Subseries 8.11 | A Finding Aid to the Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986 | Digitized Collection | Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution

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8.11: Industrial and Factory Properties , 1929-1984

This subseries consists of 27 project files concerning the construction of facilities for manufacturing products.

Files are arranged alphabetically

Description	Container
8.11.1: Armstrong Rubber Company, New Haven, Connecticut, 1968-1969
Letters	24 5732 328-339	Select: Letters
Photographs of plans	24 5732 340-353	Select: Photographs of plans
Photographs of drawings	24 5732 354-356	Select: Photographs of drawings
Photographs of construction	24 5732 357-362	Select: Photographs of construction
Photographs of completed project, exterior 5 Folders oversized material housed in Box 39	24 5732 363-404	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior 5 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 39
Photographs of completed project, interior	24 5732 405-413	Select: Photographs of completed project, interior
Negatives oversized material housed in Box 39	24 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Negatives Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 39
Clippings	24 5732 414-417	Select: Clippings
Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior oversized material scanned with Box 24, Reel 5732, Frame 363-404	39 5732	Select: Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior Scope and Contents note oversized material scanned with Box 24, Reel 5732, Frame 363-404
Oversized negatives see also Box 39	39 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Oversized negatives Scope and Contents note see also Box 39
8.11.2: BAFO Warehouse, Springfield, Virginia, 1977
Description	Container
Letters	24 5732 418-424	Select: Letters
8.11.3: Brookhaven National Laboratory for Nuclear Research, Upton, Long Island, New York, 1960
Description	Container
Presentation book	OV 46 5732 425-441	Select: Presentation book
8.11.4: Defendon Pharma, Limburg an der Lahn, Germany, 1973
Description	Container
Letter and contract	24 5732 442-452	Select: Letter and contract
8.11.5: Fuld Factory Competition, Frankfurt, Germany, 1929
Description	Container
Photographs of plans	24 5732 453-459	Select: Photographs of plans
8.11.6: Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River Basin Project, Douglas County, Washington, 1967-1980 5 Folders
Description	Container
Letters and contract, 1967-February 1968	24 5732 461-588	Select: Letters and contract, 1967-February 1968
Letters and contract, June 1968-1977	24 5732 589-696	Select: Letters and contract, June 1968-1977
Negatives 3 Folders oversized material housed in Box 39	24 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Negatives 3 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 39
Clippings 4 Folders	24 5732 697-791	Select: Clippings 4 Folders
Oversized negatives see also Box 24	39 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Oversized negatives Scope and Contents note see also Box 24
Third Power Plant and Forebay Dam, 1967-1980		Select: Third Power Plant and Forebay Dam, 1967-1980
Photographs of plans 2 Folders oversided material housed in OV 49 Oversized material housed in OV 49	24 5732 793-813	Select: Photographs of plans 2 Folders Scope and Contents note oversided material housed in OV 49Oversized material housed in OV 49
Photographs of drawings	24 5732 814-822	Select: Photographs of drawings
Photographs of model	24 5732 823-833	Select: Photographs of model
Contact sheet photographs of completed project, exterior and interior 3 Folders	24 5732 834-877	Select: Contact sheet photographs of completed project, exterior and interior 3 Folders
Photographs of construction oversized material housed in Box 39 (includes photo of Breuer with engineers at the base of the dam)	24 5732 878-899	Select: Photographs of construction Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 39(includes photo of Breuer with engineers at the base of the dam)
Photographs of completed project, exterior 6 Folders oversized material housed in Box 39	24 5732 900-960	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior 6 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 39
Photographs of completed project, interior	24 5732 961-965	Select: Photographs of completed project, interior
Oversized photographs of plans Oversized material scanned with Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 793-813	OV 49 5732	Select: Oversized photographs of plans Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 793-813
Oversized photographs of construction oversized scanned with Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 878-899 (includes photo of Breuer with engineers at the base of the dam)	39 5732	Select: Oversized photographs of construction Scope and Contents note oversized scanned with Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 878-899(includes photo of Breuer with engineers at the base of the dam)
Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior oversized material scanned with Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 900-960	39 5732	Select: Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior Scope and Contents note oversized material scanned with Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 900-960
Visitors Arrival Center, 1978-1980		Select: Visitors Arrival Center, 1978-1980
Photographs of plans, drawing, and model	24 5732 967-986	Select: Photographs of plans, drawing, and model
Contact sheet photographs of completed project, exterior and interior	24 5732 987-993	Select: Contact sheet photographs of completed project, exterior and interior
Photographs of completed project, exterior 2 Folders oversized material housed in Box 39	24 5732 994-1006	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior 2 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 39
Photographs of completed project, interior	24 5732 1007-1015	Select: Photographs of completed project, interior
Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior oversized material scanned with Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 994-1006	39 5732	Select: Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior Scope and Contents note oversized material scanned with Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 994-1006
8.11.7: International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Expansion of Headquarters Facility, Armonk, New York, 1968-1969
Description	Container
Letters and contract	24 5732 1016-1028	Select: Letters and contract
8.11.8: International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Offices, Laboratories, and Manufacturing Facility, Boca Raton, Florida, 1968-1974
Description	Container
Report concerning site vs. ground coverage	24 5732 1030-1032	Select: Report concerning site vs. ground coverage
Photographs of plans 3 Folders	24 5732 1033-1065	Select: Photographs of plans 3 Folders
Photographs of drawings 2 Folders oversized material housed in Box 39	24 5732 1066-1083	Select: Photographs of drawings 2 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 39
Photographs of model and construction oversized material housed in Box 39	24 5732 1084-1107	Select: Photographs of model and construction Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 39
Photographs of completed project, exterior 4 Folders oversized material housed in Box 39	24 5732 1108-1157	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior 4 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 39
Photographs of completed project, interior 3 Folders oversized material housed in Box 39	24 5732 1158-1180	Select: Photographs of completed project, interior 3 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 39
Negatives and color transparencies oversized material housed in Box 39	25 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Negatives and color transparencies Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 39
Clippings	25 5732 1182-1199	Select: Clippings
Programs	25 5732 1200-1209	Select: Programs
Oversized photographs of drawings oversized material scanned with Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 1066-1083	39 5732	Select: Oversized photographs of drawings Scope and Contents note oversized material scanned with Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 1066-1083
Oversized photographs of model and construction oversized material housed in Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 1084-1107	39 5732	Select: Oversized photographs of model and construction Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 1084-1107
Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior oversized material housed in Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 1108-1157	39 5732	Select: Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 1108-1157
Oversized photographs of completed project, interior oversized material housed in Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 1158-1180	39 5732	Select: Oversized photographs of completed project, interior Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 24, Reel 5732, Frames 1158-1180
Oversized negatives and color transparencies see also Box 25	39 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Oversized negatives and color transparencies Scope and Contents note see also Box 25
8.11.9: International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Research Center, La Gaude (near Nice), France, 1961-1979
Description	Container
Letters and contracts 3 Folders	25 5732 1211-1292	Select: Letters and contracts 3 Folders
Photographs of plans	25 5732 1293-1316	Select: Photographs of plans
Photographs of drawings	25 5732 1317-1321	Select: Photographs of drawings
Photographs of model	25 5732 1322-1330	Select: Photographs of model
Photographs of construction	25 5732 1331-1344	Select: Photographs of construction
Photographs of completed project, exterior 11 Folders oversized material housed in Box 39 (includes photos of Breuer with colleagues)	25 5732 1345-1387	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior 11 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 39(includes photos of Breuer with colleagues)
Photographs of completed project, exterior, continued oversized material housed in Box 39 (includes photographs of Breuer with colleagues)	25 5733 12-103	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior, continued Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 39(includes photographs of Breuer with colleagues)
Photographs of completed project, interior	25 5733 104-119	Select: Photographs of completed project, interior
Negatives 4 Folders	25 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Negatives 4 Folders
Color transparencies	25 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Color transparencies
Clippings 9 Folders	25 5733 120-297	Select: Clippings 9 Folders
Brochure	25 5733 298-314	Select: Brochure
Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior oversized material scanned with Box 25, Reel 5732, Frames 1345-1387 (includes photos of Breuer with colleagues)	39 5732	Select: Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior Scope and Contents note oversized material scanned with Box 25, Reel 5732, Frames 1345-1387(includes photos of Breuer with colleagues)
Photographs of completed project, exterior, continued oversized material scanned with Box 25 Reel 5733, Frames 12-103 (includes photographs of Breuer with colleagues)	39 5733	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior, continued Scope and Contents note oversized material scanned with Box 25 Reel 5733, Frames 12-103(includes photographs of Breuer with colleagues)
8.11.10: Laboratoires Sarget (formerly Sarget Ambrine), Corporate Headquarters and Pharmaceutical Plant, Bordeaux, France, 1965-1984
Description	Container
Contracts	25 5733 316-333	Select: Contracts
Photographs of plans	25 5733 334-335	Select: Photographs of plans
Photographs of completed project, exterior 3 Folders	25 5733 336-356	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior 3 Folders
Clippings	25 5733 357-364	Select: Clippings
8.11.11: O. E. McIntyre, Inc., Plant, Westbury, Long Island, New York, 1955
Description	Container
Photograph of plans	25 5733 366	Select: Photograph of plans
Photographs of completed project, exterior	25 5733 367-371	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior
Photographs of completed project, interior	25 5733 372-375	Select: Photographs of completed project, interior
Clipping	25 5733 376-379	Select: Clipping
8.11.12: Mundipharma, Limburg, Germany, 1975-1977
Description	Container
Photograph of drawing	25 5733 381	Select: Photograph of drawing
Photographs of completed project, exterior	25 5733 383-388	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior
Photographs of completed project, interior	25 5733 389-404	Select: Photographs of completed project, interior
Clippings	25 5733 405-408	Select: Clippings
8.11.13: Pall Corporation, Headquarters and Parking Structure, Glen Cove, New York, 1980
Description	Container
Photographs of Plans and Model	25 5733 409-414	Select: Photographs of Plans and Model
8.11.14: Philip Morris, Inc., Manufacturing Facility, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, 1980
Description	Container
Photographs of Drawing and Model, Clippings	39 5733 415-427	Select: Photographs of Drawing and Model, Clippings
8.11.15: Purdue Frederick Company, Corporate Headquarters, Bordeaux, France, 1965
Description	Container
Photograph of Drawing	25 5733 428-429	Select: Photograph of Drawing
8.11.16: Torrington Manufacturing Company (Torin Corporation from 1969), Oakville, Ontario, Canada, 1953-1981
Description	Container
Letter, 1981	25 5733 431	Select: Letter, 1981
Photographs of plans	25 5733 432-433	Select: Photographs of plans
Photographs of completed project, exterior 3 Folders	25 5733 434-446	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior 3 Folders
Photographs of completed project, interior	25 5733 447-454	Select: Photographs of completed project, interior
Negatives	25 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Negatives
Color transparencies	25 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Color transparencies
Clippings	25 5733 455-480	Select: Clippings
8.11.17: Torrington Manufacturing Company (Torin Corporation from 1969), Van Nuys, California, 1956-1960
Description	Container
Photographs of plans and construction	25 5733 482-483	Select: Photographs of plans and construction
Photographs of completed project, exterior 6 Folders	25 5733 484-522	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior 6 Folders
Photographs of completed project, interior	25 5733 523-529	Select: Photographs of completed project, interior
Negatives	25 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Negatives
Clippings	25 5733 530-548	Select: Clippings
8.11.18: Torrington Manufacturing Company (Torin Corporation from 1969), Rochester, Indiana, 1960
Description	Container
Contact sheet photographs of completed project, exterior and interior	26 5733 551	Select: Contact sheet photographs of completed project, exterior and interior
Photographs of completed project, exterior	26 5733 552-562	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior
Photograph of completed project, interior	26 5733 563	Select: Photograph of completed project, interior
8.11.19: Torrington Manufacturing Company, Machine Division (Torin Corporation from 1969), Torrington, Connecticut, 1962-1963
Description	Container
Photographs of plans and drawings	26 5733 565-568	Select: Photographs of plans and drawings
Photographs of completed project, exterior 2 Folders	26 5733 569-578	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior 2 Folders
Photographs of completed project, interior	26 5733 579-587	Select: Photographs of completed project, interior
Negatives	26 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Negatives
Clippings	26 5733 588-589	Select: Clippings
8.11.20: Torrington Manufacturing Company (Torin Corporation from 1969), Nivelles, Belgium, 1963-1978
Description	Container
Photographs of plans and drawing	26 5733 591-597	Select: Photographs of plans and drawing
Photographs of completed project, exterior 5 Folders	26 5733 598-646	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior 5 Folders
Photographs of completed project, interior	26 5733 647-658	Select: Photographs of completed project, interior
Negatives	26 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Negatives
Clippings	26 5733 659-662	Select: Clippings
8.11.21: Torrington Manufacturing Company (Torin Corporation from 1969), Swindon, England, 1965-1967
Description	Container
Photographs of drawing and construction	26 5733 664-666	Select: Photographs of drawing and construction
Photographs of completed project, exterior	26 5733 667-668	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior
Photographs of completed project, interior	26 5733 669-673	Select: Photographs of completed project, interior
Clippings	26 5733 674-677	Select: Clippings
8.11.22: Torrington Manufacturing Company Administration Building (Torin Corporation from 1969), Torrington, Connecticut, 1965-1972
Description	Container
Photographs of plans, drawing, and construction	26 5733 679-686	Select: Photographs of plans, drawing, and construction
Photographs of completed project, exterior 5 Folders oversized material housed with Box 40	26 5733 687-713	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior 5 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed with Box 40
Photographs of completed project, interior 2 Folders oversized material housed with Box 40	26 5733 714-721	Select: Photographs of completed project, interior 2 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed with Box 40
Negatives 2 Folders	26 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Negatives 2 Folders
Color transparencies	26 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Color transparencies
Clippings	26 5733 722-745	Select: Clippings
Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior 5 Folders oversized material housed with Box 26, Reel 5733, Frames 687-713	40 5733	Select: Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior 5 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed with Box 26, Reel 5733, Frames 687-713
Oversized photographs of completed project, interior 2 Folders oversized material housed with Box 26 Reel 5733, Frames 714-721	40 5733	Select: Oversized photographs of completed project, interior 2 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed with Box 26 Reel 5733, Frames 714-721
8.11.23: Torin Corporation, Tech Center, Building 1, Torrington, Connecticut, 1971
Description	Container
Photographs of plans and construction	26 5733 747-748	Select: Photographs of plans and construction
Photographs of completed project, exterior 4 Folders oversized material housed in Box 40	26 5733 749-772	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior 4 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 40
Photographs of completed project, interior oversized material housed in Box 40	26 5733 773-778	Select: Photographs of completed project, interior Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 40
Negatives	26 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Negatives
Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior oversized material scanned with Box 26, Reel 5733, Frames 749-772	40 5733	Select: Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior Scope and Contents note oversized material scanned with Box 26, Reel 5733, Frames 749-772
Oversized photographs of completed project, interior oversized material housed in Box 26, Reel 5733, Frames 773-778	40 5733	Select: Oversized photographs of completed project, interior Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 26, Reel 5733, Frames 773-778
8.11.24: Torin Corporation, Sculpture, Torrington, Connecticut, 1973
Description	Container
Photographs of Plans	26 5733 779-782	Select: Photographs of Plans
8.11.25: Torin Corporation, Assembly Plant, Lawton, Oklahoma, 1973-1978
Description	Container
Letters and Contract	26 5733 783-808	Select: Letters and Contract
8.11.26: Torin Corporation, Penrith, Australia, 1976
Description	Container
Photographs of plans	26 5733 810-811	Select: Photographs of plans
Photographs of completed project, exterior and interior 3 Folders oversized material housed in Box 40	26 5733 812-830	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior and interior 3 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 40
Negatives and color transparencies	26 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Negatives and color transparencies
Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior and interior oversized material scanned with Box 26, Reel 5733, Frames 812-830	40 5733	Select: Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior and interior Scope and Contents note oversized material scanned with Box 26, Reel 5733, Frames 812-830
8.11.27: Van Leer Vatenfabrieken N.V., Office Building, Amstelveen, The Netherlands, 1944-196
Description	Container
Letters and contract	26 5733 832-847	Select: Letters and contract
Engineers' reports, 1957	26 5733 848-866	Select: Engineers' reports, 1957
Engineers' reports, January-February 1958	26 5733 867-1025	Select: Engineers' reports, January-February 1958
Engineers' reports, March-December 1958	26 5733 1026-1269	Select: Engineers' reports, March-December 1958
Blueprints Oversized material housed in Box 40, and OV 52-56	26 5733 1270-1287	Select: Blueprints Scope and Contents note Oversized material housed in Box 40, and OV 52-56
Photographs of plans 2 Folders oversized material housed in Box 40	26 5733 1288-1309	Select: Photographs of plans 2 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 40
Photographs of drawings, model, and construction	26 5733 1310-1337	Select: Photographs of drawings, model, and construction
Photographs of completed project, exterior 5 Folders oversized material housed in Box 40	26 5733 1338-1377	Select: Photographs of completed project, exterior 5 Folders Scope and Contents note oversized material housed in Box 40
Photographs of completed project, interior 4 Folders	26 5733 1378-1406	Select: Photographs of completed project, interior 4 Folders
Negatives 2 Folders	26 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Negatives 2 Folders
Color transparencies	26 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Color transparencies
Clippings 4 Folders	27 5734 12-107	Select: Clippings 4 Folders
Brochures	27 5734 108-218	Select: Brochures
Oversized blueprints, 1952-1957	OV 52 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Oversized blueprints, 1952-1957
Oversized blueprints, 1958	OV 53 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Oversized blueprints, 1958
Oversized blueprints, 1958	OV 54 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Oversized blueprints, 1958
Oversized blueprints, 1958	OV 55 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Oversized blueprints, 1958
Oversized blueprints, 1961-1965	OV 56 unfilmed unfilmed	Select: Oversized blueprints, 1961-1965
Oversized blueprints Oversized material scanned with Box 26, Reel 5733, Frames 1270-1287	40 5733	Select: Oversized blueprints Scope and Contents note Oversized material scanned with Box 26, Reel 5733, Frames 1270-1287
Oversized photographs of plans oversized material scanned with Box 26, Reel 5733, Frames 1288-1309	40 5733	Select: Oversized photographs of plans Scope and Contents note oversized material scanned with Box 26, Reel 5733, Frames 1288-1309
Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior oversized material scanned with Box 26, Reel 5733, Frames 1338-1377	40 5733	Select: Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior Scope and Contents note oversized material scanned with Box 26, Reel 5733, Frames 1338-1377

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