Pflueger (Timothy L.) Papers

Series 1. PERSONAL PAPERS 1909-1961

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content

Includes a brief biography by Timothy Pflueger’s brother, Milton; personal correspondence, and portraits of Pflueger.

Subseries 1.1. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION 1924-1961

carton 1, folder 1

Income tax return 1924

carton 1, folder 2

Boeing crash, lawsuit 1929

carton 1, folder 3

Social Security card 1940

carton 1, folder 4

Biography by Milton Pflueger 1961

Subseries 1.2. CORRESPONDENCE 1909-1961

carton 1, folder 5-8

Correspondence 1909-1961

Subseries 1.3. PHOTOGRAPHS 1915, 1934-1940, undated

carton 1, folder 9

Panama Pacific International Exposition, passport 1915

carton 1, folder 10

Panama Pacific International Exposition, photographs undated

carton 1, folder 11

Timothy L. Pflueger, portraits 1934-1940

carton 1, folder 12

Personal photographs undated

carton 1, folder 13

Arlington Park Jockey Club undated

carton 1, folder 14

Album of unknown horse race undated

carton 1, folder 15

Unknown desert location undated

Series 2. PROFESSIONAL PAPERS 1914-1948

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence with other architects: writings on architecture; several lectures created for the Civil Defense Council.

Subseries 2.1. CORRESPONDENCE 1929-1944

carton 1, folder 16-21

General correspondence 1929-1944

carton 1, folder 22

Car accident paperwork 1935

carton 1, folder 23

San Francisco Planetarium 1937

carton 1, folder 24

Albert Bender Memorial 1941-1943

Subseries 2.2. WRITINGS undated

carton 1, folder 25

Architecture undated

Subseries 2.3. PRESENTATIONS 1942-1943

carton 1, folder 26

Civil Defense Council, camouflage lectures 1942-1943

Subseries 2.6. AWARDS 1930-1943

Box 3, folder 2

Awards 1930, 1940

carton 3, folder 15

Modern Plastics Competition 1939

carton 3, folder 16

American Institute of Architects: correspondence and awards 1940-1943

Subseries 2.4. ASSOCIATIONS AND COMMITTEES 1914-1948

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence, photographs, and paperwork created by the numerous association committees of which Pflueger was a member. The Family Club and Family Farm are especially documented through photo albums and correspondence.

Box 3, folder 1

San Francisco Architecture Club, Tait's Cafe 1914

carton 1, folder 27

San Francisco Architectural Club, pamphlets 1914-1915

carton 1, folder 28

Photographic Society, correspondence 1927

carton 1, folder 29-30

Family Farm Flight, photo albums 1931, 1933

carton 2, folder 1

Family Farm camp, photos of Pflueger undated

carton 2, folder 2

Stock Exchange Lunch Club 1928-1934

carton 2, folder 3

Committee for the Nation 1934-1935

carton 2, folder 4

Civil Service Commission of San Francisco 1936

carton 2, folder 5

The Architectural League of New York, correspondence 1938-1946

carton 2, folder 6

California Roadside Council correspondence 1939

carton 2, folder 7

Unwin, Sir Raymond, Bohemian Club 1939

carton 2, folder 8

State Advisory and Technical Committee for the Art Project in Northern California, correspondence 1940

carton 2, folder 9

San Francisco Opera Ballet, corresopndence 1941

carton 2, folder 10

Institute of Pacific Relations, correspondence 1941

carton 2, folder 11

San Francisco City Planning, publications 1941

carton 2, folder 12

Pacific House, correspondence 1942-1943

carton 2, folder 13

Russian Relief fund 1944

carton 2, folder 14-18

National Housing Authority: Federal Public Housing 1944-1946

carton 2, folder 19

United Nations Conference, correspondence 1945

carton 2, folder 20

FPHA Advisory Committee, meeting notes and reports 1945-1946

carton 2, folder 21

United Nations World Capital, correspondence 1946

carton 2, folder 22

Northern California Athletic Club undated

carton 2, folder 23

Family Club, personal 1943

carton 2, folder 24

Family Club, correspondence 1944

carton 2, folder 25

Museum of Modern Art, correspondence 1945-1948

carton 2, folder 26

National Public Housing Committee, correspondence 1946-1947

Subseries 2.8. REFERENCE FILES 1915-1945

carton 3, folder 20

The Pacific Coast Architect, article on Panama-Pacific International Exposition 1915

carton 3, folder 21

The Architect and Engineer of California, publication 1916, undated

carton 3, folder 22

Bridges, articles 1918-1933

carton 3, folder 23

Southern California Telephone Company, specifications 1923

carton 3, folder 24

Exposition catalogues 1923-1939

carton 3, folder 25

Sunshine Transbay Boulevard Bridge Proposal 1925-1926

carton 4, folder 1

Rail Terminals 1925, 1933

carton 4, folder 2

Reference data on architect costs 1926

carton 4, folder 3

Churches 1926

carton 4, folder 4

Airports 1927

carton 4, folder 5

The Story of the Hoover Dam, volume 1-4 1930

carton 4, folder 6

San Francisco City Planning 1930-1933

carton 4, folder 7

Reference Data 1927-1929

carton 4, folder 8

Egyptian Ruins 1933

carton 4, folder 9

Hillside Housing Corporation Contracts 1933-1934

carton 4, folder 10

Labor Data 1935

carton 4, folder 11

Aviation 1937

carton 4, folder 12

Chew's Structural Lectures 1938

carton 4, folder 13

Post-war housing 1938-1944

carton 4, folder 14

Residential Architecture in Southern California 1939

carton 4, folder 15

The Octagon: A Journal of the American Institute of Architects 1940

carton 4, folder 16

Diego Rivera 1940

carton 4, folder 17

Associated Merchandising Corporation: Pilot Store Committee Report 1944

carton 4, folder 18

Hospital lighting techniques 1945

carton 4, folder 19

Art and Architecture Notes undated

carton 4, folder 20

Governor Jim Rolph undated

carton 4, folder 21

Hotel and Theater Furnishings undated

carton 4, folder 22

Municipal Free Market specifications undated

carton 4, folder 23

Museum art prints undated

Subseries 2.9. PHOTOGRAPHS 1921-1946

carton 4, folder 24

Leroy Hulbert photographs of French Village 1921

carton 4, folder 25

Photo of Hulbert Myers at Bal Tabrin Night Club 1926

carton 4, folder 26

Leo Friedlander, photographs of Radio City and card 1933-1935

carton 4, folder 27

Luncheon for Pflueger (Frank Lloyd Wright in attendance) 1945

carton 4, folder 28

Foreign Architects DInner 1945

carton 4, folder 29

Albert Bender, portrait and note undated

carton 4, folder 30

Churches in Europe undated

carton 4, folder 31

Stage Door, canteen undated

carton 4, folder 32

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge luncheon undated

carton 4, folder 33

"Tim Marches On"-wall collage undated

carton 4, folder 34

Yale judging session undated

Subseries 2.10. PATENTS 1934

carton 4, folder 35

Ceilings and walls, lighting 1934

Subseries 2.7. RESEARCH NOTES undated

carton 3, folder 17-18

The International Competition for the Phoebe Hearst Architectural Plan for the University of California undated

carton 3, folder 19

Notes by Pflueger undated

Subseries 2.5. SAN FRANCISCO ART ASSOCIATION 1928-1946

Scope and Content

Contains administrative paperwork, correspondence with artists, fundraising files, and planning for the San Francisco Museum of Art.

carton 2, folder 27

Maurice Sterne photos 1932

carton 2, folder 28

Stackpole Sculpture unveiling 1932-1933

carton 2, folder 29

Bulletin 1936-1937

carton 2, folder 30

Artists Ball 1939

carton 2, folder 31

Administration and member files 1928-1932

carton 2, folder 32

Correspondence 1930-1932

carton 2, folder 33

Maurice Sterne correspondence 1935-1936

carton 2, folder 34-35

Correspondence and clippings 1930-1937

carton 2, folder 36

War Memorial Museum Survey Committee 1932-1933

carton 3, folder 1

San Francisco Museum of Art 1932-1938

carton 3, folder 2

1934 Ball 1933-1934

carton 3, folder 3

Villa Montalvo 1933-1937

carton 3, folder 4

Exhibition judges 1933-1937

carton 3, folder 5

Museum financial records 1934-1936

carton 3, folder 6

1936 Ball, correspondence and clippings 1934-1937

carton 3, folder 7

School Committee files 1934-1937

carton 3, folder 8

Works Progress Administration 1935

carton 3, folder 9

Minutes 1935-1936

carton 3, folder 10

Financial Records 1935-1936

carton 3, folder 11

Fundraising correspondence and clippings 1937-1946

carton 3, folder 12

1938 Ball, correspondence 1938

carton 3, folder 13

Speeches undated

carton 3, folder 14

The Fifth Parilla Ball 1936-1937

Series 3. OFFICE RECORDS 1911-1986

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically and alphabetically.

Scope and Content

Includes general paperwork created by Miller & Associates, Miller & Pflueger, and Pflueger & Associates. The financial records of the firms are well documented from 1923-1959, including Milton T. Pflueger’s records.

Subseries 3.1. ADMINISTRATIVE 1919-1939

carton 4, folder 36

J.R. Miller and T.L. Pflueger, contract agreement 1919

carton 4, folder 37

Building estimates 1919

carton 4, folder 38

Generic Theater Specifications 1920

carton 4, folder 39

Promotion and Prospects 1926

carton 4, folder 40

Expenditures for various projects 1928-1929

carton 4, folder 41-43

Methodist Episcopal Church vs. Miller and Pflueger 1928-1932

carton 4, folder 44

Drawings register 1930-1931

carton 4, folder 45

Miller & Pflueger, office timecards 1931

carton 4, folder 46

Miller & Pflueger, dissolution agreement paperwork 1937

carton 4, folder 47

Letters regarding Milton Pflueger Architect registration 1939

carton 4, folder 48

Office and consultants information undated

carton 4, folder 49

Prospective projects undated

Subseries 3.2. CORRESPONDENCE 1925-1979

Note

** Also see Project Index

carton 4, folder 50

Miller & Pflueger, client correspondence 1925-1929

carton 5, folder 1

Correspondence regarding payments 1929-1930

carton 5, folder 2-3

Office correspondence 1929-1950, 1979, undated

carton 5, folder 4

Rivera, Diego 1930-1931

carton 5, folder 5

Pflueger, Timothy 1933-1934

carton 5, folder 6

Employee recommendations 1934-1939

carton 5, folder 7

Chief Zone Architect, War Department 1940-1942

carton 5, folder 8

Navy Department, proposed projects 1942-1945

carton 5, folder 9

Dr. E.M. Lipsett, memo 1945

carton 5, folder 10

B. Lockwood, letter with drawings undated

Subseries 3.3. FINANCIAL RECORDS 1923-1959

Note

**Also see Project Index

carton 5, folder 21

San Francisco Medical Association 1939

carton 5, folder 22

Standard Monthly Time Book 1923-1928

carton 5, folder 23-25

Miller & Pflueger, trial balance 1923-1932

Box 1, folder 1-2

Miller & Pflueger, office account cash book 1923-1934

carton 5, folder 26

Miller & Pflueger, office account cash book 1930-1937

carton 5, folder 27-28

Check registers 1926-1935

carton 5, folder 29

Timothy L. Pflueger, office account cash book 1934-1946

Box 1, folder 3

Miller & Pflueger, insurance held 1929-1934

Box 1, folder 4-6

Timothy L. Pflueger, office account cash book 1934-1936

carton 5, folder 30-31

Milton T. Pflueger, office account cash book 1946-1951

carton 6, folder 1-3

Milton T. Pflueger, office account cash book 1950-1959

Subseries 3.4. PUBLIC RELATIONS 1922-1946

Note

**Also see Project Index

carton 6, folder 7

Pflueger related art association pamphlets 1930-1935

carton 6, folder 8

Publication correspondence 1922-1940

carton 6, folder 9

Timothy Pflueger, office publicity 1938-1945

carton 6, folder 10

Correspondence with magazine publishers 1940-1946

Box 1, folder 3

Timothy L. Pflueger, Architect - portfolio undated

Subseries 3.5. PHOTOGRAPHS 1939, 1954

Note

**Also see Project Index

carton 6, folder 14

Milton T. Pflueger, portrait 1954

carton 6, folder 15

Promotional photographs of Pflueger's buildings 1939

Subseries 3.6. CLIPPINGS 1911-1986

Note

**Also see Project Index

carton 6, folder 26-29

Project clippings 1911-1986

carton 6, folder 30

Pflueger clippings 1928

carton 6, folder 31

Milton Pflueger 1949-1969

Subseries 3.7. APPOINTMENT BOOKS 1919-1946

carton 8, folder 1-12

Timothy L. Pflueger, diaries 1919-1946

Series 4. PROJECT RECORDS 1906-2000

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence, contracts photographs, sketches, specifications, drawings and notes pertaining to projects Pflueger worked on. Projects dating post 1946 were created by Milton T. Pflueger post Timothy’s death.

Other Finding Aids

**For access to specific cartons, tubes, flat file folders on each project see Project Index.

Subseries 4.1. PROJECT LISTS 1908-1964

carton 9, folder 1

Projects LIsts 1908-1964

carton 9, folder 2

Job number index undated

Subseries 4.2. FILES 1906-2000

Other Finding Aids

**For access to specific cartons, tubes, flat file folders on each project see Project Index.

PHOTOGRAPHS Subseries 4.3. 1925-1985

Other Finding Aids

**For access to specific cartons, tubes, flat file folders on each project see Project Index.

Subseries 4.4. DRAWINGS 1906-1967, undated

Other Finding Aids

**For access to specific cartons, tubes, flat file folders on each project see Project Index.

Series 5. GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION 1935-1985

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content

Contains materials relating to Pflueger’s position as a Consulting Architect for the fair, primarily research on other expositions, financial planning contracts, and publicity.

Subseries 5.1. CONSULTING ARCHITECT 1935-1985

Sub-subseries 5.1.1. GENERAL 1935-1982

carton 30, folder 13-14

Planning 1935-1940

carton 30, folder 15

De Harnacourt sketch 1937

carton 30, folder 16

World's Fair Advisory Commission 1939

carton 30, folder 17

San Francisco Bay Exposition 1938

carton 30, folder 18

Invitations 1939-1940

carton 30, folder 19

Budget 1940

carton 30, folder 20

Expenses 1940

carton 30, folder 21

Treasure Island concept planning 1982

Sub-subseries 5.1.2. RESEARCH & REFERENCE 1939-1940

carton 30, folder 22

Texas Centennial Exposition, reference file 1940

carton 30, folder 23

The Architectural Forum, World Fairs: New York-San Francisco 1939

Box 3, folder 19

Reference Photograph undated

Sub-subseries 5.1.3. CORRESPONDENCE 1938-1940

carton 30, folder 24

General 1940

carton 30, folder 25

Concessions contracts 1940

carton 30, folder 26

Radio department 1940

carton 30, folder 27

Promotion committee 1940

carton 30, folder 28

White, Willard 1938

carton 30, folder 29

Publications 1939

Sub-subseries 5.1.4. BUILDINGS & GROUNDS 1937-1938

carton 30, folder 30

Rules and Regulations for Grounds and Buildings 1937

carton 30, folder 31

Landscape Contract 1938

carton 30, folder 32-33

Building Specifications 1938

carton 30, folder 34

Netherlands Indies Pavilion 1938

carton 30, folder 35

Army Barracks 1938

carton 30, folder 36

Theater Unit 1938

carton 30, folder 37

Exhibition buildings, proposals 1938

Sub-subseries 5.1.5 PHOTOGRAPHY 1939-1940

carton 30, folder 38

Construction and completed site 1940

carton 30, folder 39

Court of Pacifica 1939

carton 30, folder 40-41

Photographs 1939

carton 30, folder 42

Architectural Model undated

carton 30, folder 43

Negatives undated

Sub-subseries 5.1.6. PUBLICITY 1937-1985

carton 30, folder 44

Publicity 1939

carton 31, folder 1

GGIE article and correspondence 1939

carton 31, folder 2

The San Francisco News, "1939 World's Fair Edition" 1939-1961

carton 31, folder 3

Architectural Record, Color: New Synthesis in The West 1940

Box 3, folder 11

Clippings 1937-1940

carton 31, folder 4-9

Clippings 1939-1961, 1985

oversize-folder 48

Clippings (Issue of Time Magazine with article on Diego Rivera fresco) March 3, 1941

Sub-subseries 5.1.7. FAIR CLOSING 1940-1941

carton 31, folder 10

Correspondence regarding dismantling 1940-1941

carton 31, folder 11

Closing ceremonies speech 1940

carton 31, folder 12

Demolition specifications 1940

carton 31, folder 13

Closing report approximately 1940

Subseries 5.2. PFLUEGER PROJECTS 1936-1939

Scope and Content

Though Pflueger designed several Exposition buildings. The Federal Building is the only one documented in this subseries. Contains a project file, as well as plans for the Indian Exhibit which took place in this building.

Sub-subseries 5.2.1. FEDERAL BUILDING 1936-1939

carton 31, folder 14

Project File 1937-1939

carton 31, folder 15-20

Indian Exhibit 1936-1939

Subseries 5.3. ARTS 1937-1986 1937-1941

Scope and Content

Includes correspondence from Pflueger’s position as vice-chairman for the GGIE Department of Fine Arts; correspondence, catalogs and photographs from the Palace of Fine Arts Exhibit; and photographs and correspondence with artists from the Art in Action exhibition.

Sub-subseries 5.3.1. GGIE DEPARTMENT OF FINE ARTS, VICE-CHAIRMAN 1939-1940

carton 31, folder 21

Art Director correspondence 1939-1940

carton 31, folder 22

Works Progress Administration correspondence 1940

carton 31, folder 23

Fine Arts Building correspondence 1940

Sub-subseries 5.3.2. PALACE OF FINE ARTS EXHIBITION 1938-1940

carton 31, folder 24

American Federation of Arts correspondence 1940

carton 31, folder 25

Architecture Exhibit 1940

carton 31, folder 26

Architecture Planning Housing Exhibition 1940

carton 31, folder 27

Arts catalogues undated

carton 31, folder 28

Arts and Artists exhibition pamphlet approximately 1940

carton 31, folder 29

Attendance figures 1940

carton 31, folder 30

Catalogue correspondence 1940

carton 31, folder 31

Exhibition sales 1940

carton 31, folder 32

Exhibition schedule of events 1940

carton 31, folder 33

Fair passes for artists 1940

carton 31, folder 34

Federal Works Agency, correspondence 1940

carton 31, folder 35

Insurance Documents undated

carton 31, folder 36

Lighting recommendations report undated

carton 31, folder 37

Pflueger notes 1940, undated

carton 32, folder 1-2

Photographs of artwork 1938-1940

carton 32, folder 3

Promotional materials 1940

carton 32, folder 4

SFMOMA Educational Show correspondence 1940, undated

oversize-folder 48

Architecture Exhibit (photos) 1940

Sub-subseries 5.3.3. ART IN ACTION EXHIBITION 1937-1986

Correspondence 5.3.3.1 1938-1941

carton 32, folder 10

Adams, Ansel 1940

carton 32, folder 11

Bottorff, H.C. 1940

carton 32, folder 12

Bruton, Helen 1940

carton 32, folder 13

Caldwell, Katherine 1940

carton 32, folder 14

Creel, George 1940

carton 32, folder 15

Denman, William 1940-1941

carton 32, folder 16

Dill, Marshall 1940

carton 32, folder 17

Fleishhacker, Herbert 1940

carton 32, folder 18

Gunst, Morgan 1940

carton 32, folder 19

Heil, Walter 1938-1940

carton 32, folder 20

Henle, Annemarie 1940

carton 32, folder 21

Howe, Thomas Carr 1940

carton 32, folder 22

Liebes, Dorothy 1940

carton 32, folder 23

McKinney, Roland 1940

carton 32, folder 24

Monahan, William 1940

carton 32, folder 25

Morley, Grace 1940

carton 32, folder 26

Neuhaus, Eugen 1940

carton 32, folder 27

Porter, Bruce 1940

carton 32, folder 28

Thorne, Narcissa 1940

carton 32, folder 29

Tobin, RIchard M. 1940

carton 32, folder 30

Varga, Margit 1939-1940

carton 32, folder 31

New York Worlds Fair 1940-1941

Diego Rivera 5.3.3.2 1939-1986 1939-1940

carton 32, folder 32

Correspondence with Emmy Lou Packard, Milton Pflueger 1940-1986

carton 32, folder 33

Mural photographs, creation 1939

carton 32, folder 34

Mural photographs, diving girl 1939

carton 32, folder 35

Mural photographs and friends approximately 1940

carton 32, folder 36

Photographs of Diego Rivera, Pflueger and models undated

carton 32, folder 37

Mural installation, San Francisco City College 1940-1961

carton 32, folder 5

Clip file 1937-1940

carton 32, folder 6

Ansel Adams, exhibit photographs 1939

carton 32, folder 7

Final Party photographs 1940

carton 32, folder 8

Party Invitation 1940

carton 32, folder 9

Thank you notes 1940

Box 3, folder 12

Art in Action cartoon undated

Series 6. ADDITIONAL DONATIONS 1989-1990

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content

Butterfield & Butterfield auction documentation of The John Pflueger Collection of Architectural Renderings, Maquettes, Photographs and Paintings that took place December 5, 1989 and March 22, 1990. Donated to the Environmental Design Archives from an employee at the auction house who felt these materials had value for future research.

Subseries 6.1. AUCTION CATALOGS AND LISTS 1989-1990

carton 32, folder 39

Butterfield & Butterfield, auction catalogs 1989-1990

carton 32, folder 40

Auction News Clippings 1989

carton 2

Subseries 6.2. PHOTOGRAPHS 1989-1990

Note

**Also see Project Index