Edgar Tafel architectural records and papers, 1919-2005

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Series V: Office Records

Consists of administrative files, architectural registration files, legal files, project publicity files (press releases and clippings), general office correspondence, and documentation of Tafel's partnership with Marshall Erdman and Associates as consulting architect, and his partnership with Richard Snibbe and Einar Lindholm.



Box 13 Folder 5 Application for Brunner Scholarship, 1975



Box 13 Folder 6 Erdman, Connecticut, 1964-69

Contains correspondence and transmittals



Box 13 Folder 7 Erdman, Massachusetts, 1968-71

Contains correspondence and transmittals



Box 13 Folder 8 Erdman, New Jersey, 1969-72

Contains correspondence and transmittals



Box 13 Folder 9 Erdman, New York, 1968-72

Contains correspondence and transmittals



Box 13 Folder 10 Erdman, Pennsylvania, 1969-74



Box 13 Folder 11 Erdman, Virginia, 1973

Contains correspondence



Box 13 Folder 12 Erdman correspondence, 1966-75

Contains miscellaneous correspondence



Box 13 Folder 13 Erdman professional services invoices, 1995-2001



Box 13 Folder 14 Erdman School Program, 1973

Contains correspondence



Box 13 Folder 15 Erdman/Tafel agreement, 1960-61

Contains correspondence and the agreement which states that Tafel will act as consulting architect for Marshall Erdman & Associates in certain Eastern states



Box 13 Folder 16 to 17 Financial records, employee timesheets, 1974-86



Box 13 Folder 18 Financial records, monthly billing summaries, 1990



Box 13 Folder 19 General Services Administration correspondence, 1968-81

Correspondence concerning the advisory panel on architectural services



Box 13 Folder 20 Legal files, 80 Exchange Place litigation, 1988

Contains correspondence and motion papers



Box 13 Folder 21 Legal files, Columbia-Greene Community College, 1979

Contains legal documents, correspondence, and copies of agreement



Box 13 Folder 22 to 24 Legal files, Elmendorf arbitration, 1985-91

Contains correspondence, legal documents, notes, and invoices concerning an arbitration against Tafel concerning the residence of Andria and Donald Elmendorf



Box 13 Folder 25 Legal files, Elmendorf/Schiffer arbitration, 1986-87

Contains correspondence and reference material concerning a complaint for professional misconduct that Tafel filed against Schiffer



Box 13 Folder 26 Legal files, Jack Stone Engineers, 1975-76

Contains correspondence concerning a case against the engineers for the Brooklyn School for Special Children



Box 13 Folder 27 Legal files, Walden School litigation, 1971-75, 1984

Contains correspondence relating to the project and litigation



Box 13 Folder 28 Letters of Reference, 1960-75

Letters of reference about Tafel from employers and from Tafel for his employees



Box 13 Folder 29 National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, 1949, 1962-73

Contains registration forms and correspondence



Box 13 Folder 30 Office parties, 1978-79

Contains programme, invitation lists, and song lyrics for Tafel office parties



Box 13 Folder 31 Personnel, 1977-87

Contains letters of agreement from Tafel to consultants and two applications for employment



Box 13 Folder 32 Project publicity, undated, 1966-98

Press releases and clippings about Tafel's projects (arranged alphabetically)



Box 13 Folder 33 Public Office correspondence, 1975



Box 13 Folder 34 Registration, Arizona, 1956, 1974



Box 13 Folder 35 Registration, Connecticut, 1952, 1974



Box 13 Folder 36 Registration, Delaware, 1972-75



Box 13 Folder 37 Registration, Florida, 1968-74, 2002-05



Box 13 Folder 38 Registration, Maine, 1972-74



Box 13 Folder 39 Registration, Maryland, 1968, 1976



Box 13 Folder 40 Registration, Massachusetts, 1962-64



Box 13 Folder 41 Registration, New Hampshire, 1972, 1975



Box 13 Folder 42 Registration, New Jersey, 1953, 1963, 1970-94



Box 13 Folder 43 Registration, New York, 1948



Box 13 Folder 44 Registration, North Carolina, 1973-74



Box 13 Folder 45 Registration, Rhode Island, 1972-76



Box 13 Folder 46 Registration, Vermont, 1971-75



Box 13 Folder 47 Registration, Virginia, 1967, 1972



Box 13 Folder 48 Registration, West Virginia, 1971-72



Box 14 Folder 1 Registration, Wisconsin, 1967-74



Box 14 Folder 2 Snibbe/Tafel/Lindholm partnership, 1966-75

Contains correspondence, resumes, and drafts of agreement for the partnership between Richard Snibbe, Edgar Tafel, and Einar Lindholm. The partnership used to include Rolf Myller



Box 14 Folder 3 Tafel/Lindholm partnership, 1969-73

Contains correspondence, drafts of agreement, and notes