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Architecture -- Study and teaching.

 Subject
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Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Oswald Mathias Ungers papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 15-2-2035
Scope and content Includes course outlines; report and memoranda of the National Architectural Accrediting Board, memoranda of the Curriculum Committee and the Academic Policy Committee of the Cornell Department of Architecture; correspondence, memoranda, reports and other records concerning the teaching of landscape architecture; materials on architecture curriculum; materials concerning the structure of the Department of Architecture; and other papers reflecting Ungers' career as a professor of architecture...
Dates: [ca.1970-1974]

Phil and Maddy Handler papers

 Collection
Identifier: 41-5-3229
Abstract

Files relating to research and DVD versions of videos created by Fly on the Wall Productions.

Dates: 1963-2013.

Philip Will, Jr. papers

 Collection
Identifier: 3749
Abstract Includes records of Will's involvement with the American Institute of Architects, including his term as president; his files as trustee of Cornell University, ca.1962-1976, including material concerning the Buildings and Properties Committee; plans for Sigma Phi fraternity at Cornell; and correspondence, speeches, and reports pertaining to the College of Architecture, Art and Planning and to architectural education in general. Also, speeches and photographs relating to Will's nomination for...
Dates: 1941-1985.

Preston H. Thomas Memorial Lectures collection

 Collection — Mapcase folder 1: [Barcode: 31924113555597]
Identifier: 15-5-3135
Scope and content

Architectural drawings by Preston H. Thomas and brochures publicizing the Preston H. Thomas Memorial Lectures.

Dates: 1972-2000.

Social status and architecture

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 15-6-3578
Scope and content

Student paper, written for Philosophy of Architecture 422, taught by Henry Elder, with Professor Elder's comments.

Dates: 1960.

Stephanie Woods Mauri papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-2954
Scope and content

Class reports, clippings, photographs, correspondence, a scrapbook, and Cornell ephemera documenting the life of an undergraduate woman student at Cornell University in the 1950s. Includes drawings by Buckminster Fuller.

Dates: 1953-1957.

Stephen W. Jacobs papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 18 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065305512]
Identifier: 15-2-1713
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.

Dates: 1954-1978.

Verne Sturges Swan papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 37-5-1399
Scope and content

Includes sketches, architectural notes, and the Charles Goodwin Sands Memorial medal awarded to Cornell student Verne S. Swan in 1921. Also music-related notebooks and a formal portrait photograph.

Dates: [ca.1919-1957]

Walter McQuade papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 6346
Scope and content

Correspondence, subject files, research papers, manuscripts, photographs, family correspondence, prose fiction, and other papers relating to McQuade's career as an architectural critic, New York City Planning Commission member, and author. McQuade also published articles relating to urban planning, art, business, food and restaurants, travel, and medicine.

Dates: (ca. 1943-1995)

William Gray Purcell papers

 Collection — Manuscript box 9 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065303046]
Identifier: 15-3-m.119
Scope and content Includes correspondence between Purcell and Etta Arntzen, and an article by Purcell entitled "1902 and the Gilded Age," which appeared in the March-April 1952 issue of NORTHWEST ARCHITECT, the official publication of the Minnesota Society of Architects. The article pertains to architectural education and Purcell's designs for Willard Straight Hall on the Cornell campus. Also, an article by Marc W. Hammons from CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE, Vol. 11, 1989/1990, "True Faith: The Organic...
Dates: 1951-1952.