PP/18/7/6/2/15 - [Letter, Marcel Breuer to Jack Pritchard, 23/9/37]

Reference code

PP/18/7/6/2/15

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, Marcel Breuer to Jack Pritchard, 23/9/37]

Date/s

1937

Quantity & Format

3 leaves Letters (typescript)

Personal name

Every-Clayton, C. E.
Yorke, Francis Reginald Stevens

Subject

Harvard University
Macy's (Department store)
Patents
Isobar

Creator

Breuer, Marcel

Creator

Pritchard, John Craven,

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Breuer confirms he will be staying in America and says he has a choice of a post at Harvard or going into partnership with [Walter] Gropius. Breuer is sorry to end his work with Pritchard but he sees "a lot of possibilities" in America. He discusses the ways of tying up his and Pritchard's loose ends in the Isokon furniture business particularly regarding royalties. He says he has made some contacts at Macy's and various architectural journals, and mentions receiving patent documents from Mr Every-Clayton. Breuer asks how the [Isobar] is faring. Mentions [F.R.S.] Yorke.

PP - Pritchard Papers
- PP/18 - Isokon Furniture Company
  - PP/18/7 - Design
    - PP/18/7/6 - [Marcel Breuer. General Correspondence]
      - PP/18/7/6/2 - [General correspondence]
        PP/18/7/6/2/15 - [Letter, Marcel Breuer to Jack Pritchard, 23/9/37]

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