Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Formerly distinguished as two different buildings, Alvin S. Johnson Building and Jacob M. Kaplan Building. The Alvin Johnson Building was named for the New School President and economics scholar in 1949, and describes the original Joseph Urban designed New School building at 66 West 12th Street, New York, NY. The Jacob M. Kaplan Building, an addition to the original 1930 building, opened and was dedicated in 1956, and is named for Jacob Merrill Kaplan (1891-1987), a longtime New School Board of Trustees chairperson, philanthropist, and executive. Unclear when names of buildings combined and "Hall" came into use.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Clara Mayer papers
Collection
Identifier: NS-02-01-02
Abstract
Clara Woolie Mayer (1895-1988) held a long affiliation with the New School: as a student, as a trustee, and then in administrative roles, including dean of the School of Philosophy and Liberal Arts (1943-1961) and vice president of the New School for Social Research (1950-1961). Dating largely from 1950 to the early 1960s, the collection consists of subject files pertaining to programs, departments, and New School faculty and administration. Of note is Mayer's correspondence,...
Dates:
1879 - 1976
Found in:
The New School Archives
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Clara Mayer papers
New School Architectural plans and drawings for 66 West Twelfth Street
Collection
Identifier: NS-09-01-01
Summary
Originally located in six renovated brownstones on West 21st Street in New York City, The New School for Social Research reopened in 1931 in a new building at 66 West Twelfth Street in Greenwich Village, designed by Joseph Urban (1872-1933). The collection consists of drawings of Urban's original building at 66 West Twelfth Street, drawings for the expanded campus in the 1950s, and plans of other renovations and expansions at the site.
Dates:
1924 - 1986; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1959
New School Communications and External Affairs photographs
Record Group
Identifier: NS-03-01-09
Summary
This record group consists of photographic records created, commissioned and compiled by The New School's Communications and External Affairs office. The collection consists of images of campus facilities, faculty and administrators, dominated by images of Parsons School of Design classes, the Parsons fashion critics awards, commencement ceremonies, and guests of Inside the Actors Studio. While there are photographs from earlier decades, the prints, negatives, transparencies, and thumbnail...
Dates:
1930-2005; Majority of material found within 1980-2005