Guide to the Jan Jennings Papers,
1993-2009.

Collection Number: 23-16-3913

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
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Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
September 2012
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, September 2012
Date modified:
RMC Staff, September 2012

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Jan Jennings papers, 1993-2009.
Collection Number:
23-16-3913
Creator:
Jan Jennings 1946-
Quantity:
1 cubic foot.
Forms of Material:
photographs, research material
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Exhibit items, records and related material for an exhibition researched and designed by Jennning's undergraduate and graduate students (2003-2006).
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor in the Dept. of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Exhibit items, records and related material for an exhibition researched and designed by Jennning's undergraduate and graduate students (2003-2006).
Includes slides used for teaching; prints and negatives used in her book Cheap and Tasteful Dwellings; photos and slides of student winners of various competitions (1993-2005); information about Interior Archetypes Research and Teaching Project , initiated in 1997.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Jennings, Jan, 1946-
Cornell University -- Faculty.
New York State College of Human Ecology. Design & Environmental Analysis

Subjects:
Interior architecture -- Study and teaching.
Architecture, Domestic -- United States

Form and Genre Terms:
Photographs.
Slides (photographs).
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Jan Jennings papers, #23-16-3913. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
2003-2006
Records and related items for an exhibition researched and designed by Jan Jenning's undergraduate and graduate students
Box 1
Slides used for research and teaching - American Vernacular Architecture and Interiors
Box 2
1993-2009
Slides and photos of student competitions (1993-2005); Material on Interior Archetypes Research and Teaching Project (2007-2009); Interior design field trips (1994-2007); Sketchbook; Copy of book: Cheap and Tasteful Dwellings; Student project by Elizabeth O'Brien
Box 3
Prints and negatives of images used in Jan's book, Cheap and Tasteful Dwellings
 Box 4