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Gallis (Michael Alexander) papers
2017.M.49  
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Family papers, Series I. 1909-1938, 1990

Physical Description: 2.9 Linear Feet (7 Boxes)
Language of Material: English.

Arrangement

Material is arranged chronologically with undated or conjecturally dated material at the end. Particularly dirty material has been segregated in boxes 7 and 8, resulting in overlap of dates in the container list.

Scope and Contents

Contains family correspondence, photographs, and miscellaneous documents.
 

Correspondence, 1922-1937

Scope and Contents

Contains personal correspondence mainly collected by Michael A. Gallis's wife, Britta C. Anderson.
Box 1, Folder 1

1922-1925

Box 1, Folder 2

1926

Box 1, Folder 3-4

1927

Box 7, Folder 1

1927

Box 1, Folder 5

1928

Box 7, Folder 2

1928

Box 1, Folder 6

1929

Box 1, Folder 7-8

1930

Box 7, Folder 3

1929-1930

Box 2, Folder 1-4

1931

Box 7, Folder 4

1931

Box 2, Folder 5-6

1932

Box 2, Folder 7

1933

Box 3, Folder 1-5

1934

Box 3, Folder 6-8

1935

Box 7, Folder 5-6

1935

Box 4, Folder 1-6

1936

Box 7, Folder 7

1936 January-March

Box 8, Folder 1-2

1936 May-November

Box 5, Folder 1-4

1937

Box 8, Folder 4

1937

Box 8, folder 5

1938

Box 5, folder 9

1990

Scope and Contents

One letter from Michael Gallis to his son, also named Michael Gallis, describes two Christmas cards from Erich and Luise Mendelsohn which featured drawings of the San Francisco Bay area. The cards referenced in the letter are not present in the collection.
Box 5, Folder 8

Undated correspondence approximately 1930-1936

Box 8, Folder 3

Undated correspondence approximately 1936

Box 6, Folder 6

Empty envelops approximately 1931-1937

box 9, box 10

Photographs, approximately 1920-1938

Scope and Contents

Contains professional and amateur family photographs as well as travel snapshots from China (Harbin, Zhengding); Iraq (Baghdad); Mexico (Agua Caliente, Tijuana); California (Carmel, Berkeley, Stanford, Griffith Park, San Diego, Balboa Park, Death Valley, Sequoia National Park); New Mexico (Zuni villages); and Nevada (Rhyolite, Lake Tahoe, Red Rock Canyon).
 

Miscellaneous documents and ephemera, 1908-1939, undated

Scope and Contents

Contains school reports; financial documents, rental contracts, and material related to a flower shop run by Britta Anderson in 1936; several documents and ephemera relating to the University of Oregon and U.C. Berkeley; travel documents; postcards; greeting cards; and tourist guides to Sweden. There is overlap in contents between boxes 6 and 8 as some material was segregated in box 8 due to fragility.
Box 6, folder 3

Vital and legal documents 1917-1938

Selected vital and legal documents (digitized version available on site)
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Scope and Contents

As of May 2018, several documents have been removed due to fragility and mold damage. Digitized surrogates will be made available as soon as possible.
Box 6, folder 4-5

Ephemera 1908-1939, undated

Box 8, folder 6-7

Ephemera 1909-1936

Box 8, folder 8

Vital and legal documents 1917-1926

 

Professional papers, Series II. 1931-1990

Physical Description: 1.92 Linear Feet (2 Boxes)

Scope and Contents

This series contains manuscripts for an unpublished monograph on Erich Mendelsohn, architectural drawings by Gallis dating from his studies at the University of Oregon, and material documenting Gallis's work at his own firm.

Arrangement

This series is arranged topically.
 

Architectural drawings, 1931-1938

Scope and Contents

Contains an album titled "Freehand Perspective" (23 pages, pencil on paper); 49 architectural drawings on tracing paper from Gallis's time at the University of Oregon; and other drawings including a sketch and floor plan for Gallis's first commission for a cottage in 1932. Dates for some drawings are conjectural.
Box 11, folder 11

Small drawings and student work

folder FF1*

Oversize material

Box 6, folder 1

Manuscripts on Mendelsohn, ca. 1960

Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence (3 letters) with Wolf Von Eckardt, AIA; 13 pages titled "Eric Mendelsohn: U.S.A. 1946-1953," which comprise a detailed outline for the unfinished manuscript; 18 pages titled "Triumph & Tragedy: Eric Mendelsohn: USA 1946-1953"; 17 pages titled "Maimonides"; and 14 pages titled "Russell Residence." All documents are photocopies of typescripts.
 

Michael A. Gallis, Architect, 1940, approximately 1970

Scope and Contents

Contains documents related Gallis's independent work. Later material includes a complete press kit.
Box 6, folder 2

Correspondence and documents, 1940

Box 11, folder 12

Press kit, approximately 1970

Box 11, folder 13

Presentation book, undated

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