Oral history interview with Wallace Kirkman Harrison, 1978.

Biographical Note

Architect; interviewee d. 1981

Scope and Contents

Childhood, Worcester, Mass.; education; work with McKim, Mead & White, New York, N.Y.; experiences with Navy, World War I; architectural studies in France; Penn Power & Light design project; design for 1939 World's Fair; evaluation of atelier system of architectural education; teaching experiences at Columbia University; architectural design work on Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center complex, Metropolitan Opera, United Nations facilities

Subjects

• Architects--Interviews.
• Architecture--Designs and plans.
• Architecture--Study and teaching.
• Architecture--United States.
• Daum, Raymond L., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Harrison, Wallace K. (Wallace Kirkman), 1895-1981--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990