Victor Gruen papers, 1903-1980

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Gruen, Victor, 1903-1980.
Title
Victor Gruen papers
Dates
1903-1980 (inclusive)
Quantity
60.95 cubic ft. (73 boxes)
Collection Number
05809
Summary
The papers of Victor Gruen, architect and designer of the modern-day shopping center (mall).
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Languages
English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Victor Gruen (1903-1980) was born Victor David Gruenbaum in Vienna, Austria. He worked as an architect in Austria, Germany, and Czechoslovakia from 1929-1938, when he then emigrated to the U.S. to escape World War II. He first worked as a set and store designer in New York City. He established Victor Gruen Associates in 1939, one of the nation's leading architectural, planning, and engineering firms. Gruen Associates designed the first regional shopping center, the Northland Shopping Center in Detroit in 1954 and the first fully enclosed shopping center, Southdale Shopping Center near Minneapolis in 1956. His firm also worked extensively on urban center revitalization. Gruen retired in 1967 and wrote on urban planning and urban sprawl, including "Shopping Towns, USA" (1960), "The Heart of Our Cities" (1964) and "Centers for the Urban Environment" (1973).

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Collection contains materials relating to Gruen's architectural career, including speeches and articles written by Gruen on shopping centers, urban renewal, area planning, and architecture; newspaper and magazine clippings; professional correspondence; the galleys, manuscripts, photographs, correspondence, and reviews of "Shopping Towns USA," "The Heart of Our Cities" and "Centers for the Urban Environment;" and project files and booklets produced by Victor Gruen Associates describing various projects. The Collection also contains photographs and negatives of Gruen and his projects. Some film and audiotapes of programs, speeches, and interviews relating to Gruen are also present.

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Victor Gruen papers, 05809, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

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Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~109~109.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Related Materials

The Manuscripts Division of the Library of Congress, Washington D.C., also holds a collection of Victor Gruen papers.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from the Victor Gruen Center for Environmental Planning (1974-1984), the Southern California Institute of Architecture (1987-2000), Susanna Baird (1996), and Kemija Gruen through the U.S. Library of Congress (2021).

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Emily Christopherson in October 2013 and updated by Jamie J. Greene in November 2023.

Portions of this collection were digitized in 2003, 2006, and 2012.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I. Professional files, 1903-1980Return to Top

Arranged alphabetically. Contains files relating to Gruen's career as an architect. Includes biographical files, correspondence, publicity files, research materials, and other administrative files.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
54
Address cards and contact information
 undated
10
Biographical information
 1903-1980
10
Biographical information - awards and certificates
 1968-1973, undated
10
Biographical information - Gruen's curriculum vitae (CV)
 undated
52
Biographical information - Gruen's curriculum vitae (CV)
 undated
10
Biographical information - listing of work
 undated
10
Biographical information - manuscript by Susanna Baird
 1996
13
Book planning
 circa 1965
41
Books with references to Victor Gruen
 circa 1956-1968
49
Certificates and awards
 1948-1976
13
Citizens Committee of Chatsworth Land Use Plan
 1972
13
Committee of 100 on Federal City
 1966
7
Correspondence - AMC courses
 1955
7
Correspondence - American Institute of Architects (AIA)
 1959
7
Correspondence - Antwerp
 1970
7
Correspondence - Architectural Record
 1959-1962
7
Correspondence - articles
 1957-1966
7
Correspondence - article - "Revue Urbanisme"
 1967
7
Correspondence - article - American Review
 1962
7
Correspondence - article requests
 1965-1966
7
Correspondence - Beverly Hills Beautification Committee
 1964-1967
7
Correspondence - Business Week
 1959
8
Correspondence - Centers book
 1969
8
Correspondence - Chain Store Age
 1968
8
Correspondence - Claudia Moholy-Nagy
 1970
8
Correspondence - clippings
 1960
8
Correspondence - condolence letters to Kemija (Gruen's wife)
 1980
8
Correspondence - Europe
 1967
8
Correspondence - FHA fees
 1964
8
Correspondence - "famous" people
 1969
8
Correspondence - foreign
 1969
8
Correspondence - Fortune magazine
 1962
8
Correspondence - Grand Central AIA Subcommittee
 1961
8
Correspondence - Guttman
 1958
8
Correspondence - Harvard Conference
 1959
8
Correspondence - inaugural finance committee
 1961
8
Correspondence - India trip
 1963
8
Correspondence - interesting tidbits
 1970
8
Correspondence - interesting
 1969-1971
8
Correspondence - interoffice memos
 1967-1968
8
Correspondence - invitation - Brussels
 1967
8
Correspondence - Kalamazoo, Michigan
 1956-1957
8
Correspondence - Kooperativa Foerbundet
 1966-1967
8
Correspondence - Lady Bird Johnson
 1965-1966
8
Correspondence - L'Institut d'Amenagement
 1966
8
Correspondence - Look magazine
 1964
8
Correspondence - Louvain
 1967-1970
8
Correspondence - magazines
 1960
8
Correspondence - Mahony
 1959
8
Correspondence - malls
 1959-1961
7
Correspondence - miscellaneous
 1959-1976
8
Correspondence - miscellaneous
 1970
10
Correspondence - miscellaneous
 undated
8
Correspondence - New Cities
 1965-1967
8
Correspondence - New School
 1960
8
Correspondence - newspaper
 1959
8
Correspondence - NRDGA
 1957
8
Correspondence - passports and visas
 1953-1966
8
Correspondence - photograph
 1959
8
Correspondence - publicity - American Municipal Association
 1963
8
Correspondence - publicity - Rochester AIA
 1963
8
Correspondence - Richard Nixon
 1968-1969
8
Correspondence - selected letters
 1964-1966
8
Correspondence - Shopping Towns, USA
 1958-1967
8
Correspondence - speeches
 1947-1956, 1965
8
Correspondence - Sybil Moholy-Nagy
 1969-1970
8
Correspondence - UCLA Urban Design Panel
 1967
8
Correspondence - Victor Gruen Foundation - establishment of
 1969-1973
8
Correspondence - Victor Gruen Foundation
 1969
8
Correspondence - Washington-Mackey promotion
 1964
Correspondence:
Box Folder
65
Condolences
 1965-1969
65
General - Austria
 1967-1971
65
General - Belgium
65
General - Denmark
 undated
65
General - England
 February 10, 1961
65
General - France
 1961
65
General - Germany
 undated
65
General - Holland
 1964
65
General - Italy
 1935
65
General - Spain
 undated
65
General - Sweden
 October 31, 1950
65
General - Switzerland
 1959-1978
65
General - United States
 1975
65
Interoffice
 1952-1979
65
Partners
 1953
65
Personal
 1962-1968
65
Udall, Steward L.
 undated
65
Vice Presidents
 1969-1971
Box
13
Downtown
 1962
13
Financial files
 1962-1968
64
Framed cover of Engineering News-Record featuring Gruen
 1967
13
Frankl's speech - Germany
 1968
13
Fresno film
 1969
13
Germany
 1966-1968
13
Jean Lowe - North American Newspaper Alliance
 1948-1962
13
Legal files
 1966-1970
13
Maintenance agreements and warranties
 1968-1971
10
Maps
 undated
11
Memberships and conferences
 1941-1969
12
Memberships and registrations
 circa 1955-1969
12
Miscellaneous administration files
 undated
13
Need for planners
 1961-1962
13
New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce
 1960
11
Notes
 1970-1975, undated
13
Planning
 1955-1957
13
Population
 circa 1960-1961
13
Princeton
 1965
9
Publicity - public relations
 1962
9
Publicity - fact sheet and publicity release
 1959
9
Publicity - Harvard Business Review article
 1962
10
Publicity - miscellaneous
 undated
9
Publicity - news release
 1972
9
Publicity - newspaper and magazine clippings
 1948-1979
49
Publicity - newspaper and magazine clippings
 1964, 1980, undated
14
Reports
 1967-1970
13
Report on malls
 1970
15
Research materials (published writings not by Gruen)
 1953-1978
49
Research materials - Architectural Review
 1938
13
Robert C. Weaver speech
 1967
13
Rosenthal - city council
 1948-1954
13
Schizophrenia in city planning
 1969
13
Senator Joseph Tydings
 1965
10
Social events
 1975-1976
Subject Files:
Box Folder
65
American Institute of Architects
 1966-1967
65
Awards, Certificates, Licenses - General
 March 1970
65
Citizens' Committee for International Development
 1968
65
Environment Cartoons
 undated
65
Citizens Committee for music education in the schools
 August 11, 1966
65
Confectionaries
 1933-1945
65
Conferences - Environmental planning conference, Alpbach, Austria CA. May 1973
 1971-1974
65
Financial Records - Gruen and Krymmeck
 February 7, 1964
65
Financial Records - Personal
 1965-1966
65
Financial Records - Sunset Heights Partnership
 undated
65
Financial Records - Victor Gruen Companies
 1968-1970
65
"Good Design" Exhibit, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Il.
 1969-1970
65
Gruen v. Architekten komitee fur aktive standes vertre tuhg
 1973-1978
65
Indexes of Reprints
 June 4, 1976
65
International Association "Town-Planning and Distribution"
 undated
65
Klimt, Gustav, Painting "Schloss Kammer II"
 1935-1937
65
Larry Smith & Company
 1966-1967
65
"Listing of projects and clients in Europe"
 1975-1979
65
Lucas, John
 1971-1973
65
Margaretengurtel Housing Project
65
People to People
 1967
65
Refugee Artists Group
 1955-1970
65
Reports
 1964-1966
65
Sabinson, Lee S.
 Summer 1966
65
Shopping Centers Lists
 May 29, 1967
65
Steed, Wickham
 undated
65
Time and Expense Records
 undated
65
Transportation
 1967-1968
66
Travel Records
 undated
66
Victor Gruen Foundation for Environmental Planning
 April 16, 1965
66
Victor Gruen Planning Und Architektur AG
 undated
66
Viktor Grunmaum Architectural Practice (Vienna, Austria)
66
Victor Gruen International
 1967-1970
66
Weisskoff, Victor
 1967-1968
66
Zentrum Fur Umweltplanung, Vienna, Austria
 May 4, 1970
Box
13
Television programs
 1955-1967
13
Urban affairs
 1970
13
Urban renewal planning
 1957-1973
55
Victor Gruen architectural stamps and seals
 undated
40
Victor Gruen Associates - 1956 Projects
 1956
40
Victor Gruen Associates - Architectural Planning Engineering (book)
 undated
13
Victor Gruen Associates - bylaws and minutes
 1966-1968
13
Victor Gruen Associates - centers questionnaire
 undated
13
Victor Gruen Associates - financial
 1960-1969
13
Victor Gruen Associates - formation
 circa 1968
52
Victor Gruen Associates - informational booklets
 undated
13
Victor Gruen Associates - partnership agreements
 1956-1959
40
Victor Gruen Associates - Planning Philosophy
 undated
38
Victor Gruen Associates - quotations from books and magazines about
 circa 1964-1967
13
Victor Gruen Associates - Vienna office opening
 1967
13
Victor Gruen Associates - weekly working records
 1969
35
Victor Gruen Center for Environmental Planning - list of library contents in Vienna office
 undated
13
Victor Gruen Foundation
 1968-1969
13
Victor Gruen Foundation - legal
 circa 1968-1969
13
Victor Gruen Foundation - New Year's message
 1972
13
Victor Gruen Foundation - news clippings
 1970
13
Victor Gruen Foundation - original setup
 undated
13
Victor Gruen Foundation - prospectus and news
 undated
35
Victor Gruen Foundation for Environmental Planning annual report
 1972
39
Victor Gruen Foundation for Environmental Planning - list of available reports
 1968-1970
35
Victor Gruen portfolio book
 circa 1951
13
"What Do We Do When Peace Breaks Out?"
 undated
13
"What Is Planning?"
 undated

Series II. Project files, 1949-1975Return to Top

This series is divided into two sub-series: United States and International. Contains files relating to the various projects worked on by Gruen and his architectural firms. Primarily contains booklets and portfolios describing each project, printed by Gruen's architectural firm. Some blueprints, drawings, and project notes are also included. Project types on which Gruen focused include shopping centers, urban center revitalization, and residential and community planning.

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. United States
Arranged alphabetically by project type; within project type, arranged by state.
1949-1975
Box
20
List of projects by city
 undated
14
List of projects
 1959-1969
20
List of Victor Gruen Associates projects
 circa 1950-1968
35
List of Victor Gruen Associates projects
 undated
16
Banks - City National Bank
 undated
45
Banks - Citizen's National Bank (Riverside, CA)
 1958
42
Banks - Colorado National Bank (Denver, CO)
 1959
51
Blueprints
(Digital copies are not a complete representation of what is in this box)
 1968-1969, undated
14
Blueprints
(Digital copies are not a complete representation of what is in this box)
 undated
16
Blueprints - Monza
 undated
66
Boston, Mass. - Central Business District
 March 19, 1969
44
City and comprehensive planning (Alhambra, CA)
 1965
23
City and comprehensive planning (Buena Park, CA)
 1962
23
City and comprehensive planning (Calabasas, CA)
 1959, 1966
23
City and comprehensive planning - Verdugo Mountains (Glendale, CA)
 1969
45
City and comprehensive planning (Monrovia, CA)
 1965
23
City and comprehensive planning (Oxnard, CA)
 1961
50
City and comprehensive planning (Oxnard, CA)
 1962
24
City and comprehensive planning (Stanton, CA)
 1964
53
City and comprehensive planning (Dubuque, IA)
 1965
53
City and comprehensive planning (Lockport, NY)
 1961
22
City and comprehensive planning (Norton, OH)
 1967
21
Civic facilities - Guarenas Country Club
 undated
16
Civic facilities - Redondo Beach Civic Center (CA)
 1963
23
Civic facilities - Kern County State College (Bakersfield, CA)
 1965
45
Civic facilities - Uptown Club (Los Angeles, CA)
 undated
24
Civic facilities - Performing Arts Exhibit Hall Complex (San Bernardino, CA)
 1969
21
Civic facilities - Evansville Museum (Evansville, IN)
 1960
21
Civic facilities - Maryland State Office Complex (Baltimore, MD)
 1969
21
Civic facilities - JFK Civic Center (Lowell, MA)
 1967
22
Civic facilities - The Community Plaza (Syracuse, NY)
 1959
22
Civic facilities - Coliseum Gardens (Portland, OR)
 1963
50
Civic facilities - El Jardin race track (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
 undated
16
Civic facilities - National Visitors Center (Washington, D.C.)
 1966-1967
22
Civic facilities - National Visitors Center (Washington, D.C.)
 undated
16
Committee on a More Beautiful Capital
 1968
22
Department stores - Strawbridge and Clothier (Springfield, PA)
 1963
66
Edina, Minnesota - Southdale Center
 1968
16
Engineering
 1957-1967
16
Entertainment - Sea World - California
 1963-1965
16
Financial Plaza - Hawaii
 1966
66
Fresno, California - Central Area Development Plan
 1969
23
Harbor and coastline development (Huntington Beach, CA)
 1961
23
Harbor and coastline development - Cabrillo Beach Marina (Los Angeles, CA)
 1964
45
Harbor and coastline developments - East Bay Shore (San Francisco, CA)
 1962
21
Harbor and coastline development (Revere, MA)
 1962
22
Hospital and medical buildings - Southdale Medical Building (Minneapolis, MN)
 1958
43
Hospital and medical buildings - Winrock Medical Plaza (Albuquerque, NM)
 1965
21
Hotels - American Motor Inns
 undated
16
Hotels - Charter House (CA)
 1958
50
Hotels - Mart-Hotel (San Francisco, CA)
 undated
16
Hotels - White Winrock (NM)
 1963
66
Housing & Urban Development Department - New Cities U.S.A
 1966-1968
66
Housing & Urban Development Department - Urabn Transportation Proposal
 October 22, 1968
16
Housing - Fordyce House
 1963-1965
16
Housing - Santa Clara property
 1949
16
Housing - Serenity Heights
 1961
16
Housing - St. Paul's Towers
 1967
16
Housing - Park Westwood (CA)
 1959-1962
16
Housing - Sunset Heights (CA)
 undated
16
Housing - Wilshire Terrace (CA)
 1957
16
Housing - Wilshire-Comstock (CA)
 1962
16
Housing - MI Cove (NY)
 1962-1965
16
Housing - Whitney Estate (NY)
 1961, undated
16
Housing - Merrywood (VA)
 1966
50
Housing - Merrywood sketches (VA)
 1965
23
Industrial development - Alhambra Industrial Redevelopment (Alhambra, CA)
 1970
44
Industrial development - Alhambra Industrial Redevelopment (Alhambra, CA)
 1970
24
Industrial development - Technology Square (Pasadena, CA)
 1968
45
Industrial development - Rose Marie Reid (Van Nuys, CA)
 1961
16
Interiors - Merchants and Manufacturers Club
 undated
23
Land planning - Palos Verdes Research Park (Los Angeles, CA)
 1954
23
Land planning (Los Angeles county, CA)
 1975
23
Land planning - Indian Lands (Palm Springs, CA)
 1957
73
Los Angeles, California - California Mart
 1966-1967
16
Manufacturing - Rose Marie Reid (CA)
 1961
16
Medical facilities - Woodley Medical Center (CA)
 1958
16
Medical facilities - Winrock Medical Plaza (NM)
 undated
50
Merchandising Controls Store Design (booklet for Gruen and Krummeck)
 1949
16
Miscellaneous
 circa 1959-1963
43
New communities - El Dorado Hills (El Dorado County)
 1962
21
New communities - Litchfield Park (Phoenix, AZ)
 1963-1966
16
New communities - Calabasas (CA)
 undated
16
New communities - Laguna Miguel (CA)
 undated
23
New communities - Laguna Niguel (CA)
 1960
24
New communities - Valencia (CA)
 1968
21
New communities (MD)
 1965
21
New communities - Fairland/Beltsville (MD)
 1966
21
New communities - Germantown (MD)
 1966
16
New communities - Woodbridge (NJ)
 1964
16
New communities - East Island Community (NY)
 1961
50
New communities - Caruth Estates (Dallas, TX)
 undated
16
Office buildings - Victor Gruen Associates
 1957
16
Office buildings - Tishman Wilshire (CA)
 1957
23
Office buildings - Cahuengo Pass (Los Angeles, CA)
 undated
16
Parking - Manhattan Rim Garage (NY)
 1960
16
Parking - Midtown garage project (NY)
 1960
43
Parking structures - Tierpark System
 1961
23
Parking structures - Helistop (Los Angeles, CA)
 1959
22
Parking structures - Tishman Properties (New Hemstead, NJ)
 1960
25
Parking structures - Midtown Manhattan garage project (New York, NY)
 1960
22
Parking survey - Northgate (Seattle, WA)
 1950
24
Research study - Project 4334 (Southern California, CA)
 1966
21
Residential development - pre-built 2-story row house
 1961
23
Residential development - Verde Village (Calabasas, CA)
 1965
44
Residential development - Conejo Village and Ranchos las Posas (Conejo, CA)
 undated
23
Residential development - Wilshire Terrace (Los Angeles, CA)
 1958
23
Residential development - Wilshire-Comstock (Los Angeles, CA)
 1961
24
Residential development - Golden Gateway (San Francisco, CA)
 1960
24
Residential development - Park Westwood Tower (Westwood, CA)
 1961
21
Residential development - Charles River Park (Boston, MA)
 1964
43
Residential development - 900 Fifth Avenue (New York, NY)
 undated
22
Residential development - East Island/Welfare Island (New York, NY)
 1960-1968
22
Residential development - University Heights (Providence, RI)
 1963
66
Rochester, New York - Midtown Plaza
 1968
16
Shopping centers - play sculptures
 circa 1963-1966
16
Shopping centers - South Coast Plaza
 undated
21
Shopping centers - Mayvale Shopping City (Phoenix, AZ)
 1959
16
Shopping centers - California Mart (CA)
 1965
16
Shopping centers - Fox Plaza (CA)
 1966
16
Shopping centers - Hillsdale (CA)
 1959
16
Shopping centers - May Co (CA)
 1964
23
Shopping centers - South Coast Plaza (Costa Mesa, CA)
 1966
23
Shopping centers - Contemporary Home Center (Los Angeles, CA)
 1952
45
Shopping centers - Olympic Shopping Circle (Los Angeles, CA)
 circa 1950
24
Shopping centers - Riverside Plaza (Riverside, CA)
 undated
45
Shopping centers - Evergreen Mall (San Jose, CA)
 circa 1968
24
Shopping centers - Valley Fair Center (San Jose, CA)
 1957
24
Shopping centers - Bay Fair Center (San Leando, CA)
 1957
16
Shopping centers - Santa Monica mall (Santa Monica, CA)
 1965
16
Shopping centers - Old Orchard (IL)
 1957
16
Shopping centers - Randhurst Center (Mt. Prospect, IL)
 1962
42
Shopping centers - Randhurst Center (Mt. Prospect, IL)
 1962
42
Shopping centers - Lincoln Center (Urbana, IL)
 1963
21
Shopping centers - Broad Ripple (Indianapolis, IN)
 undated
21
Shopping centers - Glendale (Indianapolis, IN)
 1958
42
Shopping centers - Harundale Mall (MD)
 undated
16
Shopping centers - Mondawmin (MD)
 1958
16
Shopping centers - Northland Center (Detroit, MI)
 1950-1960
22
Shopping centers - Northland Center (Detroit, MI)
 1954
22
Shopping centers - Westland Center (Detroit, MI)
 1967
16
Shopping centers - Southdale (Edina, MN)
 circa 1956
22
Shopping centers - Brookdale Center (Minneapolis, MN)
 circa 1962-1966
22
Shopping centers - Rosedale Center (Roseville, MN)
 1969
16
Shopping centers - Crown City (MO)
 undated
16
Shopping centers - Barton's (NY)
 1952
16
Shopping centers - Midtown Plaza (NY)
 1959-1962, 1970
22
Shopping centers - Colonie Center (Colonie, NY)
 1960
43
Shopping centers - Midtown Plaza (Rochester, NY)
 1962
22
Shopping centers - Beverley Plaza (Columbus, OH)
 undated
16
Shopping centers - Plymouth Meeting Center (Plymouth Meeting, PA)
 1966
43
Shopping centers - Plymouth Meeting Center (Plymouth Meeting, PA)
 1966
22
Shopping centers - Montclair (Houston, TX)
 undated
22
Shopping centers - Warwick Shopping Center (Warwick, VA)
 undated
16
Sports Complex - Trotting Park (AZ)
 1967
16
Supermarkets - Black Horse Pike (PA)
 1956
66
Tantallon, M.D. - Tantallon on the Potomac
 1967-1971
66
Torrance, California - Del Amo Financial Center
 1967-1968
16
Traffic and transportation
 undated
24
Traffic planning - University of California (Santa Cruz, CA)
 1967
21
Transportation planning - Berlin Turnpike (Bridgeport, CT)
 1966
22
Transportation studies (South Plainfield, NJ)
 1966
23
Urban center revitalization (Anaheim, CA)
 1966
16
Urban center revitalization (Fresno, CA)
 1964
50
Urban center revitalization (Fresno, CA)
 1964
44
Urban center revitalization (Fresno, CA)
 1965
45
Urban center revitalization (Pasadena, CA)
 1966
24
Urban center revitalization (Redondo Beach, CA)
 1958-1969
24
Urban center revitalization (San Bernardino, CA)
 1968
24
Urban center revitalization (Sunnyvale, CA)
 1966-1967
21
Urban center revitalization (Boulder, CO)
 1967
53
Urban center revitalization (Bridgeport, CT)
 1967
21
Urban center revitalization (Miami, FL)
 1956
21
Urban center revitalization (St. Petersburg, FL)
 1957
21
Urban center revitalization (Honolulu, HI)
 1968
16
Urban center revitalization (Honolulu, HI)
 undated
21
Urban center revitalization (Indianapolis, IN)
 1967
21
Urban center revitalization (Boston, MA)
 1963-1968
42
Urban center revitalization (Boston, MA)
 1963-1968
53
Urban center revitalization - Gratiot-Orleans (Detroit, MI)
 undated
43
Urban center revitalization (Paterson, NJ)
 1968
42
Urban center revitalization (Woodbridge, NJ)
 1963
22
Urban center revitalization - Midtown Manhattan (New York, NY)
 1966
50
Urban center revitalization (Cincinnati, OH)
 1962
16
Urban center revitalization (Cincinnati, OH)
 undated
43
Urban center revitalization (Lancaster, PA)
 circa 1968
22
Urban center revitalization - Mountain View (Knoxville, TN)
 circa 1968
16
Urban center revitalization (Fort Worth, TX)
 1956
50
Urban center revitalization (Fort Worth, TX)
 1956
22
Urban center revitalization (Appleton, WI)
 1953
22
Urban center revitalization (Green Bay, WI)
 1967-1968
22
Urban sub-centers - Crown Center (Kansas City, MO)
 circa 1968
22
Urban sub-centers - Cedar Street redevelopment (New Rochelle, NY)
 1960
22
Urban sub-centers - Anacostia Urban Core (Washington, D.C.)
 1967
66
Valencia, California - City Center plan
 1967-1968
17
Washington, D.C.'s World Fair
 circa 1959
20
Washington, D.C. World's Fair
 1959
48
Washington, D.C. World's Fair
 1959-1964
52
Washington, D.C. World's Fair
 1964
66
Washinton, D.C - World's Fair proposal
 1970-1976
Sub-series 2. International
Arranged alphabetically by file name.
1950-1975
Box
18
Au Bon Marche
 1969
18
Au Printemps
 1969-1970
66
Antwerp, Belgium - City Center Revitalization
 June 26, 1970
66
Antwerp, Belgium - S.A. Brabo United N.V., Grote Markt
 1969-1970
66
Basel, Switzerland - Basel Land Shopping Center
 1969-1970
19
Belgium
 1956
66
Bern, Switzerland - Murifeld Shopping Center
 1966-1968
66
Bordeaux Region, France - Bordeaux Regional Area Commercial Center
 undated
18
Brabo United
 1969
66
Brussels, Belgium - Au Bon Marche
 1961-1962
19
Copenhagen, Denmark
 1968
18
Ducena N.V.
 1970
18
East Pakistan
 1965
19
Europe - various places
 circa 1950-1969
66
Eury, France - Ville Nouville d'evry Commercial Center
 1968-1970
19
Evry
 1968
18
Floridsorf, Austria
 1969
18
France
 1966-1970
19
French architectural projects
 undated
18
Glatt
 1969
18
Grand Bazar
 1969
66
Hamburg, Germany - Alster Center
 1965-1970
66
Hannover, Germany - Inner City Renewal Project
 1970
18
Innovazione
 1969
19
Italy
 1956
18
Jelmoli planning material
 undated
53
Kerngebiet Wien (Vienna, Austria)
 undated
66
Kooperativa Forbundet
 1966-1972
26
La Defense (France)
 1969
18
La Defense (France)
 1969-1970
53
La Defense Zone A (France)
 circa 1969
18
La Rinascente
 undated
18
La Tour Mont Parnasse
 1969
18
Lausanne
 1970
66
Liege, Belgium - Shopping Mall
 1968-1969
18
L'Institut
 1969
66
Louvain, Belgium - Universite Catholique de Louvain
 undated
66
Lyon, France - Part II Development Plan
 1967-1971
18
Lyon, France
 undated
66
Madrid, Spain - Centro Comercial de la Auenida Generalisimo
 1967-1968
18
Maus Freres
 1969-1970
66
Maus Freres S.A. - Lausanne - Ouchy, Switzerland, Project Vallee du Flon
 1967-1968
66
Maus Freres S.A. - General
 1970-1976
66
Maus Freres S.A. - Monthey, Switzerland Shopping Center
 1969-1970
66
Mendrisio, Switzerland - Shopping Center Proposal
 June 26, 1970
66
Monthey, Switzerland - Shopping Center
 1969-1970
66
Monza, Italy - La Rinscente Upim
 1969-1970
67
Namur, Belgium - Au Bon Marche Reconstruction
 1966-1968
67
Nantes, France - Prisunic
 undated
18
Neue Heimat planning material
 undated
53
New communities - Le Nickel (New Caledonia, France)
 1970
18
Nouvelles Galeries
 1969-1970
67
Olympia, Greece - Comprehensive Master Plan
 1961-1962
18
Paris correspondence
 1970
67
Paris, France - Au Printemps
 1968-1970
67
Paris, France - Bazar de L'hotel de ville
 1965-1970
67
Paris, France - Establissment Public Pour L'amenagement de la Defense
 1970
67
Paris, France - Tour Maine - montparhasse
 1966-1972
18
Pedestrian accessory transport
 1970
67
Port Boise, New Caledonia - new town plan
 1968-1969
18
Prisunic Paris
 1970
26
Project Weinerberger (Austria)
 1967
67
Salzburg, Austria - City Plan
 1970
19
Scandinavia
 1962
18
Shopping centers (Cologne, Germany)
 1966
26
Shopping centers - Glatt (Zurich, Switzerland)
 1968-1969
18
Shopping centers - Nantes
 1966
16
Shopping centers - Stratford-Broadway - England
 1963
19
Shopping centers - Valbo Shopping Center (Stockholm, Sweden)
 1966
26
Shopping centers - Ville D'Anjou (Quebec, Canada)
 1967
18
Shopping development (Stockholm, Sweden)
 1962
67
Societa Generale super mercati
 1970
19
Swiss corporation
 1969
18
Tehran, Iran
 1966-1968, 1975
67
Tehran, Iran - Comprehensive Concept development plan
 1967-1968
26
Tete Defense (Paris, France)
 1970
18
Trappes
 undated
67
Trappes, France - new town plan
 May 17, 1966
43
United Nations City (U.N. City)
 undated
18
Universite Catholique de Louvain
 1968-1969
25-26
Universite Catholique de Louvain
 circa 1968
26
Urban center revitalization - Ville Nouvelle d'Evry (Paris, France)
 undated
16
Urban center revitalization - The Rocks (Australia)
 1962
26
Urban center revitalization (Sydney, Australia)
 circa 1962
26
Urban center revitalization (Sydney, Canada)
 1964
26
Urban center revitalization (Toronto, Canada)
 1964
18
Velizy
 1969
67
Velizy, Villacoublay, France - Societe D'encomie Mixte D'amehagement du Plateau de Villacoublay
 1969-1972
18-19
Vienna, Austria
 1961-1970
26
Vienna, Austria
 1969
18
Vienna, Austria - inner city
 1970
67
Vienna, Austria - City Plan
 1968
67-68
Vienna, Austria - Donauinsel
 1967-1972
68
Vienna, Austria - Lassallestrasse Public Housing Project
 1967-1972
68
Vienna, Austria - Neuerrichteten Schule Fur Gymnastik und Tanz
 1924
68
Vienna, Austria - Perfume Bar
 undated
68
Vienna, Austria - Prebuilt Housing
 1935
68
Vienna, Austria - Schwarzenbergplatz 10/III
 1960-1961
68
Vienna, Austria - U.N. City
 1959-1989
18
West Germany
 1967
19
Wienerberger
 1968
19
Yugoslavia notes
 1957
19
Zurich, Switzerland
 1958
68
Zurich, Switzerland - Altstetten Shopping Center
 1969-1972
68
Zurich, Switzerland - Central Station Addition
 1969-1970
68-69
Zurich, Switzerland - Glatt Shopping Center
 1970

Series III. Speeches, 1943-1978Return to Top

Arranged alphabetically. Contains speeches by Gruen. Includes binders of speeches arranged by year, as well as speeches individually filed by topic and/or title.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
5
List of speeches given by Gruen
 undated
1
Speeches
 1943-1958
2
Speeches
 1958-1964
4
Speeches
 1943-1969
5
Speeches
 1947-1978
3
Speeches
 1965-1976
20
Speeches
 1969-1970
3
Speeches
 undated
20
Speeches
 undated
69
Speeches - International
6
"Ailing Hearts of Our Cities"
 1960
6
American International School - Vienna
 1975
6
"Anatomy of a City"
 undated
6
"Approaches to Urban Revitalization in the U.S."
 1962
6
"Architect and Urban Culture"
 1958
6
Architectural League
 1958
6
"Architecture and Urban Development"
 1958, 1960
6
"Arts, Architecture and the Man-Made Environment"
 1958
6
Associated Merchandising Corporation - New York
 1951
6
"Better Homes Need Better Towns,"
1961
6
Beverly Hills Greystone Estate Symposium
 1965
6
Boston - Urban Planning Conference
 1956
6
CBS interview
 1960
6
Cincinnati Enquirer
 1958
6
"City As Designed Structure"
 1961
6
"City Club of NY"
 1964
6
"Rebirth of the City Core"
 1961
6
"Cluster Versus String"
 1956
6
"Commercial Structures and the Architect"
 1956
6
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company - National Highway Program Symposium
 1957
6
Cooper Union
 1956
6
Copenhagen
 1968
6
"Design With Light"
 1950
6
"Desirability of Master Planning for the Central Business District of Miami"
 1956
6
Detroit Economic Club
 1956
6
"Environmental Architecture: A Team Approach to Design"
 1962
6
"Financing Shopping Centers"
 1953
6
"Future of Retailing Downtown"
 1961
6
Harvard Urban Design Conference
 1956
6
Harvard - Tobe lecture
 1957
6
"Heart of Our Cities"
 1965
6
Hershey, Pennsylvania
 1956
6
"Highways and the American City"
 1957
6
Hobart College
 1957
6
"How to Cook an Ideal Chopping Center"
 1963
6
"How to Live With Your Arch"
 1948
6
"Influence of Architecture on Home Furnishings"
 1950
6
Institute of Traffic Engineers
 1957
6
Landau Gallery
 undated
6
"Licht Und Schatten Der Europaeischen Grosstadt"
 1963
6
"Looking for Merchandising"
 1954
6
Lighting
 1949
6
London
 1957
6
"Main Street - 1969"
 1957
6
Memorial Art Galleries
 1955
6
Memphis AIA Awards
 1958
6
Metropolitan Committee on Planning METCOP - Columbia University
 1958
6
Metropolitan Regional Council Hearing
 1959
6
Miami - Central Business District
 1956
6
"Midtown Garage Program"
 1960
6
"Modernization for more Efficient Operation"
 1948
6
"Modernized Store Layout"
 1947
6
Mt. Holyoke
 1959
6
NRMA
 1959
6
National Citizens Planning Conference - Rockefeller
 1957
6
National Association of Building Owners and Managers
 1957
6
"New Forms of Community"
 1964
6
New School
 1958
6
"New Towns"
 1965
6
"New Trends on Branch Store Design"
 1950
6
"Northland Press Review"
 1954
6
"People's Architect"
 1963
6
"Philosophy of Urban Planning"
 1957
6
"Planning for Shopping"
 1955
6
Planning is Everybody's Business"
 1956
6
Pratt Institute
 1959
6
Project slides
 undated
6
"Regional Shopping Center"
 1963
6
"Relativity of Light"
 1950
6
"Renewing Cities for the Automobile Age"
 1957
5
Requests and requirements
 undated
6
Rochester Art Gallery
 1958
6
"Role of the Architect in Stimulating Better Urban Planning"
 1964
6
"San Francisco Planning and Housing Commission"
 1956
6
San Francisco
 1957
6
"Save Urbia for the Urbanites"
 1960
6
"Shopping Centers"
 1952
6
"Shopping Centers and Urban Development"
 1966
6
"Shopping Centers: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"
 1965
6
Shopping Facilities in Metropolitan Regions and in New Towns"
 1966
6
South Bay Board of Realtors
 1954
6
Stockholm Conference
 1969
6
"Survival of Urbanity"
 1965
6
Talk on public relations
 1949
6
Talk to associates of Gruen
 1962
6
Testimony of Gruen before the Joint Committee on Washington Metropolitan Problems
 1959
6
"Tired Hearts of Our Cities"
 1957
6
"Towards the New Urban Environment"
 1958
6
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
 1958
6
U.S. Conference of Mayors
 1960
6
"Urban Crisis"
 1956
6
"Urban and Housing Problems"
 1960
6
"Urban Planning for the Sixties"
 1960
6
Washington Building Congress
 1957
6
University of Texas
 1958
6
"What Can a Community Achieve?"
 1965
6
"Where Is Modern Architecture Taking Us?"
 1956
6
"Who Is To Save Our Cities?"
 1963
6
Women's Club of New York
 1958
6
Yale University
 1958

Series IV. Writings, 1930-1978Return to Top

This series is divided into two sub-series: Articles and Manuscripts.

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. Articles
Arranged alphabetically by file name. Contains articles written by Gruen, mostly in published reprint form. Some articles are filed by year, others are filed by title or subject.
1930-1978
Box
39
Master list of Victor Gruen writings
 undated
39
Index to articles written by Victor Gruen
 undated
39
List of Gruen and Krummeck publications
 1949
29
Articles
 1934-1953
47
Articles
 1947-1971
30
Articles
 1954-1958
64
Articles
 1955-1959
34
Articles
 circa 1956-1978
31
Articles
 1959-1962
34
Articles
 1960-1966
32
Articles
 1963-1967
33
Articles
 1967-1978
34
AIA Honor Award meeting address
 1955
27
Airports
 1957
28
"Aluminum in Modern Architecture"
 1958
34
American Society of Appraisers
 1962
34
"Anatomy of a City"
 1960
28
Apartment buildings
 1957-1961
28
Architectural and construction costs
 1955-1968
38
Architectural Record
 1967
34
"Architecture and Urbanism"
 1959
34
"Architecture of Community Expansion"
 1955
35
"Auto Autobiography"
 undated
27
Banks
 1958-1964
35
"Better Homes Need Better Towns"
 1961
34
"Changing Face of Shopping Centers"
 1960
28
Charter of Vienna
 1971
38
Charter of Vienna
 1971
34
"City and Landscapes"
 1955
34
"City in the Automobile Age" (included in Perspectives USA)
 1956
34
"City of Tomorrow" - New York's World's Fair exhibit
 1960s
28
Community and environment
 1958-1962
27
Community Plaza (Syracuse, NY)
 1959
38
Critique of "The Possible City"
 1967
28
Development of coastal and desert lands
 1961
27
Factories
 1961
34
For Inco magazine
 1961-1962
29
Foreign language
 1930-1975
34
"Future of Retailing Downtown"
 1961
34
"Future of Shopping Centers"
 1960
34
"Future of the Planned Shopping Center" (included in Advanced Retail Management)
 1957
46
Gruenbaum, Krummeck & Auer (series detailing the firm's projects)
 1938-1949
34
Herald Tribune
 undated
34
Herve Martin
 1967
34
Highway transportation
 1962
27
Hotels
 1958-1960
28
Housing projects
 1953-1965
34
"How Architecture and City Planning Help the People of Los Angeles Live the Full Life"
 1960
34
"How To Live with Your Architect"
 1948
34
"How To Sell Good Design To the Commercial Client"
 1960
34
"Interdependence of 'Man's Own Space' and the Urban Environment"
 1970
34
"Is the Mall Good For Downtown?"
 1959
34
"Lighting Today's Interior"
 1953
34
"Los Angeles' Downtown Problems"
 1959
34
"Man's Own Space in the City in the Year 2000" (included in Citizen & City In the Year 2000)
 1971
34
"Medieval View of Antwerp"
 undated
34
"New Forms of Community" (included in Who Designs America?)
 1965
34
"New Planning Philosophy"
 1959
34
"New York State Planning News"
 1963
35
"Pedestrian Areas in Town Centers and Their Connection With Main Transport Facilities"
 1966
27
Redondo Beach Civic Center (CA)
 1963
34
"Regional Shopping Centers and Civilian Defense" (regards Eastland)
 1950-1953
27
Restaurants
 1958
27
Retail and department stores
 1947-1965
34
"Role of Building and Construction Industry"
 1962
34
Saturday Review article
 1962
34
"Save Urbia For Urbanites"
 1959
27
Schools
 1955
34
"Shopping Centers in the U.S.A."
 1962
34
"Shopping Centers"
 1952
34
Shopping centers
 undated
27
Shopping malls - Cherry Hill (NJ)
 1962
27
Shopping malls - Eastland (Detroit, MI)
 1957
27
Shopping malls - Fox Plaza (CA)
 undated
27
Shopping malls - Midtown Plaza (Rochester, NY)
 1962-1963
27
Shopping malls - Northland (Detroit, MI)
 1954-1955
27
Shopping malls - Randhurst Center (Mt. Prospect, IL)
 1962
27
Shopping malls - Southdale (Edina, MN)
 1955-1961
27
Shopping malls (general)
 1943-1968
35
"Store Design in the Year 2000 A.D."
 undated
34
"Suburban Regional Shopping Center and Urban Core Area"
 1962
27
Supermarkets
 1955-1957
34
Transportation - NYC - urban planning
 1955-1959
28
Transportation
 1965
28
"Trip Behind the Iron Curtain"
 1964
34
"Urban Planning and the Automobile"
 1959
34
"Urban Planning For the Sixties" (included in City Problems of 1960)
 1960
28
Urban renewal and development - Boston, MA
 1959
28
Urban renewal and development - Detroit, MI
 1955-1956
28
Urban renewal and development - Fort Worth, TX
 1956-1969
28
Urban renewal and development - Fresno, CA
 1973
28
Urban renewal and development - Phoenix, AZ
 1965
28
Urban renewal and development - Valencia, CA
 1966-1969
28
Urban renewal and development - Vienna, Austria
 1964, 1974
28
Urban renewal and development
 1955-1969
28
Urban renewal
 1957-1974
28
Victor Gruen and Victor Gruen Associates
 1960-1966
27
World's Fair (Washington, D.C.)
 1959
Sub-series 2. Manuscripts
Arranged alphabetically by file name. Contains manuscript files of books and other writings by Gruen. Includes drafts, notes, and other research materials.
1949-1975
Box
69
"Adolf Loos Gestorben"
38
Architecture is Everyone's Business
 1949
39
Art in the Human Environment (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
Automobile Age (notes and research materials)
 undated
69
Autobiographies
 1933
35
Book planning
 1962
38
California State Plan
 1967
38
Centers For the Urban Environment (notes, manuscripts, and correspondence)
 circa 1967-1972
39
Changing Face of Transportation (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
City and Anti-City (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
City At Its Best (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
City At Its Worst (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
City of the Future (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
Crisis of the American City (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
Cult of Sameness (notes and research materials)
 undated
69
Das Uberleben Der Stadte; Wege Aus Der Umweltkrise; Zentren Als Urbane Brennpunkte, 1973
 1971-1978
69
"Das Umweltkabarett"
 1973
69
"Die Grobstadt Von Morgan Ein Spaziergang Durch Die Stadt der Zukunft"
 1972-1976
69
Dynamic Planning for Retail Areas
 1930
38
False Friends of the City
 1960
39
Future of Public Transportation (notes and research materials)
 undated
34
Heart of Our Cities: The Urban Crisis: Diagnosis and Cure (published book)
 1964
20
Heart of Our Cities (original manuscript)
 undated
35-36
Heart of Our Cities (manuscripts, notes, reviews, and correspondence)
 1962-1973
69
The Heart of our Cities. The Urban Crisis; Diagnosis and Cure
 December 1954
35
How To Live With Your Architect
 1949
39
Human Being As the Center of the Human World (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
Is Progress a Crime? (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
Legendary Cities (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
Livable City (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
Loss of Human Scale (notes and research materials)
 undated
38
Louvain
 1969
69
Meine Alte Schuhschachtel
 undated
39
Miscellaneous
 1961-1976
39
miscellaneous charts
 undated
39
Need for Planners (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
New Cities of Our Time (notes and research materials)
 undated
38
New Cities, USA
 1966
39
New Environment Reintroduces Art and the Public to Each Other (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
Noise, the Forgotten Nuisance (notes and research materials)
 undated
35
Notes for book on city planning
 1955-1962
38
NY Waterfront
 circa 1967
38
Planning the American Cities of the Future
 1963
39
Pollution (notes and research materials)
 undated
40
Published books in foreign languages
 1960-1975
39
Revamping Our Cities (notes and research materials)
 undated
37
Shopping Towns, USA: The Planning of Shopping Centers (published book)
 1960
28
Shopping Towns, USA (notes primarily in shorthand)
 1959
50
Shopping Towns, USA (notes and research materials)
 undated
37
Shopping Towns, USA (notes, manuscripts)
 circa 1959-1966
35
Shopping Centers of Tomorrow
 undated
49
Statistics of illustrations for Gruen's How To Live With Your Architect
undated
39
Stratification: The Social Ghetto (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
Suburbia: Cultural Desert (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
Tools for Rebirth of the City (notes and research materials)
 undated
38
Urban Centers in the United States
 circa 1967
38
Victor Gruen Associates: Architects of Environment
 circa 1966-1967
39
What Is a City? (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
What Is Planning? (notes and research materials)
 undated
39
What the City Can Offer (notes and research materials)
 undated
69
Zentren Fur Die Urbane Umwelt
 1922-1979
39
Zoning: Good Principle Badly Administered (notes and research materials)
 undated
69
Notes
69
Inhaltsangabe
 undated
69
Unterlagen, Die Bereits Verarbeitet Wurden
 undated
70
Victor Gruen, Autobiography:
Box
70
A. Einfuhrung
 1971-1978
70
I. Die Wende, Kapitel 1-4
 undated
70
II. Ruckblick, Kapitel 1-2
 1972-1977
70
III. Die Entdeckung Amerikas, Kapitel 1-4
 1977
70
IV. Der Grosse Druchbruch, Kapitel 1-6
 1977-1978
70
V. Von Der Vorstadt in Die Stadtmitte, Kapitel 1-3
 1977-1978
70
VI. Uber Architektur, Kapitel 1-6
 1978
70
VII. Im Strum Der Entwicklung, Kapitel 1-2
 1978
70
VIII. Eine Neue Lebensphase, Kapitel 1-6
 1964-1978
70
IX. Umweltplanung, Kapitel 1-4
 1977-1978
70
B. Schlusswort Die Moral Von der Geschichte - Epilogue
 1975-1978
70-72
Section drafts, Teil I-IX
 September 20, 1978
72
Manuscript drafts: Victor Gruen, Buchtitel ???/Ein Realistischer Traumer, Ruckblicke, Einblicke, Ausblicke (3 copies)
 1973-1979

Series V. Audio and visual materials, 1949-1976Return to Top

This series contains three sub-series: Photographs, Film, and Audio.

Container(s) Description Dates
Sub-series 1. Photographs
Arranged alphabetically. Contains primarily black and white prints of Gruen himself, as well as photographs of various projects. Also contains numerous black and white negatives depicting interior shots of projects on which Gruen worked. Miscellaneous photographs, negatives, and slides are also present. A small sample of photographs have been digitized and can be accessed here http://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu:8180/luna/servlet/s/85qq4v.
1949-1976
Box
56
Award to Ruckelshaus
 1973
63
Certificates and awards - Who's Who in America citation (negative)
 1966
63
Lazette Gruen (negative)
 undated
56
London speech
 1957
59
Manuscript graphics and images - Heart of Our Cities
 undated
63
Manuscript graphics and images - Land Wasters (negatives)
 undated
58
Manuscript graphics and images - Shopping Towns, USA
 undated
58
Manuscript graphics and images - symbols for book
 undated
58
Manuscript graphics and images - unnamed work
 undated
62
Miami (negatives)
 undated
63
Miscellaneous (slides)
 undated
56
Opening of Victor Gruen International Vienna office
 1967
56
Other individuals
 undated
63
Paris (glass slides)
 1968
57
Projects - Capital Record kiosk
 undated
57
Projects - Carson Pirie Scott - Randhurst
 undated
57
Projects - Century City
 undated
57
Projects - Del Amo
 undated
57
Projects - Details
 undated
57
Projects - East Bay
 undated
63
Projects - interior shots - Eddy Harth (color negatives)
 undated
63
Projects - interior shots (color prints)
 undated
62-63
Projects - interior shots (negatives)
 undated
57
Projects - King's Harbor - Redondo
 undated
57
Projects - Leo Baeck
 undated
57
Projects - Marina Del Rey
 undated
57
Projects - Merchants and Manufacturers Club
 undated
57
Projects - miscellaneous
 undated
63
Projects - miscellaneous (negatives)
 undated
57
Projects - One Carthay Plaza
 undated
57
Projects - Part Dieu (Lyon, France)
 1968
57
Projects - Pepperdine College
 undated
57
Projects - San Bernardino
 undated
57
Projects - Southdale Medical
 undated
57
Projects - Southdale Shopping Center
 undated
57
Projects - Strawbridge and Clothier - Plymouth Meeting
 undated
57
Projects - Valleyfair and Bayfair
 circa 1949
63
Rudy at Eddy Harth's (color negative)
 undated
56
Victor Gruen
 undated
63
Victor Gruen (color glass slides)
 undated
63
Victor Gruen (color slides)
 circa 1976
63
Victor Gruen (negatives)
 undated
56
Victor and Kemija Gruen
 1970-1975
63
Victor Gruen and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson (negative)
 undated
56
Victor Gruen and others
 undated
63
Victor Gruen and others (color prints)
 undated
56
Victor Gruen headshot
 undated
63
Vienna (color slides)
 1966
63
Washington, D.C. World's Fair - unigraf #1 and 2 (negatives)
 undated
Sub-series 2. Films
Arranged alphabetically. Contains films related to Gruen himself or projects on which he worked.
1956-1969
Box
61
A City Reborn
 circa 1966
61
A City Reborn (short version)
 circa 1966
61
A City Reborn (inter-negative)
 circa 1966
61
A City Reborn (inter-positive)
 circa 1966
61
Austrian newsreel
 1969
61
Austrian newsreel (silent)
 circa 1961
61
Merrywood press conference (scenic easement, development planning, Potomac River plan)
 circa 1965
61
Southdale Shopping Center
 circa 1956
61
Victor Gruen International office - Vienna - Christmas (silent)
 undated
Sub-series 3. Audio
Arranged alphabetically. Contains reel-to-reel audiotapes (and one cassette) of speeches and interviews with Gruen.
1956-1973
Box
60
Cities for Warm Bodies
 undated
60
Interview - KRHM
 1959
60
Interview - Voice of America (Austrian) - Berg-Gruen (in German)
 undated
60
Land use symposium (cassette)
 1973
60
Personal Portrait - Victor Gruen
 1965
60
Speech at the American Institute of Architects, San Fernando Valley Chapter
 undated
60
Speech - to Victor Gruen Association employees
 1962
60
Speech - comprehensive planning and forecasts
 1956

Series VI. Personal FilesReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box
72
Apprenticeship Records
72-73
Awards, Certificates and Licenses
 1919-1932
72
Biographical Material - Gruen, Victor
 1948-1961
72
Birth Certificate
 1972
72
Birthdays
 undated
72
Curriculum Vitae
 1973
72
Defense Training Courses
 June 17, 1937
72
Emigration, Immigration, and Naturalizaiton
 1942-1943
72
Estate Planning and Settlement
 1938-1944
72
Gymnasium Final Examination
 1958-1962
72
Entertainment
 undated
72
Medical Records
 undated
72
Military Draft Registration Records
 1936-1966
72
Obituaries - Gruen, Lazette Uan Houten
 1944
72
Obituaries - Gruen, Victor David
 undated
72
Permits to Travel
 1980
72
Professional Certification and Licensing
 January 12, 1942
72
Residency Registration Records
 1937-1938
72
School Report Cards
 1903
73
Scrapbook - Newspaper clippings
 1903-1923
72
Vaccination Certificate
 1938-1939

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Architects.
  • Architecture--United States.
  • Shopping centers--Minnesota--Edina.
  • Shopping centers--United States.
  • Urban renewal--United States.

Corporate Names

  • Southdale Shopping Center--Edina (Minn.)

Geographical Names

  • Edina (Minn.)

Form or Genre Terms

  • Audiotapes.
  • Blueprints.
  • Motion pictures.

Titles within the Collection

  • City Reborn (Motion picture)

Other Creators

  • Corporate Names
    • Victor Gruen Associates.

Processed by Emily Christopherson
2013

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