Gordon Bunshaft architectural drawings and papers, 1909-1990, bulk 1950-1979

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Series I: Correspondence



Box 1 Folder 1 General, 1952-1964 [with gaps]

Correspondents include: H.J. Heinz, Frederick Beinecke, J. de LaBaume Durrbach, Mitchell Jan, Seymour Knox; 11 letters; 3 envelopes; 1 "Gastronomic Diary"; 1 letter with 2 copies of translation, and document allowing Bunshaft to practice architecture in Belgium



Box 1 Folder 2 General, 1965-1969 [with gaps]

Correspondents include: Joseph Hirshhorn, Pierre Matisse, Lyndon B. Johnson; 10 letters; 2 envelopes



Box 1 Folder 3 General, 1970-1979 [with gaps]

Correspondents include: Armand Blaton, Lyndon B. Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Linda Flannery, Umberto Allemandi, David Finn, Manuel Ungaro Zevallos, 47 letters; 6 envelopes; 1 postcard; 5 documents; 1 note; 1 photograph; 2 brochures



Box 1 Folder 4 General, 1980-1989 [with gaps]

46 letters; 5 envelopes; 3 cards; 1 postcard; 1 business card; 1 photograph



Box 1 Folder 5 Bunshaft family, 1937, 1945, 1951, [undated]

4 letters; 1 telegram; 3 envelopes



Box 1 Folder 6 Bunshaft, Nina (Wayler), World War II, 1941, 1945

Letters from Nina to Gordon leading up to and following their marriage; content often very personal; 19 letters (including a telegram); 18 envelopes



Box 1 Folder 7 Calder, Alexander "Sandy", 1955, [undated]

3 postcards



Box 1 Folder 8 Carta de Matchu Picchu, 1977-1979

25 documents; primarily correspondence with some translations from Spanish, but also includes a poster, certificate, and general information



Box 1 Folder 9-10 Dubuffet, Jean, 1963-1973, 1974-1984, [with gaps]

43 letters; 33 photographs; 19 envelopes; 3 documents, including copies of Dubuffet's address to the Press at Chase Manhattan Plaza, 1972; 1 note; 1 drawing



Box 1 Folder 11 Honors, 1946-1984, [with gaps]

7 letters; 1 telegram; 1 program; 1 speech; 1 award; 1 invitation; 1 envelope;



Box 1 Folder 12 Kennedy Library, 1964

Correspondents include: Jaqueline Kennedy, I.M. Pei, Stephen Smith; 4 letters; 1 envelope



Box 1 Folder 13 Moore, Henry, general, 1961-1987, [with gaps]

55 letters; 2 drawings; 9 postcards; 6 envelopes; 1 travel itinerary; 1 telegram



Box 1 Folder 14 Moore, Henry, "Animal Form", 1970-1971

13 letters; 3 telegrams, 2 drafts; 4 receipts; 1 drawing



Box 1 Folder 15 Moore, Henry, "Oval with Points", 1971-1972

5 letters; 2 drawings



Box 1 Folder 16 Moore, Henry, "Reclining Figure - Arch Leg", 1972-1973

8 letters; 1 receipt; 1 note



Box 1 Folder 17 Moore, Henry, estate, "Perry Green", 1992

Correspondence with Nina Bunshaft and Harry Brooks regarding Moore's "Perry Green"; 2 letters; 1 photocopy of newspaper article



Box 1 Folder 18 New York Times Magazine article, 1972

July 23, 1972 article was written by David Jacobs (copy is not included); series of congratulatory letters, with Gordon Bunshaft's replies, collated.



Box 2 Folder 1 Pritzker Prize, 1988

Letters of congratulation on being awarded the Pritzker Prize; correspondence regarding application for and awarding of the Pritzker



Box 2 Folder 2 Publication of Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore Owings and Merrill, 1988-1989

Letters of congratulation on the publication and thanks for receiving copies; 26 letters; 2 postcards; 3 cards; 1 list by Bunshaft of friends to give books to



Box 2 Folder 3 Rotch Travelling Scholarship, 1936, 1951,

2 letters; 1 clipping; 1 note; 1 page of notes on architectural styles and eras



Box 2 Folder 4 Assorted cards, 1960-1988?