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Transcripts and Photographs from the John Peter Collection

Authors: Jennifer Lewis and Karen Fishman

Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

2006

Encoded by Marsha Maguire, 2008

Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/eadmbrs.rs006002

Latest revision: 2008

Detailed Description of the Transcripts and Photographs from the John Peter Collection

Series 1. Transcripts, circa 1951-1995, undated

Series 2. Photographs, undated

Photographic prints, 8 x 10 inches and smaller

Photographic prints, 11 x 14 inches and smaller

Negatives, small format

Negatives, 8 x 10 inches and smaller

Negatives, 11 x 14 inches

Title: Transcripts and Photographs from the John Peter Collection
Inclusive Dates: circa 1951-1995, undated
Creator: Peter, John, 1917-
Extent: 9.2 linear feet (15 boxes)
Language: Collection materials are in English
Repository: Recorded Sound Reference Center, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Photographs and audiotape transcripts used by John Peter in his books on 20th-century architects.
Location: RPA 00179-RPA 00188; RPB 00001-RPB 00005

Key Subjects and Formats

The following headings represent names, topics, places, and formats of major significance in the collection.

Names

Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983--Interviews
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969--Photographs
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005--Interviews
Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005--Photographs
Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974--Photographs
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965--Interviews
Le Corbusier, 1887-1965--Photographs
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969--Interviews
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969--Photographs
Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970--Interviews
Pei, I. M., 1917- --Photographs
Peter, John, 1917- --Photographs
Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961--Photographs
Yamasaki, Minoru, 1912- --Photographs
Yamasaki, Minoru, 1912- --Interviews
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959--Interviews
John Peter Collection (Library of Congress)

Topics

Architects--Interviews
Architects--Photographs

Forms of Material

Transcripts
Photographs
Photographic prints
Negatives

Administrative Information

Acquisition of the Materials

Deposit; acquired from Molly Peter in 2000.

Additions

No further additions to the collection are expected.

Processing Information

Processed by Karen Fishman in 2006.

Restrictions on Use of the Materials

Restrictions exist on copying, quoting, or publishing materials included in the collection. For additional information, contact a reference librarian in the Recorded Sound Reference Center, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 20540-4690; (202) 707-7833.

Restrictions on Access to the Materials

The Transcripts and Photographs from the John Peter Collection are open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [Container number, eg., Box 3], Transcripts and Photographs from the John Peter Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress.

Biography of John Peter

John Peter (1917-1998) was the modern living editor at Look and Life magazines and a radio and television reporter for CBS and NBC. For many years he was head of his own publications consulting firm in New York City, with clients in the United States and Europe.

Tapes and photographs included in the John Peter Collection were used for his book, The Oral History of Modern Architecture: Interviews with the Greatest Architects of the Twentieth Century, published in 1994. Photos were also used in his Masters of Modern Architecture, 1958. Other books by Peter include What Time Is It, 1954; Aluminum in Modern Architecture, 1956; Aluminum in Modern Architecture '58; Aluminum in Modern Architecture '60; and Design with Glass, 1964. His children's books include McCall's Giant Golden Make-it Book, 1953; McCall's Giant Golden Make-it Book, 1961; McCall's Golden Make-it Book, 1968; and My Clock Book, 1954.

Scope and Content

Consists of interview transcripts and photographs used by John Peter in his books on 20th-century architects. Architects who are particularly well represented in these materials include Buckminster Fuller, Walter Gropius, Philip Johnson, Louis Kahn, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Richard Neutra, I.M. Pei, Eero Saarinen, Minoru Yamasaki, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

In addition to the transcripts and photographs, the larger John Peter Collection contains 164 ten-inch sound tape reels, 279 seven-inch sound tape reels, and 168 sound cassettes, along with 12 personal cassettes and 3 personal seven-inch reels.

Arrangement of the Materials

The materials are arranged in 2 series:

Series 1: Transcripts
Series 2: Photographs

Detailed Description of the Transcripts and Photographs from the John Peter Collection

CONTAINER	CONTENTS


	Series 1. Transcripts, circa 1951-1995, undated
		9 boxes
		RPA 00179-RPA 00187 (box 1-9)
		Transcripts of taped interviews conducted by John Peter for his books on 20th-century architects.
		Transcripts are arranged alphabetically by name of the architect interviewed.

BOX 1 FOLDER 1		Aalto, Alvar

BOX 1 FOLDER 2		Alexander, Robert E.

BOX 1 FOLDER 3		Barthelme, Donald E.

BOX 1 FOLDER 4		Becket, Welton

BOX 1 FOLDER 5		Beckett, William

BOX 1 FOLDER 6		Belluschi, Pietro

BOX 1 FOLDER 7		Bill, Max

BOX 1 FOLDER 8		Bratke, Oswaldo

BOX 1 FOLDER 9		Breuer, Marcel

BOX 1 FOLDER 10-11		Bunshaft, Gordon

BOX 1 FOLDER 12		Candela, Felix See also O'Gorman, Juan

BOX 1 FOLDER 13		Catalano, Eduardo

BOX 1 FOLDER 14		Ciampi, Mario

BOX 1-2		Contini, Edgardo

BOX 1 FOLDER 15-16			Contini transcripts
				(2 folders)

BOX 2 FOLDER 17			Contini transcripts
				(1 folder)

BOX 2 FOLDER 18		Dudok, Willem

BOX 2 FOLDER 19		Eames, Charles

BOX 2 FOLDER 20		Ellwood, Craig

BOX 2 FOLDER 21-26		Fuller, R. Buckminster

BOX 3 FOLDER 27		Galia, Jose Miguel with Martin Vegas

BOX 3 FOLDER 28		Goff, Bruce

BOX 3 FOLDER 29		Goodman, Charles

BOX 3 FOLDER 30-31		Gropius, Walter

BOX 3 FOLDER 32-33		Gruen, Victor

BOX 3 FOLDER 34		Hentrich, Helmut

BOX 3 FOLDER 35		Jacobsen, Arne

BOX 3 FOLDER 36-38		Johnson, Philip

BOX 4 FOLDER 39-40		Kahn, Louis

BOX 4 FOLDER 41		Koch, Carl

BOX 4 FOLDER 42		Kump, Ernest

BOX 4 FOLDER 43-45		Le Corbusier

BOX 4 FOLDER 46		Maekawa, Kunio

BOX 5 FOLDER 47-49		Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig

BOX 5 FOLDER 50		Nervi, Pier Luigi

BOX 5 FOLDER 51-52		Neutra, Richard

BOX 5 FOLDER 53		Niemeyer, Oscar

BOX 5 FOLDER 54-55		Noyes, Eliot

BOX 5 FOLDER 56		O'Gorman, Juan, with brief comments by Felix Candela

BOX 5 FOLDER 57		Oud, J. J. P. (Jacobus Johannes Peter)

BOX 6 FOLDER 58-59		Pei, I. M.

BOX 6 FOLDER 60-61		Peressutti, Enrico with Ernesto Rogers

BOX 6 FOLDER 62		Ponti, Gio

BOX 6 FOLDER 63-64		Rado, L. L.

BOX 6 FOLDER 65-66		Rapson, Ralph

BOX 6 FOLDER 67-68		Raymond, Antonin

BOX 7 FOLDER 69		Reidy, Affonso Eduardo

BOX 7 FOLDER 70		Rex, John

BOX 7 FOLDER 71		Roberto, Marcelo

BOX 7 FOLDER 72		Roth, Alfred

BOX 7 FOLDER 73		Rudolph, Paul

BOX 7 FOLDER 74-75		Saarinen, Eero

BOX 7 FOLDER 76		Salvadori, Mario

BOX 7 FOLDER 77		Sanabria, Tomas Jose

BOX 7 FOLDER 78		Saugey, Marc-Joseph

BOX 8 FOLDER 79-80		Schweikher, Paul

BOX 8 FOLDER 81		Sert, Jose Luis

BOX 8 FOLDER 82		Steiner, Rudolph

BOX 8 FOLDER 83		Soriano, Raphael

BOX 8 FOLDER 84		Severud, Fred N.

BOX 8 FOLDER 85		Stone, Edward Durell

BOX 8 FOLDER 86		Tange, Kenzo

BOX 8 FOLDER 87		Villanueva, Carlos

BOX 8 FOLDER 88		Walker, Ralph

BOX 8 FOLDER 89		Weidlinger, Paul

BOX 8 FOLDER 90		Will, Philip

BOX 9 FOLDER 91-95		Wright, Frank Lloyd

BOX 9 FOLDER 96		Wurster, William

BOX 9 FOLDER 97-99		Yamasaki, Minoru

BOX 9 FOLDER 100		Yoshimura, Junzo

BOX 9 FOLDER 101		Zetlin, Lev

	Series 2. Photographs, undated
		6 boxes
		RPA 00188; RPB 00001-RPB 00005 (box 10-15)
		Photographic prints and negatives of modern architects and some of the structures designed by them.
		Photographs are arranged by format and size. Thereunder, they are arranged alphabetically by name of architect, followed by structures.

		Photographic prints, 8 x 10 inches and smaller

BOX 10 FOLDER 102			Aalto, Alvar

BOX 10 FOLDER 103			Alexander, Robert E.

BOX 10 FOLDER 104			Barthelme, Donald E.

BOX 10 FOLDER 105			Becket, Welton

BOX 10 FOLDER 106			Bratke, Oswaldo

BOX 10 FOLDER 107			Belluschi, Pietro

BOX 10 FOLDER 108			Catalano, Eduardo

BOX 10 FOLDER 109			Ciampo, Mario

BOX 10 FOLDER 110			Ellwood, Craig

BOX 10 FOLDER 111			Fuller, R. Buckminster

BOX 10 FOLDER 112			Goodman, Charles

BOX 10 FOLDER 113			Gruen, Victor

BOX 10 FOLDER 114			Koch, Carl

BOX 10 FOLDER 115			Kump, Ernest

BOX 10 FOLDER 116			Nervi, Pier Luigi

BOX 10 FOLDER 117			Noyes, Eliot

BOX 10 FOLDER 118			Peressutti, Enrico

BOX 10 FOLDER 119			Rex, John

BOX 10 FOLDER 120			Salvadori, Mario

BOX 10 FOLDER 121			Severud, Fred

BOX 10 FOLDER 122			Soriano, Raphael

BOX 10 FOLDER 123			Walker, Ralph

BOX 10 FOLDER 124			Weidlinger, Paul

BOX 10 FOLDER 125			Will, Philip, Jr.

BOX 10 FOLDER 126			Wurster, William

BOX 10 FOLDER 127			Zetlin, Lev

BOX 10 FOLDER 128			USIS exhibit

		Photographic prints, 11 x 14 inches and smaller

BOX 11 FOLDER 129			Bill, Max

BOX 11 FOLDER 130			Breur, Marcel

BOX 11 FOLDER 131			Bunshaft, Gordon

BOX 11 FOLDER 132			Burle Marx, Roberto

BOX 11 FOLDER 133			Candela, Felix

BOX 11 FOLDER 134			Contini, Edgardo

BOX 11 FOLDER 135			Dudok, Willem

BOX 11 FOLDER 136			Eames, Charles

BOX 11 FOLDER 137			Galia, José Miguel

BOX 11 FOLDER 138			Goff, Bruce

BOX 11 FOLDER 139			Gropius, Walter

BOX 11 FOLDER 140			Hentrich, Helmut

BOX 11 FOLDER 141			Jacobsen, Arne

BOX 11 FOLDER 142			Johnson, Philip

BOX 11 FOLDER 143-144			Kahn, Louis

BOX 11 FOLDER 145-146			Le Corbusier

BOX 12 FOLDER 147			Maekawa, Kunio

BOX 12 FOLDER 148-149			Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig

BOX 12 FOLDER 150			Neutra, Richard

BOX 12 FOLDER 151			Niemeyer, Oscar

BOX 12 FOLDER 152			O'Gorman, Juan

BOX 12 FOLDER 153			Oud, J. J. P.

BOX 12 FOLDER 154			Pei, I. M.

BOX 12 FOLDER 155			Prové, Jean

BOX 12 FOLDER 156			Rado, L. L.

BOX 12 FOLDER 157			Rapson, Ralph

BOX 12 FOLDER 158			Raymond, Antonin

BOX 12 FOLDER 159			Reidy, Affonso

BOX 13 FOLDER 160			Roberto, Marcelo

BOX 13 FOLDER 161			Roche, Kevin

BOX 13 FOLDER 162			Rudolph, Paul

BOX 13 FOLDER 163			Saarinen, Eero

BOX 13 FOLDER 164			Sanabria, Tomas

BOX 13 FOLDER 165			Saugey, Marc

BOX 13 FOLDER 166			Schweikher, Paul

BOX 13 FOLDER 167			Sert, Jose Luis

BOX 13 FOLDER 168			Stone, Edward Durrell

BOX 13 FOLDER 169			Tange, Kenzo

BOX 13 FOLDER 170			Vegas, Martin

BOX 13 FOLDER 171			Villanueva, Carlos

BOX 13 FOLDER 172			Wright, Frank Lloyd

BOX 13 FOLDER 173			Yamasaki, Minoru

BOX 13 FOLDER 174			Yoshimura, Junzo

BOX 13 FOLDER 175			Miscellaneous - "Tree of Modern Architecture"

		Negatives, small format

BOX 14 FOLDER 176			Alexander, Robert

BOX 14 FOLDER 177			Barthelme, Donald

BOX 14 FOLDER 178			Becket, Welton

BOX 14 FOLDER 179			Belluschi, Pietro

BOX 14 FOLDER 180			Breuer, Marcel

BOX 14 FOLDER 181			Bunshaft, Gordon

BOX 14 FOLDER 182			Burle Marx, Roberto

BOX 14 FOLDER 183			Candela, Felix

BOX 14 FOLDER 184			Catalano, Eduardo

BOX 14 FOLDER 185			Ciampi, Mario

BOX 14 FOLDER 186			Contini, Edgardo

BOX 14 FOLDER 187			Dudok, Willem

BOX 14 FOLDER 188			Ellwood, Craig

BOX 14 FOLDER 189			Fuller, R. Buckminster

BOX 14 FOLDER 190			Galia, Jose Miguel with Martin Vegas

BOX 14 FOLDER 191			Goff, Bruce

BOX 14 FOLDER 192			Goodman, Charles

BOX 14 FOLDER 193-194			Gropius, Walter

BOX 14 FOLDER 195			Gruen, Victor

BOX 14 FOLDER 196			Hentrich, Helmut

BOX 14 FOLDER 197-198			Johnson, Philip

BOX 14 FOLDER 199-203			Kahn, Louis

BOX 14 FOLDER 204			Koch, Carl

BOX 14 FOLDER 205			Kump, Ernest

BOX 14 FOLDER 206-207			Le Corbusier

BOX 14 FOLDER 208			Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig

BOX 14 FOLDER 209			Neutra, Richard

BOX 14 FOLDER 210-211			Niemeyer, Oscar

BOX 14 FOLDER 212			O'Gorman, Juan

BOX 14 FOLDER 213-214			Pei, I. M.

BOX 14 FOLDER 215			Peressutti, Enrico

BOX 14 FOLDER 216-217			Rado, L. L.

BOX 14 FOLDER 218-219			Rapson, Ralph

BOX 14 FOLDER 220-221			Raymond, Antonin

BOX 14 FOLDER 222			Reidy, Affonso

BOX 14 FOLDER 223			Rex, John

BOX 14 FOLDER 224			Roberto, Marcelo

BOX 14 FOLDER 225			Roche, Kevin

BOX 14 FOLDER 226-227			Rudolph, Paul

BOX 14 FOLDER 228-229			Saarinen, Eero
				Some with John Peter.

BOX 14 FOLDER 230-231			Salvadori, Mario

BOX 14 FOLDER 232			Sanabria, Tomas

BOX 14 FOLDER 233			Saugey, Marc

BOX 14 FOLDER 234-235			Schweikher, Paul

BOX 14 FOLDER 236-237			Sert, Jose Luis

BOX 14 FOLDER 238			Severud, Paul

BOX 14 FOLDER 239			Soriano, Raphael

BOX 14 FOLDER 240			Tange, Kenzo

BOX 14 FOLDER 241			Villanueva, Carlos

BOX 14 FOLDER 242			Walker, Ralph

BOX 14 FOLDER 243			Weidlinger, Paul

BOX 14 FOLDER 244			Will, Philip, Jr.

BOX 14 FOLDER 245			Wright, Frank Lloyd

BOX 14 FOLDER 246			Wurster, William

BOX 14 FOLDER 247-249			Yamasaki, Minoru

BOX 14 FOLDER 250			Yoshimura, Junzo

BOX 14 FOLDER 251-252			Zetlin, Lev

			Miscellaneous

BOX 14 FOLDER 253				House of Good Taste

BOX 14 FOLDER 254				John Peter at Hollyhock House and Mallard House

BOX 14 FOLDER 255				Publicity shots of John Peter in New York City

BOX 14 FOLDER 256				USIA, Washington

BOX 14 FOLDER 257-259				USIS exhibit

		Negatives, 8 x 10 inches and smaller

			People

BOX 15 FOLDER 260				Aalto, Alvar

BOX 15 FOLDER 261				Le Corbusier

BOX 15 FOLDER 262				Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig

BOX 15 FOLDER 263				Oud, J. J. P.

BOX 15 FOLDER 264				Wright, Frank Lloyd

BOX 15 FOLDER 265				Yamasaki, Minoru

			Structures

BOX 15 FOLDER 266				The Bauhaus by Walter Gropius

BOX 15 FOLDER 267				Cidade Dos Motores Plan by Jose Luis Sert

BOX 15 FOLDER 268				Federal Center, Chicago, by Mies van der Rohe

BOX 15 FOLDER 269				Holyoke Center, Harvard University, by Jose Luis Sert

BOX 15 FOLDER 270				860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments by Mies van der Rohe

BOX 15 FOLDER 271				Miro Studio by Jose Luis Sert

BOX 15 FOLDER 272-273				Niemeyer House, Rio de Janeiro, by Oscar Niemeyer
					2 envelopes

BOX 15 FOLDER 274				Presidential Palace Model, Cuba, by Jose Luis Sert

BOX 15 FOLDER 275				School of Design, Ulm, by Max Bill

BOX 15 FOLDER 276-277				Spanish Republican Pavilion, 1937 World's Fair, by Jose Luis Sert
					One interior and one exterior view.

BOX 15 FOLDER 278				Steiner House by Adolf Loos

BOX 15 FOLDER 279-282				Tugendhat House by Mies van der Rohe
					4 negatives

BOX 15 FOLDER 283-288				USIS exhibit
					6 negatives

BOX 15 FOLDER 289				West Columbia Grade School

		Negatives, 11 x 14 inches

			People

BOX 15 FOLDER 290				Gropius, Walter

BOX 15 FOLDER 291				Johnson, Philip

BOX 15 FOLDER 292				Kahn, Louis

BOX 15 FOLDER 293				Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig

BOX 15 FOLDER 294				Neutra, Richard

BOX 15 FOLDER 295				Pei, I. M.

BOX 15 FOLDER 296				Saarinen, Eero

BOX 15 FOLDER 297				Wright, Frank Lloyd

BOX 15 FOLDER 298				Wright, Frank Lloyd with John Peter

			Structures

BOX 15 FOLDER 299				Brazilian Pavilion, 1939 World's Fair, by Oscar Niemeyer

BOX 15 FOLDER 300				Harumi House by Kunio Maekawa

BOX 15 FOLDER 301				Hotel Diamantina, Brazil, by Oscar Niemeyer

BOX 15 FOLDER 302				Pampulha Yacht Club by Oscar Niemeyer

BOX 15 FOLDER 303				Techbuilt House by Carl Koch

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