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

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Series II: Modern Architecture Symposium

Series II is comprised of three subseries: The first subseries includes material relating to the 1962 Modern Architecture Symposium. There are papers regarding the planning and financial arrangements of the Symposium as well as the publication of its proceedings. There are also individual files containing correspondence and the papers delivered by speakers. The second subseries includes material relating to the 1964 Modern Architecture Symposium. There are papers regarding the planning and financial arrangements of the Symposium as well as the publication of the proceedings. There are also individual files containing correspondence and the papers delivered by speakers. The third subseries includes material relating to the 1966 Modern Architecture Symposium. There are papers regarding the planning and financial arrangements of the Symposium as well as the publication of the proceedings. There are also individual files containing correspondence and the papers delivered by speakers.


Subseries 1: MAS 1962



Box 3 Folder 32 Planning and Arrangements, 1962



Box 3 Folder 33 to 34 Publication and Planning, 1962



Box 3 Folder 35 Finances and Financing, 1962



Box 3 Folder 36 Exhibition List, 1962



Box 3 Folder 37 Distribution Lists, 1962



Box 3 Folder 38 Mailings, 1962



Box 3 Folder 39 Individual Files [1 of 12], 1962

Allen Brooks



Box 3 Folder 40 Individual Files [2 of 12], 1962

Theodore M Brown



Box 3 Folder 41 Individual Files [3 of 12], 1962

Walter Creese



Box 3 Folder 42 Individual Files [4 of 12], 1962

Peter Collins



Box 3 Folder 43 Individual Files [5 of 12], 1962

Philip Johnson



Box 3 Folder 44 Individual Files [6 of 12], 1962

Edgar Kaufmann Jr.



Box 3 Folder 45 Individual Files [7 of 12], 1962

Henry Millon



Box 3 Folder 46 Individual Files [8 of 12], 1962

Henry Russell Hitchcock



Box 3 Folder 47 Individual Files [9 of 12], 1962

J.M. Richards



Box 3 Folder 48 Individual Files [10 of 12], 1962

Everard Upjohn



Box 3 Folder 49 Individual Files [11 of 12], 1962

Peter Serenyi



Box 3 Folder 50 Individual Files [12 of 12], 1962

Bruno Zevi



Box 3 Folder 51 Proceedings, 1962

Proof Copy



Box 3 Folder 52 Proceedings, 1962

Corrections by: A. Barr, A Brooks, and T. Brown



Box 3 Folder 53 Proceedings, 1962

Corrections by: G. Collins, P. Collins and T. Brown



Box 3 Folder 54 Proceedings, 1962

Corrections by: E. Kaufmann, H. Millon , and S. Moholy-Nagy



Box 3 Folder 55 Proceedings, 1962

Corrections by: H-R Hitchcock, J. Jacobus, P. Johnson



Box 3 Folder 56 Proceedings, 1962

Corrections by: M. Peisch, R. Rosenblum, and E. Santomasso



Box 3 Folder 57 Proceedings, 1962

Corrections by: P. Serenyi, R Sherwood, and S. Shuloff



Box 4 Folder 1 Proceedings, 1962

File copy



Box 4 Folder 2 Proceedings, 1962



Box 4 Folder 3 Proceedings, 1962

Draft copy



Box 4 Folder 4 Proceedings, 1962



Box 4 Folder 5 Proceedings, 1962

Third Printing



Box 4 Folder 6 Proceedings, 1962

Final manuscript for Stencil Cutting



Box 4 Folder 7 General Records, 1964



Box 4 Folder 8 Post-Conference Correspondence, 1964

Adolf Placzek to K.P. Zygas


Subseries 2: MAS 1964



Box 4 Folder 9 Planning and Arrangements, 1964



Box 4 Folder 10 to 11 Publication and Planning, 1964



Box 4 Folder 12 Publication, 1964

Corrections by: G. Collins, and A. Placzek for Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians



Box 4 Folder 13 Finances and Financing, 1964

Finances and Financing



Box 4 Folder 14 Slide and Image Lists, 1964



Box 4 Folder 15 Mailings, 1964



Box 4 Folder 16 Individual Files [1 of 33], 1964

Stanford Anderson



Box 4 Folder 17 Individual Files [2 of 33], 1964

Alfred Barr



Box 4 Folder 18 Individual Files [3 of 33], 1964

Allen Brooks



Box 4 Folder 19 Individual Files [4 of 33], 1964

Peter Collins



Box 4 Folder 20 Individual Files [5 of 33], 1964

Walter Creese



Box 4 Folder 21 Individual Files [6 of 33], 1964

James Fitch



Box 4 Folder 22 Individual Files [7 of 33], 1964

David Gebhard



Box 4 Folder 23 Individual Files [8 of 33], 1964

Wilder Green



Box 4 Folder 24 Individual Files [9 of 33], 1964

Henry Russell Hitchcock



Box 4 Folder 25 Individual Files [10 of 33], 1964

Ada Louise Huxtable



Box 4 Folder 26 Individual Files [11 of 33], 1964

John Jacobus



Box 4 Folder 27 Individual Files [12 of 33], 1964

Philip Johnson



Box 4 Folder 28 Individual Files [13 of 33], 1964

William Jordy



Box 4 Folder 29 Individual Files [14 of 33], 1964

Elizabeth Kassler



Box 4 Folder 30 Individual Files [15 of 33], 1964

Edgar Kaufmann Jr.



Box 4 Folder 31 Individual Files [16 of 33], 1964

John McAndrew



Box 4 Folder 32 Individual Files [17 of 33], 1964

Carroll Meeks



Box 4 Folder 33 Individual Files [18 of 33], 1964

Henry Millon



Box 4 Folder 34 Individual Files [19 of 33], 1964

Sibyl Moholy-Nagy



Box 4 Folder 35 Individual Files [20 of 33], 1964

Paul Norten



Box 4 Folder 36 Individual Files [21 of 33], 1964

Mark Peisch



Box 4 Folder 37 Individual Files [22 of 33], 1964

Robert Rosenblum



Box 4 Folder 38 Individual Files [23 of 33], 1964

Colin Rowe



Box 4 Folder 39 Individual Files [24 of 33], 1964

Vincent Scully



Box 4 Folder 40 Individual Files [25 of 33], 1964

Eduard Sekuer



Box 4 Folder 41 Individual Files [26 of 33], 1964

Patricia May Sekler



Box 4 Folder 42 Individual Files [27 of 33], 1964

Peter Serenyi



Box 4 Folder 43 Individual Files [28 of 33], 1964

Robert Stren



Box 4 Folder 44 Individual Files [29 of 33], 1964

George B Tatum



Box 4 Folder 45 Individual Files [30 of 33], 1964

Rudolph Wittkower



Box 4 Folder 46 Individual Files [31 of 33], 1964

Colin St. John Wilson



Box 4 Folder 47 Individual Files [32 of 33], 1964

William Wurster



Box 4 Folder 48 Individual Files [33 of 33], 1964

Bruno Zevi



Box 4 Folder 49 Preliminary Statements, 1964

Spain: A Case Study In Action And Reaction -George Collins, The Spread of Technology: 1929-1939-James M. Fitch, The Decade: 1929-1939- Henry Russell Hitchcock, The "International Style" In The Thirties-William Jordy, Frank Lloyd Wright's Years of Modernism, 1925-1935-Edgar Kaufmann Jr, The Diaspora-Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, City-Planning Theory in Nazi Germany of the 1930s-Christian Otto, Modern Architecture and Architectural Criticism in the USA 1929-1939- Mark L Peisch, A Brief Review of the Decade's Architectural Literature- Adolf K Placzek, Le Corbusier's Changing Attitude Toward Form (A Summary)-Peter Serenyu, Relevance of The Decade- Robert A.M. Stern, The Social Front of Modern Architecture in the 1930s-CAtherine Bauer Wurster



Box 4 Folder 50 Statements, 1964

Spain: A Case Study In Action And Reaction -George Collins, The Spread of Technology: 1929-1939-James M. Fitch, The Decade: 1929-1939- Henry Russell Hitchcock, The "International Style" In The Thirties-William Jordy, Frank Lloyd Wright's Years of Modernism, 1925-1935-Edgar Kaufmann Jr, The Diaspora-Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, City-Planning Theory in Nazi Germany of the 1930s-Christian Otto, Modern Architecture and Architectural Criticism in the USA 1929-1939- Mark L Peisch, A Brief Review of the Decade's Architectural Literature- Adolf K Placzek, Le Corbusier's Changing Attitude Toward Form (A Summary)-Peter Serenyu, Relevance of The Decade- Robert A.M. Stern, The Social Front of Modern Architecture in the 1930s-CAtherine Bauer Wurster



Box 4 Folder 51 Proceedings, 1964



Box 4 Folder 52 Proceedings, 1964

Author Corrections of Transcriptions



Box 4 Folder 53 Proceedings, 1964

Author Corrections of Transcriptions



Box 4 Folder 54 Proceedings, 1964



Box 4 Folder 55 Proceedings, 1964



Box 4 Folder 56 Proceedings, 1964

Printer's Copy 1 of 2



Box 4 Folder 57 Proceedings, 1964

Printer's Copy 2 of 2



Box 5 Folder 1 Proceedings, 1964

Tape Transcription



Box 5 Folder 2 Proceedings, 1964

JSAH Reprint Unbound



Box 5 Folder 3 Proceedings, 1966

JSAH Report



Box 5 Folder 4 Post-Conference Correspondence, 1966


Subseries 3: MAS 1966



Box 5 to 10 Folder 5 Planning and Arrangements, 1966



Box 5 Folder 11 to 12 Publication and Planning, 1966



Box 5 Folder 13 to 14 Finances and Financing, 1966



Box 5 Folder 15 Slide Lists, 1966



Box 5 Folder 16 Mailings, 1966



Box 5 Folder 17 to 18 Program, 1966



Box 5 Folder 19 Signs and Posters, 1966



Box 5 Folder 20 Exhibit, 1966



Box 5 Folder 21 Opening Remarks, 1966



Box 5 Folder 22 Individual Files [1 of 27], 1966

Stanford Anderson



Box 5 Folder 23 Individual Files [2 of 27], 1966

Reyner Banham



Box 5 Folder 24 Individual Files [3 of 27], 1966

Theodore M Brown



Box 5 Folder 25 Individual Files [4 of 27], 1966

Allen Brooks



Box 5 Folder 26 Individual Files [5 of 27], 1966

Robert Judson Clark



Box 5 Folder 27 Individual Files [6 of 27], 1966

George Collins



Box 5 Folder 28 Individual Files [7 of 27], 1966

Peter Collins



Box 5 Folder 29 Individual Files [8 of 27], 1966

Walter Creese



Box 5 Folder 30 Individual Files [9 of 27], 1966

Arthur Drexler



Box 5 Folder 31 Individual Files [10 of 27], 1966

Leonard Eaton



Box 5 Folder 32 Individual Files [11 of 27], 1966

Wolf von Eckardt



Box 5 Folder 33 Individual Files [12 of 27], 1966

Wilder Green



Box 5 Folder 34 Individual Files [13 of 27], 1966

Henry Russell Hitchcock



Box 5 Folder 35 Individual Files [14 of 27], 1966

Philip Johnson



Box 5 Folder 36 Individual Files [15 of 27], 1966

Edgar Kaufmann Jr.



Box 5 Folder 37 Individual Files [16 of 27], 1966

Henry Millon



Box 5 Folder 38 Individual Files [17 of 27], 1966

Adolf Placzek



Box 5 Folder 39 Individual Files [18 of 27], 1966

Colin Rowe



Box 5 Folder 40 Individual Files [19 of 27], 1966

Robert Rosenblum



Box 5 Folder 41 Individual Files [20 of 27], 1966

Eugene Santomasso



Box 5 Folder 42 Individual Files [21 of 27], 1966

Joseph Shelley



Box 5 Folder 43 Individual Files [22 of 27], 1966

Paul E Sprague



Box 5 Folder 44 Individual Files [23 of 27], 1966

Winston R Weisman



Box 5 Folder 45 Individual Files [24 of 27], 1966

Adolf Placzek



Box 5 Folder 46 Individual Files [25 of 27], 1966

Colin St. John Wilson



Box 5 Folder 47 Individual Files [26 of 27], 1966

William Wurster



Box 5 Folder 48 Individual Files [27 of 27], 1966

Bruno Zevi



Box 5 Folder 49 to 50 Proceedings, 1966

George Collins Corrections



Box 5 Folder 51 to 52 Proceedings, undated

Carbon Copy