John Reps papers, 1865-20061940-2006
Collection Number: 15-2-1101
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
John Reps papers, 1865-2006 1940-2006
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
15-2-1101
Abstract:
Drafts, resource materials, proofs and correspondence concerning Reps's book, Monumental
Washington, ca.1967; first drafts, final manuscripts and galley proofs of The Making
of Urban America, ca.1965 and Town Planning in Frontier America, ca.1968. Also, five
photographs, ca.1865: three albumen prints of the Rochester flood; and two gelatin
prints of the Sibley fire, Rochester, New York, collected by Professor Reps. Also
notes on Competitors Australian Federal Capital Competition for the book Canberra,
1912; correspondence pertaining to Saint Louis Illustrated; and publications and lectures
by Reps. Files for CRP 462.
Abstract:
Research materials and notes for a projected book about planning in the Southeastern
United States.
Abstract:
Also, scrapbooks and albums compiled from various trips taken by Professor and Mrs.
Reps, and an album from the 2001 symposium commemorating Professor Reps's 50th anniversary
at Cornell.
Abstract:
Notes, correspondence, drafts, etc. relating to John Caspar Wild: Painter and Printmaker
of Nineteenth-century Urban America, a catalogue raisonneĢ, by John Reps, published
by the Missouri Historical Society Press, 2006.
Abstract:
Photographs and articles, also a CD (CD-1387) relating to Gilmore Clarke.
Abstract:
Personal items include photographs; travel diary from England, 1947; interviews with
UK planners, 1950-1951 and a 1994 article; negatives of views of French bastides (new
towns) used in an exhibition; color transparencies of Cornell views, summer 1986;
file "How Lewis Mumford Never Came to Cornell," 1965-1970; correspondence about St.
Louis Illustrated, 1985; file on Alex McLean/Landslides for Cities of the Mississippi,
1988; additional photographs; listing of "American Town Plans" and "European Maps
and Plans" owned by Professor Reps; diploma, awards, certificates, and plaques.
Abstract:
Research files on French bastides, research files for a proposed book on medieval
and Renaissance city images, transparencies and negatives for published books, and
miscellaneous files.
Creator:
Reps, John William.
Quanitities:
54.3 cubic feet.
1 mapcase folders.
Language:
Collection material in English
Drafts, resource materials, proofs and correspondence concerning Reps's book, Monumental
Washington, ca.1967; first drafts, final manuscripts and galley proofs of The Making
of Urban America, ca.1965 and Town Planning in Frontier America, ca.1968. Also, five
photographs, ca.1865: three albumen prints of the Rochester flood; and two gelatin
prints of the Sibley fire, Rochester, New York, collected by Professor Reps. Also
notes on Competitors Australian Federal Capital Competition for the book Canberra,
1912; correspondence pertaining to Saint Louis Illustrated; and publications and lectures
by Reps. Files for CRP 462.
Research materials and notes for a projected book about planning in the Southeastern
United States.
Also, scrapbooks and albums compiled from various trips taken by Professor and Mrs.
Reps, and an album from the 2001 symposium commemorating Professor Reps's 50th anniversary
at Cornell.
Notes, correspondence, drafts, etc. relating to John Caspar Wild: Painter and Printmaker
of Nineteenth-century Urban America, a catalogue raisonneĢ, by John Reps, published
by the Missouri Historical Society Press, 2006.
Photographs and articles, also a CD (CD-1387) relating to Gilmore Clarke.
Personal items include photographs; travel diary from England, 1947; interviews with
UK planners, 1950-1951 and a 1994 article; negatives of views of French bastides (new
towns) used in an exhibition; color transparencies of Cornell views, summer 1986;
file "How Lewis Mumford Never Came to Cornell," 1965-1970; correspondence about St.
Louis Illustrated, 1985; file on Alex McLean/Landslides for Cities of the Mississippi,
1988; additional photographs; listing of "American Town Plans" and "European Maps
and Plans" owned by Professor Reps; diploma, awards, certificates, and plaques.
Research files on French bastides, research files for a proposed book on medieval
and Renaissance city images, transparencies and negatives for published books, and
miscellaneous files.
See also: Urban Explorer: The John Reps Travel Photographs, which consists of digitized
images from this collection.
See also: John Reps Bastides Collection, which consists of digitized images from
this collection.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
John Reps Papers, #15-2-1101. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library.
Professor of city and regional planning, Cornell University. John Reps, born 1921,
received his B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1943 and a Masters of Regional Planning
from Cornell University in 1947. He is a member of the American Society of Planning
Officials, the American Institute of Planners, and the Society of Architectural Historians.
He is the author of The Making of Urban America, 1965; Monumental Washington, 1967;
Town Planning in Frontier America, 1968; Canberra 1912: Plans and Planners of the
Australian Capital Competitions.1997; Saint Louis Illustrated, 1989; and John Caspar
Wild: Painter and Printmaker of Nineteenth-century Urban America, 2006.
Names:
Reps, John William. (Title of work: Monumental Washington..)
Reps, John William. (Title of work: Making of urban America..)
Reps, John William. (Title of work: Town planning in frontier America..)
Reps, John William. (Title of work: Canberra 1912..)
Reps, John William. (Title of work: Saint Louis illustrated..)
Reps, John William. (Title of work: John Caspar Wild..)
Clarke, Gilmore D., 1892-1982.
Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990.
Cornell University -- : Faculty.
Places:
Washington (D.C.) -- Description and travel.
Rochester (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works.
Monroe County (N.Y.)
Subjects:
City planning.
Form and Genre Terms:
Scrapbooks.
Photographs.
Galley proofs.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Slides and Photographs
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| Box 58 |
Travel, lecture, and research slides; Bastides photographs and negatives
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1959-1999 | |
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Scope and Contents
American colonial and 19th century town plans and views; Birch views of Philadelphia;
Perry's expedition to Japan; Charles Center in Baltimore; John Caspar Wild; Canberra,
Australia (1909); illustrations from city atlas of Braun and Hogenberg; 17th century
urban views; Sarlat, France; NYC colonial and 19th century plans
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| Box 59 |
Travel, lecture, and research slides
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1909-2006 | |
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Scope and Contents
Hemel Hempstead; London Plan; Crawley; Harlow; London; US 19th century; Soviet Union
(1959, 1965); J.C. Wild's Valley of the Mississippi; Moscow and Leningrad (1990);
colonial and 19th century maps and views of US cities; portraits of persons involved
in planning in America and foreign countries; modern views of Native American towns
in New Mexico; Albuquerque; Helsinki; Stockholm; lecture on Jefferson as city planner;
American railroads as founders of towns; American urban land policy; Canal du Midi,
Arles to Puy-de-Dome, and Gien
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| Box 71 |
US and Canada slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Alabama-Arizona, Western hemisphere (c.1500-1800), Canada, US history, railroads,
blighted areas
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| Box 72 |
US state slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Arkansas-California
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| Box 73 |
US state slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
California-Washington D.C.
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| Box 74 |
US state slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Washington D.C.-Florida
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| Box 75 |
US state slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Florida-Louisiana
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| Box 60 |
US state slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Louisiana-Massachusetts
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| Box 61 |
US state slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Michigan-Missouri
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| Box 62 |
US state slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Missouri-New York
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| Box 63 |
US state slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
New York
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| Box 64 |
US state slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
New York-Pennsylvania
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| Box 65 |
US state slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island-Texas
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| Box 66 |
US state slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Virginia-Wisconsin
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| Box 67 |
US and international slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Wisconsin-Wyoming, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Panama, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Colombia,
Uruguay, Sweden, Norway, England, Ireland, Scotland, Belgium, France
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| Box 68 |
International slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Spain, Portugal, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Syria,
Turkey, and others
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| Box 69 |
Slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Canberra and other plans
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| Box 70 |
Slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Lithography, planning, and other topics
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| Box 80 |
Lecture slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Reclamation, DC, Mormon towns, St. Louis, New Orleans, Great Plains, Sweden, Norway,
Finland, Montobaum, Walter Burney Griffin
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Processing Information
Associated writings are stored in box 81
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| Box 81 |
Lecture slides
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Cities on Paper, Munster, Vienna, Colonial North America town planning, Gotham grid,
town planning on the American Great Plains, Jefferson as town planner
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Processing Information
Includes associated papers
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| Box 76 |
Color digital prints, double-matted
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Undated | |
| Box 77 |
Articles and reports
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Undated | |
| Box 78 |
Bastide Exhibition Text Panels
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Undated | |
| Box 79 |
Bastide Exhibition Text Panels
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Undated | |
| Box 82 |
Bastide photographs and negative prints
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Undated | |
| Box 82 |
Bastides photos: Walls and gates
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1966 | |
| Box 83 |
Bastides photos
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1966 | |
| Box 84 |
Bastides photos
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1966 | |
| Box 85 |
Bastides photos
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1966 | |
| Box 86 |
Bastides photos
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1966 | |
| Box 87 |
Bastides photos: 6 streets
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1966 | |
| Box 88 |
Bastides photos: Distant views
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1966 | |
| Box 89 |
Bastides photos: Squares and arcades
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1966 | |