Emil Lorch papers, 1891-1963.

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Emil Lorch papers, 1891-1963.

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other papers relating to his career as a professional architect and educator, including his association with Louis Sullivan and the Chicago School of Architecture; also research materials collected by Lorch relating to historic Michigan buildings, building preservation, and his work for the Historic American Buildings Survey of the 1930's; and photographs. Correspondents include: James B. Angell, the Architectural League of America, Levi L. Barbour, Daniel H. Burnham, Marion L. Burton, Francis W. Chandler, Mortimer E. Cooley, Royal S. Copeland, Paul P. Cret, J. Robert Crouse, George Elmslie, Woodbridge Ferris, Frank D. Fitzgerald, William M.R. French, Cass Gilbert, Moses Gomberg, Bertram G. Goodhue, Talbot Hamlin, Harry Hutchins, Roy D. Jones, Albert Kahn, Fiske Kimball, Warren P. Laird, William H. Lawrence, Charles F. McKim; McKim, Mead & White; Allan Marquand, Geza Maroti, George D. Mason, Charles H. Moon, Lewis Mumford, Frank Murphy, Irving K. Pond. Henry S. Pritchett, Warren Rindge, John B. Robinson, Denman W. Ross, Eliel Saarinen, Albert E. Sleeper, Louis H. Sullivan, Raoul Wallenberg, Herbert L. Warren, and Woodrow Wilson.

18 linear ft. and 13 outsize folders.Photographs 1.2 linear ft. and 1 outsize folder.

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