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 1 Collection or Record:
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