Box 16 Folder 1
1991
Box 16 Folder 2
1991-1992
Box 16 Folder 3
1992
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1992-1993
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1975-1978
Box 17 Folder 1
1978-1981
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1981-1983
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1984-1985
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1985-1986
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[Restricted until 2066]
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1958-1962
Box 34 Folder 1
1962-1964
Box 34 Folder 2
1964-1965
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Box 35 Folder 13
1989
Box 35 Folder 14
1990
Box 36 Folder 1
1991
Box 36 Folder 2
1992
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Series II: Department of Fine Arts, 1895-1959
Series II is comprised of general administrative records for the Department of Arts, the precursor to the School of the Arts. Files held in this series include financial records, departmental meeting minutes, correspondence between instructors, and files related to the creation and administration of outreach programs. There are also proposals and records concerning the establishment of various programs within the department as well as the staffing of those programs. These records illustrate how educational theories and trends grow and evolve. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
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Box 43 Folder 3
1933-1935
Box 43 Folder 4
1936-1938
Box 43 Folder 5
1938-1940
Box 43 Folder 6
1940-1944
Box 43 Folder 7
1944-1948
Box 44 Folder 1 to 2
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Box 44 Folder 5
1922-1930
Box 44 Folder 6
1930-1934
Box 44 Folder 7
1934-1941
Box 45 Folder 1
1941-1949
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Box 47 Folder 1
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Box 47 Folder 6
1924-1940
Box 47 Folder 7
1941-1946
Box 47 Folder 8
1946-1951
Box 48 Folder 1
1951-1955
Box 48 Folder 2
1955-1957
Box 48 Folder 3
1957-1958
Box 48 Folder 4
1958-1959
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Box 48 Folder 8
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Box 50 Folder 1
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Box 50 Folder 3
1922-1930
Box 50 Folder 4
1931-1935
Box 50 Folder 5
1936-1939
Box 50 Folder 6
1940-1950
Box 50 Folder 7
1951-1956
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Series III: Grafton Nunes (Associate Dean), 1961-1996
Grafton Nunes's administrative records are held in this series. These subject files cover a range of topics such as maintaining and improving the undergraduate and programs, building usage, faculty concerns, and alumni. There are also files and meeting minutes related to different committees, the bulk of which are from the Subcommittee on Instructional Budgeting. This series is arranged alphabetically by subject.
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Box 54 Folder 5
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Series IV: Davidson Taylor, 1952-1972
This series consists of administrative correspondence and work-related journals of Davidson Taylor in his capacity as Director of the Columbia University Arts Center, Chairman of the Committee of the Arts, Director and Dean of the School of the Arts, and Special Assistant to the President for Education in the Arts. Series IV was originally two separate collections that have been integrated into the School of the Arts Records. In light of that, much of the original arrangement has been kept. Therefore, this series is divided into five subseries.
Subseries 1 contains alphabetical correspondence files. Some of the outgoing correspondence is duplicated in Subseries 2. Included are the files pertaining to the Student Protests of 1968.
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Box 60 Folder 1
Subseries 2 holds carbon copies of outgoing correspondence of Taylor's office. Also includes minutes of the Committee on Instruction for the School of the Arts.
Box 60 Folder 2
1960 July-December
Box 60 Folder 3
1961 January-April
Box 60 Folder 4
1961 May-December
Box 60 Folder 5
1962 January-June
Box 60 Folder 6
1962 July-December
Box 60 Folder 7
1963 January-June
Box 61 Folder 1
1963 July-December
Box 61 Folder 2
1964 January-July
Box 61 Folder 3
1964 August-December
Box 61 Folder 4
1965 January-May
Box 61 Folder 5
1965 June-December
Box 61 Folder 6
1965 January-1966 July
Box 61 Folder 7
1966 August-1967 February
Box 62 Folder 1
1967 March-October
Box 62 Folder 2
1967 November-1968 April
Box 62 Folder 3
1968 May-December
Box 62 Folder 4
1969 January-September
Box 62 Folder 5
1970 February-1971 May
This subseries is composed of correspondence with and proposals for funding from various local and national foundations to support the construction of the Art Center as well as fellowships and programming money for the School of the Arts. Files are arranged alphabetically by the name of the foundation.
Box 62 Folder 6 to 7
Box 63 Folder 1
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Box 63 Folder 9
Box 64 Folder 1
Box 64 Folder 2
The Urban Center subseries consists primarily of proposals and related correspondence with the School of the Arts, Urban Center, and outside organizations and individuals regarding funding for Arts-based minority community projects as well as scholarship money for minorities to attend the School of the Arts. The subseries is arranged alphabetically by topic or genre.
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The last subseries holds Taylor's work-related journals. Within each journal is an index of individuals who are present in the journal with their respective pages. Thus, a researcher can look to see if Taylor met with faculty member Jack Beeson and turn to the notes from that meeting. Subjects covered in the journals include soliciting funding from individuals and organizations, faculty-related issues, hiring needs, departmental issues, and building and space concerns. There is one journal dedicated to the Hammerstein Theatre.
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Box 67 Folder 6
Series V: Translation Center, 1972-1994
Series V contains administrative files from the Translation Center. The series has been divided into two subseries: General and Bound Issues.
The bulk of subseries 1 consists of files related to the awards that the Center grants annually. These are both general awards and language-specific. The files contain submissions, correspondence with accompanying documentation, and financial records. There are also quite a number files pertaining to the board such as meeting minutes, correspondence, nominations, and recommendations. Of particular interest are the records concerning the creation and development of the Translation Center's bi-annual publication, Translation: submissions with comments from the staff, budgets detailing every item, from the printing of the physical item to the celebratory party thrown at the end, and sample photographs and drawings, and mock-ups of the final issue.
Box 68 Folder 1
Box 68 Folder 2
Box 68 Folder 3
1981-1982
Box 68 Folder 4
1987
Box 68 Folder 5
1988
Box 68 Folder 6
1989
Box 68 Folder 7
1990
Box 68 Folder 8 to 9
1991, (2 Folders)
Box 69 Folder 1 to 2
1992, (2 Folders)
Box 69 Folder 3
1994
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Box 69 Folder 8
Box 69 Folder 9
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Box 70 Folder 1
1981-1985
Box 70 Folder 2
1985-1986
Box 70 Folder 3
1987-1989
Box 70 Folder 4
1990
Box 70 Folder 5
1990-1991
Box 70 Folder 6
1992-1993
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Box 80 Folder 1
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Subseries 2 contains several reel to reels and one audiotape from a series called "Translation Project" held at Columbia in 1975. Topics range from translating Asian texts to working on poetry.
Box 80 Folder 10
Box 80 Folder 11
(Oriental Classics)
Box 81 Folder 1
("How to Translate Poetry")
Box 81 Folder 2
(Eulogy for Robert Payne)
Series VI: Photographs, 1968-1997
This small series is composed of photographs, contact sheets, and slides from presentations, classes, and special events. Series VI has been divided into two subseries: School of the Arts and Translation Center. They are arranged alphabetically by name, title, or subject.
Subseries 1 holds photographs, contact sheets, negatives, and slides of School of the Arts classes, faculty, fundraisers, marketing initiatives and special events.
Box 81 Folder 3
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Box 81 Folder 14
(includes slides)
Subseries 2 contains photographs, contact sheets, and negatives of Translation Center staff, parties, issue launches, and other special events.
Box 81 Folder 15 to 16
Box 82 Folder 1
Box 82 Folder 2
Box 82 Folder 3
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Series VII: Additions, 1977-1989
Materials relating mostly to projects and foundations.
Box 83 Folder 1
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Series VIII: MFA Student Theatre Production Materials, 1979-2011
This series contains contact sheets, negatives, slides, programs, promotional materials (postcards, fliers, and posters), photographs, newspaper reviews and articles, press releases, production list, script, business information, and correspondence. Materials range from 1979 to 2011, with a gap between 1984 and 1992. A majority of the materials from 1979-1984 are newspaper clippings – reviews and articles pertaining to the program, its facilities, and productions. From the 1992 to 2003 year, many productions have contact sheets, slides, photographs, or negatives. The later materials are almost solely promotional. Any production that had more than one type of related material (i.e. postcards and programs, fliers, press releases, or reviews) received its own folder, while productions that were only represented by a postcard, flier, or program on its own were grouped together by school year.
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