Abe H. Feder lighting records and papers, circa 1930s-1990s.

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Abe H. Feder lighting records and papers, circa 1930s-1990s.

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This collection includes original and reprographic drawings, photographs, project files and office records documenting the professional life of architectural and theatrical lighting designer Abe Feder. Projects represented are primarily in the continental United States, with additional commissions in Canada, Puerto Rico, and Israel. Also included in this collection are substantial correspondence files and "data books" that record essential project information. Among Feder's best known architectural commissions were the lighting of the Prometheus Fountain and the GE/RCA building at Rockefeller Center, the Philhamonic Hall at Lincoln Center, and JFK Airport, all in New York City; also, the San Francisco Civic Center; the JFK Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.; several buildings for the 1967 World Exposition in Montreal; the University of Illinois' Assembly Hall; and the Israel National Museum in Jerusalem. As well, he received numerous commissions to light department stores, fashion shows, and other temporary events. Feder maintained close professional and social relationships with many noted architects, interior designers, and artists, including Max Abramovitz and Wallace Harrison; Cecil Beaton; Carson and Lundin; Emery Roth & Sons; Harper and George; Melanie Kahane; William Lescaze; Morris Lapidus; Loebl, Schlossman, and Bennett; Shreve, Lamb and Harmon; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Edward Durell Stone; Frederick P. Victoria; Welton Becket and Associates; and Wurster, Bernardi, and Emmons. A small portion of the records in this collection also document his lighting designs for such noted theatrical productions as "The Boy Friend," "Camelot," "Four Saints in Three Acts," "Grand Hotel," "The King and I," "Inherit the Wind," "My Fair Lady," "Night of the Iguana," and "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever."

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)

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Expo 67 (Montréal, Québec)

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The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo '67, as it was commonly known, was the general exhibition, Category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967. Expo '67 is considered to be the most successful World's Fair of the 20th century, with the highest attendance of any fair up to that time. Participating in the fair were 62 different nations. The admission ticket was referred to as a passport with daily admission ...

Rockefeller Center.

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Feder, Abe H.

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Lighting designer; native of Milwaukee, Wis.; inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame in 1996 for lighting. From the description of Abe H. Feder papers, 1996-1997. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71128458 Abe Feder was an architectural and theatrical lighting design engineer, practicing in New York City from the 1930s until the early 1990s. He was born on July 27, 1908 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and studied architecture at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, but left after his...