Collection inventory

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	Kaufmann, Edgar, 1910-1989.
Title:	Kaufmann Industrial Design Award Records
Inclusive Dates:	1931-1962
Quantity:	25.0 linear ft.
Abstract:	The Kaufmann Industrial Design Award was administered by the Institute of International Education and sponsored by the Edgar Kaufmann Foundation to give public recognition to accomplishments in all fields of design and to encourage enterprising design developments. The award was discontinued in 1967. The collection includes correspondence, published material, films, tapes, and photographs relating to design awards candidates.
Language:	English
Repository:	Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

Edgar Kaufmann, Jr. (1910-1989) was an American industrial designer, architect and artist. He apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright (1933-1934) and his father, Edgar Kaufmann, Sr., commissioned Fallingwater from noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1936. Among his other accomplishments, he was director of the industrial design department at the Museum of Modern Art (1946-1955) and worked to encourage uniform standards for industrial design education.

[Portions of this biographical sketch adapted from information found in the "People" section of the Industrial Design Society of America's website, http://www.idsa.org.]

The Kaufmann Industrial Design Award was administered by the Institute of International Education and sponsored by the Edgar Kaufmann Foundation to give public recognition to accomplishments in all fields of design and to encourage enterprising design developments. The award was discontinued in 1967.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Kaufmann Industrial Design Award Records contains material relating to candidates for the award from 1960-1962.

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Arrangement of the Collection

Material is subdivided by year and within that arranged chronologically by name of candidate. Duplicate material and oversize material is filed at the end of the collection.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

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Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

Special Collections Research Center has the papers of numerous noted industrial designers and related organizations. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.

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Subject Headings

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

Genres and Forms

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Kaufmann Industrial Design Award Records,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Finding Aid Information

Created by: [Summit record]
Date: 2001-01-01
Revision history: 5 Jun 2009 - converted to EAD (MRC)

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Inventory

	Awards candidates
		1960
Box 1			Albini, Franco
Box 1			Artex Studio and Alrar Aalto
Box 1			Bill, Max
Box 1			The Braun Co. and Hans Gugelot
Box 1			Clusellas Gerado (Argentina)
Box 1			Dreyfuss, Henry
Box 1			Eames, Charles
Box 2			Franck, Kai
Box 2			Jacobsen, Arne
Box 2			Juhl, Finn
Box 2			Konzern, Kahla (H. Loffelhardt)
Box 2			Knoll International Ltd. and Eero Saarinen
Box 3			Kovar, Zdenek
Box 3			Lindberg, Stig
Box 3			Loewy, Raymond
Box 3			Ponti, Gio
Box 3			Proure, Jean
Box 3			Rinascente compasso d'oro
Box 4			Rinascente compasso d'oro
Box 4			Sarpanera, Timo
Box 4			Le Signe d'or industrial
Box 4			Wadiraj, D. (India)
Box 4			Wagenfeld, Wilhelm
Box 5			Wegner, Hans
Box 5			Wirkkala, Tapio
		1961
Box 5			Albers, Josef
Box 5			Arnold, John
Box 5			Bayer, Herbert
Box 6			Belgiojoso-Peressutti-Rogers
Box 6			Bill, Max
Box 6			Black, Misha
Box 6			Breuer, Marcel
Box 6			Cranbrook Academy of Art
Box 6			Fuller, R. Buckminister
Box 6			Gropius, Walter
Box 6			Herlow, Eric
Box 6			Hochschule Fuer Gestaltung, ULM
Box 6			Institute of Design (Illinois Institute of Technology)
Box 7			Itten, Johannes
Box 7			Katvolos, William
Box 7			Kepes, Gyorgy
Box 7			Leeds College of Art (Basic Research)
Box 7			Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning
Box 7			Mies Van Der Rohe
Box 7			Nelson, George
Box 8			Pratt Institute (School of Industrial Design)
Box 8			Rigby, Ivan
Box 8			Royal College of Art, London
Box 8			Scholl, Inge Aicher
Box 9			Syracuse University (School of Art)
Box 9			Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia
		1962
Box 10			Alcoa
Box 10			Alcoa, Cupples Products
Box 10			Alcoa, Wear-Ever Products
Oversize			Alcoa exhibits
Box 10			Arabia
Box 12			Ar-Flex (S.P.A.)
Box 12			Braun, Max
Box 13			Braun, Max
Box 13			British European Airways (BEA)
			Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
Box 13				Materials List
Oversize 1				Materials list, oversize
Oversize 3				Design examples
Box 13			Container Corporation of America (CCA)
Oversize			Container Corporation of America, oversize (4 items)
Box 13			De Cirkel
Box 14			De Cirkel
Box 14			Facit Group (A.B. Atvidabergs Industrier)
Box 14			Fritz Hansens Eftfl
Box 14			General Motors Corporation (GMC)
Box 15			Gustavsberg
Box 15			IBM Corporation
Box 15			Kartell S.R. L.
			Knoll Associates, Inc.
Box 16				Knoll International, Inc.
Oversize				Knoll Associates, Inc. oversize (1 item)
Box 16			La Societe KORES
Oversize			La Societe KORES, oversize (1 item)
Box 17			La Mondiale
Oversize			Herman Miller, Inc. (1 item)
Oversize 1, 2			Olivetti and Co., S.p.A. (2 items)
Box 17			Orient Line
Oversize			Orient Line, oversize (1 item)
Box 17			Orrefors
Oversize			Orrefors, oversize (1 item)
Box 18			Penguin Books, Ltd.
Box 18			Pott, C. Hugo
Box 19			Venini, S.p.A.
Box 19			Wohnedarf

	Duplicate material
Box 20		Albini, Franc 1960
Box 20		Alcoa 1962
Box 20		Alcoa, Cupples Products 1962
Box 20		Alcoa, Wear-Ever Products 1962
Box 21		Arabia 1962
Box 21		Ar-Flex, 1962
Box 21		Artex Studio and Alrar Aalto 1960
Box 21		Bill, Max 1960
Box 21		Bill, Max 1961
Box 22		The Braun Company and Hans Gugelot, 1960
Box 22		Braun, Max, 1962
Box 23		Braun, Max, 1962
Box 24		CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) 1962 - list of materials
Oversize 2		CBS, oversize 1962 - list of materials
Box 24		Container Corporation of America 1962
Box 25		Container Corporation of America 1962
Oversize		Container Corporation of America 1962 (8 items)
Box 25		De Cirkel, 1962
Box 25		Dreyfuss, Henry, 1960
Box 25		Eames, Charles, 1960
Box 25		Franck, Kaj, 1960
Box 26		Fritz Hansens Eftfl, 1962
Box 26		General Motors Corporation (GMC) 1962
Box 26		Gustavsberg 1962
Box 27		Gustavsberg 1962
Box 28		Herlow, Eric, 1961
Box 28		Jacobsen, Arne 1960
Box 29		Juhl, Finn, 1960
Box 29		Knoll International, Ltd., and Eero Saarinen, 1960
Box 29		Kovar, Zdenek, 1960
Box 29		Leeds College of Art (Basic Research) 1961
Box 29		Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961
Oversize		Herman Miller, Inc. 1962 (2 items)
Oversize		Orient Line 1962 (1 item)
Oversize		Orrefors 1962 (4 items)
Box 30		Penguin Books, Ltd., 1962
Box 30		Ponti, Gio, 1960
Box 30		Proure, Jean, 1960
Box 30		Royal College of Art, London, 1961
Box 31		Sarpanera, TiMO, 1960
Box 31		Wegner, Hans, 1960
Box 31		Wirkkala, Tapio, 1960
Box 31		Wohnedarf, 1962

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