COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Includes architectural plans and drawings, reports, correspondence, legal papers, agenda and minutes of meetings, printed material and photographs from the firms of Neutra and Alexander, and Alexander and Associates. Projects include a plan for various buildings in the Territory of Guam; various schools including Palos Verdes High School, Adelphi College (Garden City, N.Y.), Simpson College (Indianola, Iowa), the University of California at San Diego, and California Institute of Technology (Behavioral Biology Laboratory); the Los Angeles County Hall of Records; buildings at various military bases; the visitors' building and cyclorama at Gettysburg National Military Park; and Bunker Hill Residential Towers (Los Angeles). Also, "Checkpoint Charlie," a volume of personal reminiscences, 1989; "Convicts with AIDS" (1992), and "Why L.A.?" (1993); and obituary material.
Dates
- 1935-2002.
Creator
- Alexander, Robert E. (Robert Evans), 1907-1992. (Person)
- Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970. (Person)
- Neutra and Alexander (Organization)
- Alexander and Associates (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
An architect and city planner, Robert Evans Alexander graduated in the Cornell University Class of 1930. He was a member of the International Fraternity of Lambda Alpha, Los Angeles Chapter.
Extent
86.4 cubic feet. (86.4 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Includes architectural plans and drawings, reports, correspondence, legal papers, agenda and minutes of meetings, printed material and photographs from the firms of Neutra and Alexander, and Alexander and Associates. Projects include a plan for various buildings and schools. Also, "Checkpoint Charlie," a volume of personal reminiscences; "Convicts with AIDS," and "Why L.A.?;" and obituary material.
Physical Description
Contains architectural plans and drawings, reports, correspondence, legal papers, agenda and minutes of meetings, printed material, negative microfilm, cassette tape, photographs, drawings, and slides.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- E. Engst, M. Warren
- Date completed:
- October 1989
- EAD encoding:
- Martin Heggestad, April 2002 Julia Guarneri, July 2002
- Date modified:
- Marcie Farwell, December 2018
- AIDS (Disease).
- Adelphi College -- : Buildings.
- Architects.
- Architecture.
- Bunker Hill Residential Towers (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- California Institute of Technology -- : Buildings.
- Campus planning.
- City planners.
- City planning.
- Color slides.
- Drawings.
- Gettysburg National Military Park
- Guam.
- Lambda Alpha International. Los Angeles Chapter
- Los Angeles County Hall of Records
- Minutes.
- Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970.
- Palos Verde High School
- Photographs.
- Simpson College -- : Buildings.
- University of California, San Diego -- : Buildings.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by E. Engst, M. Warren
- Date
- April 2002
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- ENG
- Box: 107 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 120 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 121 (Mixed Materials)
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- Box: 122 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 162 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 106 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 109 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: 119 (Mixed Materials)
- mapcase folder: ? (unprocessed) (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu