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BOX 44-56 Speeches and Writings File, 1944-1977
Drafts of speeches and writings, correspondence, printed copies, galley proofs, production material, research material, notes, and miscellaneous items relating to Owings's articles, books, lectures, and speeches.
Arranged by type of material and chronologically thereunder.
BOX 44 Articles
Correspondence
1944, 10 Dec., "Comments on Lighting Layout and Design," Illuminating Engineering
1945, May, "How Little Traverse Hospital Met Unique Expansion Problems," Hospital Management
1948
Jan., "A Radically New Conception of Tomorrow's Office Building," National Real Estate and Building
Journal
Mar., "Basic Considerations in Hospital Design," Modern Hospital
1962, Feb., "Two Looks at Preservation," AIA Journal
1966
May, "Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill: An Architectural Community," Engineering News-Record
Nov., Sports Illustrated article
1967
Apr., "Urban Transportation Planning Concepts," Traffic Quarterly
Fall, "Core Cities: Their Future," Per/Se
1969, Dec.
AIA Journal article
Christian Science Monitor article
1970
July/Aug., "Las Trampas: A Past Resurrected," New Mexico
BOX 45 Aug., "Mass Transit and the Cities," Current History
1971, "Man and His Environment," Outlook
1972, Spring, "The City: Go Slow, Go Slow ...," Cry California
1973, 1 Apr., "The Despair of Nat Owings," California Living Magazine
1974, 11 Mar., "Construction Management," Daily Pacific Builder
1977, "Emphasis," Sunstone Review
Books
The American Aesthetic (1969)
Contracts
Correspondence, 1965-1970
(4 folders)
Drafts
BOX 46 Galley Proofs
BOX 47 Layout See Oversize
Miscellany
Photographic proofs See Oversize
Production materials
(2 folders)
BOX 48 Production materials
(2 vols.)
BOX 49 Scrapbook See Oversize
"Made in America"
Drafts
Manuscript copy
Spaces in Between: An Architect's Journey (1973)
Correspondence
1969-1971
BOX 50 1972-1974
Drafts
Chapters
(3 folders)
BOX 51 Miscellany
Japanese edition
Miscellany
Research material
Reviews
Lectures
1962
Salzburg, Austria
Correspondence
1962
(2 folders)
BOX 52 1963-1972
Lectures
1966
London, England
Backup material
Correspondence
Lectures
(2 folders)
BOX 53 Miscellany
1973-1974
Ball State University, Muncie, Ind.
Speeches
Correspondence
Notes
1946, 15 Oct., Wayfarers' Club, Chicago, Ill.
1957, 30 July, World Conference on Prestressed Concrete
1959
27 May, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, Calif.
12 June, Chadwick School
1960, 20 Oct., University Associates, Kansas City, Mo.
1961, 14 Oct., National Trust for Historic Preservation, New York, N.Y.
1962
4 June, Jefferson City, Mo.
13 June, National Association of Building Owners and Managers, San Francisco, Calif.
1963
1 May, Contra Costa Board of Supervisors, Concord, Calif.
11 Sept., Williamsburg, Va.
1964
7 Apr., Senate Advisory Committee on a Master Plan for Scenic Highways, Washington, D.C.
25 Apr., California State Polytechnic College, San Luis Obispo, Calif.
24 July, Assembly Committee on Natural Resources Impact of Highways and Freeways on Park Values, Arcata, Calif.
1 Oct., Monterey Savings and Loan Association, Monterey, Calif.
BOX 54 13 Nov., Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.
8 Dec., Governor's Conference on Good Design, Sacramento, Calif.
1965
12 Jan., San Francisco Planning and Urban Renewal Association annual planning conference, San Francisco, Calif.
21 Jan., "Pennsylvania Avenue and the Future of the American City"
16 Feb., Wayfarers Club, Chicago, Ill.
8-10 Dec., Action Council for Better Cities, Washington, D.C.
21 Dec., Commercial Club, Chicago, Ill.
1966
21 Mar., Rock, Sand, and Gravel Producers Association, San Francisco, Calif.
30 Mar., Mayor's Conference on Urban Design, Kansas City, Mo.
25 Apr., Religious Architecture Conference, San Francisco, Calif.
21 Sept., Scenic Highway dedication at Bixby Bridge, Big Sur, Calif.
7 Oct., Howard University, Washington, D.C.
14 Nov., 62nd National Audubon Convention, Sacramento, Calif.
1967
6 Feb., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colo.
1 Apr., Architects and Engineers Forum, Los Angeles, Calif.
15 Apr., Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Washington, D.C.
19 Apr., Committee for Downtown, Baltimore, Md.
BOX 55 1968, 24 Sept., Citizens Planning and Housing Association, Baltimore, Md.
1969
22 Jan., Junior League of Palo Alto, Calif.
25 Feb., AIA of New York, Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.
10 Mar., Washington Building Conference, Washington, D.C.
20 Mar., St. Louis University, St. Louis, Mo.
27 Mar., Rice University, Houston, Tex.
10 Apr., Ford Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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