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Series 6: Writings, 1923-1981 (Boxes 7-8; Reels 5718-5720; 1.0 linear feet)

This series contains typescripts of lectures and articles written by Breuer concerning architecture and its history. Writings by others are about Breuer and his work and include typescripts, galleys, and photographs of architectural and design projects used in the publication of the book Marcel Breuer Buildings and Projects, 1921-1961 by Cranston Jones.

The series is arranged into four subseries and the files are arranged chronologically.

• 6.1: Speeches and Lectures by Breuer, 1923-1975
• 6.2: Articles and Books by Breuer, 1936-1978
• 6.3: Speeches by Others, 1958-1981
• 6.4: Articles and Books by Others, 1959-1981

6.1: Speeches and Lectures by Breuer, 1923-1975

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5718	875-884	Typescript: ["Defining Modern Architecture"], undated
5718	885-910	Typescript of lecture: ["History of Modern Architecture"], undated
5718	911-935	Typescript of lecture: "On Form and Function at the Bauhaus in 1923," published in Offzett magazine
5718	936-954	Typescript of lecture: "Where Do We Stand?" Zurich, Switzerland, 1934
5718	955-957	Typescript of lecture: "What Is Happening to Modern Architecture?" Museum of Modern Art, 1948
5718	958-966	Typescript of lecture for symposium on Paul Klee, Museum of Modern Art, 1950
5718	967-974	Typescript: "Speech to the Student Body," Sarah Lawrence College, 1950
5718	975-984	Typescript of speech: "Must Architecture Be Sterile?" Architectural League, 1950
5718	985-1002	Manuscript and typescript of speech: "On Freezing the Terms of Aesthetics," dedication of Vassar dormitory, 1951
5718	1003-1010	Manuscript and typescript of lecture: "Notes on Architecture," 1959
5718	1011-1029	Manuscript and typescript of lecture: "On Regional Architecture," First Inter-American Architectural Symposium, Bogotá, Colombia, 1959
5718	1030-1054	Typescript: "Speech on the Occasion of the Exhibit of Pier Luigi Nervi's Work at the Architectural League," 1959
5718	1055-1061	Typescript of speech: "On Religious Architecture," dedication of the Westchester Reform Temple, Scarsdale, New York, 1959
5718	1062-1069	Typescript of speech: "On City Administration," dedication of Hunter College, 1959
5718	1070-1091	Typescript of speech for panel discussion: "Individual Expression Versus Order: The Issue in Architecture Today," Architectural League of New York (also given in Toronto, 1974), 1961
5718	1092-1183	Typescript of lecture: "Matter and Intrinsic Form," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1963 (typescript, printed announcement and program)
5718	1184-1193	Typescript of speech at the presentation of the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1963
5718	1194-1200	Typescript of speech: "Remarks of Marcel Breuer," Cornell University, 1963
5718	1201-1203	Typescript of speech accepting honorary degree from Budapest Technical University, 1967
5718	1204-1241	Typescript of lecture: "The Artist in the World of Science," St. John's University Science Symposium, 1967
5718	1242-1249	Manuscript and typescript of speech: "Politics and Architecture," with Senator Eugene McCarthy, television Channel 13, 1967
5718	1250-1254	Typescript of speech: "About the Eye," 1968
5718	1255-1260	Typescript of speech accepting Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects, 1968
5718	1261-1265	Manuscript of speech: "Reinforced Concrete," Cimenteries Cementbedrijven, Brussels, Belgium, 1969
5718	1266-1268	Typescript of speech for dedication of New York University Technology Building, 1970
5718	1269-1289	Typescript of speech for panel discussion: "Individual Expression Versus Order," Toronto, 1974 (speech originally given in 1961 to the Architectural League of New York)
5718	1290-1292	Manuscript and typescript of speech accepting posthumous award for László Moholy-Nagy, 1975

6.2: Articles and Books by Breuer, 1936-1978, undated

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5718	1294-1302	Miscellaneous fragments, undated
5718	1303-1321	Text for The Marcel Breuer Coloring Book, undated
5718	1322-1324	Typescript of article: "On Architecture and Material," published in Circle, 1936
5718	1325-1326	Typescript of article: "On a Design of a Bi-Nuclear House," published in California Arts and Architecture, 1943
5718	1327-1336	Typescript: "M. B. Aluminum Furniture," 1944
5718	1337-1340	Typescript of article: "A New Sarah Lawrence Building" for a brochure for the college, 1951
5718	1342-1361	Typescript for book: Sun and Shadow, 1954-1960 (2 folders; including notes and receipts)

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5719	12-79	Typescript for book: Sun and Shadow, 1954-1960 (2 folders; including notes and receipts)
5719	80-83	Manuscript and typescript: "On Frank Lloyd Wright," for Architectural Forum, 1959
5719	84-86	Typescript: "Introduction for Publication in Architectural Record," 1963
5719	87-91	Typescript of foreword of book Egypte by Jean-Louis de Cenival, 1964
5719	92-94	Typescript of article: "Some Reflections About the Facade," published in Industria Italiana del Cemento, 1966
5719	95-113	Typescript of article: "The Faceted, Molded Facade: Depth, Sun and Shadow," published in Architectural Record, 1966
5719	114-119	Typescript of article: "On Concrete," published in Architecture Formes et Fonctions, 1971
5719	120-121	Typescript: "Hugh Stubbins," 1975
5719	122-123	Typescript statement for the National Concrete Masonry Association, 1978

6.3: Speeches by Others, 1958-1981

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5719	125-129	Typescript of speech delivered by Walter Gropius on his 75th birthday at Harvard Club Alumni Dinner, 1958
5719	130-133	Typescript of speech honoring Breuer by the ambassador of France, 1978
5719	134-137	Typescript of speech honoring Breuer by Mr. Remoudet [?], 1978
5719	138-144	Typescript of speech: "Recollections on Working with Lajkó," delivered at the memorial at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1981
5719	145-150	Typescript of speech about Breuer by Robert F. Gatje, delivered at the Smithsonian Institution, 1981

6.4: Articles and Books by Others, 1959-1981, undated

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5719	152-155	Typescript of entry on Breuer for Collier's Encyclopedia by Nina Bremer, undated
5719		Material for book, Marcel Breuer Buildings and Projects, 1921-1961 by Cranston Jones, 1959-1969 (34 folders)
5719	157-199	Contract and Notes
5719	200-873	Typescript with annotations by Breuer (8 folders)
5719	874-888	Brief writings by Breuer for book
5719	889-960	Galley proofs
5719	962-1046	Proof sheets of photographs (4 folders)
5719	1047-1455	"Back-up material" photographs for book (see list of projects included below)

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5720	10-165	"Back-up material" photographs for book, continued Projects include: Portrait of Breuer (photograph by Hans Namuth) Potsdamer Platz South Boston Redevelopment Project Stuyvesant Six El Recreo Urban Center Flaine Ski Resort Town Wellfleet Housing Development (Bi-Nuclear "H" House) UNESCO Headquarters U.S. Embassy, The Hague Elberfeld Hospital New London Railroad Station Bantam Elementary School Litchfield High School Whitby School Hunter College (photographs by Breuer) Institute for Advanced Study Convent of the Annunciation New York University St. John's Abbey and University Sarah Lawrence College Arts Center Vassar College Wheaton College Art Center St. Francis de Sales Church Temple B'Nai Jeshurun One Charles Center IBM, France Torrington Manufacturing Company, Canada Torrington Manufacturing Company, Van Nuys Van Leer Vatenfabrieken, Office Building De Bijenkorf Department Store (photograph by Robert Doisneau) Obergurgl Ski Hotel Kharkov Theater Ariston Club, Mar del Plata, Argentina Kleinmetallhaus Plas-2-Point Demountable Houses Yankee Portables Boroschek Apartment Breuer Apartment, Berlin Breuer House, Lincoln, Massachusetts Breuer House I, New Canaan, Connecticut Breuer Cottage, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Breuer House II, New Canaan, Connecticut Caesar House Chamberlain Cottage Clark House De Francesco Apartment (bedroom) Gagarin House I Geller House I Grieco House Haggerty House Hanson House Harnischmacher [Apartment?] bedroom Harnischmacher House Laaff House McMullen Beach House Neumann House Preston Robinson House Staehelin House Starkey House Edgar Stillman House, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Rufus Stillman House I, Litchfield, Connecticut Thompson House Thost House Tompkins House Ventris Apartment Wolfson Trailer House Multistory apartment house Dolderthal Apartments Tanaguarena Apartments, Venezuela Miscellaneous furniture designs Candlesticks (photograph by Hans Namuth) Bedroom for Bauhaus exhibition Haus-am-Horn kitchen House for a Sportsman Wohn Hotel Gane's Exhibition Pavilion Garden City of the Future (civic center), 1936 House in museum garden, Museum of Modern Art Miscellaneous designs for rooms Dining room designed by Gropius
5720	166-168	Jacket design for book
5720	169-217	Typescript of book Marcel Breuer by Camillo Gubitosi and Alberto Izzo, 1981

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