Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
18' Microhouse; Ralph Caplan mentions it in House Beautiful, 1985
File — Box: 34, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Documents work by Ken Isaacs that was done independent of UIC but completed during his time there. It includes exhibit proposals, contest entries and correspondence.
Dates:
1985
Drafts; Isaacs' National Design Award candidacy statement, changing color, font, undated
File — Box: 48, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes correspondence with art historian Victor Margolin, with Wilma Keppel about grid beam construction, an oral history project conducted by Leslie Coburn, and correspondence regarding exhibits, including the rebuilding of the Knowledge Box for the Learning Modern show in 2009 and its inclusion in the Hippie Modernism show in 2015. Presentation binders collect thematic or retrospective materials put together by Isaacs and curatorial partners to represent different aspects of his work for...
Dates:
undated
Letter, Egle Victoria Zygas to Margolin on lecture attendance, 1996
File — Box: 38, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Documents work by Ken Isaacs that was done independent of UIC but completed during his time there. It includes exhibit proposals, contest entries and correspondence.
Dates:
1996
Magazines; Margolin lecture feature in Cooper-Hewitt programs (p. 41), 1996
File — Box: 38, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Documents work by Ken Isaacs that was done independent of UIC but completed during his time there. It includes exhibit proposals, contest entries and correspondence.
Dates:
1996
Pamphlet; National Design Awards gala invite, 2010
File — Box: 50, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes correspondence with art historian Victor Margolin, with Wilma Keppel about grid beam construction, an oral history project conducted by Leslie Coburn, and correspondence regarding exhibits, including the rebuilding of the Knowledge Box for the Learning Modern show in 2009 and its inclusion in the Hippie Modernism show in 2015. Presentation binders collect thematic or retrospective materials put together by Isaacs and curatorial partners to represent different aspects of his work for...
Dates:
2010