Jane C. Loeffler research papers on American embassies, 1920s-2010s, bulk 1970s-2000s

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Series IV: Office of Foreign Buildings Operations (FBO) Files

The fourth series contains documents received from either the FBO or the Office of the Historian. Spanning 1953 to 1980, these files primarily include correspondence and memos, as well as the meeting minutes of the FBO's advisory architects. Established in 1953 as the Architectural Advisory Committee (AAC), the AAC was renamed the Architectural Advisory Panel (AAP) in 1957; in the late 1970's, the AAP was briefly known as the Foreign Buildings Architectural Consultants but is currently known as the Architectural Advisory Board (AAB). Folders are sorted chronologically, keeping in accordance with Loeffler's original organization system. These records provide invaluable insight into the foreign building program, as these files are unavailable elsewhere.



Box 7 Folder 11A FBO Building Program: Overview

Articles, notes



Box 7 Folder 11B FBO Building Program: American Embassy Association

Articles, notes



Box 7 Folder 11C FBO Building Program: Foreign Service Buildings Act

Articles, notes



Box 7 Folder 11D FBO Building Program: Foreign Service Buildings Commission

Articles, notes, image photocopies



Box 7 Folder 12 FBO Building Program: Architectural Forum Articles

Articles, notes, newspaper clippings, image photocopies



Box 7 Folder 13 FBO Building Program: Miscellaneous Articles

Articles, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, image photocopies



Box 7 Folder 14 FBO Building Program: 1940's

Articles, notes, correspondence



Box 7 Folder 15 FBO Building Program: 1950's

Articles, notes, correspondence, image photocopies. Includes JCL 1990 Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians publication



Box 7 Folder 16 FBO Building Program: 1960's

Articles, notes, correspondence, image photocopies



Box 7 Folder 17 FBO Building Program: 1970's

Articles, notes, correspondence, image photocopies



Box 7 Folder 18 FBO Building Program: 1980's

Articles, notes, correspondence, newspaper clippings, image photocopies. Includes August 1985 Report of the Inspector General



Box 7 Folder 19A FBO Building Program: Government Funding

Articles, notes, correspondence, image photocopies



Box 7 Folder 19B FBO Building Program: Organizational Hierarchy

Articles, notes, correspondence. Includes 1955 Hoover Commission Report on Foreign Real Property Management



Box 7 Folder 19C FBO Building Program: Property Lists

Notes, drawings, image photocopies. Includes JCL chronological timeline



Box 7 Folder 20A 1962 Ad Hoc Committee on Federal Office Space

Articles, notes



Box 7 Folder 20B 1963 American Foreign Service Journal Photographic Register

Articles, notes, image photocopies



Box 7 Folder 21 Committee on Foreign Affairs

Transcripts, notes. Includes 1960, 1971, 1973, and 1975 hearings



Box 7 Folder 22 Committee on Government Operations

Transcripts, notes. Includes 1959, 1978, and 1986 hearings



Box 7 Folder 23 Committee on International Relations

Transcripts, notes. Includes 1960, 1971, 1973, and 1975 hearings



Box 8 Folder 1 Architectural Advisory Panel Miscellaneous Files: 1953-1960

Transcripts, articles, notes, correspondence, image photocopies. Organization originally established as Architectural Advisory Committee (AAC) in 1953 and renamed Architectural Advisory Panel (AAP) in 1957



Box 8 Folder 2 Architectural Advisory Panel Miscellaneous Files: 1961-1965

Transcripts, articles, notes, correspondence, image photocopies



Box 8 Folder 3 Architectural Advisory Panel Miscellaneous Files: 1967-1978

Transcripts, articles, notes, correspondence, image photocopies. Members of AAP were known as Foreign Buildings Architectural Consultants from 1967 to 1971 until organization ultimately renamed Architectural Advisory Board (AAB)



Box 8 Folder 4 Advisory Architects (AAC/AAP/AAB) Meeting Minutes: 1954-1970

Transcripts, articles, notes, correspondence, image photocopies



Box 8 Folder 5 Advisory Architects (AAC/AAP/AAB) Meeting Minutes: 1970-1980

Transcripts, articles, notes, correspondence, image photocopies. Includes JCL meeting minutes notation and CD-ROM of 1954-1980 advisory meeting minutes



Box 8 Folder 6 Chronological FBO Timeline

Articles, notes, dawings



Box 8 Folder 7 Assorted Committee Hearings: 1927-1953

Transcripts, articles, notes, correspondence, image photocopies



Box 8 Folder 8 Assorted Committee Hearings: 1954-1961

Transcripts, articles, notes, correspondence, image photocopies



Box 8 Folder 9 Assorted Committee Hearings: 1962-April 1965

Transcripts, articles, notes, correspondence, image photocopies



Box 8 Folder 10 Assorted Committee Hearings: August 1965-1975

Transcripts, articles, notes, correspondence, image photocopies