Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning records

Collection — Box: 69

Identifier: 15-1-512

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence concerning prospective students, applications for admission, requests for job information, requests for jobs to be filled, requests for professional information, professional and student societies, student prize competitions, complaints to Buildings and Grounds, the United States Mint, lecturers, applications for faculty and library positions, budgets, the College library, and personal and business correspondence of deans and professors. Other materials include minutes of the Committee on Student Conduct; Semi-Centennial Endowments items; bulletin board notices, fellowship announcements, accreditation reports, infirmary reports, grades, attendance lists, financial statements, postcards, blueprints, scale drawings, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous pamphlets; clippings, correspondence, and other items pertaining to Margaret Bourke-White; list of the Clifton Beckwith Brown Memorial medalists (and blank medal) and the Charles Goodwin Sands Memorial medalists from 1900 to 1988, compiled by Professor Alexander Kira, and Sands medal (bronze), presented to Herbert P. Atherton, 1908. Also, transcripts of talks at 1977 Alumni Symposium by Robert Alexander, Edmund Bacon, Henry Tova, Jason Seley, Donald Greenberg, K. C. Parsons, Frank Rhodes, and students. Scrapbook of clippings and photographs relating to Frank Lloyd Wright, Dragon Day, and other activities.

Dates

1905-2004.

Creator

Cornell University. College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (Organization)
Alexander, Robert E. (Robert Evans), 1907-1992. (Person)
Bacon, Edmund N. (Person)
Greenberg, Donald P. (Donald Peter), 1934- (Person)
Tova, Henry. (Person)
Rhodes, Frank Harold Trevor. (Person)
Seley, Jason, 1919-1983. (Person)
Owings, Nathaniel Alexander, 1903-1984. (Person)
Parsons, Kermit C. (Kermit Carlyle), 1927- (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

68.7 cubic feet. (68.7 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Contains administrative and historical records of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.

Physical Description

Correspondence, applications, minutes, notices, announcements, reports, records, financial statements, postcards, blueprints, scale drawings, newspaper clippings, transcripts of talks, and pamphlets.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: P.N. Chatfield, M. Warren, M. Hopson, K. Jacklin, J. Parker
Date completed:: February 1970-March 1982, September 2001
EAD encoding:: Martin Heggestad, Ann Hubert, May-July 2002Evan Earle, June 2009
Date modified:: Jude Corina, September 2018

Margaret Bourke-White items

All items can be found in Young's files except the item in Box 7:

Box 6, M B-W to Geo. Young, Dec. 27, 1927- thanks for photographs (of Young's home)
Box 6, GY to B.S. Dalton, Dec. 27, 1927 - letter of intro. and recommendation as photographer
Box 6, GY to B.S. Hubbell Jr., same - both men in Cleveland
Box 7, M B-W to GY, July 15, 1929 - Would be glad to supply House Beautiful w. copies of photos of GY's house. (In Pthel Powers' file)
Box 8, GY to M B-W, Dec. 26, 1929 - thanks for Christmas greeting w. photograph Feb. 1, 1930
Box 8, Benj. S. Hubbell, Jr. to GY, sending clippings from Sunday [Cleveland] Plain Dealer, re: M B-W's work; entitled "Girl's Camera Is $25,000 Income." "She certainly has done a wonderful job and I hope the college will be fortunate in turning out, not only more girls like her, but also more men."

Additonal Information on Correspondence

White, Andrew Dickinson, 1832-1918

Correspondence ( June 17, 1912-June 23, 1913) of President White and C.A. Martin, Director of the Department of Architecture, regarding the Andrew D. White Competition for the design of a gateway for the main entrance to the north side of the campus and for a University auditorium and dining room; also Cornell Daily Sun clippings on the same subject. 1 folder, Box 1

White, Helen Magill, 1853-1944

Correspondence ( 1925-1927), mainly of Mrs. Andrew D. White, Goodhue Associates (New York City architects), F.H. Bosworth (Dean of C.U. College of Architecture), and Lee Lawrie (the sculptor) concerning the memorial to President White in Sage Chapel. 1 folder

Midjo, Christian Martinius Susseg, 1880-1973

Correspondence mainly between Midjo and George Young, Dean of the College of Architecture, while the former was studying and traveling in Europe. Inc. four ALS from Midjo, three from Florence ( Feb. 7, Mar. 7, Mar. 31, 1927) and from Copenhagen ( June 7, 1927), and carbons of Young's letters to Midjo and of Young's letters dealing with buisness he handled for Midjo during his absence. 1 folder, Box 6, Dec. 19, 1926-July 7, 1927

Subjects

Architectural drawings.
Architecture -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- Ithaca..
Atherton, Herbert P.
Blueprints.
Bourke-White, Margaret, 1904-1971.
Cornell University,. Library
Cornell University. Buildings and Grounds Committee
Cornell University. College of Architecture -- : Administration.
Cornell University. College of Architecture -- : Admission.
Cornell University. College of Architecture -- : Endowments.
Cornell University. College of Architecture -- : Faculty.
Cornell University. College of Architecture -- : Finance.
Cornell University. College of Architecture -- : Funds and scholarships.
Cornell University. Committee on Student Conduct
Reps, John William.
Scrapbooks.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Status: Completed
Author: Compiled by P.N. Chatfield, M. Warren, M. Hopson, K. Jacklin, J. Parker
Date: May 2002
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: ENG