Drawer 179o
Exhibition Diplomas., 1925-1930, 3 items
Box 4 Folder 26
"Die neuzeitliche Wohnung." Wiener Sonn- und Montags-Zeitung., 1928 Jun 18
Box 4 Folder 13
"The Autobiography of a Fighting Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright Tells the Story of His Battle for a Humane Functionalism in Building." New York Times Book Review., 1932 Apr 03
Printed materials; autograph letter, signed
Box 4 Folder 14
Sedlmayr, Hans, Dr. "Der Karlsplatz, die Karlskirche und Wien." Neue Freie Presse., 1936 Apr 05
Printed materials
Originally filed with student drawings.
Box 4 Folder 24
Correspondence, Jean Wykoff to Sobotka., 1945 Jan 17
Typed letter, signed
Regarding Sobotka's induction into the University of Pittsburgh's Faculty Hall of Fame.
Box 4 Folder 22
Correspondence with Retail Home Furnishings magazine., 1945 Feb 16-1945 Apr 13
Typed letter, signed;typescript carbon
Regarding an article by Sobotka entitled "Putting Fashion In Its Place."
Box 4 Folder 20
Correspondence between Elizabeth B. Mock to Sobotka., 1945 Jul 23 and undated
Typed letter, signed; autograph letter; typescript carbon
Regarding the exhibition "Tomorrow's Small House"; handwritten draft of Sobotka's response on verso.
Box 4 Folder 16
Correspondence with Display World Magazine., 1946 Oct 29-1946 Nov 06
Typed letter, signed
Regarding an article by Sobotka to be published on Nov. 15 1946.
Box 4 Folder 15
Correspondence, Stephen V. P. Amico to Sobotka., 1947 Apr 01
Autograph letter, signed
Regarding an article by Sobotka for Charette [perhaps regarding The Prefabricated House].
Box 4 Folder 19
Correspondence with Interiors Magazine., 1950 Oct 13-1950 Oct 17
Telegram;typed letter, signed;typescript carbon;typescript papers, with annotations
Regarding Tenth Anniversary number of Interiors.
Box 4 Folder 21
Correspondence, Bernhard Pfau to Sobotka., 1951 Oct 05
Box 4 Folder 18
Correspondence, Eric N. Gilling to Sobotka., 1951 Dec 18
Box 4 Folder 23
Correspondence with Retailing Daily., 1952 Oct 07-1952 Oct 23
Typescript carbon;Typed letter, signed;printed materials
Includes a newspaper article by Harry Martin and a bulletin from Wittenborn and Company, Books on the Fine Arts.
Four Flap no #
Certificate honoring Sobotka's contributions to the University of Pittsburgh., 1958 Jun 10
Typescript paper, signed
Enclosed in plastic protective cover
Box 1 Folder 22
"Mitteilungen der Architekten-Vereinigung." Wiener Bauhütte, 1911 Dec
Box 4 Folder 17
Correspondence, Josef Frank to Sobotka., 1931 Aug-1935 Oct 26
Box 4 Folder 27
Notes on Vitruvius., undated
Box 4 Folder 25
List of exhibitions., undated
Box 3 Folder 8
Untitled lecture [Development of Industrial Design] for the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh., 1941 Nov 17
Typescript papers, with annotations;holograph papers;typed letter, signed
Two copies and notes; also includes correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 9
Untitled lecture for K. K. T., 1941 Winter
Typescript papers, with annotations
Box 3 Folder 11
"Commercial Taste and Interior Decoration." Lecture for Fourteenth Meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Education Conference., 1942 Oct 09
Typescript papers, with annotations;typescript paper;autograph letter, signed;typed letter, signed
Two copies of lecture; includes program and correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 10
"Architect and Interior Designer and Client." Lecture at the Carnegie Institute of Technology as part of a course on Professional Practice., 1942 Oct 19
Typescript papers, with annotations;typescript paper
Lecture to seniors of the architectural class 1942-1943 at Carnegie Institute of Technology; includes schedule of lectures.
Box 3 Folder 12
Lecture on "Display" at Robert Morris School., 1944 Nov 28
Box 3 Folder 13
"The Age of Distribution." Lecture given at Outlines, A Public Gallery., 1945 Mar 25
Typescript carbon, with annotations;typed letter, signed;typescript papers
Includes announcement and correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 14
"An Architects View of Housing Problems." Lecture given to The Ciloets., 1945 Oct 01
Typescript papers, with annotations;typed letter, signed;typescript carbon
Includes correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 15
Announcements for "A Popular Course of Study on The Contemporary Home," a class at the Carnegie Institute of Technology., 1945 Oct 11-1946 May 16
Box 3 Folder 16
"Theoretical Aspects on the Prefabricated House.", 1946 May
Typescript carbon
Lecture given before the Pittsburgh Chapter of the AIA on May 21, 1946.
Box 3 Folder 17
"Why Interior Decoration?" Lecture given to the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh., 1947 Mar 09
Typescript papers, with annotations;typescript carbon;holograph papers;autograph letter, signed
Includes, announcements and correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 18
Lecture outline on Architecture, for Outlines, A Public Gallery., 1947 Spring
Box 3 Folder 19
Correspondence, Daniel Hemmander to Sobotka, 1947 Dec 29
Typed letter, signed
Regarding reimbursement for slides used in lecture at Swedish Forum.
Box 3 Folder 20
"What Is Tradition?" Lecture given to the College Club., 1948 Jan 16
Typescript papers, with annotations;typescript carbon, with annotations;autograph letter, signed
Two copies of lecture; includes newspaper announcements and correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 21
"The Human Side of Interior Decoration." Lecture given to the Women's Clan of the Carnegie Institute of Technology., 1949 Jun 11
Typescript papers, with annotations;autograph letter, signed;typescript papers
Includes announcements, correspondence and abbreviated resume.
Box 3 Folder 22
"Relation Between House and Garden." Lecture given to the Hilltop Garden Club., 1949 Sep 08
Typescript papers with annotations;typescript carbon
Two copies of lecture; includes announcements.
Box 3 Folder 23
Notes for lecture given to the Laurel Garden Club., 1954 Nov 11
Holograph papers
Includes list of names, perhaps of attendees.
Box 3 Folder 24
"Who, what makes up the mind of the consumer? 'Style versus Fashion.'" Lecture given to the American Association of University Women., 1955 Jan 08
Typescript papers, with annotations;typescript carbon;typed letter, signed;typescript papers
Includes announcements and correspondence.
Box 3 Folder 25
Speech upon retiring and becoming Professor Emeritus at the University of Pittsburgh., 1958 Jun 10
Typescript papers with annotations;typed letter, signed;holograph paper
Includes correspondence and list of reservations for retirement dinner.
Box 3 Folder 26
Untitled lecture., undated
Box 3 Folder 27
Original file folder containing lecture materials., undated
Box 3 Fol. 40
Dahlberg, Bror. "The House of the Future." An address in Washington, D. C., 1943 Feb 03
Box 3 Folder 36
Correspondence with Publishers and Critics., 1943 Jul 29-1949 Jul 30
Typed letter, signed;typescript carbon;typed letter;holograph papers
Includes correspondence with Lewis Mumford and various publishers.
Box 3 Folder 37
"Description of the Prefabricated House." The Charette., 1947 Apr-1947 May
Box 3 Folder 38
"Development and Assembly of the Prefabricated House." The Charette., 1947 Jun-1947 Jul
Box 3 Folder 39
"House Folds Up Like Accordion For Shipment: Prefabricated Dwelling for Four Shown by Goodyear; Constructed of Plastics." New York Herald Tribune., undated
Box 4 Folder 1
"The Manufactured House.", undated
Typescript papers, with annotations
Box 4 Folder 2
Notes on Housing and the Prefabricated House., undated
Box 4 Folder 3
Original File Folder, Prefab House Korresp., undated
Box 4 Folder 4
The Prefabricated House., 1944 Mar 3, Diazo print
Typescript papers, signed
Includes signed statement by notary public and original envelope.
Box 4 Folder 5
"Walter Sobotka's Prefabricated House." [1 of 2], circa 1963
Printed materials
Bound volume includes articles written by Sobotka for Charette on the Prefabricated House, January-July 1947.
Box 4 Folder 6
"Walter Sobotka's Prefabricated House." [2 of 2], 1963 May 6
Typed letter, signed;typescript papers;diazo print;printed materials
Bound volume includes drawings and articles written by Sobotka for Charette on the Prefabricated House, January-July 1947; also includes correspondence with publisher of Charette and a quotation from Alberti.
Box 4 Folder 7
Changing Relations of Man to Nature and Their Reflection on Residential Architecture (Three phases in the fight of the artists against Classicism). [1 of 2], 1971 Apr 9 and undated
Typescript carbon;typescript papers;typescript carbon;typescript carbon, signed
Part V. of Principles of Design;includes letter to publisher.
Box 4 Folder 8
Changing Relations of Man to Nature and Their Reflection on Residential Architecture (Three phases in the fight of the artists against Classicism). [2 of 2], undated
Typescript carbon;typed letter, signed
Part V. of Principles of Design; includes letter from publisher returning manuscript.
Box 4 Folder 9
Correspondence with Publishers. [1 of 2], 1954 Nov 08-1965 Mar 06
Typescript carbon, with annotations;Typescript carbon;typed letter, signed;autograph letter, signed
Includes resume, biography and list of publications.
Box 4 Folder 10
Correspondence with Publishers. [2 of 2], 1954 Mar 29-1965 Sep 29
Typescript carbon, with annotations;Typescript carbon;typed letter, signed;autograph letter, signed
Box 4 Folder 11
Original Envelope for Publisher Correspondence., undated
Box 4 Folder 12
"The Principles of Design.", undated
Typescript papers
Contains part of the text in the three bound volumes.
Box 3 Folder 28
Sobotka, Georg Dr. "Sechs Exlibris von Walther Sobotka (Wien.)", 1911 and undated
Printed materiautograph letter, signed
Sonderabdruck aus dem IX. Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Exlibris-Gesellschaft with insert stapled in; includes two loose drawings by Walter Sobotka for bookplates and the article "Sechs Neue Blätter von Walther Sobotka" which someone had inserted into the pages.
Box 3 Folder 29
"Vom Einrichten, vom Publikum und Architekten.", 1928 Feb 13
Box 3 Folder 30
"On Redecoration of Obsolete Theatre Auditoriums.", 1944 Jun 13
Box 3 Folder 31
"Better Taste and Decent Merchandise -- a Worthy Cause for a Promotion., 1945 Apr 28
Typescript carbon, with annotations
April 28, 1945, mailed to Mrs. Esther Kelly for Mr. W. Kaufmann.
Box 3 Folder 32
Monographs., 1952 Mar 3
Typescript papers
Proposals for Research Bureau for Retail Training.
Box 3 Folder 28
"Sechs Neue Blätter von Walther Sobotka.", undated
Printed materials
Originally found inserted into "Sechs Exlibris von Walther Sobotka (Wien.)"
Box 3 Folder 33
A Stripfilm on Classical Tradition in three parts., undated
Typescript papers, with annotations
Two copies.