Bruce J. Graham Papers
1939-2017 (bulk 1960s-1980s)
Bruce Graham (1925-2010) Mrs. Bruce Graham Fazlur Khan (1929-1982) Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
A moderately sized collection of lectures, writings, correspondence, slides and printed matter from the private home of Bruce Graham, architect of the Sears Tower (now Willis Tower), and the John Hancock Building, both designed in partnership with noted structural engineer Fazlur Khan. Graham retired from SOM in 1989 and moved to Hobe Sound, Florida, where he opened a new firm, Graham & Graham, in partnership with his wife, Jane. Graham has served on numerous fine art, architectural, and urban planning boards, and is a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Manuscripts, photocopies, dot matrix printouts, printed papers, typescripts, newsprint, black and white and color photographs, black and white and color slides, color transparencies, color stereo transparencies, color negatives, black and white and color digital prints, color ink jet prints, color laserprints, diazotypes, indirect electrostatic prints, xeroxes, posters, plaques, diploma covers, flag, pamphlets, holographs, sepia-diazo prints, postcards, ink on paper, correspondence, drawings, architectural reprographic prints, VHS videocassettes and DVDs.