Guide to the Peter Kahn Papers

Collection Number: 14-28-2920

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:

Julia Parker

Date completed:

September, 1999

EAD encoding:

Peter Martinez, April 5, 2004

Last modified:

RMC Staff, March 2012

© 2004 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

3 cubic ft.; 82 items.

Forms of Material:

Correspondence, artwork, lecture notes, photographs, subject files, videotape, audiocassette, broadsides

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Correspondence, artwork, lecture notes, photographs, subject files, and other papers; includes broadsides for events at Cornell and in the Ithaca community; includes videotape and audiocassette of Memorial/Testimonial service, and other printed items including Kahn's artwork.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Art, Cornell University

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

SUBJECTS

Names:

Kahn, Peter.

Form and Genre Terms:

Broadsides.

Photographs.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:

Donor retains copyright.

Cite As:

Peter Kahn papers. #14-28-2920. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

SERIES LIST

Series I: Oversize
Box 1

Series II: Personal
Boxes 2, 3-8

Series III: Correspondence
Box 4

Series IV: Subject Files
Box 4

Series V: Course Notebooks, Examples of Work
Box 4

Series VI: Letters, Lines, and Pages
Box 4

Series VII: Letters of reference, Cornell correspondence re: tenure, promotion
Box 4

Series VIII: Media
Box 4

CONTAINER LIST

Date	Description	Container
	Series I: Oversize
	Letters, Lines, & Pages: A Practical Book of Letters	Box 1	Folder 1
	Mock-up of manuscript
ca.1962-1989	Calligraphy	Box 1	Folder 2
	20 examples, primarily Cornell related
1972-1990	Calligraphy	Box 1
	Posters for regional and Cornell events
	Series II: Personal
1951	Transcript	Box 2	Folder 1
	Transcript from New York University, curriculum vita
	Biography	Box 8	Folder 1
	Excerpts from Peter's Letters to Family, 1952-1976
	Notes	Box 8	Folder 2
	Articles and notes
	Poems	Box 8	Folder 3-4
	Books of poetry, mostly by students and former students
	Lauren Hefferon Book	Box 8	Folder 5
	"Cycle Food", by a former student
	A Modest Proposal	Box 8	Folder 6
	Copy of Johnathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
	Books of Poetry	Box 8	Folder 7
	More poetry from former students
	The Unfinished Autobiography of H. Peter Khan	Box 8	Folder 8
	Articles on Peter Khan and his unfinished autobiography
	Series III: Correspondence
1948-1963	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 2
	Appointment, publication of articles, sales of artworks, exhibition and lecture arrangements, notes from friends and students, job offers
1964-1967	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 3
	Exhibitions, notes from friends and students, illustrations, academic matters, proposals, seminars, course outlines
1968-1969	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 4
	Notes from friends and students, living arrangements, job offers, war concerns, appointment forms
1968-1969	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 5
	[Not dated - from folder labelled '68-'69] notices of exhibitions, artworks, notes from friends and students, notes re books
1970	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 6
	Exhibitions, notes from friends and students, academic matters, job offers, lectures, calligraphy work
1971	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 7
	Notes from friends and students, lectures, appointment letter, job offers, academic matters, books
1972	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 8
	Lectures, notes from friends and students, congratulations on appointment as professor, books, academic matters
1973	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 9
	Academic matters, job offers, notes from friends and students, artwork sales, lecture
1974	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 10
	Notes from friends, academic matters, clippings, job offers, receipt, proposal, clipping
1975	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 11
	Academic matters, job offers, calligraphy, notes from friends and students, publications, youth activities
1976	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 12
	Discrimination article and note; letters of referral while P.K. is on leave; job references; notes from friends, students; academic matters; letters of thanks; copies of correspondence re: Messenger Lecture series; letters re: artworks
1977	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 13
	Notes from friends and students; letters of reference; letters re: artworks; Cornell academic matters; invitations to exhibitions
1978	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 14
	Notes from friends and students; academic matters; letter of dissatisfaction; invitations to lecture; requests for artworks; letters of reference
1980	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 15
	Publisher note re: book review; requests for letters of reference; letters of reference; academic matters; invitations to exhibit; notes from friends and students
1980	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 16
	Background letter; academic matters; notes from friends and students; exhibition invitation; sales of artworks; award letter
1981	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 17
	Academic matters; notes from friends and students; letters of reference; letters re: artworks
1982	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 18
	Letters of reference; notes from friends and students; academic matters; funeral bulletin
1983	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 19
	Academic matters; request for reference; notes from friends and students; letters re: artworks; letters of reference; retirement announcement and comments; letters re: exhibitions
1984	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 20
	Letters from friends and students; requests for letters of reference; letters of reference; academic matters; exhibitions; clipping
1985	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 21
	Letters from friends and students; exhibitions; publishers; letters of reference; academic matters; requests for letters of reference
1986	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 22
	Letters re: artwork; letters from friends; letters of reference; academic matters
1987	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 23
	Letters from friends and students; letters re: artwork, exhibitions, publications; Joni Parrish re: "Focus on Art"; clippings; Brady Foundation; Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, NYS College of Ceramics at Alfred floor plan; poetry
1988	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 24
	Letters from friends and students; letters of thanks, exhibition correspondence; clippings; calligraphy; sale of arworks; requests for letter of reference; letter to Governor Cuomo re: Ithaca's west end
1989	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 25
	Course plan; letter from NYS Transportation Department; letters from friends and students; exhibitions; sales of artworks; thanks; galleries; Trumansburg matters
1990	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 26
	Letters from friends and students; education; exhibitions; clippings; book review; draft of thank you
1991	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 27
	Letters of thank you; letters from friends and students; book review and correspondence; letter reacting to Historic Ithaca article; request to speak; letter of support for proposal; lesson plan; vita of Cornell colleague
1992	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 28
	Letters from friends and students; resignation from Trumansburg Fire Department; letter of recommendation (draft); gallery re: exhibition
1993	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 29
	Letters from friends and students; clippings; exhibitions; thank you letters; model list; artworks; Cornell University events list; wedding announcements
1994	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 30
	Letters from friends and students; thank you; receipt from gallery
1995	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 31
	Letter in support of public broadcasting; thank you from Warren Benson; letters from friends and students; thank you letters
1996	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 32
	Letter to "Change N.Y."; letter from Arnold Singer; note from Alice Irwin
1997	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 33
	Thank you from City Club of Ithaca
n.d.	Correspondence	Box 2	Folder 34
	Notes from friends and students
1960-1965	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 35
	Memos, proposal, lesson plan
1972-1973	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 36
	Letters of recruitment, memos, thank you notes, clipping, receipt, correspondence with Felix Reichmann concerning a printing machine
1974	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 37
	Thank you notes, memos, letters of reference, campus events, resignation from committee, agreement to serve on a committee, support for lecture, financial aid information
1975	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 38
	Memos, thank you letters, financial aid inquiry, Cornell Cinema, Empire State Youth Theatre Institute
1976	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 39
	Memos, lecturer recruitment, Alumni News, thank you note, comments on Senate
1977	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 40
	Syllabus, memos, thank you note, letters re: Campus Store
1978	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 41
	Memos, thank you notes
1979	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 42
	Memos, thank you notes
1980	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 43
	Thank you notes, book reviews, "Future of the Department"
1981	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 44
	Memos, Performing Arts Center, thank you note, student funding
1982	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 45
	Book review, CAU, memos, memorial service bulletin for George Winter, library book reserve list
1983	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 46
	Book review, CAU memo of resignation, memos, retirement letter, payment for artwork, notes of thanks, letter from friend
1984	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 47
	Permission memo and form, memo re: Zeus, letter of appointment to Professor Emeritus, thank you notes, Alumni News
1986	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 48
	"Noye's Fludde" program, memo re: continuing on Admissions Committee, thank you note
1987	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 49
	List of gift books, memos of thanks, memos, copy of article, "Art on Campus at Cornell University," note re: Felix Reichmann memorial statement, memorial service bulletin for Felix Reichmann
1988	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 50
	Note and proposal, memos re: Felix Reichmann memorial statement and copy of draft, memorial service bulletin for J. Saunders Redding, memos re: James Hutton book
1990	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 51
	Memos re: James Hutton book, memorial service bulletin for Eric Blackall, notes of thanks, campus mailing, lesson plans, CAU evaluations
1991-1992	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 52
	University Lectures Committee memo, thank you notes, gift book list, memos
1994	Cornell correspondence	Box 2	Folder 53
	Notes of thanks, news release from Johnson Museum, Vicious Circle, letter re: type, presses, etc. in Risley Print Shop, correspondence re: Gannett book donation
	Series IV: Subject Files
1970	Advanced Placement	Box 2	Folder 54
	Correspondence, course outlines, conference materials
1971	Advanced Placement	Box 2	Folder 55
	Correspondence, course outlines, conference materials
1972	Advanced Placement	Box 2	Folder 56-57
	Correspondence, course outlines, conference materials
1988	Art and Math	Box 2	Folder 58-59
	Proposed course outline, bibliographies, course outline
1964-1973	Art Education	Box 2	Folder 60
	Memos, committee lists, articles
1968-1984	Articles	Box 2	Folder 61
	Articles about H. Peter Kahn
1964, n.d.	Bibliography (and other imponderables)	Box 2	Folder 62
	Notes, drafts
1990-1994	Book and Bowl	Box 2	Folder 63
	Memos
1978-1989	CAU	Box 2	Folder 64
	Course outline, memos
1991-1994	CAU Drawings	Box 2	Folder 65
	Course lists, memos
1966-1977	Centaur Press	Box 2	Folder 66
	Memos
1980-1984	Chautauqua	Box 2	Folder 67
	Memos, course catalogs
1954-1974	Colleagues, Friends, CommitteeWork	Box 2	Folder 68
	Memos, catalogs
1978-1990	David Starr Jordan Prize	Box 2	Folder 69
	Clippings, articles, catalogs
1964-1991	Educational Services	Box 2	Folder 70
	Memos
	Good Paper	Box 3	Folder 1-3
	Samples of paper
1972	Granville	Box 3	Folder 4
	Memos
1989-1991	Hamburg and Other Matters	Box 3	Folder 5
	Reports, memos, catalogs
1989-1993	Hamburg (Budges and Cornell Abroad)	Box 3	Folder 6
	Correspondence, paper, writings in German, reports, drafts, clippings
1986-1991	Hamburg II	Box 3	Folder 7
	Correspondence, reports, drafts
1975-1979	Historic Ithaca	Box 3	Folder 8
	Documentation, by-laws, proposals, petition
1981	Historic Ithaca	Box 3	Folder 9
	Drawing, front cover and contents of "H. I." binder, minutes of meetings, reports, newsletters
1982-1983	Historic Ithaca	Box 3	Folder 10
	Mission statement, minutes of meetings, form letters, newsletters
1984	Historic Ithaca	Box 3	Folder 11
	Minutes of meetings, newsletters, report, form letter, draft
1985	Historic Ithaca	Box 3	Folder 12
	"Steering Nonprofits," drafts
n.d.	Introductory (#2 Introduction)	Box 3	Folder 13
	Drafts and notes for book
1961-1990	Lectures, Course Outlines	Box 3	Folder 14
	Course outlines, lesson plans, drafts, resources
1970-1993	Lectures, Outlines: CAU	Box 3	Folder 15
	Correspondence, CAU announcements, draft, mailing
1980-1981	Leonardo	Box 3	Folder 16
	Correspondence, drafts, one reprint
1958-1966	Matters Graphic	Box 3	Folder 17
	Catalogs, reprints and booklets re: types, papers, ink, pens, bookbinding, art and drafting supplies (many undated)
1946-1968	News Clips (NY, LSU, Hampton)	Box 3	Folder 18
	Newspaper and magazine clippings
n.d.	Peter Kahn et al, Photographs	Box 3	Folder 19-20
	People, events, artworks (prints [some matted] and negatives)
1959-1994	PK Publicity Newspapers (CU + Victoria, BC)	Box 3	Folder 21
	Clippings, magazine articles
n.d.	Photo Publicity	Box 3	Folder 22
	Prints and negatives of artworks
1982-1983	Preservation	Box 3	Folder 23
	Clippings and reports (Historic Ithaca)
1960-1966	Presses, Correspondence (Graphics-Materials-Ideas)	Box 3	Folder 24
	Catalogs, proposal, memo
1969-1988	Presses, etc.	Box 3	Folder 25
	Letters, list, catalog and updates
1992-1994	Rose Goldsen Committee	Box 3	Folder 26
	Proposals and cover letters
1961-1976	Summer Ithaca	Box 3	Folder 27
	Booklets
1988-1989	Theatre Book	Box 3	Folder 28
	Correspondence, copies, drafts, agreement
1981-1985	Tompkins County Arts Council	Box 3	Folder 29
	Form letters, minutes of meetings
n.d.	Type Classification	Box 3	Folder 30
	Notes
1965-1988	Typology	Box 3	Folder 31
	Catalogs, copies,
1969-1971	University Affairs Victoria	Box 3	Folder 32
	Correspondence, clippings
1994	Wells College mostly Hammer Press	Box 3	Folder 33
	Correspondence, reports, catalogs, drafts
n.d.	"Decorated folders"	Box 3	Folder 34
	4 manila folders with sketches or calligraphy on them
1946-1965	Publications	Box 4	Folder 1
	Exhibitions, resource materials, small books
1967-1978	Publications	Box 4	Folder 2
	Exhibitions, post cards, small books
1982-1989	Publications	Box 4	Folder 3
	Exhibitions, resource materials, small books
1991-1993	Publications	Box 4	Folder 4
	Exhibitions, small books, postcards
n.d.	Publications	Box 4	Folder 5
	Exhibitions, postcards, stationery, catalog
1970-1976	Publications (magazines and journals)	Box 4	Folder 6
	Karate, Linguistic Inquiry, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin
1956-1980	Reprints by others	Box 4	Folder 7
	Biasin-Gesca
1967-1985	Reprints by others	Box 4	Folder 8
	Harrington-Koselleck
1963-1982	Reprints by others	Box 4	Folder 9
	Lucas-Whyte
	Series V: Course Notebooks, Examples of Work
1966	Notebook	Box 5	Folder 1
	Course for 6 yr Ph.D. the Sources of Modernism
1977	Notebook	Box 5	Folder 2
	Weimar course
n.d.	Notebook	Box 5	Folder 3
	Theatre course
n.d.	Notebook/Sketchbook	Box 5	Folder 4
	Pictorial Means Modernist Lessons
1973	Wooden Press	Box 5	Folder 5
	Sketches and notes
1967-1998	Examples of Work	Box 5
	Posters, concert programs
	Series VI: Letters, Lines, & Pages
ca.1982	Printed copy	Box 6	Folder 1
	Final unsewn copy (typing paper box)
ca.1982	Printed copies	Box 6	Folder 2
	2 copies, unsewn (practice?)
ca.1982	Illustrations and examples	Box 6	Folder 3
	Photocopies
ca.1982	Chapter on tools	Box 6	Folder 4
	Printed samples, notes, typed mss., photocopies
ca.1982	Book II	Box 6	Folder 5
	Section on constructed letters and types, notes
ca.1982	Roman letters: square, rustic, uncial	Box 6	Folder 6
	Notes
ca.1982	Medieval Hands	Box 6	Folder 7
	Notes, illustrations
ca.1982	Italic Folio (Renaissance hands)	Box 6	Folder 8
	Notes,
ca.1982	III Composing the Page	Box 6	Folder 9
	Notes
ca.1982	Letter geneology [sic]	Box 6	Folder 10
	Notes and examples
ca.1982	Carolingian Foundation Folio	Box 6	Folder 11
	Notes and examples
ca.1982	Front Matter	Box 6	Folder 12
	Original copy Letters Lines Pages
ca.1982	Front Matter	Box 6	Folder 13
	Correspondence about book, publisher's letters, grant support, etc.
ca.1982	Front Matter	Box 6	Folder 14
	Drafts, typed text, notes, examples
	Series VII. Letters of reference, Cornell correspondence re: tenure, promotion
1958-1970	Correspondence	Box 7	Folder 1
1971-1974	Correspondence	Box 7	Folder 2
1975-1979	Correspondence	Box 7	Folder 3
1980-1983	Correspondence	Box 7	Folder 4
1984-1986	Correspondence	Box 7	Folder 5
1987-1990	Correspondence	Box 7	Folder 6
1991-1996	Correspondence	Box 7	Folder 7
n.d.	Correspondence	Box 7	Folder 8
	Series VIII. Media
Feb 22, 1997	Kahn, H Peter: Video of Memorial, Anabel Taylor, CU		VHS V-373

Guide to the Peter Kahn Papers

Collection Number: 14-28-2920

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Cornell University Library

© 2004 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library