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2004-04  
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SERIES I. PERSONAL PAPERS c.1925, 2003

Physical Description: 3 Cubic Feet - Boxes 1-5B
Box 1

A. Biographical Statements

 

B. Important Influences

Box 2

Mentors

Box 3

Roving Team & Special Co-workers

Box 4

Students, Friends, Resource Contacts, Poetic Expressions

 

C. Memorabilia

Box 5

80th Birthday, Karl Linn Memorial, Personal Photo 2003

Box 5A

Personal Photos c.1925

Box 5B

Personal Correspondence

 

SERIES II. PROFESSIONAL PAPERS 1950-2005

Physical Description: 16 Cubic Feet - Boxes 9-10, 27-28, 47-49, 51, 54, 56-60, 71, 86-103, 129-134, FF 1-4, T 1
 

A. Staging Conferences

Box 9

American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) - Social Responsibility 1959-1999

Box 10

National Council in Landscape Architecture (NCILA) Annual Meeting 1960

Box 28

American Society of Landscape Architects: Neighborhood Commons and Urban Open Space Workshop, Washington, D.C. 1969

 

B. Research/Evaluation

Box 27

Neighborhood Commons - Evaluation & Historical Perspective c.1965

Box 28

Neighborhood Commons & Urban Open Space National Research Survey 1968-1969

Box 58

Proposals to Foundations 1967-1988

 

C. Peace Education

Box 47

Environmental Designers for Nuclear Disarmament (EDND) 1960-1982

Box 48

Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR) - Committee on Education 1984

Flat-File 1

Peace Charettes 1984-1985

Box 54

American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Annual Meeting - Peace Program & Crissy Field Peace Park Charette 1986

Box 56

International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) Congress, Boston, MA 1988

Box 57

Peace Tree Plantings 1988

Box 57

(ASLA) Workshop 1988

Box 57

Conference on Ecotourism as a Force for Peace 1988

 

D. Creating Places for Peacemaking

Box 49

Peace Programs 1984-1986

Box 51

Peace Projects & Research Material for "Places for Peace" 1984-1999

Box 134

International Survey of Peace Projects

Flat-File 2

"Places for Peace"

 

E. Ecology & Environment

Box 59

Multicultural Environmental Leadership & Bay Area Community Greening Projects 1989-1993

 

F. Reclaiming the Commons

Box 60

Berkeley Design Advocates - Beth El Temple Project & Codornices Creek 1994-2001

 

G. Published Works

Box 91

Books Written by Karl Linn

 

H. Unpublished Works of Karl Linn

Box 92-93

Important Manuscripts by and about Karl Linn 1959-2003

Box 94

"Landscape Revisited: Karl Linn Private Practice in Landscape Architecture"

Box 95

"Urban Agriculture"

Box 96

"Disarming Environments" - Research & Background Material

 

I. Lectures

Box 97-98

Edited Lecture Transcriptions 1958-2001

Box 99

Transcribed Lectures 1950-2002

Box 100-101

Lecture Announcements and Outlines 1958-2004

Box 102

Karl Linn Discussions with Louis Kahn 1965

Box 102

Interview by Scott Carlson 1967

Tube 1

Lecture Posters

Flat-File 3

Lecture Posters

Box 71

J. Honors, Awards & Nominations

 

K. Testimonials

Box 103

Responses to Karl Linn Lecture Events

Box 86-90

L. Source Publications 1959-2005

 

M. Landscape Architecture in the Service of Community & Peace

Box 129

Introduction & Sources of Inspiration

Box 130

Neighborhood Renewal Corps & Neighborhood Commons Nonprofit Corporations

Box 131

North Berkeley Commons Projects & Instant/Temporary Commons

Box 132

Centers Functioning as Commons

Box 133

Citywide Systems, Work Democracy & Places for Peacemaking

Flat-File 4

Misc. Peace Fairs/Charettes

Box 133A

N. Oversized Photos

 

SERIES III. FACULTY PAPERS 1959-1987

Physical Description: 12 Cubic Feet - Boxes 8, 11, 20-21, 23, 31-34, 36-40, 42-46, 50, 53, 55, FF 5-12
 

A. Community Design & Build Service Education in Landscape Architecture

Flat-File #

Design Corps: Powel School Seasonal Mural 1959-1960

Flat-File #

Design Corps: Powelton Schoolyard 1959-1960

Box 11

1960 Technical University of Berlin 1960

Box 46

Misc. Projects & Non-Traditional Education 1960-1986

Flat-File 8

Misc. Projects & Non-Traditional Education 1961-1981

Flat-File #

Technical University of Berlin: Adventure Playground 1962

Box 23

Neighborhood Environment Program, Syracuse University, School of Architecture, New York 1965-1967

Flat-File #

MIT: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial - thesis students 1968

Box 33

Massachusetts College of Art, Department of Environmental Arts - On Campus Projects 1970-1972

Flat-File #

New Jersey Institute of Technology: Memorial Commons Creation Center (Workshop Center) c. 1975

Box 45

New Jersey Institute of Technology - Environmental Crafts & Creative Recycling 1977-1986

Flat-File 7

New Jersey Institute of Technology: Brunswick/Murray St. Memorial Commons 1978-1979

Box 40

New Jersey Institute of Technology - Off-Campus Projects 1979

Box 42

New Jersey Institute of Technology - Open Space Development 1979-1981

Box 39

New Jersey Institute of Technology - On-Campus Projects 1979-1983

Flat-File 6

New Jersey Institute of Technology - Off-Campus Projects 1982

Box 43

New Jersey Institute of Technology - Warren St. Community School 1982

Flat-File 5

New Jersey Institute of Technology - On-Campus Projects 1984

Flat-File #

New Jersey Institute of Technology: 4th Studio Floor Greening Plan 1984

Flat-File #

University of California, Berkeley: Martin Luther King Peace Park Charette 1984

Flat-File #

New Jersey Institute of Technology & Design Corps: Tri-City Community Center Commons & Playground Renovation c. 1985

Box 55

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology 1987

Flat-File 9

MIT: Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial - Student Proposal Sessions

Flat-File #

New Jersey Institute of Technology & Design Corps: Cherry Blossom Festival Pavilion, Branchwood Park n.d.

Flat-File #

New Jersey Institute of Technology & Design Corps: Citizens Development Corps: Neighborhood Open Space Network (12 Block West Side) n.d.

Flat-File #

New Jersey Institute of Technology: Environmental Autobiography n.d.

Flat-File #

New Jersey Institute of Technology - Lafayette Park: The Green Fair [see also Workshop Centers] n.d.

Flat-File #

New Jersey Institute of Technology & Design Corps: Rooftop Bioshelter In-house Service, [see also Workshop Centers] n.d.

Flat-File #

New Jersey Institute of Technology: Studio Greening n.d.

Flat-File #

New Jersey Institute of Technology & Design Corps: Scudder Homes Low-income Housing n.d.

Flat-File #

New Jersey Institute of Technology & Design Corps: Sunshine Dream Centers Peace Communication Center/Nuclear Future, Goodworks Festival, Cathedral for St. John the Divine n.d.

Flat-File #

New Jersey Institute of Technology: The Common Ground n.d.

Flat-File #

New Jersey Institute of Technology & Design Corps: Warren Street Community School n.d.

Flat-File #

New Jersey Institute of Technology & Design Corps: Warren Street Community School Commons Master Plan n.d.

Flat-File #

New St. Commons for Neighborhoods of the Universities n.d.

Flat-File #

University of California, Davis: Davis Peace Park n.d.

 

B. Courses/Programs

Box 31

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Courses 1968-1972

Box 32

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Counter-Culture Research & Education 1968-1972

Box 34

Community Through Environment Program, Louisville, KY 1972-1975

Box 37

New Jersey Institute of Technology - Studio Courses 1977-1986

Flat-File 10

New Jersey Institute of Technology - Student Projects C-G

Flat-File 11

New Jersey Institute of Technology - Student Projects N-W

 

C. Holistic Education

Box 8

Holistic Education in Landscape Architecture at University of Pennsylvania 1959-1961

Box 38

New Jersey Institute of Technology 1977-1986

 

D. Art Education

Box 20

Community Design Service in Art Education 1965-1966

 

E. Research

Box 21

Long Island University Environmental Arts Program 1965

Flat-File 12

Long Island University: Sketchbook of Ideas n.d.

Box 53

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) 1986

 

F. Non-Traditional Education

Box 36

Antioch College Human Services Program, Philadelphia, PA & Drexel University 1976-1977

 

G. Administration

Box 44

New Jersey Institute of Technology c. 1985

 

H. Creating Places for Peacemaking

Box 50

Awakening & Centering Sessions & Charettes with Interhelp 1984-1987

 

SERIES IV. OFFICE RECORDS 1960-2002

Physical Description: 19 Cubic Feet - Boxes 80-84, 105-114, 133A, 137-142, A1-A8
 

A. Film Archives

Box 137

Related Documents

Box 138

Creative Recycling Workshop 1972

Box 139-140

Film Archives

Box 141

Creative Recycling Workshop audio reels

Box 142

Gardens & Greenway

Box A1- A8

B. Audio Cassettes 1960-2002

 

C. Project Photographs

Box 105

Karl Linn Landscape Architect, "Landscapes Revisted" - Suburban 1952-1962

Box 106

Karl Linn Landscape Architect, "Landscapes Revisted" - Urban 1952-1962

Box 107

Bioenergetic Theory & Disarming Environments

Box 108

Neighborhood Renewal Corps Projects - Reconnaissance & Melon Commons 1962-1967

Box 109

Neighborhood Commons Nonprofit Corporations in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, New York, Syracuse, St. Louis & Newark

Box 110

Community Art Gardens 1993-2004

Box 111

Temporary & Instant Commons, Commons as Centers 1959-1999

Box 112

Hands-on Education & Places for Peacemaking 1960-2003

Box 133A

Oversized Photos

 

D. Slides

Box 113

Bioenergetic Theory, Armoring/Disarming Environments, Hands-On Education, Places for Peacemaking

Box 114

"Building Commons and Community", Lasting Commons, Instant & Temporary Commons, Commons as Centers 1959-2004

 

E. Clip Files

Box 80

Karl Linn Private Practice in Landscape Architecture 1952-1962

Box 81

Design Corps of Students & Neighborhood Renewal Corps 1962-1967

Box 82

Neighborhood Commons Non-Profit Corporations 1968-1986

Box 83

San Francisco Bay Area Projects 1989-2005

Box 84

Green Theater Lecture Events 1967-1985

Box 84

Landscape Architecture in Service of Peace 1982-1985

 

Scrapbook portfolios (two)

 

SERIES V. PROJECT RECORDS 1952-2005

Physical Description: 22 Cubic Feet - Boxes 6-7, 12-19, 22, 24-26, 29-30, 35, 41, 52, 61-70, 72-79, 142A, FF 13, T 1
 

A. Karl Linn Private Practice in Landscape Architecture

Box 6

Residential Landscape Architecture 1952

Box 7

B. Interior Landscape Architecture 1952-1992

 

C. Community Design & Build Service Center

Box 13

Neighborhood Renewal Corps, Philadelphia 1961-1964

Box 14

Neighborhood Commons Nonprofit Corporation of Washington, D.C. 1961-1964

Box 17

Neighborhood Commons Nonprofit Corp. of Baltimore, MD & New York, NY 1963

Box 18

Neighborhood Commons Center Proposals 1964

Box 19

Neighborhood Commons Nonprofit Corporation Chicago, IL 1965

Box 25

Columbus Urban Environmental Workshop Nonprofit Corporation (CUE), Columbus, OH 1967

 

D. Community Design & Build Service

Box 12

Design Corps of Students - University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Landscape Architecture 1960-1964

Box 77

Ohlone Greenway Natural and Cultural History Interpretive Exhibit 1999-2005

Box 78

Ohlone People Exhibit - Ohlone Greenway Natural and Cultural History Interpretive Exhibit 2003

 

E. Youth Training and Employment

Box 15

Landscape Technician Training Program - Neighborhood Commons Nonprofit Corporation of Washington, D.C. 1963-1964

Box 16

United Planning Organization, Washington, D.C. 1964

 

F. Non-Traditional Education

Box 22

Council on Parks & Playgrounds, New York City 1965-1967

 

G. Innovative Community Resource Consultant

Box 24

Model Cities Program of Syracuse, NY "Crusade for Opportunity" 1963-1967

Box 26

Model Neighborhood & Community Renewal Program, Columbus, OH 1967-1968

Box 26

Model Cities Program, New York 1969

Box 29

Misc. Projects with Mentors, Roving Team Members & Colleagues 1962-1967

Box 30

Theatrical Approaches to Test Social and Environmental Innovations 1964-1980

Box 79

Proposed Projects, Berkeley, CA 1999-2002

 

H. Staging Commons & Conferences

Box 35

Children, Nature and the City Symposium, Washington, D.C. 1975

Box 41

Creating the People's Coalition Campsite Commons, South Bronx, NY 1980

Box 52

American Orthopsychiatric Association - Ceremonializing Three National Conferences 1985-1989

Box 61

EcoCities Conference 1990

Box 61

San Francisco Ecopsychology Group 1991-1992

Box 61

San Francisco Geomancy Group 1991-1992

Box 63

The First International Healthy Cities Conference, San Francisco 1993

Flat-File 13

The People's Convention 1980

Flat-File 13

International Healthy Cities and Communities Conference 1993

 

I. Peace Advocacy

Box 62

Middle East Peace Work 1991-1992

Box 72

Current Middle East Peace Work 1998-2005

 

J. Community Garden Commons

Box 64

City of Berkeley Community Gardening Policies & Karl Linn Volunteer Landscape Architect 1993-2002

Box 65

Survey of Local and National Community Gardens 1993-1999

Box 66

Karl Linn Community Garden Commons 1993-2005

Box 67

Hopper Commons Association - Events 1994-2004

Box 68

Peralta & Northside Community Garden Commons 1996-2004

Box 69

Artists Exhibited in Showcase of Art & Ecofriendly Technology 1999

Box 70

Art for BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Projects 1994-2004

 

K. Ecology/Environment

Box 73

Berkeley EcoHouse - Organization 1994-2004

Box 74

Berkeley EcoHouse - Fundraising 1994-2004

Box 75

Berkeley EcoHouse - Site & Programs 1994-2004

Box 76

Berkeley EcoHouse - Neighborhood, Vision/Mission, Public Relations 1994-2004

 

L. Drawings

See also

Project Index
Tube 1

Misc. Projects

Box 142A

Misc. Projects (flat box)

 

SERIES VI. ADDITIONAL DONATIONS

Physical Description: 4 Cubic Feet - Boxes 143-146
Box 143-146

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