Guide to the Stephen W. Jacobs Papers,
1954-1978

Collection Number: 15-2-1713

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
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
G.P. Cohnan
Date completed:
November 1978
EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, May 2002

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

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Stephen W. Jacobs papers, 1954-1978
Collection Number:
15-2-1713
Creator:
Stephen W. Jacobs, 1919-1978.
Quantity:
65.7 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, flyers, announcements, files, course notes and outlines, exams, photographs, clippings, and pamphlets.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
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.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

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.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Jacobs, Stephen W.
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.

Subjects:
Architecture--History.
Architecture and society.
Architecture--Study and teaching.
Architecture--New York (State).
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration.
College teachers.
Architectural historians.

Places:
Wayne County (N.Y.)

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Stephen W. Jacobs Papers, #15-2-1713. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Correspondence, A-Craig
 Box 1
Correspondence, Crane-F
 Box 2
Correspondence, G-I
 Box 3
Correspondence, J-Maier
 Box 4
Correspondence, Majewski-Q
 Box 5
Correspondence, R-Slade
 Box 6
Correspondence, Smith-Wodehouse
 Box 7
Correspondence, Wolfe-Z; Organizations, A (note box 25 has beginning of this record set)
 Box 8
Organizations, B-New York State Preservation League
 Box 9
Organizations, Preservation League-SAH
 Box 10
Organizations, SAH-Z and unfiled
 Box 11
Architects, arranged by date of birth, before 1850
 Box 12
Architects, before 1850 and 1850-present
 Box 13
Architects, 1850 to present
 Box 14
Architects, 1850 to present, course notes
 Box 15
Course notes (Box 19 includes summer institute notes)
 Box 16-22
Course notes and organizational files (goes with Box 8)
 Box 23
Organizations and publishers
 Box 24
Organizations (goes before Box 8)
 Box 25
Wayne County study files, subjects
 Box 26
Wayne County study files, subject and towns
 Box 27
Wayne County study files, manuscript and photographs (one folder of oversized drawings removed and placed in map case--B. Huth, 1/21/87)
Box 28
Wayne County study files, photographs, also a 4" x 20" rolle of Wayne County research material; U.S. Government
 Box 29
U.S. Government material
 Box 30
U.S. Government material, Geographical files, California
 Box 31
Geographical files, California-Connecticut
 Box 32
Geographical files, Washington, D.C.-Georgia
 Box 33
Geographical files, Illinois-Maine
 Box 34
Geographical files, Maryland-Massachusetts
 Box 35
Geographical files, Massachusetts-New Hampshire
 Box 36
Geographical files, New Jersey-Pennsylvania (except for New York State, which remain in Jacobs' office)
 Box 37
Geographical files, Pennsylvania-Rhode Island
 Box 38
Geographical files, South Carolina-Virginia
 Box 39
Geographical files, Virginia-Wyoming, student papers
 Box 40
Geography--International files, Canada-England
 Box 41
Geography--International files, Scotland-France
 Box 42
Geography--International files, France-Sweden
 Box 43
Geography--International files, Finland-Columbia
 Box 44
Geography--International files, Costa Rica-Japan and misc.
 Box 45
Class notes
 Box 46
Class notes and Wayne County study
 Box 47
Wayne County study
 Box 48-50
Original Jacobs acc. (9/75)
 Box 51
Misc. Univ. files; research files (9/12/79 acc.)
 Box 52-55
Misc. files and notebooks (6/30/80 acc.)
 Box 56-57
Course material, 1961-1978 (7/17/80 acc.)
 Box 58-60
Slides of Wayne County scenes
 Box 61-62
HAU, class materials, AAP files
 Box 63-67
Primarily lectures, ca. 1954-1971
 Box 68
"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
Box 69