View Series X. Architecture and Planning Activitites

Series XI. Higher Education Activities

Despite his distrust of the academic world, Mumford had a long and distinguished teaching career that he pursued intermittently between his book projects. The lecture notes, administrative and class materials, student papers, and clippings contained in these boxes reflect Mumford's commitment to educational theory and practice. In addition to his many appointments as a visiting professor, he was a member of the New York City Board of Higher Education in the 1930s, and head of the humanities program at Stanford in the early 1940s. The bulk of the material in this series is from Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania, with smaller amounts from other institutions and activities. For unknown reasons, Mumford's work at the North Carolina State College School of Design is represented by only a few lecture notes, although a copy of the catalog that he prepared for the school is filed with articles, and there is pertinent correspondence as well.