Oscar Newman papers, 1959-1998

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Series XII: Professional Papers



Box 14 Folder 16 Correspondence, 1965-7, 1969, 1972-80, 1982, 1990, 1994-5

Includes postcards; claim with Great Lakes Overseas, Inca. re: shipping; Education Facilities Laboratories, Inca. re: campus planning; Congressional Record; "Architecture for People" submission; requests for Information/copies/meetings; Responses to Great Neck Record Article; "Justice Fiasco" re: Dept. of Justice rescinding funding for Defensible Space Modifications in Comprehensive Community Program



Box 14 Folder 17 Correspondence w/ Buckingham Palace, 1974 Jun 6

Includes one letter from Prince Philip; copies of several of his lectures/speeches



Box 14 Folder 18 CCTV at Rochdale Village, 1983

Correspondence with Sam Granville



Box 14 Folder 19 Correspondence with Structural Engineer, 1993

re: Ft. Lauderdale House, includes drawings with annotations



Box 14 Folder 20 "Lunatic Fringe", 1992-3

Includes correspondence with the USPS about hate mail re: Florida, with the Encyclopedia of Housing, with the Sheriff's Dept. re: obscene phone calls.



Box 14 Folder 21 Examples of Modified Housing Projects, undated

Windsor Terrace; Clason Point, Bronx, NY;



Box 14 Folder 22 Resume/CV, 1967, 1983 Sep 30, 1996, 1997, undated



Box 14 Folder 23 CAA Archives, 2002

Includes extensive CV; correspondence; short piece for High School Reunion titled "St. Urbain Inspirations"



Box 14 Folder 24 Architectural Registration Cards, 1989-2003



Box 14 Folder 25 Authors Guild Registration, 1991



Box 14 Folder 26 Copyright Info, 1994



Box 14 Folder 27 Manuals, undated



Box 14 Week at a Glance, 1969



Box 14 Week at a Glance, 1970



Box 14 Week at a Glance, 1971



Box 14 Week at a Glance, 1974



Box 14 Weekly Minder, 1975



Box 14 Executive's Weekly Minder, 1983



Box 15 Folder 1 Lakeside Development Corp, St. Louis, 1966, undated

Services to be Provided for Lakeside Development Corp; Lower Mississippi Valley Division, St. Louis District, Corps of Engineers, Carlyle Reservoir Summary



Box 15 Folder 2 Bombardier Real Estate Housing Sites Tour, 1993

Society Hill, Port Liberte, etca. in New York/New Jersey Area: photographs, negatives, correspondence, real estate handouts



Box 15 Folder 3 CRSD/ICDA Important Papers [1 of 2], 1972-80s

Tax Files; Case against 841-853 Broadway Associates; Financial Reports; Safety Deposit Box; Xerox; Health Insurance; Charter bylaws; Name Change; Right to Practice Architecture



Box 15 Folder 4 CRSD/ICDA Important Papers [2 of 2], 1972-80s

Correspondence; Consulting for Office of Criminal Justice; HUD; contract and correspondence with Porter and Ripa re: New Community Corporation; "Satirical 'Glossary' for Social Scientists"



Box 15 Folder 5 Press Clippings, 1970s, 1970s



Box 15 Folder 6 US News & World Report, 1976 Mar 15

Includes correspondence



Box 15 Folder 7 German Press Clippings, 1979

Der Spiegel, The German Tribune



Box 15 Folder 8 Dutch Press Clippings, 1979



Box 15 de Tijd, 1980 Feb 1



Box 15 Folder 9 Press Clippings, 1980s, 1980s



Box 15 NEXT, 1981 Apr

Cohen, Barney. "On the Street Where You Live" p. 93



Box 15 Folder 10 Press Clippings, 1990s, 1990s



Box 15 "Walls That Unite", 1993 Oct

Governing p. 32-5



Box 15 "GN Architect's Plans Prevent Urban Crime", 1994 Sep 1

Great Neck Record



Box 15 "Making Cities Safter: Good Fences…", 1995 Mar 25

The Economist p. 30-31



Box 15 Engineering News-Record, 1995 May 1



Box 15 Newsweek, 1995 May 15



Box 15 Law Enforcement News, 1995 Dec 31/1996 Jan 15

Clark, Jacob R. "LEN salutes its 1995 Man of the Year, architect & urban planner Oscar Newman." Vol. XXI, Nos. 436, 437.



Box 15 Redbook, 1996 Feb

p. 113