Carroll L. V. Meeks papers 1928-1966

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Carroll L. V. Meeks papers 1928-1966

The major portion of the papers consists of research materials for a study of the architecture of Yale University; research materials on Connecticut architecture, railroad stations, and Works Progress Administration files for Connecticut; and research for Carroll Meeks's book on Italian architecture, published in 1966. Included in the materials on Yale are photographs, articles, manuscripts, notes and bibliographies. Additional papers reflect Meeks's teaching career at Yale University (1930-1966) and his membership in organizations dedicated to architectural preservation. His correspondence includes letters from a number of notable art historians. Prominent among the correspondents are James Ackerman, Turpin C. Bannister, Kingman Brewster, James Marston Fitch, Siegfried Giedion, Maynard Mack, Denis Mack Smith, Lewis Mumford, Richard Neutra, Robert Rosenblum, Paul Rudolph, Vincent Scully, Sir John N. Summerson, Christopher Tunnard, and Rudolf Wittkower.

18 linear feet (33 boxes, 1 folio)

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Maynard Mack received his B.A. and Ph. D. from Yale and joined the English Department there in 1936, rising to become Sterling Professor of English in 1965. A scholar of Shakespeare, Pope, and twentieth-century literary criticism, Mack has authored a number of works, including King Lear in Our Time (1965) and Alexander Pope: A Life (1986). From the description of Maynard Mack papers, 1928-1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84294462 Maynard Mack received his B.A. in 1932 an...

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Rudolph, Paul 1918-

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Paul Marvin Rudolph was born in Elton, Kentucky, on October 23, 1918. He designed several major architectural works, including the Art and Architecture Library at Yale University. Rudolph served as chairman of the Yale University Department of Architecture and as James M. Hoppin Professor from 1958-1965. Paul Marvin Rudolph, architect and educator, was born October 23, 1918, in Elton, Kentucky. He graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute (B.A., 1940) and Harvard Univ...

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Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990

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American writer. From the description of Correspondence with Alfred S. Dashiell, 1931-1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51846130 Carl Zigrosser and Lewis Mumford were life-long friends with shared interests in the arts, society and politics. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1925-1971, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902319 Sir Patrick Geddes was a Scottish biologist, sociologi...

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James Marston Fitch developed the academic field of historic preservation through his prolific career as a writer, architectural scholar, activist, and educator. Fitch was born in Washington, D.C., in 1909. He grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and attended the University of Alabama and Tulane in New Orleans. During the Depression he worked as a researcher at the Tennessee Planning Commission and as a low-cost housing analyst at the Federal Housing Authority. In 1936 he moved to New...

Meeks, Carroll L. V. (Carroll Louis Vanderslice), 1907-1966

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Carroll Louis Vanderslice Meeks (1907-1966) was an American architectural historian. Published titles include Italian Architecture, 1750-1914 and The Railroad Station: An Architectural History . From the guide to the Carroll L. V. Meeks Negatives, 1971, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) Carroll Louis Vanderslice Meeks was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on May 21, 1907. He received his Ph.B. degree from Yale University in 1928, his B.F.A. i...

Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970

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Richard Josef Neutra was born in 1892 in Vienna; immigrated to US, 1923; Frank Lloyd Wright invited him to Taliesin during the fall of 1924; Neutra moved to Los Angeles, CA, 1925; most productive years were during 1930s and 1940s; spent most of his last decade in partnership with his son, Dion; published several books, including Wie baut Amerika? (1927) and Survival through design (1954); died in 1970. From the description of Papers, 1925-1970. (University of California, Los Angeles)...

Brewster, Kingman, 1919-1988

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Kingman Brewster was born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts on June 17, 1919. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale in 1941 and his law degree from Harvard in 1948. Brewster taught law at Harvard from 1949-1960. He served as provost of Yale from 1961-1963 and was president of Yale from 1963-1977. Brewster was U.S. ambassador to Great Britain from 1977-1981. Kingman Brewster died on November 8, 1988. From the description of Kingman Brewster personal papers, 1920-1989 (inclusive). ...

Summerson, John, 1904-1992

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Yale University. School of Art and Architecture

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The study of visual arts at Yale began in 1832 with the opening of the Trumbull Gallery, the first college-affiliated art museum in the United States. In 1858, an exhibition in the Trumbull Gallery generated interest in establishing a formal course of study in the arts. With the support of Augustus Street (B.A. 1812), the School of Fine Arts (1869-1955) was established in 1866. It was formally opened in 1869 with the completion of Street Hall. The first bachelor of fine arts degree was conferred...

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Wittkower, Rudolf

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Rudolf Wittkower (1901-1971) was professor of art history at Columbia University, 1956-1969. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1923]-1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122515077 ...

Tunnard, Christopher

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Bannister, Turpin C. (Turpin Chambers), 1904-1982

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ACKERMAN, JAMES S.

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Giedion, Siegfried, 1893-1968.

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Rosenblum, Robert

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