- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Collins, George R. (George Roseborough) (1917-1993)
- Title:
- George R. Collins Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/wm117p01t
- Dates:
- 1937-1985
- Size:
- 4 boxes, 3.5 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-4
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of notebooks and notes taken by George R. Collins during his years as an undergraduate and graduate student at Princeton (Classes of 1939, 1942) in the fields of art and architecture.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of notebooks and notes taken by Collins during his years as an undergraduate and graduate student at Princeton (Classes of 1939, 1942) in the fields of art and architecture, as well as lecture notes, photographs, subject files, and newspaper clippings for lectures delivered by him at Columbia University in the fields of art history, domestic Chinese and Japanese architecture, French Renaissance architecture, Italian, French, and Renaissance painting, and French Gothic sculpture.
- Arrangement
This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Collins
George R. Collins was an undergraduate and graduate student at Princeton (Classes of 1939, 1942) studying in the fields of art and architecture. Collins went on to teach at Columbia University.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Gift of the author.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.
The collection inventory was created by Michael Heist in August 2007.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
George R. Collins Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/wm117p01t
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-4
Find More
- Subject Terms:
- Architecture -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton. -- 20th century
Architecture -- Study and teaching -- New York (N.Y.). -- 20th century
Architecture, Domestic -- China.
Architecture, Domestic -- Japan.
Architecture, Renaissance -- France.
Art history -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton. -- 20th century
Art history -- Study and teaching -- New York (N.Y.). -- 20th century
Painting, French
Painting, Italian.
Painting, Renaissance.
Sculpture, Gothic -- France. - Genre Terms:
- Lecture notes.
Notebooks. - Names:
- Princeton University. Class of 1939.