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100 1 _aOwings, Nathaniel Alexander,
_d1903-
245 0 0 _aNathaniel Alexander Owings papers,
_f1911-1983
_g(bulk 1960-1980).
300 _a28,300
_fitems.
300 _a64
_fcontainers plus
_a12
_foversize.
300 _a29.2
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 7 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1939-1977; Series 2: Office File, 1954-1969; Series 3: Subject File, 1934-1977; Series 4: Speeches and Writings File, 1944-1977; Series 5: Miscellany, 1911-1976; Series 6: Addition, 1929-1983; and Series 7: Oversize, 1936-1975.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 8 _aCorrespondents 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.
544 _3Recorded tapes
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
544 _3Some photographic material
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aArchitect and engineer; died 1984.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011038
600 1 0 _aAdams, Ansel,
_d1902-1984
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBechtel, Stephen Davison,
_d1925-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBrown, Jerry,
_d1938-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aEckardt, Wolf von,
_d1918-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGoldberg, Arthur J.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJohnson, Lady Bird,
_d1912-2007
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMoses, Robert,
_d1888-1981
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMoynihan, Daniel P.
_q(Daniel Patrick),
_d1927-2003
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aQuesada, Elwood R.
_q(Elwood Richard),
_d1904-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRockefeller, David,
_d1915-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aRoosevelt, Nicholas,
_d1893-1982
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aStegner, Wallace,
_d1909-1993
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aUdall, Stewart L.
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aAmerican Institute of Architects.
610 1 0 _aCalifornia.
_bAdvisory Committee on a Master Plan for Scenic Highways.
610 2 0 _aPennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation.
610 2 0 _aPresident's Council on Pennsylvania Avenue (U.S.)
610 2 0 _aSkidmore, Owings & Merrill.
650 0 _aArchitectural firms.
650 0 _aArchitecture
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aArchitecture
_xAwards
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aCity planning
_zCalifornia.
650 0 _aCity planning
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aCity planning
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aConservation of natural resources
_zCalifornia.
650 0 _aHistoric preservation
_zCalifornia.
650 0 _aHopi Indians.
650 0 _aKachina dolls.
650 0 _aRoadside improvement
_zCalifornia.
650 0 _aUrban beautification
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aMonterey Peninsula (Calif.)
651 0 _aPennsylvania Avenue (Washington, D.C.)
656 7 _aArchitects.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aEngineers.
_2itoamc
700 1 _aOwings, Nathaniel Alexander,
_d1903-
_tAmerican aesthetic.
700 1 _aOwings, Nathaniel Alexander,
_d1903-
_tSpaces in between.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011038
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011038.3
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_d43704