Stanford University, Art Department, files regarding Albers Wall, 1973-1980.

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Stanford University, Art Department, files regarding Albers Wall, 1973-1980.

Correspondence, architectural plans and other materials regarding the controversial acquisition and placement of Albers Wall (outdoor art) at Stanford University, dedicated August 1, 1980. Correspondents include Prof. Albert Elsen, Assoc. Provost Edward E. Shaw, and architects Craig Ellwood and Robert Mittelstadt.

.75 linear feet.

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Albers, Josef, 1888-1976

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Josef Albers was born on March 19, 1888 in Bottrop, Westphalia, Germany, the only child of Lorenz Albers, a housepainter, and Magdelena (Schumacher) Albers. He attended the Präparanden-Schule in Langenhorst from 1902 to 1905 and then the teachers college in Büren, graduating in 1908. He became an instructor in several Westphalian primary schools. Albers studied at the Royal Art School in Berlin, the Arts and Crafts School (Folkwang School)in Essen, and at the Art Academy in Munich u...

Elsen, Albert.

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Mittelstadt, Robert (American architect, born 1935)

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Ellwood, Craig

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Stanford University. Dept. of Art.

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Shaw, Edward E.

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Edward E. Shaw, Stanford B.A. in economics 1965, joined the administrative staff of Stanford in the fall of 1965 as a contract administrator in the controller's office. In 1970 he became Assistant to the Vice President for Research, William F. Miller. When Miller was named Vice President and Provost in 1971, Shaw became his Executive Assistant. In 1975 he was named Associate Provost; his later positions included president of the Research Libraries Group, director of the Stanford Center for Infor...