Russel Wright Papers 1931-1965

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Russel Wright Papers 1931-1965

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Papers of the American industrial designer. Business records (1931-1964) pertaining to clients including American Cyanamid Corporation, Casein Company of America, Cornwall Corporation, and General Electric Company; architectural drawings, articles, lectures, book manuscripts, photographs, consumer and trade surveys, 1943-1959; clay, plaster, and paper models; and scrapbooks of clippings.

60.0 linear ft.

eng,

Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center

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Wright, Russel, 1904-1976

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"Good design is for everyone." -- Russel Wright Industrial designer Russel Wright (1904-1976) was born in Lebanon, Ohio. He attended local schools, studied at the Cincinnati Academy of Art (1921-1922), Columbia School of Architecture (1923), and New York University School of Architecture (1938-1939). (He also briefly studied law, at Princeton University, from 1922-1924.) From 1924-1931 Wright was engaged in stage and costume design. He established his own fac...