Ely Jacques Kahn papers, 1906-1986, bulk 1906-1972

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Series I: Biographical/Background Material



Box 2 Folder 1 "Building Types Study 500: Forty Years of American Architecture as explored in 499 Building Types Studies," Architectural Reocrd (Apr 1977), pp. 117-150

Accession 1993.016

Includes a letter from Martin Filler to Lisellote Kahn



Box 1 Folder 19 Diary, 1933

Accession 1992.011

Includes India travel correspondence and ephemera



Box 3 Folder 11 Perpetual Year Book, 1925-1959

A Perennial Diary maintained by Kahn for nearly 35 years.

Accession 2023.001 (Donated by Jewel Stern)



Box 1 Folder 20 École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Oral History, 1971 to 1973

Accession 1992.011

Interview conducted by Richard Chafee in 1971; includes transcript, audio tape and correspondence between Mrs. Kahn and Chafee



Box 1 Folder 21 Manuscript, Family History/Early Life, 1962

Accession 1992.011



Box 2 Folder 2 Notes

Accession 1993.016



Box 2 Folder 3 Saylor, Henry H. "Ely Jacques Kahn." Reprint. Architecture, Vol. LXIV (1931 August), pp. 65-70., 1931

Accession 1993.016



Box 2 Folder 4 The Asphalt Green, 1979

Accession 1993.016

Seventh Annual Benefit Program and clippings



Box 2 Folder 5 Tunick, Susan. "A Directory of Signficant Terra Cotta Buildings in New York City." Sites, No. 18 (1986), pp. 58-64., 1986

Accession 1993.016

Cover: Detail, upper stories of 2 Park Avenue, New York. Ely Jacques Kahn, architect (1927).