INVENTORY OF THE KARL SCHNEIDER PAPERS, 1910-1962, bulk 1925-1945

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INVENTORY OF THE KARL SCHNEIDER PAPERS, 1910-1962, bulk 1925-1945

Accession no. 850129

Finding aid prepared by Michael Baker

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Processed by:: Michael Baker
Date Completed:: October 1995, revised August 2005
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Descriptive Summary

Title: Karl Schneider papers

Dates: 1910-1962

Dates: 1925-1945

Collection number: 850129

Creator: Schneider, Karl, 1892-1945

Extent: 59 boxes, 10 flat file folders (ca. 45 lin. ft.

Repository: Getty Research Institute

Research Library

Special Collections and Visual Resources

1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100

Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688

Abstract: German architect born in Mainz, Germany, who received his architectural training under Lussow and Kuehne (Dresden, 1911-1912), Walter Gropius (Berlin, 1912-1914), and Peter Behrens (Berlin, 1915-1916). After immigrating to the United States in 1938, he worked in Chicago for Sears, Roebuck and Company. The papers contain photographs, correspondence, original documents, glass slides, and many original drawings. About half of the drawings are his designs for consumer products produced by his employer Sears, Roebuck and Company.

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Language: Collection material in English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Karl Schneider papers, ca. 1910-1962, bulk 1925-1945, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 850129.

Acquisition Information

Acquired in 1985.

Processing History

This collection was processed sporadically by several interns at the Getty Research Library, Special Collections Department. In January of 1995 Vanessa Walker-Oakes began re-processing the collection, and finished the correspondence and part of the photographic series by March. In July 1995, Michael Baker took over the processing and description of the collection. He completed the finding aid in mid-October 1995.

Related Material

Unpublished catalogue to the photographs, formerly in the collection of Emanuel Wolff, available in the repository.

Separated Material

Karl Schneider, Bauten. Berlin-Leipzig-Wien: Friedrich Ernst Hübsch Verlag G.M.B.H., 1929. Moved to Getty Research Library, catalog number NA 1088 S36 B35 1929.

Biographical Historical Note

Karl Schneider was born in Mainz Germany in 1892. He trained as an architect under Lussow and Kühne (Dresden, 1911-1912), Walter Gropius (Berlin, 1912-1914), and Peter Behrens (Berlin, 1915-1916). After serving in the military from 1917 to 1919, Schneider established architectural firm in Hamburg, which he directed until 1933. His Villa Michaelsen, well-received by critics when completed in 1923, brought him numerous private commissions for domestic architecture. In the later 1920s Schneider joined a group of architects known as "Der Ring," whose stated goal was to reject past-enshrined forms and employ the latest technology to solve contemporary building problems. This group included among its members Otto Bartning, Peter Behrens, Walter Gropius, Erich Mendelsohn, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, among others. In 1926, Schneider's designs for the Großseidlung Jarrestadt-Barmbek, a city-sponsored competition, won first prize and brought further financial and artistic rewards.

In 1933, the new Nazi government dismissed Karl Schneider from his professorship at the Landesschüle, despite the protest of students who petitioned the Bürgermeister for reconsideration of the termination. Due to continued pressure by the Nazi regime, Schneider left the Hamburg firm in 1933 and "Der Ring" was disbanded. In 1935, his wife, Emma Schneider, sought and received a civil divorce on the grounds of adultery. In 1938, Karl left Germany with his second wife, the photographer Ursula Wolff, and emigrated to the United States. Settling in Chicago, Schneider found work at Sears, Roebuck and Company where he remained until his death in 1945.

At Sears, Roebuck and Company, Schneider was the head of the corporate design department, the first of its kind in America. He was hired on the recommendations of Walter Gropius, Lewis Mumford, and Walter Curt Behrendt. Schneider contributed to the progressive designs of Sears products, including "Craftsman" tools, mass-market furniture, home appliances, children's toys, and Sears retail stores. By creating products in the streamlined modern style, Schneider shaped the evolution of corporate architecture and retail product design in America. Through Schneider's work, Sears' stores may have introduced many Americans to streamlined and, what came to be called, "International Style" designs.

In cooperation with the Chicago Housing Commission, Schneider participated in various urban planning projects. In fact, his relationship with the city aided in securing his position during the war years, when a paranoid populace raised questions, based on Schneider's nationality, concerning his loyalties. Beyond these endeavors, Schneider devoted his time to national competitions, including the Smithsonian competition in 1939. Although not selected, his designs for the Smithsonian's Gallery of American Art are illustrative of his technique, logic, style, and desire to shape the American architectural milieu.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Karl Schneider papers (c. 2000 items) contain photographs, correspondence, original documents, glass slides, and many original drawings. Most of the photographic materials (c. 850 items) document Schneider's first career in Germany (1921-1938), and the architectural achievements of his contemporaries. There are also a small number of official documents from both Weimar and Nazi Germany (ca. 1911-1933). All of the original drawings and sketches (c. 1000 items) date from after Schneider's immigration to the United States in 1938-39. About half of these are his designs for consumer products produced by his employer Sears, Roebuck, and Company (1938-1945). The collection, therefore, offers an interesting glimpse into an artist/designer's collaboration with commercial industry.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into four series: Series I. Personal and Professional Papers ; Series II. Sketches and Drawings ; Series III. Photographs and Slides ; Series IV. Glass Negatives .

Indexing Terms

Subjects: Personal and corporate names

Brunelleschi, Filippo, 1377-1446

Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564

Schneider, Karl, 1892-1945

Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924

Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959

Sears, Roebuck and Company

Subjects: topics

Architecture, Domestic—United States

Architecture—United States—20th century

Architecture—Germany—20th centory

Art museums

Furniture design

Household appliances

International style (architecture)—United States

Stores, Retail

Tools—Drawings

Toys

Genres and Forms of Material

Design drawings—20th century

Inventories

Photographic prints

Photographs, Original

Postcards

Contributors

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969

Mumford, Lewis, 1895-

Scheel, Ernst

Schneider, Karl, 1892-1945—Bauten

Wind, Edgar, 1900-

Wolff, Ursula

Series I. Personal and Professional Papers, ca. 1911-1962

Physical Description: .5 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

The personal papers contain documents pertaining to Schneider's career, including German exhibitions and publications, and materials relating to his relationship with the Third Reich. Documents from his American phase include references, and immigration and licensing papers. There are, however, no personal letters and very few letters in Schneider's hand.

Documents concerning Schneider's personal life include his immigration documents (Militärpak, 1917-1919, Discharge, Reisepass, Visa, Birth Certificate) and documentation of his divorce (1935).

Schneider's professional life in America is chronicled by a small amount of correspondence, his 1944 contract with Liebl and Schlossman, and recommendations written on his behalf by Walter Gropius, Lewis Mumford, Walter Curt Behrendt, and others, to Sears, Roebuck and Company Also present are several eulogies in remembrance of Dr. Schneider.

Included are c. 250 photocopied pp. of articles and drawings pertaining to the early career of Schneider sent from the Karl-Schneider-Archiv Hamburg to augment the collection.

Series I.A. Correspondence, publications, and documents, 1911-1962

Physical Description: .25 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Documents from Germany record Schneider's professional affiliations, including contracts with the Kunstgewerbeschüle, Hamburg, his suspension from his position in 1933, his students' petitions for reinstatement, and the termination of his employment by the state. The files contain information about Schneider's publications and an inventory of Schneider's library.

Box 1, Folder 1

Inventories of Karl Schneider's work, 1921-1933

"Ausgeführte Bauten"

Scope and Content Note

2 copies, 4 pp. total, typed. Lists buildings (with dates) alphabetically.

"Projekte"

Scope and Content Note

3 pp. typed. Lists projects (with dates) alphabetically.

"Wettbwerbe," 2 pp. typed. Lists competitions entered and their dates alphabetically.

"Rollenverzeichnis Ausgeführte Bauten" 1933

Scope and Content Note

3 pp. typed, dated by hand "1.6.33". List of works, each assigned a number.

Letterhead stationery

Scope and Content Note

1 p., Business card, envelope flap, all printed. From Moorweidenstraße and Spaldingstraße addresses.

Box 1, Folder 2

Inventory of Karl Schneider photograph collection, undated

Scope and Content Note

12 pp. typed.

Box 1, Folder 3

Inventory of Karl Schneider's private library on Moorweidenstraße

Scope and Content Note

14 pp. typed, handwritten annotations.

Box 1, Folder 4

10. Ausstellung der Hamburgischen Sezession/Sonderausstellung Karl Schneider, 1931

Inventory of Karl Schneider works on exhibit

Scope and Content Note

18 pp. typed.

Inventory of exhibition

Scope and Content Note

9 pp. typed.

"Die Sonderausstellung Karl Schneider"

Scope and Content Note

Newspaper clipping, 1 p. review of the exhibition.

Inventory of Karl Schneider works on exhibition

Scope and Content Note

15 pp. handwritten.

Envelope with small geometrically-shaped pieces of paper, labelled Möbel

Scope and Content Note

Perhaps used for layout.

Note: Exhibition catalogue available in Box 1 folder 17; another copy in the Getty Research Library.

Box 1, Folder 5

Landkunstschule, 1930-1933

Contract, 1930

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed both sides. A five year employment contract between the Hamburg Art School and Karl Schneider.

Contract, 1938

Scope and Content Note

, 1 p. photocopy of verso of original above. Copy dated 1938 and likely used for immigration and naturalization purposes in the U.S.

Notice of Suspension, 21 April 1933

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. From the Landesschulebehörde, relieving Karl Schneider of his duties until further notice.

Notice of Suspension, translation to English, 11 June 1938

Petition of the Bürgermeister by Karl Schneider's Students, 18 May 1933

Scope and Content Note

2 pp. typed copy. Letter requesting explanation of Karl Schneider's recent suspension.

Petition by Karl Schneider's Student's of Sen. Witt, 31 May 1933

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed copy. Requesting a response to their first petition of 18 May.

Notice of Termination of Employment, 31 May 1933

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. From the Landesschulebehörde, dismissing Karl Schneider permanently.

Notice of Termination of Employment, translation to English, 11 June 1938

Scope and Content Note

Box 1, Folder 6

Divorce Documents, 1935

Scope and Content Note

Announcement of Divorce and Legal Findings of Fault, 1935

Scope and Content Note

4 pp. typed plus 4 pp. photocopy. Document announcing government finalization of divorce and assignment of blame in the case of Emma Schneider vs. Karl Schneider.

Announcement of Divorce and Legal Findings of Fault, translation to English, 27 May 1938

Scope and Content Note

Page 2, only.

Box 1, Folder 7

Immigration Documents

Militärpak, ca. 1917-1919

Scope and Content Note

20 pp. booklet, handwritten notes by Karl Schneider and commanding officers?. Official record of military service.

Certificate of Discharge, 1919

Scope and Content Note

1 p. printed and handwritten. Discharging Karl Schneider from active military duty.

Deutsches Reich Reisepass, issued 20 July 1936

Scope and Content Note

With handwritten annotations.

Application for Naturalization (U.S.A)

Scope and Content Note

2 pp. (4 sides) printed and handwritten. Filled out in Karl Schneider's name.

Exit Visa, 14 January 1938

Scope and Content Note

1 p. original and 1 p. photocopy. From the local military office, permitting Karl Schneider to leave Germany.

Darmstadt, 11 August 1911

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. According Karl Schneider the favors of #89, 6a, of German Military Law.

Darmstadt letter, translation to English 11 June 1938

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed copy.

Karl Schneider Birth Certificate, issued 24 June 1920

Scope and Content Note

1 p. photocopy

Box 1, Folder 8

Correspondence - References for Karl Schneider

Scope and Content Note

Prof. Walter Gropius, May 1938

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed copy. To A.J. Snow, Esq., Sears, Roebuck and Company, endorsing Karl Schneider's work.

Lewis Mumford, 20 May 1938

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed carbon copy. "Memorandum on Karl Schneider," recommending his work.

Oscar Rosenthal, Chairman, Illinois Housing Board, 27 May 1938

Scope and Content Note

Endorsing Karl Schneider's work in public housing.

Walter Behrendt, Technical Director, Buffalo City Planning Association, 21 March 1938

Scope and Content Note

Recommending Karl Schneider as an asset to the development of American city architecture.

Karl Schneider Bio/Resume, ca. 1940

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed.

Box 1, Folder 9

Professional Correspondence, Sears, Roebuck and Company, 1941-1944

Scope and Content Note

Karl Schneider Memo, "Projects for Future Development," 18 September 1941

Scope and Content Note

3 pp. (2 drafts) typed on Karl Schneider, Dept. 609 letterhead.

L.J. James, "Post War [Store] Planning," 29 November 1944

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. Recommending Karl Schneider's building designs.

Box 1, Folder 10

Professional Correspondence, Loebl and Schlossman, 1945

Scope and Content Note

Jerrold Loebl, 4 May 1945

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. To Karl Schneider, recapitulating the terms of their upcoming association, scheduled to begin 15 May 1945 and to end 1 January 1945.

Norman J. Schlossman, 21 December 1945

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. To Ursula Wolff Schneider regarding payments due for Karl Schneider work.

Box 1, Folder 11

American Architectural Licensing, 1945

Scope and Content Note

Certificate of Architectural Registration #3036, 15 January 1945

Scope and Content Note

1 p. printed. Karl Schneider's registration.

Renewal Certificate, 1945

Scope and Content Note

3 x 5" card, printed. Karl Schneider's architectural license renewal.

American Institute of Architects Membership Certificate, 15 August 1945

Scope and Content Note

1 p. printed. Karl Schneider's proof of membership in the AIA.

Box 1, Folder 12

Personal Correspondence

To "Ursula Wolff", Schweiz, 19 May 1935

Scope and Content Note

Postcard with handwritten letter.

Postcard, undated

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten annotation: "Where Uncle Ernst Pfeffer lived."

Box 1, Folder 13

Correspondence - Posthumous Eulogies and Remembrances

Scope and Content Note

Kurt Kluth, "Errinerung an Dr. Schneider," 10 Sept 1955

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. Recalling Karl Schneider at the Hamburg Art School and his dismissal.

Max Brauer to Dr. Carl Stumme, 25 August 1955

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. Brauer, Überbürgermeister in Hamburg in the early 1930's, recalls the official particulars of Karl Schneider's time at the Hamburg Art School.

Gustav Oelsner to Dr. Carl Stumme, 26 November 1955

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. Oelsner wishes to view Karl Schneider's American work, mentions W.C. Behrendt (author of a letter in folder 8).

Certificate for Marianne Fruehauf, 2 August 1962

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. Verification of good name, from West German Consulate. Relationship to Karl Schneider unknown.

Box 1, Folder 14

Professional File - Furniture Catalogs

Marshall Field's Furniture Catalog

Desta Stahlmöbel Catalog

"A Primer of Period Furniture," published by Mersman Brothers Corp

Easiwork Furniture Elements (efe)

Kentwood Furniture, Grand Rapids, MI

Box 1, Folder 15

Professional File - City Planning

"Rebuilding Old Buffalo," Buffalo City Planning Association

Scope and Content Note

4 p. printed pamphlet.

"Buffalo's Waterfront Today - and Tomorrow?" Buffalo City Planning Association, 1939

Scope and Content Note

11 p. printed pamphlet.

Land Purchase vs Lease Comparison for two Chicago lots, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 p. photocopy.

Box 1, Folder 16

Publications to 1928

Inventory of published photographs and reviews of Karl Schneider's work, ca. 1928

Scope and Content Note

5 pp. typed.

Box 1, Folder 17

Publications 1929

Bauten, moved to Getty Research Library, NA 1088 S36 B35

Scope and Content Note

Box 1, Folder 18

Publications 1931

10. Ausstellung der Hamburgischen Sezession/Sonderausstellung Karl Schneider, 1931

Scope and Content Note

Catalogue, 42 pp. printed.

Box 1, Folder 19

Publications Correspondence - Requests for Photographs

C.J. Kavanaugh, 25 May 1933

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. Requests photos of Karl Schneider's work for publication by the British Steelwork Association.

Norbert Ebel, International Press - Photo Service, London, 10 June 1933

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. Requests photos of Karl Schneider's work for publication.

F.R.S. Yorke, The Architectural Press, 30 June 1933

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. Requests photos for his book, The Modern Villa.

Norbert Ebel, 4 July 1933

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. Reiterates earlier request.

Raymond McGrath, 30 November 1933

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. Requests photos for book, Das Zeitgenössischen Haus .

Dexter Morand, 20 October 1934

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. Requests photographs.

Donald Pilcher, 16 January 1936

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. Requests photographs.

Royal Institute of British Architects, 29 September 1934

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. Request photos for an exhibition of architectural photos.

[Note: The catalogue for this exhibition, "International Architecture 1924-1934," is available in the Getty Research Library, #85-B10900.]

Karl Schneider, 27 January 1936

Scope and Content Note

1 p. typed. To Donald Pilcher, enclosing 9 photographs (not included).

Raymond McGrath, undated

Scope and Content Note

Announcing deadline.

Inventory of published photos of Karl Schneider's work, undated

Scope and Content Note

1 p. handwritten.

Box 1, Folder 20

Karl Schneider, Bauten, 1970

Scope and Content Note

2 copies.

Box 1, Folder 21

Publications and Clippings of Bauhaus Contemporaries

Scope and Content Note

Bauhaus Dessau postcards,

Scope and Content Note

18 cards, photocopies.

Originals in Special Collections Accession no. 850514B.

Bau und Wohnung

Scope and Content Note

8 pp. printed pamphlet.

Emil Fahrenkamp

Scope and Content Note

4 pp. pamphlet.

"A Bauhaus Heritage: A New World of Design," Daily News, 18 March 1967

Scope and Content Note

1 p. photocopy.

Series I.B. Photocopies from the Karl Schneider-Archiv-Hamburg, 1925-1937

Physical Description: .25 lin. ft.

Scope and Content Note

Subseries contains copies of articles about Schneider and copies of Schneider's drawings for various designs. The designs are accompanied by an inventory.

Box 1, Folder 22

Photocopies of Literature about Karl Schneider, 1925-1937

Prof. Ebehard Plli

Scope and Content Note

1p. photocopy. Letter to the Getty Center enclosing a collection of articles and photocopies of drawings, plans, etc... for the Getty's Schneider Collection.

Inventory of articles sent by the Karl-Schneider-Archiv, Hamburg

Scope and Content Note

Photocopy.

H. de Fries, "Einführung," "Architekt Karl Schneider, Hamburg," Junge Baukunst in Deutschland, Berlin 1926, S. 5-10/S. 93-110.

"Das Flage Dach," Bauwelt (Heft 8/1926), S. 162-168.

"Eigenheime mit drei bis sieben Zimmern," Bauwelt (Heft 25/1927), S. 5-8.

"Der Hamburgischen Wettbewerb," Bauwelt (Heft 7/1928), S. 137-146.

"Der Wettbewerb der Reichsbauforschung," Bauwelt (Heft 7/1929), S. 138-142

"Veröffentlichung der Architektenvereinigung 'Der Ring'. Der Neue Bau. Karl Schneider," Bauwelt (Heft 9/1929), S. 1-8.

"Wettbewerbe: Kunstausstellungsgebaude in Hamburg," Bauwelt (Heft 4/1930), S. 123.

"Ein Ferien- und Wochenendhaus," Bau-Rundschau (No. 10/1928), S. 201.

"Bauten von Architekt Karl Schneider, Hamburg," Bau-Rundschau (no. 23/1928), S. 471-479.

"Großwohnungsbauten. Architekt: Karl Schneider, Hamburg," Der Neubau (Heft 5/ Marz 1929), S. 85-88.

" Hamburger Großwohnungsbauten, Architekt: Karl Schneider, Hamburg," Der Neubau (Heft 23 1929), S. 453-458.

"Landhäuser des Architekten Karl Schneider, Hamburg," Deutsche Bauzeitung (71) November 1937, S. 250-254.

Box 1, Folder 23

Photocopies of Literature about Karl Schneider, 1925-1937

"Neue Arbeiten des Architekten Schneider--Hamburg," Die Form (Heft 24/1929), S. 650-655.

"Häuser Römer, Eber, Spörhase und Wohnblock in Eidelstedt von Karl Schneider," Moderne Bauformen (Heft 9/ September 1928), S. 370-372.

"Haus Schneider und Haus Müller-Drenkberg von Karl Schneider," Moderne Bauformen (Heft 5/Mai 1929), S. 178-179.

"Neue Hamburg-Altonaer Großwohnbauten," Moderne Bauformen (Heft 12/Dezember 1929), S. 489-500.

"Eine Kunstausstellung von Karl Schneider, Hamburg," Moderne Bauformen (Heft 2/Februar 1931), S. 80-84, 106, 107.

"Karl Schneider, Röntgenröhrenfabrik," Moderne Bauformen (Heft 10/Oktober 1932), S. 490-499.

"Tankstelle Standard an der Rothenbaumchaussee und Tankstelle Kuhmühle in Hamburg von Karl Schneider," Moderne Bauformen (Heft 4/April 1934), S. 4, 195, 196.

Der Messehaus-Wettbewerb in Hamburg, Bauwelt-Verlag Berlin 1925.

"Wettbewerb Südermarkt and Bahnhofszufuhrstraße in Flensburg," Bau-Wettbewerbe (Heft 5/1926), S. 1-32.

"Wettbewerb Krankenhausanstalten in Elberfeld," Bau-Wettbewerbe (1930), S. 1-33.

Box 1, Folder 24

"Karl Schneider, 1892-1945," Bauwelt (Heft 25), July 1988

Scope and Content Note

Photocopies of Literature about Karl Schneider,

Box 1, Folder 25

Photocopies of drawings by Karl Schneider, 1921-1933

Inventory of drawings represented in photocopy collection received from the Karl-Schneider-Archiv, Hamburg.

Scope and Content Note

210 pp. photocopies from the Karl-Schneider-Archiv Hamburg

Scope and Content Note

Representing 26 buildings from Karl Schneider's Hamburg period (In the order of the above inventory).

Series II. Sketches and Drawings, 1938-1945

Physical Description: ca. 1,000 sheets

Scope and Content Note

Sketches and drawings by Karl Schneider representing his work in America. Included are drawings for the art historian Edgar Wind, who hired Schneider to reconstruct Michelangelo's tomb of Julius II in the Medici Chapel. Most of the drawings concern Sears, Roebuck and Company projects such as "Craftsman" tools, toys, household wares, appliances, furniture, domestic and commercial interiors, store fronts, and "the ideal Sears store." Drawings are in pencil, colored pencil, charcoal, chalk, and wash.

Drawings are organized in two subseries by size.

Series II.A. Sketches and Drawings, 9 x 13 or smaller, 1937-1945

Physical Description: ca. 450 sheets

Scope and Content Note

Drawings of architecture, household objects, and furniture. Many were designed for Sear, Roebuck and Company. Some drawings relate to the Julius II Tomb reconstruction project for Edgar Wind. A few drawings are from a Smithsonian Design Competition. There are many cross references between small and oversize sketches, small and oversize photographs, and glass negatives. These cross references are listed after the heading to which they pertain.

Box 2, Folder 1

Wettbewerb Banhoft Saloniki, 1937

Scope and Content Note

(See also box 23*)

Drawing of train station, 1937

Scope and Content Note

Labelled in English, "Saloniki - Railroad Station - 1937."

Box 2, Folder 2

Sears Store Designs and Plans, ca. 1938-1945

Scope and Content Note

See also boxes 3*, 4*, 14*, 15*, 37, 45*, flatfilefolders 1-9**.

Dept. 730 Memopad, leaves with sketches (7)

Scope and Content Note

Color sketches of Sears designs (2)

Scope and Content Note

Monochrome sketches of Sears designs,

Scope and Content Note

Including floorplans (28), aerial perspectives (14), storefronts (6), and misc (10).

Box 2, Folder 3

Sears Products Designs, Furniture, ca. 1938-1945

Scope and Content Note

See also box 44*.

Gardens: exterior views, children

Scope and Content Note

28 35 mm. negatives.

Proof sheet from above negatives

13 Exterior views

11 Views of grounds

2 oversize photographs of exterior

Haus Michaelsen, Hamburg-Blankenese, 1921-1924

12 Sketches: view, 1921-1922

variante 1, pencil, 1922

variante 1, charcoal, 1922

variante 2, charcoal (2) 1922

variante 3, charcoal (2) 1922

variante 3, ink, 1922

from south-east (3) 1923

north façade, pencil, 1923

4 drawings: perspective, north-east (2) 1921-1922

perspective, entrance, 1921-1922

floorplan, entrance, 1921-1922

1 model, 1923

11 views: exterior from south-east (3) 1923

exterior (3)

exterior from south

exterior from east

interior

aerial (2)

Wettbewerb Börsenhof Königsberg, 1922

1 drawing: exterior

Fassaden-Wettbewerb der Deutsche Allegemeine Zeitung Berlin, 1924

3 drawings: exterior

Tischlerei Riehl, Hamburg-Osdorf, 1924-1925

3 drawings: exterior

Haus Schneider, Hamburg-Osdorf, 1924-1925

2 exterior views

Box 29

Wettbewerb Messe- und Ausstellungsgebäude Berlin, 1925

3 sketches: perspective (2)

façade view

Wettbewerb Reform-Realgymnasium, Hamburg-Poppenbüttel, 1925

2 drawings: perspective

Project Keramische Fabrik Meimerstorf, Hamburg-Wandsbek, 1925

1 model

Haus Bauer, Hamburg-Wohldorf, 1925-1928

Scope and Content Note

See also negatives box 46.

9 models

1 site plan

4 drawings: exterior views

Modellserie, ca. 1926-1930

Scope and Content Note

See also negatives box 46.

1 aerial photograph

3 site plans

3 models

25 exterior views

Haus Römer, Hamburg-Othmarschen, 1927-1928

1 site plan

2 floor plans: ground floor, first floor

11 exterior views: from north, south, and east

Wettbewerb Klein- und Kleinstwohnungen Duhlsberg, 1927-1928

4 models of complex

1 drawing: perspective view of complex

1 isometric view of an apartment

Wohnblock Habichtplatz/Habichtstraße, Hamburg-Barmbek, 1927-1928

Scope and Content Note

See also negatives box 46.

1 drawing: window design

1 site plan

21 exterior views

Scope and Content Note

View from Habichstraße right wing; entrance with shop.

U-Bahnhof Hallerstraße, Hamburg-Rotherbaum, 1927-1928

1 exterior view

Box 32

Projekte u. Wettbewerb Kammerspiele, Hamburg-Rotherbaum, 1927-1930

Scope and Content Note

Schneider designed four entries for this competition, and a fifth in collaboration with Block and Hochfeld, Architects.

5 sketches: aerial view (3)

façade (2)

4 drawings: perspective views (3)

isometric view

9 models of designs I-IV

8. Austellung der Hamburgischen Sezession, Raumgestaltung, Möbel und Projekte, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg-Altstadt, 1928

12 interior views of the exhibition installations with furniture designed by Schneider

1 Wohnraum mit Sofa, Sitzgruppe mit Tisch und

Stühlen (Plastik: Karl Opferman)

1 Halle mit Sitzgruppe, Sofa, Sessel und Tisch (Tischlamp von Naum Slutzky)

1 Wohnraum mit Bibliothek u. Stahlrohrsessel (Tischlamp von Naum Slutzky)

9 Möbel von Karl Schneider, unidentified artworks

Wettbewerb Verwaltungsgebäude Provinzialversicherung Kiel, 1928

Scope and Content Note

See also box 44*.

1 drawing: perspective

4 oversize photos

Haus Schneider, Hamburg-Bahrenfeld, 1928

Scope and Content Note

See also negatives box 46.

6 exterior views: from the north and south

14 interior views: staircase

Karl Schneider's study

dining room

Box 33

Sommerrestaurant Trabrennbahn, Hamburg-Farmsen, 1928

1 exterior view

Projeckt Reichsforschungsgesellschaft Berlin, 1928

1 site plan

4 models

Projekt WOBAG Typenhäuser, Hamburg-Poppenbüttel, 1928

2 models, "6-Zimmer-Haus"

1 model, unidentified

Haus Müller-Drenkberg, Hamburg-Ohlstedt, 1928-1929

3 exterior views

1 model

1 floorplan/elevation

Wohnblock Hamburg-Barmbek Nord, 1928-1930

Scope and Content Note

See also negatives box 46.

2 exterior views

Etagenwohnhäuser Bahrenfelder Marktplatz, Hamburg, 1928-1929

2 floorplans/elevations

1 site plan

4 exterior views

1 model

Röntgenröhrenfabrik C.H.F. Müller, Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel, 1928-1930

8 exterior views

1 interior view: helical staircase

1 isometric plan

Israelistischer Friedhof, 1929

7 models

Haus Ridder, Hamburg-Blankenese, 1929

2 exterior views

Box 34

Projekt Ladenumbau Schuhaus Bata Berlin, 1929

1 drawing: perspective

Großwohn-Anlage Harburg D.W.G., Hamburg-Harburg, 1929-1930

2 isometric plans

5 exterior views

Kunstausstellungsgebäude, Hamburg-Rotherbaum, 1929-1930

3 drawings: façade (3)

5 exterior views: façade (5)

10 interior views

4 plans of exhibition space's modular possibilities

Wettbewerb Telefonfabrik Fuld, Frankfurt/Main, 1929-1930

5 perspective drawings

Wohnblock Erfurt D.W.G., Erfurt (with E. Sack) 1929-1930

3 exterior views

1 interior view

1 model

Projekt Notprogramm Karl-Marx-Straße, Hamburg-Altona, 1930

5 models

Wettbewerb Justizgebäude Berlin, 1930

2 drawings: perspective

2 elevations, 1 with floorplan

Innenraumgestaltung Holthusen, Hamburg-Eppendorf, 1930

Scope and Content Note

See also box 44*.

2 photoprints

1 photocopy of same

Friedmann, Eppendorferlandstraße Wohnhaus

Scope and Content Note

See also negatives box 50.

10 photoprints: exterior and stairway

Foger, Hamburg Stadttheatre

Scope and Content Note

See also negatives box 50.

3 photoprints: entrance hall

Architect Unknown, Haus Hübner

3 photoprints: exterior

10 negatives: exterior

1 proof sheet: exterior

Hinsch and Daimling, Schadesweg Wohnblock

Scope and Content Note

See also negatives box 50.

8 photoprints: exterior

Holabird and Root (in assoc. with Rebori, Wentworth, Dewey, and McCormick) LeSalle-Wacker Building, Chicago, IL, 1929-1930

7 exterior views

5 small proofs: exterior

Fritz Höger, Hamburger Freudenblatt Building, Hamburg

Scope and Content Note

See also negatives box 50.

4 photoprints: detail of stonework

Box 40

Friedrich Kallmorgen, Haus Sierksdorf

1 proof sheet: exterior and interior

1 sheet negatives: same views

Friedrich Kallmorgen, Nielsen & Bartenwerfer Fabrik

Scope and Content Note

See also negatives box 50.

4 exterior views

Friedrich Kallmorgen, Models

Scope and Content Note

See also negatives box 50.

9 photoprints: exterior, interior, staircase, terrace

Ernst Langloh, Mittelschule Niendorf

Scope and Content Note

See also box 44*, negatives boxes 51 & 52.

61 photoprints: exterior, interior, stairs, halls, classrooms, auditorium, grounds

2 photocopies: façade

Ernst Langloh, Haus Teheran

Scope and Content Note

See also box 44*.

11 photoprints of house design models

1 Wohnblock

Fritz Schumacher, Gerichtsvollziehergebäude

Scope and Content Note