Gordon Bunshaft architectural drawings and papers, 1909-1990, bulk 1950-1979

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Series IX: Objects



Box 21 Folder 1 F.W. Chandler Prize #1, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Department of Architecture, 1933-1934

1 medal



Box 21 Folder 2 Centennial Commemorative Medal (1857-1957), American Institute of Architects, 1957

1 medal; 1 box



Box 21 Folder 3 American Institute of Architects Fellow, 1958

1 medal on ribbon; 1 stone; 1 box



Box 21 Folder 4-5 50th Anniversary Commemorative medal (of the Schwarzman Building at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street), New York Public Library, 1961

2 medals; 2 boxes



Box 21 Folder 6 for Distinguished Work and High Professional Standing, American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter, 1961

1 medal; 1 box



Box 21 Folder 7 Distinguished New Yorker Award, from the City Club of New York on the occasion of their 75th anniversary (1892-1967), 1967

1 medal; 1 box



Box 21 Folder 8 American Can Company Dedication, Corporate Headquarters, (Greenwich, Connecticut), 1968

1 medal; 1 box



Box 21 Folder 9 The Chancellors Medal, University of Buffalo, [1969]

1 pin; medal is given for civic patriotism and public service to the city of Buffalo



Box 21 Folder 10 Gold Medal of the Academy Institute of Arts and Letters, for Eminence in Architecture, 1984

1 medal; 1 box



Box 21 Folder 11 Pritzker Architecture Prize, 1988

1 medal on ribbon; 1 box



Box 22 Folder 1 [Honorary professorship?] Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Republica Peruana, [1977?]

1 medal on ribbon; 1 box



Box 22 Folder 2 [F.W. Chandler Prize?] Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), Department of Architecture, [undated]

1 medal (no engraving on rear, unlike the F.W. Chandler Prize, above)



Box 22 Folder 3 Paperweight, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, (Buffalo, New York), [undated]

1 paperweight; 1 box



Box 22 Folder 4 Paperweight, in appreciation, Girl Scouts Council of Greater New York, [undated]

1 paperweight; 1 card; 1 box



Box 22 Folder 5 Lüchow's [restaurant] commemorative medal, (Manhattan, New York), [undated]

1 medal; 1 box



Box 22 Folder 6 Paperweight, unidentified origin, [undated]

1 paperweight; 1 box



Box 22 Folder 7 Lighter, with seal of the President of the United States, [undated]

1 lighter; 1 box



Box 22 Folder 8 Italian coin, 1979

1 coin



Box 22 Folder 9 Gordon Bunshaft's pipe, [undated]

1 pipe; 1 leather pouch



Box 23 Scrimshaw, [American Can Company], 1971

1 carved whale tooth with architectural drawing of the American Can Company's façade and section



Shelf C177ft, above Gordon Bunshaft's Briefcase

1 brown leather briefcase



Box 24 Untitled Sculpture, Nina Bunshaft, 1980

Primary creator: Nina Bunshaft; 1 sculpture [rocks, paint, glue]



Shelf C177ft, above Pin joint, 1965

1 pin joint, given to Bunshaft by Watson Powell, Jr., president of the American Republic Insurance Company