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Creator:

Selz, Peter Howard, 1919-2019  Search this

Subject:

Tinguely, Jean  Search this

Rothko, Mark  Search this

Dubuffet, Jean  Search this

Calder, Alexander  Search this

Benton, Fletcher  Search this

Reinhardt, Ad  Search this

Feininger, Lyonel  Search this

Christo  Search this

Chase-Riboud, Barbara  Search this

Conner, Bruce  Search this

Beckmann, Max  Search this

Bury, Pol  Search this

Bergman, Ciel  Search this

Hadzi, Dimitri  Search this

Guston, Philip  Search this

Lindner, Richard  Search this

Lebrun, Rico  Search this

Giacometti, Alberto  Search this

Baykam, Bedri  Search this

Graves, Morris  Search this

Golub, Leon  Search this

Petlin, Irving  Search this

Onslow-Ford, Gordon  Search this

Lipchitz, Jacques  Search this

Paris, Harold  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia  Search this

University of California, Berkeley. University Art Museum  Search this

Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Marlborough Gallery  Search this

Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) (Faculty)  Search this

College Art Association of America  Search this

Type:

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Place:

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)

Citation:

Peter Howard Selz papers, 1929-2014, bulk 1950-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Realism  Search this

Political cartoons  Search this

Pop art  Search this

Environment (Art)  Search this

Painting, Abstract  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- California  Search this

Art -- Political aspects  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions  Search this

Art -- Germany  Search this

Theme:

Research and writing about art  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)8464

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210640

AAA_collcode_selzpete

Theme:

Research and writing about art

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210640

Creator:

Selz, Peter Howard, 1919-2019  Search this

Names:

College Art Association of America  Search this

Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.) (Faculty)  Search this

Marlborough Gallery  Search this

Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

University of California, Berkeley. University Art Museum  Search this

Baykam, Bedri, 1957-  Search this

Beckmann, Max, 1884-1950  Search this

Benton, Fletcher, 1931-  Search this

Bergman, Ciel, 1938-  Search this

Bury, Pol, 1922-2005  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Chase-Riboud, Barbara  Search this

Christo, 1935-  Search this

Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008  Search this

Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-  Search this

Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956  Search this

Giacometti, Alberto, 1901-1966  Search this

Golub, Leon, 1922-2004  Search this

Graves, Morris, 1910-  Search this

Guston, Philip, 1913-1980  Search this

Hadzi, Dimitri, 1921-2006  Search this

Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964  Search this

Lindner, Richard, 1901-1978  Search this

Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973  Search this

O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986  Search this

Onslow-Ford, Gordon  Search this

Paris, Harold, 1925-1979  Search this

Petlin, Irving, 1934-  Search this

Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967  Search this

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970  Search this

Tinguely, Jean, 1925-  Search this

Extent:

31.5 Linear feet

0.696 Gigabytes

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Place:

San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)

Date:

1929-2014

bulk 1950-2005

Summary:

The papers of art historian and writer Peter Howard Selz measure 31.5 linear feet and 0.696 GB and date from 1929 to 2018, with the bulk of the materials from 1950 to 2005. The papers document Selz's long career via correspondence, writings, professional files, project files, membership and association records, artists' research files, exhibition files, personal business records, printed and digital materials, and nine scrapbooks.

Scope and Contents:

The papers of art historian and writer Peter Howard Selz measure 31.5 linear feet and 0.696 GB and date from 1929 to 2018, with the bulk of the materials from 1950 to 2005. The papers document Selz's long career via correspondence, writings, professional files, project files, membership and association records, artists' research files, exhibition files, personal business records, printed and digital materials, and scrapbooks.

Correspondence is with colleagues, artists, museums, and galleries concerning a wide variety of topics, including exhibitions and publications. The bulk of the correspondence consists of alphabetical files (two linear feet) that includes correspondence with artists. Notable correspondents include Pol Bury, Alexander Calder, Gordon Onslow Ford, Alberto Giacometti, Morris Graves, Philip Guston, Dimitri Hadzi, Jacques Lipchitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ad Reinhardt, Mark Rothko, Jean Tinguely, and others. Eight additional files of chronological correspondence is with curators, arts organizations, and publishers. Additional correspondence is found in the professional files, project files, membership files, artists' research files, and exhibition files.

The bulk of the writings series is comprised of files related to Selz's books and includes typescript drafts and galleys, printed and digital material, correspondence, and publishing contracts. Files are found for Art in Our Times, Art of Engagement, Beyond the Mainstream, and Theories of Modern Art. Other writings consist of drafts of articles, essays, notes, and lectures by Selz. Also included are writings by others, including materials related to Paul Karlstrom's biography of Selz.

Professional files document curatorial and teaching positions at the Chicago Institute of Design, Pomona College, University of California, Berkeley, and the Museum of Modern Art. The series includes contracts, recommendations, syllabi, and correspondence.

Project files document Selz's professional work on specific art projects, panels, and symposiums. There is extensive documentation of Selz's work as project director of Christo's Running Fence, as well as other environmental art work projects by Christo, the Berkeley Art Project, Disney Art Project, "Funk Art" symposium, and the "Art and Politics in the 20th Century" symposium. Project files contain a wide variety of materials, such as correspondence, printed material, financial records, reports, photographs, and other documents. There are 2 tape reels, 1 VHS, and 1 sound cassette.

Membership and association records document Selz's involvement with or membership in various art councils, trustee boards, such as the College Art Association, Art in Chicago Advisory Committee, Bay Area Rapid Transit (B.A.R.T.) Art Council, and the San Francisco Crafts and Folk Art Museum Advisory Board, among others. Materials include meeting minutes, bulletins, correspondence, and memoranda.

Artists' Research Files consist of a wide variety of research materials Selz compiled about artists for lectures, writings, projects, exhibitions, etc. Files vary and may include original and photocopied correspondence, photographic material, resumes, printed and digital material, and writings. There is also 1 sound cassette. Files are found for Bedri Baykam, Max Beckmann, Fletcher Benton, Ciel Bergman, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Bruce Conner, Jean Dubuffet, Lyonel Feininger, Leon Golub, Dimitri Hadzi, Rico Lebrun, Harold Paris, Irving Petlin, among many others.

Exhibition files include catalogs, reviews, clippings, writings, correspondence, and other material documenting exhibitions organized by Selz. Limited materials are found for the MOMA Art Nouveau exhibition. More extensive documentation is found for Seven Decades of Modern Art, 1895-1965, The Joint Show (1967), The American Presidency in Political Cartoons (1976), American Modern Art Between the Two World Wars (1979), German Realism in the Twenties: Artist As Social Critic (1980), Twelve Artists from the German Democratic Republic (1989), a Richard Lindner Retrospective (1996), Spaces of Nature (1999), Color and Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000 (2000), and a Nathan Oliviera Retrospective (2002), among others. Some of the materials are in digital format.

Personal business records are related to the Mark Rothko estate and Kate Rothko's legal case against Marlborough Gallery, Inc. Also included in this series are Peter Selz's school transcripts, bequests, royalty statements, house designs, and other material.

Printed materials include clippings, prints of articles written by Peter Selz, exhibition announcements and invitations, and photocopies of artwork images.

There are nine disbound scrapbooks dating from the 1940s up through 2012 containing clippings, exhibition announcements, and photographs of art events, Selz, and artists. This series also includes materials from the 2018 addition that may have previously been compiled in binders.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged as 10 series. When possible the original order of Peter Selz was maintained. However, multiple accessions were merged and integrated.

Missing Title

Series 1: Correspondence, 1942-2013 (2.3 linear feet; Box 1-3, Box 37)

Series 2: Writings, 1942- circa 2014 (8.3 linear feet; Box 3-10, OV 32, Box 37, 0.035 GB; ER01, ER12)

Series 3: Professional Files, 1949-2012 (1 linear feet; Box 11, Box 37)

Series 4: Project Files, 1962-2015 (2.8 linear feet; Box 12-14, OV 33, Box 37)

Series 5: Membership and Association Records, 1958-2014 (1.1 linear feet; Box 14-15, Box 37)

Series 6: Artists' Research Files, 1955-2014 (7.9 linear feet; Box 15-22, OV 34-35, 0.520 GB; ER02-ER08)

Series 7: Exhibition Files, 1959-2014 (5.2 linear feet; Box 23-27, Box 38, 0.093 GB; ER09-ER11)

Series 8: Personal Business Records, 1929-2014 (1.2 linear feet; Box 28-29, OV 36, Box 38)

Series 9: Printed Material, 1957-2014 (0.3 linear feet; Box 29, Box 38)

Series 10: Scrapbooks, 1947-2018 (1.4 linear feet, Box 29-31, Box 38)

Biographical / Historical:

Peter Howard Selz (1919-2019) was a pioneering historian of modern art, professor, and writer who taught at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1965-1988 and founded and directed the Berkeley Art Museum from 1965-1973.

Selz was born in 1919 in Munich, Germany to Eugene Selz and Edith Drey Selz. In 1936, the family fled Nazi Germany and immigrated to the United States. Selz attended Columbia University from 1937 to 1938 and became a naturalized citizen in 1942. During World War II, Selz served in the U.S. Army in the Office of Strategic Services. He married writer Thalia Cheronis in 1948 but they later divorced in 1965; he married several times afterwards.

After the war, Selz attended and taught at the University of Chicago where he received a Ph. D. in German Expressionism. He spent a year in Paris, 1949-1950, at the Sorbonne and École du Louvre on a Fulbright grant. He received a second Fulbright grant in 1953 to study at the Royal Museums of Art and History in Belgium. From 1953-1955, Selz also taught at the Chicago Institute of Design.

In 1955 Peter Selz accepted a position to chair the art history department at Pomona College in Claremont and relocated to California for a few years. He also became director of the college's art gallery.

In 1958 Selz moved to New York City to become curator of painting and sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art and was there through the transformative mid-1960s. While at MOMA, he organized several significant exhibitions of modern art, including the 1960 Jean Tinguely "Homage to New York," a sculpture that destroyed itself (and started a fire) in the sculpture garden of the museum; New Images of Man (1959), the Art Nouveau show (1960), and the Art of Assemblage (1961). He also launched important retrospectives, including the first Rodin retrospective in the United States and a comprehensive exhibition of Alberto Giacometti's work in 1965.

In 1965, Peter Selz returned to California to become the founding director of the Berkeley Art Museum at the University of California, Berkeley, a position he held until 1973. He organized exhibitions of Funk, film, and ceramicists like Peter Voulkos and Robert Arneson. Peter Selz later became project director for Christo's "Running Fence", the 24.5-mile long fabric fence over the Marin County hills in 1976. He also served concurrently as a professor of art history at UC until retiring in 1988.

Peter Selz was a member of the College Art Association's board of directors for two terms, 1958-1964 and 1966-1971. Selz is a prolific writer, and the author or co-author of numerous books, exhibition catalogs, and articles. Notable books include German Expressionist Painting (1957), Art in a Turbulent Era (1965), Art in Our Times (1981), and Sam Francis (1975).

In 1988 Peter Selz was named emeritus professor at University of California, Berkeley. In 1993 he was on the acquisitions committee of the Museums of Fine Arts, San Francisco. In 2012, Selz curated The Painted Word exhibition. Selz died in 2019 in Albany, California.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds oral history interviews of Peter Selz conducted by Paul J. Karlstrom on July 28, 1982, October 12, 1982, and November 3, 1999.

Provenance:

The Peter Howard Selz papers were donated to the Archives of American Art by Peter Selz in multiple installments from 1976 through 2014. Additional papers were donated in 2018 by Gabrielle Selz, Peter Selz's daughter.

Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate copies requires advance notice.

Rights:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Occupation:

Authors -- California -- Berkeley  Search this

Art historians -- California -- Berkeley  Search this

Topic:

Realism  Search this

Political cartoons  Search this

Pop art  Search this

Environment (Art)  Search this

Painting, Abstract  Search this

Ceramics  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- California  Search this

Art -- Political aspects  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions  Search this

Art -- Germany  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs

Scrapbooks

Sound recordings

Video recordings

Citation:

Peter Howard Selz papers, 1929-2018, bulk 1950-2005. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the 2014 processing of this collection was provided by the Frederick Hammersley Foundation. Funding for the processing of the 2018 addition was provided by Gerald and Bente Buck.

Identifier:

AAA.selzpete

See more items in:

Peter Howard Selz papers

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ce9d9d14-7599-455d-828d-57077e76ef17

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-selzpete

Interviewee:

Holub, Leo, 1916-2010  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

Adams, Ansel  Search this

Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail  Search this

Barnes, Matthew Rackham  Search this

Corbett, Edward  Search this

Cunningham, Imogen  Search this

Gaw, William A.  Search this

Hackett, Dick  Search this

Holub, Florence  Search this

Mackey, Spencer  Search this

Mondale, Walter F.  Search this

Oldfield, Otis  Search this

Packard, Emmy Lou  Search this

Piazzoni, Gottardo  Search this

Randolph, Lee F.  Search this

Rivera, Diego  Search this

Sinel, Joseph Claude  Search this

Smith, Hassel  Search this

Sterne, Maurice  Search this

Weston, Edward  Search this

White, Minor  Search this

Wilson, Charis  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Stanford University. Dept. of Art  Search this

University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts  Search this

Art Schools in California Oral History Project  Search this

Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Leo Holub, 1997 July 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Photographers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- California  Search this

Photography  Search this

Photography -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area  Search this

Theme:

Photography  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12356

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216329

AAA_collcode_holub97

Theme:

Photography

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_216329

Interviewee:

Holub, Leo, 1916-2010  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Creator:

Art Schools in California Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Art Schools in California Oral History Project  Search this

Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Stanford University. Dept. of Art  Search this

University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts -- Faculty  Search this

University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts -- Students  Search this

Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984  Search this

Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail, 1896-1979  Search this

Barnes, Matthew Rackham, 1880-1951  Search this

Corbett, Edward, 1919-  Search this

Cunningham, Imogen, 1883-1976  Search this

Gaw, William A., 1891-1973  Search this

Hackett, Dick  Search this

Holub, Florence  Search this

Mackey, Spencer, 1880-1958  Search this

Mondale, Walter F., 1928-  Search this

Oldfield, Otis, 1890-1969  Search this

Packard, Emmy Lou, 1914-1998  Search this

Piazzoni, Gottardo, 1872-1945  Search this

Randolph, Lee F., b. 1880  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Sinel, Joseph Claude, 1889-1975  Search this

Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007  Search this

Sterne, Maurice, 1878-1957  Search this

Weston, Edward, 1886-1958  Search this

White, Minor  Search this

Wilson, Charis, 1914-2009  Search this

Extent:

2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording (90 min), analog)

34 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1997 July 3

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Leo Holub conducted 1997 July 3, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in San Francisco, Calif.

Holub discusses his background, being born in Arkansas, moving to New Mexico, and then to Oakland, Calif. (1923); early educational experiences in Oakland, and later at the Art Institute of Chicago; seeing Edward Weston's photographic work at an exhibition in Chicago, and admiring Weston's nude studies of Charis Wilson; his return to the Bay Area; his studio on Montgomery St. (Monkey Block); meeting painter Matthew Barnes, who had assisted Diego Rivera with his murals at the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA), 1931-1932; his experiences as a student at CSFA- its program and instructors which included Maurice Sterne, Gottardo Piazzoni, Lee Randolph, Dick Hackett, Otis Oldfield, William Gaw, Spencer Mackey, and Victor Arnautoff; fellow students including Hassel Smith, Ed Corbett, and Florence Michelson (his future wife); and his beginning awareness of modernism.

Holub discusses his involvement with the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939); apprenticeship with industrial designer Joe Sinel and the advent of the product design era; his founding of Design Development Associates, and staying only a year before moving to Grass Valley, Calif. for his son's health; his return to the Bay Area, succeeding Emmy Lou Packard at the San Francisco Planning Office graphic arts dept.; working at the housing agency and redevelopment agency and as chief designer for the Bay Area Rapid Transit report.

He recalls his encounter with Ansel Adams at the 1955 Yosemite workshop where Holub produced a pictorial map of Yosemite; Adam's "zone system" of exposing for shadows and developing for highlights; going on to teach at CSFA (1955-1957), where Imogen Cunningham was a guest instructor; Minor White replacing him; his ten years at Stanford University's planning office (1960-1970); his campus views "Stanford Scene" that were used by the university to appeal for more space for the art dept., and his shows at Stanford's art gallery in 1964 and at the Washington, D.C. home of Vice President Walter Mondale in 1980.

Biographical / Historical:

Leo Holub (1916-2010) was a photographer, lithographer, and teacher from San Francisco, Calif.

Provenance:

This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics, and administrators.

Topic:

Photographers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- California  Search this

Photography  Search this

Photography -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area  Search this

Function:

Art Schools -- California

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Bente and Gerald E. Buck Collection.

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.holub97

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw94a5ec6a4-7e88-40a7-8b1c-4379fe338240

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-holub97

Creator:

Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas  Search this

Names:

Belvedere, DeKalb, and Southern Railway  Search this

Chicago Traction and Subway Commission  Search this

Detroit Rapid Transit System  Search this

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this

Extent:

5 Film reels

5 Cubic feet (11 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Film reels

16mm films

Motion pictures (visual works)

Reports

Place:

Detroit (Mich.)

Texas

Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)

Fremont (Neb.)

Columbus (Neb.)

New York

Boston (Mass.)

Chicago (Ill.)

Death Valley

Date:

1906-2003

bulk 1906-1918

Summary:

Collection documents the engineering firm of Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas through reports prepared for a variety of clients.

Scope and Contents:

These records contain reports (some containing photographs and full size drawings folded) from the New York engineering firm of Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas. Included are typewritten and printed reports for a variety of clients. The bulk of the reports relate to power and transportation. The collection includes five 16mm motion picture films, relating to the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into three series.

Series 1: Background Materials, 1960-2003

Series 2: Reports, 1906-1918

Series 3: Moving Image, 1960 and undated

Biographical / Historical:

On January 1, 1885, William Barclay Parsons (1859-1932) and his younger brother Henry de Berkeley Parsons founded a consulting engineering firm in New York City. The brothers combined their talents as civil and mechanical engineers to create a firm that would making a lasting mark on designing and constructing infrastructure. Among the firm's most notable projects were the original IRT line of the New York City Subway, the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART), the Cape Cod Canal, and the charting the course of a railway in China from Hankow (Wuhan) to Canton (Guangzhou). The firm also designed and built large water supply systems, railroads, hydro-electric dams, refrigeration warehouses, marine terminals, and conducted survey work. Through the years, the firm diversified its engineering competence and knowledge by adding partners: Eugene A. Klapp (b. 1867), chief engineer and bridge specialist; Henry M. Brinckerhoff (b. 1868), a traction engineer; Walter J. Douglas (b. 1872), structural engineer and bridge specialist; and Maurice Quade (1900-1966), structural engineer. The firm had several name changes and became known as Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas with both domestic and foreign offices. Today the company operates in the fields of strategic consulting, planning, engineering, construction management, infrastructure and community planning. Parsons Brinckerhoff was acquired by WSP Global in 2014.

Sources

Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas Notes, December 1960.

Bobrick, Benson. Parsons Brinckerhoff The First 100 Years. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1985.

Petroski, Henry. "William Barclay Parsons," American Scientist, Volume 96, No. 4, July-August 2008, pp. 280-283.

Related Materials:

Materials in the Archives Center

Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series: Streetcars and Subways (AC0060)

Materials at Other Organizations

New York Public Library

William Barclay Parsons papers, 1880-1939

Collection consists of correspondence, lecture notes, and materials used in preparation of Parsons's book, Engineers and Engineering in the Renaissance, published in 1939. Correspondence, 1881-1900, relates to his student days at the Columbia University School of Mines, appointments to various railroads, and activity as Columbia trustee. Notes on lectures about mining at Columbia, 1880-1881, are illustrated with drawings and plates. Materials used in the preparation of Parsons's book include final typescript, proofs, illustrations, maps, notebooks, and other source materials.

Columbia University

Papers, 1899-1915

Correspondence including letters from Grover Cleveland, Gilbert Parker, and printed monographs and magazine articles. Mr. Parsons' diaries of Panama Canal years and World War I have been catalogued as book manuscripts.

Provenance:

The initial collection was donated in 1967, presumably by the firm of Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas, to the Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, National Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History).

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Wharves  Search this

Subways -- New York (N.Y.)  Search this

Tunnels  Search this

Subways  Search this

Subways -- Boston (Mass.)  Search this

Dams  Search this

Railroads  Search this

Bridges  Search this

Genre/Form:

16mm films

Motion pictures (visual works) -- 20th century

Reports

Citation:

Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas Records Collection, 1905-ca. 1970s, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0969

See more items in:

Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade and Douglas Records

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8230e4602-bf03-4ee0-b6f3-2b448d7e950a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0969

Author:

Allis (Louis) Company, Milwaukee Power Electronics Division  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Parsons Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel (firm)  Search this

Physical description:

86 leaves in various pagings : ill. ; 28 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1962

[ca. 1962]

Topic:

Electric railway motors  Search this

Call number:

TF935 .A43

TF935.A43

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_71328

Author:

Parsons Brinckerhoff/Tudor/Bechtel  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.) Demonstration Project  Search this

Physical description:

1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 28 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1967

[ 1967?]

Topic:

Railroads--Automatic train control  Search this

Subways--Automatic control  Search this

Call number:

TF638 .P26 1967

TF638.P26 1967

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_383946

Author:

Rockwell Manufacturing Company  Search this

Parsons Brinckerhoff/Tudor/Bechtel  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Physical description:

1 v. (various pagings) illus. 28 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

California

San Francisco Bay Area

Date:

1967

Topic:

Car trucks (Railroads)  Search this

Local transit  Search this

Call number:

TF725.S4 R68

TF725.S4R68

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_179343

Author:

General Railway Signal Company  Search this

Bonn, F. E  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Physical description:

79 p. illus. 28 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1966

Topic:

Railroads--Automatic train control  Search this

Call number:

TF638 .G32

TF638.G32

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_118048

Author:

Westinghouse Air Brake Company Union Switch & Signal Division  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Parsons Brinckerhoff/Tudor/Bechtel  Search this

Physical description:

1 v. (various pagings) illus. 28 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1966

Topic:

Railroads--Automatic train control  Search this

Call number:

TF638 .W5291

TF638.W5291

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_125451

Author:

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Physical description:

16 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 X 30 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

California

San Francisco Bay Area

Date:

1968

Topic:

Local transit  Search this

Call number:

HE4491.S19 S19

HE4491.S19S19

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_70968

Author:

Westinghouse Electric Corporation Transportation Systems Department  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Parsons Brinckerhoff/Tudor/Bechtel  Search this

Physical description:

1 v. (various pagings) illus. (part fold.) 28 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1966

Topic:

Railroads--Automatic train control  Search this

Call number:

TF638 .W5293

TF638.W5293

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_123082

Author:

General Steel Industries, inc Castings Division, Granite City, Ill  Search this

Parsons Brinckerhoff/Tudor/Bechtel  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Physical description:

iii, 62 p. illus. (part fold.)

Type:

Books

Date:

1966

Topic:

Car trucks (Railroads)  Search this

Call number:

TF380 .G32

TF380.G32

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_118047

Author:

General Electric Company  Search this

Subject:

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Physical description:

31 p. illus., map. 28 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

California

San Francisco Bay Area

Date:

1966

1966]

Topic:

Local transit--Fares  Search this

Local transit--Fares--Automation  Search this

Call number:

HE4341 .G32

HE4341.G32

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_56326

Author:

Le Tourneau - Westinghouse Company  Search this

Parsons Brinckerhoff/Tudor/Bechtel  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Physical description:

iii, 157 p. illus. 28 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

California

San Francisco Bay Area

Date:

1966

Topic:

Car trucks (Railroads)  Search this

Local transit  Search this

Call number:

TF725.S4 L64

TF725.S4L64

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_26370

Author:

Westinghouse Electric Corporation Transportation Division  Search this

Parsons Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel (firm)  Search this

Subject:

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Physical description:

87 leaves in various foliations : ill. ; 28 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1967

Topic:

Electric railway motors  Search this

Electric railroads--Automation  Search this

Call number:

TF935.W52

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_107666

Author:

Budd Company  Search this

Labaree, B  Search this

Parsons Brinckerhoff/Tudor/Bechtel  Search this

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (Calif.)  Search this

Physical description:

iv, 87 p. illus. (part fold.) 28 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1966

Topic:

Car trucks (Railroads)  Search this

Call number:

TF380 .B92

TF380.B92

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_26560