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Series Descriptions/Container Listing
Biographical Material, 1935-1986, undated
Correspondence, circa 1891, 1936-1986
Project Files, 1948-1980, undated
Subject Files, 1961-circa 1982, undated
Teaching Files, circa 1954-1973
Works of Art, 1965-1967,undated
Printed Material, 1842-1844, 1913-1986, undated
Photographs, 1959-1981, undated
Reginald R. Isaacs
A Finding Aid to the Reginald R. Isaacs Papers, circa 1842-1991 (bulk 1928-1991), in the Archives of American Art
by Kym Wheeler
1994
- Contact Information
- Reference Department
- Archives of American Art
- Smithsonian Institution
- Washington. D.C. 20560
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Collection Overview | ||
| Creator: | Reginald R. Isaacs | |
| Title: | Reginald R. Isaacs papers | |
| Dates: | circa 1842-1991 (bulk 1928-1991) | |
| Abstract: | The papers of Reginald R. Isaacs measure 22.5 linear feet and date from 1842 to 1991 (bulk 1928-1991). The collection includes Isaacs's personal and professional papers, as well as extensive research material he collected and created for his two volume biography, Walter Gropius: The Man and His Work. | |
| Extent: | 22.5 linear feet | |
Administrative Information
Provenance
The collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by Henry Isaacs, son of Reginald Isaacs, in January 1991.
Processing Information
The collection was processed by Kym Wheeler in 1994 with funding provided in part by a grant from The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts. The finding aid was revised by Stephanie Ashley in 2001 prior to conversion to EAD.
Preferred Citation
Reginald R. Isaacs papers, circa 1842-1991 (bulk 1928-1991). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Restrictions
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research. Use requires an appointment and is restricted to the Washington, D.C. research facility.
Ownership and Literary Rights
The papers of Reginald R. Isaacs are owned by the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Literary rights, as possessed by the donor, have been dedicated to public use for research, study, and scholarship. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
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Index Terms | ||
| This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Archives of American Art under the following index terms. People, families and organizations are listed under "Names" when they are creators or contributors and under "Subjects" when they are the topic of collection contents. | ||
| Subjects: | ||
| Bauhaus | ||
| Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 | ||
| Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956 | ||
| Subjects-Topical: | ||
| Architects | ||
| Architects | ||
| Architects and community | ||
| Architects and housing developers | ||
| Architects in government | ||
| Architectural writing | ||
| Architecture and society | ||
| Architecture, Modern | ||
| Architecture, Modern -- 20th century | ||
| Authors | ||
| City planners | ||
| City planning | ||
| Educators -- Massachusetts | ||
| Industrial designers | ||
| International style (Architecture) | ||
| Schools of architecture | ||
| Types of Materials: | ||
| Exhibition catalogs | ||
| Photographs | ||
| Scrapbooks | ||
| Sketches | ||
| Writings | ||
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Biographical Note
Born in Canada in 1911, Reginald R. Isaacs began working in architectural offices at age 14, later coming under the influence of "Beaux-Arts diplomes" at the University of Minnesota and Harvard and subsequently under that of Walter Gropius at Harvard University. He later studied sociology and planning at the University of Chicago under Louis Wirth and Rexford Guy Tugwell.
Isaacs served on the staffs of city planning commissions in Minneapolis, Syracuse, and Chicago, and in the federal government in the National Youth Agency, Public Housing Authority, and Housing and Home Finance Agency. His architectural practice in Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and other cities included the design of housing, colleges, and hospitals. He was director of planning and development for Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, 1945-1953 where Walter Gropius, planner Walter Blucher, and sociologist Louis Wirth collaborated with him as consultants. He was a United Nations expert on regional planning in South America, a planning consultant for the Ford Foundation, the U.S. State Department, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Recommended by Walter Gropius, Isaacs served as the Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning at Harvard University from 1953-1978. He was also Chairman of the Graduate School of Design's Departments of City and Regional Planning as well as Landscape Architecture. Throughout his career he lectured at universities throughout the United States and in almost every country of Central and South America and in the Caribbean.
In 1962 Isaacs and Gropius began their collaboration on Walter Gropius: The Man and his Work, until the death of Gropius in 1969. The first volume of the biography was published in German in 1983 with the second volume following in 1984. Isaacs died of a massive heart attack in 1986, never realizing his goal to see an English-language edition which was published posthumously in 1991 by the Estate of Reginald Isaacs.
| Date | Event | |
| 1911 | Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | |
| 1935 | Received Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Minnesota | |
| 1939 | Received Masters of Architecture degree from Harvard University, Graduated School of Design | |
| 1947-1950 | Studied sociology and planning with Louis Wirth and Rexford Guy Tugwell at the University of Chicago | |
| 1945-1953 | Director of planning at Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Illinois | |
| 1951-1953 | Guest lecturer at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design with Walter Gropius and also served a two-year term as a member of the Board of Overseers Committee to Visit the Graduate School of Design | |
| 1953-1978 | Named the Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning | |
| 1953-1964 | Chairman of the Department of City and Regional Planning | |
| 1953-1958 | Chairman of the Department of Landscape Architecture | |
| 1962 | Began collaboration with Walter Gropius on the biography Walter Gropius - The Man and his Work | |
| 1969 | Walter Gropius dies | |
| 1983 | Walter Gropius, Der Mensch und Sein Werk, Volume 1 published by Gebr. Mann Nerlag, Berlin | |
| 1984 | Walter Gropius, Der Mensch und Sein Werk, Volume 2, published by Gebr. Mann Nerlag, Berlin | |
| 1986 | Isaacs dies | |
| 1991 | Walter Gropius An Illustrated Biography of the Creator of the Bauhaus, published by the Estate of Reginald Isaacs. The Papers of Reginald R. Isaacs donated to the Archives of American Art by his son, Henry Isaacs. |
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Scope and Content Note
The papers of of architect, instructor, writer, and city planner, Reginald R. Isaacs (1911-1986) measure 22.5 linear feet and date from 1842 to 1991 with the bulk of the material dating from 1883 to 1985. The collection includes Isaacs's personal and professional papers, as well as extensive research material he collected and created for his two volume two-volume biography of Bauhaus architect, Walter Gropius: Walter Gropius: The Man and His Work. The bulk of Walter Gropius' papers are housed at the Busch Reisinger Museum at Harvard University, and the Bauhaus Archiv in Germany.
Series 1 to 12 contain contain biographical, legal, and financial material; personal and professional correspondence; project and subject files; writings and publications; teaching files; works of art; scrapbooks; printed material; and photographs relating to Isaacs' personal and professional career.
Series 13 forms the bulk of the collection and pertains specifically to the writing and publication of Isaacs' biography of Gropius. It contains research material, correspondence (much of it with Gropius), drafts of the manuscript, publication correspondence, photographs and illustrations, and printed material. Some of the research material, including some of the photographs and illustrations that were used in the biography, appear to have been original documents of Walter Gropius, while large portions of the material are photocopies of the originals, many of them in German.
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Series Descriptions/Container Listing
Series 1: Biographical Material, 1935-1986, undated (box 1; 8 folders) |
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This series contains biographical material about Isaacs such as biographical sketches, educational records, and obituaries. The award found here is a citation from the Society of American Registered Architects from 1942. Isaacs's wedding announcement, an employee identification card from Chicago, Illinois, and an enlistment card for "C" Company of the 3rd Regiment of the New York Guard, can be found in the folder housing miscellaneous material. |
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| 1 | Biographical Sketches, undated | ||||||||
| Curriculum Vitae, 1950-1978, undated | |||||||||
| Diplomas and Transcript (photocopies), 1935, 1939, 1949 | |||||||||
| Architecture Licenses (photocopies), 1940, 1941, 1967 | |||||||||
| Certificates of Membership and Award, 1941, 1942, 1972 (1972 award in box 22 sol) | |||||||||
| Obituaries and Eulogy, 1986 | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous, 1943, undated | |||||||||
Series 2: Legal Material, 1976-1984 (box 1; 3 folders) |
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This series contains the last will and testament for Reginald and Charlotte Isaacs and includes related correspondence and drafts of the documents. |
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| 1 | Wills, Correspondence, and Drafts, 1976-1984 | ||||||||
| Wills, Correspondence, and Drafts, Reginald R. Isaacs, 1982, 1984 | |||||||||
| Wills, Correspondence and Drafts, Charlotte Alders Isaacs, 1982, 1984 | |||||||||
Series 3: Financial Material, 1945-1969 (box 1; 2 folders) |
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This series contains cancelled checks for art related purchases and donations by Reginald and Charlotte Isaacs. Signatures that can be found here include those of Herbert Bayer, William Hunt, Fernand Leger, Jackson Pollock, Reba Stewart, and Jack Shadbolt. |
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| 1 | Cancelled Checks, 1945-1956 | ||||||||
| Cancelled Checks, 1964-1969 | |||||||||
Series 4: Correspondence, circa 1891, 1936-1986 (boxes 1-2; 1.5 linear ft.) |
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This series contains personal and professional correspondence of Reginald R. Isaacs, with copies of his replies. |
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| 4.1: Chronological Correspondence, 1936-1986, undated | |||||||||
| 4.2: Alphabetical Correspondence, circa 1891, 1941-1985 | |||||||||
4.1: Chronological Correspondence, 1936-1986, undated |
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Correspondents from 1936 to 1940 include Frank Lloyd Wright and the Chicago Planning Commission. Records from these years also include performance appraisals from the Federal Security Agency's National Youth Administration. |
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1941 to 1945 correspondents include Marcel Breuer on the purchase of a Fernand Leger painting; Walter Blucher on the Michael Reese Hospital project; Hubert H. Humphrey; Mies van der Rohe; the Federal Works Agency's United States Housing Authority; and the National Housing Agency regarding notification of personnel action. |
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1946 to 1950 correspondence concerns the Michael Reese Hospital project; Rexford G. Tugwell; the University of Chicago regarding enrolling for a Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology; and activities as a panel speaker for the Citizens' Housing and Planning Council of Detroit. |
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Correspondents from 1951 to 1955 include Hubert H. Humphrey, Leon Eugene Arnal, Jose Luis Sert, Rafael Pico, Earl H. Reed, Chester Nagel, Edward Everett Horton's (autograph), Christian Herter, Leverett Saltonstall, Nathan M. Pusey (President of Harvard University on Urban Renewal project), Peter Nash, Walter H. Blucher, and Lewis Mumford. The records also contain correspondence with Adlai Stevenson on nominating Ferd Kramer for an award; and letters of congratulations on appointment as the Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Chairman of the Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture Department of Harvard University. |
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Correspondents from 1956 to 1960 include William F. Buckley, Jr., on Dr. von Mises', Jose Luis Sert, Lewis Mumford, Edwin S. Burdell, President of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Lewis Mumford, Jasper D. Ward (Architect of General Electric Company) on the project "Research for Living," Rexford G. Tugwell, Leverett Saltonstall, Hubert H. Humphrey, John F. Kennedy, Paul Douglas on Senator John Sparkman's bill S. 1230, Candido Oliveras (Chairman of the Puerto Rico Planning Board on the Southern Metropolitan Area Project), Fernando Belaunde Terry, and Richard M. Bennett. |
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1961 to 1965 correspondents include John A. Holabird on an urban design project, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Fernando Belaunde Terry, and Francois C. Vigier. |
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1966 to 1970 correspondents include Lewis Mumford, Walter F. Bogner, and Abraham A. Ribicoff. |
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Correspondents from 1966 to 1970 include Everett McKinley Dirksen, Ralph M. Paiewonsky (Governor of the Virgin Islands), Hubert H. Humphrey, Jorge Ricardo Riba (Director of Instituto de Vivienda y Urbanismo in Panama), and Luis A. Ferre (Governor of Puerto Rico). |
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Correspondents from 1971 to 1975 include Fernando Belaunde Terry, and Frank O. Gehry which includes the publication Children and the City, by Olga Adams. |
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1976-1980 correspondents include William Saltzman, Newton S. Friedman, Arete Publishing Company, Inc. on manuscripts for an encyclopedia, and The Free Press on biographies for the Macmillan Encyclopedia of Architects. |
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1981-1985 correspondents include Jeffrey Potter on Jackson Pollock, Kazuhiko Satani of the Satani Gallery in Tokyo, Ati (Beate) Gropius Johansen, Norma Farber, Fernando Belaunde Terry, William W. Nash, Jr., Newton S. Friedman, Leone Blooston, Bruno Zevi, Robert Rosenthal, Chester Nagel, Howard Henry, Harry Seidler, and Ferd Kramer. |
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1986 correspondence includes sympathy cards to Charlotte Aldes Isaacs. |
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| 1 | Correspondence, General, 1936-Sept. 10, 1986, circa 1986 (49 folders) | ||||||||
4.2: Alphabetical Correspondence, circa 1891, 1941-1985 |
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Subjects covered by the correspondence found in this subseries include the publication of various works by Isaacs, Isaacs' work as a consultant, various exhibitions, conferences, and lectures, and sales of Isaacs' artwork. There are also files relating to Isaacs' collection of paintings by Jackson Pollock and Emil Singer which document Isaacs' dontaion of Pollock paintings to the Fogg Museum at Harvard University, and his sale of Singer etchings in the United States. In addition to correspondence, files may contain writings, teaching material, and printed matter. |
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| 1 | Architectural History Foundation, Inc., 1981-1982 (3 folders) | ||||||||
| Walter Blucher, 1960, 1982-1984, undated (4 folders) | |||||||||
| Cambridge Boat Club, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984 | |||||||||
| Columbus Town Meeting, Columbus, Ohio, 1954 | |||||||||
| Committee for Economic Development, Washington, D.C., 1957 | |||||||||
| John M. Gaus, 1941-1970 9 folders | |||||||||
| Goethe Institute Boston, 1985-1986 | |||||||||
| Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, 1964-1985 | |||||||||
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| 2 | Walter Gropius (and Ise), 1945-1980, undated | ||||||||
| (34 folders; regarding the Michael Reese Hospital project, Gropius as Architectural Consultant, 1945-1953, and collaboration on the biography) | |||||||||
| About Charles Wilson Killam, 1961-1962, 1965 | |||||||||
| Jack (Jacobus Josephus) Liebenberg, 1979, 1980-1985 (4 folders) | |||||||||
| The M.I.T. Press, 1969, 1970 | |||||||||
| Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978-1979 | |||||||||
| About Richard Nelson, 1948 | |||||||||
| Rafael Pico, 1959, 1961, 1979-1980 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Jackson Pollock's Artwork, 1956, 1960-1981 (11 folders) | |||||||||
| Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce, 1977-1985 | |||||||||
| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1962 | |||||||||
| Emil Singer, 1938-1940 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1969 | |||||||||
| Francois C.D. Vigier, 1970, 1976 | |||||||||
| (4 folders; writings by Vigier) | |||||||||
Series 6: Subject Files, 1961-circa 1982, undated (box 3; 2 folders) |
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This small series contains writings and photographs concerning Katherine McNamara's retirement, and clippings and printed material concerning Horartio Alger. |
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| 3 | Katherine McNamara's Retirement, 1961, 1963 | ||||||||
| Horartio Alger, 1962-69, circa 1982 | |||||||||
Series 7: Writings, 1940-1986, undated (boxes 3-4; 2 linear ft.) |
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This series includes writings by Isaacs other than the biography of Walter Gropius, which is documented in Series 13. |
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| 7.1: Lectures and Articles, circa 1940-1986 | |||||||||
| 7.2: Biographical Entries, undated | |||||||||
| 7.3: Publications, 1944-1974 | |||||||||
7.1 Lectures and Articles, circa 1940-1986 |
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This subseries contains many of Isaacs's lectures and articles in draft or photocopy form. |
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| 3 | "Air Raid Shelters for Private Residences and Housing Projects," with Henry G. Hunt, circa 1940 | ||||||||
| "Preliminary," for a Radio Address Given by Homer Hoyt, c. 1940 | |||||||||
| "City Planning," circa 1940 | |||||||||
| "Summary of Text of Preliminary Master Plan of Recreation Areas," Chicago Plan Commission, 1943 | |||||||||
| Outline for "Areas for New Growth, Profitable Plans for New Areas, Trends in Subdivision Planning, Effects of Subdivision Planning on Real Estate, Decentralization - An Evil?," with Victor H. Bringe, Oct. 1945 | |||||||||
| "Community Organization for Planning and Action," 1947 | |||||||||
| "The Neighborhood Concept in Theory and Application," Journal of Land Economics, Feb. 1949 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| "Public Relations for Architects," Public Relations Committee Preliminary Report on Policy and Program, American Institute of Architects, Chicago Chapter, Nov. 1949 | |||||||||
| "The Rape of the Lake," 1947-1972 (4 folders; photograph in box 22 sol) | |||||||||
| "A Tribute to Louis Wirth," South Side Planning Board, Annual Meeting, Chicago, 1952 | |||||||||
| "Administrative Aspects of Rehabilitation," Discussion, New England Conference on Neighborhood Improvement, Feb. 1954 | |||||||||
| "Inter-professional Relations," Report, A.I.A. 86th Annual Convention, Jun. 1954 | |||||||||
| "Planners in History," Dec. 1954 | |||||||||
| "Careers in Planning," Harvard University Career Conference, Mar. 1955 | |||||||||
| "Providing for Future Urban Growth," Ohio State University Conference on Slum Prevention and Neighborhood Rehabilitation, Mar. 1955 | |||||||||
| "Training for the Planning Profession," University of San Juan, Apr. 1956 | |||||||||
| The Core of the City: A Pilot Study of Changing Land Uses in Central Business Districts, by John Rannells, Reviewed by Isaacs, 1956 | |||||||||
| "Obligations of Good Practice," The Standards of Professional Practice, A.I.A. Document 330, Mar. 1957 | |||||||||
| "Geography and Natural Resources Administration in the United States," by Meredith F. Burrill, Reviewed by Isaacs, Jul. 1957 | |||||||||
| "Observations on Being a Slave in the Market - A Report from an Ex-job Seeker," American Society of Planning Officials, comments by Isaacs, Jul. 1957 | |||||||||
| "Flyspeck, U.S.A. - Portrait of a Village," Dec. 1957 | |||||||||
| "Urban Sprawl - Patterns, Implications and Prospects," National Health Forum, 1958 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| "Who Killed the Fallen Sparrow?," Urban Sprawl and Health, National Health Council, Jan. 1959 | |||||||||
| "A Preliminary Survey of Objectives, Policies, Program and Organization," Area Planning Association, Boston, Massachusetts, Feb. 1959 | |||||||||
| "Social Planning in the Community," Cambridge Community Center, May 1959 | |||||||||
| "Citizen Education, Organization, and Participation - A Program for Puerto Rico," American Society of Planning Officials, May 1959 | |||||||||
| "Estetica Del Area Metropolitana," Associacion Argentina De Planeamiento, Oct. 1959 | |||||||||
| "The Real Costs of Urban Renewal," c. 1960 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| "History: Its Effects on Tomorrow's Architecture," Architecture Plus for 1960, A & M College of Texas, Feb. 1960 | |||||||||
| "Puerto Rico and the 'Junta,'" Draft, 1960 | |||||||||
| "Educacion en Planificacion," 1960 | |||||||||
| "The Role of Educational Plant Planners in Urban Renewal," Overview Magazine, with William Nash, Apr. 1961 | |||||||||
| "Consideration of the Culture of Puerto Rico in Planning and Architecture," Jun. 1961 | |||||||||
| "The Education of Planners and Architects," c. 1962 | |||||||||
| "Planning the South Shore's Future, the South Shore Region, 1837-1937, the Present 1987-2087, a Retrospective and Prospective Study," with Francios Vigier, Jan. 1962 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| "Statements for WGBH-TV," regarding planning in Metropolitan Boston Jan. 1962 - | |||||||||
| "Goals for Planning," an audit of University of Buffalo, New York, Feb. 1962 | |||||||||
| "Metas Ideales Para Planeamiento," Feb. 1962 | |||||||||
| "The Design of Low-rent Public Housing - A Statement for the Housing Yearbook," Apr. 1962 | |||||||||
| "Goals for 2012: A Retrospective and Prospective View of the Twin Cities," Apr. 1962 - (2 folders) | |||||||||
| "The Education of Planners - An Epilogue," Apr. - Aug. 1962 (5 folders) | |||||||||
| "Minneapolis Community Improvement Program - Proposed Work Program - Urban Design Studies," Aug. - Nov. 1962 | |||||||||
| "Fuera de Brasil Y Mexico...," c. 1963 | |||||||||
| "Walter Gropius and the Form of Cities," Apr. 1963 | |||||||||
| Art in Latin American Architecture, by Paul F. Damaz, reviewed by Isaacs, Aug. 1963 | |||||||||
| "El Programa de Renovacion Comunal," Apr. 1964 | |||||||||
| "Planning for the Future," Discussion Panel for the 9th Annual Conferma Presentation, Boston, Nov. 1964 - | |||||||||
| "Human Relations," circa 1965 | |||||||||
| "Toward a New City," Lecture at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Sept. 1965 | |||||||||
| "Gropius and the City," Lecture Introductions for the University of Washington, University of British Columbia, and University of Rhode Island, Feb. 1966 | |||||||||
| "Reconnaissance" - Regarding the Establishment of a Masters in Regional Planning Program at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Feb. 1967 | |||||||||
| "Problems & Resources of Man's Environment," Putney School Spring Conference "Man and His Environment," Putney, Vermont, Apr. 1967 | |||||||||
| "Gropius y la Ciudad," Lecture for the Division de Estudios Superiores Escuela Nacional de Arquitectura, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Sept. 1968 | |||||||||
| Gropius and the City, 1969 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| "Walter Gropius and the City," Lecture for Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 1969 | |||||||||
| "Walter Gropius - A Tribute," with the introduction of Ise Gropius, Chicago Chapter American Institute of Architects; and "Walter Gropius, 1883-1969," Faculty of Design Meeting Minutes, Harvard University, 1969 | |||||||||
| "National Urban Growth Policies," speech given by Luis Ferre, Governor of Puerto Rico at the National Housing Conference, Feb. 1970 | |||||||||
| Gropius Y La Ciudad, 1970 | |||||||||
| "Proposed Program for Doctor of Philosophy - Florida State University," report, 1970 | |||||||||
| "The Common Good," Jan. 1971 | |||||||||
| "Some Comments on the City and Regional Planning Program at Auburn University," with M. Ismail Serageldin, Jan. 1971 | |||||||||
| "Planning for the Future," 1971 | |||||||||
| "The Art, Education and Responsibility of Planners - A tribute to John Merriman Gaus and Howard W. Odum, Sr.," with M. Ismail Serageldin, 1971-72 | |||||||||
| Society of American Registered Architects regrading education, 1972-1973 | |||||||||
| The Making of Cities, by Dennis Sharp, reviewed by Isaacs and M. Ismail Serageldin, 1973 | |||||||||
| Verhandlungen des XXXVIII. Internationalen Amerikanistenkongresses Band IV Symposium title The Process of Urbanization in America Since its Origins to the Present Time Organized by Jorge E. Erwin, Walter Palm and Richard Schaedel, Reviewed by Isaacs, 1975 | |||||||||
| "The Bauhaus - Utopia?" circa 1975 | |||||||||
| Laudation-Ise Gropius' 80th Birthday, 1977 | |||||||||
| "The Urban Prospect: Future of the Small American City," Symposium, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1978 | |||||||||
| "Walter Gropius (1883-1969)," for MacMillan Encyclopedia, c. 1982 | |||||||||
| "Gropius - Harvard Teacher," c. 1983 | |||||||||
| "The Man Gropius," c. 1984 | |||||||||
| Early Twentieth Century Sociologists as Planners: A Rare Breed? A Prelude to Research, by Thomas H. Jenkins, reviewed by Isaacs, 1984 | |||||||||
| "Walter Gropius, Architect, Teacher, Humanist, Philosopher," Lecture for the Cambridge Historical Society, 1986 | |||||||||
| "Civil Defense Needs in Site Selection for Hospitals," undated | |||||||||
| Introduction of Stuart Hughes, undated | |||||||||
| The Rationalization of Research on Housing and Urban Problems, by Richard Ratcliff, Reviewed by Isaacs, undated | |||||||||
| Lecture on Michael Reese Hospital, undated | |||||||||
| "Planning as a Profession - A Discussion," undated | |||||||||
| "Planning in Education and Practice," undated | |||||||||
| "Socio-Economic and Political Problems - Social Aspects of Planning," undated | |||||||||
| Urban design Lecture, undated | |||||||||
| "Urban Land: Some Proposals for Its Use," undated | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous Notes, undated | |||||||||
| Card File and Lists of Reginald Isaacs' Writings, undated (5 folders) | |||||||||
| Lists of Reginald Isaacs' Writings, undated | |||||||||
| Bibliography of Writings by Others, undated | |||||||||
7.2: Biographical Entries, undated |
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This subseries contains biographical entries for the following individuals: Patrick Abercrombie; Franz Adickes; Josef Albers; Alfred Arndt; Otto Bartning; Herbert Bayer; Walter Curt Behrendt; Peter Behrens; Hendrik Petrus Berlage; Max Bill; Otto Eduard Leopold Von Bismarck; Serge Ivan Chermayeff; Wells Wintemute Coates; Arthur Coleman Comey; James Bryant Conant; Lucio Costa; Jack Cotton; John Dewey; Thomas Stearns Eliot; Friedrich Engels; Lyonel Feininger; Johann Gottlieb Fichte; Philip Sargeant Florence; Fountains and Waterfeatures; Edwin Maxwell Fry; Patrick Geddes; Frederick Gibberd; Sigfried Giedion; David Gilly; Friedrich Gilly; Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe; Ise Frank Gropius; Manon Gropius; Martin Carl Philipp Gropius; Walther Gropius; George Grosz; Knut Hamsun; Gustav Hassenpflug; Werner Hebebrand; Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel; Fritz Hesse; Moses Hess; Theodor Heuss; Ludwig Hilberseimer; Paul Hindemith; William Graham Holford; Sutemi Horiguchi; Ebenezer Howard; Joseph Fairman Hudnut; Aldous Leonard Huxley; Julian Sorrell Huxley; Reginald Roderic Isaacs; Wassily Kandinsky; Immanuel Kant; Oskar Kokoschka; Ferdinand Lassalle; Le Corbusier; Karl Liebknecht; Adolf Loos; Wassili Luckhardt; Rosa Luxemburg; Fritz Mackenson; Gerhard Marcks; Sven Gottfrid Markelius; Sir John Leslie Martin; Karl Marx; Ernst May; Erich Mendelsohn; Adolf Meyer; Hannes Meyer; Laszlo Moholy-Nagy; Sir Oswald Ernald Mosley; Lewis Mumford; Hermann Muthesius; Friedrich Naumann; Ernst Neufert; Richard Joseph Neutra; Friedrich Nietzsche; Karl Ernst Osthaus; Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud; Hans Poelzig; John Craven Pritchard; Walther Rathenau; Sir Herbert Read; James M. Richards; Henry Hobson Richardson; Philip Rosenthal; Bertrand Arthur William Russell; Hans Bernhard Scharoun; Johann Christoph Friedrich Von Schiller; Karl Friedrich Schinkel; Gottfired Semper; Jose Luis Sert; Morton Phillip Shand; Thomas Sharp; Georg Simmel; Adolf Sommerfeld; Mart Stam; Gordon Stephenson; Igor Stravinsky; Louis Henri Sullivan; Bruno Taut; Leo Tolstoy (Count Lev Nikolayevich); Ferdinand Tonnies; Sir Raymond Unwin; Henri Van De Velde; Wilhelm Von Humboldt; Martin Wagner; Richard Wagner; Max Weber; Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel; Wilhalm I (Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig); Wilhalm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert); Louis Wirth; and Frank Lloyd Wright. |
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| 4 | Biographical Entries, A-W (17 folders) | ||||||||
7.3: Publications, 1944-1974 |
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This subseries contains published copies of other published writings by Isaacs. The material generally focuses on the fields of planning and architecture, and the works and teachings of Walter Gropius. Some of the writings have been translated into Spanish and German. |
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| 4 | "Traffic and Residential Real Estate," Federal Home Loan Bank Review, with Victor H. Bringe, 1944 | ||||||||
| "Planning Review of 1944," Planning and Civic Comment, with G. Holmes Perkins and Victor Bringe, vol. 11, no. 1; "Educational, Cultural, and Recreational Services," The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 242, 1945 | |||||||||
| "Traffic and Residential Real Estate;" "City Region and Regionalism," by Robert E. Dickinson, Reviewed by Isaacs, Journal of Land Economics; "The "Neighborhood Concept," Journal of Housing, 1947-1948 | |||||||||
| "The Neighborhood Theory," Journal of the American Institute of Planners, vol. XIV, no. 2; "The Neighborhood Concept in Theory and Application," Land Economics; Communities for Better Living, by James Dahir, and Community Organization and Planning, Arthur Hillman, Reviewed by Isaacs, Journal of Housing; Children and the City, by Olga Adams, Published by Isaacs, 1948-1952 | |||||||||
| The Core of the City: A Pilot Study of Changing Land Uses in Central Business Districts, by John Rannells, reviewed by Isaacs, Journal of the American Statistical Association, vol. 52, no. 278; "Public Relations and Planning," Planning; "History: Effect on Tomorrow's Architecture," Architecture Plus; "Historia: su efecto sobre la arquitectura de futuro," Revista de la Facultad de Arquitectura, no. 3. Seti. 1957-1961 | |||||||||
| "Goals for Planning," Audit, vol. II, no. 4; Consideraciones sobre la cultura de Puerto Rico en la planificacion, Ediciones Rvmbos; "La Estetica del Arte Metropolitano," Orbanismo, vol I, no. 2; "Bibliotecas y Documentacion para la planeacion," Orbanismo, vol I, no. 3, 1962 | |||||||||
| "Factores Culturales en la planeacion," Orbanismo, vol. I, no. 4; "Metas Ideales para el Planeamiento," Revista Mexicana de Sociologia, vol. XXIV, no. 3; "La estetica del area metropolitana," Urbe, vol. 1, no. 4, 1962 | |||||||||
| "El concepto de la Unidad Vecinal en la teoria y en la practica," Revista de la Facultad de Arquitetura Universidad de la Republica, no. 4; Art in Latin American Architecture, by Paul F. Damaz, reviewed by Isaacs, Landscape Architecture; "Metas Ideales para el Planeamiento;" "Consideracioines sobre la cultura de Puerto Rico en la planificacion," 1963-1964 | |||||||||
| "Metas Ideales para el Planeamiento;" "Kaduna Forum - an international forum," Architectural Association Quarterly; "Gropius and the City," Boston University Journal, vol. XVIII, no. 1, 1969-1970 | |||||||||
| Winter, 1970 | |||||||||
| "The Art, Education and Responsibility of Planners," with M. Ismail Serageldin, The Place of Planning; Evaluation and Updating of the 1967 Study Design, Gulf Regional Planning Commission, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1971-72 | |||||||||
| 1971 | |||||||||
| "Threshold to the Future," Profile '73; "The Making of Cities," Architectural Association Quarterly , vol. 5, no. 2; "Economic growth is just part of development," National Development/Modern Government; "Threshold to the Future," Profile '73, 1973-1977 | |||||||||
Series 9: Works of Art, 1965-1967,undated (box 5; 3 folders) |
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This series includes a sketch in colored pencil by Max Bill; a pen and ink bookplate by Hans Maria Wingler; a water color poster by Gary M. Tierney announcing Isaacs's lecture "Walter Gropius and the City"; a caricature of Isaacs sculling by an unidentified artist; and two pen and ink sketches of Walter Gropius by Christian Hofer, that were previously filmed on Reel 2331, Frames 488 to 491. |
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| 5 | Artwork by Bill, Wingler, Tierney and Unidentified, 1965-1967, undated (see OV folder for poster announcing "Walter Gropius and the City" lecture) | ||||||||
| Artwork by Christian Hofer, 1967 | |||||||||
Series 10: Scrapbooks, 1929-1969 (box 5; 2 volumes) |
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This series contains two scrapbooks. The first includes correspondence and printed material regarding Isaacs's appointment as the Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning. The second contains obituaries and eulogies for Walter Gropius. |
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| 5 | Reginald Isaacs at Harvard University, 1929-1964 | ||||||||
| Obituaries and Eulogies for Walter Gropius, 1969 | |||||||||
Series 11: Printed Material, 1842-1844, 1913-1986, undated (box 5; 0.5 linear ft.) |
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This series includes exhibition catalogs and announcements, including a 1936 catalog for the Twenty-Second Annual Twin City Art Exhibit at the Institute of Arts in Minneapolis; news clippings, lecture announcements, and commission reports relating to the Chicago Plan Commission; publicity material, programs, and reports from the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University; and general miscellaneous material including the Farmer's Almanac from 1842 and 1844, Rudolf Serkin's autograph from 1943, lecture announcements, and newspaper and magazine articles regarding architecture, engineering, planning, and other subjects. |
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| 5 | Exhibition Catalogs and Announcements, 1936, 1979-1985 | ||||||||
| Chicago Plan Commission, Michael Reese Hospital, 1943, 1945-1968, undated (5 folders) | |||||||||
| Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, 1941-1986 (7 folders) | |||||||||
| General, 1842-1844, 1913, 1926, 1935-1985, undated (14 folders) | |||||||||
Series 12: Photographs, 1959-1981, undated (box 5; 7 folders) |
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Photographs of Isaacs and his family include images of his wife, Charlotte Aldes Isaacs. Photographs of friends and associates include photos of Newton S. Friedman, the Cambridge Skating Club, Karl Carstens, and Hans Maria Wingler. |
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| 5 | Portraits of Reginald Isaacs, 1963, 1973 | ||||||||
| Reginald Isaacs and Family, undated (2 folders; also 1 photograph in box 22 sol) | |||||||||
| Reginald Isaacs with Friends and Associates, 1981, undated | |||||||||
| Miscellaneous, Unidentified, undated | |||||||||
| Works of Art by Pollock, Saltzman, Heiliger, Citreon, and Carter, 1959-1966, undated | |||||||||
| Sculptures of Walter Gropius, 1959-1966 | |||||||||
Series 13: Walter Gropius Biography, circa 1800s-1991, undated (boxes 6-21; 16 linear ft.) |
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This series documents the research for, and the writing and publication of, Isaacs' two volume biography of Bauhaus architect, Walter Gropius, through research material collected and organized by Isaacs during the course of his work on the biography. |
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The series is organized into seven subseries according to material type. |
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| 13.1: Survey Responses, circa 1965 | |||||||||
| 13.2: Research and Bibliographic Material, circa 1883-1986, undated | |||||||||
| 13.3: Drafts of Biography, circa 1972-1977, 1991 | |||||||||
| 13.4: Comments on the Biography, circa 1991, undated | |||||||||
| 13.5: Publication Correspondence, 1969-1989 | |||||||||
| 13.6: Photographs and Illustrations for the Biography, circa 1800s-1983, undated | |||||||||
| 13.7: Printed Material, 1912-1991, undated | |||||||||
13.1: Survey Responses, circa 1965 |
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This subseries contains questionnaires for a survey that were distributed by Isaacs and returned to him by former students of Gropius at the Bauhaus and at Harvard University. In addition to the survey responses, there are also charts which summarize the data contained therein. |
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| 6 | Bauhaus Graduates, Chart of Responses, circa 1965 | ||||||||
| Bauhaus Graduates, Responses, circa 1965 (33 folders) | |||||||||
| Harvard Bachelor of Architecture Graduates, Chart of Responses, circa 1965 | |||||||||
| Harvard Bachelor of Architecture Graduates, Responses circa 1965 (3 folders) | |||||||||
| Harvard Master of Architecture Graduates, Chart of Responses, circa 1965 | |||||||||
| Harvard Master of Architecture Graduates, Responses, circa 1965 (8 folders) | |||||||||
13.2: Research and Bibliographic Material, circa 1883-1986, undated |
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This subseries contains general research and bibliographic files compiled and organized by Isaacs for his work on the biography. The files contain correspondence, notes, writings, printed materials, and a few photographs. Many of the documents were created and/or authored by Walter Gropius and Ise Gropius. Large portions of these files are photocopies, although some originals can also be found; many are in German. Following is a list of the major subjects and names found in these files. |
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| 6 | Adler - American Academy of Arts and Sciences | ||||||||
| (includes Alcher-School, Inge, 1957, 1959) | |||||||||
| American Association for the Advancement of Science | |||||||||
| (about building proposals) | |||||||||
| Americans for Democratic Action - Arend, Herbert von | |||||||||
| Argan, Givlio Carlo | |||||||||
| Argentini, Antonio Amadeo - Augustyniak, Marian Z. | |||||||||
| (includes clippings about Arup, Ove, 1966) | |||||||||
| Bach to Bartlett | |||||||||
| (includes correspondence between Reyner Banham and Ise Gropius about Bauhaus; and Alfred J. Barr, Jr., 1938) | |||||||||
| Bartning, Otto, 1951-1957 | |||||||||
| Barucki to Bauer | |||||||||
| (includes Fred Bassetti, 1947-1948) | |||||||||
| Bauhaus, 1924-1983, undated | |||||||||
| (5 folders; includes correspondence with Alvar Aalto, Alfred Barr, Donald C. Dunham, Heinrich Engel, Carola W. Giedion, Fritz Hesse, Herbert Hubner, Jane Fiske McCullough, William Wurster, notes and writings about the Bauhaus by Isaacs and others, and clippings) | |||||||||
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| 7 | Bauhaus Archiv, 1960-1986 | ||||||||
| (6 folders; includes correspondence with Peter Hahn, Hans and Heidi Wingler, Christian Wolsdorff, exhibition announcements and clippings) | |||||||||
| Bayer, Herbert and Joella, 1932-1981 | |||||||||
| (7 folders; includes correspondence with Ise Gropius, writings by and about Herbert Bayer) | |||||||||
| Behrens, Peter - Bellman | |||||||||
| Beneman, Maria, undated | |||||||||
| Berg, Alban - Berlin | |||||||||
| Bernberger, Maschinen Fabrik - Beyer 1964-1968, undated | |||||||||
| Bibliographies Regarding Walter Gropius, undated (3 folders) | |||||||||
| Bill, Max, 1945-1979 | |||||||||
| (3 folders; about the Hochschule fur Gestaltung also known as the "Ulm Bauhaus") | |||||||||
| Black Mountain College - Bluhova | |||||||||
| Bochum University Competition, 1962-1963 | |||||||||
| Bogner - Boyd | |||||||||
| Brauneck - Britz-Buckow-Rudow (BBR) | |||||||||
| (includes 1 BBR plat and 1 BBR map stored in OV folder) | |||||||||
| Buenos Aires, Argentina - Bundesbaudirektion | |||||||||
| Buroorganisation, 1928-1931 | |||||||||
| (6 folders; includes memos, contract drafts, brochures, and clippings about office organization) | |||||||||
| Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1984-1985 | |||||||||
| (3 folders; about the Gropius Archive and exhibition) | |||||||||
| Campbell - Carter | |||||||||
| Chermayeff, Serge, 1948-1977 | |||||||||
| (3 folders; about Institute of Design, Congres Internationaux D'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) includes correspondence with Ivan Chermayeff, Jose Luis Sert, and Konrad Wachsmann) | |||||||||
| Chilar - Clark | |||||||||
| (includes Clarenbach, Dietrich, 1968, about the monument to those killed in the Kapp Putsch - Denkmal Fur der Marzgefallen, Weimar) | |||||||||
| Clay, General Lucius, 1947-1949 | |||||||||
| (includes Gropius' report as Advisor to Clay on the reconstruction of Germany) | |||||||||
| Cleveland, Ohio, Tower East | |||||||||
| Coates, Wells, 1937-1938, 1953, 1956 | |||||||||
| (includes correspondence with Jose Luis Sert and Isaacs) | |||||||||
| On Collaboration, 1953-1956 | |||||||||
| Collein - Colwell | |||||||||
| Computer Conference: Architecture and the Computer | |||||||||
| Conant, James Bryant, 1938-1978 (3 folders) | |||||||||
| Conant, Kenneth, 1952 | |||||||||
| Congres Internationaux D'Architecture Moderne (CIAM), 1938-1955 | |||||||||
| (12 folders; includes correspondence with Fred Forbat, Sigfried Giedion, Julian Huxley, Le Corbusier, Stamo Papadaki, Jose Luis Sert, Helena and Szymon Syrkus, and Jaqueline Tywhitt, a copy of Grille CIAM d'Urbanisme, 1948, and 1949 meeting dossier) | |||||||||
| Conklin - Costa | |||||||||
| Cotton, Jack, 1961-1972 | |||||||||
| (about Monico Piccadilly Circus, London) | |||||||||
| Council for the Aging, Boston - Currie | |||||||||
| DADD - Danilevskil | |||||||||
| Davison, Robert L., 1928-1943, 1965 | |||||||||
| (2 folders; includes correspondence with Josef Albers and Herbert Bayer) | |||||||||
| Dearstyne, Howard, 1955-1968 | |||||||||
| Deiters - Despotopolous | |||||||||
| Deutschen Demokratischen Republic, 1964-1966, undated | |||||||||
| (2 folders; includes Isaacs' correspondence with Christian Schadlich, and Hans Scharoun) | |||||||||
| Diamantopulis - Docker, Richard | |||||||||
| (includes Docker re. "The Ring," 1951-1965) | |||||||||
| Dollinger - Eberhard | |||||||||
| (includes Dorner, Alexander, 1947) | |||||||||
| Ebert - Edson | |||||||||
| (includes Ebert, Wills re. the Berlin School, 1957, 1968) | |||||||||
| Egbert, Donald Drew, 1947-1952 | |||||||||
| Elliott - Engels | |||||||||
| (includes Eliot, T.S., 1940-1958 - Ise's correspondence with Eliot and Thorton Wilder) | |||||||||
| Faquswerk - Feuchtwanger | |||||||||
| (includes Feininger, Lyonel, 1959, 1968 - essay "Address on the Artist") | |||||||||
| Field - Fitch | |||||||||
| Fletcher - Frank | |||||||||
| (includes Florence, Philip Sargent correspondence with Jack C. Pritchard, 1936-1937, 1966; Forberg, Sarina Elisabeth, 1975) | |||||||||
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| 8 | Frankfurt, Germany, 1948, 1962-1964 | ||||||||
| (see OV folder for 2 plats relating to Am Lindenbaum Development competition; also concerns proposed planning procedure for Frankfutam-Main to be the Capitol of West Germany) | |||||||||
| Free University, Berlin - Friedrich | |||||||||
| Fry, E. Maxwell, and Jane Drew, 1937-1984 (3 folders) | |||||||||
| Furniture, 1972-1985 | |||||||||
| (4 folders; about furniture designed by Gropius including correspondence with Ise Gropius and Hans Wingler, and photographs and appraisals of furniture) | |||||||||
| Galbraith - Gibbard | |||||||||
| Giedion, Sigfried, 1933-1965, 1982 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Gilbert - God is in the Details | |||||||||
| Goethe Prize, 1966 | |||||||||
| Gonzalez-Reyna - Griswold | |||||||||
| Gropius, Ise, 1911-1967 | |||||||||
| (4 folders; includes biographical material, notes, and excerpts from her correspondence) | |||||||||
| Gropius, Walter, 1906-1974 | |||||||||
| (25 folders; includes biographical material, genealogy material, and notes and writings by and about Gropius) | |||||||||
| Gropius House History, 1977 | |||||||||
| Gropp - Gummere | |||||||||
| Hamm - Hannoversche Papiefabriken Alfeld-Gronau | |||||||||
| Hardt - Hartmann | |||||||||
| Harvard University, 1920-1983 | |||||||||
| (23 folders; material about the Departments of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Regional Planning, and the Graduate School of Design including correspondence with Walter Bogner, John T. Boyd, Jr., Joseph B. Conant, Richard Filipowski, Henry A. Frost, Henry Hubbard, Joseph Hudnut, Charles Killam, Henry A. Kissinger, Warren P. Laird, Bremer Pond, Jerzy Solton, and Jaqueline Tyrwhitt) | |||||||||
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| 9 | Harvard University, cont. (4 folders) | ||||||||
| Harvard University, Visiting Committee, 1962-1968 | |||||||||
| (4 folders; about the Graduate School of Design and Visual Arts) | |||||||||
| Hassenpflug - Hess | |||||||||
| (includes Hebebrand, Werner, 1951, 1956, 1963) | |||||||||
| Hesse - Hildebrandt, Hans | |||||||||
| Hildebrandt, Lily, 1919-1984 | |||||||||
| (4 folders; includes excerpts of letters between Gropius and Hildebrandt translated by Ise Gropius; correspondence with Isaacs and Rainer Hildebrandt; and photographs of Hildebrandt, and her works of art) | |||||||||
| Hildebrandt, Rainer - Hillebrecht, Rudolf, 1948-1974 | |||||||||
| Hinder - Holden | |||||||||
| Holford, Sir William, 1960, 1973 | |||||||||
| Hollatz - Honig | |||||||||
| Hopp - Hoyt | |||||||||
| Hudnut, Joseph, 1929, 1934-1952, 1967 | |||||||||
| (25 folders; includes correspondence with Charles A. Coolidge, John M. Gaus, Henry James, Charles D. Maginnis, Elbert Peets, Leverett Saltonstall, Henry R. Shepley, regarding the arrival of Walter and Ise Gropius to Harvard University, and the Department of City and Regional Planning) | |||||||||
| Huffner - Hutcheon | |||||||||
| Huter, Karl-Heinz, 1964-1975, 1983-1984 | |||||||||
| Huxley, Aldous | |||||||||
| Implington Village College, Cambridge, England | |||||||||
| Integrity | |||||||||
| Interbau Bilderdienst, 1956, 1960 | |||||||||
| Institute of Design, Chicago, 1939-1955 | |||||||||
| (4 folders; includes correspondence with Charles Eames, Sigfried Giedion, Nathaniel H. Owings, Walter Paepcke, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe) | |||||||||
| Iraq, University of Baghdad - Janos | |||||||||
| (includes Itten, Johannes, 1964-1965) | |||||||||
| Japan, 1953-1985 | |||||||||
| (6 folders; about Walter and Ise Gropius' travels) | |||||||||
| Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Architectural Competition, St. Louis, Missouri, 1947 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Jenney - Joedicke | |||||||||
| John F. Kennedy Federal Building, 1963-1969 | |||||||||
| (4 folders; includes correspondence with Herbert Ferber, Dimitri Hadzi, and Robert Motherwell) | |||||||||
| Johnson - Kagan | |||||||||
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| 10 | Kandinsky - "Kapp Putsch" | ||||||||
| (includes Kapp Putsch memorial commission, 1968 with photograph of Emauel Dion) | |||||||||
| Karbe, Klaus, 1964-1983 (4 folders) | |||||||||
| Karlsruhe, Dammerstock - Klopfer | |||||||||
| (includes Klee, Paul, 1921, 1926; and Klee, Felix Paul, 1966, 1967) | |||||||||
| Koch - Kokoschka | |||||||||
| Konig, Heinrich, 1928, 1965 | |||||||||
| Korn, Arthur, 1964-1966 | |||||||||
| Kramer - Kusmirek | |||||||||
| Lanier - Le Corbeiller | |||||||||
| Le Corbusier, 1952-1965 | |||||||||
| (3 folders; includes correspondence with Lucio Costa and Jose Luis Sert) | |||||||||
| Lectures by Walter Gropius, 1932-1934 | |||||||||
| (7 folders; includes correspondence with Farkas Molnar, Maxwell Fry, Sigfried Giedion, and Erich Mendelsohn) | |||||||||
| Leiteritz - Linde | |||||||||
| Literature-Publications Which Influenced Gropius | |||||||||
| Lock - Lynch | |||||||||
| London, England, 1934-1983 | |||||||||
| (14 folders; information about the Park Lane Building Commission, Piccadilly Circus project and the Pioneer Health Center, correspondence with Ronald Coleman, Jack Cotton, Richard Llewelyn Davies, Sir William Holford, and Jack Pritchard) | |||||||||
| Mackay-Lewis - Maginnis | |||||||||
| (includes Maginnis, Charles, 1951-1952) | |||||||||
| Mahler, Alma, circa 1910-1920 | |||||||||
| (8 folders; includes Ise Gropius' translations of letters between Walter and Alma) | |||||||||
| Maldonado - Manchester, England, A.P. Simon Housing Development (see OV folder for plat) | |||||||||
| Mandroti - Markische Viertel | |||||||||
| Modern Architectural Research (MARS) Group, 1937-1938, 1947-1955 | |||||||||
| (3 folders; includes correspondence with Wells Coates, Jane Drew, Sir William Holford, and Jacqueline Tyrwhitt, meeting minutes and membership information) | |||||||||
| Martin - McCullough | |||||||||
| McGrath - Mendizabal | |||||||||
| Meyer, Hannes, 1963 | |||||||||
| Mickin, Margaret and Walter, 1964-1965 | |||||||||
| Miller - Molnar | |||||||||
| Moholy-Nagy, Laszlo and Sibyl, 1937-1949 | |||||||||
| (9 folders; about the formation of the "New Bauhaus," the Institute of Design, includes correspondence with Alexander Archipenko, Sewell Avery, Sibyl Moholy-Nagy, Richard Neutra, Walter Paepcke, and Xanti Schawinsky) | |||||||||
| Morgan - Muller-Boehat | |||||||||
| Mumford - Muthesius | |||||||||
| (includes Mumford, Lewis, 1940, 1946) | |||||||||
| Nachtigal - Neufert | |||||||||
| (includes National Broadcasting Co., Inc., 1957 about Gropius' appearance on NBC's "Wisdom Series, Conversation with Walter Gropius") | |||||||||
| Neumann - Norton | |||||||||
| (includes Neutra, Richard, 1951, 1968) | |||||||||
| O'Connor - Osthaus | |||||||||
| Otto - Owers | |||||||||
| Paepcke, Walter, 1944-1945 | |||||||||
| Pan American Building, 1962-1983 (4 folders) | |||||||||
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| 11 | Pankok - Paulssen, van Lunaeboerg | ||||||||
| Peht - Plimpton | |||||||||
| Poland (3 folders) | |||||||||
| Political Activities, 1946, 1948 | |||||||||
| (about the United Nations building site and the Mundt-Nixon Bill) | |||||||||
| Portaluppi - Prefabrication | |||||||||
| (includes Gropius' correspondence and statements regarding prefabrication, 1946-1963) | |||||||||
| Pritchard, John (Jack), 1946-1961 (6 folders) | |||||||||
| Pryzoda - Pusey | |||||||||
| Quebec, Place St. Cyrille Limitee | |||||||||
| Raabe - Reale Accademia D'Italia | |||||||||
| (includes Read, Sir Herbert, 1938, 1954-1968) | |||||||||
| Redslob - Rickey | |||||||||
| Riegl, Alois | |||||||||
| Riemerschmid - Roth | |||||||||
| Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Journal, 1934, 1936, 1955 (3 folders) | |||||||||
| Royal Society of Arts, 1961 | |||||||||
| (about the Gold Albert Medal) | |||||||||
| Rubin - Russia | |||||||||
| Sabais - Schadlich | |||||||||
| Scharoun, Hans, 1964-1966 | |||||||||
| Schawlinsky - Schiller | |||||||||
| Schinkel, Karl Friedrich | |||||||||
| Schlemmer - Schmidt, Pauli | |||||||||
| (includes Schlemmer, Tut, 1965, about Oskar Schlemmer; and Schmidt, Kurt, 1968) | |||||||||
| Schneider - Selmanagic | |||||||||
| Sert, Jose Luis, 1939-1969 (5 folders) | |||||||||
| Shanghai - Silber | |||||||||
| Simon - Soltan | |||||||||
| Sommerfield, Andrew, 1943-1949, 1964-1974 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Staber - Stevens | |||||||||
| Sting, Hellmuth | |||||||||
| Stout - Syrkus, Helena and Szymon | |||||||||
| Tallahassee, Florida - TASK | |||||||||
| Taunton Elementary School, Taunon, Massachusetts | |||||||||
| Taut, Bruno and Max | |||||||||
| The Architects Collaborative (TAC), 1945, 1961-1973 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Theater - Thiel | |||||||||
| Thiersch - Thompson | |||||||||
| Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany, circa 1931 | |||||||||
| Tillich - Tupler | |||||||||
| Uhlig, Klaus K. | |||||||||
| United Nations Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO), 1947-1972 | |||||||||
| (20 folders; about the design and construction of UNESCO's headquarters in Paris including correspondence with Max Bill, Marcel Breuer, Wells Coates, Lucio Costa, Sigfried Giedion, Le Corbusier, Sven Markelius, Nervi, Ernesto Rogers, Eero Sarrinen, Jose Luis Sert, Zehrfuss, reports, and meeting minutes) | |||||||||
| United Nations Headquarters, New York, 1946-1959 | |||||||||
| Unwin - Utopia | |||||||||
| Vagnetti - Van Voss | |||||||||
| Waschmann, Konrad, 1962, undated | |||||||||
| Wagner, Martin, 1940, 1981-1985 (3 folders) | |||||||||
| Wagner - Waterstradt | |||||||||
| (includes Walden Pond Reservation, undated) | |||||||||
| Weber - Weimar | |||||||||
| Weissberger - Williams | |||||||||
| (includes Ise Gropius' correspondence with Wilder, Thornton, 1958) | |||||||||
| Williams College - Windowless Factories | |||||||||
| Wingler, Hans Maria, 1963-1979, undated (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Wingler, Hans Maria and Heidi, 1980-1985 | |||||||||
| Winston - Wright | |||||||||
| (includes Writings, 1967, 1969, undated; and Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1925, 1940) | |||||||||
| Wurm - Zinn | |||||||||
| (includes Wurster, William, 1950-1953; and Zevi, Bruno, 1952, 1963-1965) | |||||||||
13.3: Drafts of Biography, circa 1972-1977, 1991 |
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This subseries includes drafts of the two volume German edition, Der Mensch und sein Werk and a draft for volumes three and four (never published) as well as drafts of the English edition published posthumously, Walter Gropius An Illustrated Biography. All are in English. |
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| 12 | Front Material, circa 1977 | ||||||||
| Part 1: The Forge, A: Germany, circa 1977 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Part 1: The Forge, B: Weimar, circa 1977 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Part 1: The Forge, C: Dessau, circa 1977 | |||||||||
| Part 1: The Forge, D: Berlin circa 1977 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Part 2: The Transition, A: Introduction to England, circa 1977 | |||||||||
| Part 2: The Transition, B: Interlude in England, circa 1977 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Part 3: The Fertile Ground, A: Changing United States, circa 1977 | |||||||||
| Part 3: The Fertile Ground, B: Harvard University, circa 1977 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Part 3: The Fertile Ground, C: Emeritus Career, circa 1977 | |||||||||
| Part 3: The Fertile Ground, C: Emeritus Career, and Epilogue circa 1977 | |||||||||
| Part 4: Attitudes and Principles, A: Introduction, circa 1972 | |||||||||
| Part 4: Attitudes and Principles, B: Goals and Social Concerns, circa 1972 | |||||||||
| Part 4: Attitudes and Principles, C: Education, circa 1972 | |||||||||
| Part 4: Attitudes and Principles, D: History, circa 1972 | |||||||||
| Part 4: Attitudes and Principles, E: Housing, Community, City, and Planning, circa 1972 | |||||||||
| Part 4: Attitudes and Principles, F: Responsibility, circa 1972 | |||||||||
| Part 4: Attitudes and Principles, G: Teamwork and the Collaborative Process, circa 1972 | |||||||||
| Part 4: Attitudes and Principles, H: Design, circa 1972 | |||||||||
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| 13 | Part 5: The Works of Other Embodying Gropius' Principles, A: Introduction, circa 1972 | ||||||||
| Part 5: The Works of Other Embodying Gropius' Principles, B: Students of the Bauhaus, circa 1972 | |||||||||
| Part 5: The Works of Other Embodying Gropius' Principles, C: Harvard Graduates, circa 1972 | |||||||||
| Part 5: The Works of Other Embodying Gropius' Principles, D: Others in the Professions and the Public, circa 1972 | |||||||||
| Part 6: The Years to Come, A: Introduction and B: Consistency and New Directions, circa 1972 | |||||||||
| Part 6: The Years to Come, C: Gropius - Symbol and Spokesman, circa 1972 | |||||||||
| Part 6: The Years to Come, D: Predictions, circa 1972 | |||||||||
| Prospectus, 1981 | |||||||||
| Front Material, 1981 | |||||||||
| Part 1: The Forge, A: Germany to 1918, 1981 (3 folders) | |||||||||
| Part 1: The Forge, B: Weimar, 1981 (3 folders) | |||||||||
| Part 1: The Forge, C: Bressau, 1981 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Part 1: The Forge, D: Berlin, 1981 (3 folders) | |||||||||
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| 14 | Part 2: The Transition, A: Introduction to England, 1981 | ||||||||
| Part 2: The Transition, B: Interlude in England, 1981 (3 folders) | |||||||||
| Part 3: The Fertile Ground, A: Changing United States, 1981 | |||||||||
| Part 3: The Fertile Ground, B: Harvard University, 1981 (3 folders) | |||||||||
| Part 3: The Fertile Ground, C: Emeritus Career, 1981 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Part 4: Goals, Social Concerns, and Responsibility, A: Introduction, 1984 | |||||||||
| Part 4: Goals, Social Concerns, and Responsibility, B: Goals and Social Principles, 1984 | |||||||||
| Part 4: Goals, Social Concerns, and Responsibility, C: Responsibility, 1984 | |||||||||
| Part 5: Teamwork and the Collaborative Process, A: Introduction and B: In Education, 1984 | |||||||||
| Part 5: Teamwork and the Collaborative Process, C: In Practice, 1984 | |||||||||
| Part 6: Eduation, A: Introduction and B: The Bauhaus, 1984 | |||||||||
| Part 6: Education, C: The English Experience, 1984 | |||||||||
| Part 6: Education, D: Harvard University, 1984 | |||||||||
| Part 7: History, A: Introduction - Gropius' Heritage and B: Historical Influences, 1984 | |||||||||
| Part 8: Design Principles, A: Introduction and B: Principles of Architecture, 1984 | |||||||||
| Part 8: Design Principles, C: Architectural Works and Projects, 1984 | |||||||||
| Part 8: Design Principles, D: Housing and Community, 1984 | |||||||||
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| 15 | Part 8: Design Principles, E?: Planning, 1984 | ||||||||
| Part 8: Design Principles, F: Public Spaces, G: Landscape Architecture, H: Art and Art in Architecture, I: Interiors, Furniture, and Product Design (not included), and J: Parctice Management and Costs, 1984 | |||||||||
| Part 9: The Works of Others, A: Introduction, 1984 | |||||||||
| Part 9: The Works of Others, B: Students of the Bauhaus, 1984 | |||||||||
| Part 9: The Works of Others, C: Harvard Graduates, 1984 | |||||||||
| Part 9: The Works of Others, Others in the Professions and the Public, 1984 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Appendices, 1984 | |||||||||
| Letters from Bullfinch Press Regarding Edited Manuscript, 1992 | |||||||||
| 1st Edition, Forward, Preface, Prologue, and Chapter 1: The Forge, circa 1991 | |||||||||
| 1st Edition, Chapter 2: The Young Architect, circa 1991 | |||||||||
| 1st Edition, Chapter 3: WEimar and the Bauhaus, circa 1991 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| 1st Edition, Chapter 4: The Dessau Bauhaus, circa 1991 | |||||||||
| 1st Edition, Chapter 5: Berlin, circa 1991 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| 1st Edition, Chapter 6: The Transition, circa 1991 (2 folders) | |||||||||
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| 16 | 1st Edition, Chapter 7: The Fertile Ground, circa 1991 (2 folders) | ||||||||
| 1st Edition, Chapter 8: Emeritus Career, circa 1991 (2 folders) | |||||||||
| 2nd Edition, Chapter 1: The Forge, circa 1991 | |||||||||
| 2nd Edition, Chapter 2: The Young Architect, circa 1991 | |||||||||
| 2nd Edition, Chapter 3:Weimar and the Bauhaus, circa 1991 | |||||||||
| 2nd Edition, Chapter 4: The Dessau Bauhaus, circa 1991 | |||||||||
| 2nd Edition, Chapter 5: Berlin, circa 1991 | |||||||||
| 2nd Edition, Chapter 6: The Transition, circa 1991 | |||||||||
| 2nd Edition, Chapter 7: The Fertile Ground, circa 1991 | |||||||||
13.4: Comments on the Biography, circa 1991, undated |
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These include the handwritten notes by Ise Gropius and Reginald Isaacs regarding the book drafts. |
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| 16 | Notes, First Draft, circa 1991 | ||||||||
| Notes, Second Draft, circa 1991 | |||||||||
| Notes, Third Draft, circa 1991 | |||||||||
| Comments by Ise Gropius, Parts 1-6, undated (6 folders) | |||||||||
| Comments by Ise Gropius, 2nd Edition, Parts 4 and 6, undated (2 folders) | |||||||||
| Editing Comments by Reginald Isaacs, Parts 1 and 2, undated (2 folders) | |||||||||
13.5: Publication Correspondence, 1969-1989 |
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This subseries includes correspondence for the English and German editions of the biography with the Gerbruder Mann Verlag, Franziska P. Hosken, The M.I.T. Press, and the New York Graphic Society Ltd. |
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| 16 | Correspondence Regarding English Edition of Biography, 1969-1989 (8 folders) | ||||||||
| Correspondence Regarding German Edition of Biography, 1981-1983 (6 folders) | |||||||||
13.6: Photographs and Illustrations for the Biography, circa 1800s-1983, undated |
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This subseries contains the photographs and illustrations used in the published version of the biography Walter Gropius der Mensch und sein Werk. Walter Gropius biography, totaling 3 linear feet and including original and copy prints. At the beginning of the series are 3 folders containing a chart with the captions and credits for the materials. This, in concjunction with identification information on the materials themselves, serve as an excellent guide to the items. |
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Some of the prints found here were taken by amateur photographers and belonged to Walter and Ise Gropius and others while most were taken by professionals. Isaacs' sons, Mark and Henry, also produced many images to aid in their fathers' research of Walter Gropius' building designs. |
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The following Gropius family members, and other significant individuals, are depicted in photographs found throughout the subseries and particularly at the beginning: | |||||||||