Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of I. M. Pei, architect, were given to the Library of Congress by Pei in 1995. The Library received the collection in numerous accessions between 1996 and 2016.
Processing History
The papers of I. M. Pei were arranged and described in 2017 by Nate Scheible, Margaret H. McAleer, Mike Folkerts, Amanda Loeb, Tracey Barton, Thomas Bigley, Maria Farmer, Chanté Flowers, Rosa Hernandez, Tess Kulikowski, and Tammi Taylor.
Digital files were received as part of the I. M. Pei Papers on a variety of storage media, each of which was assigned a unique digital ID number. Use the digital ID number to request access copies of the files associated with each media. A description of the standard processes taken on all born digital records can be found in the Processing History Note: Born Digital Collection Material at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.digital.
Transfers
Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some photographic prints, slides, negatives, albums, drawings, and models have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Some maps have been transferred to the Geography and Maps Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the I. M. Pei Papers.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number or digital ID number, I. M. Pei Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.