Box 1
Container
Contains 17 Collections and/or Records:
J.J. Polivka papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS 48
Overview
Papers of J.J. Polivka, internationally renowned Czechoslovakian structural engineer. Collection documents his collaboration with Frank Lloyd Wright on many of Wright's later projects including the Guggenheim Museum. Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, photographs and photograph negatives.
Found in:
University Archives
/
J.J. Polivka papers
Correspondence, 1945
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
Includes patent for 1949 invention.
Correspondence, 1946 January-July
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
Includes letter of introduction, correspondence and notes regarding the Guggenheim Museum and Roger Lacy Hotel.
Correspondence, 1946 August-December
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
Includes invoices, further discussion of the Guggenheim Museum.
Correspondence, 1947-1949
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
Includes testimony and cost estimates for the Butterfly Bridge.
Correspondence, 1950-1957
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence about the Johnson Wax Tower, the Illinois, the Butterfly Bridge, the Belmont Pavilion.
Correspondence, 1957 January-February
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
All folders contain correspondence and notes pertaining to projects.
Correspondence, 1957 March-November
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
Includes receipts, correspondence and press regarding the Belmont Pavilion, and a draft of Polivka's article, "What it's like to work with Wright."
Correspondence, 1958-1959
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
All folders contain correspondence and notes pertaining to projects.
Correspondence, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
Includes "Aesthetics of bridges" written by Polivka, notes.