George Howe papers, 1926-1974, (bulk 1926-1955).

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George Howe papers, 1926-1974, (bulk 1926-1955).

Manuscripts, with related correspondence, memoranda, and notes of Howe's lectures, speeches, reports, articles, poems, and other writings, 1920s-1930s; correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to Howe's tenure as Chair of the Yale University Department of Architecture; clippings, correspondence, and legal documents, 1932-1935, relating to the dissolution of his architectural firm, Howe & Lescaze; correspondence, memoranda, and accounts relating to Howe's work with LIFE Magazines's Life Houses program ("new houses for modern living"), 1939-1940; correspondence between Robert A.M. Stern and numerous architects, family, and friends of Howe, all related to Stern's research for his monograph on Howe, 1962-1974; and curriculum vitae, a diary of a trip to Mexico, 1932, photographs, clippings, printed material, and miscellaneous documents, relating to professional honors and activities, and personal life. Also, letters from leading artists and architects including William Kozlenko, Maxwell Levinson, Philip Johnson, Norman L. Rice, Louis I. Kahn, Robert J. Buffler, Howard Robertson, Roger W. Sherman, Dominque Berninger, and Irving Bowman, endorsing Howe for the 1933 Philadelphia Award (which he did not receive).

2.8 cubic ft.

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