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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 14 Mar 2016
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| 27 Sep 2022 | recordings processed (IRP) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Beckman, Ronald H. |
| Title: | Ron Beckman Papers |
| Dates: | 1920-2010 [estimate] |
| Quantity: | 1 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American industrial designer, architect, and professor. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Ronald H. Beckman is an American industrial designer. He was vice-president of the design firm George Nelson and Co. (whose clients included Herman Miller and General Electric), director of the Research and Design Institute (created to support economic development in New England and conduct design research to improve the quality of life), and an Associate Professor at Syracuse University. In 1967 Beckman received the first graphic design grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to advance highway communication and safety.
The collection is unprocessed at this time and is still actively growing.
The collection is unprocessed and remains in original order.
Access Restrictions:
Access to audiovisual material requires advance notice to produce a use copy.
The remainder of the collection is currently unprocessed and not available for research. Please contact Special Collections Research Center for more information.
Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Persons
Beckman, Ronald H.
Corporate Bodies
Herman Miller, Inc.
REDE Corp.
Research and Design Institute.
Subjects
Industrial design -- Environmental aspects.
Industrial design -- History.
Industrial design -- Philosophy.
Industrial design -- Social aspects.
Industrial design.
Renewable energy sources -- Research.
Genres and Forms
Catalogs (documents)
Occupations
Industrial designers -- United States.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Ron Beckman Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of Ron Beckman.
[Papers]
Recordings
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| RESTRICTED: Access to audiovisual material requires advance notice to produce a use copy. | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Socio-Physical Design Symposium: Dr. Charter, part 1 (tape 1 of 12) 1969 - sponsored by Office Design Magazine (Audio cassette) (ID#: beckman_rh_001) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Socio-Physical Design Symposium: Dr. Charter, part 2 (tape 2 of 12) 1969 - sponsored by Office Design Magazine (Audio cassette) (ID#: beckman_rh_002) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Socio-Physical Design Symposium: Dr. Irvin Altman, part 1 (tape 4 of 12) 1969 - sponsored by Office Design Magazine (Audio cassette) (ID#: beckman_rh_004) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Socio-Physical Design Symposium: Dr. Irvin Altman, part 2 (tape 5 of 12) 1969 - sponsored by Office Design Magazine (Audio cassette) (ID#: beckman_rh_005) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Socio-Physical Design Symposium: Robert Beck (tape 3 of 12) 1969 - sponsored by Office Design Magazine (Audio cassette) (ID#: beckman_rh_003) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Socio-Physical Design Symposium: Michael Brill (tape 6 of 12) 1969 - sponsored by Office Design Magazine (Audio cassette) (ID#: beckman_rh_006) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Socio-Physical Design Symposium: Dr. Steel (tape 7 of 12) 1969 - sponsored by Office Design Magazine (Audio cassette) (ID#: beckman_rh_007) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Socio-Physical Design Symposium: Ronald Beckman (tape 8 of 12) 1969 - sponsored by Office Design Magazine (Audio cassette) (ID#: beckman_rh_008) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Socio-Physical Design Symposium: Dr. Robert Kastenbaum (tape 9 of 12) 1969 - sponsored by Office Design Magazine (Audio cassette) (ID#: beckman_rh_009) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Socio-Physical Design Symposium: Questions to Beckman and Kastenbaum (tape 10 of 12) 1969 - sponsored by Office Design Magazine (Audio cassette) (ID#: beckman_rh_010) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Socio-Physical Design Symposium: Jivan Tabibian (tape 11 of 12) 1969 - sponsored by Office Design Magazine (Audio cassette) (ID#: beckman_rh_011) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Socio-Physical Design Symposium: Questions and Answers of the Seminar (tape 12 of 12) 1969 - sponsored by Office Design Magazine (Audio cassette) (ID#: beckman_rh_012) | ||||||||||