Box 7 Folder 38
Identification papers, 1909, 1935, 1937, 1945, 1946, [undated]
1 military id card; 3 id photos; 1 social security card; 1 passport application; 3 copies of birth certificate; 1 note
Box 7 Folder 39
A Brewery and a Beer Garden. Thesis for Degree of Bachelor in Architecture., 1933
Oversize 2 Folder 1
M.I.T. diploma, Masters in Architecture, 1935
Box 7 Folder 40
Military papers, 1945-1948
Assorted documents regarding service and discharge; includes a couple letters of correspondence with Nathanial Owings and Louis Skidmore
Box 7 Folder 41
Death and cemetery arrangements, 1963, 1990-1991
2 copies of death certificate; 1 copy of will; correspondence regarding the purchase of grave plots, Gordon's life insurance, and the design of his grave marker; 2 photographs
Box 7 Folder 42
Memorial documents, 1990
1 invitation; 1 eulogy; collection of lists - both personal and professional - of people possibly to be invited to the memorial service
Box 11 Folder 1
Marriage certificate (New York), 1943
Box 11 Folder 2
Bunshaft, Nina, personal documents, 1914, 1928, 1931, 1939, 1955, 1960
1 birth certificate (and 1 copy); 1 social security card; 2 diplomas; 1 note; 1 passport application; 1 award
Box 11 Folder 3
Bunshaft, Yetta & David, 1945, 1958, 1976
Papers regarding Gordon Bunshaft's parents; 1 letter; 1 receipt; 1 prayer book; 1 document
Box 11 Folder 4
Address books, [undated]
2 books (one has been removed from its binder and consists of loose pages)
Box 11 Folder 5
Apartment, (200 East 66th Street, # C 903, Manhattan House, Manhattan, New York), 1956
Box 11 Folder 6
Apartment, furniture (200 East 66th Street, # C 903, Manhattan House, Manhattan, New York)
Receipts, correspondence, and lists regarding furniture bought
Box 11 Folder 7
Appointment diary, 1990
Box 11 Folder 8
"Building for Tomorrow," Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, 1957
1 brochure for the opening of the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company Headquarters in Hartford, Connecticut.
Oversize 2 Folder 2
"Bunch-Aft," portrait by George Rudolph, [undated]
1 copy of drawing (photostat?)
Box 11 Folder 9
Canine records, 1947, 1948
Records regarding the Bushafts' dog; 5 documents
Box 11 Folder 10
"The Commission of Fine Arts: A Brief History, 1910-1976", 1977
1 publication on the history of the Fine Arts Commission, written by Sue A. Kohler
Box 11 Folder 11
Curriculum Vitae [partial], [undated]
2 pages of CV, listing honors, projects worked on, and organizations belonged to
Box 11 Folder 12
"Directions to Henry Moore's House at Perry Green, Much Hadham, England", [undated]
4 pages of notes; 1 envelope
Box 11 Folder 13
East Hampton residence, specifications (25-26 Georgica Close, East Hampton, New York), 1962, 1976, 1977
Documents relating to the construction and renovation of the residence; includes specifications, receipts, correspondence, site plans, and contracts
Box 11 Folder 14
Financial papers, 1946-1970, 1979
Miscellaneous financial documents; records income from SOM between 1946 and 1970, gives a general "financial picture"
Box 11 Folder 15
"The Gallery Architects: Edward B. Green & Gordon Bunshaft," Albright-Knox Art Gallery, (Buffalo, New York), 1987
Dr 309
Get well card, on napkin, Henry Moore et al., 1974
1 napkin with messages and signatures, including Henry Moore, Irina Moore, Olga Hirshhorn, Fred Weisman, Marcia Weisman, Harry [Brooks?], Taft Schreiber, and others
Catalog Record
Box 12 Folder 1
"Henry Moore at Nina and Gordon Bunshafts'…" (East Hampton, New York), 1967
Primary creators: Henry Moore and Frank Stanton; 2 bound volumes of photos of a weekend trip to the Bunshafts' home in East Hampton; photos also include Laura and James Sweeney, Ruth and Frank Stanton, Henry Moore, and Nina and Gordon Bunshaft
Box 12 Folder 2
Johnson (, Lyndon Baines) Library, dedication, [undated]
1 special event publication
Box 12 Folder 3
Miscellaneous, [undated]
1 hotel card; 1 baggage claim ticket
Oversize 2 Folder 3
Miscellaneous notes, [undated]
Material that arrived with the collection and refer to contents given to Avery Library; 5 pages of notes; 3 large envelopes
Box 12 Folder 4
Museum of Modern Art, assorted, 1970, 1986
1 document, 1 program, 1 newspaper clipping
Box 12 Folder 5
Museum of Modern Art Bulletin: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, v. 18, n. 1, 1950
1 magazine published in conjunction with the Exhibition of recent Buildings by SOM, at MoMA
Item 6
SOM, partnership agreement & operating policies, [1973?]
Box 12 Folder 6
SOM 50th Anniversary Celebration and Recordings+G444, 1986
Box 12 Folder 7
Stationary, [undated]
4 sheets personalized stationary
Oversize 2 Folder 4
[Untitled abstract drawing], Wallace K. Harrison, [undated]
Box 12 Folder 8
Additional Documents - post-dates Gordon Bunshaft, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1999
3 articles; 3 programs; 2 invitations; 2 tickets; 1 note; 1 envelope
Box 12 Folder 9
AIA and Architectural Registration, 1946, 1952, 1980, 1982, 1984
4 certificates; 2 letters; 2 copies of academic history from M.I.T.
Box 12 Folder 10
Who's Who (in America and Europe), 1990, [undated]
Box 12 Folder 11
Assorted awards, 1962, 1966, 1977, 1989
4 certificates, from Yale University, Lunchline at Ball State University, The Architectural Record, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
Box 12 Folder 12
Institute of Arts and Letters, Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, 1955
1 certificate (originally framed)
Box 12 Folder 13
American Institute of Architects (A.I.A), fellow, 1958
1 certificate (originally framed)
Box 12 Folder 14
National Academy of Design, associate, 1958
1 letter; 1 ribbon; 1 certificate
Box 12 Folder 15
National Academy of Design, academian, 1959
1 certificate (originally framed)
Box 12 Folder 16
Institute of Arts and Letters, member, 1960
1 certificate (originally framed)
Box 12 Folder 17
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Honorary Membership, 1961
1 certificate; 3 letters; 1 clipping
Oversize 2 Folder 5
American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter, Medal of Honor, 1961
1 certificate (originally framed)
Box 12 Folder 18
University of Buffalo, Honorary Degree of Doctor of Fine Arts, 1962
1 certificate; 1 program; 1 letter; 1 citation; 1 note
Oversize 2 Folder 6
Commission of Fine Arts, appointment by President John F. Kennedy, 1963
1 certificate (originally framed)
Oversize 2 Folder 7
Construction Industry, Scroll of Honor, 1965
1 certificate (originally framed)
Oversize 2 Folder 8
Commission of Fine Arts, appointment by President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968
1 certificate (originally framed)
Box 12 Folder 19
Academy of Arts and Sciences, fellow, 1969
1 certificate (originally framed)
Box 12 Folder 20
University of Buffalo, Chancellors Medal, 1969
Oversize 2 Folder 9
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fellow for Life, 1971
Box 12 Folder 21
M.I.T. Corporate Leadership Luncheon, 1976
Box 12 Folder 22
Resolution, SOM, 1976
Oversize 2 Folder 10
Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Profesor Honorario, 1977
Oversize 2 Folder 11
New York State Association of Architects, recognition of a distinguished career, 1980
1 certificate (originally framed)
Box 12 Folder 23
Academy of Arts and Letters, Gold Medal in Architecture, 1984
1 program; 1 article; 2 photographs, includes Kevin Roche; 1 letter; 1 citation (2 pages); 2 notes
Box 13 Folder 1
Travel Diary, Rotch Travelling Scholarship, July 1935 - October 1936
1 diary; journals Bunshaft's travels around Europe during his Rotch Scholarship, most information is personal, some about the architecture
[See Series XI: Additional Donations Series for "Year Book, 1935"]
Box 13 Folder 2
World Map, 1935-1936
1 map, with travel notes from Bunshaft's time in Europe on his Rotch Travelling Scholarship, originally kept in his travel diary
Box 13 Folder 3
Sketchbooks, Rotch Travelling Scholarship, 1935, 1935-36, 1936
Item 7
Sketchbook "no. 65," Rotch Travelling Scholarship, 1935-1936
1 sketchbook, most drawings are dated and cities are identified
Catalog Record
Box 14 Folder 1-3
Postcards, 1936-1937 [1935-1954?]
Assorted blank postcards from Bunshafts travels, most likely during his Rotch Travelling Scholarship; approx. 1,100 postcards; the 49 postcards containing addresses, writing, computations, or sketches have been bundled together and are in Folder 1.
Box 13 Folder 4
Pocket travel guides, "Blue Guide: Paris" & "Map & Guide of London", 1927, [undated]
2 books; Bunshaft's name in front cover of London guide, dated 1959
Box 13 Folder 5-6
Travel plans, international trips, 1967-1989
First folder contains itineraries for international trips taken by Nina and Gordon Bunshaft, trips are often taken annually; second folder contains brochures and miscellaneous documents (i.e. hotel stationary)
Box 15 Folder 1-3
Assorted Menus, various
Includes a variety of menus and invitations from locations and events in the United States and abroad. These range from presidential invitations and SOM hosted events to restaurants in various countries.
Box 2 Folder 12
Assorted Menus (oversize), various
Box 15 Folder 5
Frank Lloyd Wright, architecture tour, 1986
1 book on Oak Park Prairie Houses; 1 folder with 3 brochures, 1 program for SOM's 50th Anniversary, 1 article
Box 16 and 17
Travel diaries, 1951-1989
31 diary books; missing years 1978, 1986, 1987 (two diaries, 1979 and 1985, contain multiple years); most days are blank, typically writes while on his travels abroad. Sections at the back are used to keep track of expenditures and purchases