Shoebox House
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Ken Isaacs built the Shoebox House (sometimes called Old Microhouse or Old M'House) at Groveland. He and Barbara Isaacs lived in it after he got the Graham Foundation grant in 1963. It is also the setting for the cover photo of How To Build Your Own Living Structures (1974).
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Contact sheet; Cover art, How to Build Your Own Living Structure book, c. 1973
File — Box 71, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Records Isaacs’ design work, including studio and process shots, and classroom activity and student work. There are also some personal photographs of Isaacs’ parents, his youth, and his family. Most photos were created by or for Isaacs, although some are copies by photojournalists covering Isaacs for newspapers and magazines. Photographic prints and transparencies make up most of the series, though there are recordings of lectures by and about Isaacs, audio notes, media appearances, and...
Dates:
c. 1973
Ken Isaacs project pack, mixed originals and copies, undated
File — Box 50, 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
Letters; Bob Smith at Chicago's American, 1963 - 1965
File — Box 52, Folder: 33
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Comprises Isaacs’ personal reference library, used by him for in-house reference as well as in press kits. For business, he produced and kept documentation files including drawings, plans and photographs about his designs and copies of any media coverage.
Dates:
1963 - 1965
Presentation binder, green; Drawing copies, photographic material, 2000 - 2016
File — Box 51, Folder: 2
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:
Modified: 2000 - 2016