AHJ_ah05809 Inventory of the Victor Gruen papers, 1903-1980 Gruen (Victor) Processed by Emily Christopherson University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
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 Finding aid encoded by Emily Christopherson October 2013 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Gruen, Victor, 1903-1980. Victor Gruen papers 1903-1980 05809 60.95 cubic ft. (73 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English The papers of Victor Gruen, architect and designer of the modern-day shopping center (mall). Biography of Victor Gruen

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).

 Scope and Content

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.

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

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

Victor Gruen Collection (Collection 93), UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

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).

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.

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

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

 Access Terms Southdale Shopping Center--Edina (Minn.) Victor Gruen Associates. City Reborn (Motion picture) Architects. Architecture--United States. Shopping centers--United States. Shopping centers--Minnesota--Edina. Urban renewal--United States. Edina (Minn.) Audiotapes. Blueprints. Motion pictures. Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Architecture Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce City Planning Container List Series I. Professional files 1903-1980

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

 54Address cards and contact informationundated 10Biographical information1903-1980 10Biographical information - awards and certificates1968-1973, undated 10Biographical information - Gruen's curriculum vitae (CV)undated 52Biographical information - Gruen's curriculum vitae (CV)undated 10Biographical information - listing of workundated 10Biographical information - manuscript by Susanna Baird1996 13Book planningcirca 1965 41Books with references to Victor Gruencirca 1956-1968 49Certificates and awards1948-1976 13Citizens Committee of Chatsworth Land Use Plan1972 13Committee of 100 on Federal City1966 7Correspondence - AMC courses1955 7Correspondence - American Institute of Architects (AIA)1959 7Correspondence - Antwerp1970 7Correspondence - Architectural Record1959-1962 7Correspondence - articles1957-1966 7Correspondence - article - "Revue Urbanisme"1967 7Correspondence - article - American Review1962 7Correspondence - article requests1965-1966 7Correspondence - Beverly Hills Beautification Committee1964-1967 7Correspondence - Business Week1959 8Correspondence - Centers book1969 8Correspondence - Chain Store Age1968 8Correspondence - Claudia Moholy-Nagy1970 8Correspondence - clippings1960 8Correspondence - condolence letters to Kemija (Gruen's wife)1980 8Correspondence - Europe1967 8Correspondence - FHA fees1964 8Correspondence - "famous" people1969 8Correspondence - foreign1969 8Correspondence - Fortune magazine1962 8Correspondence - Grand Central AIA Subcommittee1961 8Correspondence - Guttman1958 8Correspondence - Harvard Conference1959 8Correspondence - inaugural finance committee1961 8Correspondence - India trip1963 8Correspondence - interesting tidbits1970 8Correspondence - interesting1969-1971 8Correspondence - interoffice memos1967-1968 8Correspondence - invitation - Brussels1967 8Correspondence - Kalamazoo, Michigan1956-1957 8Correspondence - Kooperativa Foerbundet1966-1967 8Correspondence - Lady Bird Johnson1965-1966 8Correspondence - L'Institut d'Amenagement1966 8Correspondence - Look magazine1964 8Correspondence - Louvain1967-1970 8Correspondence - magazines1960 8Correspondence - Mahony1959 8Correspondence - malls1959-1961 7Correspondence - miscellaneous1959-1976 8Correspondence - miscellaneous1970 10Correspondence - miscellaneousundated 8Correspondence - New Cities1965-1967 8Correspondence - New School1960 8Correspondence - newspaper1959 8Correspondence - NRDGA1957 8Correspondence - passports and visas1953-1966 8Correspondence - photograph1959 8Correspondence - publicity - American Municipal Association1963 8Correspondence - publicity - Rochester AIA1963 8Correspondence - Richard Nixon1968-1969 8Correspondence - selected letters1964-1966 8Correspondence - Shopping Towns, USA1958-1967 8Correspondence - speeches1947-1956, 1965 8Correspondence - Sybil Moholy-Nagy1969-1970 8Correspondence - UCLA Urban Design Panel1967 8Correspondence - Victor Gruen Foundation - establishment of1969-1973 8Correspondence - Victor Gruen Foundation1969 8Correspondence - Washington-Mackey promotion1964 Correspondence: 65Condolences1965-1969 65General - Austria1967-1971 65General - Belgium 65General - Denmarkundated 65General - EnglandFebruary 10, 1961 65General - France1961 65General - Germanyundated 65General - Holland1964 65General - Italy1935 65General - Spainundated 65General - SwedenOctober 31, 1950 65General - Switzerland1959-1978 65General - United States1975 65Interoffice1952-1979 65Partners1953 65Personal1962-1968 65Udall, Steward L.undated 65Vice Presidents1969-1971 13Downtown1962 13Financial files1962-1968 64Framed cover of Engineering News-Record featuring Gruen1967 13Frankl's speech - Germany1968 13Fresno film1969 13Germany1966-1968 13Jean Lowe - North American Newspaper Alliance1948-1962 13Legal files1966-1970 13Maintenance agreements and warranties1968-1971 10Mapsundated 11Memberships and conferences1941-1969 12Memberships and registrationscirca 1955-1969 12Miscellaneous administration filesundated 13Need for planners1961-1962 13New Rochelle Chamber of Commerce1960 11Notes1970-1975, undated 13Planning1955-1957 13Populationcirca 1960-1961 13Princeton1965 9Publicity - public relations1962 9Publicity - fact sheet and publicity release1959 9Publicity - Harvard Business Review article1962 10Publicity - miscellaneousundated 9Publicity - news release1972 9Publicity - newspaper and magazine clippings1948-1979 49Publicity - newspaper and magazine clippings1964, 1980, undated 14Reports1967-1970 13Report on malls1970 15Research materials (published writings not by Gruen)1953-1978 49Research materials - Architectural Review1938 13Robert C. Weaver speech1967 13Rosenthal - city council1948-1954 13Schizophrenia in city planning1969 13Senator Joseph Tydings1965 10Social events1975-1976 Subject Files: 65American Institute of Architects1966-1967 65Awards, Certificates, Licenses - GeneralMarch 1970 65Citizens' Committee for International Development1968 65Environment Cartoonsundated 65Citizens Committee for music education in the schoolsAugust 11, 1966 65Confectionaries1933-1945 65Conferences - Environmental planning conference, Alpbach, Austria CA. May 19731971-1974 65Financial Records - Gruen and KrymmeckFebruary 7, 1964 65Financial Records - Personal1965-1966 65Financial Records - Sunset Heights Partnershipundated 65Financial Records - Victor Gruen Companies1968-1970 65"Good Design" Exhibit, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Il.1969-1970 65Gruen v. Architekten komitee fur aktive standes vertre tuhg1973-1978 65Indexes of ReprintsJune 4, 1976 65International Association "Town-Planning and Distribution"undated 65Klimt, Gustav, Painting "Schloss Kammer II"1935-1937 65Larry Smith & Company1966-1967 65"Listing of projects and clients in Europe"1975-1979 65Lucas, John1971-1973 65Margaretengurtel Housing Project 65People to People1967 65Refugee Artists Group1955-1970 65Reports1964-1966 65Sabinson, Lee S.Summer 1966 65Shopping Centers ListsMay 29, 1967 65Steed, Wickhamundated 65Time and Expense Recordsundated 65Transportation1967-1968 66Travel Recordsundated 66Victor Gruen Foundation for Environmental PlanningApril 16, 1965 66Victor Gruen Planning Und Architektur AGundated 66Viktor Grunmaum Architectural Practice (Vienna, Austria) 66Victor Gruen International1967-1970 66Weisskoff, Victor1967-1968 66Zentrum Fur Umweltplanung, Vienna, AustriaMay 4, 1970 13Television programs1955-1967 13Urban affairs1970 13Urban renewal planning1957-1973 55Victor Gruen architectural stamps and sealsundated 40Victor Gruen Associates - 1956 Projects1956 40Victor Gruen Associates - Architectural Planning Engineering (book)undated 13Victor Gruen Associates - bylaws and minutes1966-1968 13Victor Gruen Associates - centers questionnaireundated 13Victor Gruen Associates - financial1960-1969 13Victor Gruen Associates - formationcirca 1968 52Victor Gruen Associates - informational bookletsundated 13Victor Gruen Associates - partnership agreements1956-1959 40Victor Gruen Associates - Planning Philosophyundated 38Victor Gruen Associates - quotations from books and magazines aboutcirca 1964-1967 13Victor Gruen Associates - Vienna office opening1967 13Victor Gruen Associates - weekly working records1969 35Victor Gruen Center for Environmental Planning - list of library contents in Vienna officeundated 13Victor Gruen Foundation1968-1969 13Victor Gruen Foundation - legalcirca 1968-1969 13Victor Gruen Foundation - New Year's message1972 13Victor Gruen Foundation - news clippings1970 13Victor Gruen Foundation - original setupundated 13Victor Gruen Foundation - prospectus and newsundated 35Victor Gruen Foundation for Environmental Planning annual report1972 39Victor Gruen Foundation for Environmental Planning - list of available reports1968-1970 35Victor Gruen portfolio bookcirca 1951 13"What Do We Do When Peace Breaks Out?"undated 13"What Is Planning?"undated Series II. Project files 1949-1975

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.

 Sub-series 1. United States 1949-1975

Arranged alphabetically by project type; within project type, arranged by state.

 20List of projects by cityundated 14List of projects1959-1969 20List of Victor Gruen Associates projectscirca 1950-1968 35List of Victor Gruen Associates projectsundated 16Banks - City National Bankundated 45Banks - Citizen's National Bank (Riverside, CA)1958 42Banks - Colorado National Bank (Denver, CO)1959 51Blueprints1968-1969, undated

(Digital copies are not a complete representation of what is in this box)

 14Blueprintsundated

(Digital copies are not a complete representation of what is in this box)

 16Blueprints - Monzaundated 66Boston, Mass. - Central Business DistrictMarch 19, 1969 44City and comprehensive planning (Alhambra, CA)1965 23City and comprehensive planning (Buena Park, CA)1962 23City and comprehensive planning (Calabasas, CA)1959, 1966 23City and comprehensive planning - Verdugo Mountains (Glendale, CA)1969 45City and comprehensive planning (Monrovia, CA)1965 23City and comprehensive planning (Oxnard, CA)1961 50City and comprehensive planning (Oxnard, CA)1962 24City and comprehensive planning (Stanton, CA)1964 53City and comprehensive planning (Dubuque, IA)1965 53City and comprehensive planning (Lockport, NY)1961 22City and comprehensive planning (Norton, OH)1967 21Civic facilities - Guarenas Country Clubundated 16Civic facilities - Redondo Beach Civic Center (CA)1963 23Civic facilities - Kern County State College (Bakersfield, CA)1965 45Civic facilities - Uptown Club (Los Angeles, CA)undated 24Civic facilities - Performing Arts Exhibit Hall Complex (San Bernardino, CA)1969 21Civic facilities - Evansville Museum (Evansville, IN)1960 21Civic facilities - Maryland State Office Complex (Baltimore, MD)1969 21Civic facilities - JFK Civic Center (Lowell, MA)1967 22Civic facilities - The Community Plaza (Syracuse, NY)1959 22Civic facilities - Coliseum Gardens (Portland, OR)1963 50Civic facilities - El Jardin race track (San Juan, Puerto Rico)undated 16Civic facilities - National Visitors Center (Washington, D.C.)1966-1967 22Civic facilities - National Visitors Center (Washington, D.C.)undated 16Committee on a More Beautiful Capital1968 22Department stores - Strawbridge and Clothier (Springfield, PA)1963 66Edina, Minnesota - Southdale Center1968 16Engineering1957-1967 16Entertainment - Sea World - California1963-1965 16Financial Plaza - Hawaii1966 66Fresno, California - Central Area Development Plan1969 23Harbor and coastline development (Huntington Beach, CA)1961 23Harbor and coastline development - Cabrillo Beach Marina (Los Angeles, CA)1964 45Harbor and coastline developments - East Bay Shore (San Francisco, CA)1962 21Harbor and coastline development (Revere, MA)1962 22Hospital and medical buildings - Southdale Medical Building (Minneapolis, MN)1958 43Hospital and medical buildings - Winrock Medical Plaza (Albuquerque, NM)1965 21Hotels - American Motor Innsundated 16Hotels - Charter House (CA)1958 50Hotels - Mart-Hotel (San Francisco, CA)undated 16Hotels - White Winrock (NM)1963 66Housing & Urban Development Department - New Cities U.S.A1966-1968 66Housing & Urban Development Department - Urabn Transportation ProposalOctober 22, 1968 16Housing - Fordyce House1963-1965 16Housing - Santa Clara property1949 16Housing - Serenity Heights1961 16Housing - St. Paul's Towers1967 16Housing - Park Westwood (CA)1959-1962 16Housing - Sunset Heights (CA)undated 16Housing - Wilshire Terrace (CA)1957 16Housing - Wilshire-Comstock (CA)1962 16Housing - MI Cove (NY)1962-1965 16Housing - Whitney Estate (NY)1961, undated 16Housing - Merrywood (VA)1966 50Housing - Merrywood sketches (VA)1965 23Industrial development - Alhambra Industrial Redevelopment (Alhambra, CA)1970 44Industrial development - Alhambra Industrial Redevelopment (Alhambra, CA)1970 24Industrial development - Technology Square (Pasadena, CA)1968 45Industrial development - Rose Marie Reid (Van Nuys, CA)1961 16Interiors - Merchants and Manufacturers Clubundated 23Land planning - Palos Verdes Research Park (Los Angeles, CA)1954 23Land planning (Los Angeles county, CA)1975 23Land planning - Indian Lands (Palm Springs, CA)1957 73Los Angeles, California - California Mart1966-1967 16Manufacturing - Rose Marie Reid (CA)1961 16Medical facilities - Woodley Medical Center (CA)1958 16Medical facilities - Winrock Medical Plaza (NM)undated 50Merchandising Controls Store Design (booklet for Gruen and Krummeck)1949 16Miscellaneouscirca 1959-1963 43New communities - El Dorado Hills (El Dorado County)1962 21New communities - Litchfield Park (Phoenix, AZ)1963-1966 16New communities - Calabasas (CA)undated 16New communities - Laguna Miguel (CA)undated 23New communities - Laguna Niguel (CA)1960 24New communities - Valencia (CA)1968 21New communities (MD)1965 21New communities - Fairland/Beltsville (MD)1966 21New communities - Germantown (MD)1966 16New communities - Woodbridge (NJ)1964 16New communities - East Island Community (NY)1961 50New communities - Caruth Estates (Dallas, TX)undated 16Office buildings - Victor Gruen Associates1957 16Office buildings - Tishman Wilshire (CA)1957 23Office buildings - Cahuengo Pass (Los Angeles, CA)undated 16Parking - Manhattan Rim Garage (NY)1960 16Parking - Midtown garage project (NY)1960 43Parking structures - Tierpark System1961 23Parking structures - Helistop (Los Angeles, CA)1959 22Parking structures - Tishman Properties (New Hemstead, NJ)1960 25Parking structures - Midtown Manhattan garage project (New York, NY)1960 22Parking survey - Northgate (Seattle, WA)1950 24Research study - Project 4334 (Southern California, CA)1966 21Residential development - pre-built 2-story row house1961 23Residential development - Verde Village (Calabasas, CA)1965 44Residential development - Conejo Village and Ranchos las Posas (Conejo, CA)undated 23Residential development - Wilshire Terrace (Los Angeles, CA)1958 23Residential development - Wilshire-Comstock (Los Angeles, CA)1961 24Residential development - Golden Gateway (San Francisco, CA)1960 24Residential development - Park Westwood Tower (Westwood, CA)1961 21Residential development - Charles River Park (Boston, MA)1964 43Residential development - 900 Fifth Avenue (New York, NY)undated 22Residential development - East Island/Welfare Island (New York, NY)1960-1968 22Residential development - University Heights (Providence, RI)1963 66Rochester, New York - Midtown Plaza1968 16Shopping centers - play sculpturescirca 1963-1966 16Shopping centers - South Coast Plazaundated 21Shopping centers - Mayvale Shopping City (Phoenix, AZ)1959 16Shopping centers - California Mart (CA)1965 16Shopping centers - Fox Plaza (CA)1966 16Shopping centers - Hillsdale (CA)1959 16Shopping centers - May Co (CA)1964 23Shopping centers - South Coast Plaza (Costa Mesa, CA)1966 23Shopping centers - Contemporary Home Center (Los Angeles, CA)1952 45Shopping centers - Olympic Shopping Circle (Los Angeles, CA)circa 1950 24Shopping centers - Riverside Plaza (Riverside, CA)undated 45Shopping centers - Evergreen Mall (San Jose, CA)circa 1968 24Shopping centers - Valley Fair Center (San Jose, CA)1957 24Shopping centers - Bay Fair Center (San Leando, CA)1957 16Shopping centers - Santa Monica mall (Santa Monica, CA)1965 16Shopping centers - Old Orchard (IL)1957 16Shopping centers - Randhurst Center (Mt. Prospect, IL)1962 42Shopping centers - Randhurst Center (Mt. Prospect, IL)1962 42Shopping centers - Lincoln Center (Urbana, IL)1963 21Shopping centers - Broad Ripple (Indianapolis, IN)undated 21Shopping centers - Glendale (Indianapolis, IN)1958 42Shopping centers - Harundale Mall (MD)undated 16Shopping centers - Mondawmin (MD)1958 16Shopping centers - Northland Center (Detroit, MI)1950-1960 22Shopping centers - Northland Center (Detroit, MI)1954 22Shopping centers - Westland Center (Detroit, MI)1967 16Shopping centers - Southdale (Edina, MN)circa 1956

(Digital copies are not a complete representation of what is in this box)

 22Shopping centers - Brookdale Center (Minneapolis, MN)circa 1962-1966 22Shopping centers - Rosedale Center (Roseville, MN)1969 16Shopping centers - Crown City (MO)undated 16Shopping centers - Barton's (NY)1952 16Shopping centers - Midtown Plaza (NY)1959-1962, 1970 22Shopping centers - Colonie Center (Colonie, NY)1960 43Shopping centers - Midtown Plaza (Rochester, NY)1962 22Shopping centers - Beverley Plaza (Columbus, OH)undated 16Shopping centers - Plymouth Meeting Center (Plymouth Meeting, PA)1966 43Shopping centers - Plymouth Meeting Center (Plymouth Meeting, PA)1966 22Shopping centers - Montclair (Houston, TX)undated 22Shopping centers - Warwick Shopping Center (Warwick, VA)undated 16Sports Complex - Trotting Park (AZ)1967 16Supermarkets - Black Horse Pike (PA)1956 66Tantallon, M.D. - Tantallon on the Potomac1967-1971 66Torrance, California - Del Amo Financial Center1967-1968 16Traffic and transportationundated 24Traffic planning - University of California (Santa Cruz, CA)1967 21Transportation planning - Berlin Turnpike (Bridgeport, CT)1966 22Transportation studies (South Plainfield, NJ)1966 23Urban center revitalization (Anaheim, CA)1966 16Urban center revitalization (Fresno, CA)1964 50Urban center revitalization (Fresno, CA)1964 44Urban center revitalization (Fresno, CA)1965 45Urban center revitalization (Pasadena, CA)1966 24Urban center revitalization (Redondo Beach, CA)1958-1969 24Urban center revitalization (San Bernardino, CA)1968 24Urban center revitalization (Sunnyvale, CA)1966-1967 21Urban center revitalization (Boulder, CO)1967 53Urban center revitalization (Bridgeport, CT)1967 21Urban center revitalization (Miami, FL)1956 21Urban center revitalization (St. Petersburg, FL)1957 21Urban center revitalization (Honolulu, HI)1968 16Urban center revitalization (Honolulu, HI)undated 21Urban center revitalization (Indianapolis, IN)1967 21Urban center revitalization (Boston, MA)1963-1968 42Urban center revitalization (Boston, MA)1963-1968 53Urban center revitalization - Gratiot-Orleans (Detroit, MI)undated 43Urban center revitalization (Paterson, NJ)1968 42Urban center revitalization (Woodbridge, NJ)1963 22Urban center revitalization - Midtown Manhattan (New York, NY)1966 50Urban center revitalization (Cincinnati, OH)1962 16Urban center revitalization (Cincinnati, OH)undated 43Urban center revitalization (Lancaster, PA)circa 1968 22Urban center revitalization - Mountain View (Knoxville, TN)circa 1968 16Urban center revitalization (Fort Worth, TX)1956 50Urban center revitalization (Fort Worth, TX)1956 22Urban center revitalization (Appleton, WI)1953 22Urban center revitalization (Green Bay, WI)1967-1968 22Urban sub-centers - Crown Center (Kansas City, MO)circa 1968 22Urban sub-centers - Cedar Street redevelopment (New Rochelle, NY)1960 22Urban sub-centers - Anacostia Urban Core (Washington, D.C.)1967 66Valencia, California - City Center plan1967-1968 17Washington, D.C.'s World Faircirca 1959 20Washington, D.C. World's Fair1959 48Washington, D.C. World's Fair1959-1964 52Washington, D.C. World's Fair1964 66Washinton, D.C - World's Fair proposal1970-1976 Sub-series 2. International 1950-1975

Arranged alphabetically by file name.

 18Au Bon Marche1969 18Au Printemps1969-1970 66Antwerp, Belgium - City Center RevitalizationJune 26, 1970 66Antwerp, Belgium - S.A. Brabo United N.V., Grote Markt1969-1970 66Basel, Switzerland - Basel Land Shopping Center1969-1970 19Belgium1956 66Bern, Switzerland - Murifeld Shopping Center1966-1968 66Bordeaux Region, France - Bordeaux Regional Area Commercial Centerundated 18Brabo United1969 66Brussels, Belgium - Au Bon Marche1961-1962 19Copenhagen, Denmark1968 18Ducena N.V.1970 18East Pakistan1965 19Europe - various placescirca 1950-1969 66Eury, France - Ville Nouville d'evry Commercial Center1968-1970 19Evry1968 18Floridsorf, Austria1969 18France1966-1970 19French architectural projectsundated 18Glatt1969 18Grand Bazar1969 66Hamburg, Germany - Alster Center1965-1970 66Hannover, Germany - Inner City Renewal Project1970 18Innovazione1969 19Italy1956 18Jelmoli planning materialundated 53Kerngebiet Wien (Vienna, Austria)undated 66Kooperativa Forbundet1966-1972 26La Defense (France)1969 18La Defense (France)1969-1970 53La Defense Zone A (France)circa 1969 18La Rinascenteundated 18La Tour Mont Parnasse1969 18Lausanne1970 66Liege, Belgium - Shopping Mall1968-1969 18L'Institut1969 66Louvain, Belgium - Universite Catholique de Louvainundated 66Lyon, France - Part II Development Plan1967-1971 18Lyon, Franceundated 66Madrid, Spain - Centro Comercial de la Auenida Generalisimo1967-1968 18Maus Freres1969-1970 66Maus Freres S.A. - Lausanne - Ouchy, Switzerland, Project Vallee du Flon1967-1968 66Maus Freres S.A. - General1970-1976 66Maus Freres S.A. - Monthey, Switzerland Shopping Center1969-1970 66Mendrisio, Switzerland - Shopping Center ProposalJune 26, 1970 66Monthey, Switzerland - Shopping Center1969-1970 66Monza, Italy - La Rinscente Upim1969-1970 67Namur, Belgium - Au Bon Marche Reconstruction1966-1968 67Nantes, France - Prisunicundated 18Neue Heimat planning materialundated 53New communities - Le Nickel (New Caledonia, France)1970 18Nouvelles Galeries1969-1970 67Olympia, Greece - Comprehensive Master Plan1961-1962 18Paris correspondence1970 67Paris, France - Au Printemps1968-1970 67Paris, France - Bazar de L'hotel de ville1965-1970 67Paris, France - Establissment Public Pour L'amenagement de la Defense1970 67Paris, France - Tour Maine - montparhasse1966-1972 18Pedestrian accessory transport1970 67Port Boise, New Caledonia - new town plan1968-1969 18Prisunic Paris1970 26Project Weinerberger (Austria)1967 67Salzburg, Austria - City Plan1970 19Scandinavia1962 18Shopping centers (Cologne, Germany)1966 26Shopping centers - Glatt (Zurich, Switzerland)1968-1969 18Shopping centers - Nantes1966 16Shopping centers - Stratford-Broadway - England1963 19Shopping centers - Valbo Shopping Center (Stockholm, Sweden)1966 26Shopping centers - Ville D'Anjou (Quebec, Canada)1967 18Shopping development (Stockholm, Sweden)1962 67Societa Generale super mercati1970 19Swiss corporation1969 18Tehran, Iran1966-1968, 1975 67Tehran, Iran - Comprehensive Concept development plan1967-1968 26Tete Defense (Paris, France)1970 18Trappesundated 67Trappes, France - new town planMay 17, 1966 43United Nations City (U.N. City)undated 18Universite Catholique de Louvain1968-1969 25-26Universite Catholique de Louvaincirca 1968 26Urban center revitalization - Ville Nouvelle d'Evry (Paris, France)undated 16Urban center revitalization - The Rocks (Australia)1962 26Urban center revitalization (Sydney, Australia)circa 1962 26Urban center revitalization (Sydney, Canada)1964 26Urban center revitalization (Toronto, Canada)1964 18Velizy1969 67Velizy, Villacoublay, France - Societe D'encomie Mixte D'amehagement du Plateau de Villacoublay1969-1972 18-19Vienna, Austria1961-1970 26Vienna, Austria1969 18Vienna, Austria - inner city1970 67Vienna, Austria - City Plan1968 67-68Vienna, Austria - Donauinsel1967-1972 68Vienna, Austria - Lassallestrasse Public Housing Project1967-1972 68Vienna, Austria - Neuerrichteten Schule Fur Gymnastik und Tanz1924 68Vienna, Austria - Perfume Barundated 68Vienna, Austria - Prebuilt Housing1935 68Vienna, Austria - Schwarzenbergplatz 10/III1960-1961 68Vienna, Austria - U.N. City1959-1989 18West Germany1967 19Wienerberger1968 19Yugoslavia notes1957 19Zurich, Switzerland1958 68Zurich, Switzerland - Altstetten Shopping Center1969-1972 68Zurich, Switzerland - Central Station Addition1969-1970 68-69Zurich, Switzerland - Glatt Shopping Center1970 Series III. Speeches 1943-1978

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

 5List of speeches given by Gruenundated 1Speeches1943-1958 2Speeches1958-1964 4Speeches1943-1969 5Speeches1947-1978 3Speeches1965-1976 20Speeches1969-1970 3Speechesundated 20Speechesundated 69Speeches - International 6"Ailing Hearts of Our Cities"1960 6American International School - Vienna1975 6"Anatomy of a City"undated 6"Approaches to Urban Revitalization in the U.S."1962 6"Architect and Urban Culture"1958 6Architectural League1958 6"Architecture and Urban Development"1958, 1960 6"Arts, Architecture and the Man-Made Environment"1958 6Associated Merchandising Corporation - New York1951 6"Better Homes Need Better Towns," 1961 6Beverly Hills Greystone Estate Symposium1965 6Boston - Urban Planning Conference1956 6CBS interview1960 6Cincinnati Enquirer1958 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 6Connecticut General Life Insurance Company - National Highway Program Symposium1957 6Cooper Union1956 6Copenhagen1968 6"Design With Light"1950 6"Desirability of Master Planning for the Central Business District of Miami"1956 6Detroit Economic Club1956 6"Environmental Architecture: A Team Approach to Design"1962 6"Financing Shopping Centers"1953 6"Future of Retailing Downtown"1961 6Harvard Urban Design Conference1956 6Harvard - Tobe lecture1957 6"Heart of Our Cities"1965 6Hershey, Pennsylvania1956 6"Highways and the American City"1957 6Hobart College1957 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 6Institute of Traffic Engineers1957 6Landau Galleryundated 6"Licht Und Schatten Der Europaeischen Grosstadt"1963 6"Looking for Merchandising"1954 6Lighting1949 6London1957 6"Main Street - 1969"1957 6Memorial Art Galleries1955 6Memphis AIA Awards1958 6Metropolitan Committee on Planning METCOP - Columbia University1958 6Metropolitan Regional Council Hearing1959 6Miami - Central Business District1956 6"Midtown Garage Program"1960 6"Modernization for more Efficient Operation"1948 6"Modernized Store Layout"1947 6Mt. Holyoke1959 6NRMA1959 6National Citizens Planning Conference - Rockefeller1957 6National Association of Building Owners and Managers1957 6"New Forms of Community"1964 6New School1958 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 6Planning is Everybody's Business"1956 6Pratt Institute1959 6Project slidesundated 6"Regional Shopping Center"1963 6"Relativity of Light"1950 6"Renewing Cities for the Automobile Age"1957 5Requests and requirementsundated 6Rochester Art Gallery1958 6"Role of the Architect in Stimulating Better Urban Planning"1964 6"San Francisco Planning and Housing Commission"1956 6San Francisco1957 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 6Shopping Facilities in Metropolitan Regions and in New Towns"1966 6South Bay Board of Realtors1954 6Stockholm Conference1969 6"Survival of Urbanity"1965 6Talk on public relations1949 6Talk to associates of Gruen1962 6Testimony of Gruen before the Joint Committee on Washington Metropolitan Problems1959 6"Tired Hearts of Our Cities"1957 6"Towards the New Urban Environment"1958 6U.S. Chamber of Commerce1958 6U.S. Conference of Mayors1960 6"Urban Crisis"1956 6"Urban and Housing Problems"1960 6"Urban Planning for the Sixties"1960 6Washington Building Congress1957 6University of Texas1958 6"What Can a Community Achieve?"1965 6"Where Is Modern Architecture Taking Us?"1956 6"Who Is To Save Our Cities?"1963 6Women's Club of New York1958 6Yale University1958 Series IV. Writings 1930-1978

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

 Sub-series 1. Articles 1930-1978

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.

 39Master list of Victor Gruen writingsundated 39Index to articles written by Victor Gruenundated 39List of Gruen and Krummeck publications1949 29Articles1934-1953 47Articles1947-1971 30Articles1954-1958 64Articles1955-1959 34Articlescirca 1956-1978 31Articles1959-1962 34Articles1960-1966 32Articles1963-1967 33Articles1967-1978 34AIA Honor Award meeting address1955 27Airports1957 28"Aluminum in Modern Architecture"1958 34American Society of Appraisers1962 34"Anatomy of a City"1960 28Apartment buildings1957-1961 28Architectural and construction costs1955-1968 38Architectural Record1967 34"Architecture and Urbanism"1959 34"Architecture of Community Expansion"1955 35"Auto Autobiography"undated 27Banks1958-1964 35"Better Homes Need Better Towns"1961 34"Changing Face of Shopping Centers"1960 28Charter of Vienna1971 38Charter of Vienna1971 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 exhibit1960s 28Community and environment1958-1962 27Community Plaza (Syracuse, NY)1959 38Critique of "The Possible City"1967 28Development of coastal and desert lands1961 27Factories1961 34For Inco magazine1961-1962 29Foreign language1930-1975 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 46Gruenbaum, Krummeck & Auer (series detailing the firm's projects)1938-1949 34Herald Tribuneundated 34Herve Martin1967 34Highway transportation1962 27Hotels1958-1960 28Housing projects1953-1965 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 27Redondo Beach Civic Center (CA)1963 34"Regional Shopping Centers and Civilian Defense" (regards Eastland)1950-1953 27Restaurants1958 27Retail and department stores1947-1965 34"Role of Building and Construction Industry"1962 34Saturday Review article1962 34"Save Urbia For Urbanites"1959 27Schools1955 34"Shopping Centers in the U.S.A."1962 34"Shopping Centers"1952 34Shopping centersundated 27Shopping malls - Cherry Hill (NJ)1962 27Shopping malls - Eastland (Detroit, MI)1957 27Shopping malls - Fox Plaza (CA)undated 27Shopping malls - Midtown Plaza (Rochester, NY)1962-1963 27Shopping malls - Northland (Detroit, MI)1954-1955 27Shopping malls - Randhurst Center (Mt. Prospect, IL)1962 27Shopping malls - Southdale (Edina, MN)1955-1961 27Shopping malls (general)1943-1968 35"Store Design in the Year 2000 A.D."undated 34"Suburban Regional Shopping Center and Urban Core Area"1962 27Supermarkets1955-1957 34Transportation - NYC - urban planning1955-1959 28Transportation1965 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 28Urban renewal and development - Boston, MA1959 28Urban renewal and development - Detroit, MI1955-1956 28Urban renewal and development - Fort Worth, TX1956-1969 28Urban renewal and development - Fresno, CA1973 28Urban renewal and development - Phoenix, AZ1965 28Urban renewal and development - Valencia, CA1966-1969 28Urban renewal and development - Vienna, Austria1964, 1974 28Urban renewal and development1955-1969 28Urban renewal1957-1974 28Victor Gruen and Victor Gruen Associates1960-1966 27World's Fair (Washington, D.C.)1959 Sub-series 2. Manuscripts 1949-1975

Arranged alphabetically by file name. Contains manuscript files of books and other writings by Gruen. Includes drafts, notes, and other research materials.

 69"Adolf Loos Gestorben" 38Architecture is Everyone's Business1949 39Art in the Human Environment (notes and research materials)undated 39Automobile Age (notes and research materials)undated 69Autobiographies1933 35Book planning1962 38California State Plan1967 38Centers For the Urban Environment (notes, manuscripts, and correspondence)circa 1967-1972 39Changing Face of Transportation (notes and research materials)undated 39City and Anti-City (notes and research materials)undated 39City At Its Best (notes and research materials)undated 39City At Its Worst (notes and research materials)undated 39City of the Future (notes and research materials)undated 39Crisis of the American City (notes and research materials)undated 39Cult of Sameness (notes and research materials)undated 69Das Uberleben Der Stadte; Wege Aus Der Umweltkrise; Zentren Als Urbane Brennpunkte, 19731971-1978 69"Das Umweltkabarett"1973 69"Die Grobstadt Von Morgan Ein Spaziergang Durch Die Stadt der Zukunft"1972-1976 69Dynamic Planning for Retail Areas1930 38False Friends of the City1960 39Future of Public Transportation (notes and research materials)undated 34Heart of Our Cities: The Urban Crisis: Diagnosis and Cure (published book)1964 20Heart of Our Cities (original manuscript)undated 35-36Heart of Our Cities (manuscripts, notes, reviews, and correspondence)1962-1973 69The Heart of our Cities. The Urban Crisis; Diagnosis and CureDecember 1954 35How To Live With Your Architect1949 39Human Being As the Center of the Human World (notes and research materials)undated 39Is Progress a Crime? (notes and research materials)undated 39Legendary Cities (notes and research materials)undated 39Livable City (notes and research materials)undated 39Loss of Human Scale (notes and research materials)undated 38Louvain1969 69Meine Alte Schuhschachtelundated 39Miscellaneous1961-1976 39miscellaneous chartsundated 39Need for Planners (notes and research materials)undated 39New Cities of Our Time (notes and research materials)undated 38New Cities, USA1966 39New Environment Reintroduces Art and the Public to Each Other (notes and research materials)undated 39Noise, the Forgotten Nuisance (notes and research materials)undated 35Notes for book on city planning1955-1962 38NY Waterfrontcirca 1967 38Planning the American Cities of the Future1963 39Pollution (notes and research materials)undated 40Published books in foreign languages1960-1975 39Revamping Our Cities (notes and research materials)undated 37Shopping Towns, USA: The Planning of Shopping Centers (published book)1960 28Shopping Towns, USA (notes primarily in shorthand)1959 50Shopping Towns, USA (notes and research materials)undated 37Shopping Towns, USA (notes, manuscripts)circa 1959-1966 35Shopping Centers of Tomorrowundated 49Statistics of illustrations for Gruen's How To Live With Your Architectundated 39Stratification: The Social Ghetto (notes and research materials)undated 39Suburbia: Cultural Desert (notes and research materials)undated 39Tools for Rebirth of the City (notes and research materials)undated 38Urban Centers in the United Statescirca 1967 38Victor Gruen Associates: Architects of Environmentcirca 1966-1967 39What Is a City? (notes and research materials)undated 39What Is Planning? (notes and research materials)undated 39What the City Can Offer (notes and research materials)undated 69Zentren Fur Die Urbane Umwelt1922-1979 39Zoning: Good Principle Badly Administered (notes and research materials)undated 69Notes 69Inhaltsangabeundated 69Unterlagen, Die Bereits Verarbeitet Wurdenundated 70Victor Gruen, Autobiography: 70A. Einfuhrung1971-1978 70I. Die Wende, Kapitel 1-4undated 70II. Ruckblick, Kapitel 1-21972-1977 70III. Die Entdeckung Amerikas, Kapitel 1-41977 70IV. Der Grosse Druchbruch, Kapitel 1-61977-1978 70V. Von Der Vorstadt in Die Stadtmitte, Kapitel 1-31977-1978 70VI. Uber Architektur, Kapitel 1-61978 70VII. Im Strum Der Entwicklung, Kapitel 1-21978 70VIII. Eine Neue Lebensphase, Kapitel 1-61964-1978 70IX. Umweltplanung, Kapitel 1-41977-1978 70B. Schlusswort Die Moral Von der Geschichte - Epilogue1975-1978 70-72Section drafts, Teil I-IXSeptember 20, 1978 72Manuscript drafts: Victor Gruen, Buchtitel ???/Ein Realistischer Traumer, Ruckblicke, Einblicke, Ausblicke (3 copies)1973-1979 Series V. Audio and visual materials 1949-1976

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

Sub-series 1. Photographs 1949-1976

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 https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/s/85qq4v.

 56Award to Ruckelshaus1973 63Certificates and awards - Who's Who in America citation (negative)1966 63Lazette Gruen (negative)undated 56London speech1957 59Manuscript graphics and images - Heart of Our Citiesundated 63Manuscript graphics and images - Land Wasters (negatives)undated 58Manuscript graphics and images - Shopping Towns, USAundated 58Manuscript graphics and images - symbols for bookundated 58Manuscript graphics and images - unnamed workundated 62Miami (negatives)undated 63Miscellaneous (slides)undated 56Opening of Victor Gruen International Vienna office1967 56Other individualsundated 63Paris (glass slides)1968 57Projects - Capital Record kioskundated 57Projects - Carson Pirie Scott - Randhurstundated 57Projects - Century Cityundated 57Projects - Del Amoundated 57Projects - Detailsundated 57Projects - East Bayundated 63Projects - interior shots - Eddy Harth (color negatives)undated 63Projects - interior shots (color prints)undated 62-63Projects - interior shots (negatives)undated 57Projects - King's Harbor - Redondoundated 57Projects - Leo Baeckundated 57Projects - Marina Del Reyundated 57Projects - Merchants and Manufacturers Clubundated 57Projects - miscellaneousundated 63Projects - miscellaneous (negatives)undated 57Projects - One Carthay Plazaundated 57Projects - Part Dieu (Lyon, France)1968 57Projects - Pepperdine Collegeundated 57Projects - San Bernardinoundated 57Projects - Southdale Medicalundated 57Projects - Southdale Shopping Centerundated 57Projects - Strawbridge and Clothier - Plymouth Meetingundated 57Projects - Valleyfair and Bayfaircirca 1949 63Rudy at Eddy Harth's (color negative)undated 56Victor Gruenundated 63Victor Gruen (color glass slides)undated 63Victor Gruen (color slides)circa 1976 63Victor Gruen (negatives)undated 56Victor and Kemija Gruen1970-1975 63Victor Gruen and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson (negative)undated 56Victor Gruen and othersundated 63Victor Gruen and others (color prints)undated 56Victor Gruen headshotundated 63Vienna (color slides)1966 63Washington, D.C. World's Fair - unigraf #1 and 2 (negatives)undated Sub-series 2. Films 1956-1969

Arranged alphabetically. Contains films related to Gruen himself or projects on which he worked.

 61A City Reborncirca 1966 61A City Reborn (short version)circa 1966 61A City Reborn (inter-negative)circa 1966 61A City Reborn (inter-positive)circa 1966 61Austrian newsreel1969 61Austrian newsreel (silent)circa 1961 61Merrywood press conference (scenic easement, development planning, Potomac River plan)circa 1965 61Southdale Shopping Centercirca 1956 61Victor Gruen International office - Vienna - Christmas (silent)undated Sub-series 3. Audio 1956-1973

Arranged alphabetically. Contains reel-to-reel audiotapes (and one cassette) of speeches and interviews with Gruen.

 60Cities for Warm Bodiesundated 60Interview - KRHM1959 60Interview - Voice of America (Austrian) - Berg-Gruen (in German)undated 60Land use symposium (cassette)1973 60Personal Portrait - Victor Gruen1965 60Speech at the American Institute of Architects, San Fernando Valley Chapterundated 60Speech - to Victor Gruen Association employees1962 60Speech - comprehensive planning and forecasts1956 Series VI. Personal Files 72Apprenticeship Records 72-73Awards, Certificates and Licenses1919-1932 72Biographical Material - Gruen, Victor1948-1961 72Birth Certificate1972 72Birthdaysundated 72Curriculum Vitae1973 72Defense Training CoursesJune 17, 1937 72Emigration, Immigration, and Naturalizaiton1942-1943 72Estate Planning and Settlement1938-1944 72Gymnasium Final Examination1958-1962 72Entertainmentundated 72Medical Recordsundated 72Military Draft Registration Records1936-1966 72Obituaries - Gruen, Lazette Uan Houten1944 72Obituaries - Gruen, Victor Davidundated 72Permits to Travel1980 72Professional Certification and LicensingJanuary 12, 1942 72Residency Registration Records1937-1938 72School Report Cards1903 73Scrapbook - Newspaper clippings1903-1923 72Vaccination Certificate1938-1939