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 3 Collections and/or Records:
Barbara and Ken Isaacs seated inside the Shoebox House or Old Microhouse at Groveland
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_51_02_06
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
Ken and Barbara Isaacs at Shoebox House with Colorful Flowerpots
Digital Image
Identifier: 202101_69_18_02
Dates:
Digitized: 2022-10-05
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