NEWSLETTER THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS

DECEMBER 1979 VOL. XXIII NO . 6 PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS 1700 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 • Adolf K. Placzek, President • Editor: Dora P. Crouch, School of Archi­ tecture, RPI, Troy, , 12181 • Assistant Editor: Kathryn Smith, 833 North Kings. Road, Los Angeles, California 90069 . SAH NOTICES SPECIAL NOTICE 1980 Annual Meeting-Madison, Wisconsin (April 23-27). David Gebhard, University of California at Santa Barbara, will Dear Fellow Members: be general chairman of the meeting, with Richard W. E. Perrin, Our Executive Secretary, Rosann Berry, has requested FAIA, acting as honorary local chairman. Narciso Menocal, early retirement from SAH in March, 1981. It is almost Department of Art History of the University of Wisconsin, and impossible to imagine the Society without Rosann. She Eric S. McCready, The University of Texas at Austin, are local welcomed most of us to membership. She does many of chairmen. the things the officers are given credit for. University of , Urbana-Champaign alumni interested in Mrs. Berry has, however, given us time to think through meeting for lunch on Thursday, April 24 , in Madison should and adjust to the fact of her leaving, and has kindly agreed contact Narciso Menocal (Department of Art History, Univer­ to help on a consulting basis for a period of time. All she sity of Wisconsin, Madison 53706) before the meeting' s preregis­ asks is that we start the search now. tration deadline. Accordingly, I have appointed Paul Henderson, a busi- . The Preliminary Program for the meeting (accompanied ness consultant and associate of our Treasurer, Robert· by a preregistration form and hotel card) will be received by Jorgensen, to chair the search committee. the membership by January 15, 1980. Please direct all suggestions and inquiries to Paul Hen­ derson at 540 Frontage Road, Room 203, Northfield, Il­ 1981 Annual Meeting-Victoria, British Columbia (April linois 60093. 1-5). Damie Stillman, University of Delaware, will be general I know you feel as I do that Rosann represents a part of chairman of the meeting. Alan Gowans, University of Victoria, us . . . that SAH will not ever be quite the same after she will serve as honorary local chairman, and Earl D. Layman, turns in her keys. We love her and wish her well. Historic Preservation Officer of the City of Seattle, will serve as local chairman. Originally, this meeting was scheduled for Adolf K. Placzek Seattle; however, the site has been changed because of altered President hotel facilities in Seattle.

SPECIAL 1980 ANNUAL TOUR: Southwest (October 4-11). forms must be returned there by January 31, 1980. An SAH The chairman of the tour will be John P. Conron, FAIA, who will committee to review applications will be appointed by Pres­ be assisted by Bainbridge Bunting, University of New Mexico. ident Adolf K. Placzek. (See October 1979 Newsletter for details.) SAH Placement Service Bulletin. The next Bulletin will appear 1980 Foreign Tour-France, May 23-June 15. Earl D. with the February 1980 issue. Deadline: January 10 , 1980. Layman, Historic Preservation Officer for the City of Seattle, will be chairman of the tour. This tour is completely sub­ scribed, with a long waiting list. If there is sufficient interest, SAH FUND-RAISING CAMPAIGN it will be re-run at the same time of the year in 1982, as an extra foreign tour. Members interested in participating if it is Members will see on their renewal notices an appeal to con­ re-run should write the SAH central office to that effect. sider upgrading their membership. It is hoped that many will now become Supporting, as well as Patron, Contributing, or Donor American Friends of Attingham Summer School-1980 Members. Another potential source of support is corporate Scholarship. For the eleventh consecutive year, a full-tuition matching of employee contributions. Listed below are the names scholarship will be awarded by the American Friends of Atting­ of some corporations that will match membership contributions. ham to a member of the national SAH to attend the twenty-ninth If you are employed by any of them, or others that participate in annual course of the School, July 3-22 , 1980. The School will be this program, please ask them to match your contribution to in residence for the first week at Attingham Park; the second SAH: week will be spent in Derbyshire (Sheffield University); and the Allied Chemical Corporation Kimberly Clark Foundation third week will center on the cathedral city of Chester. The Amstar Corporation Lever Brothers Company Bank America Foundation Meadville Corporation Cheshire area of the West Highlands is rich in 16th and early 17th Citibank Morgan Guaranty Trust Company century timber-framed buildings. Corning Glass Works Foundation Philip Morris , Inc. SAH members may obtain full details and applications Equitable Life Assurance Society Quaker Oats from Mrs. Pauli McClanahan, Executive Secretary, American Gulf Oil Foundation Sherwood Medical Industries Friends of the Attingham Summer School, Inc., 1785 Mas­ Gulf & Western Industries Time, Inc. Houston Natural Gas Corporation United Parcel Service sachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, DC 20036. Completed Johnson & Higgins Xerox Corporation CHAPTERS Tucson Western Reserve Architectural Jay McCall (Pres.), 1665 W. Historians Hudson Dr., Tucson , AZ 85704 Clyde Patterson (Pres.), 38400 Herewith is the annual printing of the names of officers of chap­ Harris J. Sobin (Vice Pres.) Chagrin Blvd., Chagrin Falls ters, and of an address for each chapter. Sara E. Gresham (Treas.) OH 44022 Robert Giebner (Preservation) Eric Johannesen (Vice Pres.) Kenneth Goldberg (Sec.) Turpin Bannister Missouri Valley University of Virginia Jean Starkey (Treas.) Marjorie Semerad (Pres.). Geraldine Fowle (Pres.), Dept. Stuart Siegel (Pres.), Department of Art History of Art & Art History, Univ. 533 N. First St., Wisconsin Russell Sage College, Troy, of Missouri-Kansas City, Charlottesville, VA 2290 I Jeffrey Dean (Pres.), NY 12180 Kansas City, MO 64110 Claire Welch (Vice Pres.) 5033 LaCrosse Lane A. Donald Emerich (Vice Pres.) Eugene Young (Vice Pres.) Sally Lanford (Sec.) Madison , WI 53705 Susan Moyle Lynch (Sec.) Sherry Pi land (Sec.-Treas.) Grace Gary (Treas.) Brian Larson (Vice Pres.) A. Hayward Benning (Tres.) Katherine Hundt (Sec.-Treas.) John G. Waite (Preservation) New England Western New York James A. Sewell (Preservation) Cynthia Zaitzevsky (Pres.) Jack Quinan (Pres.) 1258 Beacon St. , Brookline. MA 02146 168 Camden Ave., Melvyn Skvarla (Pres.), Randolph Langenbach (Vice Pres.) Buffalo, NY 14216 3450 W. Bryn Mawr Ave. , Anna Hunt Brown (Rec. Sec.) Chicago, IL 60659 Monique B. Lehner (Membership Sec.) Kevin Harrington (Vice Pres.) Richard Willis (Treas.) Francis Steiner (Sec.) New Jersey. Oct. 6 meeting was a tour of and papers about the Lawrence G. Vonckx (Treas.) New Jersey Rutgers Univ. campus. Papers were by Michael Barr, Tod Mar­ Mary Ellen Sigmond (Preservation) Ferris Olin (Pres.). 17-08 Fox Run Dr., Plainsboro. der, and Andrew Farkas. Decorative Arts Society NJ 08536 Lynn E. Springer (Vice Pres.) Thomas Gilheany (Vice Pres.) 2216A Menard Street Tod Marder (Sec.) New York City. Speakers were Colin Amery in April, about St. Louis, MO 63104 Margot O'Neill (Treas.) "New Directions in British Architecture"; Gavin Stamp in Oc­ Deborah Dependahl Waters (Sec.) Eleanor Price (Preservation) tober, about "The Last Great Gothic Revival Architect, Sir Giles Philip Johnson (Treas.) New York City Gilbert Scott"; and Dora Crouch in November, about "How to Iowa Carol H. Krinsky (Pres.), 370 Build a Spanish City in the New World." Todd Mozingo (Pres.), 631 First Ave., New York , NY E. College, #I , Iowa City, 10010 lA 52240 Arnold Markowitz (Vice Pres.) Minnesota. Spring activities included a slide presentation by Samuel Klingensmith (Sec.) Mosette G. Broderick (Sec.) Eileen Michels about her Greek tour; Hazel Brewer Wilson Wesley Shank (Treas.) Dennis J. McFadden (Treas.) about a lifetime of painting; and a tour of Faribault in June. The Landscape Architecture and the Northern Pacific Coast chapter is recording a series of public conversations with persons Allied Arts Roger Scharmer (Pres.), 15 who h;we made important artistic and scholastic contributions; Bernadette G. Callery (Pres.), St. Jude Rd .. Mill Valley. Hunt Inst. of Botanical CA 94941 the fall program was a conversation with Dimitri Tselos. Documentation Sheila Finch-Tepper (Vice Pres.) Carnegie Mellon Univ. Dorothy Gilmore (Sec.-Treas.) Philadelphia. Richard Betts spoke in Sept. about an 18th cen­ Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Gil Davis (Preservation) William L. Beiswanger (Vice Pres.) tury house in W. Philadelphia, Woodlands; the lecture was co­ Caroline Sloat (Sec.-Treas.) Philadelphia sponsored by the University City Historical Society. H. Reed Longnecker (Pres.). 1726 Latrobe Spruce St.. Philadelphia John C. Poppeliers (Pres.), 2939 PA 19103 Turpin Bannister (Eastern New York). Spring Tour was of the Van Ness St.. Washington. DC Harry G. Schalck (Vice Pres.) Schenectady area, led by Barbara Rotondo. The fall lecture 20008 Arthur Channing Downs, Jr. Nicholas A. Pappas (Vice Pres.) (Sec.) series, jointly sponsored with the Albany Institute of History Constance W. Ramirez (Sec.) Richard J. Webster (Treas.) and Art, included Marjorie Semerad on the Centre Pompidou, Stephen N. Dennis (Treas.) William Rhoads on FDR as "architect," Dianne Pilgrim on the Nancy B. Schwartz (Preservation) Saarinen Sadayoshi Omoto (Pres.) American Renaissance exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, of Lehigh Valley Department of Art which she is co-curator, and Desmond Guinness on Palladianism Nicholas Adams (Pres.), 43 S. Michigan State University Franklin St. , Allentown, East Lansing, M I 48824 in England, Ireland, and America. The fall tour was a November PA 18102 trip to the American Renaissance exhibit. John Pharo (Vice Pres.) Southern California Peter Blume (Sec.) Elizabeth McMillian (Pres.) Anna Adams (Treas.) 545 S. Coronado St. , Chicago. In October, Robert P. Bruegmann spoke on Jules Ricki Hurwitz (Preservation) Los Angeles, CA 90057 Guerin in the Continental Illinois National Bank building deco­ John Reed (Vice Pres.) rated with Guerin's murals. Guerin also did the renderings for Standish K. Penton (Sec.) Harley McKee Patricia Warren (Treas.) Burnham's plan of Chicago, subject of a special exhibit set up by Mary Ann Smith (Pres.), 7146 Leslie Heumann (Preservation) John Zukowsky in the Art Institute' s Burnham Library architec­ W. Genesee St. , Fayetteville, NY 13066 South Gulf tural gallery; the show is entitled "Chicago Plan 1909-1979." Stephen Olney (1st Vice Pres.) Humberto Rodrlguez-Camilloni December meeting of this chapter will be the customary ''Show Ed Polk Douglas (2nd Vice Pres.) (Acting Pres.). School of and Tell." David Rowe (Sec.-Treas.) Architecture, Tulane University, Paul Malo (Preservation) New Orleans, LA 70118 Decorative Arts. A conference was held Oct. 19 and 20 at the Minnesota Texas Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, which included sessions Linn Ann Cowles, AlA (Pres.), John S. Garner (Pres.), Greenwich Design , Box 611 , Dept. of Architecture on Collections, Technology, Conservation, and Professional 910\6 Excelsior Ave., West College of Arch itecture & and Related Groups, the general theme being "Decorative Arts Hopkins, MN 55343 Environmental Design Thomas Martinson (Vice Pres.) Texas A&M University Archives." The Sept. issue of their newsletter included notes on Eileen Michels (Sec.) College Station, TX 77843 exhibits, a call for papers for the session at the SAH general Joseph Michels (Treas.) Joseph Oppermann (Vice Pres.) meeting, other news notes, books reviews, and a letter to the Basil Filonowich (Prec""''ation) David Hoffmann (Sec.) M. Buie Harwood (Treas.) editor and reply. To find out about subscribing write: David A. Hanks, S I 231, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560.

2 Harley McKee (Central New York). An exhibit and symposium CHARLES E . PETERSON (founder of HABS and former SAH in September honored three Syracuse architects, Horatio Nelson president) for his work in preservation. Travelling to China last White, Archimedes Russell, and Joseph Lyman Silsbee. spring with the AlA group were JOHN A. BRYANT and JOHN H. SPENCER. The following persons spoke during Smithsonian Missouri Valley. George Ehrlich spoke at the Sept. meeting courses in the spring: GIORGIO CAVAGLIERI , PAUL about his new book Kansas City, Missouri: An Architectural GOLDBERGER, ARTHUR COTTON MOORE, FREDERICK History , 1826-1976. The next meeting was a trip to the chapter GUTHEIM, JOHN FONDERSMITH, and HUGH HARDY. archives. NOELLE SOREN of the Missouri Office of Historic Preserva­ tion has been accepted for the I 980 course in architectural con­ University of Virginia Chapter. In the spring, the chapter had a servation at the International Center for the Study of the Preser­ picnic with the art history students association, and hosted the vation and Restoration of Cultural Property in Rome, Italy. Icon visit of the Latrobe Chapter to Charlottesville in May. In Sep­ Editions has published A Concise History ofAmerican Architec­ tember, David Yeomans spoke on Peter Nicholson; a field trip to ture by LELAND ROTH. The T. Jeff League Building in San Chestertown, MD took place on the 29th. Antonio has been restored by FORD, POWELL AND CAR­ SON. New member of the NYC Art Commission is MARGOT GAYLE. JOAN DRAPER is now teaching at the University of NEWS OF MEMBERS Illinois, Chicago Circle. HARRY WEESE and ROMALDO GIURGOLA participated in a panel discussion of design ex­ THOMAS SCHLERETH was among the speakers at the 1979 cellence at the AlA convention in June. TWA also tackled the Winterthur conference on The Craftsman. For the ASCA north­ issue of future cities, and interviewed VINCENT KLING among eastern regional meeting in Pittsburgh in November, DELBERT others. R. RANDALL VOSBECK AlA VP and presidential HIGHLANDS and RICHARD OLIVER were among those ad­ nominee, served as judge for the Department of Defense Design dressing the theme of' 'Representation and Architecture.' ' '' Ar­ Awards Program. CARL CONDIT spoke in October at the Ar­ chitecture in the 1980' s' ' is the title of a series moderated for the chitects in Industry seminar, "Research and Building Technol­ Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in NYC by AN­ ogy: Present, Past and Future." BURTCH W. BEALL, JR. was DREW MacNAIR. CHRISTIAN OTTO (SAHJournal editor) is a speaker at a seismic seminar held in Utah in Sept. CHARLES scheduled to speak in February at the Hirshorn Museum at a R. MACK gave papers on Renaissance subjects in October at symposium called "The Muses Flee Hitler. " At the AlA's Pres­ both the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at SUNY, ervation Breakfast in Kansas City , BERND FOERSTER and Binghamton, and the Southeastern College Art Conference. RICHARD LONGSTRETH spoke. WOLFGANG LOTZ has been visiting professor at the Institute of Fine Arts this fall. ESTHER McCOY, editor of the newly published Vi enna to Los James Grote Van Derpool, 1903-1979 Angeles: Two Journeys-letters of Schindler and Sullivan-is enjoying a Guggenheim this year. Winner of the Arnold W. News has reached us that James Grote Van Derpool died on Brunner Scholarship for 1979 is JAMES RUSH JARRETT, who September 21, 1979, in Santa Monica, California, after a long, will work on a book about Sixtus V and Baroque Rome. An heroically borne illness. James Van Derpool was born in New article about natural cement by the late HARLEY J. McKEE has York City. He studied architecture at MIT, spent a year at the been published in Concrete International for June 1979. Another American Academy in Rome, a further year at the Ecole des Guggenheim winner is FRANKLIN K .B. TOKER, who will Beaux Arts, and received a master's degree from Harvard in continue work on Florence Cathedral. The Virginia Foundation 1929, a rich combination of training which gave initial grounding for Architectural Education Inc. has organized a preservation to the breadth and depth of his later activities. He practiced fund named in honor of MARY WINGFIELD SCOTT. Among architecture briefly in (1930- I 93 I), but from then on those delivering papers at the ACSA meeting in Savannah that devoted his entire life to what he loved most-the architecture of followed the SAH meeting there, were SAH members ROBERT the past and its history. He taught art and architecture at the CRAIG, RONALD SCHMITT, RICHARD WAGNER, WIL­ University of Illinois (1932-1946) where he also headed the art LIAM MURTAGH, TOM HUBKA, RON WIEDENHOEFT, department (1939-1946). In 1946 he succeeded Talbot Hamlin as LEOPOLD ADLER, PETER McCLEARY, and ED BACON. the librarian of the A very Architectural Library at Columbia For this year' s U.S. Army Chief of Engineers Design and En­ University, a position he held until I 960. As Avery Librarian, his vironmental Awards, JOHN F. HARTRA Y, JR. acted as judge. impact was great. He presided over the remarkable growth of SKIDMORE OWINGS AND MERRILL has completed the new the institution, making it into a national center of architectural San Francisco Opera House; the building was discussed at the scholarship, and, with outstanding foresight, pursued the acqui­ AlA's spring meeting in that city. Persons interested in the sition not only of rare and unusual books which would now be Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works may contact unavailable, but also of American nineteenth- and twentieth­ MARTHA MORALES at the AIC office, 1522 K St., N.W., century material. The Library will always be in his debt. While Washington, D.C. 20005 . Several architects were interviewed by Avery Librarian, James VanDerpool was also Professor of Ar­ United Airlines Mainliner magazine about their views on future chitecture at Columbia's School of Architecture. He then be­ cities; among them were SAH members R. BUCKMIN­ came Acting Dean of the School from 1959- I 960 and Associate STER FULLER, STAN LEY TIGERMAN, CHLOETHIEL Dean from 1960-196 I. In 1962, he started on a new brilliant WOODARD SMITH , and WOLF VON ECKARDT. BETTY career, doing pioneer work in architectural preservation. As the LOU CUSTER is a member of the St. Louis AlA chapter who is first Executive Director of the Landmarks Preservation Com­ administering a generous scholarship set up for the study of mission of New York City (1962-1965), he played an important architecture by St. Louis residents, through the kindness of Mrs. part in drafting the legislation that has done so much to protect Hester Ranft and Miss Ruth Ranft, in honor of their husband and the city's heritage. It is legislation after which many American father Ralph P. Ranft. At the AlA convention in June, DOUG­ cities have modeled theirs, and the fine hand of James Grote Van LAS HASKELL received a medal for his work in editing, and Derpool can thus be recognized across the land. As Advisor to

3 the , and as an early Board member of the the example of Rudolf Wittkower, whose arrival in 1955 turned National Trust, James Van Derpool's influence on the national Lewine to Cinquecento studies. He first went to Rome in 1958 preservation movement and on the concepts involved in preser­ and wrote an encyclopaedic dissertation on church decoration vation was likewise strongly felt and often cited. after the Sack. In 1960 he began a two-year residence in Rome as James VanDerpool was-last but not least-also one of the Art History Fellow at the American Academy; he and his wife Society's most dedicated and prominent members. He joined the Carol, whom he married on the Campidoglio, spent every sum­ Society in its earliest years, was a director in 1952 and 1953 and mer in Rome thereafter. He was Art Historian in Residence at the Vice-president in 1954. He became President in 1955, an office he Academy in 1972 , and served as President of its Society of held with distinction for two years. He then served as a Director Fellows from 1973-75 . Despite illness, he returned to Rome the from 1957 to 1960. summer of his death. James Van Derpool-if the personal remarks of one who Milton Lewine was an avid archivist and researcher, painstak­ worked closely with him and succeeded him as Avery Librarian ing and exacting, with an inquiring mind that did not accept easy may be permitted-was a rare representative of the doer as a answers. After years of work in the archives of the Madonna dei scholar, or the scholar as a doer. He combined charm with Monti, he even became expert on problems connected with firmness , sophistication with energy, a cultivated mind with medieval towers and firepower, since the early history of the land marked administrative ability . All who knew him will remember involved the Torre dei Conti. His wide-ranging pursuits pre­ him with fondness and respect, and the Society will long remain vented him from publishing before he had what seemed to him to in his debt. be all of the information needed, and as a result we have lost a -Contributed by Adolf K. Placzek great deal of knowledge as well as a delightful man with his death. Fortunately, he did write major articles: on Sant' Anna dei Pala­ frenieri and Pius IV's plans for the Vatican (Art Bulletin, XLVII, Milton J. Lewine 1965) , and on Roman church architecture after the Sack (Stil und Uber/ief erung in der Kunst des A bend/andes , II , Berlin, Milton J. Lewine, Professor of Art History at Columbia Univer­ 1967)-a little classic, and amusing as well. He published a sity and a specialist in Italian Renaissance architecture, died of learned note on Vignola and Nanni in the SAH Journal (XL VIII, cancer on 31 July 1979 in New York, shortly before his fifty-first 1969), and was most recently engaged in research on Palladia's birthday. He graduated from Columbia College in 1952 and his Maser. professional life was spent entirely at Columbia. In the graduate Lewine was a fastidious and imaginative editor. He produced department he studied with the great professors of the time: the catalogue of the Columbia exhibition, Masters of the Loaded Held, Lee, Meiss, Schapiro. His career was ultimately formed by Brush (New York, 1967) , edited the two volumes of Studies Advertisement The Architecture of John F. Staub HOUSTON AND THE SOUTH By Howard Barnstone Foreword by Vincent Scully For five decades, John F. Staub designed homes for the elite of Houston and the South. His eclectic style, with its air of gentle allusion, produced houses of enduring beauty and interest. Staub's designs ranged from modest bay houses to spectacular mansions, from romantic to colonial to modern. This volume provides a comprehen­ sive introduction to his work and a reappraisal of the eclectic adaptation of historic forms to contemporary use. Included is a portfolio of Staub's finest houses, each fully documented and accompanied by contemporary and historic illustrations. Published in cooperation with th e Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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4 presented to Wittkower in 1967, and was Book Review Editor of such indirect contributions, however, SAH's place in the The Art Bulletin from 1974-77. I am more indebted to him than I preservation movement has remained largely undefined. can say for his careful editing and criticism, a self-denying talent The preservation committee was reorganized in April, 1979, that was recognized and acknowledged by Wittkower in the first and charged with the initial task of delineating specific ob­ edition of his Pelican History in 1958 . jectives for the Society whereby its role in preservation Along with these facts should be mentioned the extraordinarily could be strengthened. attractive qualities of the man: he was intelligent and generous; he was also witty, occasionally acid, and sometimes outrageous. II. Objectives His gift for friendship was enormous-he was close to people as The basic role of SAH in preservation, as in other areas, diverse and as interesting as John Harris, Richard Krautheimer, should be as a learned society, complementing the efforts of and the late Anthony M. Clark. He was an amusing and learned activist organizations. Its objectives should reflect the fun­ lecturer; his patience and sympathy made him an extraordinary damental contribution the discipline can make to the preser­ teacher. His outstanding offerings included a two-semester vation process: the identification, selection, and analysis of graduate course on Rome in the Renaissance that was full of his elements in the built environment which are significant charm and wit and arcane knowledge. Many students considered within a historical context. These objectives recognize dif­ his seminar on Raphael to be the best course they had ever taken. ferences between work generally conducted by architectural For years he served as Departmental Representative to Colum­ historians in academic institutions and those in preservation bia' s Division of General Studies, and he was director of organizations and that both areas of activity can be equally Graduate Studies in the Department from 1969-1972 . important. Even as an undergraduate Lewine was a collector and over the Both groups play a significant role in furthering the knowl­ years he and Carol accumulated a fascinating group of works, edge of and appreciation for our cultural legacy. The work of chiefly Italian of the sixteenth to eighteenth century. the academician can offer an essential foundation and con­ The Department of Art History and Archaelogy has named a text for research by those in preservation. Data gathered in Travelling Fellowship in his honor. Contributions are tax­ surveys and other investigative projects undertaken by pres­ deductible and should be made out to Columbia University; ervation groups can test scholarly deductions, identify new Lewine Fellowship, 815 Schermerhorn Hall, Columbia Univer­ historical resources, and provide a wealth of information for sity, New York, NY 10027. the academician. Obviously, a considerable degree of over­ - Contributed by Howard Hibbard lap does (and should) exist between the two groups. The extension of architectural history as a professional discipline into the preservation field is a new phenomenon, PRESERVATION carrying with it demands that were relatively unknown or considered to be of minor importance by many in the profes­ In April, 1979, a new Committee on Preservation was formed. Its sion only a few years ago. With those demands in mind, the members include: Richard W. Longstreth, chairman (Kansas committee has formulated four basic objectives to guide its State University), David Chase (R.I. Historical Preservation activities and the involvement of SAH in preservation gen­ Commission), Richard Cloues (Georgia Department of Natural erally. Resources), Alexander Cochran, FAIA (Baltimore, Md.), Julia Davis (Kennett Square, Pa.), George Ehrlich (University of Mis­ souri, Kansas City), Robert Giebner (University of Arizona), A. Encourage further development of criteria for evalua­ Chester Liebs (University of Vermont), Osmund Overby (Uni­ tion of elements in the built environment. versity of Missouri, Columbia), Anatole Senkevitch (University The scope of study and appreciation has broadened to of Maryland), Michael Tomlan (Cornell University), and Sally include not only a greater range of periods, types, and Woodbridge (University of California-Berkeley). approaches to design, but also to encompass a broader As an initial charge, the committee was asked to prepare a spectrum of values. The artifact is now seen as an report delineating the basic objectives of SAH in preservation indicator of certain aspirations, needs, and habits of the and proposing the means by which those objectives could be society which created it , as well as an example of attained. That report was approved by the Board of Directors on certain formal or technical developments. Vernacular September 15 . An abbreviated version of Part I is reprinted here. design of the recent past commands respect along with Persons interested in participating in projects or wanting copies the work of leading architects, landscape architects, of the complete report may contact: Richard W. Longstreth, engineers, and planners. Coordinator, Graduate Studies in Historic Preservation, College of Architecture and Design, Kansas State University, Manhat­ B. Foster clarification of and consistency in the nomen­ tan, Kansas 66506. clature used to classify elements in the built environ­ ment.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ARCHITECTURAL PRESERVATION C. Promote high standards of teaching the history of the built environment in academic programs which train Part I people f or preservation work . Numerous questions need to be addressed. To what I. Charge extent, for instance, should ancient, medieval, Renais­ Since its founding in 1940, SAH has expressed a commit­ sance, and Baroque architecture be studied? Should ment to historic preservation. Among the most valuable courses on materials and construction techniques used roles of the Society in this regard has been encouraging high throughout the history of American architecture be standards of historical investigation and analysis. Beyond required? Should training be offered in methods of

5 applying academic skills to practical situations? Should REPORT ON ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY EDUCATION architectural historians who want to teach in preserva­ IN GRADUATE ART HISTORY PROGRAMS tion programs receive special training? Equally pressing is the need to examine the scope of Part 1-Findings coursework in the history of the built environment which should be given to persons planning to enter The following information has been assembled from a question­ other areas of preservation (administration, planning, naire sent to the Art History departments with graduate pro­ design, etc.). grams offering a concentration in architectural history, which The preservation and education committees of SAH were listed in the College Art Association 1978 Survey of Ph.D. should take a leading role in advancing standards for Programs in Art History. The purpose of the questionnaire and this area of preservation education and by providing a of this report has been to determine what type of training is platform for discussion of major issues. offered in graduate programs in architectural history in accre­ dited art history departments, and if this training will prepare the D. Foster greater awareness among the general public of student to teach architectural history in schools of architecture. the importance ofarchitectural history in the preserva­ tion process. Art Departments offering Architectural History Programs Twenty-three art history departments, of a total of forty-four departments offering Ph.D. programs, indicated that they of­ TASK FORCE REPORT-PART IV fered a "field" in architectural history, according to the CAA survey. Of these, seventeen responded to the survey. This is the concluding part of the taskforce report on the situa- tion and activities of the SAH Historical Areas offered in Architectural History Programs Of the graduate programs in which architectural history is con- PART C-PRESERVATION sidered to be a ·'field ,'' by far the greatest emphasis in historical The Committee on Architectural Preservation ofSAH, together with the Task areas is placed on American (offered in ten departments) and Force, would appreciate answers to the following questions: Modern (offered in twelve departments). These two areas are 00 followed by those of the Renaissance (offered in seven depart- ..,00 00 ments). Ancient architecture is offered in four departments; Is- u 00 .2 u ., ~ 00 Iamie and Building Technology are offered in one each. Ten e ~ i': c