Guide to the Burnham Kelly Papers,
1947-1971

Collection Number: 15-01-1633

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
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Compiled by:
M. Warren
Date completed:
April 1985
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2002

© 2002 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Burnham Kelly papers, 1947-1971
Collection Number:
15-01-1633
Creator:
Burnham Kelly.
Quantity:
9.8 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, manuscripts, reports, bibliographic cards, speeches, lesson plans, a consulting project, and subject files.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Correspondence, manuscripts, and reports relating to the development of an architecture and regional planning program at the University of Puerto Rico and to Kelly's visit to observe the planning and architecture programs at the University Del Valle in Colombia; file on the planning of a Cornell art museum, 1959-1968; report of the Centennial Planning Committee, 1960-1961, including material on the size of the University. Also, bibliographic cards on construction techniques. Additional records include speeches, lesson plans, consulting project and subject files, concerning Burnham Kelly's career as Dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, 1960-1971.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Burnham Kelly was Dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, 1960-1971.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence, manuscripts, and reports relating to the development of an architecture and regional planning program at the University of Puerto Rico and to Kelly's visit to observe the planning and architecture programs at the University Del Valle in Colombia; file on the planning of a Cornell art museum, 1959-1968; report of the Centennial Planning Committee, 1960-1961, including material on the size of the University. Also, bibliographic cards on construction techniques.
Additional records include speeches, lesson plans, consulting project and subject files, concerning Burnham Kelly's career as Dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, 1960-1971.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Kelly, Burnham.
Cornell University. College of Architecture, Art, and Planning.
University of Puerto Rico.
Universidad del Valle.
Cornell University. College of Architecture, Art, and Planning--Administration.

Subjects:
Universities and colleges--Administration.
Architecture--Study and teaching.
City planning--Study and teaching.
Regional planning--Study and teaching.
Art museums--New York (State)--Ithaca.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Burnham Kelly Papers, #15-01-1633. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Series I. Universidad del Valle, Colombia: Planning and architecture programs
1963
La Comunidad de Siloe
Box 1 Folder 1
1964
Los Andes, Cali
 Box 1 Folder 2
1964
Los Andes
 Box 1 Folder 3
1963-1964
Colombia ie. Cali
 Box 1 Folder 4
1964
Colombia
 Box 1 Folder 5
1964
Rockefeller trip--Cali
 Box 1 Folder 6
1965
Cali
 Box 1 Folder 7
1964-1965
Estudios de Graduados en Planification
Box 1 Folder 8
Series II. University of Puerto Rico: Development of architecture and regional planning programs
1947, 1963-1964
Benitez
 Box 1 Folder 9
1964-1965
Architectural planning
 Box 1 Folder 10
1965
Architectural planning
 Box 1 Folder 11
1965-1969
Benitez
 Box 1 Folder 12
Proposal Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
 Box 1 Folder 13
1969
Puerto Rico
 Box 1 Folder 14
1969
Graduate Program in Planning
 Box 1 Folder 15
1969-1970
Puerto Rico
 Box 1 Folder 16
1958-1959
Puerto Rico
 Box 1 Folder 17
Series III. Construction Techniques
Bibliographic cards re: construction techniques (index file box)
 Box 2
Series IV. Cornell University
Report of the Centennial Planning Committee, 1960-1961
 Box 3
Series V. Miscellaneous
class notes, speeches, consulting and subject files
 Box 4-11
Series VI. Publications
Publications by B. K.
 Box 12
Series VII. American Institute of Planners (AIP)
AIP Committee: Defense considerations in AIP
 Box 13
AIP Committee: Urban Vulnerability
 Box 13