Wallace K. Harrison architectural drawings and papers, 1913-1986 (bulk 1930-1980).

New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.)

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"Negro Week" was a program on the contributions of blacks to American culture held at the New York World's Fair in July 1940, and consisted of festivals, exhibitions, song and dance recitals, choral and symphonic music, concerts, religious services, guest speakers, and a children's program. From the description of New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122580393 From the guide to the New York World's Fair Negro Week records, 1940, (The...

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

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United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), principal foreign intelligence and counterintelligence agency of the U.S. government. Formally created under the provisions of the National Security Act of 1947, approved July 26, 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) grew out of the World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS). Previous U.S. intelligence and counterintelligence efforts had been conducted by the military and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and suffered from duplication, compe...

Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979

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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977, and previously as the 49th governor of New York from 1959 to 1973. He also served as assistant secretary of State for American Republic Affairs for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (1944–1945) as well as under secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954....

Metropolitan Opera House (New York, N.Y.)

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The Metropolitan Opera House (also known as The Met) is an opera house that is part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in Manhattan. It opened in 1966, replacing the original 1883 building at Broadway and 39th Street and is home to the Metropolitan Opera Company. With a seating capacity of approximately 3,800, the house is the largest repertory opera house in the world. The new building officially opened on September 16, 1966. On display in the lobby are two murals created for the space b...

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 ...

Koehler, George E.

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William A.M. Burden residence (Florida)

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Corning Glass building (Corning, N.Y.)

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Johnson (J. Seward) residence (Princeton, N.J.)

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American Battle Monuments Commission

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Commission established after World War I to oversee memorials in Europe to the American war dead. From the description of Correspondence to Paul Philippe Cret, 1932-1944. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155905749 ...

Barrows, Wendy.

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Julian Street, Jr. residence (Scarborough, N.Y.)

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Rockefeller, John D., III (John Davison), 1906-1978

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Philanthropist. From the description of Reminiscences of John Davison Rockefeller 3d : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309724157 From the description of Reminiscences of John Davison Rockefeller 3d : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309723979 ...

Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. (Allentown, Pa.)

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Hawes Guest House (Pocantico, N.Y.)

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Rockefeller Center.

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Rockefeller Apartments (New York, N.Y.)

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Republic National Bank (Dallas, Tex.)

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Fassbender, Adolf

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Léger, Fernand, 1881-1955

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French painter. From the description of Letters and manuscripts of Fernand Léger, 1918-1955. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81728195 ...

Damora, Robert M.

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New York Aquarium (Coney Island, New York, N.Y.)

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First Presbyterian Church (Stamford, Conn.)

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Avila Hotel (Caracas, Venezuela)

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Harrison residence (Hungtington, N.Y.)

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Astoria Houses (Astoria, N.Y.)

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Institute for advanced study Princeton, N.J.

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Master Apartments building (New York, N.Y.)

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Duryea, Drix

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Stoller, Ezra

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Architectural photographer Ezra Stoller was born in Chicago on May 16, 1915. He graduated in 1938 from the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at New York University, where his interest in photography began. He received the AIA Gold Medal for Photography in 1961. Stoller died October 29, 2004, at his home in Williamstown, Mass., following complications of a stroke. From the description of Ezra Stoller Collection, 1947, 1987 (bulk 1947) (Palm Springs Public Library). WorldCat recor...

International Committee of Architects.

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Moses, Robert, 1888-1981

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Robert Moses (1888-1981) was a public official in New York from 1919 to the mid-1970s. He held many offices, of which the most notable among them were: President, Long Island State Park Commission; Chairman, New York State Council of Parks; Commissioner, New York City Department of Parks; New York City Planning Commissioner and Construction Coordinator; and Chairman, New York State Power and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authorities. He was responsible for the construction of many major public pr...

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...

United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs

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Corbett, Harvey Wiley, 1873-1954

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Architect. From the description of Harvey Wiley Corbett architectural drawings and papers, circa 1914-1949. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 505719881 ...

Aluminaire house (Huntington, N.Y.)

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Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Proposed North Plaza of Rockefeller Center.

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Rockefeller University. Caspary Auditorium.

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Morningside Gardens (New York, N.Y.)

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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...

Fort Greene Houses (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

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Goodhue, Bertram Grosvenor, 1869-1924

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According to Oliver, this house, which Goodhue designed for himself, was never built. In 1920 Goodhue enlarged a small house in Montecito. From the description of [Proposed house for the architect at Montecito, California] [graphic] : [perspective rendering set in evening landscape with figures] / B. G. G. ; figures by Donn Barber (under protest). 1919. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 80787120 At the time of this project the address of B.G....

Albert Milton residence (Washington, Conn.)

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Sert, José María, 1874-1945

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Fouilhoux, Jacques André 1879-1945

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X City (New York, N.Y.)

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Burden, Shirley.

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Shirley Carter Burden (1908-1989), a descendant of Cornelius Vanderbilt, was a prominent American photographer, best known for his pictorial essays exploring aspects of Catholic culture, racial intolerance, and architectural heritage. Burden promoted the appreciation of photography through service on the boards and advisory committees of several museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, and was a long-time supporter and chairman of the board of Aperture. Colleagues an...

Aluminum Company of America building (Pittsburgh, Pa.)

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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

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Rockefeller Institute.

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In 1892, the physician and medical administrator Simon Flexner began research on cerebrospinal meningitis, a meningococcal disease with an untreated mortality rate between 70 and 90%. Experimenting on monkeys, Flexner developed a promising serum treatment for the disease by 1903, which he used extensively during the epidemic outbreaks of meningitis in New York City in 1904-1905 and 1907. For several years, Flexner kept his serum under his close supervision, with the result that the Rockefeller I...

International Basic Economy Corporation

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Founded in 1947 by Nelson A. Rockefeller under the deliberately chosen premise that a U. S. private business corporation focusing its efforts on upgrading "basic economies" of less developed countries - lowering food prices, building sound housing, mobilizing savings, fostering industrialization - could at the same time be profitable enough to encourage others, especially nationals, to set up competitive businesses and thereby bring about a "multiplier" development effect. ...

Anchorage (Seal Harbor, Me.)

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IBM World Trade Corporation (New York, N.Y.)

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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

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The National Academy of Sciences, founded in Washington, D. C., in 1863, grew out of a desire for a body of scientists to give advice on scientific matters to the federal government. Joseph Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian, was a force behind its creation. From the description of National Academy of Sciences, 1863-1887 Records. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78403445 ...

Kilham, Walter Harrington, 1904-

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Oppenheimer, Robert, 1942-

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Corning Glass building (New York, N.Y.)

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Clinton Hill Apartments (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

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Cserna, George

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Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976

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Finnish architect. From the description of Aalto, Alvar, 1898-1976 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. (Metropolitan Museum of Art). WorldCat record id: 193697446 In 1961, noted American architectural patron, curator and critic Edgar J. Kaufmann, Jr. commissioned noted Finnish architect Alvar Aalto and his wife, architect Elissa Aalto, to design a suite of meeting areas on the 12th floor of the Institute of International Education's headquarters in New York City. Construct...

La Guardia Airport.

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David Milton residence (Bermuda)

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Hopkins Center

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William A.M. Burden residence (Northeast Harbor, Me.)

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Oberlin College. Hall Auditorium.

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Harrison, Ellen Ruth

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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...

Lodge (Pocantico, N.Y.)

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Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: Materials relating to Radio City Music Hall productions. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155475695 Radio City Music Hall was reorganized under a new company, Rockefeller Group, Inc., in 1979. From the description of New company production materials, 1979-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155473391 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City on Dec. 27, 1932. Boasting the world's largest...

Nagata, Yūzō 1939-...

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Pardee residence (Bermuda Islands)

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Socony-Mobil Building (New York, N.Y.). entrance.

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Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

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The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research was established in 1901. It was the first institution in the United States devoted solely to bio-medical research. In 1958 the name was changed to the Rockefeller Institute; in 1965 the Institute became the Rockefeller University. From the description of Meningitis records, [ca. 1907-1911]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523442 The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research was founded in 1901 i...