Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Victor Gruen papers, 1886-1991 |
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Inclusive Dates | 1886-1991 |
Bulk Dates | 1960-1980 |
ID No. | MSS81474 |
Creator | Gruen, Victor, 1903-1980 |
Extent | 30,450 items |
Extent | 88 containers plus 83 oversize |
Extent | 123.6 linear feet |
Extent | 1 microfilm reel |
Language | Collection material in English, German, French, and Dutch |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms001017 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm92081474 |
Summary | Designer, architect, and urban planner. Personal 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, New York, and Los Angeles, California, and Victor Gruen International, centered in Vienna, Austria. |