Marcel Breuer papers, 1920-1986

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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.

Description	Container
8.3.1: Australian Embassy, Paris, France, 1970-1976
Letters, notes, and contract 3 Folders	10 5721 264-349
Photographs of plans, drawings, and model oversized material housed in Box 36	10 5721 350-397
Photographs of architects Breuer, Harry Seidler, and Mario Jossa on the construction site; photographs of completed project, exterior	10 5721 398-399
Photographs of completed project, exterior	10 5721 400-423
Photographs of completed project, interior	10 5721 424-427
Negatives	10 unfilmed unfilmed
Color transparencies	10 unfilmed unfilmed
Clippings	10 5721 428-439
Oversized photographs of plans, drawings, and model oversized material scanned with Box 10, Reel 5721, Frames 350-397	36 5721
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
Description	Container
Letters, contracts, and blueprint 10 Folders	10 5721 441-912
Photographs of plans 5 Folders	10 5721 913-938
Photographs of drawings	10 5721 939-947
Photographs of model	10 5721 948-954
Photographs of construction	10 5721 955-961
Photographs of completed project, exterior, including photos by Herbert Beckhard 8 Folders oversized material housed in Box 36	10 5721 962-1020
Photographs of completed project, interior 3 Folders oversized material housed with Box 36	10 5721 1021-1047
Negatives 2 Folders	10 unfilmed unfilmed
Color transparencies 5 Folders	10 unfilmed unfilmed
Printed material concerning the dedication and clippings	10 5721 1048-1111
Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior, including photos by Herbert Beckhard oversized material scanned with Box 10, Reel 5721, Frames 962-1020	36 5721
Oversized Photographs of completed project, interior oversized material scanned with Box 10, Reel 5721, Frames 1021-1047	36 5721
8.3.3: Department of Highways and Traffic, Headquarters Building Washington, D.C., undated
Description	Container
Letters and contract 4 Folders	OV 48 unfilmed unfilmed
8.3.4: Department of Housing and Urban Development(HUD), Headquarters Building Washington, D.C., 1963-1974
Description	Container
Letters and contract 4 Folders	11 5721 1114-1224
Material concerning the investigation of the settling of the building 4 Folders	11 5721 1225-1366
Photographs of plans 2 Folders	11 5722 12-28
Photograph of drawing	11 5722 29-31
Photographs of completed project, exterior 6 Folders oversized material housed in Box 36	11 5722 32-79
Photographs of completed project, interior and dedication ceremony (includes photos of President Lyndon and Mrs. Johnson)	11 5722 80-86
Negatives 2 Folders	11 unfilmed unfilmed
Color transparencies	11 unfilmed unfilmed
Clippings 6 Folders	11 5722 87-244
Press releases	11 5722 245-270
Brochures and Miscellaneous Printed Material	11 5722 271-330
Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior oversized material scanned with Box 11, Reel 5722, Frames 32-79	36 5722
8.3.5: Strom Thurmond Courthouse and Federal Office Building, Columbia, South Carolina, 1974-1980
Description	Container
Letters and printed "scope of services" instructions 4 Folders	11 5722 332-513
Photographs of plans, drawing and model oversized material housed in Box 36	11 5722 514-539
Contact sheet photographs of completed project, exterior and interior	11 5722 540-557
Photographs of completed project, exterior 4 Folders	11 5722 558-594
Photographs of completed project, interior 2 Folders	11 5722 595-610
Negatives and color transparencies	11 unfilmed unfilmed
Oversized photographs of plans, drawing and model oversized material scanned with Box 11, Reel 5722, Frames 514-539	36 5722
8.3.6: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Headquarters, Paris, France, 1949-1975 Appendix B: Alphabetical List of Correspondents in 8.3.5
Description	Container
Contracts and supporting material, 1953-1957 3 Folders	11 5722 612-818
Chronological correspondence, undated, 1952	11 5722 819-927
Chronological correspondence, 1953	11 5722 928-1013
Chronological correspondence, 1954	11 5722 1014-1053
Chronological correspondence, 1955	11 5722 1054-1087
Chronological correspondence, 1956	11 5722 1088-1101
Chronological correspondence, January 1957	11 5722 1102-1211
Chronological correspondence, February 1957	11 5722 1212-1279
Chronological correspondence, March-August 1957	11 5722 1280-1361
Chronological correspondence, September-October 1957	11 5722 1362-1405
Chronological correspondence, October-December 1957	11 5723 13-47
Chronological correspondence, January-June 1958	12 5723 48-127
Chronological correspondence, July-December 1958	12 5723 128-251
Chronological correspondence, January-April 1959	12 5723 252-341
Chronological correspondence, May-December 1959	12 5723 342-360
Chronological correspondence, 1960	12 5723 361-436
Chronological correspondence, January-June 1961	12 5723 437-533
Chronological correspondence, July-December 1961	12 5723 534-576
Chronological correspondence, 1962	12 5723 577-592
Chronological correspondence, 1963-1966	12 5723 593-610
Chronological correspondence, January-April 1967	12 5723 611-670
Chronological correspondence, May-December 1967	12 5723 671-738
Chronological correspondence, 1968	12 5723 739-795
Chronological correspondence, 1971-1975	12 5723 796-802
Financial records including accounts of salaries and office expenses, 1952-1954	12 5723 803-833
Financial records including accounts of salaries and office expenses, 1955-1956	12 5723 834-875
Financial records including accounts of salaries and office expenses, 1957	12 5723 876-933
Financial records including accounts of salaries and office expenses, 1958-1960	12 5723 934-1013
Miscellaneous receipts, 1952-1959 4 Folders	12 5723 1014-1082
Committee reports, 1952-1953 oversized material housed in Box 37	12 5723 1083-1184
Committee reports, 1954-1956	12 5723 1185-1297
Committee reports, 1957	12 5723 1298-1395
Committee reports, 1957	12 5724 11-27
Committee reports, January-July 1958	12 5724 28-144
Committee reports, August 1958-1959	12 5724 145-200
Blueprints, 1957	37 5724 201-230
Notes and writings, including typescripts: "On Architecture and Aesthetics" "L'UNESCO: Future Mal Logée," "Plans for New UNESCO Buildings Completed", 1949, undated	12 5724 231-268
Rough sketches of building designs	12 5724 269-297
Photographs of architects, plans and drawings (Breuer, Pier Luigi Nervi, Eero Saarinen, Hernan Vieco Benjamin Wermiel, and Bernard Zehrfuss at conferences and dinners)	12 5724 298-391
Photographs of plans and model	12 5724 392-404
Photographs of construction (includes photo of Breuer, Nervi, and Zehrfuss on a patio)	12 5724 405-420
Contact sheet photographs of completed project, exterior and interior	12 5724 421-438
Photographs of completed project, exterior 15 Folders oversized material housed in Box 37 (including sculpture by Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, and Joan Miró)	12 5724 439-628
Photographs of completed project, interior 6 Folders (one photograph is by Robert Doisneau)	13 5724 629-720
Negatives 8 Folders	13 unfilmed unfilmed
Color transparencies	13 unfilmed unfilmed
Clippings 8 Folders oversized material housed in Box 37	13 5724 721-997
Printed material from inauguration of the Headquarters Building, November 1958	13 5724 998-1003
Miscellaneous printed material	13 5724 1004-1012
Oversized committee reports, 1952-1953 oversized material scanned with Box 12, Reel 5723, Frames 1083-1184	37 5723
Oversized photographs of completed project, exterior oversized material scanned with Box 12, Reel 5724, Frames 439-628 (including sculpture by Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, and Joan Miró)	37 5724
Oversized clippings oversized material scanned with Box 13, Reel 5724, Frames 721-997	37 5724
8.3.7: U.S. Embassy, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1956-1961
Description	Container
A one-page typescript about the embassy, undated	13 5724 1014
Photographs of plans and drawings 3 Folders	13 5724 1015-1041
Photographs of completed project, exterior 3 Folders	13 5724 1042-1077
Photographs of completed project, interior	13 5724 1078-1087
Negatives 2 Folders	13 unfilmed unfilmed
Color transparencies	13 unfilmed unfilmed
Clippings 3 Folders	13 5724 1088-1167
Presentation book	13 5724 1168-1188
Brochure	13 5724 1189-1194

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