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Columbia University Bulletins, 1863-2023
1093 VolumesFaculty Meeting Minutes, 1864-2011
25.54 linear feetThis collection contains the recorded minutes from the different faculty meetings: from the representative University Council to the individual schools (Columbia College, Engineering, Journalism, Law, etc.). Faculty meeting minutes include information on admissions, the academic calendar, curricular changes, faculty appointments and leaves, student petitions, fellowships, grants, prizes, and graduation requirements among other topics. Unfortunately, this collection is not complete. Additional minutes can be found in the record collections of the different faculties. For example, there is complete set of the minutes of the Faculty of Columbia College in the Columbia College records. Similarly, the minutes of the Seth Low Junior College and the minutes for the New York School of Social Work can be found in their respective collections.
Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation records, 1879-1961
1 linear footThis collection contains correspondence, bulletins, reports, budgets, and off-prints from 1879. It contains early correspondence between the founders of the school and President Butler, and correspondence of the deans and founders of the Ware and Avery libraries. The post-1930 records consist of alumni newsletters, bulletins, and press releases.
Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture and Planning records, 1890-1963
225 drawingsAdditional materials include carbons of typescript correspondence of lectures given by Dean William A. Boring (academic year 1933-1934) and Professor Theodor Karl Rohdenburg (academic year 1946-1947). Also design problems, the earliest of which were given in conjunction with the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, from academic years 1918-1919, 1926-1927, 1936-1937, 1949-1950, and 1957-1958. Also materials for the Architecture 51 class; correspondence of Joseph Hudnut; course outlines; correspondence relating to the search for a new dean of the school, 1957-1963.
Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation : Centennial (1881-1991) Archive, 1954-1982, bulk 1980-1981
13 manuscript boxesThis collection consists of administrative papers related to the Centennial Celebration organiziational efforts. The collection is made up of 7 series: Departmental Files, The Making of an Architect, Exhibit, Mapping Project, Interviews, Photos, and Bulletins, Brochures, and Books.
J. Max Bond Jr. papers, 1955-2009
28 document boxesThis collection documents the life and career of J. Max Bond, Jr., one of the most influential and prominent African-American architects and educators in the United States. The collection primarily documents Bond's professional activities rather than his building projects; however, the collection does contain project records and office records. The collection is made up of six series: Office Records, Personal Papers, Faculty Papers, Professional Papers, Project Records, and Reference Materials.
Daniel C. Dunham papers, 1955-2021, bulk 1960s-1990s
8 document boxesKlaus Herdeg papers, 1963-1992
10 document boxesThis collection is composed primarily of correspondence, memoranda, course material, photographs, drawings and slides. Much of the material pertains to Herdeg's career as a professor at Cornell University's College of Architecture, Art and Planning as well as his career as a professor and subsequent department head at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation (GSAPP). Many of the photographs are proofs used in Herdeg's Formal Structure in Indian Architecture and Formal Structure in Islamic Architecture of Iran and Turkistan. The basis for the series and subseries order was developed from Herdeg's own groupings. For the majority of the collection, Herdeg's folder titles have been maintained and the material has been arranged chronologically.
Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation : Wednesday Night Lecture Series audio recordings, 1973-1985
114 open reel audiotapesThis collection contains audio recordings for 186 different lectures, which have been digitized and are available online to Columbia affilates (and available to our public in our reading room). While the majority of the recordings are from the GSAPP Wednesday Night Lecture series, there are some recordings from other GSAPP sponosored symposiums, panels, and talks. The recordings are arranged in chronological order, with undated recording listed last. No paper records for this lecture series are included in this collection.
Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Posters, publicity, and publications, 1980s-2020
199 itemsThis collection contains posters and publicity materials created by the communications office of Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP). The bulk of the collection is in Series I, which contains posters for GSAPP exhibitions and events such as lectures, discussion panels, end of year shows and film screenings. These have been arranged by decade. Series II contains copies of Newsline, a GSAPP newsletter publication from the 1990s. Series III contains publicity materials for the school's various academic programs.