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Series II: Office Files/Correspondence
Series IV: Professional Papers

Abe H. Feder lighting records and papers, 1930s-1990s

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Series III: Seminars, Speeches, Publicity

This series includes papers related to the speeches, seminars, and other activities where Feder was speaking on topics of lighting design (generally or for a specific project). The first subseries documents Major Workshops established by Feder primarily in the 1980s and 1990s including his most famous workshop "Dialogues with Light." The second subseries is arrange alphabatecially by topic or event name.

Subseries 1: Major Workshops


Box 84 Carnegie Seminar and Demonstration


Box 84 to 85 Dialogues with Light, 1970s-1990s


Box 86 to 87 Interior Design Lighting Workshop/Seminar, 1980s-1990s


Box 88 Folder 01 to 07 Publicity, General, 1980s-1990s


Box 88 Folder 08 to 23 Springer Opera House, International Festival of Living Legends, 1990s


Box 89 Folder 01 to 07 Springer Opera House, Various Events, 1980s-1990s

Includes papers related to Alan Jay Lerner Celebration Event


Box 89 Folder 01 to 11 Workshops, General

Subseries 2: General Files


Box 90 Folder 01 AIEE - New York Section, 1958

New Trends in Illumination


Box 90 Folder 02 AIEE, 1962

"Integration of Lighting"


Box 90 Folder 03 AIEE International Group, Winter Meeting


Box 90 Folder 04 Allied Stores (Chicago), 1959

"Lighting is Selling"


Box 90 Folder 05 American Educational Theatre Association, 1959

"Theatre Form Through Light"


Box 90 Folder 06 A.M.C. Lighting Clinic


Box 90 Folder 07 Architectural League of New York, The, 1959

"Light through Plastics"


Box 90 Folder 08 A.I.D., Talks Given by Others, 1946


Box 90 Folder 09 Annual Food Forum (United Fruit Company), 1959


Box 90 Folder 10 American National Theatre and Academy, 1960

"Modern Demands on Lighting Design" and "Appraisal of Today's Lighting and Apparatus"


Box 90 Folder 11 Atkins, Frederic, Inc., 1948

Speech


Box 90 Folder 12 Associated Merchandising Corp., 1954

Speech


Box 90 Folder 13 Associated Merchandising Corp., 1945


Box 90 Folder 14 American Hotel Association, 1950

Address in Detroit


Box 90 Folder 15 AIA, Letter to Editor, 1967

re: Seymour Evans' Articles


Box 90 Folder 16 American Peoples Encyclopedia, 1965

"Electric Lighting"


Box 90 Folder 17 Architectural & Engineering News, 1961


Box 90 Folder 18 AIA Speech (Atlanta, GA), 1985


Box 90 Folder 19 Building Owners' and Managers' Association of Greater N.Y., 1980


Box 90 Folder 20 Building Owners' and Managers' Association of Greater N.Y., 1981


Box 90 Folder 21 Boston Stein Club Speech, 1961


Box 90 Folder 22 British Seminar (N.Y. State Hotel/Motel Assoc.), 1972


Box 90 Folder 23 Chain Store Age - Sem (Philadelphia), 1975


Box 90 Folder 24 Cornell University, 1965

"Creating Atmosphere with Lighting"


Box 90 Folder 25 Cornell University, 1956

Symposium Summary


Box 90 Folder 26 Cornell University, 1972

"Lighting for Security Efforts"


Box 90 Folder 27 Chain Store Age - Specs '76, 1976


Box 90 Folder 28 City Club of N.Y. - 1986 Award / RCA Building Lighting, 1986


Box 90 Folder 29 Huntington-Hartford Museum (2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY) [Architect: Edward D. Stone], 1964

Public Relations


Box 90 Folder 30 Canadian Fair, 1966


Box 90 Folder 31 Contract Magazine, 1971


Box 90 Folder 32 Cox & Rodin, Inc. (Public Relations - Barbara Kuehn), 1969-1970


Box 90 Folder 33 Dutch Treat Club, 1972

"Let There Be Light"


Box 90 Folder 34 Designer Lighting Forum, Harvard University, 1974

"Lighting: A Designer Necessity"


Box 90 Folder 35 Designer Lighting Forum, New England Section - IES, 1974


Box 90 Folder 36 Designer Magazine, 1970

"The Uses of Light in Design"


Box 91 Folder 01 Diners/Queen Mary Publicity, 1968


Box 91 Folder 02 Dream Machine, 1967


Box 91 Folder 03 Dutch Treat Club Presentation, 1972


Box 91 Folder 04 Equitable Life Realty Operations, 1981

Presentation


Box 91 Folder 05 Electrical Trade Conference and Exposition Speech, 1960

"Lighting the Symbols of the Nation"


Box 91 Folder 06 Engele - Promotion, 1972


Box 91 Folder 07 "Fashions of the Times"

Script


Box 91 Folder 08 Fluorescent Lamps and Lighting, 1960


Box 91 Folder 09 Friedlander, Sam, 1948

Fashion Showroom Photographs


Box 91 Folder 10 G. Fox Fashion Show, 1947

Photos & Publicity


Box 91 Folder 11 "Garden Lighting"

Speech


Box 91 Folder 12 Garden of Stars, Expo, 1967

Press Release


Box 91 Folder 13 Georgia Power, 1961

Press Release


Box 91 Folder 14 Goode, Ruth, 1950

Promotional Material


Box 91 Folder 15 Hotel Lighting by Rummel Hilton, 1963

Notes for Speech


Box 91 Folder 16 Resort Hotel Lighting

Speech for Robert Jenson


Box 91 Folder 17 Halle Bros. Brand Store, 1948


Box 91 Folder 18 House & Home Round Table, 1960

Sales letters


Box 91 Folder 19 I.E.S. East Central Regional Conference (Baltimore, MD), 1967


Box 91 Folder 20 I.E.S. Dinner at Latin Quarter, 1965

"Light & Color Mobility"


Box 91 Folder 21 I.E.S. Speech - Bond Store (Cincinnati, OH), 1948


Box 91 Folder 22 ITI Conference/Congress (Paris, France), 1950


Box 91 Folder 23 I.E.S. Speech - Terrace Plaza Hotel (New York, NY), 1949

"Lighting and Architecture as Illustrated b the Terrace Plaza Building in Cincinnati"


Box 91 Folder 24 Reprints & Publicity on Speech Given Before I.E.S., Cincinnati, 1947

Publicity


Box 91 Folder 25 Institute of Business Designers, New York Chapter, 1979


Box 91 Folder 26 International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show (New York Coliseum), 1975

"Bright Lights"


Box 91 Folder 27 International Association of Arena/Auditorium Managers (Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI), 1975

"Lighting, A Design Element"


Box 91 Folder 28 International Association of Electrical Leagues, 1962

International Airport paper


Box 91 Folder 29 I.E.S. National Technical Conference, 1957


Box 91 Folder 30 I.A.L.D. Acceptance Speech at I.E.S. Conference (Chicago, IL), 1971

"Putting Show-Biz Into Shopping Center Events"


Box 91 Folder 31 International Council of Shopping Centers (Del Webb's Townhouse, Phoenix, AZ), 1974


Box 91 Folder 32 Japanese Seminar (N.Y. State Hotel/Motel Assn.), 1972


Box 91 Folder 33 Louisiana Tech University (Ruston, LA), 1979


Box 91 Folder 34 Massachusetts Hotel & Motel Association (Hamilton, Bermuda), 1972

"Your Hotel & The World of Light"


Box 91 Folder 35 "Mood Lighting for Better Merchandising"


Box 91 Folder 36 Miami Beach Mall, 1960-1961

Creative Lighting of Miami Beach Mall


Box 91 Folder 37 Minskoff Theatre (One Astor Plaza, New York, NY), 1973

"Broadway in a Skyscraper?"


Box 91 Folder 38 Moore Sculpture, Lincoln Center Plaza (New York, NY), 1974

"Lighting of the 'Reclining Figure'"


Box 91 Folder 39 National Hotel & Motel Exposition, 1971


Box 91 Folder 40 N.S.I.D. Speech (Atlanta, GA), 1970


Box 91 Folder 41 National Lighting Expositions, 1958-1959


Box 92 Folder 01 National Society of Interior Designers (Chicago, IL), 1969

"Lighting Interiors"


Box 92 Folder 02 National Associations of Summer Furniture Manufactures, Inc., 1954

"Sun-lighting Your Decorator Settings"


Box 92 Folder 03 National Lighting Exposition, 1958

"Public Recreational and Outdoor Lighting"


Box 92 Folder 04 57th National Hotel & Motel Educational Exposition Seminar for British, 1972

"Hotel & Restaurant Design & Décor"


Box 92 Folder 05 57th National Hotel & Motel Educational Exposition Seminar for Japanese, 1972

"Hotel & Restaurant Design & Décor"


Box 92 Folder 06 National Lighting Exposition (Third), 1961

Panel: "World Lighting"


Box 92 Folder 07 National Association of Home Builders Conference, 1964


Box 92 Folder 08 National Lighting Exhibition (Fourth), 1963

Panel: Store and Display Lighting


Box 92 Folder 09 New York Hotel Association Speech, 1960


Box 92 Folder 10 New York State Hotel & Motel Association, 1973

"Economics of Lighting in Design"


Box 92 Folder 11 New York State Hotel & Motel Association, 1972

"Lighting for Security Efforts"


Box 92 Folder 12 National Retail Merchants Association, 1964


Box 92 Folder 13 N.R.D.G.A. Speech (Cleveland, OH), 1949


Box 92 Folder 14 N.R.D.G.A. Lighting Clinic for Display Stattler Hotel, 1954


Box 92 Folder 15 N.R.M.A., "Visual Merchandisers Seminar", 1975

"Options for the Future in Light"


Box 92 Folder 16 National Society for Interior Designers: Lighting Seminar (Atlanta, GA), 1969


Box 92 Folder 17 National Retail Merchants Association, 1966


Box 92 Folder 18 New Horizons Publishers, Above and Beyond Encyclopedia, 1968

"Lighting Facilities: Airports"


Box 92 Folder 19 New York World's Fair, 1963

"A Survey of Exterior Lighting"


Box 92 Folder 20 New York Times Fashion Show, 1947


Box 92 Folder 21 The New Yorker, 1960

"Profiles: The Right Light"


Box 92 Folder 22 Newsweek, 1961


Box 92 Folder 23 Ohrbach's Publicity, 1963


Box 92 Folder 24 Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1961


Box 92 Folder 25 Pratt Institute, School for Architecture, 1979


Box 92 Folder 26 Pan Am Building - Publicity, 1963


Box 92 Folder 27 Progress Architecture Articles, 1958, 1964-1965


Box 92 Folder 28 Radio Program Appearance, Margaret Arden Program, WCBS, 1951


Box 92 Folder 29 Real Estate Board, New York, Address, 1950

"The Economics of Lighting Engineering"


Box 92 Folder 30 Scenic Artists Exhibit, 1960


Box 92 Folder 31 Southwest Theatre Conference, 1964

"The Art of Stage Lighting"


Box 92 Folder 32 Shopping Center Council Convention, Hotel Statler, 1958

"Lighting is Business"


Box 92 Folder 33 Store Modernization Clinic, 1953


Box 92 Folder 34 Store, 1949

"Lighting," Condensed from speech given by Geder at N.R.D.G.A. Mid-ear Convention in Cleveland


Box 92 Folder 35 Synagogues


Box 92 Folder 36 Springer Opera House (Columbus, OH), 1976


Box 92 Folder 37 Surgical Light (Memorial Center), 1966-1967


Box 92 Folder 38 Synagogue Lighting

"Lighting the Synagogue"


Box 92 Folder 39 U.S. Inst. For Theatre Technology, 1961

Panel: The Total Environment of the Theatre


Box 92 Folder 40 Stanford University Summer Session, 1962


Box 92 Folder 41 University of Illinois, 1963


Box 92 Folder 42 University of Southern California, School of Architecture, 1964