PP/24/2/31 - [Letter, Walter Gropius to Philip Morton Shand, 30/9/34]

Reference code

PP/24/2/31

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, Walter Gropius to Philip Morton Shand, 30/9/34]

Date/s

1934

Quantity & Format

2 leaves Letters (typescript)

Personal name

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965
Moholy-Nagy, L.
Giedion, Sigfried
Pritchard, John Craven, 1899-1992
Fry, Maxwell

Subject

University of Birmingham. Chair in Fine Arts

Creator

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969

Creator

Shand, Philip Morton

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

German and English texts. Gropius received Le Corbusier's contribution [testimonial for Morton Shand, for Chair at Birmingham University]. He will also ask Moholy-Nagy and [Sigfried] Giedion to supply testimonials. Gropius has heard nothing from Jack Pritchard, but [Maxwell] Fry's letters have clarified everything except accommodation. He is leaving for Rome on Wednesday

PP - Pritchard Papers
- PP/24 - Walter and Ise Gropius
  - PP/24/2 - Section 2. Gropius/Morton Shand correspondence May-Nov 1934
    - PP/24/2/31 - [Letter, Walter Gropius to Philip Morton Shand, 30/9/34]

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