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Edmund Randolph Purves papers, 1916-1964

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BOX 1 Family Correspondence, 1919-1963
Letters sent and received by family members.
Arranged alphabetically.
BOX 1 Purves, Alan C.
BOX 1 Purves, Austin
BOX 1 Purves, Dale
BOX 1 Purves, Edmund S.
BOX 1 Purves, John C.
BOX 1 Purves, Mary Carroll
BOX 1 Purves, Pierre
BOX 1-2 General Correspondence, 1939-1962
Letters received and copies of letters sent.
Arranged alphabetically.
BOX 1 "A" miscellaneous
BOX 1 Architectural Forum
BOX 1 "Ba-By" miscellaneous
BOX 1 Biddle, Francis
BOX 1 Burelson, Omar
BOX 1 "Ca-Cu" miscellaneous
BOX 1 Chapman, Grosvenor
BOX 1 Chatelain, Leon
BOX 1 "Da-Du" miscellaneous
BOX 1 Day, Mabel
BOX 1 "E" miscellaneous
BOX 1 Eisenhower, Dwight D.
BOX 1 "Fa-Fu" miscellaneous
BOX 1 F. Stuart Fitzpatrick Memorial Award
BOX 1 Fadiman, Clifton
BOX 1 Finley, David E.
BOX 1 Flanders, Ralph
BOX 1 "Ga-Gu" miscellaneous
BOX 1 "Ha-Hy" miscellaneous
BOX 1 Hays, Brooks
BOX 1 Howland, Richard H.
BOX 1 "I" miscellaneous
BOX 1 "J" miscellaneous
BOX 1 "Ka-Ko" miscellaneous
BOX 2 "La-Lu" miscellaneous
BOX 2 Literary Society
BOX 2 "Ma-Mu" miscellaneous
BOX 2 Mathias, Charles M., Jr.
BOX 2 Mills, Abbot L., Jr.
BOX 2 Morely, Felix
BOX 2 "N" miscellaneous
BOX 2 Nixon, Richard M.
BOX 2 "O" miscellaneous
BOX 2 "Pa-Pr" miscellaneous
BOX 2 Quiller-Couch, Foy
BOX 2 "R" miscellaneous
BOX 2 Reynolds, Richard S., Jr.
BOX 2 "Sa-Su" miscellaneous
BOX 2 Scheick, William H.
BOX 2 Scott, Hugh
BOX 2 Steinhardt, Joseph
BOX 2 "T" miscellaneous
BOX 2 Truman, Harry S.
BOX 2 Udall, Stewart L.
BOX 2 "V" miscellaneous
BOX 2 "Wa-Wu" miscellaneous
BOX 2 Widnall, William B.
BOX 2 Will, Philip, Jr.
BOX 2 Wright, Frank Lloyd
BOX 2 "Y-Z" miscellaneous
BOX 2 Unidentified
BOX 3-4 Speech and Article File, 1936-1961
Handwritten and typewritten drafts and printed copies of speeches and articles.
Arranged alphabetically by title, where possible, and chronologically by year, otherwise.
BOX 3 Speeches
BOX 3 "Building and Housing"
BOX 3 "The Institute, Legislation and You"
BOX 3 "Our Profession,"
BOX 3 1954, Sept.
BOX 3 1954, Nov. 13
BOX 3 Its place in America's future
BOX 3 "The Preservation of Antiquity"
BOX 3 "The Profession Today"
BOX 3 "Who Runs the Construction Industry?"
BOX 3 Untitled, 1948, 1950-1961
BOX 3 Articles
BOX 3 "Alleged Subversive Activities of Certain Members of the A.I.A."
BOX 3 "The Architect and the Superman Myth"
BOX 3 "The Architectural Museum"
BOX 3 "Beaux Arts Come Home All Is Forgiven"
BOX 3 "Below the Tenth Floor"
BOX 3 "The Construction Industry and the United States Government"
BOX 3 "The Construction Industry Looks at the Government "
BOX 3 "Conventions"
BOX 3 "Divided We Stand"
BOX 3 "Federal Culture, Friend or Foe?"
BOX 3 "A Few Recollections of the White House"
BOX 3 "The Haven"
BOX 3 "The Importance of Federal Culture"
BOX 3 "International Venture"
BOX 3 "The Man in the Bag"
BOX 4 "Pineapple Army"
BOX 4 "The Preservation of Antiquity"
BOX 4 "The Preservation of Eccentricity"
BOX 4 "Reflections on a Juvenile Republic"
BOX 4 "Security Problems in the Seventh Air Force"
BOX 4 "Sentimental Journeys"
BOX 4 "Some Preliminary Thoughts on the Museum of Architecture"
BOX 4 "Spanish Sketches"
BOX 4 "Sultry Christmas"
BOX 4 "A Temporary Status"
BOX 4 Untitled, 1957-1961, undated
BOX 5-7 Miscellany, 1916-1964
Papers relating to Purves's military career during World War I and World II, appointment calendars, bills and receipts, biographical papers, photographs, and printed matter.
Arranged by type of material.
BOX 5 Agreement for dissolution of firm of Purves and Day
BOX 5 Appointment calendars
BOX 5 Appointment and travel schedules
BOX 5 Architectural drawings
BOX 5 Bills and receipts
BOX 5 Biographical material
BOX 5 Invitations
BOX 5 Military papers
BOX 5 Miscellaneous
BOX 5 World War I
BOX 6 World War I
BOX 7 World War II
BOX 7 Obituary
BOX 7 General miscellany
BOX 7 Printed matter
BOX 7 Relating to Kenneth Grahame
BOX 7 Miscellaneous

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