Owings, Nathaniel Alexander 1903- creator mixed material monographic eng 28,300 64 12 29.2 Correspondence, memoranda, journals, minutes, speeches, writings, reports, notes, subject file, legal and financial records, biographical material, appointment calendars, clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, charts, graphs, diagrams, photographs, and other papers documenting Owings's career as a founding partner of the architectural firm, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; chairman of public commissions responsible for the redesign of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.; member of various commissions relating to conservation, preservation, and redevelopment in California; and author of works on the aesthetic and practical applications of architecture in contemporary life, architectural theory, and city planning. Includes material relating to his service on or contribution to the California Advisory Committee on a Master Plan for Scenic Highways, the Monterey coast master plan, the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation, and the President's Council on Pennsylvania Avenue. Includes drafts of Owings's books, The American Aesthetic (1969) and The Spaces In Between: An Architect's Journey (1973); and material pertaining to his gold medal awarded by the American Institute of Architects in 1983 and his collection of kachina dolls made by Hopi Indians. Correspondents include Ansel Adams, Stephen Davison Bechtel, Jerry Brown, Wolf von Eckardt, Arthur J. Goldberg, Lady Bird Johnson, Robert Moses, Daniel P. Moynihan, Elwood R. Quesada, David Rockefeller, Nicholas Roosevelt, Wallace Earle Stegner, and Stewart L. Udall. Open to research. Recorded tapes transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. Some photographic material transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Architect and engineer; died 1984. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011038 Adams, Ansel 1902-1984 Correspondence Bechtel, Stephen Davison 1925- Correspondence Brown, Jerry 1938- Correspondence Eckardt, Wolf von 1918- Correspondence Goldberg, Arthur J Correspondence Johnson, Lady Bird 1912-2007 Correspondence Moses, Robert 1888-1981 Correspondence Moynihan, Daniel P. (Daniel Patrick) 1927-2003 Correspondence Quesada, Elwood R. (Elwood Richard) 1904- Correspondence Rockefeller, David 1915- Correspondence Roosevelt, Nicholas 1893-1982 Correspondence Stegner, Wallace 1909-1993 Correspondence Udall, Stewart L Correspondence American Institute of Architects. California. Advisory Committee on a Master Plan for Scenic Highways. Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation. President's Council on Pennsylvania Avenue (U.S.) Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Architectural firms Architecture United States Architecture Awards United States City planning California City planning United States City planning Washington (D.C.) Conservation of natural resources California Historic preservation California Hopi Indians Kachina dolls Roadside improvement California Urban beautification United States Monterey Peninsula (Calif.) Pennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.) Architects Engineers Owings, Nathaniel Alexander, 1903- Owings, Nathaniel Alexander, 1903- mm 82075863 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011038 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms011038.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011038 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011038.3 Open to research. DLC 820702 20260227111716.0 mm 82075863