Subseries 2: Le Corbusier

Scope and content:: The Swiss born French architect Le Corbusier (1887-1965) was a Technical Advisor to the United Nations in 1946 for the site selection process and was a member of the Board of Design Consultants for the UN headquarters in Manhattan in 1947. This subseries contains correspondence to, from, and about Le Corbusier's work on the UN project.

Access and use

Parent restrictions:: This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
Parent terms of access:: Permission to publish must be obtained in writing from the Director of Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, 1172 Amsterdam Avenue, MC 0301, New York, NY 10027.

Location of this collection:: Avery Drawings & Archives

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