Leonard Bernard Willeke papers 1900-1984 1906-1958

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Leonard Bernard Willeke papers 1900-1984 1906-1958

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Cincinnati and Detroit based architect. Major commissions include the Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan residence for Oscar Webber, the Fordson Village Development, and the Goulburn Avenue and Dresden Avenue Defense Houses in Detroit. The collection consists primarily of project files, correspondence, personal diaries, photographs, commission accounts, and architectural drawings.

9.5 linear feet (in 11 boxes), 26 tubes, 54 oversize folders

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Webber, Oscar

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Willeke, Leonard Bernard, 1884-1970

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Detroit, Michigan architect. From the description of Leonard B. Willeke papers, 1910s-1930s. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 81275229 Leonard B. Willeke was born 1884 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His architectural career began in his hometown where he worked as a draftsman for the architectural firm of Rudolph Tietig & Walter H. Lee. He left Cincinnati in December of 1905 for a brief stint in New York City. While living in New York, Willeke enrolled in...

Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943

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Edsel Ford's interests beyond automobiles and the automobile industry were broad and varied. He was president of the Arts Commission of the Detroit Institute of Arts, a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, and a trustee for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, Inc. He was a member of the Isle Royal National Park Commission, chairman of the board of the Detroit University School, and a director of the Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit. He was active in Ford Motor Company educatio...