Lescaze, William, 1896-1969

Principal respondent: Lescaze, William. William Lescaze and Aymar Embury II, architects: contract specifications and revisions.

Principal respondent: Lescaze, William. Correspondence regarding alterations. Script, radio talk.

Principal respondent: Henricksen, Albert N. Memos regarding operations; correspondence regarding William Lescaze, permit renewal.

Principal respondent: Lescaze, William. Correspondence and minutes of meetings with municipal authorities. List of drawings submitted to Department of Parks. Data supporting grant application.

Principal respondent: Lescaze, William. Correspondence regarding Commission #391; alterations; design concepts; estimates; Parks Department cancellation of appointment; contract; with Aymar Embury II, Department of Parks. Minutes of meetings.

Principal respondent: Lescaze, William. Correspondence regarding Commissions #386 and 391; Children's Museum; Industrial Center; personnel; with Aymar Embury II, Department of Parks. Minutes of meetings. Clipping regarding stolen paintings.

Principal respondent: Morgan, John Hill. Correspondence regarding legal matters, including contract with City of New York; bequests; contracts with William Lescaze and McKim, Mead and White; damage suits; leases; purchase of John Wise collection of American Indian art.

Principal respondent: Garrison, Jane (Mrs. William L.) Correspondence with William Lescaze regarding proposed building, including minutes of meetings, letters to Parks Commissioner Robert Moses; museum operations and staff. Report to Governing Committee, 'The Children's Museum and the War.' Accessions list, library.

Principal respondent: Pratt, Frederic B. Correspondence regarding opening; negotiations for affiliation, Brooklyn Museum and American Institute; with William Lescaze regarding Industrial Center plans; with Parks Department Commissioner Robert Moses and Aymar Embury II regarding appointment of architect. Address, 'Place of the Science Museum in the Modern Industrial Commmunity,' F.B. Jewett. Program, private opening. List of trustees.

Principal respondent: Warburg, Edward M.M. Correspondence regarding Josef Albers prints; exhibitions. Correspondence with Philip Johnson, Chairman, Department of Architecture, and A. Conger Goodyear, President, regarding loans; exhibitions; Lescaze furniture.