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• Fonds: Cedric Price fonds, 1903-2006, predominant 1953-2000
•    Series: Library, [1959-2000]

People

• Cedric Price (creator)
• Cedric Price (archive creator)

Title

Library

Dates of creation

[1959-2000]

Level of archival description

Series

Extent and Medium

• 27.35 l.m. of textual records

Scope and Content

Series documents materials from the office library of Cedric Price as it existed in 2001 when it was housed at 38 Alfred Place in London, England, the United Kingdom. Series contains textual records including trade literature and publications on architecture, and includes trade brochures, trade specifications, promotional material, pamphlets, books, periodicals, clippings, price lists, reference drawings, technical drawings, correspondence, office memoranda, notes, annual reports, yearbooks, albums, dissertations, exhibition catalogues, programmes, booklets, prospectuses, newsletters, ephemera, photographic material, and a puzzle. Library contents illustrate Cedric Price's interests in topics such as transportation, demolition, underwater research, oil rigs, fish farming, portable structures, air structures, lightweight enclosures, construction and mechanical processes, and architectural education.

Reference Number

AP144.S4

Arrangement

Materials originally housed in magazine boxes were re-housed in folders bearing the same titles.

Selected publications and documents were transferred to the CCA Library. These materials can be consulted by searching "Cedric Price Fonds" in the Library catalogue.

Language of material

English, French, German, other languages