Office of the University Architect Records. Harold Taubin Planning History

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Summary Information

Prepared by: Duane A. Schrempp, Theresa R. Snyder, J.M. Duffin
Preparation date: June 1991, February 1994, June 2008
Date [bulk]: Bulk, 1952-1982
Date [inclusive]: 1913-1987
Extent: 7.0 Cubic feet

PROVENANCE

Transferred from the Department of Facilities Planning in May 1992 (accession number 1992:26).

ARRANGEMENT

The records are organized in four series: Bibliography (1913-1986), Research Files (1959-1983), Minutes (1962-1982), Index Cards (1962-ca. 1987). The Bibliography series is divided into five subseries: University of Pennsylvania Campus Planning and Development, University of Pennsylvania Planning Reports, Consultant or Associated Studies, University Planning Office: Project Program Reports; Memoranda, Notes, Minutes.

All the series, except for the Bibliography, are arranged alphabetically by topic and then chronologically. The subseries of the Bibliography series are arranged chronologically.

HISTORICAL NOTE

Harold Taubin (1920-1991) was the first person at the University of Pennsylvania to hold the position which is today known as the University Architect. In December 1959, he was appointed by President Gaylord P. Harnwell as the director the new University Planning Office. Taubin, who had a masters in regional planning and public administration from Harvard University, came to Penn after serving as the executive director of the Chatham County-Savannah, Georgia, Metropolitan Planning Commission and chairman of the Maryland Conference on Community Development. In his new position at the University, Taubin was responsible for coordinating the planning of the physical development of the campus as well as act as a liaison with numerous outside agencies during the largest period of physical growth for the University. Taubin held this position until 1966 when the University Planning Office was reorganized as the Office of Programming and Design. From 1966 to his retirement in 1986, he worked as a senior analyst for the University’s planning offices. Though multiple sclerosis had confined him to a wheelchair in his later years, he was active in planning and design issues, particularly those that affected the disable.

In retirement, Harold Taubin worked on documenting the story of the University of Pennsylvania’s growth in the twentieth century. He compiled documentation of the various planning studies done for the University with the intention of writing a history of university planning.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The collection documents the planning process for the physical expansion of the University of Pennsylvania campus in West Philadelphia during the second half of the twentieth century.

Various aspects of the university planning process are found in the numerous reports and articles issued by or about the University Planning Office primarily during the 1950s and 1960s. Detailed administrative information and decision making documentation is found in the original official set of minutes of Executive Planning Committee on Physical Plant (1962-1969) and the University Council Committee on Planning and Development (1965-1972). The collection also contains Taubin’s drafts and notes for the history of planning in addition to transcripts and tapes of interviews of key individuals involved in this process.

A detailed bibliography of the planning studies, prepared by Duane A. Schrepp accompanies this finding aid.

The original records of the Office of the University Architect, formerly known as the University Planning Office, can be found in the remainder of the University Archives and Records Center record group UPJ 9.4.

Inventory


Bibliography	Box	Folder
A. University of Pennsylvania Campus Planning and Development
A1. The Educational Survey of the University of Pennsylvania. Joseph H. Willets et. al. 1959	55	1
A2. The University of Pennsylvania Story: How an Institution Determines its Development Aims and Needs–In Terms of Urban Renewal as a Tool for Implementation.	55	2
A3. Campus Planning. Richard P. Dober. 1963.	55	3
A4. The University, the City and Urban Renewal. Charles G. Dobbins (ed.). 1963	55	4
A5. “The University Environment.” Harold Taubin. The University, the City and Urban Renewal. Charles G. Dobbins (ed.). 1963	55	5
A6. “The Union of University and Community Resources to Serve Philadelphia.” Leo Molinaro. The University, the City and Urban Renewal. Charles G. Dobbins (ed.). 1963	55	6
A7. “The University and Urban Renewal.” 1963	55	7
A8. Trends and Targets. 1968	55	8
A9. “Developing an Urban Campus.” 1968	55	9
A10. “An Environment for Learning.” 1971	55	10
A11. “The Good Neighbor Policy in West Philadelphia.” 1971	55	11
A12. “The Valley Forge Project of the University of Pennsylvania.” 1986	55	12
A13. Topic Outline and Chronological Listing of Building, Open Space, and Art Work–Draft. 1984	55	13
A14. “A Guide to the University of Pennsylvania Campus–Draft/Mock-up.” 1984	55	14
B. University of Pennsylvania Planning Reports
B1. Report to the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania upon the Future Development of Buildings and Grounds and the Conservation of Surrounding Territory. 1913	55	15
B2. “Architectural Elements of the New Campus.” 1952	55	16
B3. University of Pennsylvania Development Plan: An Element of the Continuing Planning Program. 1961-1966	55	17
B4. Integrated Development Plan. 1962, 1964	55	18
B5. A Brief History and Compilation of Trustee Actions Concerned with the Planning and Development of the West Philadelphia Campus. 1976	55	19
C. Consultant or Associated Studies
C1. Philadelphia Housing Quality Survey: University Area Report. 1949	55	20
C2. University Redevelopment Area Plan. 1950	55	21
C3. The West Philadelphia District Plan. 1964	55	22
C4. The Development of On-Campus Commercial Facilities for the University of Pennsylvania. 1963	55	23
C5. Redevelopment Potentials and University Interests–University City Unit No. 3. 1963	55	24
C6. Family Needs in “University City” Planning. 1963	55	25
C7. Report No. 2 on the Tri-Institutional Facilities Program For The Philadelphia General Hospital, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, The University of Pennsylvania. 1964	55	26
C8. Development Programming as Applied to West Philadelphia. Technical Report No. 8. 1964	55	27
C9. University City Core Plan. 1966	55	28
C10. Open Space and Beautification Program, University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 1968	55	29
D. University Planning Office: Project Program Reports
D1. Project Program: Social Sciences Center. The University of Pennsylvania for the General State Authority, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1960	55	30
D2. Project Program: Additions and Reconstruction for the School of Veterinary Medicine: the University of Pennsylvania for the General State Authority, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1960	55	31
D3. Project Program: Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter. 1961	55	32
D4. University of Pennsylvania Proposed Off-Street Parking Plan: An Element of the University of Pennsylvania Development Plan; A Report to the President. 1961	55	33
D5. University of Pennsylvania Proposed Off-Street Parking Plan: Appendices A-D. 1961	55	34
D6. Project Program: New Physical Sciences Facilities for the University of Pennsylvania. 1961	55	35
D7. Project Program: Administration and General Service Building for the University of Pennsylvania. 1962	55	36
D8. Project Program: Recreational Gymnasium for the University of Pennsylvania, the General State Authority, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1962	55	37
D9. Project Program: The Daniel W. Dietrich Library for the University of Pennsylvania. 1962	55	38
D10. Project Program: Addition to Medical School Teaching Facilities (Phase I) for the University of Pennsylvania. 1962	55	39
D11. The House for Undergraduate Women and the Project Program for Two New Houses on the Women’s Residence Block. 1963	55	40
D12. House “A” Undergraduate Dormitories for Men. University of Pennsylvania: Specifications and Program Data. 1963	55	41
D13. Transportation To and From Campus: A Report to the President and the Executive Planning Committee on the Physical Plant. 1964	55	42
D14. Project Program: Center for Economics, Regional Science, and Sociology for the University of Pennsylvania. 1964	55	43
D15. Program of Requirements for Research and Teaching Building: School of Dental Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania. 1965	55	44
D16. Program for the Renovations to Bennett Hall for the English Department, University of Pennsylvania. 1965	55	45
D17. Observations and Projections Regarding Pedestrian Movement at Intersection of 34th and Walnut Streets. 1965	56	1
D18. Project Program: Law School Renovation of Old Building for the University of Pennsylvania. 1965	56	2
D19. Development Program for the Humanities, and the Project Program for the New Humanities Building for the University of Pennsylvania. 1965	56	3
D20. Revision and Amplification of the Program for the Renovations to Bennett Hall for the English Department, the University of Pennsylvania. 1966	56	4
D21. A Profile and Housing Goal Based Upon the Graduate and Professional Student Personal Data Survey, 1965-1966.	56	5
E. Memoranda, Notes, and Minutes
E1. Notes on the Physical Plan for the Trustees Meeting. 1959	56	6
E2. Meeting Minutes of the Advisory Sub-committee on Planning. 1960-61	56	7
E3. Annotated Index to Meeting Minutes of the Executive Planning Committee on the Physical Plant. 1966	56	8
E4. The University has set out to raise $93,000,000 for new buildings, professorships, and …. 1964	56	9
E5. A Selected List of University Publications, Papers, and Related Materials. 1982	56	10
E6. Chapter 14–1100, Institutional Development District (IDD), Philadelphia (Zoning) Code, City of Philadelphia. 1986	56	11
Other Bibliographies
Campus-Community Relationships: An Annotated Bibliography. 1972	56	12
Campus-Community Relationships: An Annotated Bibliography. 1971	56	13
An Annotated Bibliography on University Planning and Development. 1968	56	14
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Research Files	Box	Folder
A. Campus Planning and Development History Project
A1: Penn Campus Planning	56	13
A2: Penn Campus Planning History Project 1959-66	56	14
A3: Monograph Draft Material, “A Magical Mystery Tour Into the Campus Future, May 1960”	56	15
A4: Campus Building Chronology:	56	16
A5: Selected Bibliography	56	17
A6: Meyerson Bibliography	56	18
A7: Monograph One, Part Three – Diaries	56	19
A8: “The Story” CDP 3/61, IDP 5\62 IV	56	20
A9: Mono #1: Reference and Drafts	56	21
A10: I Penn Campus Planning. History Project, 1959-1966	56	22
A11: Dining Services at Penn, Brief History	56	23
A12: Monone\Partone\Prologue, etc.	56	24
A13: WP\Monone\Partone A and B, Prologue I-XII	56	25
A14: WP\Monone #1	56	26
A15: Monograph one, part five – Gleaning	56	27
A16: Title Page; Monone, Prologue	56	28
A17: WP\Monone “CDP 3/61, IDP 5/62” 3	56	29
A18: Monograph four. Conversations	56	30
A19: Monograph Appendices	56	31
A20: Mono #2	56	32
A21: Monograph three Planning Organ. Decision Making Trustees EPC.UPO	56	33
A22: Monograph one. part four Chronology, People	56	34
A23: Campus and Facilities. Planning and Development Since 1913	56	35
A24: WP\Monone\Partone. “The Story.” [CPP, 3/61, IDP, 5\62] 2	56	36
A25: Campus Planning – Guidebook History Project 1920-80’s	56	37
A26: WP\Monone\Partone. Campus Development Plan, 3/62. Int. Development. Plan, 5/62 “The Story” I	57	1
A27: Building names/architects/acquisition or construction date. Building Numbering System. See also A-41	57	2
A28: Campus History	57	3
A29: Maps, Illustrations, Photos	57	4
A30: College	57	5
A31: Dietrich Library	57	6
A32: Eisenlohr, the President’s House	57	7
A33: Furness	57	8
A34: Houston Hall	57	9
A35: Irvine Auditorium	57	10
A36: Logan Hall	57	11
A37: Van Pelt Library	57	12
A38: Williams Hall	57	13
A39: The Woodlands	57	14
A40: Potts House Student Activity Building, Historic Information	57	15
A41: Building Name and Information, Index Card Library	57	16
A42: Fraternities and Sororities, Historical Information	57	17
A43: Campus Planning History, 1920’s-80’s: Project Statement and Invoices	57	18
B. Reprints and extra copies of original source material
B1: U of P Development Plan 1961-66 Editions, re-issues	57	19
B2: Philadelphia Guidebook, copies	57	20
B3: 1961 U of P Development Plan, March 1961 Edition, copy and revisions	57	21
B4: A Brief History and Compilation of Trustee Actions Concerned with the Planning and Development of the West Philadelphia Campus, copy and draft	57	22
B5: Project Program: Center for Economics, Regional Science and Sociology for the U of P, copy	57	23
B6: Early Landmarks of the U of P, reprint	57	24
B7: History of the University, The Achievements of Pennsylvania, The History of University City, copies	57	25
B8: Gladly Learn and Gladly Teach, copies	57	26
B9: Valley Forge	57	27
B10: Ties with the City, original	57	28
B11: Ties with the City, copy	57	29
B12: U of P Development Plan – April 1966, copies	57	30
B13: U of P Development Plan – February 1963, copy	57	31
B14: Integrated Development Plan, copies	57	32
B15: Proposed Off-Street Parking Plan Appendices, copy	57	33
B16: The West Philadelphia District Plan, copy	57	34
B17: Hammer and Company Associates, reports, copies	57	35
B18: Campus Transportation	57	36
B19: Development Program on the Humanities	57	37
B20: Campus Planning: Society for College and University Planning	57	38
B21: Recommendation for Rehabilitation of Men’s Dorms: Weissman/Spohn Architects	57	39
B22: Center for Arts and Sciences: Francis, Cauffman, Wilkinson, and Pepper, 1966	57	40
B23: Statistical Abstract, 1952-72	57	41
B24: Executive Planning Committee Minutes, 1962-69	57	42
B25: Undergraduate Mens Housing Report, G.B.Q.C., 1961	57	43
C. Housing and Urban Renewal, General
C1: Guide to Housing Programs in Philadelphia: Housing Association of the Delaware Valley, 1974	58	1
C2: Student Housing Profile, 1965-73	58	2
C3: Family Needs in University City Plan Study of Factors Affecting the Selection of Neighborhoods, 1963	58	3
C4: Zoning In Philadelphia; Proceedings for zoning seminars, 1966	58	4
C5: Citizen’s Council on City; Planning, Phila., PA	58	5
C6: Walnut Street Center; West Philadelphia High School	58	6
C7: Housing Advisory Committee, 1967-68	58	7
C8: Philadelphia Housing Association: publication, 1965, 1966	58	8
C9: Office of Planning and Design. Office of Student Housing Project Biennial Report, 1970-72	58	9
D. University Planning Office, Historical and Procedural Material
D1: Campus Design Study-1961, 1966, Base maps	58	10
D2: Talks, Notes, Papers, References, Fall 1959 to spring 1963	58	11
D3: Planning process-1970, Training of university planners	58	12
D4: Institutional Studies Program, Discussion Paper, 1968	58	13
D5: Budget, 1970, Department of Buildings and Grounds	58	14
D6: University Planning Office, 1959-66, Annual Reports, Procedural Reports	58	15
D7: Program and Budget Preparation Manual, University Planning Office, 1966	58	16
E. Conversations, Oral Histories
E1: Campus Development Plan, 1968-69	58	17
E2: Campus Development Plan, 1979	58	18
E3: Campus Development Plan, 1981-82	58	19
E4: Campus Plan, 1982-83	58	20
E5: Campus Development Plan, 1983-84	58	21
E6: Campus Planning Notes, L. Copeland 1980	58	22
E7: Campus Development Plan, Commercial Dev. 1985-86	58	23
E8: University Council Committee on Facilities, Minutes 1972-75	58	24
E9: Transportation and Parking, Sub-Committee	58	25
E10: West Philadelphia Corporation	58	26
E11: Sculptures U of P	58	27
E12: University of Penn Walking Tours	58	28
E13: Architects	59	1
E14: Campus Master Plan-Draft	59	2
E15: Architectural Awards	59	3
E16: Landscape Development Plan	59	4
E17: Campus Guide, 1964, and Misc., Rough Draft Material	59	5
E18: Robert Mitchell, Interview Transcript	59	6
E19: Martin Meyerson, Interview Transcript/Biography	59	7
E20: Alan Levy, Interview Transcript	59	8
E21: Lee Copeland, Interview Transcript	59	9
E22: G. Holmes Perkins, Interview Transcript	59	10
E23: Harold E. Stassen	59	11
E24: Maryann Greenwalt, Interview Transcript	59	12
E25: Sheldon Hackney, Letter from Taubin, Biographical Information	59	13
E26: Gaylord P. Harnwell, Misc. Articles	59	14
E27: John Walters, Interview Transcript	59	15
E28: Herman Beerman, Interview Transcript	59	16
E29: Maurice S. Burrison, Interview Transcript	59	17
E30: Appreciation List	59	18
E31: Annenberg Center, Program, Require Office of Programming and Design	59	19
E32: Project Program, Dormitory Renovations, Office of Programming	59	20
E33: Project Program, Kline Center of Bolton Campus, Office of Planning and Design 1970	59	21
E34: Program for Chem. Dept. Expansion, Dept. of Facilities Development 1983	59	22
E35: Dental School Planning, Dept. of Facilities Development	59	23
E36: Franklin Field Lighting Office of Planning and Design 1969	59	24
E37: Project Program Houston Hall, Renovations Office of Programming	59	25
E38: Project Program Renovations to Hutchinson Gym Office of Planning	59	26
E39: Law School Renovations Francis, Cauffman, Wilkinson and Pepper 1978	59	27
E40: Logan Hall Alterations, Francis, Cauffman, Wilkinson and Pepper 1979	59	28
E41: Project Program Quad. Residence Rehab., Office of Planning Design and	59	29
E42: Project Program University Museum, Rehab. U of P Planning Office 1976	59	30
E43: Project Program Wharton Grad. Center, Office of Programming and Design 1967	59	31
E44: Wharton School Warner Burns, Toon Lunde Portfolio/Historical 1983	59	32
E45: Zellerbach Theater Alterations and Bio Package “E” Francis Cauffman,	59	33
E46: Conversations Zwarg et al. Interview, Transcript Microcassette Tapes (Entire Set)	59	34
E47: Harold Taubin Interview with Lidia Messmer, Notes and Video	59	35
E48: Memorandum of Planning, Titus Hewryk to Helen O’Bannon 1985	59	36
E49: Philadelphia City Planning Commission, Lower Schuylkill Waterfront District Plan	59	37
E50: Penn Treasures	59	38
E51: Philadelphia Historical Commission	59	39
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Minutes	Box	Folder
Executive Planning Committee on the Physical Plant
1962	60	1
1963	60	2
1964	60	3
1965	60	4
1966	60	5
1967	60	6
1968	60	7
1969 to June	60	8
June 1969 to Dec. 1969	60	9
June 1966 to Dec.1967	60	10
Medical Division Planning 1966-67	60	11
Space Inventory 1966-67	60	12
Correspondence, 1967	60	13
1968	60	14
Correspondence, 1968	60	15
1968	60	16
1968-69	60	17
1969	60	18
University Council Committee on Planning and Development
November 1965-March 1972	60	19
For 1972-75 see Research Files, E8
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Index Cards	Box	Folder
Executive Planning Committee on the Physical Plant Index	61	1
University Council Committee on Planning and Development Index	61	2
Research notes
Four boxes of cards	61	3
Four boxes of cards	62	1
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