The collection is arranged into four series.Ĭonsists of academic and professional correspondences, drafts and reference materials. For the majority of the collection, Colquhoun's folder titles have been maintained and the material has been arranged chronologically. Many of the photographs were taken by Colquhoun himself, to be used later in his teaching, while the drawings consist of both student work and reproductions of works from his practice with John Miller.

The visual materials (photographs and drawings) straddle the two categories. The personal papers consist mainly of correspondences with friends and family, as well as notebooks, which Colquhoun kept from the 1940s. The academic papers pertain mainly to Colquhoun's career as a writer and theoretician and professor at Princeton University's School of Architecture. The collection is broken down into personal and academic papers. This collection is composed primarily of correspondence, memoranda, course material, photographs, drawings and slides. Subseries 3: Albums, Notes, and Other Papers.All original copies of audio / moving image media are closed. Unique time-based media items have been reformatted and are available onsite via links in the container list. For further information and to make an appointment, please email collection is open for research. This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Modern Architecture by Alan Colquhoun