Collection, 1880-1980 (bulk).

ArchivalResource

Collection, 1880-1980 (bulk).

Collection includes 5,000 architectural drawings and blueprints, and photographs of German and American architectural projects; two architectural models; 7 linear feet of photographs documenting Gropius' architectural projects; 200 personal photographs; 3,000 slides, primarily of Gropius' travels; 300 articles and newsclippings relating to Gropius' architectural projects; 100 books from Gropius' library; and miscellaneous personal documents.

ca. 8,400 items and 7 linear ft. of photographs.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7111734

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Bauhaus

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Educational institution. From the description of Photographs of Bauhaus students, teachers, and exhibits, 1919-1933. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81840731 From the description of Postcards about the Bauhaus, 1922-1926. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78683279 The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 by the architect Walter Gropius as a school of art, architecture, and crafts, with the focus on instruction in the unity between the fine and applied arts and i...

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969

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Architect, educator. Studied architecture at the Universities of Charlottenburg-Berlin and Munich, Germany from 1903 to 1907. Founded and directed the Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar in 1919, which Gropius moved to Dessau in 1925 and renamed "Bauhaus Dessau". Professor of Architecture in the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, 1937 and Chairman of the Department of Architecture from 1938 to 1952. Formed the Architects' Collaborative in Cambridge in 1946. For further information see James ...

Gropius, Ise

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Ise or Ilse Gropius (born Ilse Frank) was married to Walter Gropius, the German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School in Dessau, from 1923 until his death in 1969. The couple moved from Britian to Lincoln, Massachusetts in the spring 1937. They had one daughter, Ati Gropius. From the description of Ilse Gropius Correspondence, 1940-1974. 1940-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 752388772 Ise Gropius was the widow of Walter Gropius; Mùˆller was an archivist at the Bauh...