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Albert C. Phelps lecture notes and diary

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 15-2-1001

Scope and content

Lecture notes for Phelps' courses in architecture at Cornell and a diary of daily life and a trip to Europe in 1930-1931.

Dates

[ca.1900-1931].

Creator

Phelps, Albert Charles, 1873-1937. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Professor of architecture, Cornell University. Albert Charles Phelps came to Cornell in 1899 as an instructor, was appointed an assistant professor in 1903, and a full professor in 1913. He became the World War Memorial Professor of Architecture in 1920, a position he held until his death in 1937. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Professor Phelps specialized in the history of architecture.