Will Burtin Papers, c.1857-1972 - RIT Libraries - Rochester Institute ...

95.20 “Communication of Ideas:” American Association for the Advancement
of Science – Pacific division, June 23, 1955; includes hand and
typewritten drafts.
95.20-.21 Correspondence, c.1949-1969; includes lecture invitations, flier.
95.22 Remarks: AIGA Medal award committee chairman, 1962; includes
speech awarding Willem Sandberg the 1962 Medal of the American
Institute of Graphic Arts.
95.23 “New Opportunities for Three-Dimensional Communication:”
Association of National Advertisers, August 24, 1966; includes speech
transcript, correspondence.
96.1 “Symbols in Communication:” ICTA Philadelphia address, October 14,
1966; includes hand and typewritten drafts.
96.2 “Speech by Will Burtin,” March 28, 1967; includes typewritten draft,
handwritten notes, book: Einzelheiten I by Hans Magnus Enzensberger
[in German].
96.3 “Communication as an Environment:” Harvard University and
University of Illinois, 1967-1968; includes typed and handwritten drafts,
correspondence.
96.4 “Fortschritte in Forschung und Design auf dem Gebiet der
Kommunikation [Advances in Communications Research and Design]:”
Ulm, Germany, November 2, 1970; includes typewritten drafts in
German with handwritten notes.
96.5 Excerpts from remarks: Society of Publication Designers awards dinner,
April 14, 1971
Subseries E. Teachings, c.1946-1971
Scope and content: Contains course lectures dating from the late 1940s, presumably given
at the Pratt Institute, where Burtin was on staff. Also includes his 1971 appointment as
Research Fellow and Lecturer in Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard. Records
also reflect his role as consultant to the Philadelphia College of Art Graphic Design
Department and California Institute of Art School of Design. Other files include unrealized
offers to Burtin as a visiting artist, professor, or lecturer.
Arrangement: Chronological.
96.6 Course lectures, 1946; includes lectures given April 10, 17, 1946.
Burtin papers, page 134