Stephen W. Jacobs papers

Collection — manuscript box: 18 - folder 1

Identifier: 15-2-1713

Scope and content

Includes correspondence with students and other professors; preservation society flyers, announcements and other material on their activities; files of the Society of Architectural Historians; material on architects; course notes, exams, papers, and outlines; material on historic preservation laws and possible funding by the National Trust for Historic Preservation; Wayne County (New York) study files with material on the social, political, cultural, and economic nature of a civilization as reflected in its architecture, including manuscript of the completed study and hundreds of photographs of buildings; and clippings, pamphlets, and Historic American Buildings Survey photographs covering preservation efforts in major American cities.

Scope and content

Also, slides of Wayne County, N.Y., photographed ca. 1965-1966 for Jacobs' book, Wayne County: The Aesthetic Heritage of a Rural Area: A Catalog for the Environment.

Scope and content

Also, "Architectural Preservation: American Development and Antecedents Abroad," by Jacobs and "City Design Through Conservation," by Stephen Jacobs and Barclay Jones.

Dates

1954-1978.

Creator

Jacobs, Stephen W. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Biographical / Historical

Professor of Architecture. Stephen W. Jacobs was a Professor of Architecture at Cornell University and a founder of Historic Ithaca, a historic preservation society in Ithaca, New York, serving as its president from 1968-1973. He was a director of the Society of Architectural Historians and a founder or member of several preservation organizations.

Extent

65.7 cubic feet. (65.7 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Includes correspondence and other materials related to Stephen W. Jacobs' career as Professor of Architecture at Cornell University and his involvement with historical preservation efforts.