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Campus planning.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Committee on Campus Planning records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 11-4-1694
Scope and content

Recommendations, minutes, drafts of proposals, and other records of the University Committee on Campus Planning, chaired by Joseph A. Carreiro. Also includes minutes (1965-1969) and files of the Committee on Environmental Values, chaired by Kermit Parsons.

Dates: 1963-1973.

Cornell University Alumni and Admission Center architectural model

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8550
Scope and content Early working model of the proposed Alumni and Admission Center at Cornell University (unbuilt), in which several iterations of the design are visible by interchanging parts of the model. The proposed complex is situated on opposite sides of Fall Creek at the northern end of the original campus. It includes a four-story reception building on the northern face of the gorge and a four-story administrative wing situated on the opposite bank. The reception building faces the main public...
Dates: 1988.

Cornell University Architectural Advisory Council records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 43-3-496
Scope and content

Includes bound volumes of council minutes, correspondence files, and blueprints concerning construction and improvements of buildings and grounds on the Cornell University campus.

Dates: 1923-1959.

David L. Call papers

 Collection — Mu 1743
Identifier: 21-2-1620
Abstract Records of Dean David L. Call include materials pertaining to various departments of the college; other colleges at Cornell University; the Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York; the Cornell Board of Trustees and administration; Cornell Plantations; SUNY; CALS Alumni Association; Isles of Shoals; the Sea Grant Institute; Boyce Thompson Institute; New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets; New York State Council of Farmer Cooperatives; the Council of Agricultural...
Dates: 1977-1995.

File on housing improvement efforts in Ithaca

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924064932944]
Identifier: 3630
Scope and content

Clippings, broadsides, newsletters, correspondence concerning housing at Cornell University and in Ithaca, New York. Includes pamphlets by Tompco Better Housing, Inc., the MOVE Housing Committee and the Students for a Democratic Society Joint Housing Committee.

Dates: 1966-1971.

Gilmore D. Clarke papers

 Collection
Identifier: 15-1-808
Abstract Collection consists primarily of correspondence documenting Clarke's unsuccessful campaign to prevent the demolition of Cornell University's Boardman Hall and its replacement by Olin Library. Also included are addresses, published Christmas sonnets by Clarke, 1968-1980, 1982, clippings, articles, letters to the editor (Ithaca Journal and the New York Times), photographs, campus maps, and photocopies of letters, including two from Harry S. Truman concerning Clarke's opinion on remodelling...
Dates: 1927-1982,-1937-1974 (bulk)

J. DuPratt White papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5-1-4
Abstract

Correspondence, accounts, plans, maps, and notes relating to legal services rendered to Cornell University by the firm of White and Case and to White's membership on the Cornell Board of Trustees, particularly to work on the Buildings and Grounds, Law School, and Medical School Committees.

Dates: 1915-1939.

Robert Evans Alexander papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3087
Abstract

Includes architectural plans and drawings, reports, correspondence, legal papers, agenda and minutes of meetings, printed material and photographs from the firms of Neutra and Alexander, and Alexander and Associates. Projects include a plan for various buildings and schools. Also, "Checkpoint Charlie," a volume of personal reminiscences; "Convicts with AIDS," and "Why L.A.?;" and obituary material.

Dates: 1935-2002.

Thomas Frederick Crane papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 14-18-136
Scope and content Manuscripts, notes, and speeches relating to folklore, medieval and Renaissance literature; correspondence from Andrew Dickson White, and others pertaining to Cornell University, its buildings, and campus planning; and correspondence regarding the publication of Crane's articles. Also, an honorary diploma granted to Crane by Princeton University and signed by Woodrow Wilson, 1903; and a portrait of Crane by Truman E. Fassett, commissioned by the Cornell Class of 1909 and presented to the...
Dates: 1875, 1888-1926.

Vice President for Academic Affairs records

 Collection
Identifier: 4-7-1253
Scope and content

Includes material on education legislation; education research; scholarships and financial aid; academic departments and divisions of the University; admissions budgets and correspondence; University budgets; University libraries; R.O.T.C.; campus planning; academic associations; research grants; faculty and staff; minutes of meetings; Board of Trustees records; reports; and other records of the Vice President for Academic Affairs; includes files of Stuart M. Brown.

Dates: 1960-1970.