http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/eadmbrs.rs006002 Transcripts and Photographs from the John Peter Collection Authors: Jennifer Lewis and Karen Fishman Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2006

Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2008647466

Encoded by Marsha Maguire, 2008 Finding aid written in English Finding aid prepared using DACS ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard) 2010 March Controlled access headings matched to coll-level MARC record headings; finding aid head elements shortened to conform to LC XML datastore requirements; M. Maguire 2008 Converted to EAD/DACS. M. Maguire Collection Summary Transcripts and Photographs from the John Peter Collection circa 1951-1995, and undated Peter, John, 1917-1998 9.2 linear feet (15 boxes) Collection materials are in English Recorded Sound Reference Center, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Photographs and audiotape transcripts used by John Peter in his books on 20th-century architects. RPA 00179-00188 (boxes 1-10); RPB 00001-00005 (boxes 11-15) Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

 People Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983--Interviews. Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969--Photographs. Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005--Interviews. Johnson, Philip, 1906-2005--Photographs. Kahn, Louis I., 1901-1974--Photographs. Le Corbusier, 1887-1965--Interviews. Le Corbusier, 1887-1965--Photographs. Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969--Interviews. Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969--Photographs. Neutra, Richard Joseph, 1892-1970--Interviews. Pei, I. M., 1917- --Photographs. Peter, John, 1917-1998--Photographs. Peter, John, 1917-1998. Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961--Photographs. Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959--Interviews. Yamasaki, Minoru, 1912- --Interviews. Yamasaki, Minoru, 1912- --Photographs. Organizations John Peter Collection (Library of Congress) DLC Subjects Architecture, Modern--20th century. Form/Genre Negatives. Photographic prints. Photographs. Transcripts. Occupations Architects--Interviews. Architects--Photographs. Administrative Information Collection Acquisition

Deposit; acquired from Molly Peter in 2000.

 Additions

No further additions to the collection are expected.

 Processing Information

Processed by Karen Fishman in 2006.

 Use Restrictions

Restrictions exist on copying, quoting, or publishing materials included in the collection. For additional information, contact a reference librarian in the Recorded Sound Reference Center, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 20540-4690; (202) 707-7833.

 Access Restrictions

The Transcripts and Photographs from the John Peter Collection are open for research.

 Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [Container number, eg., Box 3], Transcripts and Photographs from the John Peter Collection, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress.

 Biographical Note

John Peter (1917-1998) was the modern living editor at Look and Life magazines and a radio and television reporter for CBS and NBC. For many years he was head of his own publications consulting firm in New York City, with clients in the United States and Europe.

Tapes and photographs included in the John Peter Collection were used for his book, The Oral History of Modern Architecture: Interviews with the Greatest Architects of the Twentieth Century, published in 1994. Photos were also used in his Masters of Modern Architecture, 1958. Other books by Peter include What Time Is It, 1954; Aluminum in Modern Architecture, 1956; Aluminum in Modern Architecture '58; Aluminum in Modern Architecture '60; and Design with Glass, 1964. His children's books include McCall's Giant Golden Make-it Book, 1953; McCall's Giant Golden Make-it Book, 1961; McCall's Golden Make-it Book, 1968; and My Clock Book, 1954.

 Scope and Content Note

Consists of interview transcripts and photographs used by John Peter in his books on 20th-century architects. Architects who are particularly well represented in these materials include Buckminster Fuller, Walter Gropius, Philip Johnson, Louis Kahn, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Richard Neutra, I.M. Pei, Eero Saarinen, Minoru Yamasaki, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

In addition to the transcripts and photographs, the larger John Peter Collection contains 164 ten-inch sound tape reels, 279 seven-inch sound tape reels, and 168 sound cassettes, along with 12 personal cassettes and 3 personal seven-inch reels.

 Collection Arrangement

The materials are arranged in 2 series:

Series 1: Transcripts, circa 1951-1995, and undated Series 2: Photographs, undated http://lccn.loc.gov/2008647466 Container List Series 1. Transcripts, circa 1951-1995, and undated 9 boxes RPA 00179-RPA 00187 (box 1-9)

Transcripts of taped interviews conducted by John Peter for his books on 20th-century architects.

Transcripts are arranged alphabetically by name of the architect interviewed.

 1 1 Aalto, Alvar 1 2 Alexander, Robert E. 1 3 Barthelme, Donald E. 1 4 Becket, Welton 1 5 Beckett, William 1 6 Belluschi, Pietro 1 7 Bill, Max 1 8 Bratke, Oswaldo 1 9 Breuer, Marcel 1 10-11 Bunshaft, Gordon 1 12 Candela, Felix See also O'Gorman, Juan 1 13 Catalano, Eduardo 1 14 Ciampi, Mario 1-2 Contini, Edgardo 1 15-16 Contini transcripts (2 folders) 2 17 Contini transcripts (1 folder) 2 18 Dudok, Willem 2 19 Eames, Charles 2 20 Ellwood, Craig 2 21-26 Fuller, R. Buckminster 3 27 Galia, Jose Miguel with Martin Vegas 3 28 Goff, Bruce 3 29 Goodman, Charles 3 30-31 Gropius, Walter 3 32-33 Gruen, Victor 3 34 Hentrich, Helmut 3 35 Jacobsen, Arne 3 36-38 Johnson, Philip 4 39-40 Kahn, Louis 4 41 Koch, Carl 4 42 Kump, Ernest 4 43-45 Le Corbusier 4 46 Maekawa, Kunio 5 47-49 Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig 5 50 Nervi, Pier Luigi 5 51-52 Neutra, Richard 5 53 Niemeyer, Oscar 5 54-55 Noyes, Eliot 5 56 O'Gorman, Juan, with brief comments by Felix Candela 5 57 Oud, J. J. P. (Jacobus Johannes Peter) 6 58-59 Pei, I. M. 6 60-61 Peressutti, Enrico with Ernesto Rogers 6 62 Ponti, Gio 6 63-64 Rado, L. L. 6 65-66 Rapson, Ralph 6 67-68 Raymond, Antonin 7 69 Reidy, Affonso Eduardo 7 70 Rex, John 7 71 Roberto, Marcelo 7 72 Roth, Alfred 7 73 Rudolph, Paul 7 74-75 Saarinen, Eero 7 76 Salvadori, Mario 7 77 Sanabria, Tomas Jose 7 78 Saugey, Marc-Joseph 8 79-80 Schweikher, Paul 8 81 Sert, Jose Luis 8 82 Steiner, Rudolph 8 83 Soriano, Raphael 8 84 Severud, Fred N. 8 85 Stone, Edward Durell 8 86 Tange, Kenzo 8 87 Villanueva, Carlos 8 88 Walker, Ralph 8 89 Weidlinger, Paul 8 90 Will, Philip 9 91-95 Wright, Frank Lloyd 9 96 Wurster, William 9 97-99 Yamasaki, Minoru 9 100 Yoshimura, Junzo 9 101 Zetlin, Lev Series 2. Photographs, undated 6 boxes RPA 00188; RPB 00001-RPB 00005 (box 10-15)

Photographic prints and negatives of modern architects and some of the structures designed by them.

Photographs are arranged by format and size. Thereunder, they are arranged alphabetically by name of architect, followed by structures.

 Photographic prints, 8 x 10 inches and smaller 10 102 Aalto, Alvar 10 103 Alexander, Robert E. 10 104 Barthelme, Donald E. 10 105 Becket, Welton 10 106 Bratke, Oswaldo 10 107 Belluschi, Pietro 10 108 Catalano, Eduardo 10 109 Ciampo, Mario 10 110 Ellwood, Craig 10 111 Fuller, R. Buckminster 10 112 Goodman, Charles 10 113 Gruen, Victor 10 114 Koch, Carl 10 115 Kump, Ernest 10 116 Nervi, Pier Luigi 10 117 Noyes, Eliot 10 118 Peressutti, Enrico 10 119 Rex, John 10 120 Salvadori, Mario 10 121 Severud, Fred 10 122 Soriano, Raphael 10 123 Walker, Ralph 10 124 Weidlinger, Paul 10 125 Will, Philip, Jr. 10 126 Wurster, William 10 127 Zetlin, Lev 10 128 USIS exhibit Photographic prints, 11 x 14 inches and smaller 11 129 Bill, Max 11 130 Breur, Marcel 11 131 Bunshaft, Gordon 11 132 Burle Marx, Roberto 11 133 Candela, Felix 11 134 Contini, Edgardo 11 135 Dudok, Willem 11 136 Eames, Charles 11 137 Galia, José Miguel 11 138 Goff, Bruce 11 139 Gropius, Walter 11 140 Hentrich, Helmut 11 141 Jacobsen, Arne 11 142 Johnson, Philip 11 143-144 Kahn, Louis 11 145-146 Le Corbusier 12 147 Maekawa, Kunio 12 148-149 Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig 12 150 Neutra, Richard 12 151 Niemeyer, Oscar 12 152 O'Gorman, Juan 12 153 Oud, J. J. P. 12 154 Pei, I. M. 12 155 Prové, Jean 12 156 Rado, L. L. 12 157 Rapson, Ralph 12 158 Raymond, Antonin 12 159 Reidy, Affonso 13 160 Roberto, Marcelo 13 161 Roche, Kevin 13 162 Rudolph, Paul 13 163 Saarinen, Eero 13 164 Sanabria, Tomas 13 165 Saugey, Marc 13 166 Schweikher, Paul 13 167 Sert, Jose Luis 13 168 Stone, Edward Durrell 13 169 Tange, Kenzo 13 170 Vegas, Martin 13 171 Villanueva, Carlos 13 172 Wright, Frank Lloyd 13 173 Yamasaki, Minoru 13 174 Yoshimura, Junzo 13 175 Miscellaneous - "Tree of Modern Architecture" Negatives, small format 14 176 Alexander, Robert 14 177 Barthelme, Donald 14 178 Becket, Welton 14 179 Belluschi, Pietro 14 180 Breuer, Marcel 14 181 Bunshaft, Gordon 14 182 Burle Marx, Roberto 14 183 Candela, Felix 14 184 Catalano, Eduardo 14 185 Ciampi, Mario 14 186 Contini, Edgardo 14 187 Dudok, Willem 14 188 Ellwood, Craig 14 189 Fuller, R. Buckminster 14 190 Galia, Jose Miguel with Martin Vegas 14 191 Goff, Bruce 14 192 Goodman, Charles 14 193-194 Gropius, Walter 14 195 Gruen, Victor 14 196 Hentrich, Helmut 14 197-198 Johnson, Philip 14 199-203 Kahn, Louis 14 204 Koch, Carl 14 205 Kump, Ernest 14 206-207 Le Corbusier 14 208 Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig 14 209 Neutra, Richard 14 210-211 Niemeyer, Oscar 14 212 O'Gorman, Juan 14 213-214 Pei, I. M. 14 215 Peressutti, Enrico 14 216-217 Rado, L. L. 14 218-219 Rapson, Ralph 14 220-221 Raymond, Antonin 14 222 Reidy, Affonso 14 223 Rex, John 14 224 Roberto, Marcelo 14 225 Roche, Kevin 14 226-227 Rudolph, Paul 14 228-229 Saarinen, Eero

Some with John Peter.

 14 230-231 Salvadori, Mario 14 232 Sanabria, Tomas 14 233 Saugey, Marc 14 234-235 Schweikher, Paul 14 236-237 Sert, Jose Luis 14 238 Severud, Paul 14 239 Soriano, Raphael 14 240 Tange, Kenzo 14 241 Villanueva, Carlos 14 242 Walker, Ralph 14 243 Weidlinger, Paul 14 244 Will, Philip, Jr. 14 245 Wright, Frank Lloyd 14 246 Wurster, William 14 247-249 Yamasaki, Minoru 14 250 Yoshimura, Junzo 14 251-252 Zetlin, Lev Miscellaneous 14 253 House of Good Taste 14 254 John Peter at Hollyhock House and Mallard House 14 255 Publicity shots of John Peter in New York City 14 256 USIA, Washington 14 257-259 USIS exhibit Negatives, 8 x 10 inches and smaller People 15 260 Aalto, Alvar 15 261 Le Corbusier 15 262 Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig 15 263 Oud, J. J. P. 15 264 Wright, Frank Lloyd 15 265 Yamasaki, Minoru Structures 15 266 The Bauhaus by Walter Gropius 15 267 Cidade Dos Motores Plan by Jose Luis Sert 15 268 Federal Center, Chicago, by Mies van der Rohe 15 269 Holyoke Center, Harvard University, by Jose Luis Sert 15 270 860-880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments by Mies van der Rohe 15 271 Miro Studio by Jose Luis Sert 15 272-273 Niemeyer House, Rio de Janeiro, by Oscar Niemeyer 2 envelopes 15 274 Presidential Palace Model, Cuba, by Jose Luis Sert 15 275 School of Design, Ulm, by Max Bill 15 276-277 Spanish Republican Pavilion, 1937 World's Fair, by Jose Luis Sert

One interior and one exterior view.

 15 278 Steiner House by Adolf Loos 15 279-282 Tugendhat House by Mies van der Rohe 4 negatives 15 283-288 USIS exhibit 6 negatives 15 289 West Columbia Grade School Negatives, 11 x 14 inches People 15 290 Gropius, Walter 15 291 Johnson, Philip 15 292 Kahn, Louis 15 293 Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig 15 294 Neutra, Richard 15 295 Pei, I. M. 15 296 Saarinen, Eero 15 297 Wright, Frank Lloyd 15 298 Wright, Frank Lloyd with John Peter Structures 15 299 Brazilian Pavilion, 1939 World's Fair, by Oscar Niemeyer 15 300 Harumi House by Kunio Maekawa 15 301 Hotel Diamantina, Brazil, by Oscar Niemeyer 15 302 Pampulha Yacht Club by Oscar Niemeyer 15 303 Techbuilt House by Carl Koch