Project files contain correspondence, business records, notes, printed material, sketches and photographs for commissions in architecture, sculpture and furniture design. Notable folders include projects with Moholy-Nagy, Temple Emanu-El with letters from William W. Wurster, Temple B'rith Kodesh with letters from Belluschi, Emanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church with letters from Otto E. Reichert-Facilides, the Art in the Embassies Program, and design for the RKO General Building. There are also files on programs which Filipowski assisted in planning and organizing, including the ICA's Design in Industry exhibition, the Boston Art Festival, and an exhibition of Filipowski's work at the Fitchburg Art Museum.
Arrangement:
The projects in this series are arranged chronologically as the original order was maintained.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center.
Collection Citation:
Richard E. Filipowski papers, circa 1940-1998. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
