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PP/24/15/3 - [Letter, Ise Gropius to Jack Pritchard, 11/1/74]

Reference code
PP/24/15/3
Level of description
Item
Title
[Letter, Ise Gropius to Jack Pritchard, 11/1/74]
Date/s
1974
Quantity & Format
1 leaf Letters (typescript)
Personal name
Steele, Gordon
Morris, Henry, 1889-1961
Gropius, Ati
Subject
Bauhaus
CIAM
Chartes d'Athene (CIAM)
Creator
Gropius, Ise.
Creator
Pritchard, John Craven,
Administrative/Biographical history
recipient
Scope and content
Describes arrangements for Ise's visit to England. She has written to Gordon Steele with the details and hopes that transport such as taxis are running despite the oil crisis. Mentions the oil situation in America.

Ise answers several questions raised by Pritchard about Walter Gropius. These include the 1922 Bauhaus doorhandle, Gropius' invitation to London [in 1934] to give a lecture and a meeting with Henry Morris. There is mention of the Athens CIAM meeting which Gropius did not attend and the Chartes d'Athene.

Ise mentions visiting Manchester, possibly with Ati, the spelling of her name and the dangers of hijacking in America
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