G. Holmes Perkins papers and architectural records, 1897-2002 (bulk 1922-1990).

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G. Holmes Perkins papers and architectural records, 1897-2002 (bulk 1922-1990).

This collection is the primary archive of the life and work of G. Holmes Perkins, donated to the Architectural Archives by Perkins over a period of years. Holdings include materials related to his teaching and general professional life, materials related to his architectural projects (consulting, planning and design projects) and personal materials. The University Archives and Records Center is the repository for records of his work as Dean of the Graduate School of Fine Arts, as well as for all his correspondence during his tenure as Dean.

Architectural drawings 261 sheets : various media.Travel sketches and prints 10 items.Photographs 592 photoprints, 77 photonegatives, 1049 slides, 33 lantern slides.Motion pictures 16 reels.Videotapes 13 cassettes.Audiotapes 4 cassettes.Files 11.5 cubic feet.Additional materials 5 cubic feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6798267

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University of Pennsylvania, Architectural Archives

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Loschetter, Leon.

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American Society of Planners and Architects

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Qualls, George W. (George Wyckoff), 1923-

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Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990

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American writer. From the description of Correspondence with Alfred S. Dashiell, 1931-1940. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 51846130 Carl Zigrosser and Lewis Mumford were life-long friends with shared interests in the arts, society and politics. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1925-1971, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155902319 Sir Patrick Geddes was a Scottish biologist, sociologi...

University of Pennsylvania.

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In 1919 Edward Bushnell was appointed publicity agent for the University of Pennsylvania. His appointment began a long and expanding effort at public relations at the University. In 1954 the Department of Public Relations expanded its work to include two new units, Motion Picture Services and the Office of Radio and Television. These two offices operated until 1975 when they were phased out of a stream-lined department. From the description of University Film Collection, 1915-1989. (...

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Perkins, Georgia Hencken, 1909-1994.

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Perkins, G. Holmes (George Holmes)

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G. Holmes Perkins was born in 1904 in Cambridge, MA, the son of Philadelphia natives George Howard and Josephine Schock Perkins. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University (A.B. 1926; M. Arch. 1929). After a year as instructor at the University of Michigan, Perkins returned to Harvard to teach. He established his own architectural office, and completed a number of residential projects in the greater Boston area. The direction of Harvard's architect...

Giurgola, Romaldo.

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American Institute of Architects

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The Western Association of Architects (WAA) was founded in Chicago in 1884 as a rival organization of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Members consisted of architects from the Midwest and the South with chapters forming in many states. The WAA was the first architectural organization to petition for licensure of architects. Many architects were members of both WAA and AIA and a decision was made in 1889 for WAA to merge with AIA. From the guide to the Papers of the Western...

University of Pennsylvania. Graduate School of Fine Arts

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Bendiner, Alfred.

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Harvard university, Graduate school of design

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These models were created for the Whitney Museum of American Art exhibition: Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe, June 26-September 21, 2008. From the description of Models created after Buckminster Fuller designs by students of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, 2008. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865251 Maria Kohlrausch worked in Dept. of Landscape Architecture 1928-1950. She corresponded with Harvard University Graduate School of Design stude...

Engman, Robert, 1927-

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Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974

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Louis I. Kahn was born in Estonia and raised in Philadelphia. He was trained in architecture in the Beaux-Arts tradition at the University of Pennsylvania under Paul Philippe Cret. As a mature architect, Kahn was distinguished from his contemporaries (in a period dominated by the International Style) by his unique personal philosophy of architecture and a style marked by a profound sense of history and pure geometry in design and the texture of materials in construction. His legacy is as much in...