From Series 10.1: Photographs of Breuer and Mrs. Breuer, 1928-1979
Series 10: Photographs, 1928-1979 (Boxes 34, 41-42; Reel 5738; 0.3 linear feet)
This series contains photographs of Breuer and his family and colleagues. Three photograph albums are of dozens of architectural projects. Researchers will find photographs of Breuer interacting with his colleagues including Alexander Calder, Naum Gabo, and Walter Gropius.
The series is organized into five chronologically arranged subseries.
- 10.1: Photographs of Breuer and Mrs Breuer, 1928-1979
- 10.2: Photographs of Breuer with Friends and Colleagues, 1938-1978
- 10.3: Photograph Albums of Architectural Projects, 1947-1970
- 10.4: Miscellaneous Photographs, 1961
10.1: Photographs of Breuer and Mrs. Breuer, 1928-1979
| Reel | Frames |
(digitized from microfilm)
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|---|---|---|
| 5738 | 450-493 | Portrait photographs of Breuer, including two by Tamás Breuer, 1928-1979 (3 folders) |
| 5738 | 494 | Passport Photograph of Mrs. Breuer, 1966 |
10.2: Photographs of Breuer with Friends and Colleagues, 1938-1978
Photographs 1938-circa 1940 include Breuer with friends in Concord, Massachusetts, 1938; Herbert Bayer, Marian Willard, Ise Gropius, Ati Gropius in Breuer House, Lincoln, Massachusetts, circa 1940; Constance Breuer, Dottie Noyes, and Christopher Tunnan; Breuer with Mercedes Matter, Konrad Wachsmann, and Alexander Calder; and Breuer with Joan McVitty, Edward Larrabee Barnes, Mary Barnes, and Alexander Calder in Breuer House I, New Canaan, Connecticut.
Photographs 1955-1958 include Breuer with Matta at UNESCO cocktail party, 1957; Breuer with Walter Gropius in Paris for UNESCO. Photographs 1958-1961 include Breuer with George Salle in Paris, 1958; Breuer with Eduardo Catalano in Argentina; Breuer on a jury with unidentified South American colleagues, on a panel with unidentified colleagues and in Philip Johnson's house, 1961.
Photographs 1961-1978 include Breuer with Eric Boissonnas and Flaine Architects at Hunter College, 1961; at a reception with Dino Gavina in Milan, 1962; Breuer on a panel at College of Architecture and Design, University of Michigan, with Chet LaMore, David Reider, Robert Iglehart, and William Muschenheim, 1963; Birthday party [80th birthday of Walter Gropius?], 1963; Breuer on jury for R. S. Reynolds Memorial Award, 1965, with William Stephen Allen, George Harrell, Vernon DeMars, and Mario Pani; Breuer with Yuichiro Kojiro at Breuer House II in New Canaan, Connecticut, 1966; Breuer receiving the George Washington Award at American Hungarian Studies Foundation ceremony, Plaza Hotel, New York, 1967.
| Reel | Frames |
(digitized from microfilm)
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| 5738 | 496-501 | Photographs of Breuer with Friends and Colleagues, circa 1938-circa 1940 |
| 5738 | 502-511 | Photographs of Breuer with Friends and Colleagues, 1955-1958 |
| 5738 | 512-543 | Photographs of Breuer with Friends and Colleagues, 1958-1961 |
| 5738 | 544-575 | Photographs of Breuer with Friends and Colleagues, 1961-1978 |
10.3: Photograph Albums of Architectural Projects, 1947-1970
10.3.1: Album I, 1947-1956, undated
10.3.2: Album II, 1953-1970
10.3.3: Album III, 1965-1970
| Reel | Frames |
(digitized from microfilm)
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| 5738 | 908-919 | Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967-1970 |
| 5738 | 920-929 | Cleveland Trust Company, undated |
| 5738 | 930-934 | University of Massachusetts Campus Center and Parking Garage, 1965-1969 |
| 5738 | 935-939 | Baldegg Convent, undated |
| 5738 | 940-1159 |
Scrapbook of Printed Material
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10.4: Miscellaneous Photographs, 1961, undated
| Reel | Frames |
(digitized from microfilm)
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| 5738 | 1160-1163 | Photo-collage of an unidentified Hispanic festival; photographs of architectural details in Greece, 1961, undated |