Stephen W. Jacobs papers, 1954-1978.
Collection Number: 15-2-1713
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Stephen W. Jacobs papers, 1954-1978.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
15-2-1713
Abstract:
Includes correspondence and other materials related to Stephen W. Jacobs' career as
Professor of Architecture at Cornell University and his involvement with historical
preservation efforts.
Creator:
Jacobs, Stephen W.
Quanitities:
65.7 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Stephen W. Jacobs Papers, #15-2-1713. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Professor of Architecture. Stephen W. Jacobs was a Professor of Architecture at Cornell
University and a founder of Historic Ithaca, a historic preservation society in Ithaca,
New York, serving as its president from 1968-1973. He was a director of the Society
of Architectural Historians and a founder or member of several preservation organizations.
Includes correspondence with students and other professors; preservation society flyers,
announcements and other material on their activities; files of the Society of Architectural
Historians; material on architects; course notes, exams, papers, and outlines; material
on historic preservation laws and possible funding by the National Trust for Historic
Preservation; Wayne County (New York) study files with material on the social, political,
cultural, and economic nature of a civilization as reflected in its architecture,
including manuscript of the completed study and hundreds of photographs of buildings;
and clippings, pamphlets, and Historic American Buildings Survey photographs covering
preservation efforts in major American cities.
Also, slides of Wayne County, N.Y., photographed ca. 1965-1966 for Jacobs' book, Wayne
County: The Aesthetic Heritage of a Rural Area: A Catalog for the Environment.
Also, "Architectural Preservation: American Development and Antecedents Abroad," by
Jacobs and "City Design Through Conservation," by Stephen Jacobs and Barclay Jones.
Names:
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Cornell University -- : Students.
Society of Architectural Historians
National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States
Historic Ithaca, Inc
Historic American Buildings Survey
Places:
Wayne County (N.Y.)
Subjects:
Architectural historians.
College teachers.
Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration.
Architecture -- New York (State).
Architecture -- Study and teaching.
Architecture and society.
Architecture -- History.
Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Box 1 |
Correspondence, A-Craig
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Box 2 |
Correspondence, Crane-F
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Box 3 |
Correspondence, G-I
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Box 4 |
Correspondence, J-Maier
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Box 5 |
Correspondence, Majewski-Q
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Box 6 |
Correspondence, R-Slade
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Box 7 |
Correspondence, Smith-Wodehouse
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Box 8 |
Correspondence, Wolfe-Z; Organizations, A (note box 25 has beginning of this record
set)
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Box 9 |
Organizations, B-New York State Preservation League
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Box 10 |
Organizations, Preservation League-SAH
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Box 11 |
Organizations, SAH-Z and unfiled
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Box 12 |
Architects, arranged by date of birth, before 1850
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Box 13 |
Architects, before 1850 and 1850-present
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Box 14 |
Architects, 1850 to present
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Box 15 |
Architects, 1850 to present, course notes
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Box 16 |
Course notes
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Box 17 |
Course notes
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Box 18 |
Course notes
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Box 19 |
Course notes
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Scope and Contents
includes summer institute notes
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Box 20 |
Course notes
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Box 21 |
Course notes
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Box 22 |
Course notes
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Box 23 |
Course notes and organizational files (goes with Box 8)
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Box 24 |
Organizations and publishers
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Box 25 |
Organizations (goes before Box 8)
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Box 26 |
Wayne County study files, subjects
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Box 27 |
Wayne County study files, subject and towns
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Box 28 |
Wayne County study files, manuscript and photographs (one folder of oversized drawings
removed and placed in map case--B. Huth, 1/21/87)
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Box 29 |
Wayne County study files, photographs, also a 4" x 20" roll of Wayne County research
material; U.S. Government
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Box 30 |
U.S. Government material
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Box 31 |
U.S. Government material, Geographical files, California
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Box 32 |
Geographical files, California-Connecticut
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Box 33 |
Geographical files, Washington, D.C.-Georgia
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Box 34 |
Geographical files, Illinois-Maine
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Box 35 |
Geographical files, Maryland-Massachusetts
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Box 36 |
Geographical files, Massachusetts-New Hampshire
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Box 37 |
Geographical files, New Jersey-Pennsylvania (except for New York State, which remain
in Jacobs' office)
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Box 38 |
Geographical files, Pennsylvania-Rhode Island
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Box 39 |
Geographical files, South Carolina-Virginia
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Box 40 |
Geographical files, Virginia-Wyoming, student papers
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Box 41 |
Geography--International files, Canada-England
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Box 42 |
Geography--International files, Scotland-France
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Box 43 |
Geography--International files, France-Sweden
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Box 44 |
Geography--International files, Finland-Columbia
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Box 45 |
Geography--International files, Costa Rica-Japan and misc.
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Box 46 |
Class notes
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Box 47 |
Class notes and Wayne County study
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Box 48 |
Wayne County study
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Box 49 |
Wayne County study
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Box 50 |
Wayne County study
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Box 51 |
Original Jacobs acc. (September 1975)
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Box 52 |
Miscellaneous University files; research files (September 12, 1979 acc.)
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Box 53 |
Miscellaneous University files; research files (September 12, 1979 acc.)
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Box 54 |
Miscellaneous University files; research files (September 12, 1979 acc.)
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Box 55 |
Miscellaneous University files; research files (September 12, 1979 acc.)
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Box 56 |
Miscellaneous files and notebooks (June 30, 1980 acc.)
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Box 57 |
Miscellaneous files and notebooks (June 30, 1980 acc.)
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Box 58 |
Course material, 1961-1978 (July 17, 1980 acc.)
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Box 59 |
Course material, 1961-1978 (July 17, 1980 acc.)
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Box 60 |
Course material, 1961-1978 (July 17, 1980 acc.)
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Box 61 |
Slides of Wayne County scenes
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Box 62 |
Slides of Wayne County scenes
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Box 63 |
HAU, class materials, AAP files
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Box 64 |
HAU, class materials, AAP files
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Box 65 |
HAU, class materials, AAP files
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Box 66 |
HAU, class materials, AAP files
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Box 67 |
HAU, class materials, AAP files
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Box 68 |
Primarily lectures, ca. 1954-1971
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Box 69 |
"Architectural Preservation: American Development and Antecedents Abroad," by S. W.
J. and "City Design Through Conservation," by S. W. J. and Barclay Jones, volumes
1-2
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Mapcase Folder 1 |
Photographs and maps
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Date unknown |