PP/24/10/30 - [Collection of quotations on and by Walter Gropius, undated]

Reference code

PP/24/10/30

Level of description

Item

Title

[Collection of quotations on and by Walter Gropius, undated]

Date/s

[1963]

Quantity & Format

12 leaves

Personal name

Morris, Henry, 1889-1961
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1902-1983
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969
Lethaby, W. R.
Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969

Subject

Fagus-Werk (Alfeld-an-der-Leine, Germany)
Impington Village College

Creator

Pritchard, John Craven,

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

[Compiled on the occasion of Gropius' 80th birthday?] Includes quotes from Henry Morris (1930) on Impington; Nicholaus Pevsner (undated) on an unspecified building; Mies van der Rohe [1953] on the Fagus Factory of 1911; and W.R. Lethaby (1911), in a RIBA paper on building design. Quotes from Walter Gropius include his University College talk (1967); on hearing of Henry Morris death [1961]; on the Village College; on immortality (1964); and from his Farewell Dinner [1937].

PP - Pritchard Papers
- PP/24 - Walter and Ise Gropius
  - PP/24/10 - Section 10. 1956-1969 Pritchard/Gropius correspondence
    - PP/24/10/30 - [Collection of quotations on and by Walter Gropius, undated]

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