PP/24/10/40 - [Collection of Speeches given at Walter Gropius' 85th birthday party, May 1968]

Reference code

PP/24/10/40

Level of description

Item

Title

[Collection of Speeches given at Walter Gropius' 85th birthday party, May 1968]

Date/s

[1968]

Quantity & Format

10 leaves Lectures

Personal name

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969
Pusey, Nathan M.
Pritchard, John Craven, 1899-1992
Sert, Josep Lluis

Subject

Bauhaus

Creator

Riss, Egon

Creator

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Egon Riss refers to Gropius keeping in touch with the basic elements of the world and his enthusiasm for life. Nathan Pusey, Harvard President, talks about Gropius and architectural education. Jose Luis Sert, Dean of Graduate School of Design, mentions his role at Harvard and Gropius' dream to make a better environment in the cities. Gropius mentions the '50 years Bauhaus' exhibition. Includes Sert's toast. Jack Pritchard's speech recounts the Gropiuses' first visit to Stonehenge and Walter Gropius' teaching methods (making students understand materials by working with their hands)

PP - Pritchard Papers
- PP/24 - Walter and Ise Gropius
  - PP/24/10 - Section 10. 1956-1969 Pritchard/Gropius correspondence
    - PP/24/10/40 - [Collection of Speeches given at Walter Gropius' 85th birthday party, May 1968]

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