Close Associates papers 1938-1980

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Close Associates papers 1938-1980

Collection contains working drawings, correspondence, contracts, cost estimates and specifications for hundreds of structures, mostly residences, designed by the Close Associates architectural firm.

250 cubic feet

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6618106

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Close Associates (Firm)

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Elizabeth Scheu was born in Vienna, and studied at the Wiener Technische Hochschule (1930) and at MIT (1934-35), earning her bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture. In 1935-36, she worked for Oskar Stonorov, designing public housing in Philadelphia, and then worked as a designer for Magney and Tusler of Minneapolis from 1936 to 1938. Winston Close was born in Appleton, Wisconsin and graduated from MIT. He worked as a draftsman for several Minneapolis firms from 1927 until 1...

Close, Elizabeth Scheu, 1912-

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Winston Close was a native of Appleton, Minnesota, and was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked as a draftsman for several Minneapolis firms from 1927 until 1938 when he and Elizabeth Scheu married and began their partnership. Winston Close died in Minneapolis on June 15, 1997. Elizabeth Scheu was born in Vienna in 1912 and studied at the Wiener (Vienna) Technische Hochschule (1930) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1934-1935),...

Close, Winston A. (Winston Arthur), 1906-1997

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Winston Close was a native of Appleton, Minnesota, and was graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked as a draftsman for several Minneapolis firms from 1927 until 1938 when he and Elizabeth Scheu married and began their partnership. Winston Close died in Minneapolis on June 15, 1997. Elizabeth Scheu was born in Vienna in 1912 and studied at the Wiener (Vienna) Technische Hochschule (1930) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1934-1935),...