Oral history interview with I.M. Pei 1978
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- Name
- Pei, I. M., 1917-2019 (Interviewee)
- Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with I.M. Pei 1978
- Abstract
- Emigration from China, 1935; teaching at Harvard School of Design, 1945-48; work with William Zeckendorf in Webb & Knapp, 1948-55, on urban redevelopment design; design of Roosevelt Island buildings, John Hancock building, Kennedy Library, Dallas Municipal Administration Center, and National Gallery wing; issues in museum design.
- Collection Name
- New York's art world project
- Subjects
- Architects; Arts--United States; Art museums--United States; Architecture--Study and teaching; Architecture--United States; Urban renewal; Pei, I. M., 1917-2019
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1978
- Physical Description
- 86 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Architect.
- Note
- Interviewed by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel on March 23, 1978.
- Digitized from analog recordings: Original available in the Columbia Center for Oral History, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries
- Note (Provenance)
- Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Gift 1978-1979
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13528140
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-d3h2-s159
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.