Max Abramovitz architectural records and papers, 1925-1990.

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Max Abramovitz architectural records and papers, 1925-1990.

The collection contains over 14,500 drawings, over 5,000 photographs, 24 boxes of manuscript material, 7 boxes of oversize material, 23 boxes of financial records, 5 boxes of reprint tear sheets, and 36.75 linear feet of specification notebooks, photo albums, sketchbooks, art and artifacts. The collection spans the years 1926-1995 and includes architectural drawings, photographs, correspondence, photo albums, scrapbooks, sketchbooks, financial records, reprint tear sheets, specification notebooks, art and artifacts related to the professional work, faculty work, and personal life of New York City architect Max Abramovitz. Of special note in this collection are seven original renderings (1987.005) by Hugh Ferriss for projects designed by Harrison & Abramovitz.

14,400 drawings.32 boxes : archival materials.5,000 photographs.36.75 linear ft. : specification notebooks.12 linear ft. : reprint tearsheets.

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Abramovitz - Kingsland - Schiff

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Abramovitz-Kingsland-Schiff renovated the Hunter College Playhouse and in 1993 it reopened as the Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse. From the description of Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, City University of New York. [ca. 1985-1992] (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 81282377 ...

Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-1981

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This design was completed c.1940. From the description of Wallace K. Harrison house [Huntington, Long Island, N.Y.] [graphic] : [floor plan, with notes and measurements] / [Wallace K. Harrison, architect ; drawn from memory by Hester Diamond]. [194-?]. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 271454123 Architect; interviewee d. 1981. From the description of Oral history interview with Wallace Kirkman Harrison, 1978. (Columbia University ...

United Nations

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

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Abramovitz, Max, 1908-2004

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d. 2004. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84366616 Architect. From the description of Papers, 1957-1982. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28411461 Prize winning student drawing for Columbia University's School of Architecture. Location of stadium is Riverside Park at the foot of 116th Street, same site as Palmer and Hornbostel proposed for the Univers...

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The main library is comprised of three connected buildings: Bertha and Jacob Goldfarb Library, Leonard L. Farber Library, and the Rapaporte Treasure Hall. The Creative Arts Center is located on the 3rd and 4th levels of Farber Library. From the description of Creative Arts Library, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., listening level [graphic] / Abramovitz - Harris - Kingland, architects ; G. Schiff [renderer]. [19]80. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id...

Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962

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The final scheme for Lincoln Center was chosen by 1960. From the description of 8 plazas & a park [graphic] : [study for Lincoln Center site plan] / [drawn by Hugh Ferriss ; Wallace K. Harrison, coordinating architect]. [before 1960] (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 82399869 The United Nations headquarters complex (Wallace K. Harrison, coordinating architect) was completed in 1953. Ferriss died in 1962. From the description o...

Harrison and Abramovitz

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Harrison & Abramovitz designed A.T.&T's Bell System exhibit building for the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair. From the description of [Symbolic sketch of action for A.T.T. building for NY World's Fair 196- ] [graphic]. [196-?] (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 80458832 Various schemes for Lincoln Center were proposed throughout the 1950s, and the final scheme was chosen by 1960. From the description of [Bird's eye perspect...