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William F. Shellman Papers
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
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William F. Shellman was a member of the Dept. of Architecture faculty at Princeton University faculty forty years (1946-1986). He taught introductory courses in architecture and the visual arts and courses designed to heighten architectural students' visual sensitivity. He also taught a graduate course on landscape architecture.
The collection consists of papers of Shellman, primarily lectures and notes for his classes (Architecture 302 and Landscape Architecture 565), but including matted illustrations and photographs of sample forms of architecture, cassette tapes of lectures, slides, architectural drawings, and watercolors. In addition, there are photographs of Egypt taken by George E. Kedder-Smith in 1938 which Shellman used in Architecture 302 and a small collection of abstract paintings called "Feay's Watercolors."
This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.
Gift of Prof. Bruce Redford in 1991 (AM1992-24).
This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.
No appraisal information is available.
Organization
Subject
- Architecture -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century
- Landscape architecture -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century
Place
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- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2001
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research use.
- Use Restrictions
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
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