Jeffrey Aronin Interview

Marcel Breuer interviewed by Jeffrey Aronin for WNYC radio broadcast of Architecture in the Space Age 2 Jan 1962. Jeffrey Ellis Aronin was a practicing Architect as well as the moderator of WNYC’s radio series Architecture in the Space Age and Architecture for the Good Life.

Breuer, Jan 2, 1962

George Goodwin Interviews

The Special Collections Research Center holds a collection of four oral history interviews relating to Marcel Breuer created by George Goodwin from 1992 to 1993. The interviewees include I. M. Pei, Edward L. Barnes, Max Abramovitz, and Mary Hagerty (Mrs. Frances Hagerty). The finding aid for the Goodwin collection can be viewed here.

Max Abramovitz - The achievements of Max Abramovitz's firm, Harrison, Abramovitz, & Abbe, include the United Nations Headquarters building in New York, Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, the Corning Glass Center in Corning, New York, and the Tour Gan (formerly the Tour Nobel) in Paris.

Abramovitz, Mar. 31, 1993 (Part 1)
Abramovitz, Mar. 31, 1993 (Part 2)
Abramovitz, May 06, 1993 (Part 3)
Abramovitz, May 06, 1993 (Part 4)

Edward L. Barnes - Edward L. Barnes was an American modernist architect whose buildings include the IBM headquarters in New York, the Smart Museum in Hyde Park, and various structures at the Chicago Botanic Gardens.

Barnes, Mar. 18, 1993 (Part 1)
Barnes, Mar. 18, 1993 (Part 2)
Barnes, Mar. 18, 1993 (Part 3)

Mary Hagerty (Mrs. Frances Hagerty) - The mother-in-law of Mary Hagerty was one of Breuer's earliest clients. At the time of interviewing, she still lived next door to the Hagerty House in Cohassett, Massachusetts.

Hagerty, Oct. 12, 1992

I. M. Pei - I. M. Pei is a Chinese-born American architect; also a modernist, his work includes the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, the East Building for the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the Louvre Pyramid in Paris.

Pei, Feb. 25, 1993 (Part 1)
Pei, Feb. 25, 1993 (Part 2)