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Shulman, Julius. Julius Shulman photography archive.

Title: Julius Shulman photography archive. 1936-1997.

Collection contains over 260,000 negatives, vintage and modern prints, transparencies, and related printed matter documenting the modern movement in architecture in Southern California from the 1930s through 1997, including the Case Study Houses. Series II contains images of designs by well-known architects and designers, primarily modernist architects of Southern California, arranged alphabetically by architect, then by job number and format. Series III comprises photography done by Shulman for special projects: the Case Study Houses and courtyard apartment buildings in Los Angeles for the book Courtyard housing in Los Angeles. Photography arranged by job number within these two subseries. Series IV contains photography of architecture and design that does not fit into the other series, arranged by job number and format.

ArchivalResource: ca. 240 linear ft.

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Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Title: Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

The papers of architectural historian, author, critic, teacher, and museum director, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, date from 1919-1987 and measure 24.8 linear feet. Almost all of the collection is comprised of Hitchcock's correspondence files relating to academic research, teaching, curatorial interests, and professional associations. Letters are from prominent architectural historians, architects, artists, preservationists, museum directors and curators, and family and friends. Also found are two feet of writings by Hitchcock and others, scattered biographical information, miscellaneous records, printed material, and photographs of Hitchcock and architecture.Among the biographical documents are Hitchcock's birth certificate, passport, and wills. Awards, citations, honorary degrees and commendations are from the University of Pennsylvania, Wesleyan University, the Friends of Cast Iron Architecture, National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the Victorian Society in America.Chronological name and subject files consist mostly of correspondence and printed material along with a small number of photographs. They include personal and professional correspondence and subject files relating to academic research, teaching, curatorial interests, and professional associations. The correspondence includes large numbers of letters from prominent architectural historians, architects, artists, preservationists, museum directors and curators. Also included are students, friends, relatives, publishers, and representatives of organizations and institutions. Among those of note are: Jere Abbott, Everett A. (Chick) Austin, Alfred H. Barr, Bernard Berenson, Eugene Berman, Leonid Berman, Lyonel Feininger, Henry (Harry) Sayles Francis, Brendan Gill, Robert Goldwater, George Howe, Philip C. Johnson, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Lincoln Kirstein, Thomas J. McCormick, Lewis Mumford, J.J.P. Oud, Erwin Panofsky, Nikolaus Pevsner, Kingsley Porter, Paul J. Sachs, R. M. Schindler, Vincent Scully, Jr., Theodore Sizer, E. Baldwin Smith, Peter van der Meulen Smith, James Soby, Victor Spark, Harold Sterner, John Summerson, Virgil Thomson, Paul Vanderbilt, Theo Van Doesburg, Helmut von Erffa, Gordon Washburn, Rudolf Wittkower, and Frank Lloyd Wright.Writings by Hitchcock consist of manuscripts and drafts of numerous published and unpublished articles, book chapters, and his masters thesis. Other writings by Hitchcock include lecture notes and texts, book reviews, notes, outlines, photo lists, and a bibliography. Among the other authors represented in this series are John Coolidge and Sir Wilfred Green.Miscellaneous records consist of the alien registration card of Hitchcock's friend Peter van der Meulen Smith, architectural drawings by Hitchcock, book contracts, and a small number of receipts and invoices.Printed material consists of articles about, by, or mentioning Henry-Russell Hitchcock, along with advertisements for his books, and postcards of architectural subjects.Photographs are of architecture, art work, events, people, places, and miscellaneous subjects; also included are color slides, negatives, and transparencies. Architectural subjects include the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and Gaudi, as well as interior and exterior views of buildings identified only by location. Photographs of people include Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Chick Austin and Ernestine Carter, Alexander Dorner, Tammy Grimes, Lincoln Kirstein, the Steinway family, and Edgar Tafel. Events recorded include the Society of Architectural Historians at the Newport Casino, Hitchcock receiving honorary degrees at the University of Glasgow and Wesleyan University, and a high tea sponsored by the Victorian Society in America. Family houses and views of Greece are among the photographs of places. Miscellaneous subjects include exhibition installations and family heirlooms.

ArchivalResource: 24.8 linear feet

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Schindler, Rudolph, 1887-1953 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

Title: Schindler, Rudolph, 1887-1953 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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SCHINDLER, R. M. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

Title: Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

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R. M. (Rudolph M.) Schindler Collection, Bulk, 1916-1953, 1904-1954, bulk 1916-1953

Title: R. M. (Rudolph M.) Schindler Collection Bulk, 1916-1953 1904-1954, bulk 1916-1953

The Collection contains the work of the Viennese-born American architect, Rudolph Michael Schindler (1887-1953). Schindler trained in Vienna at the Technische Hochschule, from which he graduated in 1911 and at the Akademie der bildenden Kunsteunder where he studied under Otto Wagner. He also came under the influence of Adolf Loos and his informal salons in Vienna. Schindler emigrated to the U.S. in 1914. Between 1917-1921, he worked with Frank Lloyd Wright, first in Chicago and Taliesin, then in Los Angeles where he moved in 1920 to help supervise the Barnsdall Hollyhock house. In 1921-1922 he designed and built his own house on Kings Road in Los Angeles. The collection includes personal papers, correspondance and specifications, product literature and publications, manuscript writings, photographs and drawings. The bulk of the Schindler collection was acquired in 1967 from Schindler's son. Most of materials are in English, however there is a significant amount of material in German. The collection includes original photographs and negatives taken by Schindler of his buildings, travels, the work of other architects (especially Frank Lloyd Wright) and his family and friends. His drawings document most of his ca. 150 realized architectural projects, though many project files only contain a few drawings. The collection is arranged in four series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Office Records, and Project records.

ArchivalResource: 201.0 Linear feet; 32 record cartons, 36 flat file drawers, 4 oversize flat boxes, 5 photo albums, 6 card file boxes

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Haskell, Douglas Putnam, 1899-1979. Douglas Putnam Haskell papers, Series II: Personal correspondence, 1922-1979 (bulk 1940-1970).

Title: Douglas Putnam Haskell papers, Series II: Personal correspondence, 1922-1979 (bulk 1940-1970).

This series mainly contains correspondence related to Douglas Haskell's personal friends and interests, as well as correspondence related to Architectural Forum. It is more subject-oriented than the Pending correspondence, but also includes correspondence with a number of specific people.

ArchivalResource: 9 linear feet.

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Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

Title: Henry-Russell Hitchcock papers

The papers of architectural historian, author, critic, teacher, and museum director, Henry-Russell Hitchcock, date from 1919-1987 and measure 24.8 linear feet. Almost all of the collection is comprised of Hitchcock's correspondence files relating to academic research, teaching, curatorial interests, and professional associations. Letters are from prominent architectural historians, architects, artists, preservationists, museum directors and curators, and family and friends. Also found are two feet of writings by Hitchcock and others, scattered biographical information, miscellaneous records, printed material, and photographs of Hitchcock and architecture.Among the biographical documents are Hitchcock's birth certificate, passport, and wills. Awards, citations, honorary degrees and commendations are from the University of Pennsylvania, Wesleyan University, the Friends of Cast Iron Architecture, National Institute of Arts and Letters, and the Victorian Society in America.Chronological name and subject files consist mostly of correspondence and printed material along with a small number of photographs. They include personal and professional correspondence and subject files relating to academic research, teaching, curatorial interests, and professional associations. The correspondence includes large numbers of letters from prominent architectural historians, architects, artists, preservationists, museum directors and curators. Also included are students, friends, relatives, publishers, and representatives of organizations and institutions. Among those of note are: Jere Abbott, Everett A. (Chick) Austin, Alfred H. Barr, Bernard Berenson, Eugene Berman, Leonid Berman, Lyonel Feininger, Henry (Harry) Sayles Francis, Brendan Gill, Robert Goldwater, George Howe, Philip C. Johnson, Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Lincoln Kirstein, Thomas J. McCormick, Lewis Mumford, J.J.P. Oud, Erwin Panofsky, Nikolaus Pevsner, Kingsley Porter, Paul J. Sachs, R. M. Schindler, Vincent Scully, Jr., Theodore Sizer, E. Baldwin Smith, Peter van der Meulen Smith, James Soby, Victor Spark, Harold Sterner, John Summerson, Virgil Thomson, Paul Vanderbilt, Theo Van Doesburg, Helmut von Erffa, Gordon Washburn, Rudolf Wittkower, and Frank Lloyd Wright.Writings by Hitchcock consist of manuscripts and drafts of numerous published and unpublished articles, book chapters, and his masters thesis. Other writings by Hitchcock include lecture notes and texts, book reviews, notes, outlines, photo lists, and a bibliography. Among the other authors represented in this series are John Coolidge and Sir Wilfred Green.Miscellaneous records consist of the alien registration card of Hitchcock's friend Peter van der Meulen Smith, architectural drawings by Hitchcock, book contracts, and a small number of receipts and invoices.Printed material consists of articles about, by, or mentioning Henry-Russell Hitchcock, along with advertisements for his books, and postcards of architectural subjects.Photographs are of architecture, art work, events, people, places, and miscellaneous subjects; also included are color slides, negatives, and transparencies. Architectural subjects include the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and Gaudi, as well as interior and exterior views of buildings identified only by location. Photographs of people include Henry-Russell Hitchcock, Chick Austin and Ernestine Carter, Alexander Dorner, Tammy Grimes, Lincoln Kirstein, the Steinway family, and Edgar Tafel. Events recorded include the Society of Architectural Historians at the Newport Casino, Hitchcock receiving honorary degrees at the University of Glasgow and Wesleyan University, and a high tea sponsored by the Victorian Society in America. Family houses and views of Greece are among the photographs of places. Miscellaneous subjects include exhibition installations and family heirlooms.

ArchivalResource: 24.8 linear feet

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Schindler, R. M. (Rudolph M.), 1887-1953. Frank Lloyd Wright correspondence with R.M. Schindler, 1914-1929 (bulk 1918-1922).

Title: Frank Lloyd Wright correspondence with R.M. Schindler, 1914-1929 (bulk 1918-1922).

The collection contains approximately 150 letters and cablegrams between Frank Lloyd Wright and Rudolph Schindler (1914-1929 and undated), with about 12 other items, including a photograph of Wright (ca. 1920), handwritten notes and financial accounts by Schindler, manuscripts of essays, Schindler's telephone book, and specifications for the Imperial Hotel. Most of Wright's letters are handwritten, all of Schindler's letters are carbon copies, except for a few handwritten cablegram forms. The collection was part of Schindler's personal papers, and was acquired through his son.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

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Moshe Safdie interviews

Title: Moshe Safdie interviews

Interview of Moshe Safdie conducted by George M. Goodwin.

OralHistoryResource: 2 sound cassettes (3 hrs.) : analog + typescript summary (5 p.)

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Weiss, Peg, 1932-1996. Peg Weiss papers, 1916-1990.

Title: Peg Weiss papers, 1916-1990.

The research papers of Peg Weiss, scholar of German Expressionism and faculty member of Syracuse University, consist largely of the Blue Four Archive: 1,722 letters between Galka Scheyer and members of the Blue Four (Lyonel Feininger, Alexei Jawlensky, Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee); correspondence between Scheyer's family members (1924-1945) and correspondence with the German Consulate in Los Angeles (both relevant to Holocaust research); letters to Scheyer from composer Ernest Bloch, Felix Klee (son of Paul Klee), Karl Nierendorf, a gallery owner, and Grace McCann Morely, director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; documents related to Scheyer's house designed by architect Richard Neutra as well as unrealized designs by R.M. Schindler; research materials collected or prepared by Weiss including audiotapes of interviews and slides; computer files (on magnetic tape) and printouts of correspondence and translations; photocopies of the Scheyer correspondence housed at the Norton Simon Museum of Art; Blue Four exhibition catalogs; photocopies of Scheyer's diaries; and part of Scheyer's personal library which includes rare edition of Kandinsky, 1913.

ArchivalResource: ca. 85 linear ft. (171 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80803794 View

De Michelis, Marco, 1945-. Rudolf Schindler : the invention of an American tradition : recordings, 2005.

Title: Rudolf Schindler : the invention of an American tradition : recordings, 2005.

Recordings of the CCA Mellon Lecture given by Marco De Michelis at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal, Mar. 1, 2001. Includes introduction by Alexis Sornin and remarks by Phyllis Lambert.

ArchivalResource: 2 videocassettes (Mini-DV) (ca. 87 min.) : sd. col. ; 1/4 in. master.1 sound cassette (DAT) (ca. 87 min.) : digital ; 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in., 1/8 in. tape.

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Schindler, R. M. (Rudolph M.), 1887-1953. R. M. Schindler, Architect, 1948.

Title: R. M. Schindler, Architect, 1948.

Schindler's introduction to this limited edition and privately circulated volume reads: "Presenting an informal collection of my papers to clarify my work - which recognizes that space is the true and sole medium of architecture." The contents include "Modern architecture: a Program, Vienna, 1912"; reprints of published articles; notes on modern architecture, 1944; a list of thirty of Schindler's approximately two hundred buildings built between 1921-1949 with notes on their design and construction features; biographical notes; a list of published photographs of works; etc.

ArchivalResource: 1 vol.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84387916 View

R.M. Schindler : vertical file.

Title: R.M. Schindler : vertical file.

ArchivalResource:

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Esther McCoy papers

Title: Esther McCoy papers

The papers of Southern California architectural historian, critic, and writer Esther McCoy measure 44.0 linear feet and date from 1876 to 1990 (bulk 1938-1989). McCoy was interested in both Italian and Mexican architecture as well as the folk art and crafts of Mexico and South America. The collection documents McCoy's career, as well as her family and personal life through biographical material, extensive correspondence, personal and professional writings, project files, Southern California architects' files, clippings and other printed material, a large collection of photographs and slides, and taped interviews of Southern California modern architects. Biographical and family material consists of awards, resumes, identification documents, and other documentation of McCoy's personal life. Included are a transcript of a 1984 interview of McCoy by Makoto Watanabe and material relating to her friend, Theodore Dreiser. Correspondence focuses on her personal relationships with family, friends, and lovers, and general correspondence relating primarily to her work as a writer. McCoy's personal correspondence is valuable to researchers who are interested in her personal life, her struggles as a young writer, and the way in which her family, friends, lovers, mentors, and colleagues helped to shape her work and career. As documented in this correspondence, her life offers a glimpse into twentieth-century American social and political history, especially the radical leftist movements of the 1920s and 1930s. Researchers interested in the roots of feminism in the United States should also find these papers useful in documenting the life of a creative and productive woman who was successful in a field then almost entirely dominated by men. Correspondents of note include her husband Berkeley Tobey, lovers Geoffrey Eaton and Albert Robert, writers Ray Bradbury and Theodore Dreiser, and artists and architects, such as Dorothy Grotz, Craig Ellwood, A. Quincy Jones, Hans Hollein, and J. R. Davidson. General correspondence is primarily with researchers, professors, architects, publishers, and professional organizations. Personal writings include McCoy's diaries, notebooks, and memoirs, and writings by others including friends, lovers, and colleagues. Also included are drafts of McCoy's fictional works, both published and unpublished, including short stories, teleplays, and novels. The collection contains in-depth documentation of McCoy's pioneering study of the modernist work of twentieth-century architects in Southern California. The bulk of her papers consist of her writing files for books, exhibition catalogs, articles, and lectures on architecture. Because many of the architects about whom McCoy wrote were her contemporaries, she developed personal relationships with several of them through her research and writing. Her writing files include drafts, notes, research material, photographs, and correspondence. McCoy also traveled extensively, particularly in Italy and Mexico, and wrote about architecture, craft, and culture in those countries. Project files document McCoy's other activities related to architectural history, such preservation projects, juries, grants, the Dodge House Preservation Campaign and related film project, her work for the Society of Architectural Historians and the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), and her work at the UCLA School of Architecture and Urban Planning, compiling a slide library and cataloging the Richard Neutra's papers. McCoy also maintained architect files which may contain correspondence, notes, photographs, research material, interview transcripts, about architects and their works. Among these extensive records, the files documenting the careers of R. M. Schindler, Irving Gill, Richard Neutra, and Juan O'Gorman are particularly rich. Printed material in this collection documents McCoy's career as well as her personal interests. Included are books, clippings, magazines, newsletters, press releases, as well as publications arranged by subject such as architecture, art, Italy, and Mexico. McCoy also collected literary and leftist publications. The small amount of artwork in this collection consists of artwork sent to her by friends, including a drawing of her by Esther Rollo and etchings by various artists including Thomas Worlidge. There are personal photographs of family and friends and of McCoy at different times in her life, as well as photographs gathered during the course of her research on architecture. Found here are photographs of architects and their works, including a large number depicting the work of Gregory Ain, Luis Barragan, J. R. Davidson, Irving Gill, Bernard Maybeck, Juan O'Gorman, R. M. Schindler, and Raphael Soriano. Many of these photographs were taken by notable architectural photographers Julius Shulman and Marvin Rand. Also found are photographs of architecture designed for the Case Study House program of <emph render="italic">Arts &amp; Architecture </emph>magazine; exhibition photographs, primarily for the exhibition "Ten Italian Architects" in 1967; and other research photographs primarily documenting architecture and craft in other countries and the history of architecture in California. This series also includes approximately 3,600 slides of architecture. Audio and video recordings include a videocassette of McCoy's 80th birthday party and 55 taped interviews with architects, people associated with architectural projects, and artists.

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Frank Lloyd Wright correspondence with R. M. Schindler, 1914-1929, 1918-1922

Title: Frank Lloyd Wright correspondence with R. M. Schindler 1914-1929 1918-1922

The association between the architects Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) and R. M. Schindler (1887-1953) began in 1914 when Schindler first wrote to Wright asking for a position, and revolved around two major commissions while Schindler worked for Wright: the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, known as Teikoku Hoteru (1913-1923), and the Barnsdall project, which includes Hollyhock house, in Los Angeles (1915-1924). Correspondence between Frank Lloyd Wright and R. M. Schindler contains approximately 160 items, primarily letters and telegrams, dating from 1914 (the year Schindler came to the United States from Vienna) to 1929.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.; (2 boxes)

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Schindler, R. M. (Rudolph M.), 1887-1953. Letter, 1929, to Lewis Mumford.

Title: Letter, 1929, to Lewis Mumford.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 l.).

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