Jan Jennings papers, 1993-2010.
Collection Number: 23-16-3913

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Jan Jennings papers, 1993-2010.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
23-16-3913
Abstract:
Exhibit items, records and related material for an exhibition researched and designed by Jennning's undergraduate and graduate students (2003-2006).
Creator:
Jennings, Jan, 1946-
Quanitities:
4.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis, Cornell University.
Jennings received a B.S. in Housing and Interior Design (1968) and a M.S. in Housing and Urban Studies (1969) both from Oklahoma State University.
Jenning's research interests focus on oridnary American buildings and interiors, as well as contemporary interior design history, theory, and criticism.
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.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cite As:

Jan Jennings papers, #23-16-3913. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Related Materials

See also collections #47-10-3394, #23-2-2817 and #23-16-1472 for additional biographical information.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Jennings, Jan, 1946-
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
New York State College of Human Ecology. Design and Environmental Analysis
Subjects:
Architecture, Domestic -- United States -- Designs and plans
Interior architecture -- Study and teaching.
Form and Genre Terms:
Slides (photographs).
Photographs.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Box 1
Records and related items for an exhibition researched and designed by Jan Jenning's undergraduate and graduate students
 2003-2006
Box 2
Slides used for research and teaching - American Vernacular Architecture and Interiors
Box 3
Slides and photos of student competitions; Sketchbook and student project by Elizabeth O'Brien
 1993-2005
Box 3
Interior design field trips
 1994-2007
Box 3
Material on Interior Archetypes Research and Teaching Project
 2007-2009
Box 3
Book "Cheap and Tasteful Dwellings"
 2005
Box 3
Booklets created for DEA 201
 2004-2005
Box 4
Prints and negatives of images used in Jan's book, Cheap and Tasteful Dwellings
Box 5
Detailed description of what is in box 5
Box 5 Folder 1
Appointment letter
 1991-05-09
Box 5 Folder 2
Material from tenure evaluation
 1997
Box 5 Folder 3
Teaching material DEA 201 and 2201
 1994-1998
Box 5 Folder 4
Syllabi, Project 1: Walldwelling
 1993-2010
Box 5 Folder 5
Teaching Project 2: Philosophy of Design; Project 3: Cavity; Project 4: Light Cavity; Project 5 and installation: The Museum Effect
 1993-2010
Box 5 Folder 6
Project 5 and installation: Rites of Passage and Lightbody; Connections and Prospects installation; Deja vu Installation
 1996-2009
Box 5 Folder 7
Interdisciplinary teaching
 1995-1997
Box 5 Folder 8
History and Theory of the Interior
 1996-2010
Box 59
DesignCity field study
 1994-2008
Box 5 Folder 10
Design Theory and Criticism
 2003-2008
Scope and Contents
Samples from "Time and Chair" and Un-Room exhibitions
Box 5 Folder 10
Intypes Unroom video
DVD-4335
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Box 4
Three photographs used in "Time and a Chair" exhibition
 1912, 1915, 1926
Box 5 Folder 11
Research material
 1993-2013
Box 5 Folder 11
Presentation of intypes scholar segments played as part of the presentation "Intypes: Identifying, Defining and Naming Interior Archetypes"
CD 6632
 2013
Digital
The digital preservation copy may be made available on request if a delivery copy is not already online.
Scope and Contents
From Environmental Design Research Association Conference in Rhode Island
Box 5 Folder 12
Vitae
 2003
Box 5 Folder 13
Promotion dossier: Statement of purpose; teaching record; Teaching Design Course: Studio 201 and Field Study; Teaching History Course: Lecture 251
 2003
Box 5 Folder 14
Promotion dossier: Teaching History Course: lecture 243 and seminar 643; Teaching Theory and Criticism: lecture 668; Teaching Interdisciplinary Design and Teaching Research
2003
Box 5 Folder 15
Promotion dossier: Research and service record
 2003
Box 5 Folder 16
Promotion dossier: Research documentation
 2003
Box 5 Folder 17
Syllabi DEA 243
 1995-1997
Box 6
Permission forms for all the photographers whose photographs appear on the InTypes (Interior Archetypes) Research and Teaching Project website.
2008-2014
Scope and Contents
This project, initiated in 1997, creates a typology of contemporary interior design practices that are derived from reiterative historical designs that span time and style and cultural boundries.