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Arthur L. Loeb papers (SP 7.0)

Rhode Island School of Design Archives

Rhode Island School of Design Archives
Fleet Library at RISD
2 College Street
Providence, RI 02903
Tel: 401-709-5922
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Inventory

Series I. Arthur L. Loeb Biographical Information, 1950-2000
1 box

In this series, biographical information and items created by Arthur L. Loeb can be found. Included within this series is a comprehensive collection of his academic writings and research papers as well as photos, biographical materials, lab reports from his time at the Kennecott Copper Company in Lexington, Massachusetts and miscellaneous ephemera. Loeb was a scholar and wrote many orignal academic and scholarly papers based on his own personal research. These academic papers include material on theories within the field of design science, symmetry, computing, and crystallography. There is also a small collection of correspondences available between himself and other academics/former students. A full biography written by Loeb is also included here.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Arthur Loeb Biographical Material
1950-2000
Box 1, Folder 2 Recommendations
1956-1993
Box 1, Folder 3 Correspondences
1973-1997
Box 1, Folder 4 Loeb Research Articles
1950-1959
Box 1, Folder 5 Loeb Research Articles
1960-1969
Box 1, Folder 6 Loeb Research Articles
1970-1979
Box 1, Folder 7 Loeb Research Articles
1980-1989
Box 1, Folder 8 Loeb Research Articles
1990-1999
Box 1, Folder 9 Undated Loeb Writing
Undated
Box 1, Folder 10 Reviews
1970-1979
Box 1, Folder 11 Ledgemont Laboratory
1964-1971
Box 1, Folder 12 AM92 Conference
1991-1994
Box 1, Folder 13 Cameron University Diversity Conference
1993-1994
Box 1, Folder 14 Symmetry Festival
February 1973
Box 15, Folder 15 Philomorphs Group
1987-1995
Box 1, Folder 16 Dudley House, Harvard University
1979-1987
Box 1, Folder 17 The Golden Mean Exhibition
1991
Box 1, Folder 18 Posters
1981-1989
Box 1, Folder 19 Miscellaneous #1
1966-1994
Box 1, Folder 20 Miscellaneous #2
1966-1994
Box 1, Folder 21 Photos
Undated
Box 1, Folder 22 Photo Essay
Undated
Box 1, Folder 23 Unwrapping the Cube: A Photographic Essay by A. Loeb and C. Todd Stuart
Undated

Series II. Arthur L. Loeb Visual Materials, 1954-2008
19 boxes

In this series, items created by Arthur L. Loeb can be found. Included within this series is a collection of his watercolor paintings, biographical materials, designs, posters from Loeb's personal collection (as well as some created by him), and various multimedia. Video recording of his workshops as well as some teaching materials and a recording from his memorial service can be found. Multimedia student projects are included.

Boxes 10-20 contain posters collected by Loeb, several of which are M.C. Escher posters from Escher's 1982 Jerusalem art show. Patterns found in nature and quilt patchwork are represented as well.

Container Description Date
Box 2 Video and Media: VHS, Floppy Disk, and DVD
1982-2008
Box 3 Calendars
1980-2000
Box 4-5 Watercolors
Undated
Box 6 Framed Geo Artwork
Undated
Box 7 Patterns and Prints
Undated
Box 8 Poster Designs
Undated
Box 9 Matted Geo Artwork
Undated
Box 10 Dragonfly Wing
Undated
Box 11-13 The Charles and Evelyn Kramer Gift of M.C. Escher Graphic Work, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Summer 1982
1982
Box 14 Pearce Structures Calendar
1988
Box 15 Ettore Sottsass Jr., From the End Product to The Product's End, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Spring 1978
1978
Box 16 Margit Echols Patchwork Samples
Undated
Box 17 Dymaxion Airocean World, Buckminster Fuller and Soji Sadao
1954
Box 18 Plant Hallucinogens
Undated
Box 19 Geometric Circle
Undated
Box 20 Loeb Print
Undated

Series III. Design Science teaching materials, 1965-2007
9 boxes

Teaching materials compose most of the items within this series. Loeb retained much of his notes for teaching. This series spans 1970 to 2000 and contains multiple media including ephemera, DVD's, approximately 5,000 35mm slides, a cloth banner, and approximately 150 glass lantern slides. A variety of research articles from other professionals within the design science, architecture, and other various design fields can be found within this portion of the collection as well as research items of personal interest to Loeb. Materials and presentations used directly in his classes are also included. Some of his teaching materials include design patterns, assignment and homework prompts, and class handouts.

Container Description Date
Box 21, Folder 1 Visual and Environmental Studies Course Information
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 2 Miscellaneous Teaching Materials #1
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 3 Miscellaneous Teaching Materials #2
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 4 Miscellaneous Teaching Materials #3
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 5 Miscellaneous Teaching Materials #4
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 6 Miscellaneous Teaching Materials #5
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 7 VES 175 and 176 - Design Science (Harvard University) #1
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 8 VES 175 and 176 - Design Science (Harvard University) #2
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 9 "On Painting" Freshman Seminar 1977 (Harvard University)
1977
Box 21, Folder 10 Project Synergy
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 11 Renaissance and Teaching
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 12 Bibliography--Design Science
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 13 Agriculture
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 14 Anecdotes and Cartoons
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 15 Architecture
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 16 Art, Tech, and History of Science
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 17 Buckminster Fuller
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 18 Cloth, Clothing, Costumes, and Quilts
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 19 Color and Symmetry
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 20 Computers and Communication
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 21 Escher
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 22 Growth and Biological and Ecological Form
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 23 Hyperspace and Plane Symmetry
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 24 Islamic Art
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 25 Kaleidoscopes and Mirrors
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 26 Models and Toys
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 27 Moduledra
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 28 Netherlands - Modularity
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 29 Polyhedra - Miscellaneous
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 30 Root Blocks
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 31 Shaping Space
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 32 Structures
1970-2000
Box 21, Folder 33 Illusions
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 1 "Bob" Morton Bradley
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 2 Stewart Coffin
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 3 H.S.M. Coxeter
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 4 Ole Immanuel Franksen
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 5 Yasushi Kajikawa
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 6 Jay Kappraff
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 7 J.S.W. Lamb
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 8 Lucio Loreto
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 9 Doris Schattschneider
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 10 Lillian Schwartz
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 11 Franz Spaepen
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 12 Duncan R. Stuart
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 13 H.F. Verheyen - Jitterbug Transformations
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 14 Miscellaneous Articles and Research Papers #1
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 15 Miscellaneous Articles and Research Papers #2
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 16 Miscellaneous Articles and Research Papers #3
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 17 Miscellaneous Articles and Research Papers #4
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 18 Miscellaneous Articles and Research Papers #5
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 19 Newspaper Clippings #1
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 20 Newspaper Clippings #2
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 21 Education and Environmental Science Journals
1970-2000
Box 22, Folder 22 Ancestry Computing
1983-1986
Box 22, Folder 23 Reflections on Space
1983-1987
Box 22, Folder 24 Synergetica
1985-1986
Box 22, Folder 25 Trimtab Bulletin
1986-1987
Box 23, Folder 1 Student Slides
1981-1986
Box 23, Folder 2 Escher
1985
Box 23, Folder 3 Studio Overviews
Undated
Box 23, Folder 4 Loeb Exhibits
1972
Box 23, Folder 5 Photos - Netherlands
Undated
Box 23, Folder 6 Illustrations
1979-1981
Box 23, Folder 7 Ellipsoid Thermal Crystal
Undated
Box 23, Folder 8 Cube Transformation
1976-1978
Box 23, Folder 9 Golden Section
1980-1984
Box 23, Folder 10 Golden Section
1977-1987
Box 23, Folder 11 Loeb Symmetry Graphics
1965-1970
Box 23, Folder 12 Transformations
1977-1985
Box 23, Folder 13 Miscellaneous #1
1980-1986
Box 23, Folder 14 Miscellaneous #2
1976-1985
Box 23, Folder 15 Miscellaneous #3
Undated
Box 23, Folder 16 Leonard Diggins
Undated
Box 23, Folder 17 Puzzles and Games
1985-1986
Box 23, Folder 18 Saidel Eggs
1984
Box 23, Folder 19 Bodden/Spider
Undated
Box 23, Folder 20 McQueston Computer Graphics
1984
Box 23, Folder 21 Needlepoint, Quilts, and Textiles
1984-1985
Box 23, Folder 22 Furniture
1979-1984
Box 23, Folder 23 Playgrounds
1982-1987
Box 23, Folder 24 Architecture
1986
Box 23, Folder 25 Kites
1981-1984
Box 23, Folder 26 Keltner/Parquet
Undated
Box 23, Folder 27 Newton Ho
1986
Box 23, Folder 28 Vector Equilibrium Synergy
Undated
Box 23, Folder 29 Kahn
Undated
Box 23, Folder 30 Jitterbug
1979
Box 23, Folder 31 Dubois
1977
Box 23, Folder 32 Starr
1985
Box 23, Folder 33 Oakley
1984
Box 23, Folder 34 Tensegrity
1984-1986
Box 23, Folder 35 Loeb Exhibit
1980-1984
Box 23, Folder 36 Anamorphosis
1980
Box 23, Folder 37 Design Science Lecture - Oklahoma, April 24, 1992
1992
Box 23, Folder 38 September and October 1966
1966
Box 23, Folder 39 Bloembergen
1985
Box 23, Folder 40 Moduledra
1980-1984
Box 23, Folder 41 Programmed Instruction
Undated
Box 23, Folder 42 Design Science 25 - Magnus Snorrason 1988
1988
Box 23, Folder 43 Miscellaneous #4
1966-1988
Box 24, Folder 1 Spirals
1980
Box 24, Folder 2 Swirnoff
Undated
Box 24, Folder 3 Alderman/Loeb
1983
Box 24, Folder 4 Hyper Solids
1975-1988
Box 24, Folder 5 Brisson
1976
Box 24, Folder 6 John Lesseron
Undated
Box 24, Folder 7 Oja
Undated
Box 24, Folder 8 Vedder Wright
1988
Box 24, Folder 9 Diggins
Undated
Box 24, Folder 10 Loeb and Varmey
Undated
Box 24, Folder 11 Mallinson
Undated
Box 24, Folder 12 Siegel
1988
Box 24, Folder 13 Gluek Stellations
1988
Box 24, Folder 14 Masunaga
1986
Box 24, Folder 15 Polyhedra
Undated
Box 24, Folder 16 Stella October 1986
1986
Box 24, Folder 17 Richardson
Undated
Box 24, Folder 18 Lampros
1984
Box 24, Folder 19 Martin
1981
Box 24, Folder 20 Yhuralde
1976
Box 24, Folder 21 Huebler Conceptual Art
Undated
Box 24, Folder 22 Loeb Slide Show
1974-1975
Box 24, Folder 23 Kindshita
1981
Box 24, Folder 24 Historic Graphs
1975-1988
Box 24, Folder 25 Kinship
1979
Box 24, Folder 26 Color Symmetry
1971-1972
Box 24, Folder 27 23 Loeb
1979
Box 24, Folder 28 Symmetry Groups
1965-1970
Box 24, Folder 29 Haughten and Loeb
Undated
Box 24, Folder 30 Loeb Spring 1993
1993
Box 24, Folder 31 Platonic/Archimed.
1978
Box 24, Folder 32 Schlegel
Undated
Box 24, Folder 33 Spalding
1976-1978
Box 24, Folder 34 Edmondson
1980
Box 24, Folder 35 Yoko Kawai/Hiroki Sugiyama
Undated
Box 24, Folder 36 Judd
1976
Box 24, Folder 37 Paul Tange
1980
Box 24, Folder 38 Korman Modules
1980
Box 24, Folder 39 Ribbon Groups
1986
Box 24, Folder 40 Domes
1980
Box 24, Folder 41 Symmetry Examples
1974-1986
Box 24, Folder 42 Spheres Packings
1985
Box 24, Folder 43 Fractals
Undated
Box 24, Folder 44 Architectural Analysis
1986
Box 24, Folder 45 Miscellaneous #5
1987-1991
Box 24, Folder 46 Polyhedral Coordinate
1981
Box 24, Folder 47 Historic Illustrations
1986
Box 24, Folder 48 Escher
1985
Box 24, Folder 49 Symmetry in the Plane
1977-1985
Box 24, Folder 50 Color Symmetry
1975-1988
Box 24, Folder 51 Feldman
1976-1983
Box 24, Folder 52 Math Equation
1974
Box 24, Folder 53 Dirichlet
Undated
Box 24, Folder 54 Portfolio
1985
Box 24, Folder 55 Synergetics, Yasuhiro Akie
Undated
Box 24, Folder 56 Becky
1980-1988
Box 24, Folder 57 Randolph
1985
Box 24, Folder 58 130r Spring 1967, Munari, Slide Projecy
1967
Box 25-26 Lantern Slides
Undated
Box 27 Design Science cloth banner
Undated
Box 28 Visual, Print, Painting (Joseph D. Clinton)
2007
Box 29 Color and Symmetry Exhibition
Undated

Series IV. Student Work, 1970-2000
6 boxes

Student materials comprise Series IV. Assignment prompts accompany some of the finished products. Final papers and projects in various formats are provided. Paintings, papers, computer coding and programs, as well as a handmade and designed refugee tent is presented here. Items here range predominantly from 1970 to 2000. Some items are of unknown authorship.

Container Description Date
Box 30, Folder 1 Student Assignments #1
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 2 Student Assignments #2
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 3 Student Assignments #3
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 4 Student Assignments #4
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 5 Student Assignments #5
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 6 Student Assignments #6
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 7 Student Assignments #7
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 8 Student Assignments #8
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 8 Student Assignments #8
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 9 Student Assignments #9
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 10 Student Assignments #10
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 11 Student Assignments #11
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 12 Student Assignments #12
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 13 Student Assignments #13
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 14 Student Assignments #14
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 15 Student Assignments #15
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 16 Student Assignments #16
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 17 Open Studio Questionaires
1988
Box 30, Folder 18 Jory Bell
1990
Box 30, Folder 19 Randy Bishop
1989
Box 30, Folder 20 Dynamic Polyhedral Transformations - Andrew Spalding
1978
Box 30, Folder 21 Miguel Rudno VES 176
1970-2000
Box 30, Folder 22 Freshman Seminar, "Anamorphic Art", S. Weissman
1970-2000
Box 31 Student Projects #1
1970-2000
Box 32 Student Projects #2
1970-2000
Box 33 Student Projects #3
1970-2000
Box 34 Student Projects (Oversized Materials)
1970-2000
Box 35 Student Project: Refugee Tent
1970-2000

Series V. Arthur Loeb Design Science Collection, the Nature Lab, 1970-2000
72 boxes

Series V contains models (student created as well as Loeb created), prints, calendars, and student assignments. These items are separate of the main collection and reside in the Arthur Loeb Design Science Collection at the Nature Lab. Over 400 models and 600 books are part of this portion of the collection. The books are part of Arthur Loeb's personal library which is separate from this collection.

Container Description Date
Box 1-57 Models
1970-2000
Drawer 1-15 Prints
1970-2000
Drawer A-J Calendars, Prints, and Student Work
1970-2000