Victor Hugo Proetz papers
name: label: Creator
content: Proetz, Victor, 1897-1966
label: Names
content: National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) -- Designs and plans
topic: label: Occupation
content: Interior decorators -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Occupation
content: Architects -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Architecture -- Designs and plans
label: Topic
content: Interior decoration
label: Topic
content: Architecture -- Washington (D.C.) -- Conservation and restoration
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Transferred from the National Portrait Gallery 1977-1979.
creator: label: Creator
content: Proetz, Victor, 1897-1966
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Architect, interior designer; New York, N.Y. and Washington, D.C. Proetz was a close friend and associate of the Charles Nagel, the first director of the National Portrait Gallery.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 5 Items (rolled docs)
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1930]-1965
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.proevict
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Notebooks, card file, architectural plans, elevations, details, drawings, and designs for chairs, desks, cabinets, picture frames, etc. relating to Proetz's renovation of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Many of the designs and records pre-dating the renovation were evidently used by Proetz in the renovation.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Included are 7 notebooks, 1948-1955, recording work; ca. 280 photocopies of designs for furniture, fireplaces, lamps, and other accessories; a card file of American architects; and a file of drawings, notes, and photographs relating to work done for the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; drawings, ca. 1930-1960, including: architectural plans for the renovation; elevations, details, electrical layouts, and proposed furniture for the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hexter, and Joshua S. Cospen; and alterations and additions to the home of George D. Widener.