Albert C. Phelps Lecture Notes And Diary,[ca.1900-1931].

Collection Number: 15-2-1001

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:

Albert C. Phelps lecture notes and diary, [ca.1900-1931].

Collection Number:

15-2-1001

Creator:

Phelps, Albert Charles,

Quantity:

1.1 cubic ft.

Forms of Material:

Notes and diary.

Repository:

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Abstract:

Lecture notes for Phelps' courses in architecture at Cornell and a diary of daily life and a trip to Europe.

Language:

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of architecture, Cornell University.

Albert Charles Phelps came to Cornell in 1899 as an instructor, was appointed an assistant professor in 1903, and a full professor in 1913. He became the World War Memorial Professor of Architecture in 1920, a position he held until his death in 1937. A fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Professor Phelps specialized in the history of architecture.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Lecture notes for Phelps' courses in architecture at Cornell and a diary of daily life and a trip to Europe in 1930-1931.

SUBJECTS

Names:

Phelps, Albert Charles, 1873-1937.

Subjects:

Architecture -- Study and teaching.

Architecture -- History.

Form and Genre Terms:

Diaries

History

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