Finding aid for the Reyner Banham papers, 1877-1988, undated, bulk 1960-1988
Finding aid prepared by Jocelyn Gibbs and Emmabeth Nanol
Descriptive Summary
Title: Reyner Banham papers
Date (inclusive): 1877-1988, undated (bulk 1960-1988)
Number: 910009
Creator/Collector:
Banham, Reyner
Physical Description:
20.7 linear feet
(29 boxes, 5 flatfiles)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California, 90049-1688
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: British-born architectural historian and critic, educator, and editor, 1922-1988. The collection contains draft manuscripts,
printed material and research notes for eight of Banham's published books, for unpublished projects, and many articles and
reviews related to the history of architecture and design. Included are the notes and manuscripts for his public lectures
and his teaching. Other files document his participation on design juries and his consultation work.
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Biographical/Historical Note
Reyner Banham (1922-1988) was a British-born architectural historian, critic, and educator. He taught at the University of
London, SUNY Buffalo, New York University's Institute of Fine Arts, and the University of California at Santa Cruz. His writings
and lectures influenced a generation of architects and historians of modern architecture. Banham's writings include reviews,
journalistic and scholarly essays, and monographs. Of his many monographs, perhaps the best known are:
Theory and design in the first machine age (1960),
Los Angeles: the architecture of four ecologies (1971),
Architecture of the well-tempered environment (1984), and
Concrete Atlantis (1986). After his death, Mary Banham edited
A critic writes, a compilation of Banham's essays (1996).
Administrative Information
Access
Open for use by qualified researchers.
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Reyner Banham Papers, 1877-1988, undated, bulk 1960-1988, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 910009.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa910009
Acquisition Information
The Getty acquired the bulk of the papers from Mary Banham in 1991. The International Design Conference in Aspen material
was added in 1993.
Processing History
Kelly Nipper processed the collection in 1996; further processing occurred in 2000. Emmabeth Nanol physically reprocessed
the collection and made minor changes to the finding aid under the supervision of Ann Harrison in 2012.
Related archival materials
The Getty Research Institute holds further material relating to Series VI. International Design Conference in Aspen. See also
the International Design Conference in Aspen records, 1949-2006, Accession no. 2007.M.7.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains research notes, manuscripts, and printed materials for eight of Reyner Banham's published books, for
unpublished projects, and many articles and reviews related to the history of modern and contemporary architecture and design.
Included are the notes and manuscripts for his public lectures and his teaching. Other files document his participation on
design juries and his consultation work. Printed materials and reports from the International Design Conference in Aspen (1950-1988)
document Banham's involvement with the Aspen design conference during its formative years.
Arrangement note
The papers are arranged in six series:
.Series I. Book manuscripts, 1877-1987;
Series II. Articles and reviews, 1970-1988, undated;
Series III. Conferences, lectures, symposia, 1965-1988, undated;
Series IV. Consulting and design juries, 1966-1988, undated;
Series V. Miscellaneous papers, 1913-1988, undated;
Series VI. International Design Conference in Aspen, 1950-1988, undated
Indexing Terms
Subjects - Names
Banham, Reyner
Herron, Ron
Piano, Renzo
Ransome, Ernest L. (Ernest Leslie), 1844-1917
Rogers, Richard George
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959
Subjects - Corporate Bodies
Brooklyn Museum
International Design Conference in Aspen
Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners
Tennessee Valley Authority
Subjects - Topics
Architecture--California--Los Angeles
Architecture--Historiography
Architecture--United States--20th century
Buildings--Environmental engineering
Concrete construction-United States
High technology
Subjects - Places
Buffalo (N.Y.)--Buildings
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Description and travel
Subjects - Titles
Architecture of the well-tempered environment
Aspen papers
Concrete Atlantis
Los Angeles: the architecture of four ecologies
Megastructure
Scenes in America Deserta
Genres and Forms of Material
Blueprints (reprographic copies)
Negatives
Photographic prints
Photographs, Original
Contributors
Piano, Renzo
Price, Cedric
Rogers, Richard George
Waterhouse, Alan
Series I.
Book manuscripts,
Bulk, 1982-1987
1877-1987, undated
Physical Description:
12.71 linear feet
(13 boxes, 2 flatfiles)
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes, drafts, printed material, correspondence, reviews and other research materials for Banham's
Los Angeles: the architecture of four ecologies (1971),
Megastructure (1976),
Buffalo: an architectural guide (1981),
Scenes in American Deserta (1982),
Architecture of the well-tempered environment (1984),
Concrete Atlantis (1986),
Visions of Ron Herron (1990), and "Making architecture: the paradoxes of hi-tech" (unpublished). The bulk of the material in the series derives
from
Scenes in America Deserta and
Concrete Atlantis. Banham's unpublished project on "High-Tech" architecture includes fairly extensive research materials on the works of Renzo
Piano and Richard Rogers.
Arrangement note
Arranged by publication.
Scenes in America Deserta,
1970-1982, undated
Research materials,
1970-1980, undated
Box 1, Folder 1
Papers
Scope and Content Note
Includes: clippings; maps; black-and-white photographs; some manuscript materials.
Box 28, Folder 1
Color photograph and slide
Box 1, Folder 2
Multiple manuscripts,
1976-1981, undated
Correspondence and printed materials,
1975-1982, undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes and some manuscripts.
Box 27*, Folder 1
Oversize map of Monument Valley, Navajo Tribal Park
Concrete Atlantis,
1877-1987, undated
Box 2, Folder 1
Correspondence and research,
1963-1985
Scope and Content Note
Letters, notes, manuscript proposal, and printed matter.
Box 2, Folder 2
Correspondence,
1982-1986
Scope and Content Note
Most letters regard publication, with some manuscripts.
Box 2, Folder 3
Annotated drafts,
undated
Box 2, Folder 4-6
Manuscript,
1986, undated
Photographs,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Some figures missing.
Box 3, Folder 1
Lists and annotated photocopies of photographs
Box 3, Folder 2
One set of numbered illustrations
Scope and Content Note
Mostly 5 x 7 black-and-white prints.
Box 3, Folder 3-7
Figures 3 to 128
Scope and Content Note
Mostly 8 x 10 black-and-white prints. Some prints with multiple copies.
Box 4, Folder 3-5
Other photographs and contact sheets
Box 29
Color photographs, negatives and slides
Scope and Content Note
Includes MIT Graphic Arts: Photo Department; Figure #199; Kellog.
Illustrations and printed materials,
1953-1984, undated
Box 4, Folder 10
HAER inventory,
1907-1919
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies of Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) survey records of buildings.
Research materials,
1877-1985
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies of articles and illustrations, printed materials, and manuscripts.
Box 6, Folder 1
This is tomorrow,
1956, 1987
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of catalogue, published 1956, plus manuscript outline, dated 1987.
Box 6, Folder 2
Megastructure,
1961-1982, undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes proposal, bibliography, notes.
Box 6, Folder 3
Visions of Ron Herron,
1984 -1987, undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes photocopies of sketches, notes, letters.
Architecture of the well-tempered environment,
1903, 1967, 1982-1983, undated
Box 6, Folder 4-6
Papers and drawings,
1967, 1982-1983, undated
Flatfile 1**
Blueprints and sketches,
1903, undated
Los Angeles: the architecture of four ecologies,
circa 1970
Box 7, Folder 1
Notes, drawings and printed materials
Scope and Content Note
Includes maps and postcards.
Box 7, Folder 2-5
Black-and-white photographs and postcards
Box 7, Folder 6
Buffalo: an architectural guide,
1978-1987, undated
Scope and Content Note
Research materials including photocopies of articles and illustrations, notes and manuscripts.
High-Tech book project,
1965-1987, undated
Research materials,
1965-1986
Scope and Content Note
Photographs, photocopies of articles and printed materials.
Box 8, Folder 1-2
General
Scope and Content Note
Photographs, photocopies of articles and printed materials.
Box 8, Folder 3
Correspondence,
1983-1987
Box 8, Folder 4
Draft outline, introduction and proposal,
1987
Box 8, Folder 5-6
Publications and promotional materials,
1980-1985
Scope and Content Note
Includes promotional packet for Nicholas Grimshaw and partners.
Box 9, Folder 1-2
Richard Rogers research,
1977-1986
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies of articles.
Renzo Piano research,
undated
Scope and Content Note
See also Box 17.
General
Scope and Content Note
Includes materials relating to FIAT-Lingotto and Torino.
Box 9, Folder 3-4
Papers
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies of articles and photographs, some of FIAT in Lingotto and Torino.
Box 9, Folder 5
IRCAM: Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics and Music (Paris, France, 1973-1977)
Fiat VSS experimental vehicle (Turin, Italy, 1978-1980)
Box 9, Folder 6
Papers and black-and-white photographs
Progetto delle stazioni per la metropolitana genovese (Genova, 1983)
Box 9, Folder 7
Papers and black-and-white photographs
Box 9, Folder 8
"Il Prometeo" di L. Nono (Venezia-Milano, 1983-1984)
Piano and Palladio (1986)
Scope and Content Note
Civic and cultural centre: rehabilitation of basilica, Vicenza.
Box 9, Folder 9
Papers and black-and-white photographs
Box 25, Folder 4
Photocopies of plans and drawings
Industrialized construction system for evolving-type homes (Perugia, Italy, 1978) and One-family homes (Cusago, Milan, Italy,
1972-1974)
Box 9, Folder 10
Papers and black-and-white photographs
Box 9, Folder 11
IBM travelling exhibition (1982)
Box 9, Folder 12
Montecchio Maggiore (Vicenza, Italy, 1984-1985)
Stadio San Nicola (Bari, Italy)
Scope and Content Note
Opened in 1990.
Box 9, Folder 13
Black-and-white photographs
Box 9, Folder 14
Palazetto dello sport (Ravenna, Italy, 1986)
Box 9, Folder 15
Cedric Price research,
1979-1987
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, notes, letters and photocopies.
Series II.
Articles and reviews,
circa 1970-1988, undated
Physical Description:
0.4 linear feet
(1 box)
Scope and Content Note
Series includes notes, manuscripts, whole issues of magazines and tear sheets of articles written by Banham, published in
Casabella,
Art in America,
A+U,
New Society, and other publications.
Arrangement note
Arranged in rough chronological order.
Box 10, Folder 1-2
Notes for articles,
1970s-1988
Scope and Content Note
3 notebooks and a few loose pages, with handwritten versions of articles, including one on the TVA [Tennessee Valley Authority].
Published articles (photocopies),
1974-1980
Box 10, Folder 3
"A question of magic,"
1976
Box 10, Folder 3
"Buffalo Archaeological,"
1980
Box 10, Folder 3
"Catacombs of the Modern Movement,"
1980
Box 10, Folder 3
"Europe and American Design,"
1974
Box 10, Folder 4
"Valley of the Dams,"
1977 July 21
Scope and Content Note
About the TVA, in
New Society (whole issue).
Box 10, Folder 5
"Ransome at Bayonne,"
1983
Scope and Content Note
Typed manuscript in 2 versions, with notes, apparently written for the
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (JSAH), 1983.
Box 10, Folder 6
Correspondence regarding Banham article,
1985
Scope and Content Note
For article on "Modern Nomadism" (called "Domesticity of movement") for catalog of the 17 triennale di Milano.
Box 10, Folder 7
"The Most Beautiful Power Plant in the World,"
1985 November
Scope and Content Note
In
California (whole issue).
Box 10, Folder 8
"Art space angst,"
1986 January 24
Scope and Content Note
Published article about the Lloyds of London building by Richard Rogers, in
New Society (whole issue). See also: Box 10, Folder 20 for another article, in manuscript, about Lloyds building.
Box 10, Folder 9
"Modern monuments,"
1986 November 14
Scope and Content Note
In
New Society (whole issue).
Box 10, Folder 10
Interview with Reyner Banham,
1986 March
Scope and Content Note
In
Progressive Architecture (PA); several sets of tear sheets, plus whole issue.
"In the neighborhood of art,"
1981-1987
Box 10, Folder 11
General,
1981-1987
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, receipts, notes, Banham's manuscript and research for article about the De Menil museum for
Art in America, June 1987.
Box 10, Folder 12
Art in America (whole issue),
1987 June
Box 25, Folder 5
The Architecture and Design: Review of Houston,
1981
Box 10, Folder 13
"Well Suited to Its Site and Institution,"
1987 May
Scope and Content Note
Tear sheets from magazine,
Architecture, about Elena Baskin Visual Arts Studios.
Box 10, Folder 14
"Making Architecture: The High Craft of Renzo Piano,"
1987
Scope and Content Note
Two copies of typed manuscript called "Making architecture," for
A+U magazine, with letter from Banham to the magazine.
Box 10, Folder 15
Book reviews,
1987
Scope and Content Note
Manuscripts, for
TLS (
Times Literary Supplement); with letter to the paper from Banham.
Casabella,
1984-1987, undated
Box 10, Folder 16
Correspondence,
1984-1987
Scope and Content Note
Letters from
Casabella editors and Banham's carbon copy replies, regarding articles he is writing for the magazine.
Box 10, Folder 17
"The Engineering of Utopia,"
1987
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript of article on the Tennessee Valley Authority and with letters from Banham.
Box 10, Folder 18
Museums: U.S.A.,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript.
Box 10, Folder 19
"End of Silicon Valley,"
1987
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript and letter from Banham.
Box 10, Folder 20
"Grain Elevators: Symbol and Substance"
Scope and Content Note
Proposal for an article.
Box 10, Folder 20
"The Quality of Modernism"
Box 10, Folder 20
The English Terraced House
Box 10, Folder 20
"New Lloyds of Old London"
Box 10, Folder 20
"A Black Box: the Secret Profession of Architecture"
Scope and Content Note
Unpublished article.
Series III.
Conferences, lectures, symposia,
1965-1988, undated
Physical Description:
0.8 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, printed material and manuscripts related to research on Frank Lloyd Wright's Ocatillo project, 1980;
a 1980 lecture at the Neuberger Museum; a conference presentation at the University of Delaware, 1981; L'Americanisme et la
modernité colloquium, Paris 1985; Open Spaces, City Places conference, Tucson 1987; and the SE/SAH 1987 conference lecture
(about the TVA) in Knoxville, Tennessee. The series also includes multiple manuscripts of a 1988 undelivered lecture titled,
"A Set of Actual Movements." Teaching materials course outlines and a bound course reader from Banham's classes at the University
of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), with some emphasis on "High-Tech" architecture, are also found in this series.
Arrangement note
Conferences and lectures are arranged by venues, with teaching papers, mostly UCSC materials, at the end of the series.
Box 12, Folder 1
"A set of actual monuments,"
1988 February 8
Scope and Content Note
1 handwritten and 2 typed versions of lecture in manuscript, with heading: "An inaugural lecture which was not delivered on
Monday Feb. 8, 1988 at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, by Reyner Banham, First Sheldon H. Solon Professor
of the History of Architecture."
SE/SAH conference,
1965, 1987, undated
Scope and Content Note
Southeast chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians conference in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Box 12, Folder 2
Problems of the Art Gallery,
1984-1987, undated
Scope and Content Note
Letters and printed material relate to lecture and travel arrangements.
Box 12, Folder 3
TVA lecture,
1965, 1987
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript of lecture (1987), and transcript of interview (1965) with architect of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). See
also: TVA article in Box 10.
Box 28, Folder 8
Color photograph,
undated
Box 12, Folder 4
Open Spaces, City Places Conference, Tucson,
1987
Scope and Content Note
Conference held November 19-21; 2 copies of manuscript of Banham's lecture ("Riders of the empurpled page") with slide list,
letters and printed program.
Box 12, Folder 5
Colloque L'Americanisme et la modernité, Paris,
1985-1986
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, printed conference material, manuscript of Banham's lecture, and notes. Symposium at École des Hautes études
en Sciences Sociales l'Institut Français d'Architecture, October 23-25, 1985.
University of Delaware conference paper,
1980-1981
Box 12, Folder 6
Papers
Scope and Content Note
Includes manuscript of "What the Traffic Would Bear," slide list and correspondence.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Ocatillo Desert Camp project,
1980-1983
Box 12, Folder 7
Papers
Scope and Content Note
Research files on F.L. Wright's Ocatillo camp (for lecture?): manuscripts (by Colin Flavin and Neil Levine) and correspondence.
Box 12, Folder 8
Neuberger Museum lecture,
1980
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript of lecture and slide list.
Box 13, Folder 1
Notebook,
1985-1987, undated
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten notes regard travel, lectures, research, and readings. Includes some notes for Paris' "A et M," 1985 and Tucson's
"WOTPS," 1987.
Box 13, Folder 2
Other lectures,
1970-1986
Scope and Content Note
IDCA talk, 1970 (photocopy), See also: Series VI for more IDCA materials; Berkeley chat, 1986 (notes); Manuscript of lecture
for SAH 1981 annual meeting; transcript of lecture at SUNY, Buffalo School of Architecture and Environmental Design, circa
1983.
University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC)
1981-1988, undated
Box 13, Folder 3
Course material,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Bound reader of photocopied articles about palaces.
Box 13, Folder 4-5
Winter course: The Rise of High Tech Architecture,
1981-1988
Scope and Content Note
Course description, preliminary material for teaching, correspondence, course reader (bound photocopied articles), book lists
and other materials for course.
Series IV.
Consulting and design juries,
1966-1988, undated
Physical Description:
0.8 linear feet
(2 boxes, 1 flatfile)
Scope and Content Note
Manuscripts, correspondence, photocopies of articles, photographs, drawings and printed materials regarding Banham's involvements
as a juror for the Brooklyn Museum competition, 1986 and Progetto Bicocca, 1986; expert for renovation of Frank Lloyd Wright's
Robie house, 1986; essayist for Museum of Moving Image exhibit proposal. Also includes materials relating to Museum of Contemporary
Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) exhibit
Blueprint for modern living, 1989 including 3 versions of NEH grant applications.
Arrangement note
Arranged by project.
Brooklyn Museum Competition,
1966-1986, undated
Scope and Content Note
Regards a publication about the competition, and Banham's involvement.
Box 14, Folder 1-3
Catalogue introduction (by Banham) and competition documents,
1966-1986, undated
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript, photocopies of clippings and correspondence.
Flatfile 3**
Brooklyn Museum drawings,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Blueprint architectural drawings (6) and photocopied illustrations (2) of the Brooklyn Museum.
Blueprints for Modern Living: History and Legacy of the Case Study Houses,
1985-circa 1988
Scope and Content Note
An exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) in 1989.
Box 15, Folder 1
Correspondence,
1985-1987
Scope and Content Note
Most correspondence with Elizabeth Smith, regards planning the exhibit and related events; abstract essay by Thomas Hines;
with printed materials about the project and NEH grant.
Box 15, Folder 2-4
NEH [National Endowment for the Humanities] grant applications,
1986
Scope and Content Note
Working title: Case Study Houses: History and Legacy. 3 versions of the application.
Box 15, Folder 5
"Klarheit, Ehrlichkeit, Einfachkeit...and wit too! The Case-study Houses in the World's Eyes,"
circa 1988
Scope and Content Note
Banham lecture about case study houses, for MOCA.
Box 15, Folder 6
Grant application assessments,
1981, undated
Scope and Content Note
Banham's draft letters of evaluation for 2 grant applications: Léon Ploegaerts study of Henry van de Velde, 1981; and Design
Communications grant, undated, to document the Doumani house (Venice, California).
Box 15, Folder 7
Progetto Bicocca jury,
1985-1986
Scope and Content Note
Banham manuscript, "BICOCCA '86" and correspondence and printed material
Box 15, Folder 8
Robie house cooling and ventilation recommendations,
1985
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence and printed material.
Box 15, Folder 9
Motion Picture Design and Vernacular Architecture,
1986-1987
Scope and Content Note
Printed material regarding Museum of the Moving Image; correspondence with Donald Albrecht regarding grant application proposal.
Series V.
Miscellaneous papers,
1913-1988, undated
Physical Description:
1.8 linear feet
(3 boxes)
Scope and Content Note
Series comprises curriculum vitae; professional correspondence including letters from Columbia University regarding teaching
for summer session, 1982 and Banham's Sheldon W. H. Solow professorship at New York University, 1987; printed materials including
Alan Waterhouse's manuscript; four spiral-bound volumes of drawings and texts of Renzo Piano's works; research on ventilation
and solar power and Rudolph Schindler.
Arrangement note
Arranged topically. Correspondence is further arranged by date except for two groupings of letters regarding Banham's teaching
at Columbia University and his Sheldon H. Solow professorship, NYU.
Box 16, Folder 1
Curriculum vitae,
circa 1984
Correspondence,
1976-1987, undated
Box 16, Folder 2
Columbia University,
1981-1985
Scope and Content Note
Regards teaching summer session.
Box 16, Folder 3
Sheldon H. Solow professorship, NYU Institute of Fine Arts,
1987
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence regards bringing Banham to NYU (New York University) and includes material for his inaugural lecture. See also:
Box 12, folder 1 for manuscript of proposed lecture.
Box 16, Folder 8
undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes some notes.
Box 16, Folder 10
Banham's proposal: Art & Technology: The Elusive Synthesis,
undated
Box 16, Folder 11
Various notes and printed materials,
1982-1987, undated
Scope and Content Note
Photocopies of draft historical survey report regarding the New York harbor and "The Independent Group: towards a redefinition"
by Anne Massey; materials regarding The Charles E. Peterson Prize.
Box 16, Folder 12
Alan Waterhouse manuscript,
1980
Scope and Content Note
"Architecture, urbanization and the state;" "The effects of architectural commodities on land use patterns;" application for
research grant (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada).
Box 16, Folder 13
Computer print-out of Banham files,
circa 1988
Renzo Piano material,
1986-1987, undated
Scope and Content Note
1 loose drawing (reproduction) and 4 spiral-bound volumes of drawings and text (photocopies).
Box 17
Drawing of unidentified Turin building,
undated
Scope and Content Note
reproduction of (1916) drawing showing elevation and sections
Box 17
Bercy Commercial Centre,
1987
Box 17
Palazzo dello sport, Ravenna,
1986 October
Scope and Content Note
Building workshop S.R.L.
Box 17
Progetto per il nuovo stadio,
1987 February
Scope and Content Note
Includes 4 photographs.
Box 17
Extension IRCAM: construction report, Paris,
1987
Box 11, Folder 1-7
Heating, ventilation and solar power,
1913-1988, undated
Box 11, Folder 7
R.M. Schindler,
1975
Scope and Content Note
A + U: A Monthly Journal of World Architecture and Urbanism, No. 59.
Series VI.
International Design Conference in Aspen,
1950-1988, undated
Physical Description:
4.2 linear feet
(8 boxes, 2 flatfiles)
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, reports and printed matter, including conference materials, relate to Banham's involvement in the IDCA, as
well as his project to document the history of the conference in his monograph
The Aspen Papers (1974).
Arrangement note
Arranged in three groupings: manuscripts containing Banham's manuscripts for publication,
The Aspen Papers; twenty years of design theory from the International Design Conference in Aspen; correspondence regarding the publication; research materials including correspondence, photographs, conference papers and
printed materials.
Manuscripts,
1965-1973, undated
Box 18, Folder 1-4
Aspen Reader,
1965-1973, undated
Box 18, Folder 5
Portions of the 1st and 2nd Aspen conferences (by Banham?),
undated
Box 18, Folder 6
Correspondence regarding
The Aspen Papers,
1969-1973
Scope and Content Note
Regards book project, published in 1974.
Research materials,
1950-1988, undated
Box 18, Folder 7
Correspondence,
1950-1968, undated
Transcripts,
1953-1970, undated
Box 18, Folder 8
John Allpass and Peter Eisenman interview,
1968
Box 18, Folder 9
Arthur Cohen,
1962
Scope and Content Note
Manuscripts and correspondence.
Box 18, Folder 10
J. Gordon Lippincott,
undated
Box 18, Folder 10
Miscellaneous,
1968-1970, undated
Lists and photographs,
1951-1972
Box 18, Folder 15
Committee lists (most photocopies),
1951-1972
Box 18, Folder 16
Chairman and speakers lists,
1951-1968
Box 18, Folder 17
Attendance list,
1951-1954
Box 19, Folder 1-2
Photographs of speakers and panelists,
circa 1965-1968
Conference papers,
1951-1988
Box 20, Folder 1-11
1960-1969
Scope and Content Note
Includes some correspondence, printed material.
Box 21, Folder 1-3
1970
Scope and Content Note
List of participants.
Box 21, Folder 4
1971
Scope and Content Note
List of participants.
Graphic materials,
1951-1988, undated
Scope and Content Note
Bound conference papers, brochures and pamphlets.
Box 23, Folder 10
Design Quarterly,
1986-1987
Box 23, Folder 11
Aspen Institute,
1970, undated
Flatfile 5**
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Printed materials about IDCA,
1951-1970, undated
Scope and Content Note
Calling cards; pamphlets; Impressions from the Design Conference of Aspen by R. Hunter Middleton and Alexander Ebin, 1951;
clippings; full issue publications.
Box 24, Folder 4-5
Speakers statements and biographies,
1963