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Series 8: Project Files, 1921-1986 (Boxes 8-23, 36-40, OVs 43-57; Reels 5720-5737; 27.6 linear feet)

This series has been divided into 19 subseries of related architectual and design projects. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically. The contents of each project file has been arranged according to material type and a chronology that best reflects the progression of the project toward completion.

• 8.1: Urban Development Projects, 1928-1981
• 8.2: Planned Communities, 1928-1976
• 8.3: Government Agencies, 1949-1980
• 8.4: Civic Buildings, 1928-1981
• 8.5: Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1953-1980
• 8.6: Colleges and Universities, 1938-1981
• 8.7: Museums and Galleries, 1963-1981
• 8.8: Convents, Churches, and Synagogues, 1957-1978
• 8.9: Memorials, 1945-1975
• 8.10: Office Buildings, 1961-1978
• 8.11: Industrial and Factory Properties, 1929-1984
• 8.12: Retail, 1936-1978
• 8.13: Hotels, 1937-1980
• 8.14: Theaters, 1929-1936
• 8.15: Bars and Clubs, 1922-1948
• 8.16: Miscellaneous Unidentified Municipal Projects, 1953-1958
• 8.17: Residences, 1923-1982
• 8.18: Furniture Designs, 1921-1977
• 8.19: Projects by Others, [1930?]-1986

8.1: Urban Development Projects, 1928-1981

This subseries consists of 5 project files concerning the improvement of large inner-city areas. Files include photographs of plans, drawings, and models, clippings, and related letters.

Files are arranged alphabetically.

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5720	223-227	Boston Redevelopment Parcel 8 Competition, Boston, Massachusetts, 1964 (letters from Breuer to Sverud Associates and Jaros Baum & Bolles)
5720	228-237	Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, 1928-1929 (photographs of plans for traffic clover-leaf pattern for a multi-level traffic circulation system)
5720	238-254	Sadat City Ministries Complex, Cairo, Egypt, 1976-1981
5720	255-262	South Boston Redevelopment Project, Boston, Massachusetts, 1943-1944
5720	263-273	Stuyvesant Six (housing development), New York, New York, 1943-1944

8.2: Planned Communities, 1928-1976

This subseries consists of 10 project files concerning the construction of facilities for specific communities.

The subseries is arranged alphabetically by project.

8.2.1: Acquitaine Coast Resort, Port Contis, France, 1971-1973

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5720	276-299	Letters and contract
5720	300-318	Photographs of a map and drawings

		Negatives

8.2.2: El Recreo Urban Center, Caracas, Venezuela, 1958-1960

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5720	320-327	Letters
5720	328-366	Photographs of plans, drawings, and model (3 folders)

		Negatives (2 folders)

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5720	367-399	Clippings

8.2.3: Flaine Ski Resort Town, Haute-Savoie, France, 1960-1976

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5720	401-449	Letters and contracts
5720	450-506	Photographs of Breuer and Eric Boissonnas; photographs of plans (4 folders)
5720	507-517	Photographs of drawings
5720	518-534	Photographs of model
5720	535-883	Photographs of construction and completed project, exterior (26 folders)
5720	884-925	Photographs of completed project, interior (3 folders)

		Negatives (7 folders)
		Color transparencies (2 folders)

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5720	926-1024	Clippings and booklet

8.2.4: Interama (Community for Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay), Miami, Florida, 1965-1967

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5720	1026-1040	Letters and contract
5720	1041-1056	Transcript of a press conference
5720	1057-1094	Press release and booklets
5720	1095-1096	Photographs of architects (Breuer, Edward Durell Stone, José Luis Sert, Louis I. Kahn, and Robert B. Browne with Irving E. Muskat, chairman of Interama, Harry M. Weese, and Paul Rudolph)
5720	1097-1099	Aerial site photographs; photographs of plans
5720	1100-1134	Photographs of plans, drawings, model

		Negatives

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5720	1135-1156	Clippings

8.2.5: Lawton Community, Lawton, Oklahoma, Letters and Contract, 1975-1976

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5720	1157-1202	Letters and Contract

8.2.6: New Kensington Defense Housing, New Kensington, Pennsylvania, 1941

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5720	1205-1222	Photographs of plans, drawings, and model
5720	1223-1225	Photographs of construction
5720	1226-1247	Photographs of completed project (6 folders)

		Negatives

8.2.7: Spandau-Haselhorst Housing, Spandau, Germany, 1928

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5720	1248-1254	Photographs of plans and drawings

8.2.8: Sports Park, Corona-Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, New York, 1966-1974

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5720	1256-1324	Letters and contracts
5720	1325-1326	Photographs of architects Breuer, Arthur Rosenblatt, and Lawrence Halprin
5720	1327-1332	Photographs of plans and drawings
5720	1333-1375	Photographs of model (5 folders)

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5721	12-19	Photographs of model, continued

		Negatives

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5721	20-57	Clippings

8.2.9: Wellfleet Housing Development, Bi-Nuclear "H" House, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, 1943

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5721	58-62	Photographs of plans

8.2.10: ZUP (Zone à Urbaniser par Priorité/"Zone Designated for Priority Urbanization"), Community Bayonne, France, 1964-1972

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5721	64-152	Letters and contracts
5721	153-179	Photographs of plans (3 folders)
5721	180-186	Photographs of drawings
5721	187-198	Photographs of model and construction
5721	199-248	Photographs of completed project (8 folders)

		Negatives (2 folders)

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5721	249-261	Clippings

8.3: Government Agencies, 1949-1980

This subseries consists of 6 project files concerning the construction of buildings for the U.S. government or for the governments of other countries. The subseries is arranged alphabetically.

8.3.1: Australian Embassy, Paris, France, 1970-1976

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5721	264-349	Letters, notes, and contract (3 folders)
5721	350-397	Photographs of plans, drawings, and model
5721	398-399	Photographs of architects Breuer, Harry Seidler, and Mario Jossa on the construction site; photographs of completed project, exterior
5721	400-423	Photographs of completed project, exterior
5721	424-427	Photographs of completed project, interior

		Negatives
		Color transparencies

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5721	428-439	Clippings

8.3.2: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) Headquarters Building, Hubert H. Humphrey Building, "Air Rights Building-South Portal Site," Washington, D.C., 1965-1979

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5721	441-912	Letters, contracts, and blueprint (10 folders)
5721	913-938	Photographs of plans (5 folders)
5721	939-947	Photographs of drawings
5721	948-954	Photographs of model
5721	955-961	Photographs of construction
5721	962-1020	Photographs of completed project, exterior, including photos by Herbert Beckhard (8 folders)
5721	1021-1047	Photographs of completed project, interior (3 folders)

		Negatives (2 folders)
		Color transparencies (5 folders)

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5721	1048-1111	Printed material concerning the dedication and clippings

8.3.3: Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Headquarters Building Washington, D.C., 1963-1974

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5721	1114-1224	Letters and contract (4 folders)
5721	1225-1366	Material concerning the investigation of the settling of the building (4 folders)

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5722	12-28	Photographs of plans (2 folders)
5722	29-31	Photograph of drawing
5722	32-79	Photographs of completed project, exterior (6 folders)
5722	80-86	Photographs of completed project, interior and dedication ceremony (includes photos of President Lyndon and Mrs. Johnson)

		Negatives (2 folders)
		Color transparencies

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5722	87-244	Clippings (6 folders)
5722	245-270	Press releases
5722	271-330	Brochures and Miscellaneous Printed Material

8.3.4: Strom Thurmond Courthouse and Federal Office Building, Columbia, South Carolina, 1974-1980

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5722	332-513	Letters and printed "scope of services" instructions (4 folders)
5722	514-539	Photographs of plans, drawing and model
5722	540-557	Contact sheet photographs of completed project, exterior and interior
5722	558-594	Photographs of completed project, exterior (4 folders)
5722	595-610	Photographs of completed project, interior (2 folders)

		Negatives and color transparencies

8.3.5: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters, Paris, France, 1949-1975

See Index B for an alphabetical listing of Breuer's chronologically arranged correspondence in this project file.

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5722	612-818	Contracts and supporting material, 1953-1957 (3 folders)
5722	819-927	Chronological correspondence, 1952, undated
5722	928-1013	Chronological correspondence, 1953
5722	1014-1053	Chronological correspondence, 1954
5722	1054-1087	Chronological correspondence, 1955
5722	1088-1101	Chronological correspondence, 1956
5722	1102-1211	Chronological correspondence, January 1957
5722	1212-1279	Chronological correspondence, February 1957
5722	1280-1361	Chronological correspondence, March-August 1957
5722	1362-1405	Chronological correspondence, September-October 1957

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5723	13-47	Chronological correspondence, October-December 1957
5723	48-127	Chronological correspondence, January-June 1958
5723	128-251	Chronological correspondence, July-December 1958
5723	252-341	Chronological correspondence, January-April 1959
5723	342-360	Chronological correspondence, May-December 1959
5723	361-436	Chronological correspondence, 1960
5723	437-533	Chronological correspondence, January-June 1961
5723	534-576	Chronological correspondence, July-December 1961
5723	577-592	Chronological correspondence, 1962
5723	593-610	Chronological correspondence, 1963-1966
5723	611-670	Chronological correspondence, January-April 1967
5723	671-738	Chronological correspondence, May-December 1967
5723	739-795	Chronological correspondence, 1968
5723	796-802	Chronological correspondence, 1971-1975
5723	803-833	Financial records including accounts of salaries and office expenses, 1952-1954
5723	834-875	Financial records including accounts of salaries and office expenses, 1955-1956
5723	876-933	Financial records including accounts of salaries and office expenses, 1957
5723	934-1013	Financial records including accounts of salaries and office expenses, 1958-1960
5723	1014-1082	Miscellaneous receipts, 1952-1959 (4 folders)
5723	1083-1184	Committee reports, 1952-1953
5723	1185-1297	Committee reports, 1954-1956
5723	1298-1395	Committee reports, 1957

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5724	11-27	Committee reports, 1957
5724	28-144	Committee reports, January-July 1958
5724	145-200	Committee reports, August 1958-1959
5724	201-230	Blueprints, 1957
5724	231-268	Notes and writings, including typescripts: "On Architecture and Aesthetics" "L'UNESCO: Future Mal Logée," "Plans for New UNESCO Buildings Completed" 1949, undated
5724	269-297	Rough sketches of building designs
5724	298-391	Photographs of architects, plans and drawings (Breuer, Pier Luigi Nervi, Eero Saarinen, Hernan Vieco Benjamin Wermiel, and Bernard Zehrfuss at conferences and dinners)
5724	392-404	Photographs of plans and model
5724	405-420	Photographs of construction (includes photo of Breuer, Nervi, and Zehrfuss on a patio)
5724	421-438	Contact sheet photographs of completed project, exterior and interior
5724	439-628	Photographs of completed project, exterior (15 folders) (including sculpture by Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, and Joan Miró)
5724	629-720	Photographs of completed project, interior (6 folders) (one photograph is by Robert Doisneau)

		Negatives (8 folders)
		Color transparencies

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5724	721-997	Clippings (8 folders)
5724	998-1003	Printed material from inauguration of the Headquarters Building, November 1958
5724	1004-1012	Miscellaneous printed material

8.3.6: U.S. Embassy, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1956-1961

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5724	1014	A one-page typescript about the embassy, undated
5724	1015-1041	Photographs of plans and drawings
5724	1042-1077	Photographs of completed project, exterior (3 folders)
5724	1078-1087	Photographs of completed project, interior

		Negatives (2 folders)
		Color transparencies

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5724	1088-1167	Clippings (3 folders)
5724	1168-1188	Presentation book
5724	1189-1194	Brochure

8.4: Civic Buildings, 1928-1981

This subseries has been divided into 5 sub-groups that reflect the basic function of each of the project types. Each sub-group is arranged alphabetically.

8.4.1: Hospitals, 1928-1966

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5724	1198-1202	Charlotte Hungersford Hospital, Torrington, Connecticut, 1966 (letter and contract)
5724	1204-1220	Elberfeld Hospital, Elberfeld, Germany, 1928-1929 (photographs of plans, drawings, and model)

8.4.2: Libraries, 1951-1981

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5724		Atlanta Central Library, Atlanta, Georgia, 1971-1981
5724	1223-1242	Photographs of plans
5724	1243-1247	Photographs of drawings
5724	1248-1258	Photographs of model
5724	1259-1269	Contact sheet photographs of completed project, exterior and interior
5724	1270-1295	Photographs of completed project, exterior (3 folders)
5724	1296-1306	Photographs of completed project, interior (2 folders)

		Negatives and color transparencies

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5724	1307-1325	Clippings
5724		Clarksburg Public Library, Clarksburg, West Virginia, 1972-1975
5724	1327-1355	Letter and contracts
5724	1356-1360	Photograph of completed project; clippings
5724		Grosse Pointe Public Library, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1951
5724	1362-1374	Contracts

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	12-22	Photographs of plans
5725	23-48	Photographs of completed project, exterior (2 folders)
5725	49-54	Photographs of completed project, interior
5725	55	Negatives and a color transparency

8.4.3: Airline Facilities, 1945, undated

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	59-62	Alaska Air Terminal, Anchorage, Alaska, undated (photograph of a drawing)
5725	64-71	Eastern Airlines Ticket Office, Boston, Massachusetts, 1945 (photographs of plans and completed project, interior)

8.4.4: Rail Facilities, 1954-1975

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	74-91	Boston and Maine Railroad, Fairbanks, Morse Locomotive and Passenger Cars, 1956-1958 (photographs of plan and completed project)
5725	93-96	Boston and Maine Railroad North Station, Industrial Building, Staff Dining Room and Living Quarters, [location unknown], 1956-1958 (letter and contract)
5725	98-113	Hoboken Terminal Building, Hoboken, New Jersey, blueprints, 1963
5725	115-171	Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, Red Line Subway Expansion, Cambridge, Massachusetts, correspondence, 1974-1975
5725	173-200	New Haven Railroad Station, New Haven, Connecticut, clippings, 1956
5725		New London Railroad Station, New London, Connecticut, 1954
5725	202-213	Photographs of plans and model
5725	214-222	Photographs of planned construction site

		Negatives

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	223-225	Clippings
5725		New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, Train "X," Budd "Hot Rod," Budd "Flying Cloud," and ACF Talgo Locomotives and Passenger Cars, 1955-1958
5725	227-272	Photographs of plans, drawings, and completed projects (5 folders)

		Negatives
		Color transparencies

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	273-276	Clipping
5725	278-279	Rye Railroad Station, Rye, New York, photographs of drawings, undated [1955?]

8.4.5: Miscellaneous Civic Structures, 1966-1978

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	282-301	Litchfield County Courthouse, Litchfield, Connecticut. Memoranda and letter of agreement, 1978
5725		Southern New England Telephone Company (SNET), Traffic Service Position Systems Building Torrington, Connecticut, 1972-1974
5725	303-311	Contract
5725	312-313	Photographs of plans
5725	314-331	Photographs of completed project, exterior (5 folders)
5725	332-336	Photographs of completed project, interior
5725		Stables Competition, Central Park, New York, New York, 1966-1970
5725	338-360	Letters and contract
5725	361-367	Photographs of plans and drawings
5725	368-372	Photographs of model

		Negatives

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	373-377	Clippings

8.5: Elementary and Secondary Schools, 1953-1980

This subseries is arranged alphabetically and consists of 12 project files concerning the construction of pre-college-level schools.

8.5.1: Bantam Elementary School, Litchfield, Connecticut, 1953-1957

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	380-386	Photographs of plans and model
5725	387-404	Photographs of completed project, exterior (2 folders)
5725	405-414	Photographs of completed project, interior

		Negatives
		Color transparencies

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	415-428	Clippings

8.5.2: Bryn Mawr School for Girls, Baltimore, Maryland, 1970-1972

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	430-494	Letters and contract
5725	495-500	Photographs of plans and drawings
5725	501-517	Photographs of completed project, exterior (2 folders)
5725	518-522	Photographs of completed project, interior

		Negatives

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	523-526	Clippings

8.5.3: Campus High School, Secondary Education Complex, Madison Park Urban Renewal Area, Boston, Massachusetts, 1967-1968

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	528-549	Photographs of plans, drawings, and model
5725	550	Photograph of completed project, exterior

		Negatives

8.5.4: Connecticut Junior Republic Association Dormitory, Litchfield, Connecticut, 1955-1980

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	552-569	Letters, contract, and photographs of plans, 1955-1980

8.5.5: Litchfield High School, Litchfield, Connecticut, 1953-1960

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	571-577	Photographs of plans and model
5725	578-590	Photographs of completed project, exterior (3 folders)
5725	591-617	Photographs of completed project, interior

		Negatives and color transparency

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	618-639	Clippings

8.5.6: Northfield Elementary School, Litchfield, Connecticut, 1953

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	641-645	Photographs of plans and model

8.5.7: Pine Ridge High School, Pine Ridge, South Dakota, 1971-1975

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	647-655	Letters, 1971
5725	656-673	Letters, 1972
5725	674-799	Letters, 1973
5725	800-899	Letters, 1974
5725	900-926	Letters, 1975
5725	927-928	Photograph of a Drawing

8.5.8: School for 450 Children Competition, undated

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	930-934	Photographs of Plans and Drawings

8.5.9: State School for the Mentally Retarded Nassau County, New York, 1965-1971

Reel	Frames	(digitized from microfilm)
5725	936-1099	Contracts (4 folders)
5725	1100-1116	Photographs of plans
5725	1117-1122	Photographs of drawings
5725