Papers of the Italian-American regionalist architect. Collection includes correspondence, plans, blueprints, sketches, tracings, renderings, elevations, mechanical plans, foundation plans, and other papers relating to principally Pacific Northwest buildings or alterations proposed and/or executed by A.E. Doyle and successor firms, including that of Pietro Belluschi.

Project material (drawings, plans, elevations, perspectives, photographs and slides), memorabilia (clippings, scrapbooks), and writings of the American architect, urban designer, and educator.

The collection consists of materials used by Frederick Fried in his research and writing about folk art and material culture, especially related to Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. A significant portion of the collection consists of the personal archive of William F. Mangels, which was purchased by Fried in 1955. Mangels was a designer and manufacturer of amusement rides and founder of the American Museum of Public Recreation at Coney Island. Subjects include amusement parks, amusement rides, architecture, bathing pavilions, beaches, beauty contests, carousels, carousel animals, Brooklyn, coin-operated machines, Coney Island, exhibitions, games of chance and skill, hotels, mechanical rides, mechanization, parades, pleasure railways, recreation, roller coasters, sideshows, transportation, and other subjects related to American material culture and popular amusement.

Business and project records from the non-profit industrial design and architecture firm and its successor, the for-profit REDE Corp. Collection includes correspondence, reports, manuscripts, photographs, drawings, project files, posters, audiovisual material, more.

This collection contains professional and personal writings, published papers, correspondence, photographs, architectural records, student work, and research materials related to the academic and architectural practice of Talbot Faulkner Hamlin.

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Papers of the Modernist architect and designer, includes architectural drawings, photographs and slides, project files, writings, correspondence and other materials related to every phase of Marcel Breuer's career.