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Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge papers, 1884-1950

4.5 linear feet
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Manuscripts of essays and course notes taken while a student at Amherst College, 1884-1889, and at Berlin University, 1892-1894. Articles, addresses, essays, lectures, lecture notes and reading notes. Also included are diaries for the years 1936-1940 and correspondence concerning Amherst College, Columbia University, and Woodbridge's stay as a visiting scholar in Berlin, 1931-1932. Among his correspondents are: Frederick S. Allis, Secretary of the Amherst Board of Trustees; Stanley King, President of Amherst; and Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia. Some photographs are also included.

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Rebekah Crawford papers, 1910-1925

0.5 linear feet
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Correspondence, typed copies of poems, printed material, and newspaper clippings concerning Germany during and following World War I. The main body of letters, 1916-1925, is from Mrs. C. Robert Grimm (Betty). Her letters are revealing about circumstances in Germany and opinions there about the U.S. in war-time and after. Ten letters from John Cresson Trautwine, Jr., 1916-1919, are about Mrs. Grimm after her husband's death, his will, and the problems of sending food supplies to Germany after the war.

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Douglas Putnam Haskell papers, 1866-1979-(bulk 1949-1964).

56 Linear Feet
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Douglas Putnam Haskellan (1899-1979) was an American writer, architecture critic and magazine editor. This collection contains correspondence, memos, articles, speeches, lectures, transcripts, clippings, notes, printed matter, photographs, audiotapes, and memorabilia mainly relating to Douglas Haskell's editorship at Architectural Forum and his professional activities. The collection includes items dating from 1866 to 1979, with the majority of materials dating from the period of 1949 to 1964.
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Haus Cramer architectural records and papers, 1911-2004, bulk 1911-1955

226 drawings
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This collection primarily contains original and reprographic architectural records, photographs, correspondence and personal and professional records related to the design, construction, and ownership of the Haus Cramer in Dahlem, Berlin, Germany, designed by German architect Hermann Muthesius in 1911-1913 for Hans and Gertrud Cramer, with later additions by Muthesius and other architects. A significant portion of the collection also documents the Cramer family's efforts to obtain restitution after World War II for the seizure of the house in the 1930s. Also included are records documenting the restoration and reuse, an effort led by noted architectural historian Julius Poesner.

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Shadrach Woods architectural records and papers, 1923-2008, bulk 1948-1973

45 manuscript boxes
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An American architect and urban planner, Shadrach Woods was a student of Le Corbusier and worked extensively throughout North Africa, France, Germany and New York City on projects ranging from low-cost housing developments to university campuses. Also highly regarded as a critic and theorist, Woods taught at Harvard and Yale and lectured and published widely. The collection represents the span of Woods' life and career through papers, photographs, architectural drawings, writings, and published materials. A small group of materials documents his childhood and education through personal papers and photographs. However, the bulk of the collections relates to his professional work and collaborations.
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Paul Oskar Kristeller papers, 1910-1989

115 linear feet
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Professional and personal papers of the German émigré scholar Paul Oskar Kristeller. Kristeller was a professor of philosophy at Columbia University and a world renowned scholar of Renaissance humanism and Renaissance philosophy who published widely, notably his major catalog of uncataloged manuscripts from the Italian Renaissance, the Iter Italicum.
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