Finding Aid to the Timothy L. Pflueger Papers
Emily Vigor and Cailin Trimble
The Bancroft Library
March 2015
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Timothy L. Pflueger papers
creator:
Pflueger, Timothy Ludwig
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2012/182
Physical Description:
109 linear feet
(32 cartons, 3 boxes, 149 tubes, 47 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1906-2000
Date (bulk): 1914-1946
Abstract: The Timothy L. Pflueger Papers contain records related to the professional career of architect Timothy L. Pflueger (1892-1946)
as a member of the firms Miller and Colmesnil, Miller and Pflueger, and Timothy L. Pflueger and Associates. These records
include manuscript materials, photographs and drawings. Records also reflect Pflueger’s collaborative relationships with artists,
as well as his involvement with numerous professional organizations.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Timothy L. Pflueger Papers, BANC MSS 2012/182, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
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Other Finding Aids
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt5k4026zk/ Arthur Brown, Jr. Papers, BANC MSS 81/142 c
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Material Cataloged Separately
Edward Weston photographic proofs of Timothy L. Pflueger have been transferred to the
Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Timothy L. Pflueger Papers were purchased by The Bancroft Library in 2012. Auction catalogs and item photographs were
donated by the Environmental Design Archives in 2014.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
Appraisal
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by Emily Vigor and Cailin Trimble from 2013-2015.
Biographical Information
Timothy Ludwig Pflueger was born in San Francisco on September 26, 1892 the eldest of seven children. In 1907, following the
1906 earthquake, he began his architectural training as a draftsman in the office of James Rupert (J.R.) Miller (1869-1946)
and George T. De Colmesnil. He continued to assist Miller and Colmesnil, and was given his first solo assignment to design
the Our Lady of the Wayside Church for The Family Club in Portola Valley when the firm was busy with their entry for the 1912
San Francisco City Hall competition. Miller continued to run the firm after the departure of Colmesnil in 1913, and partnered
with Pflueger on larger projects, including the Neoclassic Metropolitan Life Insurance Company building in San Francisco from
1914 to 1919. Following his successful design for the Castro Theater, Miller invited Pflueger to join him as a full partner
in 1923. Miller and Pflueger continued their partnership until 1937 when Miller retired.
While Pflueger never received formal architectural training through a university, he was a member of the San Francisco Architectural
Club, which provided him with opportunities to study architectural design and practice as well as foster new social connections.
He received his architect’s license from the State of California in 1920. His youngest brother Milton became an architect
and took over the firm upon Timothy’s death His most renowned projects include the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Building,
the San Francisco Stock Exchange, the 450 Sutter Medical Dental Building, the Castro Theater and the Paramount Theater in
Oakland.
Pflueger served on the Design Committee for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE). The fair was to celebrate
the completion of the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, for which Pflueger was one of the consulting
designers to the engineers. The fair was part of a New Deal project and would coincide with the New York City World’s Fair.
He was selected in June 1935 as one of six architects to design several core buildings, including the Federal Building, the
California State Building and the Court of Pacifica.
Pflueger was a friend to numerous artists and frequently commissioned them to create work for his buildings. He commissioned
artist Ralph Stackpole to sculpt figures for the exterior of the San Francisco Stock Exchange building, and it was Stackpole
who recommended that Pflueger work to bring Diego Rivera to the United States to paint a mural for this project. In the summer
of 1940, Pflueger curated a large exhibit to be held in the Palace of Fine Arts at the GGIE. The exhibit, titled Art in Action,
highlighted over 68 artists’ works, many of which were created on site. Pflueger brought Diego Rivera to San Francisco to
paint Pan American Unity on ten steel-framed panels while the exhibit was open to the public. These murals are now on display
at the City College of San Francisco.
Pflueger was also a skilled interior designer, and was well known for his architectural lighting design which provided indirect
lighting through detailed sheets of metal. His designs provided soft lighting through a decorated façade while disguising
the lighting instruments. He first used this technique over the San Francisco Stock Exchange floor, and it was so well received
that he continued to use it in several other large projects, including the Paramount Theater, the Bal Tabarin Restaurant,
I. Magnin, and the Patent Leather Bar. He patented his lighting design in 1934.
He was a member of the American Institute of Architects, Architectural League of New York, Bohemian Club (San Francisco),
Family Club (San Francisco), Olympic Club (San Francisco), and the San Francisco Art Association (President, 1932-1937, Director,
1930-1946). Pflueger died suddenly from a heart attack on November 20, 1946.
Sources: Poletti, Nancy and Tom Paiva. Art Deco San Francisco: The Architecture of Timothy Pflueger. New York: Princeton Architectural
Press, 2008.
Scope and Content
The Timothy L. Pflueger Papers contain records related to the professional career of architect Timothy L. Pflueger (1892-1946)
as a member of the firms Miller and Colmesnil, Miller and Pflueger, and Timothy L. Pflueger and Associates through manuscript
materials and visual materials. Records also reflect Pflueger’s collaborative relationships with artists, as well as his involvement
with numerous professional organizations.
The Timothy L. Pflueger Papers are organized into six series according to the Standard Series for Architecture and Landscape
Design Records (Kelcy Shepherd and Waverly Lowell, 2010): Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Office Records, Project Records,
Golden Gate International Exposition, and Additional Donations. Materials dated post 1946 were not created by Pflueger. His
brother, Milton Pflueger, oversaw projects still under planning and construction and continued on with his own architecture
practice. Milton continued to contribute materials to this collection through the later part of the 20th century.
The Personal Papers are limited in scope and contain biographical information, correspondence, and photographs. Items of interest
include paperwork concerning a lawsuit for a Boeing plane crash in the Sierra Nevada’s in which Pflueger was a passenger,
as well as Pflueger’s passport for the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition.
Professional Papers consist primarily of paperwork relating to the numerous associations and committees of which Pflueger
was a member; San Francisco Art Association records; and reference files used by Pflueger on topics relating to his built
projects. This series also contains correspondence, writings, presentations, awards, photographs and patents for Pflueger’s
ceiling and wall lighting designs.
The Office Records series is extensive and contains records from Pflueger’s time working for Miller & Pflueger as well as
Pflueger & Associates. Records include administrative paperwork and financial records, correspondence with clients, clippings
on Pflueger’s architectural practice as well as his projects, and appointment books. Materials of note include the contract
agreement between Miller and Pflueger from 1919 and the Miller & Pflueger dissolution agreement paperwork from 1937; records
from the lawsuit between the Methodist Episcopal Church and Miller & Pflueger; and correspondence with Diego Rivera from 1930-1931.
The Project Records series is extensive covering the period from 1908 to 2000 and includes project lists, files, photographs
and drawings relating to the numerous projects that Pflueger was associated with throughout his career. Miller was the architect
for projects that date prior to 1923, as Pflueger was still a staff member at this time. The firm Miller & Pflueger Associates
created projects that date from 1923-1937. Projects dating 1938-1946 were created by Pflueger & Associates. Following Pflueger’s
death 1946, his brother Milton continued the practice and completed several projects that were still in process, including
the I. Magnin flagship store in San Francisco’s Union Square. Well documented projects in this series include the 450 Sutter
Medical Dental Building for Dr. F.E. Morgan, the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Headquarters, the San Francisco Stock Exchange,
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, and the Union Square Garage and Plaza.
The Golden Gate International Exposition series is separated into three sub-series relating to the various roles Pflueger
played in creation of the exposition: Consulting Architect, Pflueger Projects, and Arts. The Consulting Architect subseries
includes planning records, reference files, correspondence, proposals and contracts for the buildings and grounds, photographs
of the construction and completed site, publicity for the exposition, and news clippings. The Pflueger Projects subseries
includes materials relating to Pflueger’s construction of the Federal Building, as well as the Indian Exhibit which took place
in the completed structure. The Arts subseries includes records relating to Pflueger’s work as the vice-chairman to the GGIE
Department of Arts, the Palace of Fine Arts Exhibit (1939) and the Art in Action Exhibit (1940). The Art in Action records
include correspondence with numerous artists that participated in the exhibit, including Ansel Adams, Margit Varga, Diego
Rivera, and Emmy Lou Packard.
The Additional Donations series consists of materials donated by the Environmental Design Archives from the Butterfield &
Butterfield auction of The John Pflueger Collection of Architectural Renderings, Maquettes, Photographs and Paintings that
took place on December 5, 1989 and March 22, 1990. Materials include auction catalogs and a list of items for auction, as
well as photographs of items at auction. As materials purchased at the auction are not included in this collection, this series
will be useful to researchers wanting a more comprehensive view of drawings relating to certain projects.
Project Index
The Project Index is arranged alphabetically by Project/Client Name and contains information, where available, about the location,
date, project type, collaborators, photographers, and formats for each project in the collection.
The Project Index may be viewed at http://digitalassets.lib.berkeley.edu/findingaids/ucb/ead/m2012_182_Project_Index.pdf
For instructions on interpreting the Project Index, see http://archives.ced.berkeley.edu/guide-to-the-project-index
The Guide to the Project Index.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Pflueger, Timothy Ludwig
Miller, James Rupert
Pflueger, Milton Theodore
Miller and Pflueger (San Francisco, Calif.)
Adams, Ansel
Cantin, Alexander Aimwell
Stackpole , Ralph
Architects -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
Architectural drawing--United States--20th century
Architectural firms
Architectural firms--California--San Francisco Bay Area--20th century
Architecture -- Designs and Plans
Architecture -- Pictorial works
Buildings--California--San Francisco Bay Area
Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)
Public buildings
San Francisco (Calif.) Buildings, structures, etc.
San Francisco City Hall (San Francisco, Calif.)
Municipal buildings
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 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
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
Subseries 2.3.
PRESENTATIONS
1942-1943
carton 1, folder 26
Civil Defense Council, camouflage lectures
1942-1943
Subseries 2.6.
AWARDS
1930-1943
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 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 5
The Story of the Hoover Dam, volume 1-4
1930
carton 4, folder 6
San Francisco City Planning
1930-1933
carton 4, folder 9
Hillside Housing Corporation Contracts
1933-1934
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 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 31
Administration and member files
1928-1932
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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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 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 25
Concessions contracts
1940
Sub-subseries 5.1.4.
BUILDINGS & GROUNDS
1937-1938
carton 30, folder 30
Rules and Regulations for Grounds and Buildings
1937
carton 30, folder 32-33
Building Specifications
1938
carton 30, folder 34
Netherlands Indies Pavilion
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 42
Architectural Model
undated
Sub-subseries 5.1.6.
PUBLICITY
1937-1985
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
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
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 28
Arts and Artists exhibition pamphlet
approximately 1940
carton 31, folder 30
Catalogue correspondence
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 15
Denman, William
1940-1941
carton 32, folder 17
Fleishhacker, Herbert
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 6
Ansel Adams, exhibit photographs
1939
carton 32, folder 7
Final Party photographs
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
