Part of:

• Fonds: Kenneth Frampton fonds, 1958-2016
•    Series: Correspondence and recommendation letters, 1958-2016

People:

• Kenneth Frampton (archive creator)

Title:

Correspondence and recommendation letters

Date:

1958-2016

Level of archival description:
Series

Extent and medium:

• Approximately 3.52 l.m. textual records
  
  34 slides
  
  7 photographs
  
  1 negative

Scope and content:
This series consists of personal and professional correspondence as well as recommendation letters, 1958-2016, that Frampton either sent or received throughout his professional career. Correspondence documents Frampton’s role as: a tutor at the Royal College of Art; the technical editor of the magazine Architectural Design; a visiting professor at Princeton University; a Fellow of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies; and Associate professor and, subsequently, Ware professor of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), Columbia University.
Throughout his extensive career, Frampton corresponded with various students, architects, professors, publishers, editors, and architecture associations. This correspondence relates to : offers of teaching positions; requests to write articles; reviews; books and recommendation letters; requests to serve on juries; requests for research materials; invitations to teach, present, or attend lectures/symposiums/conferences; and more.

Reference number:

AP197.S3

Arrangement:
This series is arranged in chronological order and was processed at the box-level. Correspondence from 1991 to1994 is arranged, largely, in alphabetical order.

Custodial history:

• These boxes were likely stored in the Schermerhorn building, Columbia University; the Avery Building, Columbia University; and Kolbowski’s studio in Brooklyn, New York.

Language of material:

• English

Contains:

• AP197.S3.001, Personal and professional correspondence from 1958-1984, 1958-1984
• AP197.S3.002, Personal and professional correspondence from 1984-1990, 1984-1990
• AP197.S3.003, Personal and professional correspondence for names A-K from 1991-1994, 1991-1994
• AP197.S3.004, Personal and professional correspondence for names L-T from 1991-1994, 1991-1994
• AP197.S3.005, Personal and professional correspondence for names U-Z from 1991-1994, 1991-1994
• AP197.S3.006, Personal and professional correspondence from 1995-1997, 1995-1997
• AP197.S3.007, Personal and professional correspondence from 1997-1998, 1997-1998
• AP197.S3.008, Personal and professional correspondence from 1999, 1999
• AP197.S3.009, Personal and professional correspondence from 1999-2000, 1999-2000
• AP197.S3.010, Personal and professional correspondence from 2001, 2001
• AP197.S3.011, Personal and professional correspondence from 2002-2014, 2002-2014
• AP197.S3.012, Personal and professional correspondence from 2015-2016, 2015-2016
• AP197.S3.013, Recommendation letters, 1998-2016
• AP197.S3.014, Invitations, greeting cards, and ephemera, circa 1966-2015