George Collins papers, 1838-1986, bulk 1949-1986

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Series I: Faculty Papers

Series I is comprised of material relating to Collins' career as a professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University in the City of New York. A majority of the papers in this series are related to the Architecture and Technology course Collins taught and the Colloquium he led. There is also a series of folders containing correspondence relating to academic affairs between the years of 1949 and 1958.



Box 1 Folder 1 Academic Affairs [1 of 2], 1947-1969



Box 1 Folder 2 Academic Affairs [2 of 3], 1946-1979



Box 1 Folder 3 Academic Affairs [3 of 3], 1946-1954

Material specifically relating to Columbia College



Box 1 Folder 4 School of General Studies [1 of 2], 1952

Cooperative program with the Metropolitan Museum of Art



Box 1 Folder 5 School of General Studies [2 of 2], 1953-1974



Box 1 Folder 6 Programs in the Arts, 1958-1962



Box 1 Folder 7 Committee on the Humanities, 1962



Box 1 Folder 8 Humanities Music Course, 1962



Box 1 Folder 9 Columbia University Art Center, 1963



Box 1 Folder 10 Vassar to Join Yale in New Haven, 1967



Box 1 Folder 11 The Bell Report, 1966 and 1969



Box 1 Folder 12 The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies [1 of 2], 1971



Box 1 Folder 13 The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies [2 of 2], 1971



Box 1 Folder 14 Urban Design Symposium, 1967



Box 1 Folder 15 to 19 Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, 1961-1968



Box 1 Folder 20 History of City Planning, 1974



Box 1 Folder 21 to 28 Architecture and Technology, 1976



Box 1 Folder 29 to 32 Architecture and Technology Papers [1 of 2], 1976



Box 2 Folder 1 to 6 Architecture and Technology Papers [2 of 2], 1976



Box 2 Folder 7 Introduction to the Arts, 1977



Box 2 Folder 8 Organization of Colloquium, 1971-1974



Box 2 Folder 9 Planning Colloquium, 1972



Box 2 Folder 10 Colloquium Topics [1 of 37], undated

Arcades and Galleries



Box 2 Folder 11 Colloquium Topics [2 of 37], 1983

Architectural Drawings



Box 2 Folder 12 Colloquium Topics [3 of 37], 1979-1985

Architecture and Genius



Box 2 Folder 13 Colloquium Topics [4 of 37], 1982

Architecture in Painting



Box 2 Folder 14 Colloquium Topics [5 of 37], 1978

Architectural Photography



Box 2 Folder 15 Colloquium Topics [6 of 37], 1973-1985

Architecture in Society



Box 2 Folder 16 Colloquium Topics [7 of 37], 1973-1985

Columbia University Campus



Box 2 Folder 17 Colloquium Topics [8 of 37], 1975

Columns



Box 2 Folder 18 Colloquium Topics [9 of 37], 1973

Domes



Box 2 Folder 19 Colloquium Topics [10 of 37], 1978-1982

Doors



Box 2 Folder 20 Colloquium Topics [11 of 37], 1981-1985

Formalism



Box 2 Folder 21 Colloquium Topics [12 of 37], 1974-1984

Functionalism



Box 2 Folder 22 Colloquium Topics [13 of 37], 1978-1985

Functionalism



Box 2 Folder 23 Colloquium Topics [14 of 37], 1962-1970

Geometry



Box 2 Folder 24 Colloquium Topics [15 of 37], 1983-1984

Geometry



Box 2 Folder 25 Colloquium Topics [16 of 37], 1979-1981

Geometry



Box 2 Folder 26 Colloquium Topics [17 of 37], 1981

Geometry, Proportion, Nature and the Cosmos



Box 2 Folder 27 Colloquium Topics [18 of 37], 1967

Geometric Planning



Box 2 Folder 28 Colloquium Topics [19 of 37], undated

Golden Section



Box 2 Folder 29 Colloquium Topics [20 of 37], 1982

Historic Preservation



Box 2 Folder 30 Colloquium Topics [21 of 37], 1977-1984

Historiography



Box 2 Folder 31 Colloquium Topics [22 of 37], 1977-1985

Iconography



Box 2 Folder 32 Colloquium Topics [23 of 37], 1979-1984

Iconography



Box 2 Folder 33 Colloquium Topics [24 of 37], undated

Iconography



Box 2 Folder 34 Colloquium Topics [25 of 37], 1979

Modular Architecture



Box 2 Folder 35 Colloquium Topics [26 of 37], 1980-1981

The Museum



Box 2 Folder 36 Colloquium Topics [27 of 37], 1983

Ornament



Box 2 Folder 37 Colloquium Topics [28 of 37], 1972-1974

Psychology and Aesthetics



Box 2 Folder 38 Colloquium Topics [29 of 37], 1977-1985

Rockefeller Center and Radio City Music Hall



Box 2 Folder 39 Colloquium Topics [30 of 37], 1979

The Roof



Box 2 Folder 40 Colloquium Topics [31 of 37], 1975

Space



Box 3 Folder 1 Colloquium Topics [32 of 37], 1962

Stairs



Box 3 Folder 2 Colloquium Topics [33 of 37], 1985

Structure



Box 3 Folder 3 Colloquium Topics [34 of 37], 1973-1984

Structure



Box 3 Folder 4 Colloquium Topics [35 of 37], 1974-1982

Style



Box 3 Folder 5 Colloquium Topics [36 of 37], 1972-1985

Style



Box 3 Folder 6 Colloquium Topics [37 of 37], 1977-1985

The Wall



Box 3 Folder 7 Colloquium Guests [1 of 3], 1972-1974

Professor Alfred Frazer



Box 3 Folder 8 Colloquium Guests [2 of 3], 1972-1975

Robert Streb



Box 3 Folder 9 Colloquium Guests [3 of 3], 1963-1975

Sir Tom Mellor



Box 3 Folder 10 Colloquium Visits [1 of 4], 1979-1985

Avery Library



Box 3 Folder 11 Colloquium Visits [2 of 4], 1981-1985

Avery Library



Box 3 Folder 12 Colloquium Visits [3 of 4], 1982

Grand Central Terminal



Box 3 Folder 13 Colloquium Visits [4 of 4], 1977-1985

St Paul's Chapel and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine



Box 3 Folder 14 Colloquium Schedules, 1979-1985



Box 3 Folder 15 Colloquium Assignments, 1978

Periodicals



Box 3 Folder 16 Colloquium, 1984

Course Notes



Box 3 Folder 17 General Correspondence [1 of 10], 1949



Box 3 Folder 18 General Correspondence [2 of 10], 1950



Box 3 Folder 19 General Correspondence [3 of 10], 1951



Box 3 Folder 20 General Correspondence [4 of 10], 1952



Box 3 Folder 21 General Correspondence [5 of 10], 1953



Box 3 Folder 22 General Correspondence [6 of 10], 1954



Box 3 Folder 23 General Correspondence [7 of 10], 1955



Box 3 Folder 24 General Correspondence [8 of 10], 1956



Box 3 Folder 25 General Correspondence [9 of 10], 1957



Box 3 Folder 26 General Correspondence [10 of 10], 1958



Box 3 Folder 27 General Papers, 1949-1980



Box 3 Folder 28 General Material, 1976-1980



Box 3 Folder 29 Lecture Notes, 1962-1963

Russian Art



Box 3 Folder 30 Seminar Notes, 1965

"Frank Lloyd Wright: Aspects of Creativity and Eclecticism in his Works"



Box 3 Folder 31 Miscellaneous Research Papers, undated

"On Thinking About Future World Order" By: Robert W Cox; "Utopian Views of War and Peace" By: Elisabeth Hansot