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Series IV: Professional Papers
Series V: Writings and Notes
Series VIII: Artworks
Series IX: Reference

Alfred Neumann architectural records and papers, 1900-1985, bulk 1950s-1960s

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Series I: Personal Papers

Comprised of five subseries: Biographical, School Papers, Photographs, Travel, and Other Papers. The first subseries contains birth certificates, biographies and CVs, bank notes from the Terezín ghetto, legal papers, obituaries, and passports. The second subseries contains diplomas from the Akademie der bildenden Kunste in Vienna, the Behrens Prize, matriculation and course certificates from the Deutsche Technische Hochschule in Brno, and student architectural drawings. The third subseries contains portrait photographs of Neumann, photographs of Neumann with students and colleagues, and photographs of friends and family. Subseries 4 contains extensive travel photographs and slides and ephemera from Neumann's travels in Asia. The fifth subseries contains a miscellany of address books, clippings and ephemera not pertaining to architecture, notes, doodles, Naomi Neumann's student and professional papers, and plant matter.

Subseries 1: Biographical


Box 7 Folder 20 Birth certificates and copies, 1900, 1943

2 birth certificates, 2 copies (German, Czech)


Box 7 Folder 21 Biographies, undated

Contains 10 biographies (English, French)


Box 7 Folder 22 CVs, 1960s, undated

Contains CVs In English, French, and German; with drafts, notes, and edits


Box 9 Folder 11 Canada Immigration Identity Card, 1966

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 7 Folder 23 Legal papers, 1920, 1921, 1948, 1949, 1965, 1960s

Military service (3 documents), divorce papers (2 documents), Czech citizenship papers (3 documents), Canadian social insurance cards (2), statement of salary/pay stub from Universite Laval, Quebec (German, Czech, French)


Box 7 Folder 24 Passports and identification, 1931-1968

Czech (3), Israeli (6), French identification card, German Reich legitimation (1940) (also contains negative copies)


Box 7 Folder 25 Bank notes, 1943

Bank notes from Theresienstadt ghetto (Terezin); 20 notes in denominations of 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1 (Neumann was imprisoned here from January to May, 1945)


Box 7 Folder 26 Notes on Sigmund Neumann's factory, undated

Contains notes on Neumann's father's business (German), possible drawings of the factory or office


Box 9 Folder 12 Marriage document (ketubah) for Alfred Neumann and Naomi Gottesman, 1962

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 7 Folder 27 Homily for Neumann's funeral, 1968

Delivered by Father Alberas, October 1968


Box 7 Folder 28 Obituaries, 1968

Obituaries clipped from the French-Canadian newspaper Le Soleil (multiple copies)

Subseries 2: School Papers


Shelf C017ft Portfolio (oversize) Diploma, 1925 July 1

Original, from the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Vienna (signed by Peter Behrens, Rudolf Bacher, and Clemens Holzmeister)(German)


Box 7 Folder 29 Diplomas, 1925, 1947

Contains 2 diplomas from the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Vienna (signed by Peter Behrens, Rudolf Bacher, and Clemens Holzmeister), 5 copies and 5 negative copies (German)


Box 7 Folder 30 Certificates and assistanceship papers, 1908-1927

Matriculation certificate, course certificates from the Deutsche Technische Hochschule in Brunn (8, with 2 negative copies), assistanceship papers (2, with 1 negative copy)


Box 7 Folder 31 Behrens Prize, 1924, 1947

Contains 2 documents (German)


Box 7 Folder 32 Reference from Peter Behrens, 1927

Contains testimonial regarding Neumann's studies and work under Behrens (German)


Box 7 Folder 33 Portrait of Peter Behrens, by Max Liebermann, undated

Possibly an etching; Liebermann was a printmaker known for his etchings and lithographs


Box 7 Folder 34 Reproductions of student architectural drawings, undated

Contains photographic reproductions of drawings of bridges, buildings, building complexes, interiors, city plan, aerial views of cities, urban planning drawings for Breslau (Wroclaw), and a houseboat (33 photographs)

Subseries 3: Photographs


Box 7 Folder 35 Portraits of Alfred Neumann, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, undated

Portraits; includes passport photos, copy of childhood photograph, possible studio portraits by photographer Frence Grubner (71 photographs, 3 negatives)


Box 9 Folder 24 Portraits of Alfred Neumann, circa 1945-1968

13 photographs (includes photographs taken by Frence Grubner)

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 7 Folder 36 Neumann with family and friends, 1928, 1950's undated

Neumann and others (at Place d'Alger, Achziv, possibly York) (17 photographs)


Box 7 Folder 37 Neumann with family and friends (photographic negatives), 1962-1963, undated

Alfred, Naomi, Eva, and friends (negatives for 136 photographs)


Box 9 Folder 23 Neumann with family in Quebec City, 1962-1964

5 photographs

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 7 Folder 39 Neumann at committees, 1953, 1956, 1960s, undated

Photographs of conferences and events attended by Neumann: Neumann with Max Bill, possibly at CIAM IX, 1953 (2 photographs); Arhziv, 1956 (22 photographs); Canada, 1960s (2 photographs and copies, with negatives); undated committee meeting, possibly CIAM VI (2 photographs)


Box 7 Folder 40 Neumann teaching and working, 1962, undated

Neumann with colleagues, possibly Zvi Hecker, 1962 (3 photographs); Neumann teaching, with Zvi Hecker and others, (1 photograph); Neumann teaching (4 photographs); Neumann with Le Corbusier, (1 photograph)


Box 9 Folder 18 Photograph of drawing by Zvi Hecker of Neumann on deathbed, 1968

2 photographs

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 7 Folder 38 Family and friends, 1962, 1963, undated

Family and friends, including Naomi Neumann, Zvi Hecker, Eldar Sharon, cats (35 photographs)


Box 9 Folder 21 Naomi Gottesmann, circa 1960s

2 photographs; married to Alfred Neumann from 1962 until his death

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 9 Folder 20 Frence Grubner and son, circa 1950s-1960s

12 photographs; Frence Grubner (also Franziska or Fränze Glasova) was a photographer; photographs are mostly of Frence when she was in Israel; likely girlfriend of Alfred Neumann

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 9 Folder 25 Valeri Slampova, circa 1940s

1 photograph; married to Alfred Neumann from 1938 to 1948

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 9 Folder 19 Eva [last name unknown], circa 1930s

4 photographs; possibly Alfred Neumann's girlfriend

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 9 Folder 17 Photograph wallet, Portraits of Neumann's mother (Hermine Hikl) and Neumann as a baby, undated

4 photographs in wallet

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 9 Folder 22 Neumann relatives, undated

2 photographs (removed from photograph wallet)

(Acq. 2022.003)

Subseries 4: Travel


Box 7 Folder 41 Travel documents and notes, 1939-1961, undated

South Africa, Japan, France, Italy; includes boarding pass, visa applications, immigration papers, tourism permits, notes (including addresses, objectives, packing list) (11 items)


Box 7 Folder 42 to 43 Travel photographs (Europe, Asia, Canada, U.S.), 1959, 1960's, undated

1 large envelope and 17 small envelopes containing a total of 551 photographs; includes travel to Britain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Japan, India, Boston, NY, other U.S. cities, Quebec


Box 7 Folder 44 to 47 Travels, photographic negatives (Canada, Israel, Asia, Europe), 1962-1963, undated

Travel, 1: Montreal and Quebec (negatives for 36 photographs); 2: Quebec City (1962-1963) (negatives for 18 photographs); 3: Israel and others (negatives for 34 photographs); 4: Asia (negatives for 588 photographs); 5: Europe (negatives for 271 photographs); 6: possibly Israel (negatives for 226 photographs); 7: other travel (negatives for 270 photographs)


Box 8 Folder 1 Travel in Asia (slides), undated

Labeled 5 through 12, contains personal travel photographs (103 slides, originally from slide box 4, entitled Asia Travel)


Box 8 Folder 2 Postcards (Japan), 1959

From travel in Japan (2 postard booklets, 3 postcard folders, 19 loose postcards)

Subseries 5: Other Papers


Box 8 Folder 3 Address books, undated

Leather bound, pocket-sized, contain Parisian, Israeli, and Quebec City addresses; may have been used during travel (3 items)


Box 8 Folder 4 Notes, 1951, undated

Includes addresses of correspondents, letterhead for Sigmund Neumann (includes 2 notepads)


Box 8 Folder 5 Doodles, undated

Mainly contains rough sketches and fragments of drawings not pertaining to projects or research


Box 8 Folder 6 Clippings, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s

Newspaper and magazine articles, advertisements, and ephemera not pertaining to architecture


Box 9 Folder 13 Clippings, 1961-1968

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 8 Folder 7 Ephemera, undated

Includes Wesleyan University brochure, information card for the graphic artist Antonin Prochazka, reproduction of an unspecified building, other items possibly from travels to France, Japan, Italy, India, South Africa; includes postcards, business cards, pamphlets, map, menu


Box 9 Folder 14 Ephemera, charms, circa 1900s

Includes a double-sided portrait of possibly Neumann (child) and his father

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 9 Folder 16 Ephemera, lace doll, undated

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 9 Folder 15 Ephemera, items removed from photograph wallet, undated

Dried clovers wrapped in paper, fragment with sketch, and an omamori

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 8 Folder 8 Poem, undated

Contains possible love poem (English)


Box 9 Folder 26 Postcards sent to Neumann, circa 1960s

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 8 Folder 9 Plant matter, undated

Contains 5 envelopes of four leaf clovers (some labeled 'Kleetshen von Fredl'), 1 envelope of large seeds and other plant fragments


Box 8 Folder 10 Naomi Neumann's student and professional papers, 1966, 1967

Contains a five year transcript for studies at the Technion (English), and brain-storming lists, a possible exercise pertaining to the architecture of tourism, for Universite Laval (French)


Box 8 Folder 11 Student architectural drawings, possibly by Andre Sive or another contemporary of Neumann, undated

Contains photographic reproductions of drawings of buildings and of a city map (possibly for a project involving urban planning for the city of Berlin), some of which may have involved Neumann, but which were originally kept in a folder labeled Andre Sive (8 photographs)


Drawer 198 Folder 3 Sketch by a student, 1960

Contains 1 sketch dedicated to Neumann, probably by an Israeli student


Drawer 198 Folder 4 Reproductions of artworks, undated

Contains Japanese artwork, 2 paintings by Israeli children


Drawer 198 Folder 5 Posters, 1954, 1957, undated

Contains 2 Sao Paulo exhibition posters, poster for the 4th International Conference of Architectural Students in Copenhagen, Israeli poster featuring a poem in Hebrew with accompanying illustration

Series II: Project Records

Covers Neumann's architectural career, from early and student projects in the Czech Republic, France, and South Africa, to larger-scale projects in Israel. It also includes records for competitions and other unrealized projects, as well as for Neumann's research on space-packing patterns. The series is comprised of four subseries: Drawings, Files, Photographs, and Model. Subseries 1 contains working and presentation drawings, rough sketches, and reproductions. Most are pencil on trace sketches, brown-line drawings, or reprographic copies. Subseries 2 consists of proposals, reports, notes, correspondence, legal documents, and ephemera pertaining to projects. Subseries 3 contains photographs of models, photographs of the buildings in construction, and interior and exterior photographs of completed buildings. Subseries 4 contains an architectural model for an unidentified project. Within each subseries, entries are listed in alphabetical order according to project title.

Subseries 1: Architectural Drawings

Contains working and presentation drawings, rough sketches, and reproductions. Most are pencil on trace sketches, brown-line drawings, or reprographic copies. Projects are arranged geographically by country and then city. Projects with no specified location are listed last.

ALGERIA


Box 1 Folder 10 Bureaux du gouvernement général d'Algérie (Palais du gouvernement) (Algiers, Algeria), 1929-1934

6 items : Contains 6 photographic reproductions of drawings

CZECH REPUBLIC


Drawer 199 Folder 21 House and furnishings for Dr. Jezka (Blansko, Czech Republic), 1938

2 items : Contains 2 drawings


Box 10 Folder 5 Adaptation of an apartment in the Moravian Bank, for Dr. Brychty (Brno, Czech Republic), undated

1 items : Contains 1 drawing


Drawer 199 Folder 19 Apartment for Dr. Cubuka (Brno, Czech Republic), 1946

18 items : Contains 18 drawings and reproductions; includes interior design and furniture


Box 10 Folder 6 Exhibition pavilion for a group of visual artists (Brno, Czech Republic), circa 1936

5 items : Contains 5 drawings of exterior and interior views of the building


Box 10 Folder 10 House for Brno (Brno, Czech Republic), circa 1930

9 items : Contains a set of 9 drawing reproductions (floor plans, sections, elevations, interior views)


Drawer 199 Folder 33 House for Dr. V. Javurka (Brno, Czech Republic), undated

27 items : Contains 27 drawings and reproductions of drawings for the adaptation of a house; includes drawings of furniture


Box 10 Folder 14 Houses in Brno (Brno, Czech Republic), 1930-1938

29 items : Contains 29 photographic reproductions of drawings


Drawer 199 Folder 45 Office and residential building for P. Ivana Panka (Brno, Czech Republic), 1947

37 items : Contains 37 drawings and reproductions


Box 10 Folder 27 Stable adaption for Ferdinand and Anna Vlk (Brno, Czech Republic), undated

1 items : Contains 1 drawing reproduction for a stable in Nennowitz, Greater Brno


Box 10 Folder 30 Urban planning (Ostrava [?], Czech Republic [?]), undated

4 items : Contains 4 drawings, possibly for the city of Ostrava, Czech Republic


Box 10 Folder 12 House for Ludvika and Josefy Dobrovolnych (Podebrady, Czech Republic), undated

10 items : Contains 2 blueprints and 8 drawings


Box 10 Folder 7 Furnishings for Mr. Chrasta (Vsetin, Czech Republic), 1945

1 items : Contains 1 floorplan with furnishings


Drawer 199 Folder 57 Vyskov Town Hall (Vyskov, Czech Republic). Door, entrance hall, cabinet, 1946

16 items : Contains 4 drawings or reproductions of the door, 10 drawings or reproductions of the entrance hall, and 2 reproductions of the cabinet


Box 10 Folder 11 House for Dr. Slezaka (Zidenice [?], Czech Republic), undated

11 items : Contains 11 drawings


Box 1 Folder 35 House for Antonina Podrabsky (Czech Republic), 1934

5 items : Contains 5 drawings

EL SALVADOR


Box 1 Folder 41 Palais de Justice (San Salvador, El Salvador). Competition, 1927/1932 (?)

6 items : Contains 6 photographic reproductions of drawings

FRANCE


Box 1 Folder 32 Groupe Scolaire at Boulogne-sur-Seine (Boulogne-Billancourt, France), circa 1930

7 items : Contains 7 pencil and trace sketches


Box 1 Folder 33 Groupe Scolaire at Boulogne-sur-Seine (Boulogne-Billancourt, France), circa 1930

21 items : Contains 20 photographic reproductions of drawings and 1 published reproduction of a drawing in Bibliotheque de L'Architecte Moderne, Vincent Frealet, 1930 (French)


Box 1 Folder 34 Groupe Scolaire at Villejuif (Villejuif, France), undated

4 items : Contains 4 photographic reproductions of drawings

GERMANY / POLAND


Box 1 Folder 11 Competitions in Berlin and Wroclaw (Breslau) (Germany/Poland), 1927 (?)

17 items : Contains 17 photographic reproductions of drawings done for competitions; 2 of which were for Berlin (1 on Behrens Strasse/Friedrichstrasse, 1 on Reichstags-erweiterung), 1 of which was a fire station for Breslau (Wroclaw)

ISRAEL


Box 1 Folder 1 Achziv Holiday Village (Club Mediterranee) (Achziv, Israel), 1960-1961

18 items : Contains 18 reproductions of drawings with labels


Box 1 Folder 2 Ashdod City Center (Ashdod, Israel). Competition, 1965

16 items : Contains 8 drawings, 7 reproductions of drawings and 1 pencil and trace drawing


Box 1 Folder 4 Ashdod City Center (Ashdod, Israel). Competition, 1965

1 items : Contains 1 photographic reproduction of a drawing


Box 1 Folder 3 Ashdod City Center (Ashdod, Israel). Competition, 1965

4 items : Contains 4 sketches


Drawer 199 Folder 21 Ashdod City Center (Ashdod, Israel). Competition, 1965

5 items : Contains 5 sketches


Box 1 Folder 5 Atlith project (Atlit, Israel), undated

2 items : Contains 2 sheets of reproductions of drawings pertaining to urban planning


Box 1 Folder 7 Bat Yam Town Hall (Bat Yam, Israel), 1959-1963

41 items : Contains 41 reproductions of drawings


Box 1 Folder 8 Bat Yam Town Hall (Bat Yam, Israel), 1959-1963

8 items : Contains 8 photographic reproductions of drawings


Drawer 199 Folder 23 Bat Yam Town Hall (Bat Yam, Israel), 1959-1963

3 items : Contains 3 sketches


Box 1 Folder 9 Beit Zait youth camp (Beit Zayit, Israel), 1966

12 items : Contains 12 drawings, including topographical drawings


Box 2 Folder 4 Village for Arab Refugees (Ein-Rafa, Israel), 1961-1962

16 items : Contains 2 sets of 8 reproductions each


Cabinet A092M.06 Roll 5 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

8 items : Contains a set of 8 drawings


Cabinet A092M.07 Roll 8 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

61 items : Contains 61 drawings


Drawer 199 Folder 26 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

30 items : Contains 30 photographic reproductions of drawings


Cabinet A092M.05 Roll 3 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

13 items : Contains 11 drawings and 2 drawing label sheets


Cabinet A092M.04 Roll 2 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

3 items : Contains 3 reproductions of drawings


Box 1 Folder 14 to 19 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

116 items : Contains 116 rough sketches and drawings, with some accompanying notes, calculations, and doodles


Box 1 Folder 20 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

35 items : Includes 31 drawings, 2 copies of labels for the elevation and section plans, and 2 copies of labels for the floor plans


Drawer 199 Folder 25 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

22 items : Contains 22 rough sketches and drawings which were originally contained in a folder labeled with this project name, but which may contain drawings from other, unknown projects


Box 1 Folder 21 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Preliminary Project, 1964-1966

20 items : Contains 14 drawings and 6 drawing label sheets


Box 1 Folder 22 to 27 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Boiler house, 1964-1966

1 items : Contains 1 drawing


Box 1 Folder 28 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Heat and power building, 1964-1966

29 items : Contains 29 drawings


Box 1 Folder 29 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Heat and power building, 1964-1966

4 items : Contains 4 reproductions of drawings


Box 1 Folder 30 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Heat and power building, 1964-1966

7 items : Contains 7 photographic reproductions of drawings


Box 1 Folder 31 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Project II, 1964-1966

5 items : Contains 5 photographic reproductions of drawings


Box 1 Folder 51 Technion (Haifa, Israel). Campus planning, undated

1 items : Contains 1 photographic reproduction of a map of the campus


Cabinet A092M.06 Roll 6 Unidentified Cultural or Social Center (Jerusalem, Israel), 1952

14 items : Contains a set of 8 drawing reproductions, and 6 additional drawings


Box 1 Folder 36 Jerusalem Gate (Jerusalem, Israel), 1960s

1 items : Contains 1 sketch


Box 1 Folder 37 Michmoret holiday camp (Michmoret, Israel), 1961

1 items : Contains 1 photographic reproduction of a series of drawings


Box 1 Folder 47 to 48 Synagogue in the Negev desert (Synagogue at Officer's School, Training Base I) (Mitzpe-Ramon, Israel), 1968-1969

15 items : Contains 15 drawings


Box 1 Folder 49 Synagogue in the Negev desert (Synagogue at Officer's School, Training Base I) (Mitzpe-Ramon, Israel), 1968-1969

23 items : Contains 23 drawings, sketches, and reproductions


Box 1 Folder 50 Synagogue in the Negev desert (Synagogue at Officer's School, Training Base I) (Mitzpe-Ramon, Israel), 1968-1969

22 items : Contains packet of 22 reproductions of drawings


Box 1 Folder 38 Natanya city hall (Natanya, Israel), 1964

14 items : Contains 14 drawings


Box 1 Folder 39 Natanya city hall (Natanya, Israel), 1964

37 items : Contains 1 reproduction, and 3 sets of reproductions comprising 11 drawings each, with key to the plans


Box 1 Folder 40 Natanya city hall (Natanya, Israel), 1964

2 items : Contains 2 photographic reproductions of a series of drawings


Drawer 199 Folder 44 Natanya city hall (Natanya, Israel), 1964

11 items : Contains 11 sketches and drawings


Box 1 Folder 12 Dubiner House (Ramat Gan, Israel), 1963

4 items : Contains 2 drawings, 2 reproductions


Box 1 Folder 13 El Al air terminal (Tel Aviv, Israel), 1966

15 items : Contains 14 reproductions of drawings of polyhedric structures and 1 photographic reproduction of a drawing illustrating the rationale of building construction


Cabinet A092M.07 Roll 9 House in Israel (Israel), undated

3 items : Contains 3 drawings for an unspecified house


Box 1 Folder 43 Shikun Ovdim (Israel), undated

1 items : Contains 1 photographic reproduction of a drawing


Box 2 Folder 1 to 2 Unspecified projects (Israel), 1950s, undated

184 items : Contains 184 sketches, drawings, and reproductions pertaining to projects (including 18 photographic reproductions, 11 of which were for 1950s projects in Jerusalem); may include the synagogue in the Negev desert, space packing projects, Jerusalem gate, faculty of mechanical engineering, Ashdod city center, Natanya city hall; also includes sketches of buildings and monuments, geometric sketches, sketches of furniture, cityscapes, some doodles

NETHERLANDS


Cabinet A092M.05 Roll 2 Amsterdam City Hall (Amsterdam, Netherlands). Competition, 1966

5 items : Contains 5 reproductions of drawings, one of which has photographs of a model attached

SLOVAKIA


Box 1 Folder 42 Sanatorium, Tatra Mountains (Sanatorium Morava?) (Tatranska Lomnica, Slovak Republic), 1929/1930 (?)

17 items : Contains 17 photographic reproductions of drawings

SOUTH AFRICA


Box 10 Folder 16 Kallenbach, Kennedy, Furner (Johannesburg, South Africa), 1936

7 items : Contains 2 drawing for proposed apartments and 5 drawings for Theatre Springs Entrance Hall, done for the firm Kallenbach, Kennedy, and Furner of Johannesburg, South Africa

UNITED STATES


Box 2 Folder 3 Villa California (Maison en Californie) (California, United States), 1923

2 items : Contains 2 photographic reproductions of drawings

NO LOCATION OR UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION


Drawer 199 Folder 20 Architectural elements, undated

17 items : Contains 17 drawings of windows, doors, and hinges for unknown projects


Drawer 199 Folder 22 Auschwitz memorial competition, 1958

2 items : Contains 2 sketches


Box 1 Folder 6 Auschwitz memorial competition, 1958

1 items : Contains 1 photographic reproduction of drawings


Box 10 Folder 8 Furniture, undated

157 items : Contains 157 drawings and sketches of individual pieces of furniture (chairs, tables, cabinetry, shelving), furniture components, and furniture ensembles


Box 10 Folder 9 Furniture ensemble I, undated

4 items : Contains 4 drawings (for a living/dining area)


Drawer 199 Folder 30 Furniture ensemble II, undated

8 items : Contains 8 drawings (conceived in 2 different configurations; one as a bedroom space, the other as a living room)


Drawer 199 Folder 37 Houses, untitled, undated

28 items : Contains sets of 2, 2, 2, 6, 6, and 10 drawings or reproductions, respectively (6 houses, one of which is labeled "cottage")


Box 10 Folder 15 Interiors, undated

35 items : Contains 35 drawings of proposed interiors; includes interior decoration and furniture ensembles


Box 10 Folder 17 Kolonia Chair, 1920s-1930s

10 items : Contains 10 drawings


Drawer 199 Folder 41 Miscellaneous Projects, undated

171 items : Contains 171 drawings and sketches for unknown, unspecified projects, mainly consisting of residential buildings (also contains some drawings of interiors accompanying the projects)


Box 10 Folder 18 Monument, circa 1946

6 items : Contains 6 drawings


Box 10 Folder 19 Monument inscription, circa 1940s

2 items : Contains 2 drawings bearing an inscription for a monument or gravestone, which states: "mayor Dr. Jan Hon was martyred at Oswiecim" (Auschwitz)


Box 10 Folder 20 Residential building, undated

18 items : Contains 18 drawings of a house or apartment building (sections, elevations, floor plans, interiors)


Box 10 Folder 21 Semi-detached house, undated

8 items : Contains 8 drawings


Box 10 Folder 22 Space packing patterns, dormitories, 1960s

16 items : Contains 2 sets of 8 drawing reproductions each


Box 1 Folder 44 Space packing patterns, dormitories, 1960s

20 items : Contains 19 photographic reproductions of drawings, 1 series of reproductions of drawings (includes envelope in which the reproductions were sent to Neumann)


Box 10 Folder 23 Space packing patterns, hostel, 1960s

12 items : Contains 2 sets of 6 drawing reproductions each


Box 199 Folder 24 Space packing patterns, hotel, 1960s

21 items : Contains 1 set of 9 drawing reproductions, 1 partial set of 7 drawing reproductions, and 5 drawing reproductions that do not belong to a set


Box 1 Folder 45 Space packing patterns, housing, 1960s

32 items : Contains 4 sets of 8 reproductions each


Cabinet A092M.06 Roll 7 Space packing patterns, housing, 1960s

17 items : Contains 17 drawing reproductions


Box 10 Folder 25 Space packing patterns, library and archives, 1960s

4 items : Contains 2 sets of 2 drawing reproductions each


Box 10 Folder 26 Space packing, unspecified, 1960s

27 items : Contains 2 sets of 5 drawing reproductions, 2 partial sets of 5 and 4 reproductions respectively, 1 set of 7 reproductions, and 1 reproduction that does not belong to a set (possibly for space-packing lockers)


Box 1 Folder 46 Spiral housing, 1960s

5 items : Contains 4 reproductions of drawings and 1 pencil and trace drawing


Box 10 Folder 28 Study and its furniture, undated

5 items : Contains 5 drawings of floorplans and furniture


Box 10 Folder 29 Tombstone design, undated

2 items : Contains 2 drawings of a gravestone inscribed: "requiem misto pro pismo abc"

Subseries 2: Files

Consists of proposals, reports, notes, correspondence, legal documents, and ephemera pertaining to projects. Projects are arranged geographically by country and then city. Projects with no specified location are listed last.

CZECH REPUBLIC


Box 2 Folder 12 Exhibition pavilion for a group of visual artists (Brno, Czech Republic), 1936

1 items : Contains 1 proposal for a competition for the exhibition pavilion project, as given by the group of visual artists for whom the pavilion would be made (Czech)


Box 2 Folder 25 House for Mr. F. Podrabskeho, budget (Brno, Czech Republic), undated

2 items : Contains 1 budget and a shorter draft of same


Box 2 Folder 28 Sokol heroes memorial (Czech Republic), undated

1 items : Contains 1 postcard booklet for a memorial by Neumann, with the painter Svatopluk Soucek, and sculptor and graphic artist Josef Kubicek (Czech)

FRANCE


Box 2 Folder 24 Groupe Scolaire at Boulogne-sur-Seine (Boulogne-Billancourt, France), circa 1930

1 items : Contains 1 draft of a letter to "Pierre" (French)

ISRAEL


Box 2 Folder 5 Ashdod City Center (Ashdod, Israel). Competition, 1965

2 items : Contains 2 proposals for the design of the city center


Box 2 Folder 8 Bat Yam Town Hall (Bat Yam, Israel), 1959-1963

4 items : Contains 4 pages of notes (German)


Box 2 Folder 9 Bat Yam Town Hall (Bat Yam, Israel), 1960s, 1975

21 items : Contains 5 postcards depicting the building, and contains book of 12 stamps depicting the exterior of the bulding, and 4 stamps adhered to an envelope, 2 of which depict Bat Yam city hall, and 2 of which feature the synagogue at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (these 4 stamps total form part of a series called Architecture in Israel)


Box 2 Folder 10 Core of Haifa (Haifa, Israel), 1960s

3 items : Contains proposal detailing project aims (2 copies), draft, notes (English, German)


Box 2 Folder 13 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

3 items : Contains 3 copies of a proposal regarding the design of various buildings on the Technion campus (English)


Box 2 Folder 14 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

4 items : Contains 3 copies of a proposal regarding the complex of buildings for the faculty of mechanical engineering project, their location, structural and climactic principles, and 1 similar proposal (English)


Box 2 Folder 15 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

1 items : Contains 1 document entitled "report of tests carried out on the natural interior lighting of model of mechanical engineering building" (English)


Box 2 Folder 16 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

1 items : Contains 1 document entitled "report of committee set up to examine plans submitted by Professor Neumann for the future Mechanical Engineering Building" (English)


Box 2 Folder 17 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

1 items : Contains 2 pages of notes entitled "arguments for Z. Hecker to use at court against the Technion" (English)


Box 2 Folder 18 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

1 items : Contains 1 packet of notes entitled "Defense writ of the Technion" (English)


Box 2 Folder 19 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

1 items : Contains 1 packet of notes entitled "Counterclaim" (English)


Box 2 Folder 20 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

11 items : Contains 5 pages of notes, 3 packets of notes, and 3 possible proposals (Hebrew)


Box 2 Folder 21 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1963, 1966, undated

21 items : Contains 10 letters (to/from correspondents Dori, Goldberg, Neufeld, President of the Architects and Engineers Association, Yaski, unknown correspondent), some of which include copies, drafts,or enclosures of other letters, and/or envelopes (1 letter from A. Goldberg contains 4 photographs of the building in construction) (English, French, German); also contains 11 pieces of correspondence in Hebrew


Box 2 Folder 22 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1959, 1963

3 items : Contains 3 letters (to/from Dori and correspondents Eilon and Saunders), some of which include copies or enclosures (English)


Box 2 Folder 23 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1960s

1 items : Contains 1 postcard depicting the exterior of the building


Box 2 Folder 29 Technion (Haifa, Israel). Campus planning, undated

2 items : Contains 2 sets of notes, pertaining to Klein's and perhaps Pincho's planning of the campus (German)


Box 2 Folder 11 El Al air terminal (Tel Aviv, Israel), 1966

1 items : Contains 1 proposal for the building's design and its historical rationale

NO LOCATION OR UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION


Box 2 Folder 6 Auschwitz memorial competition, 1958

3 items : Contains 3 copies of a description of the proposed monument (French)


Box 2 Folder 7 Auschwitz memorial competition, 1958

2 items : Contains booklet on the Birkenau concentration camp (French, English, German), and a reproduction of a fence of a similar camp


Box 2 Folder 26 House of the Diaspora, 1960s

6 items : Contains 4 pages of notes and 2 pages of sketches for an unrealized project, intended as a world center of Jewish cultural life to be located at the University of Tel Aviv; contains discussion of site, description and dimensions for various sections of the buildings (English)


Box 2 Folder 27 Mathematical proofs pertaining to building construction, undated

2 items : Contains 2 packets of mathematical proofs, one for the construction of a terrace, and the other for an unspecified project

Subseries 3: Photographs

Contains photographs of models, photographs of the buildings in construction, and interior and exterior photographs of completed buildings. Projects are arranged geographically by country and then city. Projects with no specified location are listed last.

ALGERIA


Box 2 Folder 42 Bureaux du gouvernement général d'Algérie (Palais du gouvernement) (Algiers, Algeria), 1929-1934

12 photographic items : Contains 1 published reproduction of the completed building, 9 photographs of the building's exterior, and 2 photographs of the building's interior

FRANCE


Box 2 Folder 54 Groupe Scolaire at Villejuif (Villejuif, France), undated

1 photographic items : Contains 1 photograph of a model

ISRAEL


Box 2 Folder 30 Achziv Holiday Village (Club Mediterranee) (Achziv, Israel), 1960-1961

54 photographic items : Contains 54 photographs of the completed structures


Box 2 Folder 31 Achziv Holiday Village (Club Mediterranee) (Achziv, Israel), 1960-1961

2 photographic items : Contains 2 photographs of models


Box 2 Folder 32 Ashdod City Center (Ashdod, Israel). Competition, 1965

3 photographic items : Contains 3 photographs of a model


Box 2 Folder 34 Bat Yam Town Hall (Bat Yam, Israel), 1959-1963

15 photographic items : Contains 15 photographs of the completed building, exterior


Box 2 Folder 35 Bat Yam Town Hall (Bat Yam, Israel), 1959-1963

9 photographic items : Contains 9 photographs of the completed building, interior


Box 2 Folder 36 Bat Yam Town Hall (Bat Yam, Israel), 1959-1963

14 photographic items : Contains 14 photographs of details of the building, interior and exterior


Box 2 Folder 37 Bat Yam Town Hall (Bat Yam, Israel), 1959-1963

30 photographic items : Contains 30 photographs of the building under construction, interior and exterior


Box 2 Folder 38 Bat Yam Town Hall (Bat Yam, Israel), 1959-1963

43 photographic items : Contains 43 photographs of models


Box 2 Folder 39 Beit Zait youth camp (Beit Zayit, Israel), 1966

3 photographic items : Contains 3 photographs of models


Box 2 Folder 40 Beit Zait youth camp (Beit Zayit, Israel), 1966

9 photographic items : Contains 9 photographs of models for Beit Zait restaurant


Box 2 Folder 41 Beit Zait youth camp (Beit Zayit, Israel), 1966

13 photographic items : Contains 13 photographs of polyhedric models


Box 2 Folder 66 Village for Arab Refugees (Ein-Rafa, Israel), 1961-1962

10 photographic items : Contains 9 photographs of the completed buildings, exterior, 1 photograph of the completed buildings, interior


Box 2 Folder 46 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

15 photographic items : Contains 11 photographs of the building's exterior, and 4 photographs of the building's interior


Box 2 Folder 47 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

12 photographic items : Contains 12 photographs of detail views of the building, interior and exterior


Box 2 Folder 48 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

6 photographic items : Contians 6 photographs of the building under construction


Box 2 Folder 49 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

23 photographic items : Contains 23 photographs of models


Box 2 Folder 50 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Danciger Building, 1964-1966

76 photographic items : Contains 76 photographs of the completed building, interior and exterior, with detail views (the photographs are adhered to tracing paper)


Box 2 Folder 51 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Heat and power building, 1964-1966

23 photographic items : Contains 23 photographs of models


Box 2 Folder 52 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Project II, 1964-1966

28 photographic items : Contains 28 photographs of models, includes 2 photographs with Neumann and Zvi Hecker


Box 2 Folder 53 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion (Haifa, Israel). Project II, 1964-1966

83 photographic items : Contains 83 miniature photographs, includes 3 photographs with Neumann and Zvi Hecker


Box 2 Folder 62 Synagogue in the Negev desert (Synagogue at Officer's School, Training Base I) (Mitzpe-Ramon, Israel), 1968-1969

7 photographic items : Contains 2 photographs of the buillding's exterior, 5 photographs of the building's interior, and 2 photographs of detail views


Box 2 Folder 63 Synagogue in the Negev desert (Synagogue at Officer's School, Training Base I) (Mitzpe-Ramon, Israel), 1968-1969

14 photographic items : Contains 14 photographs of the building under construction


Box 2 Folder 64 Synagogue in the Negev desert (Synagogue at Officer's School, Training Base I) (Mitzpe-Ramon, Israel), 1968-1969

206 photographic items : Contains 206 photographs of models and polyhedric model structures (1 picture depicts Zvi Hecker)


Box 2 Folder 57 Natanya city hall (Natanya, Israel), 1964

17 photographic items : Contains 2 transparencies of a model, 15 photographs of models


Box 9 Folder 27 Natanya city hall (Natanya, Israel), 1963

3 snapshots of model

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 2 Folder 43 Dubiner House (Ramat Gan, Israel), 1961-1962

399 photographic items : Contains 393 photographs of the completed building, exterior and interior, detail views, and views of inhabited apartments (the photographs are adhered to tracing paper); also contains 5 transparencies of the exterior of the building, and 1 photograph of the building under construction


Box 2 Folder 44 Dubiner House (Ramat Gan, Israel), 1961-1962

44 photographic items : Contains 44 photographs of models


Box 2 Folder 45 El Al air terminal (Tel Aviv, Israel), 1966

10 photographic items : Contains 9 photographs of models


Box 2 Folder 58 Shikun Ovdim (Israel), undated

2 photographic items : Contains 2 photographs of the completed buildings, exterior


Box 2 Folder 59 Shikun Ovdim (Israel), undated

7 photographic items : Contains 7 photographs of a model


Box 2 Folder 65 Synagogue project (Israel), 1966

15 photographic items : Contains 14 photographs of models, some of which are entitled truncated tetrahedra tower, and 1 photograph of the interior of a Gothic spire

NO LOCATION OR UNIDENTIFIED LOCATION


Box 2 Folder 66b Unspecified projects (Israel / Czech Republic), 1961, undated

64 photographic items : Contains photographs of buildings, photographs of models, and photographs of polyhedric models; most of these projects were likely to be located in Israel (includes one photograph of a building in Brno and photographs adhered to tracing paper)


Box 2 Folder 33 Auschwitz memorial competition, 1958

12 photographic items : Contains 12 photographs of a model


Box 2 Folder 55 Models for projects, undated

179 photographic items : Project models (negatives for 179 photographs)


Box 2 Folder 56 Monument, circa 1946

1 photographic items : Contains 1 photograph of a small monument


Box 2 Folder 60 Space packing patterns, dormitories, 1960s

28 photographic items : Contains 28 photographs of a model


Box 2 Folder 61 Spiral housing, 1960s

18 photographic items : Contains 18 photographs of models

Subseries 4: Model


Shelf Above 226ft Model for unspecified project, undated

Contains architectural model in 8 pieces, probably for space packing project; the box in which the model is stored has photographs of models for Achziv Holiday Village and another unknown project pasted to the inside lid and sides of the box

Series III: Correspondence

Contains extensive personal and professional correspondence, mainly dating from the 1950's and 1960's. The series is comprised of three subseries: Correspondence of Alfred Neumann (the largest subseries), Correspondence of Naomi Neumann (dating mainly from after the death of Alfred), and Correspondence of Others (correspondence between third parties). Includes letters, drafts, telegrams, postcards, and some enclosures. Notable correspondents include: André Bloc, Yona Friedman, Sigfried Giedion, Jean Ginsberg, Walter Gropius, Zvi Hecker, Le Corbusier, Berthold Lubetkin, Man Ray, William Muschenheim, Moshe Safdie, Jose Luis Sert, and Eldar Sharon. Most correspondence is written in German, French, English, or Hebrew.

Subseries 1: Alfred Neumann


Box 2 Folder 67 Abram, undated

2 notes (German)


Box 2 Folder 67 American Express, 1955

1 piece of correspondence (English)


Box 2 Folder 67 Andrews, John, 1967, 1968

3 letters (English)


Box 2 Folder 67 Baba, Shozo, 1969

1 letter addressed to Alfred, dated after his death (English)


Box 2 Folder 67 Bakema, J.B., 1953, 1954, 1957

5 letters (mainly official CIAM correspondence) (French, English)


Box 2 Folder 67 Beer, Abraham, 1953

3 letters (English, German)


Box 2 Folder 68 to 69 Ben-Gera, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1966, undated

24 pieces of correspondence (some include copies) (Hebrew)


Box 2 Folder 70 Beugnet, Lucien, 1951

1 letter (French)


Box 2 Folder 70 Bland, John, 1963, 1966

2 letters (English)


Box 2 Folder 70 Bloc, Andre, 1953, 1954, 1956

5 letters (French)


Box 2 Folder 70 Bloc, Madame, 1967

1 note card (French)


Box 2 Folder 71 Bottero, Maria, 1968, undated

4 letters, 1 containing enclosure of Neumann's paper Architecture as Ornament (English)


Box 2 Folder 71 Breuil, Georges, 1956, 1957

3 letters (official Groupe Espace correspondence) (French)


Box 2 Folder 71 CIAM, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1957

7 letters (official CIAM correspondence) (French, English)


Box 2 Folder 71 Collins, L.R., 1951

1 letter (English)


Box 2 Folder 72 Dameron, Michel, 1968

1 letter (French)


Box 2 Folder 72 Deinhard, Hanna, 1956

1 letter (German)


Box 2 Folder 72 Diamant-Berger, Renee, 1953-1957, undated

13 letters, some official Groupe Espace correspondence (French)


Box 2 Folder 73 Dollander, Serge, 1966

1 letter (French)


Box 2 Folder 73 Drapkin, Leonard, 1966

1 letter (American Society for Technion) (English)


Box 2 Folder 73 Editor (unspecified publication), undated

1 draft (English)


Box 2 Folder 73 Ephraim, E., 1955

1 piece of correspondence (English)


Box 2 Folder 73 Ester, 1951

1 letter (Ester may be a first name) (Czech)


Box 2 Folder 73 Fooks, Ernest, 1949

1 letter (German)


Box 2 Folder 73 Forbat, Fred, 1952

5 letters (Swedish CIAM correspondence) (English)


Box 2 Folder 73 Forestier, Pierre, 1967, undated

3 pieces of correspondence (2 letters, 1 draf) (French)


Box 2 Folder 73 Fourment, B., 1953

1 letter (English)


Box 2 Folder 73 Frank, S., 1961

1 letter (German)


Box 2 Folder 73 Friedman, Yona, 1957, 1958, 1965, undated

4 letters, with copies (English, French)


Box 2 Folder 73 Fux, Leon, 1955

1 letter (English)


Box 2 Folder 74 Gerard, Gilbert, 1954

1 letter (German)


Box 2 Folder 74 Gerson-Kiwi, E., 1955, undated

3 letters (English)


Box 9 Folder 8 Ghyka, Matila , 1952

1 letter

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 2 Folder 74 Giedion, Siegfried, 1953-1956, undated

6 letters (official CIAM correspondence) (English, French)


Box 2 Folder 74 Gillespie, Patricia, 1969

1 letter addressed to Alfred, dated after his death (English)


Box 2 Folder 74 Ginsberg, Jean, 1936

1 letter, 1 draft (French, English)


Box 2 Folder 74 Ginzburg, Devora, 1954, 1955

3 pieces of correspondence (2 postcards, 1 letter) (German, English)


Box 2 Folder 74 Goering, Peter, 1967, 1968

6 letters, including some letters written on behalf of Alfred by his wife Naomi (English)


Box 2 Folder 75 Goldberg, Alexander, 1965, 1966, 1968, undated

6 pieces of correspondence (5 letters, 1 telegram) (English, Hebrew)


Box 2 Folder 75 Gorsline, Lester, 1966

1 letter accompanied by 2 letters of Zvi Hecker, and paper, patent report, and architectural drawings pertaining to suspended structures (English)


Box 2 Folder 75 Goulden, Gontran, 1951

1 letter (English)


Box 9 Folder 10 Gropius, Walter, 1953

1 letter

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 2 Folder 75 Gropius, Walter, 1957

1 letter (official CIAM correspondence; also signed by JL Sert, Siegfried Giedion, and J Tyrwhitt) (English)


Box 2 Folder 75 Grossman, J., 1956

1 letter (English)


Box 2 Folder 75 Groupe Espace, 1954-1956

4 letters (French)


Box 3 Folder 1 to 7 Grubner, Frence, 1951-1962, undated

93 pieces of correspondence, includes letters and telegrams (5 letters contain pressed flowers or plants and are kept in a separate folder, labeled 15b) (German, 1 note in English)


Box 3 Folder 8 Hana, 1954

2 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 8 Hancock, David, 1966

2 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 8 Hancock, Noel, 1963

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 8 Hashimshony, A., 1966

2 pieces of correspondence (1 letter, 1 telgram) (English)


Box 3 Folder 8 Hayman, Ethel, 1951

1 telegram (English)


Box 3 Folder 8 Hayman, John, 1951

1 telegram (English)


Box 3 Folder 8 Hebrew Institute of Technology, director, 1952

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 8 Hecker, Zvi, and Grinberg, Eddie, 1954

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 8 Hecker, Zvi, and Sharon, Eldar, 1959

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 9 to 15 Hecker, Zvi, 1965-1968, undated

125 letters, including enclosures (some letters may pertain to projects such as the synagogue in the Negev desert) (many letters from September1966 onwards are written on behalf of Alfred by his wife Naomi) (English, Hebrew)


Box 3 Folder 16 Holzl, 1954

4 letters (German)


Box 3 Folder 16 Honegger, Denis and Marie, 1966

2 pieces of correspondence (French)


Box 3 Folder 16 Honegger, J.J., 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, undated

5 letters (official CIAM correspondence) (French)


Box 3 Folder 16 Israel Information Services, 1967

1 piece of correspondece, includes pamphlets on Jerusalem and on threats to the Israeli state (English)


Box 3 Folder 16 Jaquet, undated

1 draft (English)


Box 3 Folder 17 Jordan, Henry, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1955, undated

20 pieces of correspondence, includes letters, postcards, and enclosure (English, French)


Box 3 Folder 18 Jordan, O., 1948

2 pieces of correspondence (English)


Box 3 Folder 18 Jordan, Valerie, 1953, 1955

11 pieces of correspondence, includes letters and postcards (English)


Box 3 Folder 19 Kahn, Louis, 1963

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 19 Kaplan, Kate, 1964, 1966, undated

5 letters (Engish)


Box 3 Folder 19 Kurzweil, B., 1966

1 letter (German)


Box 3 Folder 19 Labbe, Andre, 1964

1 letter (French)


Box 3 Folder 19 Laffaille, Bernard, 1954

1 letter (French)


Box 3 Folder 19 Lafoy, M., 1954

1 letter (French)


Box 3 Folder 19 Langer, Karl, 1968

2 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 19 L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, 1955, 1956

2 pieces of correspondence (French)


Box 3 Folder 19 Le Corbusier, 1952

1 letter (official CIAM correspondence; also signed by Siegried Giedion and J. Tyrwhitt) (English)


Box 3 Folder 19 Lee, Shin-Pok, 1967

2 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 19 Leni, Ilana, 1966

6 letters, 1 draft (Hebrew, English); includes enclosure of notice for regolo d'oro research competition (Italian)


Box 3 Folder 19 Levesque, Raymond, undated

1 card (French)


Box 3 Folder 19 Levitt, Israel, 1954, 1955

3 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 19 Levy, undated

2 drafts, possible enclosure of CIAM report (English, German)


Box 3 Folder 20 Lubetkin, Berthold, 1948, 1950

3 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 20 Lytle, R.B., 1967

2 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 20 Maier, Joachim, 1954

2 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 20 Mainguy, Noel, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1968, undated

10 pieces of correspondence, includes letters, drafts (French, German)


Box 3 Folder 20 Man Ray, 1956

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 20 Mansfeld, Al., 1966

2 pieces of correspondence (1 letter, 1 telegram) (English)


Box 3 Folder 20 Manz, Theo, 1952

1 letter (German)


Box 3 Folder 20 Maquet, E., 1963

2 letters (French)


Box 3 Folder 20 Maxwell-Scott, undated

1 letter (French)


Box 3 Folder 20 Mayer, J.P., 1958

1 letter, includes mathematical charts (French)


Box 3 Folder 21 Meeks, Carroll, 1958

1 piece of correspondence (English)


Box 3 Folder 21 Menkes, Edouard, 1954

1 letter (French)


Box 3 Folder 21 Mercier, Jeanne, undated

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 21 Miasaka, Shukichi, undated

1 card (English)


Box 3 Folder 21 Muschenheim, William, 1966-1968

15 letters (some later letters are written on behalf of Alfred by his wife Naomi) (English)


Box 3 Folder 21 Musee du Quebec, 1967

1 invitation (French)


Box 3 Folder 22 Neikirk, Claire, 1967

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 22 Neumann, Sigmund, 1959

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 22 Nitzchke, Oscar, 1967

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 22 Norberg-Schulz, Chr., 1952

1 letter (official CIAM correspondence) (English)


Box 3 Folder 22 Olsen, Donald, 1959

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 22 Ostblum, G., 1949

4 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 22 Partos, P.F., 1955

2 letters (German)


Box 3 Folder 22 Paskowitz, Adrian, 1954, undated

2 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 22 Ponti, Gio, 1966

1 letter (English), with enclosure of notice for regolo d'oro research competition (Italian)


Box 3 Folder 22 Poseuer, J., 1959

3 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 22 Puteaux, Maurice, 1931

1 letter (French)


Box 3 Folder 22 Quiroga, Juan, 1966, 1967

7 letters (English and Spanish)


Box 3 Folder 23 Ratner, Jochanan, 1952, 1953, 1963

4 letters (French, English)


Box 3 Folder 23 Rau, 1951, 1954, 1956

5 letters (German)


Box 3 Folder 23 Rey, R., 1955

1 letter (official CIAM correspondence) (French)


Box 3 Folder 23 Riesman, Eugene, 1968

2 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 23 Robinson, Harold, 1956

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 23 Rohatyn, F. Sh., 1966

2 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 23 Rosen, Maurice, 1965

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 23 Roth, Alfred, 1955, 1957, undated

6 pieces of correspondence, includes letters, telegrams, official CIAM correspondence (German, English)


Box 3 Folder 23 Roy, Jean-Marie, 1966

1 invitation (French)


Box 3 Folder 23 Rubin, Carl, 1950

1 letter (German)


Box 3 Folder 24 Safdie, Moshe, 1966-1968, undated

11 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 24 Salomonson, 1951

1 letter (German)


Box 3 Folder 24 Sandri, Domenico, 1965

1 letter (Italian)


Box 3 Folder 24 Schiff, F., 1949, 1955, 1960, 1962, undated

5 letters (German, French, English)


Box 3 Folder 24 Schiller, Uriel, 1954, undated

2 letters (German)


Box 3 Folder 24 Schottlaender, Victor, 1949

1 letter (German)


Box 3 Folder 24 Seminario internazionale estivo di architettura, 1959

1 pamphlet (Italian)


Box 3 Folder 24 Senator, 1952

1 letter, includes copies (German)


Box 3 Folder 25 Sert, Jose Luis, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1967, undated

5 letters, includes official CIAM correspondence (English)


Box 3 Folder 25 Shalon, Rachel, 1966

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 25 Shapira, Nathan, 1962, undated

3 pieces of correspondence (2 drafts, 1 letter) (French, German, English)


Box 3 Folder 25 Shapiro, undated

1 draft (English)


Box 3 Folder 25 Sharon, Eldar, 1952, 1968, undated

4 pieces of correspondence (3 letters, 1 note) (English, German)


Box 3 Folder 25 Singer, Oscar, 1955, undated

3 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 25 Sive, Andre, 1948, 1950, 1953, undated

4 letters (French)


Box 3 Folder 25 Soltan, Jerzy, undated

1 proposal letter (CIAM) (English)


Box 3 Folder 25 Southern Business Publications Limited, 1969

1 piece of correspondence dated after the death of Alfred (English)


Box 3 Folder 25 Steif, Franz, 1956, 1961, 1962

4 letters (German)


Box 3 Folder 26 Sternheim, Anni, 1950, 1951-1953, undated

29 pieces of correspondence, includes letters, notes, and telegrams (German, English)


Box 3 Folder 27 Stricker, Stefan, 1966

2 letters (German)


Box 3 Folder 27 Summer Institute India, undated

1 piece of correspondence, includes pamphlet (English)


Box 3 Folder 27 Toni, 1954, 1955

17 pieces of correspondence, includes, letters, postcards, telgrams (English, German)


Box 3 Folder 27 Tumarkin, Igael, 1968

1 letter (Hebrew)


Box 3 Folder 27 Unger, Y.K., 1955

1 letter (German)


Box 3 Folder 27 Union of South Africa, office of the commissioner, 1939

1 letter pertaining to immigration, with 2 copies (English)


Box 3 Folder 27 Universite Laval, undated

1 invitation (French)


Box 9 Folder 9 Unidentified letter

Letter in German sent to Neumann's address in Vienna

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 3 Folder 28 Unknown correspondents, 1953-1956, 1959, 1969, 1963, undated

Correspondents unknown or illegible, includes possible drafts, envelopes (29 items) (English, French, German)


Box 3 Folder 28b Unknown correspondents (Hebrew), 1950-1970, undated

Correspondents unknown; includes much Technion correspondence, possibly pertaining to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering project (103 items) (Hebrew)


Box 3 Folder 28c Enclosures from unknown correspondents (Hebrew), 1954, 1960, 1962, 1964-1966, undated

Contains enclosures for unknown letters mainly consisting of documents in Hebrew, possibly pertaining to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering project (16 items, 14 of which are packets) (Hebrew)


Box 3 Folder 29 Vago, Pierre, 1963

1 letter (French)


Box 3 Folder 29 van Leer, P., 1958

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 29 Ventura, 1955

1 letter (French)


Box 9 Folder 7 Vischnevsky, F.G., 1951

2 letters

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 3 Folder 29 Wachsman, Konrad, undated

1 draft (German)


Box 3 Folder 29 Weinberg, Paul, 1966

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 29 Weinraub, Efratia, undated

1 letter (German)


Box 3 Folder 29 Weinraub, Munio, 1954

1 letter (Hebrew)


Box 3 Folder 29 Weissmann, 1955

1 letter (German)


Box 3 Folder 29 Wesleyan University, 1962

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 29 Wester, 1955

1 letter (French)


Box 3 Folder 29 Wiener, Lester, 1949

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 29 Wogenscky, A., 1953, 1954, 1955, undated

6 letters, including official ASCORAL correspondence (French)


Box 3 Folder 29 Zevi, Bruno, undated

1 notepad containing draft, partial drafts, notes (German)

Subseries 2: Naomi Neumann


Box 3 Folder 30 Adamson, Jerry, 1969

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 30 Association des etudiants de l'ecole d'architecture de l'universite Laval, 1968

2 pieces of correspondence (1 letter, 1 card) (French)


Box 3 Folder 30 Axworthy, Lloyd, 1969

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 30 Baba, Shozo, 1969

3 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 30 Ben-Sira, J., 1966

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 30 Bernier, Benoit, undated

2 drafts (English, French)


Box 3 Folder 30 Birenbaum, 1968

1 telegram (English)


Box 3 Folder 30 Bottero, Maria, 1968

2 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 30 Colboc, Pierre, undated

1 letter (French)


Box 3 Folder 31 Dameron, Michel, 1968

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 31 Dekan-Doyen, Shklarsky, 1968

2 telegrams (English)


Box 3 Folder 31 Desbarats, Guy, 1968

2 letters (French)


Box 3 Folder 31 Doelle, Leslie, 1968

2 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 31 Drexler/Drechsler, J., 1966, undated

2 letters (English, Hebrew)


Box 3 Folder 31 Durand, Luc, 1968

2 letters (French)


Box 3 Folder 31 Forestier, Pierre, 1985, undated

2 pieces of correspondence (1 letter, 1 note) (French)`


Box 3 Folder 31 Fournier, Gerald, 1968

1 letter (French)


Box 3 Folder 32 Gillespie, Patricia, 1969

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 32 Girardin, Pierre, undated

2 drafts (English, French)


Box 3 Folder 32 Goering, Peter (and Beryl), 1967, 1968, 1970, undated

5 letters, includes enclosure of photographs of octahedrons (English)


Box 3 Folder 32 Grubner, Frence, 1969, 1970

5 letters (German, English)


Box 3 Folder 32 Hecker, Zvi, 1966, 1968

2 letters (English)


Box 3 Folder 32 Hellyer, Paul, 1969

1 letter, written with Zvi Hecker (English)


Box 3 Folder 33 Larochelle, Pierre, undated

2 drafts (English, French)


Box 3 Folder 33 Lemieux, Reynald, 1968

1 letter (French)


Box 3 Folder 33 Levesque, Raymond, undated

2 drafts (English, French)


Box 3 Folder 33 Maillard, Alain, undated

2 drafts (English, French)


Box 3 Folder 33 McMurich, Norman, 1968

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 33 Morisset, Pierre, 1968

1 telegram (French)


Box 3 Folder 33 Muschenheim, William, 1968-1971

11 letters (one of which contains a brochure regarding architecture at the University of Illinois) (English)


Box 3 Folder 33 Nicole, Frank, 1969

1 letter (English)


Box 3 Folder 34 Parent, Alphonse-Marie, 1968

2 letters (French)


Box 3 Folder 34 Quiroga, Juan, 1968, 1969

4 letters (English, Spanish)


Box 3 Folder 34 Risi, Joseph, 1968

2 letters (French)


Box 3 Folder 34 Rolerges, Gilles, 1968

1 card (French)


Box 4 Folder 1 Safdie, Moshe, 1966, 1967, 1968

6 letters (English)


Box 4 Folder 1 Schwarz, Alfred, 1970, 1971

2 letters (German)


Box 4 Folder 1 Sharon, Eldar, undated

1 letter (English)


Box 4 Folder 1 Strub, H.E., 1967

1 letter, includes enclosure of 2 letters from Strub to other correspondents (English)


Box 4 Folder 2 Technion, 1969

1 piece of correspondence (English)


Box 4 Folder 2 Tsherniak, V., 1967

1 letter (English)


Box 4 Folder 2 Tumarkin, Igael, 1968

3 letters (English, Hebrew)


Box 4 Folder 2 Unitarian Service Committee of Canada, 1968

1 card (English)


Box 4 Folder 2 Unknown correspondents, 1968, undated

5 pieces of correspondence (includes information packet on Israeli architecture) (English)


Box 4 Folder 2 Whyte, Lancelot Law, 1966, 1967

4 letters, includes draft (English)


Box 4 Folder 2 Zvilna, Jekabs, 1968

1 letter (English)

Subseries 3: Others


Box 4 Folder 3 Bakema, J.B., 1957

1 letter (official CIAM correspondence) (English)


Box 4 Folder 3 Baker, Joseph, 1968

1 telegram (French)


Box 4 Folder 3 Bland, John, 1968

1 telegram (English)


Box 4 Folder 3 Bodiansky, Vladimir, 1952

1 letter (French)


Box 4 Folder 3 Dori, Y., 1956, 1959

2 letters (English)


Box 4 Folder 3 Floersheim, Ruth, 1951

2 letters (German)


Box 4 Folder 3 Ghys, R., 1959

1 letter (French)


Box 4 Folder 3 Gropius, Walter, 1953, 1956

2 letters (English)


Box 4 Folder 3 Grubner, Frence, 1959

1 letter (German)


Box 4 Folder 4 Hecker, Zvi, 1966, 1969, 1970

10 letters (English, Hebrew)


Box 4 Folder 5 Le Corbusier, 1956

1 letter (official CIAM correspondence) (English)


Box 4 Folder 5 Levy, M., 1953, 1955

3 letters (French, English)


Box 4 Folder 5 Provincial Museum, Brno-Moravia, undated

1 letter fragment (Czech)


Box 4 Folder 5 Quat, J., 1959

1 letter (English)


Box 4 Folder 5 Sive, Andre, 1953

1 letter (French)


Box 4 Folder 5 Sternheimn, Anni, 1951

2 pieces of correspondence (1 postcard, 1 letter) (German, English)


Box 4 Folder 5 Stewart, G.F., 1961

1 letter (English, Hebrew)


Box 4 Folder 5 Unknown correspondents (Hebrew), 1969, 1970

3 letters (Hebrew)


Box 4 Folder 5 Wachsman, Konrad, 1955, 1956

3 letters, includes enclosure of texts for lectures (English)

Series IV: Professional Papers

Consists of awards, recommendations written for Neumann, bibliographies, documents for exhibitions, competitions, and juries, ecological and topographical studies for Israel, lecture notes, CIAM documents (CIAM V, VI, VIII, IX, and X), and documents for other architectural groups, including Groupe d'Etudes d'Architecture Mobile, Groupe Espace, Japan Architects Association, La Societé des Architectes de la Région de Québec, and Planning Workshop of New York. CIAM documents comprise the bulk of the material for this series, and include correspondence, reports, forms, minutes of meetings, memoranda, and leaflets.


Box 4 Folder 6 Bat Yam medal, undated

Small medal in wooden case depicting Bat Yam city hall, with Hebrew inscription (perhaps given as an award from the state of Israel, as the case is inscribed with the Israeli coat of arms)


Drawer 198 Folder 1 Concorso ricerca regolo d'oro, diploma di merito, plaque, 1966

Research competition award sponsored by Brenta Precompressi; metal plaque awarded to Neumann and Zvi Hecker (Italian) (does not fit in folder; must be placed in box horizontally)


Box 4 Folder 7 CIAM V, 1937

Plan of urban reorganization (French)


Box 4 Folder 8 to 9 Studies of the Czechoslovakian Group CIAM, 1947

Spiral bound booklet, prepared by Neumann, Bohuslav Fuchs, and Emanuel Hruska, from the Country Research and Planning Institute in Brno; contains city planning studies for Prague, Zlin, and Ostrava (was produced for CIAM VI at Bridgwater)(2 copies)


Box 4 Folder 10 CIAM VIII, 1951

Excerpt from the proceedings of CIAM VIII (possibly remarks made by Le Corbusier) (French)


Box 4 Folder 11 CIAM summer school, 1952, 1953, 1954

Includes informational pamphlets regarding the CIAM International Summer School of Architecture in Venice, and explanation of the rationale for the program (English, French, Italian)


Box 4 Folder 12 CIAM activities, Switzerland, 1952, 1955, undated

Includes interoffice memorandum regarding upcoming housing exhibit in the Palais des Nations, Geneva; a list provided by the Zurich CIAM group entitled Modern Buildings in Zurich; section of possible Swiss architecture periodical Viele Bauen Alle Wohnen (English, German)


Box 4 Folder 13 CIAM activities before CIAM IX, 1952, 1954

Includes program for CIAM congress in Sigtuna, Sweden, and statement on habitat from CIAM meeting in Doorn, the Netherlands (English)


Box 4 Folder 14 CIAM IX preparations, 1953

Packet contains logistical information and topics for discussion for CIAM IX (English)


Box 4 Folder 15 CIAM IX documents, July, 1953

Includes lengthy committee report and itinerary, for CIAM in Aix-en-Provence (French)


Box 4 Folder 16 CIAM IX, the habitat, 1953, 1954

Contains 3 thematic programs pertaining to the habitat, and report on the habitat by the Dutch group Opbouw of Rotterdam, for CIAM in Aix-en-Provence (French, English)


Box 4 Folder 17 CIAM meeting at La Sarraz, 1955

Includes announcement of the meeting and its objectives, report of the meeting, and contributions of the Dutch groups "de 8" and "Opbouw" (English, French)


Box 4 Folder 18 CIRPAC meeting (CIAM), July, 1955

Includes minutes of meeting in Paris of the Comite International pour la Resolution des Problemes de l'Architecture Contemporaine (the elected executive body of CIAM), and report on the Portuguese group of delegates to CIAM (English)


Box 4 Folder 19 CIAM X preparations, 1954, 1955, 1956

Contains papers providing logistical information and objectives for CIAM X, material in review of the meeting at La Sarraz, and discussion related to the theme of CIAM X (the habitat); directive of Le Corbusier; summary of group and member reactions to directives, with commentary (11 documents) (French, English)


Box 4 Folder 20 CIAM X, message of Le Corbusier, July, 1956

Address regarding the historical development of the group, its various "generations," and an appeal to members (English)


Box 4 Folder 21 CIAM X documents, August, 1956

Includes orientation packet, schedule, minutes of committee meetings and work schedule (2 documents), committee report (2 copies), list of addresses of members of the council and delegates of CIAM groups (3 copies), selected texts and extracts (2 documents) (English, French)


Box 4 Folder 22 CIAM X, the habitat, August, 1956

Includes the following: prolegomena for a charter of the habitat (1 document), the charter of the habitat (3 documents), a critical appraisal of the habitat at present (3 documents), the present situation of the habitat (2 documents), timeline of the habitat (1 document), delegate to the habitat subcommittee (1 document), for CIAM X in Dubrovnik (French, English)


Box 4 Folder 23 CIAM X, other topics, August, 1956

Includes session reports on the topics of urbanism (1 document), the cluster (2 documents), mobility (2 documents), change and growth (4 documents),the mobile city (1 document prepared by the group "Cite" of France), for CIAM X in Dubrovnik (English, French)


Box 4 Folder 24 CIAM X, report of work done by Dutch CIAM groups, August, 1956

Packet includes reports undertaken in preparation for CIAM X, by the group "de 8" and the group "Opbouw," both of the Netherlands (English, French, Dutch)


Box 4 Folder 25 CIAM X, report on the reconstruction of downtown Rotterdam, 1956

Paper prepared by Director J. Rutgers of the General Assembly of GEP in Amsterdam, possibly intended to be delivered as a lecture at CIAM X (German)


Box 4 Folder 26 CIAM X, report on the definition of community, June, 1955

Report issued by the Planning Workshop of New York, a group dedicated to the theory of planning (English)


Box 4 Folder 27 CIAM, proposal for the group's reorganization, 1956, 1957

Contains 2 proposals issued in the wake of CIAM X, questionnaire regarding planned reorganization of CIAM, plans for a meeting at La Sarraz regarding reorganization, list of excerpts of letters regarding reorganization, list of individual members (French, English)


Box 4 Folder 28 CIAM lectures, undated

Drafts for 2 lectures possibly delivered by Neumann at CIAM meetings (both lectures appear to be related to Neumann's book L'Humanisation de l'espace, and his studies of morphological architecture and proportion (German, English)


Box 4 Folder 29 CIAM notes, undated

Neumann's notes on CIAM-related topics, includes list of member addresses, timeline (German, English, French)


Box 4 Folder 30 CIAM address lists, 1952, 1955

2 address lists for members of the council of CIAM, CIAM groups and their delegates, and groups in formation (English)


Box 4 Folder 31 Groupe d'Etudes d'Architecture Mobile, 1959

Contains an invitation to a group meeting in Paris (French)


Box 4 Folder 32 Groupe Espace, 1952, 1953

Includes packet containing list of active members, affiliates, and subgroups; list of members submitting their candidacy to the committee; selected group policies; proposition of Victor Vasarely consisting of questionnaire; summary of general assembly meeting containing group manifesto (French)


Box 4 Folder 33 Japan Architects Association, 1958, undated

Memo entitled Problem of Modular Coordination in Japan, and pamphlet outlining history, objectives, and activities for this and other Japanese architectural associations (English)


Box 4 Folder 34 La Societe des Architectes de la Region de Quebec, 1965, 1966

Committee meeting itineraries (3 documents) (French)


Box 4 Folder 35 Documents in Hebrew, 1957, 1967, undated

Contains pamphlets, brochures, and other documents possibly pertaining to Neumann's work at the Technion (Hebrew)


Box 4 Folder 36 Notes for the Montreal Exhibition, undated

Includes notes and programmatic outlines for a "morphological expose of human evolution and its relationship to the environment," also includes outline for a related paper, sketch (English, German, French)


Box 4 Folder 37 Notes for exhibitions, undated

Includes notes for a furniture exhibition, plans for an exhibition of unspecified topic (English, German)


Box 4 Folder 38 Notes for a lecture on design, accompanied by drawing of Sigmund Neumann's factory, undated

Notepad contains lecture notes and related notes on the topic of design, other writings, and a drawing of Neumann's father's factory building; also includes mathematical calculations, sketches of buildings, floor plans, furniture (German, French, English)


Box 4 Folder 39 Lecture notes, 1962, undated

Contains notes for a lecture in Toronto on containers and tools, notes for a lecture at the First Conference on Man, notes for a lecture on ornament in architecture at a pedagogical committee, and notes for a lecture in Quebec entitled Containers, or the World of Containers (1962) (French, English)


Box 4 Folder 40 Lecture notes, unspecified, undated

Contains lecture notes of unspecified date or venue, mainly for conferences and committee meetings; includes notes for lectures on architectural space, architecture theory, polyhedrons, and unspecified topics (English, French, German)


Box 4 Folder 41 Invitations to Neumann's lectures, 1958, undated

Contains invitation cards to Neumann's lecture "An Architect's Impressions on a World Tour" at the Honors College, Wesleyan, and invitations to Neumann's conference on modern French architecture in Jerusalem (English, French, Hebrew)


Box 4 Folder 42 Proposal for a microclimatic survey, undated

Contains 2 proposals, 2 drafts pertaining to a survey of the Jerusalem Corridor region (English)


Box 4 Folder 43 Israel climate and landscape notes, undated

Contains notes entitled Mikroklima, notes entitled Topography, further notes (German)


Box 4 Folder 44 Land reclamation program for the Jerusalem corridor, undated

Contains 2 reports (German)


Box 4 Folder 45 Remarks on dune formation on the Palestinian coast, undated

Contains 2 reports, 2 accompanying sketches (German)


Cabinet A092M.04 Roll 1 Topographical maps of Israel, undated

Contains 27 maps, pertaining to roads, railways, population centers, land allocation, and natural resources


Drawer 198 Folder 2 Topographical drawings, undated

Contains 2 drawings of an unspecified area


Box 4 Folder 46 Bibliographies and lists of publications, undated

Contains bibliographies and drafts, list of books, bibliography for Zvi Hecker (English, French)


Box 4 Folder 47 Recommendations, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1936, 1948

Letters of reference written on behalf of Neumann by teachers and colleagues (6 letters, written by the architects Jacques Guiauchain, Auguste Perret, and Charles Siclis, the architecture firm Kallenbach, Kennedy, and Furner, and the Provincial Study and Planning Institute in Brno, with copies and photographic reproductions of the letters)


Box 4 Folder 6 Bat Yam medal, undated

Small medal in wooden case depicting Bat Yam city hall, with Hebrew inscription (perhaps given as an award from the state of Israel, as the case is inscribed with the Israeli coat of arms)


Drawer 198 Folder 1 Concorso ricerca regolo d'oro, diploma di merito, plaque, 1966

Research competition award sponsored by Brenta Precompressi; metal plaque awarded to Neumann and Zvi Hecker (Italian) (does not fit in folder; must be placed in box horizontally)


Box 4 Folder 7 CIAM V, 1937

Plan of urban reorganization (French)


Box 4 Folder 8 to 9 Studies of the Czechoslovakian Group CIAM, 1947

Spiral bound booklet, prepared by Neumann, Bohuslav Fuchs, and Emanuel Hruska, from the Country Research and Planning Institute in Brno; contains city planning studies for Prague, Zlin, and Ostrava (was produced for CIAM VI at Bridgwater)(2 copies)


Box 4 Folder 10 CIAM VIII, 1951

Excerpt from the proceedings of CIAM VIII (possibly remarks made by Le Corbusier) (French)


Box 4 Folder 11 CIAM summer school, 1952, 1953, 1954

Includes informational pamphlets regarding the CIAM International Summer School of Architecture in Venice, and explanation of the rationale for the program (English, French, Italian)


Box 4 Folder 12 CIAM activities, Switzerland, 1952, 1955, undated

Includes interoffice memorandum regarding upcoming housing exhibit in the Palais des Nations, Geneva; a list provided by the Zurich CIAM group entitled Modern Buildings in Zurich; section of possible Swiss architecture periodical Viele Bauen Alle Wohnen (English, German)


Box 4 Folder 13 CIAM activities before CIAM IX, 1952, 1954

Includes program for CIAM congress in Sigtuna, Sweden, and statement on habitat from CIAM meeting in Doorn, the Netherlands (English)


Box 4 Folder 14 CIAM IX preparations, 1953

Packet contains logistical information and topics for discussion for CIAM IX (English)


Box 4 Folder 15 CIAM IX documents, July, 1953

Includes lengthy committee report and itinerary, for CIAM in Aix-en-Provence (French)


Box 4 Folder 16 CIAM IX, the habitat, 1953, 1954

Contains 3 thematic programs pertaining to the habitat, and report on the habitat by the Dutch group Opbouw of Rotterdam, for CIAM in Aix-en-Provence (French, English)


Box 4 Folder 17 CIAM meeting at La Sarraz, 1955

Includes announcement of the meeting and its objectives, report of the meeting, and contributions of the Dutch groups "de 8" and "Opbouw" (English, French)


Box 4 Folder 18 CIRPAC meeting (CIAM), July, 1955

Includes minutes of meeting in Paris of the Comite International pour la Resolution des Problemes de l'Architecture Contemporaine (the elected executive body of CIAM), and report on the Portuguese group of delegates to CIAM (English)


Box 4 Folder 19 CIAM X preparations, 1954, 1955, 1956

Contains papers providing logistical information and objectives for CIAM X, material in review of the meeting at La Sarraz, and discussion related to the theme of CIAM X (the habitat); directive of Le Corbusier; summary of group and member reactions to directives, with commentary (11 documents) (French, English)


Box 4 Folder 20 CIAM X, message of Le Corbusier, July, 1956

Address regarding the historical development of the group, its various "generations," and an appeal to members (English)


Box 4 Folder 21 CIAM X documents, August, 1956

Includes orientation packet, schedule, minutes of committee meetings and work schedule (2 documents), committee report (2 copies), list of addresses of members of the council and delegates of CIAM groups (3 copies), selected texts and extracts (2 documents) (English, French)


Box 4 Folder 22 CIAM X, the habitat, August, 1956

Includes the following: prolegomena for a charter of the habitat (1 document), the charter of the habitat (3 documents), a critical appraisal of the habitat at present (3 documents), the present situation of the habitat (2 documents), timeline of the habitat (1 document), delegate to the habitat subcommittee (1 document), for CIAM X in Dubrovnik (French, English)


Box 4 Folder 23 CIAM X, other topics, August, 1956

Includes session reports on the topics of urbanism (1 document), the cluster (2 documents), mobility (2 documents), change and growth (4 documents),the mobile city (1 document prepared by the group "Cite" of France), for CIAM X in Dubrovnik (English, French)


Box 4 Folder 24 CIAM X, report of work done by Dutch CIAM groups, August, 1956

Packet includes reports undertaken in preparation for CIAM X, by the group "de 8" and the group "Opbouw," both of the Netherlands (English, French, Dutch)


Box 4 Folder 25 CIAM X, report on the reconstruction of downtown Rotterdam, 1956

Paper prepared by Director J. Rutgers of the General Assembly of GEP in Amsterdam, possibly intended to be delivered as a lecture at CIAM X (German)


Box 4 Folder 26 CIAM X, report on the definition of community, June, 1955

Report issued by the Planning Workshop of New York, a group dedicated to the theory of planning (English)


Box 4 Folder 27 CIAM, proposal for the group's reorganization, 1956, 1957

Contains 2 proposals issued in the wake of CIAM X, questionnaire regarding planned reorganization of CIAM, plans for a meeting at La Sarraz regarding reorganization, list of excerpts of letters regarding reorganization, list of individual members (French, English)


Box 4 Folder 28 CIAM lectures, undated

Drafts for 2 lectures possibly delivered by Neumann at CIAM meetings (both lectures appear to be related to Neumann's book L'Humanisation de l'espace, and his studies of morphological architecture and proportion (German, English)


Box 4 Folder 29 CIAM notes, undated

Neumann's notes on CIAM-related topics, includes list of member addresses, timeline (German, English, French)


Box 4 Folder 30 CIAM address lists, 1952, 1955

2 address lists for members of the council of CIAM, CIAM groups and their delegates, and groups in formation (English)


Box 4 Folder 31 Groupe d'Etudes d'Architecture Mobile, 1959

Contains an invitation to a group meeting in Paris (French)


Box 4 Folder 32 Groupe Espace, 1952, 1953

Includes packet containing list of active members, affiliates, and subgroups; list of members submitting their candidacy to the committee; selected group policies; proposition of Victor Vasarely consisting of questionnaire; summary of general assembly meeting containing group manifesto (French)


Box 4 Folder 33 Japan Architects Association, 1958, undated

Memo entitled Problem of Modular Coordination in Japan, and pamphlet outlining history, objectives, and activities for this and other Japanese architectural associations (English)


Box 4 Folder 34 La Societe des Architectes de la Region de Quebec, 1965, 1966

Committee meeting itineraries (3 documents) (French)


Box 4 Folder 35 Documents in Hebrew, 1957, 1967, undated

Contains pamphlets, brochures, and other documents possibly pertaining to Neumann's work at the Technion (Hebrew)


Box 4 Folder 36 Notes for the Montreal Exhibition, undated

Includes notes and programmatic outlines for a "morphological expose of human evolution and its relationship to the environment," also includes outline for a related paper, sketch (English, German, French)


Box 4 Folder 37 Notes for exhibitions, undated

Includes notes for a furniture exhibition, plans for an exhibition of unspecified topic (English, German)


Box 4 Folder 38 Notes for a lecture on design, accompanied by drawing of Sigmund Neumann's factory, undated

Notepad contains lecture notes and related notes on the topic of design, other writings, and a drawing of Neumann's father's factory building; also includes mathematical calculations, sketches of buildings, floor plans, furniture (German, French, English)


Box 4 Folder 39 Lecture notes, 1962, undated

Contains notes for a lecture in Toronto on containers and tools, notes for a lecture at the First Conference on Man, notes for a lecture on ornament in architecture at a pedagogical committee, and notes for a lecture in Quebec entitled Containers, or the World of Containers (1962) (French, English)


Box 4 Folder 40 Lecture notes, unspecified, undated

Contains lecture notes of unspecified date or venue, mainly for conferences and committee meetings; includes notes for lectures on architectural space, architecture theory, polyhedrons, and unspecified topics (English, French, German)


Box 4 Folder 41 Invitations to Neumann's lectures, 1958, undated

Contains invitation cards to Neumann's lecture "An Architect's Impressions on a World Tour" at the Honors College, Wesleyan, and invitations to Neumann's conference on modern French architecture in Jerusalem (English, French, Hebrew)


Box 4 Folder 42 Proposal for a microclimatic survey, undated

Contains 2 proposals, 2 drafts pertaining to a survey of the Jerusalem Corridor region (English)


Box 4 Folder 43 Israel climate and landscape notes, undated

Contains notes entitled Mikroklima, notes entitled Topography, further notes (German)


Box 4 Folder 44 Land reclamation program for the Jerusalem corridor, undated

Contains 2 reports (German)


Box 4 Folder 45 Remarks on dune formation on the Palestinian coast, undated

Contains 2 reports, 2 accompanying sketches (German)


Drawer 198 Folder 2 Topographical drawings, undated

Contains 2 drawings of an unspecified area


Box 4 Folder 46 Bibliographies and lists of publications, undated

Contains bibliographies and drafts, list of books, bibliography for Zvi Hecker (English, French)


Box 4 Folder 47 Recommendations, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1936, 1948

Letters of reference written on behalf of Neumann by teachers and colleagues (6 letters, written by the architects Jacques Guiauchain, Auguste Perret, and Charles Siclis, the architecture firm Kallenbach, Kennedy, and Furner, and the Provincial Study and Planning Institute in Brno, with copies and photographic reproductions of the letters)

Series V: Writings and Notes

Contains articles written by Neumann for architecture periodicals, Neumann's book L'Humanisation de L'Espace: Le Système M-Phi accompanied by extensive drafts and notes, and papers, which include: Proportion: A Measure of Order, Irrational Factors in Building Industrialization, Aspects d'Architecture, Inertie de la Forme, Architecture as Ornament, Openings, Doors, and Windows, and Morphology of Inside-Outside. The series also contains notes and research on space packing, notes on various architectural topics, and bibliographical notes. Drafts, typescripts, and notes often include versions in several languages (typically English, German, and French).


Box 4 Folder 48 Articles written for Viennese newspapers, 1920s

Contains photographic reproductions of 2 articles written by Neumann early in his career, entitled Buhnebild-Raumbuhne (in Tagesbote), and Stromungen in der bildenden Kunst der Gegenwart (in Moderne Kultur); also includes Neumann's order forms for the copies and notes (German)


Box 4 Folder 49 Journal of the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel, vol. 10, no. 3, January, 1953

Neumann's article On Planning, page 3 (Hebrew, English)


Box 4 Folder 50 Architectural Institute of Japan, vol. 73, no. 863, 1958

Neumann's paper The Humanization of Space, the M-Phi System (Japanese language architecture periodical)


Box 4 Folder 51 RAIC Journal (Royal Architectural Institute of Canada), vol. 40, no. 5, May, 1963

Neumann's article Morphologic Architecture, pages 40-47 (English language architecture periodical) (4 copies)


Box 4 Folder 52 Architecture Canada (Journal RAIC), vol. 45, no. 11, November, 1968

Neumann's article Irrational Factors in Building Industrialization, page 37 (English language architecture periodical)


Box 4 Folder 53 M-Phi book, 1956

Neumann's paper L'Humanisation de l'espace: le systeme M-Phi published in book form, with copy (French)


Box 4 Folder 54 M-Phi illustrations, 1950s

Contains 4 pages of illustrations, included in the book L'Humanisation de l'espace: le systeme M-Phi


Box 4 Folder 55 M-Phi, final drafts, 1950s

Contains 6 final drafts, 4 of which are bound and contain illustrations (English)


Box 4 Folder 56 M-Phi, completed drafts, 1950s

Contains 4 completed drafts with corrections (French)


Box 4 Folder 57 to 58 M-Phi, partial drafts, 1950s

Includes early draft fragments and mathematical tables accompanied by written corrections, all related to Neumann's preparation of his paper L'Humanisation de l'espace: le systeme M-Phi (earlier material in German and English, some later material also in French)


Box 4 Folder 59 M-Phi notes, 1950s

Includes rough notes, some draft fragments, mathematical tables and calculations, edits, contact lists, notes on the dimensions of paintings, note pads, architectural sketches, printed illustrations, sketches, doodles (much of the material has no discernable organizational coherence but remains in the order in which it was received) (German, French, English)


Box 4 Folder 60 M-Phi notes (Czech), 1950s

Contains notes, mathematical caluclations, sketches (Czech)


Box 5 Folder 1 M-Phi, mathematical notes, 1950s

Contains mathematical tables pertaining to Fibonacci numbers, calculations and equations, sketches pertaining to the golden section, sketches of polyhedrons with templates, clippings from a book or periodical, some doodles, notes entitled "proportion of volumes," "partition of the plan," "geometric entities in place" (German, English, book excerpts in French)


Box 5 Folder 2 M-Phi reference materials, undated

Includes diagrams illustrating principles of the golden section; reproductions of Leonardo's Annunciation and Virgin of the Rocks, and Giorgione's Fete Champetre, with accompanying perspectival diagrams analyzing the presence of the golden section in the paintings (captions in French, English)


Box 5 Folder 3 M-Phi, lectures, 1953, undated

Includes notes for unspecified lectures on topics related to L'Humanisation de l'espace: le systeme M-Phi; typescript of a lecture delivered at CIAM IX in Aix-en-Provence (German, English)


Box 5 Folder 4 Architecture as Ornament, final draft, undated

Final version of the paper (English)


Box 5 Folder 5 Architecture as Ornament, drafts and outline, undated

Outline for the paper; 3 drafts or partial drafts, with corrections (English)


Box 5 Folder 6 Architecture as Ornament, notes, undated

Includes notes, article outlines, notes taken from books and other publications, bibliographical notes and citations, sketches, draft fragments, notes on symmetry, group theory, symbolism, mathematics (English, French, German)


Box 5 Folder 7 L'Ornement, transcription of conference, 1967-1968

Transcript of a conference presented at the Ecole d'Architecture, Universite Laval, Quebec; also includes draft (likely related to Neumann's paper entitled Ornement et Architecture) (French)


Box 5 Folder 8 Aspects d'Architecture, 1965

Paper written by Neumann, perhaps delivered as a lecture or presented at a conference, includes 2 drafts (French)


Box 5 Folder 9 Aspects d'Architecture, notes, undated

Contains partial drafts and notes, some of which are entitled Architecture without Architects, perhaps an earlier iteration of the paper (German)


Box 5 Folder 10 Inertie de la forme, transcription of conference, 1967

Transcript of a conference at the Musee du Quebec, with copy and partial copy (French)


Box 5 Folder 11 Inertie de la forme, notes, 1966-1967

Partial drafts and notes (French)


Box 5 Folder 12 Irrational factors in building industrialization, undated

Paper written by Neumann, perhaps delivered as a lecture or presented at a conference, includes 2 drafts (English)


Box 5 Folder 13 L'Architecture de la Morphologie, 1963

Paper presented by Neumann at a conference of L'Association des Architectes de L'Ontario, also published in the RAIC journal, May 1963 (3 copies) (French)


Box 5 Folder 14 Morphology of Inside-Outside, 1963

Paper written by Neumann (English)


Box 5 Folder 15 Morphology of Inside-Outside, illustrations, undated

Contains 11 captioned illustrations intended to accompany the text of Neumann's paper (English)


Box 5 Folder 16 Morphology of Inside-Outside, drafts and notes, undated

Partial drafts and notes (English, German, French)


Box 5 Folder 17 Openings, Doors, and Windows, undated

Includes paper or article, with drafts and outlines (German, English)


Box 5 Folder 18 Windows and doors, notes, undated

Includes notes on the topic of windows as opened and closed forms, possible partial drafts, note pad entitled Window Problem, sketches (German, English)


Box 5 Folder 19 Paper corrections, undated

Contains partial drafts accompanied by fragmented edits in scrap form, for the papers Morphology of Inside-Outside, and Openings, Doors, and Windows (English)


Box 5 Folder 20 Space Packing, notes, 1960s

Includes notes on materials, furniture, history of space packing patterns, Greek theater architecture, tools; partial drafts; sketches (German, English)


Box 5 Folder 21 to 22 Space Packing, sketches and notes, 1960s

Includes sketches and drawings of buildings, monuments, details of paintings, sculptures, clothing, furniture, tools, geometric patterns, floor plans, accompanied by notes; also includes some doodles (French, English, German)


Box 5 Folder 23 Space Packing, reference, 1963, 1960s

Includes bibliographical notes, clippings pertaining to fashion and Japanese art from Time magazine (German, English)


Box 5 Folder 24 Notes on Modulor II, circa 1955

Contains notes, bibliographical notes, and drafts in critique of Le Corbusier's book Modulor II, suggesting that it appropriated or misrepresented Neumann's ideas (French) (2 drafts of a letter regarding Modulor II are located in the unknown correspondents folder, under correspondence of Alfred Neumann)


Box 5 Folder 25 L'Espace, notes, undated

Possible lecture notes or partial drafts on the topics of space, empty space, and architectural space (French)


Box 5 Folder 26 Notes entitled "Competition", undated

Notes on the topic of the degeneration of the practice of the competition, and the resultant compromising of artistic integrity necessary for success (English)


Box 5 Folder 27 Notes entitled "Japan", undated

Notes on the topic of dimension as an element of space (German)


Box 5 Folder 28 Notes entitled "Schneid", undated

Notes on an unspecified subject possibly pertaining to aesthetics (title may be translated as "cutting") (German)


Box 5 Folder 29 Notes entitled "Venezia", undated

Notes on an unspecified subject possibly pertaining to industrial production (German)


Box 5 Folder 30 Notes on various architectural topics, undated

Includes notes with the following titles: form influencing factors in the manmade human environment, Wachsmann, fashion in industrial design, architecture as spatial art, development index, tour of the house, science of building, patent, laufenfeld, design, polyhedrons, Tumarkin (artist Igael Tumarkin), architectural space, proportion (German, English, French)


Box 5 Folder 31 Notes on unspecified topics, undated

Contains possible research notes or drafts on unknown topics pertaining to architecture; includes sketches (German, French, English, Hebrew)


Box 5 Folder 32 Sketches and notes, unspecified topics, undated

Includes sketches accompanied by notes, perhaps used in the course of research for unspecified papers (English)


Box 5 Folder 33 Bibliographical notes, 1965, undated

Contains bibliographical notes on the architect Auguste Perret, from Peter Collins' book Concrete (English), quotations from articles in the architecture periodical L'Architettura (Italian), and Neumann's notes made from various books and periodicals, including the catalogue of an exhibition on Le Corbusier (French, German, English)

Series VI: Faculty Papers

Comprised of three subseries: Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), Université Laval, Quebec, and Lectures and Pedagogical Notes. The first subseries contains syllabi of courses and programs of study, student projects, notes regarding curriculum reform, and Neumann's formal proposals for said reform. The second subseries contains a prospectus, syllabi and programs of study, and student works. The third subseries contains teaching plans, lecture notes, proposed curricula, plans for student projects, notes on architectural education, and articles and papers on pedagogical topics.

Subseries 1: Technion, Israel Institute of Technology


Box 5 Folder 34 Projects involving students (Zvi Hecker, Eldar Sharon), undated

Contains photographic reproductions of architectural drawings (Hebrew) (8 photographs)


Box 5 Folder 35 Programs of study and syllabi of courses, Technion, 1957, 1964

2 booklets, which contain yearly study plans, course listings, and course descriptions for undergraduate students (English)


Box 5 Folder 36 Introduction to Teaching Techniques (Technion), undated

Document prepared for professors of the Technion (English)


Box 5 Folder 37 Education at the Technion, 1958, 1963, undated

Contains certificate awarded to Neumann in 1963; also includes "Proposal for the care of second year students," remarks on curriculum reform, and notes regarding the educational state of affairs at the Technion and Neumann's role as professor there (German, Hebrew, English)


Box 5 Folder 38 Technion notes, undated

Notes mainly on the topic of unauthorized changes made to the mechanical engineering building and on the topic of architectural education in relation to the unfavorable state of affairs at the Technion; includes notes entitlted "why the results of nomination seem or are arbitrary," "what are the changes of the program," and "mechanical engineering" (English, German)

Subseries 2: Universite Laval


Box 5 Folder 39 Student works, Universite Laval, 1960s

Contains 37 photographs of architectural models, probably those made by students of Neumann's at the Universite Laval, Quebec


Box 5 Folder 40 Responses to student questions, 1967

Contains interview including questions posed by students regarding the curriculum at the Universite Laval, accompanied by Neumann's responses (French)


Box 5 Folder 41 Program of study, Universite Laval, 1967

Comprehensive program for both undergraduate and graduate study, prepared by Neumann in collaboration with other university professors (2 programs, 1 draft) (French)


Box 5 Folder 42 Prospectus and course of study for l'Ecole d'Architecture, Universite Laval, 1960s

Prospectus pamphlet includes yearly programs of study and syllabi of courses; course of study consists of a chart detailing coursework per semester (French)


Box 5 Folder 43 Proposed courses of study for Master's students, Universite Laval, 1960s

Includes general informational packets, study plans divided into 4 cycles, and syllabi for graduate courses (preparted by Neumann in possible collaboration with other university professors) (French, English)


Box 5 Folder 44 Syllabi for specific architecture courses, studio work, or student projects, Universite Laval, 1962-1963, 1965-1968

Includes untitled third year project, studio project on leisure space, outdoor project themes (logging, fishing, camping, zoo, farm, park, recreational site), 5th year thesis project, 5th year project on industrial landscape design, untitled course on the fine arts (French, English)


Box 5 Folder 45 Syllabi for courses taught in other departments, Universite Laval, undated

List of courses taught by other professors, and syllabi for sociology, economics, climatology (French)


Box 5 Folder 46 News and events leaflet, Universite Laval, 1968

Contains photograph of Neumann (French)

Subseries 3: Lectures and Pedagogical Notes


Box 5 Folder 47 Teaching plans/Lehrplans, undated

Possible lecture notes, notes on pedagogical topics (German, English, French)


Box 5 Folder 48 Notes on proposed curricula, undated

Notes on potential programs of study by year of study, tentative syllabi; includes syllabi for lectures or courses on morphology of architecture, excerpts from the proceedings of CIAM VIII, and admission interview form (French, English)


Box 5 Folder 49 Ideas for student projects, undated

Notes on possible student assignments or lesson plans (French, English, German)


Box 5 Folder 50 Possible lecture notes, undated

Notes on Vitruvius, various construction methods, historic architects, Auguste Perret, and morphological architecture (French, English, German)


Box 5 Folder 51 Notes on the formation of the architect, undated

Notes on architecture education and general pedagogical topics (information flow, creativity in engineering, organization of schools of architecture, teamwork, the studio, education of town planners), includes notes taken from publications, sketches and doodles (English, German, French)


Box 5 Folder 52 Pedagogy reference material, papers, undated

Includes the following papers: Building in our Time, by Konrad Wachsman (delivered as a lecture at the Technion); What's Wrong with Engineering Education, by Hermann Danforth; The Value Structure of Creativity, by Robert S. Hartman; excerpts from The Aims of Education, by Alfred North Whitehead


Box 5 Folder 53 Pedagogy reference material, articles, 1966, 1967, undated

Articles clipped or copied from periodicals, pertaining to childhood education, university education, and architecture education in Time Magazine, Progressive Architecture, the Journal of Architectural Education, and an unknown publication (English)


Box 5 Folder 54 Programs of study, other universites, 1965, 1966

University of Manitoba undergraduate curricula; faculty of architecture proposed curriculum (unknown university), Harvard University Graduate School of Design notice on urban design program (under the supervision of Jose Luis Sert), University of Southern California Department of Architecture pamphlet (directed by Konrad Wachsmann) (English)

Series VII: Publications

Comprised of three subseries: Articles about Projects (Periodicals), Articles about Projects (Newspapers), and Articles about Neumann. The first subseries is the largest and contains articles about and photographs of Neumann's projects, mainly in architecture, engineering, and design periodicals in numerous languages, along with a handful of popular magazines (1959-1971). The second subseries contains articles about projects in Israeli newspapers (mainly in Hebrew). The third subseries contains articles concerning Neumann's architectural career, his influence within Israeli architecture, his role as an educator, and his thoughts on various architectural topics, in both newspapers and architectural periodicals. This last subseries also contains an exhibition catalogue from Harvard, which cites Neumann's projects and research.

Subseries 1: Articles about projects (periodicals)


Box 5 Folder 55 Kokusai Kentiku, international review of architecture, vol. 26, no. 8, August, 1959

International competition for Auschwitz Monument, pages 12-16 (Japanese language architecture periodical)


Box 5 Folder 56 Journal of the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel (Handasa we adrikhalut), January, 1960

Monument to Auschwitz victims, competition entry, pages 32-34 (Hebrew language periodical, with limited English) (3 copies)


Box 5 Folder 57 Journal of the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel (Handasa we adrikhalut), vol. 18, no. 1-2, January-February, 1960

Bat Yam (photograph of model), page 34 (Hebrew language periodical, with limited English)


Box 5 Folder 58 Casabella continuita, rivista internazionale di architettura e urbanistica, vol. 11, no. 245, November, 1960

Boulogne sur Seine, page 17 (includes copies of the excerpt) (Italian language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 1 Journal of the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel, vol. 20, no. 2, February, 1962

Results for the competition for the municipality building in Beer-Sheba, which Neumann may have entered (pages 67-71) (Hebrew, English)


Box 6 Folder 2 L'Architecture d'Aujord'hui, vol. 34, no. 106, February-March, 1963

Village for Arab farmers at Ein-Raffa, page 59; Bat Yam city hall, pages 66-69; Arhziv vacation area, pages 94-97 (French language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 3 International asbestos-cement review, vol. 8, no. 4, October, 1963

Village for Arab farmers at Ein-Raffa, pages 19-23 (English language engineering periodical)


Box 6 Folder 4 Journal of the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel, vol. 22, no. 1, January, 1964

Natanya town hall competition, pages 12-16 (Hebrew language periodical, with limited English)


Box 6 Folder 5 Domus, architettura arredamento arte, vol. 411, February, 1964

Bat Yam, pages 14-18 (Italian language periodical with limited French)


Box 6 Folder 6 Review of the International Union of Architects, vol. 26, April, 1964

Arhziv holiday village, pages 16-20 (English and French language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 7 L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, vol. 35, no. 113-114, April-May, 1964

Bat Yam, pages 178, 180; El Al airport terminal, page 181 (French language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 8 L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, vol. 35, no. 115, June-July, 1964

Bat Yam, pages 70-75 (also contains excerpts from a conference on morphologic architecture) (French language architecture periodical with limited English)


Box 6 Folder 9 Architectural Design, vol. 34, no. 11, November, 1964

Bat Yam, pages 552-563 (English language architectural periodical)


Box 6 Folder 10 Progressive Architecture, March, 1965

Frontispiece featuring Bat Yam windows, page 130; Bat Yam and Arhziv, pages 166-171 (in reference to page 168, Neumann inserted a note in German) (English language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 11 Architectural Design, vol. 35, no. 4, April, 1965

Club Mediterranee, Arhziv, pages 193-197 (English language architectural periodical)


Box 6 Folder 12 Concrete quarterly, excerpt, April-June, 1965

Photograph of Bat Yam, page not given (English language engineering periodical)


Box 6 Folder 13 Domus, architettura arredamento arte, vol. 427, June, 1965

Faculty of mechanical engineering, Technion, pages 14-18; El Al airport terminal, pages 19-21 (Italian language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 14 L'Industria Italiana del Cemento, vol. 35, no. 8, excerpt, August, 1965

Bat Yam, pages 491-506 (includes copy of this excerpt) (Italian language engineering periodical)


Box 6 Folder 15 Queen, excerpt, October, 1965

Michmoret holiday camp, pages 100-101 (English language magazine)


Box 6 Folder 16 Saturday Review, January, 1966

Bat Yam, pages 22-23 (English language magazine)


Box 6 Folder 17 The Architectural Forum, excerpt, January-February, 1966

Ramat Gan housing block, page 79 (English language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 18 Architecture in Israel, vol. 1, January-March, 1966

Faculty of mechanical engineering, Technion, pages 34-43, 66-67 (Hebrew language architecture periodical, with limited English)


Box 6 Folder 19 Domus, architettura arredamento arte, vol. 436, excerpt, March, 1966

Natanya city hall, page 3, page not given (Italian language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 20 Life International, vol. 40, no. 5, March, 1966

Club Mediterranee, Arhziv, pages 11, 20-21 (English language magazine)


Box 6 Folder 21 RAIC Journal (Royal Architectural Institute of Canada), vol. 43, no. 4, April, 1966

Arhziv, page 53 (includes copy of excerpt) (French and English language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 22 Kokusai Kentiku, international review of architecture, vol. 33, no. 6, June, 1966

Ashdod city center, page 9-19 (also on cover) (Japanese language periodical with limited English)


Box 6 Folder 23 Arts and Architecture, vol. 83, no. 6, July, 1966

Natanya town hall, pages 12-13; faculty of mechanical engineering, Technion, pages 14-15 (English language periodical)


Box 6 Folder 24 Architecture in Israel, no. 3, July-September, 1966

Natanya city hall, pages 42-49 (Hebrew language architecture periodical, with limited English)


Box 6 Folder 25 Polytechnisch tijdschrift, vol. 21, August, 1966

Bat Yam, pages 702-709 (Dutch language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 26 L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, vol. 37, no. 128, October-November, 1966

Housing block at Ramat Gan, pages 26-27; Natanya city hall, page 28; Ashdod city center, page 29; synagogue project, page 30 (includes copies of the excerpts) (French language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 27 The Architect and Building News, vol. 230, no. 25, December, 1966

Housing block at Ramat Gan, pages 1083-1086 (English language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 28 Zodiac 16, a review of contemporary architecture (vol. 16), 1966

Natanya city hall, pages 140-147; Faculty of mechanical engineering, Technion, pages 148-159; also contains article Morphologic Architecture, pages 136-139 (English and Italian language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 29 Kenchiku Bunka, vol. 22, no. 243, January, 1967

Bat Yam, pages 170-171; Arhziv, pages 172-173; Faculty of mechanical engineering, Technion, pages 174-175; Natanya city hall, page 175; Ashdod city center, page 176 (Japanese and English language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 30 Landscape Architecture, vol. 57, no. 3, April, 1967

Arhziv, pages 202-203 (English language periodical)


Box 6 Folder 31 Bouwkundig Weekblad, vol. 85, June, 1967

Housing block at Ramat Gan, pages 206-212 (Dutch language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 32 Cement, vol. 19, no. 9, September, 1967

Bat Yam, pages 350-351 (Dutch engineering periodical)


Box 6 Folder 33 Werk, excerpt, October, 1967

Faculty of mechanical engineering, pages not given (German language art and architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 34 Space, vol. 13, no. 11, November, 1967

Photograph of Ramat Gan apartments, page 39 (Korean language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 35 Architecture, no. 80, November-December, 1967

Faculty of mechanical engineering, pages 863-869 (French language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 36 Holiday, vol. 42, no. 6, December, 1967

Ramat Gan housing block, pages 138-139 (English language magazine)


Box 6 Folder 37 Le Carre Bleu, excerpt, January, 1968

Ashdod city center, pages not given (French language architecture periodical)


Box 6 Folder 38 Bauen Wohnen, vol. 22, no. 2, February, 1968

Ramat Gan housing block, pages 50-51 (German language architecture periodical, with limited French and English)


Box 6 Folder 39 Life Atlantic, vol. 44, no. 3, February, 1968

Ramat Gan housing block, pages 47-53 (English language magazine)


Box 6 Folder 40 The Kentiku, architecture, a monthly journal for architects and designers, no. 94, June, 1968

Arhziv, Ashdod city center, page 17; Synagogue project, pages 20-21; synagogue in the Negev desert, page 22-23; school project in Beer-sheba, pages 24-25; faculty of mechanical engineering, pages 26-29; Bat Yam, pages 30-31; Ramat Gan housing block, pages 32-38 (includes copies of the excerpts) (Japanese language architecture periodical)


Box 7 Folder 1 Architecture Canada, excerpt, September, 1968

Photograph of Ramat Gan apartments, page 49 (English language architecture periodical)


Box 7 Folder 2 Domus, architettura arredamento arte, vol. 466, September, 1968

Ramat Gan housing block, pages 1-3; studies in polyhedric architecture, pages 4-5 (includes copies of second excerpt) (Italian language architecture periodical)


Box 7 Folder 3 Progressive Architecture, excerpts, March, 1969

Arhziv, pages 116-117; Michmoret holiday camp, page 117; Kiriat Yam youth camp, page 118; Bat Yam, page 119; Natanya city hall, page 120; synagogue in the Negev desert, page 120; synagogue project, page 121; faculty of mechanical engineering, page 122; Ramat Gan apartments, pages 122-123 (includes copy) (English language architecture periodical)


Box 7 Folder 4 L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, vol. 40, no. 144, June-July, 1969

Arhziv, Bat Yam, Ramat Gan, faculty of mechanical engineering, page VII (includes copies of the excerpt) (French language architecture periodical)


Box 7 Folder 5 Domus, architettura arredamento arte, vol. 476, excerpt, July, 1969

Synagogue in the Negev desert, pages not given (Italian language architecture periodical)


Box 7 Folder 6 L'Industria Italiana del Cemento, vol. 39, no. 8, excerpt, August, 1969

Faculty of mechanical engineering, pages 597-608 (Italian language engineering periodical)


Box 7 Folder 7 Israel Magazine, vol. 3, no. 3, March, 1971

Faculty of mechanical engineering, pages 4-8; Bat Yam, pages 8-10; synagogue in the desert, page 8; Arhziv, pages 10-11; Ramat Gan, pages 10, 12 (English language magazine)


Box 7 Folder 8 L'Industria Italiana del Cemento, vol. 41, no. 7, excerpt, July, 1971

Ramat Gan housing block, pages 481-494 (Italian language engineering periodical)


Box 7 Folder 9 Architecture in Israel, no. 2, August, 1971

Beit Zait holiday camp, pages 19-21 (English and Hebrew language architecture periodical)


Box 7 Folder 10 md (moebel interior design), excerpt, undated

Bat Yam, pages 45-48 (includes copies) (German, English, and French language interior design periodical)


Box 7 Folder 11 Selearchitettura, Segnalazioni Lettere il Mondo in Architettura, excerpt, undated

Bat Yam, pages 742, 747 (exists only as copies) (Italian language architecture periodical)


Box 7 Folder 12 Unknown periodicals, 1963, undated

Contains photographs and articles in periodicals and newspapers regarding Neumann's projects in Israel (English, Italian, Hebrew)


Box 7 Folder 13 Proportion, a measure of order, Spring-Summer, 1965

Exhibition catalogue, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University; Bat Yam city hall project cited with reference to Neumann's paper, L'Humanisation de l'espace, page 81 (English)

Subseries 2: Articles about projects (newspapers)


Box 7 Folder 14 Building Industry News, April, 1964

Bat Yam, page not given (English language architecture newspaper)


Box 7 Folder 14 The Jerusalem Post, February, 1965

Bat Yam, page not given (English language Israeli newspaper)


Box 7 Folder 14 The Jerusalem Post, March, 1965

Ramat Gan apartments, page 7 (English language Israeli newspaper)


Box 7 Folder 14 The Jerusalem Post, March, 1965

Note to the editor from Zvi Hecker refers to Neumann's projects, page 3 (English language Israeli newspaper)


Box 7 Folder 14 The Daily Telegraph, September, 1965

Photograph of Bat Yam, page 16 (British broadsheet newspaper)


Box 7 Folder 14 The Jerusalem Post Magazine, July, 1970

Synagogue in the Negev desert, page 9 (English language Israeli magazine)


Box 7 Folder 14 Bat Yam newspaper clippings (unknown newspapers), undated

3 clippings from the Jerusalem Post and other newspapers (English language Israeli newspapers)


Box 7 Folder 15 Achziv holiday village (Club Mediterranee), clippings, 1961, 1962

Contains 2 clippings from Israeli newspapers (Hebrew)


Box 7 Folder 15 Auschwitz memorial competition, clippings, undated

Contains 2 copies of a clipping from an Israeli newspaper or periodical (Hebrew)


Box 7 Folder 15 Bat Yam newspaper clippings, 1962, 1963, undated

Contains 13 clippings from Israeli newspapers (Hebrew)


Box 7 Folder 15 Dubiner House at Ramat Gan, clipping, undated

Contains 1 clipping from an Israeli newspaper (Hebrew)


Box 7 Folder 15 Faculty of mechanical engineering (Danciger building), Technion, clippings, 1966, 1967, undated

Contains 22 clippings from Israeli newspapers (Hebrew, 1 article in English)


Box 7 Folder 15 Jerusalem Gate, clipping, 1960s

Contains 1 clipping from an Israeli newspaper (Hebrew)


Box 7 Folder 15 Natanya city hall, clipping, 1967

Contains 1 clipping from an Israeli newspaper (Hebrew)


Box 7 Folder 15 Village for Arab refugees at Ein-Rafa, clipping, undated

Contains 1 clipping from an Israeli newspaper (Hebrew)


Box 7 Folder 16 Clippings regarding Danciger Building controversy, 1966, 1967, undated

Articles pertaining to the Danciger building controversy, of the faculty of mechanical engineering, Technion (mainly in the Jerusalem Post, one article in Jedioth Ghadashoth) (English, German, Hebrew)

Subseries 3: Articles about Neumann


Box 7 Folder 17 L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, vol. 38, no. 130, February-March, 1967

Articles discuss Neumann's research on space packing patterns, and Neumann's and Hecker's research on units arranged in special patterns, pages 24 and 25 (includes copies of the excerpts) (French and English language architecture periodical)


Box 7 Folder 18 La Terre Retrouvee, October, 1953

Interview with Neumann regarding the formation of a national architecture in Israel, page 7 (French language newspaper)


Box 7 Folder 18 Technion Review, vol. 8, no. 4, October, 1957

Article regarding the work of Neumann's students at the Technion, page 10 (English language periodical)


Box 7 Folder 18 Technion Review, vol. 9, no. 4, October, 1958

Short article refers to Neumann's thoughts on architecture education, page not given (English language periodical)


Box 7 Folder 18 L'Evenement, May, 1963

Article gives a brief background of Neumann's career, along with other professors of architecture at the Ecole d'Architecture, Universite Laval, page 8 (French language newspaper)


Box 7 Folder 18 Unknown newspaper, October, 1964

Article refers to Neumann's work on morphological architecture, page 29 (French language newspaper)


Box 7 Folder 18 Le Soleil, November, 1966

2 articles about Neumann's career, his thoughts on the evolution of architecture in Quebec, and the role of architecture in the modern world, pages 6-7 (French language newspaper)


Box 7 Folder 18 Le Soleil, February, 1967

Article gives Neumann's thoughts on Le Corbusier, page 23 (French language newspaper)


Box 7 Folder 18 RIBAJ (Royal Institute of British Architects Journal), June, 1967

Article refers to Neumann as being a practitioner of new trends in architecture, pages 244-246 (English language architecture periodical)


Box 7 Folder 18 The Gazette, April, 1968

Article includes biographical notes and refers to Neumann's role as a monumental figure in Israeli architecture and as an educator of the next generation of architects, page 21 (English language newspaper)


Box 7 Folder 19 Articles about Neumann (Hebrew), 1966, undated

Contains press clippings from Israeli newspapers, perhaps regarding the controversy surrounding the faculty of mechanical engineering building (Hebrew)

Series VIII: Artworks

The series consists mainly of drawings and sketches in various media, with a handful of oil paintings. Composed primarily of portraits and life drawings, the latter of which were most likely executed while Neumann was a student at the Deutsche Technische Hochschule. Also contains a self-portrait in oil, reproductions of artworks, caricatures, landscapes, figural drawings in the manner of Picasso, and non-figural drawings and watercolors. The works are listed according to subject matter and medium. Artworks not created by Neumann have been so noted.


Box 10 Folder 1 Self-portrait, 1920

Contains 1 self-portrait, age 20; possible student work (oil on board)


Drawer 199 Folder 59 Self-portrait, circa 1950s-1960s

1 drawing

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 10 Folder 2 Portrait of Neumann on his deathbed, 1968

Contains 1 portrait of Neumann on his deathbed, by Zvi Hecker


Box 8 Folder 12 Portraits, 1924, 1950, 1951, 1965, undated

Contains 27 portraits, in charcoal, chalk, pencil, pen, crayon, or watercolor (sitters include Eva and Naomi Neumann, Anni Sternheim; 2 drawings are possible self-portraits) (one drawing has notes in German on the reverse, 2 others have sketches on the reverse, or attached)


Box 10 Folder 3 Portraits in oil, 1921, undated

Contains 2 portraits in oil; possible student works (one has a Pompeiian mosaic design pattern on the reverse)


Drawer 198 Folder 9 Portraits in chalk, undated

Contains 4 portraits of women, in colored chalk


Drawer 198 Folder 10 Portraits, 1920, 1951, 1952, undated

Contains 26 portraits, in pencil, pen, crayon, pastel, charcoal, chalk, marker, or watercolor, some of which are possible student works (2 drawings have additional sketches on the reverse) (sitters include Naomi Neumann, Anni Sternheim, possibly Frence Grubner; 2 drawings are possible self-portraits)


Drawer 199 Folder 59 Portraits, 1921, 1923(?), 1944, undated

4 drawings (undated portrait possibly of Frence Grubner)

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 9 Folder 3 Drawings of Theresienstadt ghetto (Terezin), 1945

5 drawings

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 8 Folder 13 Life drawings, undated

Contains 25 drawings, in pen, pencil, charcoal, chalk, and watercolor (5 of which have additional life drawings on the reverse)


Drawer 198 Folder 11 Life drawings, 1920, 1921, undated

Contains 17 life drawings, in pencil, charcoal, and watercolor; most of which are probably student works (2 of which have additional life drawings on the reverse)


Box 9 Folder 5 Pencil drawing of baby Eva sleeping, circa 1963

1 drawing

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 9 Folder 2 Drawing of Naomi Neumann breastfeeding baby Eva, circa 1963

1 drawing

(Acq. 2022.003)


Drawer 198 Folder 12 Figural drawings in the manner of Picasso, undated

Contains 6 drawings of the human figure, in charcoal or crayon


Box 8 Folder 14 Drawings of miscellaneous figural subjects, undated

Contains 13 drawings, in pencil, pen, crayon, or chalk


Drawer 198 Folder 13 Drawings of miscellaneous figural subjects, undated

Contains 3 drawings, one of which possibly depicts Anni Sternheim, in charcoal or chalk


Box 8 Folder 15 Watercolors, miscellaneous figural subjects, 1914, undated

Contains 3 watercolors or gouaches (one of which, when unfolded, contains 2 additional watercolors)


Box 9 Folder 6 Watercolor drawings of (Quebec City?) house, circa 1960s

2 drawings (interior and exterior)

(Acq. 2022.003)


Box 8 Folder 16 Cityscapes and drawings of houses, undated

Contains 7 sketches in watercolor, pencil, pen, or charcoal


Drawer 198 Folder 14 Landscapes, undated

Contains 1 landscape and 1 cityscape, in watercolor or gouache


Box 8 Folder 17 Landscapes and trees, 1941, 1950s, undated

Contains 13 drawings, in pencil, pen, chalk, and pastel (3 of which have additional landscapes on the reverse)


Box 8 Folder 18 Non-figural drawings, undated

Contains 6 drawings in pencil, charcoal, or pastel


Drawer 198 Folder 15 Non-figural drawings, undated

Contains 7 drawings in pencil, pen, crayon, and pastel (2 of which have additional sketches on the reverse)


Box 9 Folder 4 Non-figural drawings, undated

2 drawings

(Acq. 2022.003)


Drawer 198 Folder 16 Non-figural watercolors, 1952, undated

Contains 5 abstract watercolors (one of which is matted and signed on the reverse by Alfred Neumann and Anni Sternheim)


Box 8 Folder 19 Caricatural drawings, 1925, undated

Contains 8 drawings, in pen, pencil, or charcoal (one of which has another sketch on the reverse)


Box 8 Folder 20 Possible child's drawings, undated

Contains 3 drawings in pencil and crayon


Box 8 Folder 21 Reproductions of artworks, undated

Contains photographic reproduction of a life drawing, likely a student work


Drawer 198 Folder 17 Artworks by Anni Sternheim, 1945, 1952, undated

Contains 6 life drawings and 1 non-figural drawing (all are signed with Sternheim's name or initials)


Box 8 Folder 22 Artwork by Janus K., 1945

Contains 1 watercolor or gouache of a tree


Box 9 Folder 1 Drawing by Naomi Neumann of Alfred Neumann in hospital, circa 1968

2 drawings

(Acq. 2022.003)

Series IX: Reference

The series is composed of materials Neumann may have used over the course of his researches on space packing, for his various articles, his book L'Humanisation de L'Espace: Le Système M-Phi, or for lectures. It contains architecture periodicals, newspaper and magazine clippings on architectural topics, photographs of Brno interiors, academic papers and articles, and the contents of seven slide boxes, which may have been used for Neumann's lectures. The first three slide boxes primarily contain photographs of Neumann's projects. The latter boxes contain personal photographs, images taken from published sources, and diagrams pertaining to Neumann's researches on polyhedral geometry, morphological architecture, and proportion.


Box 8 Folder 23 L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, vol. 9, no. 4, April, 1938

French language architecture periodical


Box 8 Folder 24 Techniques et Architecture, vol. 5, no. 3-4, March-April, 1945

French language architecture periodical


Box 8 Folder 25 Techniques et Architecture, vol. 5, no. 3-4, October, 1945

French language architecture periodical


Box 8 Folder 26 Kokusai Kentiku, international review of architecture, vol. 25, no. 9, September, 1958

Japanese language architecture periodical


Box 8 Folder 27 L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, insert, 1966

French language; regarding the death of Andre Bloc


Box 8 Folder 28 Architecture Canada (Journal RAIC), vol. 44, no. 4, April, 1967

English language architecture periodical, with limited French


Box 8 Folder 29 On the Climax-Vegetation of the Negev, with Special Reference to Arid Pasture Problems, 1949

Contains article written by H. Boyko and reprinted from the Palestine Journal of Botany, Rehovot Series (vol. VII); this article may have been used by Neumann over the course of his researches into climate and landscape in Israel (English)


Box 8 Folder 30 Survey of the current status of architectural research at US universities, January, 1959

Paper by Ezra Ehrenkrantz of the University of California, Berkeley (English)


Box 8 Folder 31 Development of the number pattern for modular coordination, flexibility through standardization, September, 1959

Paper by Ezra Ehrenkrantz of the University of California, Berkeley (English)


Box 8 Folder 32 Design with Sunrays: A New Technology of Art, July, 1965

Paper by P.K. Hoenich of the faculty of the Technion, given to Neumann by the author (English)


Box 8 Folder 33 Miscellaneous reference material (articles), 1959, undated

Includes article about the construction of theaters in Brno (architect B. Fuchs), article entitled Omodulor: Instrument of Proportion in the S.A. Architectural Record, and article on Frank Lloyd Wright (English, Czech)


Box 8 Folder 34 Miscellaneous reference material (clippings), 1967, 1968, undated

Includes magazine clippings pertaining to architecture, urban planning, interior design, and art; furniture advertisements; notices for books on the topics of dock and harbor engineering and heavy construction; an article in Le Monde regarding architectural projects of a Prix de Rome winner (English, French)


Box 8 Folder 35 Israeli press clippings, unspecified topics, 1961, 1963, 1966-1968, undated

Contains 72 clippings from Israeli newspapers; some clippings are stapled together or have notes attached (Hebrew)


Box 8 Folder 36 Pamphlets on morphological topics, undated

Contains pamphlets on the books Principes de Morphologie Generale by Edouard Monod-Herzen, and Aspects of Form, a Symposium on Form in Nature and Art edited by Lancelot Law Whyte; also contains program for lectures on morphological topics (French, English, German)


Box 8 Folder 37 Reference for architecture study, undated

Contains chart of various views of a residential building and worksheet with mathematical or architectural exercises (possibly intended for student work) (German)


Box 8 Folder 38 Photographs of interiors, undated

Photographs of interior designs and furniture of private homes in Brno (38 photographs)


Box 8 Folder 39 Photographs of buildings, undated

Contains 3 photographs of a building probably designed by Yona Friedman in Haifa, and 36 photographs of buildings under construction for Expo 1967 and Habitat Montreal, from an envelope labeled "expo in construction, Habitat"


Box 8 Folder 40 Igael Tumarkin, exhibition catalogue, 1965, undated

Includes exhibition invitation, pamphlet regarding Tumarkin's bronze sculptures (in English and Hebrew), and 8 photographs of sculptures


Box 8 Folder 41 Art reference (photographic negatives), undated

Paintings, African sculpture, art objects (negatives for 34 photographs)


Box 8 Folder 42 to 43 Miscellaneous projects (slide box 1), undated

Contains slides for Neumann's student and early projects (including Villa en Californie, Maison Bateau, and Groupe Scolaire at Boulogue sur Seine), Achziv holiday village, Mechmoret holiday camp, Kiryat Yam holiday camp, Bat Yam town hall, Natanya town hall, and Ashdod city center (consists of photographic reproductions of drawings, photographs of models, and photographs of the completed buildings)


Box 8 Folder 44 to 45 Miscellaneous projects (slide box 2), undated

Contains slides for Dubiner House at Ramat Gan, Village for Arab refugees at Ein Rafa, space packing projects (hotel and dormitories), and a painting (one slide depicts Alfred with Naomi in a Tel Aviv office) (consists of photographic reproductions of drawings, photographs of models, and photographs of the completed buildings)


Box 8 Folder 46 to 47 Miscellaneous projects (slide box 3), undated

Contains slides for the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (Danciger Building), Synagogue in the Negev desert, Jerusalem gate, synagogue project, Amsterdam town hall, El Al air terminal, Beit Zayit youth camp, and photographs of polyhedric models (consists of photographic reproductions of drawings, photographs of models, and photographs of the completed buildings)


Box 8 Folder 48 Frank Lloyd Wright (slide box 4), undated

1 (10 slides), 2 (17 slides), 3 (10 slides), 4 (13 slides); includes images of American architecture taken from published sources (possibly used for lectures)


Box 8 Folder 49 Round houses, animal houses (slide box 5), undated

1 (6 slides), 2 (4 slides), 3 (4 slides), 4 (15 slides), 5 (6 slides), 6 (3 slides), 7 (5 slides), 8 (5 slides), 9 (5 slides), 10 (6 slides), 11 (8 slides), 12 (5 slides); includes reproductions from books and National Geographic magazine (possibly used for lectures)


Box 8 Folder 50 Reference (slide box 6), undated

1 (6 slides), 2 (6 slides), 3 (5 slides), 4 (4 slides), 5 (8 slides), 6 (6 slides), 7 (4 slides); includes reproductions of paintings, reproductions from books, exteriors and interiors, possible travel photos, photographs of an architectural model (possibly used for lectures)


Box 8 Folder 51 Fejes Thot, MC Escher, St. Marco (slide box 7), undated

1 (4 slides), 2 (5 slides), 3 (12 slides), 4 (17 slides), 5 (9 slides); includes images of buildings, architectural drawings taken from a publication by L. Fejes Thot, photographs of architectural models, MC Escher artworks (possibly used for lectures)


Box 8 Folder 52 to 53 Boyd, Proportions, Polyhedra, M Phi (slide box 8), undated

1 (7 slides), 2 (13 slides), 3 (16 slides), 4 (15 slides), 5 (13 slides), 6 (16 slides), 7 (7 slides), 8 (14 slides), 9 (10 slides), 10 (8 slides), 11 (12 slides), 12 (7 slides); includes reproductions from books, geometric diagrams, perspective diagrams, drawings illustrating concepts of proportion (possibly used for lectures)


Box 8 Folder 54 Symmetry, interiors, structure, ornament (slide box 9), undated

1 (10 slides), 2 (7 slides), 3 (8 slides), 4 (7 slides), 5 (7 slides), 6 (7 slides), 7 (4 slides), 8 (14 slides), 10 (14 slides), 11 (14 slides); includes reproductions from books, geometric diagrams, images of insects, plants, animals, interiors, furniture, reproductions of paintings and sculptures (possibly used for lectures)


Box 8 Folder 55 Round houses, animal houses, square and transition houses (slide box 10), undated

1 (13 slides), 2 (8 slides), 3 (7 slides), 4 (7 slides), 5 (6 slides), 6 (8 slides), 7 (1 slide), 8 (8 slides), 9 (7 slides), 10 (8 slides), 11 (8 slides), 12 (7 slides); includes reproductions from books, architectural diagrams, landscape photographs, images of non-Western architecture, maps of villages (possibly used for lectures)