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Title Page
Summary Information
Access and Use
Biography
Collection Scope and Content Note
Subject Terms
Contents List
Personal Papers, 1903-1970
Correspondence, 1917-1970
Professional Papers, 1905-2008
Transcripts of Speeches
Cost Ledger
Publications
AIA 2003 Gold Medal Submission
Newspaper and Journal Articles, 1903-2008
Photographs of Completed Buildings in Leather Portfolios,
Photographs (Construction and Miscellaneous)
Temple Beth El, Detroit, Michigan, 1902, Jobs No. 89 and 136-A
Ford Motor Company, Highland Park Plant Extension Buildings 29 & 30, Highland Park, Michigan, 1916, Job No. 375 W
Science Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1914-1915), Job No. 605
Detroit Trust Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1914-1915 & 1926-1927, Job Nos. 637 & 637-F
Detroit News (Evening News) Building, Detroit, Michigan, 1915-1916 & 1920, Job Nos. 641, 641-BN, 641-BM & 641-HR
Ford Motor Company Building, 54th & Broadway, New York, New York, 1917-1918, Job No. 807
Ford Motor Company Eagle Shipbuilding Plant, River Rouge, Michigan, ca. 1918 & 1926, Job No. 847
University Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1919-1921, Job No. 850
General Motors (Durant) Building, Detroit, Michigan, 1919-1920, Job No. 902
Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory Building and Power House Extension, Dearborn, Michigan, 1923-1924 & 1929-1930, Job No. 1077 & 1077-S
Senator James Couzens Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1926-1927, Job No. 1335
New York Times Annex Addition, New York, New York, 1930-1931, Job No. 1528
Ann J. Kellogg School, Battle Creek, Michigan, 1930-1931, Job No. 1549
General Motors Exhibition Building, Chicago, Illinois, 1932-1933, Job No. 1614
Ford Motor Company Exposition Building (Rotunda), Chicago, Illinois, 1934, Job No. 1657
Lady Esther, Inc., Manufacturing Building, Clearing, Illinois, 1937, Job No. 1736A
Glenn L. Martin Company Factory Buildings, Baltimore, Maryland, 1937-1942, Job Nos. 1752 (Assembly Building) & 1752A (Engineering Building)
Chrysler Corporation Half-Ton Truck Plant, Warren, Michigan, 1937-1938, Job No. 1766
Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Curtiss Airplane Division, Buffalo, New York, 1938, Job No. 1785
Chrysler Corporation Tank Arsenal, Warren, Michigan, 1940-1943, Job No. 1867
Ford Motor Company Willow Run Bomber Plant, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1941-1943, Job No. 1888
Nash-Kelvinator Corporation Motor Assembly Building, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1942-1943, Job No. 1922
Ford Service Building ("Boulevard Building"), Grand Boulevard and Woodward Avenue, Detroit, 1910, Job No. 462
Krolik Building, Jefferson and Randolph Streets, Detroit, 1917, Job No. 766
Vinton Building, Woodward and Congress Streets, Detroit, 1917, Job No. 770
Y. W. C. A Building, Adams and Witherell Streets, Detroit, 1928-1929, Job No. 1362
The Women's Hospital, Beaubien Street and Forest Avenue, Detroit, 1927-1929, Job No. 1395
William Livingstone Memorial Lighthouse, Belle Isle, Detroit, 1929-1930, Job No. 1400
S. S. Kresge Company Administration Building, Cass Park, Detroit, 1929-1930, Job No. 1476
Grace Hospital Addition, Brush and Willis Streets, Detroit, Michigan, 1930-1931, Job No. 1527
Burroughs Adding Machine Company Factory Building, Plymouth, Michigan (1937) Job No. 1737
Charles J. Butler Residence, 1507 Iroquois Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 1914, Job No. 627
Jennison Hardware Company Warehouse, Bay City, Michigan, 1924, Job No. 1184
Ford Motor Company Exposition Building, 1939 New York World's Fair, (1938-1940) Job No. 1783
General Motors Corporation Exposition Building, 1939 New York World's Fair, (1938-1939) Job No. 1784-A
Stalingrad Tractor Plant, Amtorg Trading Corporation, Stalingrad, U.S.S.R. (1929-1930) Job No. 1503
Autotrust Corporation Forge Shop, Moscow, U.S.S.R. (1930) Job No. 1563
Ford Motor Company "Rotunda" Building, Dearborn, Michigan (1941) Job Nos. 1673-N & O
Alvan T. Fuller Service and Sales Buildings Additions (Packard), Commonwealth Avenue and Malvern Street, Boston, MA (1916-1917 & 1928-1929) Job Nos. 413-A & 413-F
A. Krolik & Co. Warehouse Building, Detroit (1917) Job No. 766
Dearborn Inn (Henry Ford Hotel), Dearborn, Michigan (1930-1932) Job No. 1504-A & 1504-B
Ford Motor Company, Highland Park Plant, Extension to Building "A" (1916) Job No. 375-Y
Ford Motor Company, Highland Park Plant Building "A," Section "A-A" (1917) Job No. 375-BB
Chrysler Corporation DeSoto Plant, Wyoming Avenue, Detroit, Michigan (1941) Job No. 1719-D
Hudson Motor Car Company Plant Additions, Detroit, Michigan (1925-1929) Job Nos. 450-BE, BP, CK, CL, CN, CO, CP & CS
Industrial Works Building (Industrial Brownhoist), Bay City, Michigan (1907) Job No. 362
William L. Clements Residence, Stable Building, Bay City, Michigan (1908) Job No. 362
First National Bank, Bay City, Michigan (1919) Job No. 610
Bay City Library, Bay City, Michigan (1920-1922) Job No. 920
Ford Motor Company Glass Manufacturing Plant, River Rouge, MI (1922-1923) Job No. 1071
Packard Motor Car Company Plant and Buildings, Detroit, Philadelphia, Long Island, Chicago, New York and Boston (1911-1917)
Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, Detroit (1930) Job No. 1385
Ford Motor Company Iron Mountain Distillation and Carbonization Plant, Kingsford, Upper Peninsula, Michigan (1923-1925) Job Nos. 988 & 988-A, B, C, D & AA
Albums Containing Furniture, Fabric, Ironwork and Terra Cotta Samples
Audio-Visual Materials
Videotape
Books Owned by Albert Kahn
Project Records
A. Dupont Residence, Detroit, Michigan, 1896, Job No. 1
Professor Edward DeMille Campbell Residence, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1899, Job No. 12
Sigma Phi House, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, undated, Job No. 66
Temple Beth El, Detroit, Michigan, 1902, Jobs No. 89 and 136-A
Engineering Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1902-03 and 1908-1910, Job No. 145, 145A & 145B
Delta Upsilon House, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1902-1903) Job No. 173
Packard Motor Company Factory Addition, Building Number 10, Detroit, Michigan, 1905-1909, Job No. 277
Packard Motor Company Factory Addition, Building Number 11, Detroit, Michigan, 1906, Job No. 289
Packard Motor Car Company Forge Building, Detroit, Michigan, 1910, Job No. 201-A-N
Albert Kahn Residence, Detroit, Michigan, 1906 and 1921-1928, Job No. 293 and 293-E, F & G
George G. Booth Residence at Cranbrook, Birmingham, Michigan, 1907-1908 & 1913-1923, Jobs No. 333 & 333-A, B, D-K
Ford Motor Company, Highland Park Plant, Michigan, 1908-1909, Job No. 375
Ford Motor Company Power Building, Highland Park, Michigan, 1909, Job No. 375-A
Ford Motor Company Administration Building, Highland Park, Michigan, 1909-1910, Job No. 375-D
Horace Elgin Dodge Residence, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1910-1911, Job No. 423
The Detroit Free Press Office Building, Detroit, Michigan, 1911-1912, Job No. 487
King's Theatre (National Theatre), Detroit, Michigan, 1911, 1920 & 1924, Jobs No. 478 and 478-A, C & D
Professor George Washington Patterson Residence, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1913, Job No. 544
Detroit Athletic Club, Detroit, Michigan, 1913-1914 and 1918-1935, Jobs No. 593 and 593-A, H, I, N, O, P, Q & R
Newberry Residence Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1914 and 1920, Jobs No. 606 & 606-A
Detroit Trust Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1914-1915 and 1926, Job No. 637 & 637-F
Library Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1916-1917, 1949, 1969, 1972 and 1977, Jobs No. 663 & 663-A-E
Burroughs Adding Machine Company, Detroit, Michigan, 1916-1917, Job No. 300K
Betsy Barbour Residence Hall, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1917, Job No. 829
Ford Motor Company Eagle Shipbuilding Plant, River Rouge, Michigan, 1918, Job No. 847
First and Old Detroit National Bank, Detroit, Michigan, 1919-1922, Job No. 803
University Hospital, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1919-1921, Job No. 850
General Motors (Durant) Building, Detroit, Michigan, 1919-1920, Job No. 902
The New Temple Beth El, Detroit, Michigan, 1920-1922, Job No. 821
William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1921-1922, Job No. 1001 & 1001-B
Ford Motor Company Glass Manufacturing Plant, River Rouge, Michigan, 1922-1923, Job No. 1071
Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory, Dearborn, Michigan, 1922-19261929-1930, Job Nos. 1077 1077-K, 1077-L & 1077-S
Psi Upsilon Fraternity House, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1924-1925, Job No. 1200-A
The Thomas Henry Simpson Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1925-1926, Job. No. 1239
University Museums, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michigan, 1926-1927, Job No. 1319
Edsel B. Ford Residence, Gaukler Pointe, Michigan, 1926-1932 and 1977-1991, Jobs No. 1334 & 1334-A, B, C, D, E, F, H, L, V, W, AA, AB & AD
Senator James C. Couzens Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1926-1927, 1938 and 1940, Job No. 1335 & 1335-B
Fisher Building (Building for New Center Development Corporation), Detroit, Michigan, 1927-1930, Job No. 1378
Stalingrad Tractor Plant, Amtorg Trading Corporation, Stalingrad, U.S.S.R., 1929-1930, Jobs No. 1503 & 1503-A, B, C, D, E, G & H
Carillon Tower for the University of Michigan [Burton Memorial Tower], 1936, Job No. 1706
Science Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1914, Job No. 605
Ford Motor Company Extension No. 29 and 30, Highland Park, Michigan, 1915-1916, Job No. 375-W
Literary Building (Angell Hall), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1923-1924, Job No. 1025-B
Ford Motor Company "Century of Progress" Exposition Buildings, Chicago, Illinois, 1934, Job No. 1657 1657-A, B and C
University of Michigan Campus Layout, Ann Arbor, ca. 1921, Job. No. 1028
Delta Gamma House, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1911, Job No. 376
Offices of Albert Kahn, Architect, Marquette Building, Detroit, Michigan, 1917-1929, Job Nos. 798, 798-D, F, G, K, L, O, P and Q
Hill Memorial Hall (Hill Auditorium), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1911-1913 and 1924, Job No. 494
William Livingstone Memorial Lighthouse, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, 1929, Job No. 1400
Medical Building, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1923-1924, Job No. 1023
Detroit Athletic Club Garage Building, Detroit, Michigan, 1915-1921, Job Nos. 672, 672-B and C
Albert Kahn, Inc. Offices, Moscow, U. S. S. R., 1930, Job No. 1559
Ford and Chevrolet Assembly Plants Plot Plans, 1934,
The Evening News Association (Detroit News) Building, Detroit, Michigan, 1915-1916, Job No. 641
New York Times Annex Addition, New York, NY, 1930-1931, Job No. 1528
E. Chandler Walker Residence ("Willistead Manor"), Walkerville, Ontario, Canada, 1904-1905, Job No. 210 and 210-A
Clubhouse for the Detroit Golf Club, Detroit, Michigan, 1916-1917, 1923 and 1927, Job No. 740 and 740-B, F, G, H, J and K
Henry B. Joy Residence ("Fairacres"), Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1908-1909, 1914-1915, 1926 and 1928, Job No. 368 and 368-A, F, G, J, L, M & N
Glenn L. Martin Company Plant Additions, Middle River, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1937-1942, Job Nos. 1752 and 1752-C
Grace Hospital Nurses Home, Detroit, Michigan, 1898, 1910, 1914 and 1915, Job Nos. 73 and 73-A, B & C
D. Loomis Residence, 162 Joseph Campau, Detroit, ca. 1899, Job No. 77
Ford Motor Company Courtesy Building ("Rotunda"), Dearborn, Michigan, 1935-1937, Job No. 1673
Autostroy Corporation Assembly Building, Moscow, U.S.S.R., 1929, Job No. 1532
Stalmost Steel Fabricating Plant, Upper Solda Near Nijni Tagil, U.S.S.R. , 1931, Job No. 1579 and 1579-F
William L. Clements Residence, Bay City, Michigan, 1908-1909 and 1924, Job No. 362 and 362-D
Autotrust Corporation Forge Shop, Moscow, U.S.S.R., 1930) Job No. 1563
Cheliatractorstroy Tractor Plant, Cheliabinsk, U.S.S.R., 1930, Job No. 1573
Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Curtiss Aeroplane Division, Dope Room, Stack Shop and Storage Building, Tonawanda, New York, 1938, Job No. 1785
Lady Esther Manufacturing Building, Clearing, Illinois, 1937-1938 and 1944) Job No. 1736-A
Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1911-1913 Job No. 494
The Five Year Plan of Economic Development of the U.S.S.R., 1929
Dr. J. B. Book Apartment Building ("The Palms"), Detroit, Michigan, 1901-1902, Jobs No. 95 and No. 105
John S. Newberry Residence, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, 1914, Job No. 604
Joseph Boyer Residence, Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 1904, Job No. 243
Scripps Power Building, Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, 1905, Job No. 260
Cook Farm Company, Ltd., Office Building, (Owen Building) Shelby and Lafayette Streets, Detroit, Michigan, 1906-1907, Job No. 306
James C. Couzens Residence, Second and Longfellow Avenues, Detroit, Michigan, 6/12/1909, 6/12/1909 and 1922, Job No. 411 & 411-C
Ford Motor Company Airplane Parts Manufacturing Building (Willow Run Bomber Factory), near Ypsilanti, Michigan. 1941-1943, Job No. 1888R
Ford Motor Company Airfield for Airplane Parts Manufacturing Building (Willow Run Bomber Factory), near Ypsilanti, Michigan (1941-1944) Job No. 1888R (supercedes 1888)
General Motors Corporation Exhibition Building, "A Century of Progress," Chicago World's Fair, 1933 (1932-1933) Job No. 1614
Detroit Home and Day School (Liggett School) Branch Building and Addition, Burns and Charlevoix Avenues (1913-1929) Job Nos. 526, 526-A, 526-C, 526-C-R1, 526-D, 526-E & 526-F
Republic Steel Corp. Strip Mill, Cleveland, Ohio (1936-1937) Job No. 1743 Rev.
Ford Motor Company Building, 54th Street & Broadway, New York, New York (1917-1919) Job No. 807
The Vinton Company Office and Store Building (The Guaranty Trust Company Building), Detroit (1916-19271938-1939) Job Nos. 770, 770-A & 770-D
Ford Motor Company Exposition Building, 1939 New York World's Fair (1938-1939) Job No. 1783
General Motors Corporation (Argonaut Realty Division) Exposition Building, 1939 New York World's Fair (1938-1939) Job. No. 1784-A
Chrysler Corporation Assembly Building for Tank Arsenal, Warren Township, Michigan (1940-1942) Job No. 1867
Ford Motor Company Service ("Boulevard") Building, Grand Boulevard and Woodward Avenue, Detroit (1910-1918) Job Nos. 462 & 462-A, C & D)
Senator T. W. Palmer Store and Office Building, Washington Boulevard, Detroit (1909-1910) Job No. 417
Grosse Pointe Shores School, Vernier Road, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan (1916) Job No. 732
The New York Times Annex Alterations, New York, New York (1931-1932) Job No. 1528-A
Alvan Macauley Residence, Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan (1929-1930) Job No. 1435-A
University of Michigan Psychopathic Ward Building, Ann Arbor (1902-1903 & 1911-1912) Job No. 137 & 137-A
Woodlawn Cemetery Mortuary Chapel, Detroit, Michigan (1905) Job No. 275
The Sorosis Chapter House, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1905-1906) Job No. 288
Day Krolik Residence, Detroit, Michigan (ca. 1906-1907) Job No. 331
Fisher Building (Building for New Center Development Corporation), Detroit, Michigan (1927) Job No. 1378
United States Signal Corps Mobilization Camps (Aviation Training Camp), Joy Field, Mt. Clemens, Michigan (1917) Job No. 809
Alvan T. Fuller Service Building (Packard), Commonwealth Avenue and Malvern Street, Boston, MA (1909-1910 & 1916) Job Nos. 413 & 413-A
E. Chandler Walker Gate Lodge ("Willistead Manor"), Walkerville, Ontario, Canada (1904) Job No. 235
E. Chandler Walker Barn ("Willistead Manor"), Walkerville, Ontario, Canada (1904) Job No. 236
Walkerville Police Station (former E. Chandler Walker Barn), Walkerville, Ontario, Canada (1921) Job No. 236-B
Hugh Chalmers Residence and Garage, 275 Iroquois Avenue, Indian Village, Detroit, Michigan (1909-1910) Jobs No. 432 & 432-A
Dodge Brothers Factory Buildings, Detroit, Michigan (1910-1913) Job Nos. 449, 449-A, B, E, F & G)
Hiram Walker & Sons Company Office Building, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, by Mason & Rice Architects (1892) Job No. 632
James Couzens Farm Residence, Wabeek Farm, Birmingham, Michigan (1910-1913, 1920, 1923 & 1935) Job Nos. 482, 482-B, C, D, H, J & K
Dean Cooley Residence, Proposed Alterations, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1903) Job No. 209
Hudson Motor Car Company Factory Buildings, Detroit, Michigan (1910) Job No. 450 & 450-A
A. Krolik and Company Warehouse and Store Building, Jefferson Avenue and Randolph Street, Detroit, Michigan (1917) Job No. 766
Grace Hospital Nurses' Home Alterations, Detroit (1924-1931) Job No. 73-D & E
"The Woodward" Apartment Building, Woodward & Forest Avenues, Detroit (ca. 1900) Job No. 83
Chalmers -- Detroit Motor Company (E. R. Thomas -- Detroit Company) Factory, Detroit (1907-1909) Job No. 344 and 344-A and C
Grabowsky Power Wagon Company Factory Building, Detroit (1910-1911) Job No. 446 and 446-B & C
Standard Auto Company Garage and Showroom, Woodward and Garfield Avenues, Detroit (1907-1908) Job No. 355
Ford Motor Company Iron Mountain Plant, Iron Mountain and Pequaming, Michigan (1923-1927) Job No. 988, 988-A, B, C, D, E, G, J, K, L, M, N, P and Y
Kahn Realty Company Store and Theatre, Jefferson and Fairview Avenues, Detroit, Michigan (1912-1913) Job No. 560
Langley Field Aeronautical Experimental Station, Hampton, Virginia (1917-1918) Job Nos. 796 & 76
Riverview Casino and Dancing Pavilion (Palace Gardens), Riverview Park Company, Detroit, Michigan (1911-1924) Job Nos. 523 and 523-D, E, L & M
Kahn Realty Company Store Building and (Calvert) Theatre, Woodward and Calvert Avenues, Detroit, Michigan (1912-1913) Job Nos. 573 & 573-A
James Couzens Mausoleum, Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan (1919 & 1937) Job No. 866 & 866-A
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, Chicago Blvd. & Lawton Avenue, Detroit (1929-1931) Job No. 1385
Police Headquarters Building and First Precinct Police Station, Beaubien and Clinton Streets, Detroit, Michigan (1921-1923) Job No. 990-R
Dr. Christopher Gregg Parnall Residence, Oxford Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan (1921-1923) Job No. 994 & 994-A
Cadillac Motor Car Company Sales and Service Building and Addition, York Street and Cass Avenue, Detroit, Michigan (1919-1926) Job No. 900, 900-A & 900-E
Trussed Concrete Steel Company (Truscon Steel) Worker Housing, Hamtramck, Michigan (ca. 1920) Job No. 999
Belle Isle Coliseum Company Ball Room ("The Pier"), Detroit, Michigan (1921) Job No. 1007-A & B
First Congregational Church Alterations and Additions, Woodward and Forest Avenues, Detroit, Michigan (1923-1925) Job Nos. 1008 and 1008 A & B
University of Michigan Physical Science Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan (East Physics Building) (1922-1923) Job Nos. 1024 and 1024-A
Young Women's Christian Association Building, Montcalm and Witherell Streets, Detroit, Michigan (1928-1929) Job No. 1362
S. S. Kresge Administration Building, Second Boulevard West and Temple Avenue, Detroit, Michigan (1929-1930) Job No. 1476
Hotel for Mr. Henry Ford (Dearborn Inn), Dearborn, MI (1930-1936) Job No. 1504 and 1504-A, B, C, E, F & G
Ford Motor Company Railroad Layouts at Thirty-Three Factory Sites (1924) Job No. 1221
Imperial Distillers Products Corporation Rectifying Plant, East Jefferson Avenue and Connors Lane, Detroit, Michigan (ca. 1933) Job No. 1650
Chrysler Corporation DeSoto Plant, Welfare and Employment Building, Wyoming Avenue, Detroit (1937) Job No. 1719-A
Chrysler Corporation DeSoto Plant, Third-Story Addition, Wyoming Avenue, Detroit (1937) Job No. 1719-B
Ann J. Kellogg School, Battle Creek, Michigan (1930) Job No. 1549
Kahn, Dr. Edgar A., Summer Cottage, East Delhi Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan (ca. 1940) Job No. 1849
Burroughs Adding Machine Company Factory Building, Plymouth, Michigan (1936-1937) Job No. 1737
Burroughs Adding Machine Company Factory Building Addition, Plymouth, Michigan (1941) Job No. 1737-B
Ethyl Gasoline Corporation Engineering Research Laboratories, Royal Oak Township (Ferndale), Michigan (1940-1941) Job No. 1854
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Detroit News (Evening News) Building, Detroit, Michigan,  1915-1916 &  1920, Job Nos. 641, 641-BN, 641-BM & 641-HR [subseries]:
Box   1  
Construction of Building (Job No. 641) by Charles R. Messinger, Commercial Photographer,  11/11/1915-11/22/1916 (Forty-seven 7-1/2x9-1/2-inch, black-and-white prints)
Box   1  
Façade and Interior Views of New Presses, Switchboard and Substation (Job No. 641-BN & BM) by MacGregor and Company, Commercial Photography,  undated (Thirteen 8x10-inch, black-and-white prints)
Box   1  
Construction of Building Addition (Job No. 641-HR) by Manning Bros., Commercial Photographers,  5/14/1920-11/22/1920 (Twenty-three 7-1/2x9-1/2-inch, black-and-white prints)