Box 4

“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.

“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.