William Muschenheim papers 1923-1990 1951-1985

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William Muschenheim papers 1923-1990 1951-1985

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Modernist architect based in New York City, 1929-1950, and professor of architecture at the University of Michigan, 1950-1972, where he also carried on an active private practice until shortly before his death in 1989. A graduate of MIT, Muschenheim also studied with Peter Behrens at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and was strongly influenced by a visit to the Bauhaus in Weimar Germany and a period working in townplanning with Peter Korn in Berlin. The Muschenheim papers primarily document his career after 1950 and include biographical material; articles by and about Muschenheim; papers, drawings, and photographs related to individual architectural projects and commissions; and files concerning his teaching and research. Papers relating to his earlier work in New York City are housed at the Avery Library at Columbia University.

12.5 linear ft. and 58 oversize folders

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