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Box 1

 Container

Contains 17 Collections and/or Records:

J.J. Polivka papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-0048
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, and the proposed Butterfly Bridge. Collection consists of correspondence, clippings, drawings, publications, 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.
Found in: University Archives / J.J. Polivka papers / Correspondence

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.
Found in: University Archives / J.J. Polivka papers / Correspondence

Correspondence, 1946 August-December

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Includes invoices, further discussion of the Guggenheim Museum.
Found in: University Archives / J.J. Polivka papers / Correspondence

Correspondence, 1947-1949

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Includes testimony and cost estimates for the Butterfly Bridge.
Found in: University Archives / J.J. Polivka papers / Correspondence

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.
Found in: University Archives / J.J. Polivka papers / Correspondence

Correspondence, 1957 January-February

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents All folders contain correspondence and notes pertaining to projects.
Found in: University Archives / J.J. Polivka papers / Correspondence

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."
Found in: University Archives / J.J. Polivka papers / Correspondence

Correspondence, 1958-1959

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents All folders contain correspondence and notes pertaining to projects.
Found in: University Archives / J.J. Polivka papers / Correspondence

Correspondence, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents Includes "Aesthetics of bridges" written by Polivka, notes.
Found in: University Archives / J.J. Polivka papers / Correspondence