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040 _aDLC
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072 7 _aL
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100 1 _aGruen, Victor,
_d1903-
245 0 0 _aVictor Gruen papers,
_f1886-1991
_g(bulk 1960-1980).
300 _a30,450
_fitems.
300 _a88
_fcontainers plus
_a83
_foversize.
300 _a1
_fmicrofilm reel.
300 _a123.6
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aPersonal and business correspondence, project files, speeches, writings, biographical material, and scrapbooks documenting Gruen's career in architectural design, city planning, and environmental counseling, with special emphasis on architectural and land use projects undertaken from 1960 to 1980 by his firms, Gruen Associates, headquartered in New York and Los Angeles, and Victor Gruen International, centered in Vienna, Austria. Project files are most extensive for design of the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and the city plan for Vienna, Austria. The firm's efforts to revitalize the central business districts of Fort Worth, Tex., Rochester, N.Y., Kalamazoo, Mich., Boston, Mass., Fresno, Calif., Urbana, Ill., and other American and European cities are also documented. Other topics include planning new towns, regional planning, general land development, public housing projects, and designs for college campuses. There is also material on the establishment of the Victor Gruen Foundation for Environmental Planning in Los Angeles and its sister organization, Zentrum für Umweltplanung in Vienna. Gruen's personal and family life are also well documented.
520 8 _aBusiness associates represented include Rudolf L. Baumfeld, John Belle, Jack Beyer, Daniel Branigan, Sydney H. Brisker, Edgardo Contini, Mel Gooch, Herman Guttman, Abbott Harle, Frank E. Hotchkiss, Ki Suh Park, Cesar Pelli, John Richard Pointer, Sylvia Press, Allen Rubenstein, Rolf Sklarek, Ben Southland, David Travers, Karl Van Leuven, Marge Wheaton, and Beda Zwicker. Personal correspondents include Betty Berg, Margaret Gruen, Michael Stephen Gruen, Hortense Hockett, Horst Jarka, Judith and Richard Kafka, Rita Lawrence, Leopold and Valeska Lindtberg, Harry Lowry, Helen Michaelis, Felix and Hedi Salzer, Valerie and Willy Steiner, and Stewart L. Udall.
530 _aMicrofilm edition of several playbills (1939-1940) for performances by the Refuge Artists Group and by the American Viennese Group, Inc. available,
_dno. 21,147.
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1994.
545 0 _aDesigner, architect, and urban planner. Born in Vienna, Austria, as Victor David Grünbaum. Changed name after emigrating to the United States in 1938. Returned to Vienna in 1967, where he died in 1980.
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.ms001017
600 1 0 _aBaumfeld, Rudolf L.,
_d-1988.
600 1 0 _aBelle, John.
600 1 0 _aBerg, Betty
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBeyer, Jack.
600 1 0 _aBranigan, Daniel.
600 1 0 _aBrisker, Sydney H.,
_d1914-
600 1 0 _aContini, Edgardo.
600 1 0 _aGooch, Mel,
_d1923-
600 1 0 _aGruen, Margaret,
_d1944-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGruen, Michael Stephen,
_d1941-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGuttman, Herman,
_d1918-
600 1 0 _aHarle, Abbott,
_d1923-
600 1 0 _aHotchkiss, Frank E.
600 1 0 _aJarka, Horst
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKafka, Judith
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKafka, Richard
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLawrence, Rita
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLindtberg, Leopold
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLindtberg, Valeska
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLowry, Harry,
_d-1974
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMichaelis, Helen
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPark, Ki Suh,
_d1932-
600 1 0 _aPelli, Cesar.
600 1 0 _aPress, Sylvia.
600 1 0 _aRubenstein, Allen.
600 1 0 _aSalzer, Felix
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSalzer, Hedi
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSklarek, Rolf.
600 1 0 _aSouthland, Ben,
_d1917-
600 1 0 _aSteiner, Valerie
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSteiner, Willy J.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTravers, David.
600 1 0 _aUdall, Stewart L.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aVan Leuven, Karl,
_d1914-
600 1 0 _aWheaton, Marge.
600 1 0 _aZwicker, Beda.
610 2 0 _aGruen Associates.
610 2 0 _aUniversité catholique de Louvain (1970- )
_xBuildings.
610 2 0 _aVictor Gruen Foundation for Environmental Planning.
610 2 0 _aVictor Gruen International (Firm)
610 2 0 _aZentrum für Umweltplanung (Vienna, Austria)
650 0 _aArchitectural design.
650 0 _aArchitectural firms
_zAustria
_zVienna.
650 0 _aArchitectural firms
_zCalifornia
_zLos Angeles.
650 0 _aArchitectural firms
_zNew York (State)
_zNew York.
650 0 _aArchitecture.
650 0 _aCentral business districts.
650 0 _aCities and towns.
650 0 _aCity planning
_zAustria
_zVienna.
650 0 _aCity planning
_zCalifornia
_zFresno.
650 0 _aCity planning
_zIllinois
_zUrbana.
650 0 _aCity planning
_zMassachusetts
_zBoston.
650 0 _aCity planning
_zMichigan
_zKalamazoo.
650 0 _aCity planning
_zNew York (State)
_zRochester.
650 0 _aCity planning
_zTexas
_zFort Worth.
650 0 _aCollege buildings
_zBelgium.
650 0 _aEnvironmental engineering.
650 0 _aLand use.
650 0 _aPublic housing.
650 0 _aReal estate development.
656 7 _aArchitects.
_2itoamc
656 7 _aCity planners.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001017
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001017.3
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