John W. Sugden papers, 1909-2009

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Sugden, John W., 1922-2003
Title
John W. Sugden papers
Dates
1909-2009 (inclusive)
Quantity
60 linear feet, (111 boxes, not including models)
Collection Number
ACCN 2720
Summary
John W. Sugden (1922-2003) was an architect and professor of architecture in Utah during the 20th century. Sugden studied at The Illinois Institute of Technology under legendary modern architects Mies van der Rohe and Ludwig Hilberseimer. Sugden worked on a variety of projects, ranging from local to international, and won numerous awards for his work. In addition to his professional work Sugden taught architecture at the University of Utah's Graduate School of Architecture for many years. The collection contains correspondence between Sugden and his clients and contemporaries; research materials on subjects that were of professional interest to Sugden; and architectual blueprints and drawings of the projects he worked on.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English, German, Italian

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

John William Sugden was born in 1922 to John and Roberta Sugden in Chicago IL, where John Sr. was attending medical school. Upon John's graduation, the Sugdens returned to their native Utah to raise their son. After graduating from East High School in Salt Lake City, J.W. Sugden moved to San Francisco to study Aeronautical Engineering. Sugden enlisted in the U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division soon after, and served on the front lines in Italy during World War II. After the war Sugden returned to Chicago to attend the Illinois Institute of Technology, where he studied architecture under legendary modern architects Mies van der Rohe and Ludwig Hilberseimer. He returned to Utah to practice architecture, becoming a member and eventual Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Sugden worked on residential, commercial, and industrial projects throughout Utah, the United States, and the world, emphasizing steel, glass, and simplicity in all of his designs. Together with his wife Jutta Alwang Sugden, John opened Studio JJ International, an acrhitecture and graphic design firm operated out of their distinctive "glass cube" home in Summit Park, UT. Sugden was a faculty member at the University of Utah's Graduate School of Architecture for many years, where he taught specialized studio classes on the design of high-rise buildings, the selection of architectual materials, computed-aided architectual design, and more. Sugden had a passion for art as well as architecture, creating large scale oil paintings (some on shaped canvasses of his own design), and intricate organic abstract drawings. Sugden died in 2003, leaving behind a legacy of distinctive, bold examples of modern architecture and design.

(Biographical information provided by Jutta Alwang Sugden and Anne G. Mooney.)

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This is a collection of materials from Sugden's professional life. The collection contains correspondence between Sugden and his clients and contemporaries; research materials on subjects that were of professional interest to Sugden; and architectual blueprints and drawings of the projects he worked on.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into 6 series based on content type:

  • Series 1, General Documents: consists of various documents from Sugden's personal and professional life.
  • Series 2, Projects: consists of documents related to specific projects that Sugden was involved with during his career.
  • Series 3, Oversize: consists of large documents that would normally have been arranged into into Series 1 or 2.
  • Series 4, Drawings: consists of large architectural drawings of various projects that Sugden was involved with during his career.
  • Series 5, Oversize: consists of large rolled documents.
  • Series 6, Models: consists of large architectural models built by Sugden and his students.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Jutta Alwang Sugden in 2012.

Processing Note

Processed by Michael Bills in 2013.

Separated Materials

Photographs were transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

I:  General DocumentsReturn to Top

This series consists of Sugden's personal files, correspondence, clippings, and subject files.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
J.W.S. School Work - Illinois Institute of Technology
Contains coursework, grades, and other materials from J.W. Sugden's time as a student at IIT.
1949-2001
2
Correspondence
Contains personal and professional correspondence, including a significant amount of correspondence related to the Hilberseimer 100+ symposium.
1973-1988
3
Correspondence by date
1950s-2000s
4
Clippings
Newspaper and magazine mentions of Sugden and the architects he followed.
1947-2007
5
High Rise Studio
Materials from Sugden's time teaching High Rise Studio, a course at the University of Utah's Graduate School of Architecture (GSA). Includes class preparation materials, student work, course evaluations, and general GSA materials.
1980s
6
Notes by subject
Sugden's handwritten notes and sketches, under his original subject headings.
7
Miscellaneous notes
General handwritten notes, sketches, and notepads.
8
Mies Van der Rohe research materials and clippings
1958-1986
9
Mies Van der Rohe periodicals
Periodicals with articles about Mies.
10
Mies Van der Rohe periodicals, colloquium materials
Periodicals, and materials from Mies Van der Rohe Colloquium
11
Ludwig Hilberseimer 100+ Symposium materials
Correspondence, printed material, financial records and other materials from Hilberseimer 100+ Symposium events.
1979-1983
12
Ludwig Hilberseimer 100+ Symposium materials
Correspondence, printed material, financial records and other materials from Hilberseimer 100+ Symposium events.
1979-1983
Subject Files: AB - Architectural Lighting
Box Folder
13 1
Abstract Design
13 2
Addresses, Etc
13 3
American Institute of Architacts (AIA)
1990s
13 4
AIA College of Fellows
1986
13 5
Anti-Architecture
13 6
Anti-Mormonism
1962
13 7
Arch: Dead File
13 8
Arch: Live File
13 9
Architect/Engineer
13 10
Architecture 302/402: Determinants of Architectural Form
Rice University, Professor Todd
1989
13 11
Architecture 535: Materials and Assembly
1990
13 12
Architectual Award Submission Materials
1966-1990
13 13
Architectural Lighting
1987
Subject Files: Architectural Materials - CRIT
Box Folder
14 1
Architectural Materials Pamphlets
14 2
Attoe, Wayne: "Excellent Studio Criticism"
1988
14 3
Bridges
1971-1979
14 4
Brownson-Murphy
14 5
Building Stone Magazine
1990
14 6
Alfred Caldwell
1990s
14 7
Cal Poly Ponoma
14 8
Franco Carpanelli Materials
1987-1991
14 9
Client Billing
14 10
Color References
14 11
Construction Costs
14 12
Constructio Document Reference Materials
14 13
Construction Notes
14 14
Council on Tall Buildings
1986-1992
14 15
CRIT: The Architectual Student Journal
1981; 1983
Subject Files: CURR - EUR
Box Folder
15 1-3
Curriculum vitae
1970s-1990s
15 4
Distinguished Professor Award
15 5
Earthquakes and architectual materials
1987-1992
15 6
Eastman
1986
15 7
Trip to Europe
1970
Subject Files: FAM - HOM
Box Folder
16 1
Famous friends
16 2
Famous friend list (correspondence)
1978-1998
16 3
Fellowship
1986
16 4
Fireplaces
1960s
16 5
Furniture Projects
16 6
Paul Goldberger, "The Limits of Urban Growth"
1982
16 7
Myron Goldsmith, "The Effects of Scale"
1977
16 8
Grant proposals
1986-1988
16 9
Dean L. Gustavson Associates
1957
16 10
David Haid, "A Discussion on Architecture"
1993
16 11
Gordon Hashimoto, "A Study of High-Density Mixed Use Development Projects and Office Buildings"
1985
16 12
Home EC: A Study in Affordable Housing Program Book ACSA/American Wood Council Design Competition
1991-1992
Subject Files: IMA - MAT
Box Folder
17 1
Images
17 2
The Images Publishing Group
1995-1996
17 3
"The Incompleat Architect"
17 4
Intermountain Contractor, 1966-67 Directory of Licenced Utah Contractors
17 5
Junk architecture
17 6
Kennecott Mine
17 7
Kitchen equipment (Ure house)
1970s
17 8
Joe Kirk, "Hangover and Other Experiments"
17 9
Paul Klee calendar
1978-1982
17 10
William J. Kockelman, "Reducing Earthquake Hazards in Utah: The Crucial Connection Between Researchers and Practicioners"
1990
17 11
Le Corbusier
17 12
Letters of reccomendation
1966-1979
17 13
L'Homme Et L'Architecture
17 14
Licenses and awards
17 15
Long spans
17 16
Malewitsch, Kasimer; "Suprematism"
17 17
Materials Convention Notes
Subject Files: MIA - STR
Box Folder
18 1
Miami-Carey sales materials
1968
18 2
Newman Brothers Inc. Econo Rail catalog
1986
18 3
Gregory D. Ninow, "Plotting with Surface"
1982
18 4
Office expenses - structures and JWS account
1960s
18 5
Paul Stevenson Oles, "Drawing the Future; A decade of Architecture in Perspective Drawings"
18 6-7
Pamphlets on architecture
18 8
Paris - La Defense: Framing the Axis for the 21st Century
1989-1990
18 9
Patents
1964
18 10
Walter A. Peterhans, "Fragment on Aesthetics"
1961
18 11
Plants for Utah conditions
18 12
Project and award submission materials
18 13
Project bidding matrials
1957-1960
18 14
Margaret Rapp, "The Construction and Deconstruction of Value"
1986
18 15
Signetics proposal
1985
18 16
Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill
1957
18 17
Jack Smith
1987
18 18
Snowbird slope studies
18 19
Soil engineering
18 20
Specification Notes
1960s
18 21
Structures Company Financial Records
1966
Subject Files SUG-UTA
Box Folder
19 1
Colleen Sugden
19 2-3
Sugden Thesis
19 4
3rd International Conference on Tall Buildings
1986
19 5
Timberhaus - estimates, calculations, equipment
19 6
Anderson Todd materials
1998
19 7
Treitel-Gratz Co. Presents Contemporary Designs in Stainless Steel
19 8
Tyler Grpahics, Ltd. Josef Albers, Stanley Boxer, Ellsworth Kelly art installations
1976
19 9
Untitled architectural manuscript
Author unknown, possibly Sugden.
19 10
Urban Housing: Otis Elevator International Student Design Competition
1992
19 11
Tenure review
1972-1990
19 12
University of Utah contract and employment materials
19 13
University of Utah Retirement/Professor Emeritus materials
1994
Subject Files UTA-WRI
Box Folder
20 1
Graduate School of Architecture (University of Utah)
20 2
University of Utah Bullitin, 1969-1970 College of Fine Arts
20 3
Utah architecture publications
1954-1991
20 4
University of Utah, scholarship and grant materials
1971
20 5
Utilities
20 6
Violet-le-Duc articles
1980
20 7
Peter C. Von Seidlein, "Munich's Architecture"
1972
20 8
Waldemer P. Read, "What Freedom is Found in the Local Culture?"
20 9
Warped grid documentation
20 10
Wind Loads
1972
20 11
Wind Mills
1979
20 12
Frank Lloyd Wright
1959-1960
21
Subject Files A-Z
This box contains materials filed by Sugden in alphabetical order.
1970s-1980s

II:  ProjectsReturn to Top

This series consists of files kept by Sugden concerning specific projects he worked on during his career. Files contain correspondence, research material, financial documents, and other documents related to the project. The names used are the names that Sugden used to refer to the project, and may not reflect the actual name of the finished product. Addtionally, no distinction has been made between different projects done for the same owner or site- for example, Sugden worked on various Alta Lodge buildings, additions, and remodels over the course of several decades, but typically filed everything under simply "Alta Lodge."

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
22
Alta Lodge
This box contains correspondence, estimates, drawings, and other material related to several Alta Lodge projects that Sugden worked on over the years.
1959-1964
23
Alta Lodge
1960-1974
24-25
Makoff
These boxes contain materials related to a variety of residential and commercial projects Sugden worked on for the Makoff family, owners of several Salt Lake City clothing stores in the 20th century.
1960s
26
Siegel
This box contains materials related to residential projects Sugden worked on for Dan Siegel.
1960s-1980s
Specifications: ALT-BOU
Box Folder
27 1
Alta Lodge, addition
27 2
Alta Lodge, addition
27 3
Alta Lodge, kitchen addition
27 4
Carter Ballinger residence
27 5
Balsam Motel
27 6
Clinton Barker residence
27 7
John Bateman residence
27 8
Bountiful Gardens
Specifications: CAP-GOV
Box Folder
28 1
Capri Plex/Capri Park
28 2
Doctor's Medical Building
28 3
Driver's License Testing Facility State Fair Grounds
28 4
Ferron Public School Building Number 5
28 5
Peter Gibbs mountain cabin
28 6
Governors residence (Virginia and Fairfax)
Georgius Cannon, architect.
Specifications: LYN-PHI
Box Folder
29 1
Lyndy's
29 2
Lynn Lott
29 3
Makoff Company (Cottonwood Mall)
29 4
Salt Lake County Water Conservation District Office
29 5
Dan Siegel residence
29 6
Unknown project
29 7
Thomas R. Van Wagoner residence
29 8
Phillip Winder residence
Projects: AND-DRI
Box Folder
30 1
W.H. Anderson sauna additon
30 2
W.H. Anderson Jr. residence
1982
30 3
W.H. Anderson
30 4
Anderson residence, construction
30 5
Airport
1954
30 6
Balsam Motel, Brighton Utah
circa 1958
30 7
John Bateman residence
circa 1965
30 8
Bateman residence bids
30 9
Beaver Creek Ranch
1969
30 10
Bluff
30 11
Canadian Towers
30 12
Cecret Lake subdivision
30 13
Deep Powder House
1964
30 14
Dolly's
1974-1975
30 15
Driver's License Building Remodel
30 16
Utah State Driver's License Testing Facility, improvements
1991
30 17
Driver's License Testing Fascility Contractor (financial)
1967
Projects: DRI-MER
Box Folder
31 1
Utah State Driver's Training Building - architectural and construction notes
1967
31 2
Dan Eastman residence, construction
31 3
Elk Ness residence, construction
1966
31 4
Emigration Canyon lot
1966
31 5
Peter Gibbs residence
31 6
Green River School
1955
31 7
Ron Harrison - Powder Mountain
1975
31 8
Old Irontown (Iron County, Utah)
1961
31 9
Job list
1959-1963
31 10
Kisling - Billing
1984-1985
31 11
2419 Kaywood House
1971
31 12
L.O. Leva Motor Company, financial and general materials
1966
31 13
Merrill Engineering Building, U of U INF facade design
1957
31 14
University of Utah Engineering Center (Merrill Engineering)
1957
Projects: MIM-ROS
Box Folder
32 1
Mimi Murray House
1978-1980
32 2
John Nyberg Residence
1987
32 3
Ogden Valley Branch Library
32 4
Parma
32 5
Pembrokes
1965
32 6
Regis Medicus
32 7
Regis Medicus Building
32 8
Dave Rose residence, notes and drawings
32 9
Rose residence
1966
32 10
John Rose residence - construction
1966
Projects: ROS-WAR
Box Folder
33 1
John Rose residence-Financial
1966
33 2
SACO Foods Office and Packaging Plant
33 3
SACO product display
33 4
Seagram Building
1956
33 5
John W. Sugden Studio
1963
33 6
Symphony Hall bid
1976
33 7
Roberta Sugden residence
1957-1960
33 8
Unknown project
In the state of Oregon.
33 9
Jim Ure residence
33 10
Jim Ure-Financial
33 11
State of Utah construction projects
1987-1989
33 12
Keith Warshaw Mall

III:  OversizeReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box Folder
34 1
Sugden and Wilson transparency
34 2
Heber City study
1995
34 3
SACO Packaging Plant materials
35 1
West South Temple: A Mixed Use Development District
1980
35 2
New York New York '82: Walking Tours of the Newest Commercial Development in Manhattan
1982
35 3
University of Utah Student Housing and the International Community
1970
35 4
Downtown Salt Lake City Second Century Plan 1962 1965 Progress Report
1965
35 5
General drawings

IV:  DrawingsReturn to Top

This series contains full-sized, rolled architectual drawings from various Sugden projects.

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
36 1
Ogden Valley Branch Library
36 2
Tomlinson
36 3
Cremer
36 4
Lakeshore Village
36 5
Taylor residence
36 6
Danish Rd
36 7
Saco Packaging Plant
37 1
Clinic
37 2
Cecret Lake subdivision
37 3
Nebeker residence
37 4
Lang residence
37 5
Parma Post Office
37 6
Oak Cliff Park
37 7
Brighton
37 8
Korner residence
38 1
Gibbs residence
38 2
Dolly's
38 3
W.H. Anderson
38 4
Harvard Avenue
38 5
Griffin and Duplex
39
Unlabled/Underlabled Drawings
40
Unlabled/Underlabled Drawings

V:  Rolled Architectural DrawingsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
tube
41
Unlabled/Underlabled Drawings
42
1st Study 21 Mod
43
400 Chapel
44
Alta Lodge
45
Alta Lodge
46
Alta Lodge
47
Alta Lodge
48
Alta Lodge
49
Alta Lodge
50
Alta Lodge
51
Balsam Hotel
52
Bateman
53
Beaver Creek
54
Boathouse
55
Bountiful Gardens
56
Bountiful Gardens
57
Capri Park
58
Computer Studio
59
Daniel Silver
60
Deep Powder Ski Shoppe
61
Driver's License Building
62
Driver's License Building
63
Echo Summit Ski Area
64
Jennings
65
Leo Fox
66
Lott
67
Lott
68
Makoff
69
Makoff
70
Makoff
71
Makoff
72
Makoff
73
Makoff
74
Muray house
75
Nobel residence
76
Nobel residence
77
Nobel residence
78
Nobel residence
79
Nyberg residence
80
Nyberg residence
81
Oak Hills
82
Plan Seria
83
Regis Medicus
84
Regis Medicus
85
Regis Medicus
86
Regis Medicus
87
Rehabilitation Center
88
Robinson residence
89
Saco Packaging Plant
90
Seigel residence
91
Seigel residence
92
Seigel residence
93
Seigel residence
94
Studio JJ
95
Studio JJ
96
Summerhays Restaurant
97
Timberhouse
98
Ure Residnece
99
Ure Residnece
100
W.H. Anderson Residence
101
Warped Grid Project
102
Warped Grid Project
103
General projects
Winder Residence, Old Iron Town Development, Green River School
104
General projects
Vetter-Stair, Flair Cleaners, Demeris, Leva Motor, Utah Tourist, Parkinson Residence

VI:  OversizeReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Large-format maps
tube item
105 1
New York, New York
circa 1970s
105 2
World
circa 1990
105 3
United States
circa 1970s
tube
106
Large-format artwork
Probably the work of Jutta Alwang Sugden.
Box
107
Oversize
SACO Drawings, Kahlid Salem Residence.

VII:  Architectural ModelsReturn to Top

Hand-built architectual models created presumably by Sugden and his students.

Container(s) Description
Box
108
Unidentified Architectural Model
109
Unidentified Architectural Model
110
Unidentified Architectural Model

VIII:  Oversize Map Case DrawingsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Folder
1
Alta Lodge 1
2
Alta Lodge 2
3
Alta Lodge 3
4
Alta Lodge 4
5
Bateman residence
6
Crestwood Apartment Building
7
Dan Siegel residence 1
8
Dan Siegel residence 2
9
Driver's License Testing Building
10
Gibbs residence
11
Makoff family projects
12
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Laughlin residence
13
Mr. and Mrs. James Ure residence
14
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rose residence
15
Nobel residence
16
SACO Packaging Plant and Office Building
17
Studio JJ
18
Walker
19
Warped grid
20
General projects
Regis Medicus, Dan Eastman residence, Green River School, Mimi Muray residence, Merrill Engineering
21
General art
22
Unlabled

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Architecture--Utah

Personal Names

  • Sugden, John W., 1922-2003--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

  • Architectural drawings
  • Blueprints
  • Correspondence