Notes for public lectures on parks. 1976 - February 5, 1980.

“Urban Parks as a Mechanism of Social Control.” A version of this paper was presented at the American Sociological Association 70th Annual Meeting, 1975. Contents: Two versions of the paper. Galen Cranz. 1975.

Notes for public lectures on parks. 1976 - February 5, 1980.

“Photography in Chinese Popular Culture.” San Francisco Art Institute. Contents: poster for the Fifth Summer Photo Lecture Series, featuring a talk by Galen Cranz on July 3,1979.

“Crime in Heaven: An Historical Perspective on Crime and Delinquency in Urban Parks.” Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Portland Oregon, 1981. Contents: Abstract for paper (February 2, 1981 - March 3, 1982). Galen Cranz. 1981.

“The City as Art: the Role of the City Parks Here and Abroad.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Olmsted Parks, New York City. Contents: Summary for paper (January 5-19, 1984). Galen Cranz. September 20-25, 1983.

“Squares in France and Sweden: Some Reflections of the Impact of Museumization on the Uses and Representations of Urban Open Space.” Paper presented at the Skyway Conference “The Sociology of Public Space: Extrapolations to Minneapolis/St. Paul” at the Walker Art Center. Contents: Cranz’s paper, conference documents, and correspondence (October 16, 1984 - May 13, 1985). Galen Cranz. April 13-14, 1985.

“Historic Precedents.” Cranz gave a talk based on her paper at the Cornell Symposium, “Parks: New Directions in Resource Planning.” Contents: Cranz’s paper, conference agenda, correspondence, and notes (December 22, 1987 - August 22, 1988). Galen Cranz. February 11-13, 1988.

“The Twentieth Century Park.” Cranz participated in this panel at the MOMA Symposium, “Landscape and Architecture in the Twentieth Century.” Contents: Cranz’s presentation materials/manuscript, notes, correspondence, and conference papers (July 20, 1988 - May 17, 1990). Galen Cranz. October 21-22, 1988.

“Urban Parks: Looking Back and Looking Forward.” Cranz was a speaker in this panel at the Landscape Symposium at UCB, “The Future of Urban Open Space.” Contents: conference document, notes, paper by Mike Brill, and correspondence (May 26, 1988 - October 29, 1988). Galen Cranz. October 28-29, 1988.

“Culture and the American Park.” Cranz gave this lecture at the North Carolina Museum of Art event, “Art + Landscape: Looking Outside the Museum Walls.” Contents: correspondence, paper by Allen R. Dyer, photos, project information, news releases, and records (September 7, 1982 - January 23, 1989). Galen Cranz. February 22, 1989.

“Public Space Design and the Question of the Avant Garde.” Keynote address given at the conference “The Avant-Garde and the Landscape: Can They Be Reconciled?”, University of Minnesota. Contents: correspondence, conference paper abstracts, conference documents, and notes (December 20, 1988 - April 15, 1989). Galen Cranz. April 14-16, 1989.

“A Sociological Approach to the Urban Park.” Address presented at “A moment of reflection and dialogue on the theme of the park,” by the Istituto Universitario di Architettura Venezia (I.U.?V.). Contents: Three versions of Cranz’s paper, notes, correspondence, and conference papers (April 18, 1988, - 26 October, 1990). Galen Cranz. April 28, 1989.

“History of Park Design: Why Communities Have Parks.” Lecture given at the Public Art in Parks Conference, “Art in Nature/The Nature of Art,” Santa Barbara. Contents: conference papers and magazine clipping (April 23, 1990 - July 11, 1990). Galen Cranz. April 26-28, 1990.

“Is Chair Sitting Detrimental to Health? A Call for Cross-Cultural Research Collaboration.” Paper presented at the Second International Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments. Contents: Cranz’s presentation paper. Galen Cranz. October 6, 1990.

“MacArthur Park Case Study.” Cranz was the speaker for this panel at the Colorado Symposium on Public Art and Architecture, “Artful Cities,” The Urban Design Forum. Contents: conference papers, correspondence, notes, and records (October 19, 1990 - November 9, 1990). Galen Cranz. November 9-10, 1990.

“Park Planning in the Nineteenth Century in Europe and the United States: A Contrast and Comparison.” Paper presented at the 4th National Conference on American Planning History/ 5th International Conference of the Planning History Group, Richmond, Virginia. Galen Cranz and Maurits van Rooijen. November 8, 1991.

“City Future Tense.” Transcript of a talk given by Peter Berg and Galen Cranz in the Headlands Journal 1993, Vol. 5.. April 18, 1993.

“The Chair as a Health Hazard.” Talk given at the EDRA26, Twenty-Sixth Annual Conference of the Environmental Design Research Association, Boston. Contents: program for the conference. March 1-5, 1995.

“The Politics of Park Design.” The American University in Cairo - The Department of Performing & Visual Arts, and The Environmental Awareness Association. Contents: flyer advertising talk by Galen Cranz. April 19, 1995.

“The Art and Science of the Alexander Technique: Designing Our Lives.” Presentation given at the annual general meeting of the North American Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique, Oakland, California. Contents: pamphlet for the annual general meeting. Galen Cranz. June 23-25, 1995.

“The Social Purpose of Chairs: Maintaining Hierarchy in Ancient Societies and Contemporary Institutions.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. Contents: paper abstract. Galen Cranz. August 16-20, 1996.

“The Architecture of the Chair.” Talk given at the 1999 International Somatic Congress, “Body Wisdom”. Contents: flyer advertising the event. Galen Cranz. February 25-28, 1999.

“Entries and Identities: A Public Forum.” Palo Alto Public Art Commission. Contents: post card advertising the public forum at the Palo Alto conference with Galen Cranz listed as the first featured speaker, notes, list of participants, scans of photo slides, and reference publications. June 17, 2000.

“Forum Discussion on Streetscapes, Parks, and Open Space to Revitalize Urban Area.” Roundtable discussion Cranz participated in at the Joseph C. Canizaro Mayors Forum Series, “Bringing Community Back to the City: Streetscapes, Parks, and Open Space,” by the Urban Land Institute. Contents: conference papers and notes. Galen Cranz. May 14-15, 2002.

“Chairs + Useful Things” and “Space: Public + Private.” Lectures given at the Asheville Art Museum as part of the Fall 2002 Special Lectures. Contents: advertisement for lectures. Michael Owen Jones and Galen Cranz. October 9-13, 2002.

“Body-conscious Design.” Keynote talk given at the “Technology and the Body” conference at the Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, Canada. Contents: registration form for the conference. Galen Cranz. November 4-6, 2004.

“Teaching Cultural Aspects of Space: Challenges and Opportunities.” Cranz was one of the presenters in this session at the EDRA 2004 Conference. Contents: scan of conference session description. Galen Cranz and six other participants. 2004.

“High Style Body Conscious Chair Design.” Workshop directed at the Anderson Ranch Art Center. Contents: newspaper, card, and printed advertisement for different workshops. Galen Cranz and Isabelle Moore. June 12-23, 2006.

“The Sociology of Space.” Talks organized by Galen Cranz. Undated.

“The Big Ideas in Urban Parks Or Urban Parks And Social Control.” Paper presented at “A Symposium on the History of Parks: Towards a Sustainable Park Maintenance and the Future of Urban Parks in the 21st Century,” Tasikshahalam 2010, Shah Alam Convention Centre, Malaysia. Contents: conference books and Setia Eco Park booklet. June 16-20, 2010.