YYGS Case Studies by Joshua Cochran https://padlet.com/jc3747/gfyvfo31av74v4d1 1. Looking at the drawings and designs, what do you notice about the building and space? What is prominent? What draws the viewer’s attention? What is more concealed from the viewer? 2. When reading the archival documents, what context or information is important to understanding the architecture and design with respect to U.S. foreign policy and global engagement? 3. Looking at both the visual records (drawings, designs) and the documents, what can you infer about the purpose and intent of the building and space? How do you know? 4. Nineteenth century architect Louis Sullivan once remarked “Form follows function.” Based on the form in the examples here, what function do you think the buildings serve in promoting the U.S.’s global agenda in the 1950s/1960s? 5. Is there any additional information you would like to have to analyze and interpret architecture and landscape with respect to understanding international relations? What type of information would be useful and where might you find it? en-us 2021-06-21 12:48:03 UTC 2025-11-07 07:54:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Strategic Hamlet Program, South Vietnam, 1961-1963 jc3747 https://padlet.com/jc3747/gfyvfo31av74v4d1/wish/1617576136 Background:
1. Memo, U.S. Ambassador in South Vietnam (Durbrow) to U.S. State Department, June 6, 1960 [Foreign Relations of the United States Papers, 1958-1960, Vietnam, Volume I, U.S. State Department Office of the Historian]

2. Edward Lansdale, “The Insurgent Battlefield,” May 25, 1962, [Henry Kissinger Papers, Yale University Manuscripts and Archives]

3. Memorandum to the Secretary of Defense on the Strategic Hamlet Program, July, 13, 1962 [CIA Collection, Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Archive at Texas Tech University]

4. Report, “Rural Resettlement in Vietnam: An Agroville in Development,” 1963 [MSU Advisory Group Collection, Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Archive at Texas Tech University]

Images: 
5. Video, “The Strategic Hamlet Program” from The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. 

6. Photo, “Aerial View of Strategic Hamlet, 1963 [Library of Congress]

7. Photo, “Strategic Hamlet School Under Construction,” 1963 [Rufus Phillips Collection, Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Archive at Texas Tech University] 
]]> 2021-06-21 12:49:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jc3747/gfyvfo31av74v4d1/wish/1617576136 United States Chancellery [Embassy] in London, England jc3747 https://padlet.com/jc3747/gfyvfo31av74v4d1/wish/1617583800  Background and context: 
1. Eero Saarinen Statement about United States Embassy in London, England  [Eero Saarinen Collection (MS 593). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.] 

2. Advertisement, United States Embassy in London, England, Queen Magazine  [Eero Saarinen Collection (MS 593). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.] 

Architectural records: 
3. Design ideas, photograph of sketches [Eero Saarinen Collection (MS 593). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.]

4. Eagle installation, United States Chancellery in London photograph  [Eero Saarinen Collection (MS 593). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.] 

5. Eagle atop the United States Chancellery in London photograph [Eero Saarinen Collection (MS 593). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.] 

6. United States Chancellery in London photograph  [Eero Saarinen Collection (MS 593). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.] 
]]> 2021-06-21 12:54:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jc3747/gfyvfo31av74v4d1/wish/1617583800 IBM Pavilion at 1964 World’s Fair (New York, New York, USA) jc3747 https://padlet.com/jc3747/gfyvfo31av74v4d1/wish/1617587393 1. Video, Short film “IBM At The Fair” produced by the Eames Office.

2. Kevin Roche Presentation on the inspiration for the IBM Pavilion  [Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates Records (MS 1884). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.] 

Architectural Records:
3. Spectacle Theater architectural drawing [Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates Records (MS 1884). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.]

4. Spectacle Theater Ramps architectural drawing [Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates Records (MS 1884). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.]

5. Canopy Support structural drawing [Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates Records (MS 1884). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.]
]]> 2021-06-21 12:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jc3747/gfyvfo31av74v4d1/wish/1617587393 Linganamakki Reservoir, Karnataka joshuacochran https://padlet.com/jc3747/gfyvfo31av74v4d1/wish/2241997277 Construction of the Linganamakki Dam over the Sharavathi river in India, 1964-1965.

1. Background press release, 1964, [Chester Bowles Papers (MS 628), Part VII, Series III, Box 343, folder 0358, Yale University Manuscript and Archives]

2. Booklet, “This is Power” published by United States Information Service, 1964 [Chester Bowles Papers (MS 628), Part VII, Series III, Box 343, folder 0358, Yale University Manuscript and Archives]

3. Photographs and captions, 1964-1965 [Chester Bowles Papers (MS 628), Part VII, Series III, Box 343, folder 0358, Yale University Manuscript and Archives]

4. Speech by U.S. Ambassador to India, Chester Bowles, January 24, 1965. [Chester Bowles Papers (MS 628), Part VII, Series II, Box 340, folder 0273, Yale University Manuscript and Archives]

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