Office and Research Files

See digitized items (3)
Print this page

Part of

People

Myron Goldsmith (creator)
Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)

Title

Office and Research Files

Dates of creation

1942-1953

Level of archival description

File 1

Extent and Medium

154 photographs
22 files of textual records
19 reprographic copies
4 notebooks
1 file of photographic material
1 book

Scope and Content

Documents concerning Goldsmith's relationship with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as a student and employee. Included are student research notes, papers and drawings, Goldsmith's master thesis under Mies at I.I.T., and from Mies' Chicago office photographs, specifications and related documents to I.I.T. buildings and other projects.

Reference Number

AP032.S1.SS2.D1

Arrangement

The records in this sub-series have been arranged by material type.

Inventory

Sort by:

Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215095
- Title: Notes and calculations for Mies van der Rohe projects, including the Farnsworth House and I.I.T. buildings
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

4 notebook(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 4 notebooks
Document Type:
- notebooks
Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-003T-043
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215096
- Title: Research notes on Wright, Fuller, Maillart and Corbusier
- Dates of creation: ca. 1946
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 4
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-003T-044

Objects that have been catalogued:
- - ARCH252083
  - Notes about Mies's ideas on Farnsworth House with a section of Farnsworth House, a section of beams, and a corner detail of IIT Navy Building (now Alumni Memorial Hall)
  - Form: textual records
  - Add to folder
- - ARCH252084
  - Notes about Mies's ideas on girder structures, with sketch studies
  - Form: textual records
  - Add to folder
- - ARCH252085
  - Landscaping study, Farnsworth House
  - Form: textual records
  - Add to folder
- - ARCH252086
  - Notes about Mies's ideas on skyscrapers, glass as a material, and Farnsworth House, with sketches
  - Form: textual records
  - Add to folder
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215097
- Title: Master thesis studies and research, “The Literature of City Planning” by L. Hilberseimer
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Description:

master thesis studies and research, “The Literature of City Planning” by L. Hilberseimer, notes on structure, calculations and notebook

Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-003T-045
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215098
- Title: Research notes and texts by Buckminister Fuller
- Dates of creation: ca. 1944-1946
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-003T-046a
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215099
- Title: Notes on F.L. Wright, Mies's program for architectural education
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Description:

notes on F.L. Wright, Mies's program for architectural education, photograph (model) and brochure of Algonquin Apartments, sub-contracts for I.I.T. Chemistry and Metallurgy buildings

Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print and diazotype

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-003T-046b
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215100
- Title: Farnsworth House unit cost
- Dates of creation: May 1946
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Description:

estimate

Quantity / Object type:

1 textual record(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-003T-046c
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215101
- Title: Research notes on engineering, structure, philosophy, aesthetics, discussion with Mies and B. Fuller lecture notes
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-003T-047a
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215102
- Title: Notes on structure and engineering lab calculations
- Dates of creation: ca. 1946-1949
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-003T-047b
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215103
- Title: Copies of student drawings (originals kept by Goldsmith), annotated in graphite
- Form: drawings
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 reprographic copy(ies)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 reprographic copies
Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-003T-048
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215104
- Title: Site and building studies for housing, possibly by L. Hilberseimer
- Form: drawings
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

16 reprographic copy(ies)

Extent and Medium:
- 16 reprographic copies
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints and photocopies

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-004T-049
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215120
- Title: Studies for housing - perspectives, plans, elevations and details
- Form: drawings
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

22 reprographic copy(ies)

Stage and Purpose:
- studies (visual works)
Extent and Medium:
- 22 reprographic copies
Technique and media:

Photostats

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-007S-04
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215142
- Title: Notes and sketches possibly related to Goldsmith's thesis and articles on skyscrapers
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Technique and media:

2 gelatin silver prints

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-004T-050
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215143
- Title: Documents concerned with Mies van der Rohe and his work
- Form: textual records, photographs
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (subject)
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Description:

documents concerned with Mies van der Rohe and his work - brochures on Mies, Mies exhibition, Promontory Apts., 860-880 Lakeshore Drive, Algonquin Apts., periodical, apartment building brochure, I.I.T. lecture brochure (Mies, Serge Chermayeff, Walter Gropius) and photographs of Lakeshore Drive Apts. model

Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-004T-051
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215144
- Title: Correspondence from Sargent & Lundy engineers and product brochure
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Technique and media:

Diazotype print

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-004T-052
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215145
- Title: Student reading lists and papers
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-004T-053
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215147
- Title: Photographs from an envelope labelled “Dr. Farhnsworth”
- Form: photographs
- Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Description:

137 photographs from an envelope labelled “Dr. Farhnsworth”, includes views of buildings, (some by F.L. Wright and Mies), people, Mies' furniture and exhibition, architectural model (Cantor Drive-In Restaurant)

Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 137 photographs
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-004T-054a-b

Objects that have been catalogued:
- - ARCH215146
  - Edith Farnsworth and Mies with his team
  - Form: photographs
  - Add to folder
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215283
- Title: Product brochures, notes, articles, photographs of suspended pipe lines and Eiffel Tower, periodicals and correspondence
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-004T-055
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215284
- Title: Typescript “The Monadnock Building”, construction photograph and clippings
- Form: textual records, photographs
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-004T-056
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215285
- Title: Farnsworth House, I.I.T., Boiler Plant and unidentified detail
- Form: photographs
- Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 3 photographs
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-004T-057

Objects that have been catalogued:
- - ARCH280773
  - Farnsworth House under construction
  - Form: photographs
  - Add to folder
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215288
- Title: Views of model of 860-880 Lakeshore Drive Apartments and Boiler Plant
- Form: photographs
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 4 photographs
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-004T-058
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215292
- Title: Chapel, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
- Dates of creation: 1950
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (architect)
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Description:

specifications for substructure and superstructure

Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-004T-059
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215293
- Title: House for Dr. E. Farnsworth
- Dates of creation: 1949
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (architect)
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Description:

specifications for general and special conditions

Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Location:

Plano Illinois United States

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-004T-060a
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215295
- Title: Farnsworth House
- Dates of creation: ca. 1950
- Form: photographs
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Description:

2 photographs: views of the house under construction and completed

Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 2 photographs
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-004T-060b
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215297
- Title: Portrait of Mies, Farnsworth House Conceptual Sketch and a note on Mies' structural system
- Dates of creation: 1950
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (subject)
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-005T-060C
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215298
- Title: Clipping, Chicago Sunday Tribune and Mies van der Rohe's 50X50 house design
- Dates of creation: 24 August 1952
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (subject)
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-005T-061
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215299
- Title: Correspondence, product brochures, notes on waterproofing
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Description:

correspondence, product brochures, notes on waterproofing, postcard, cost estimates, Gas Institute Building structural designs, calculations and notes

Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-005T-062
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215300
- Title: Boiler Plant, I.I.T., Chicago
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Description:

correspondence and structural schematics (blueprints)

Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-005T-063
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215301
- Title: Cost estimates for I.I.T. buildings
- Dates of creation: 1949-1953
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Technique and media:

Index cards and typed copy

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-005T-064
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215302
- Title: Information on radio antenna towers, correspondence and product brochures
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Technique and media:

Diazotypes

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-005T-065
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215303
- Title: Number graphics
- Form: drawings
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 reprographic copy(ies)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Technique and media:

Blueprints

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-005T-066
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215304
- Title: J.W. Sugden correspondence, photographs of industrial machinery and constructions
- Form: textual records, photographs
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-005T-067
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215305
- Title: Model of Borovay House and a perspective of unidentified building
- Form: photographs
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 7 photographs
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver prints

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-005T-068
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215312
- Title: Residence for Dr. Joel F. Sammet
- Form: drawings
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Description:

specifications for general work, drainage and plumbing and detail drawing

Quantity / Object type:

1 reprographic copy(ies)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 file
Technique and media:

Blueprints

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-005T-069
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH215313
- Title: The Book of Houses
- Dates of creation: 1946
- Form: books
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Description:

includes a note and sketch on note paper (found on page 29)

Quantity / Object type:

1 book(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 books
Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-005T-070
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH255260
- Title: Correspondence to and from Goldsmith, Mies, Ogden Hannaford, James ("Jim") Ferris, etc
- Dates of creation: 1951-1957
- Form: textual records
- Catalogued items within this file 0
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (correspondence writer)
- Myron Goldsmith (recipient)
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (correspondence writer)
- James Ferris (correspondence writer)
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 file(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 0.01 l.m. of textual records
Technique and media:

Photocopies

Document Type:
- correspondence
- postcards
Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal;
Don de Ludwig Glaeser/
Gift of Ludwig Glaeser
Actions:
- Add to folder
See more Close
- Reference Number: ARCH286279
- Title: Farnsworth House
- Form: photographs
- Catalogued items within this file 1
People:
- Myron Goldsmith (archive creator)
Quantity / Object type:

1 photograph(s)

Extent and Medium:
- 1 photographs
Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Physical Description:

matted

Credit line:

Myron Goldsmith fonds
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Folder Number:

32-003S-089

Objects that have been catalogued:
- - ARCH215294
  - Farnsworth House
  - Form: photographs
  - Add to folder

Top of page

Canadian Centre for Architecture
1920, rue Baile
Montreal, QC H3H 2S6
+1 514 939 7026
info@cca.qc.ca

Galleries and bookstore open today 11am–5pm
Collection access by appointment

Visitor information
Current exhibitions
Events
Archives

Find us on Facebook, X, Instagram, and YouTube

Press resources

Office and Research Files

Part of

People

Title

Dates of creation

Level of archival description

Extent and Medium

Scope and Content

Reference Number

Arrangement

Inventory

People:

Quantity / Object type:

Extent and Medium:

Document Type:

Credit line:

Folder Number:

People:

Quantity / Object type:

Extent and Medium:

Credit line:

Folder Number:

People:

Description:

Quantity / Object type:

Extent and Medium:

Credit line:

Folder Number:

People:

Quantity / Object type:

Extent and Medium:

Credit line:

Folder Number:

People:

Description:

Quantity / Object type:

Extent and Medium:

Technique and media:

Credit line:

Folder Number:

People:

Description:

Quantity / Object type:

Extent and Medium:

Credit line:

Folder Number:

People:

Quantity / Object type:

Extent and Medium:

Credit line:

Folder Number:

People:

Quantity / Object type:

Extent and Medium:

Credit line:

Folder Number:

People:

Quantity / Object type:

Extent and Medium:

Credit line:

Folder Number:

People:

Quantity / Object type:

Extent and Medium:

Technique and media:

Credit line:

Folder Number:

People:

Quantity / Object type:

Stage and Purpose:

Extent and Medium:

Technique and media:

Credit line:

Folder Number:

People:

Quantity / Object type:

Extent and Medium:

Technique and media:

Credit line:

Folder Number: