Byrd Collection, 28 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Winchester, VA: Winchester Frederick County Historical Society, 1988.ĬITE AS: Richard E. RELATED MATERIAL: Media Collection, 1306 THL ( Discovery)ī IBLIOGRAPHY: Quarles, Garland. Admiral Byrd died in his sleep on Main Boston, Massachusetts. Byrd married Marie Donaldson Ames on January 20, 1915. His work also produced significant new findings about the Antarctic region. During World War II, Byrd served on the staff of the chief of naval operations.īyrd became a national figure through his explorations and his expeditions advanced the fields of aviation technology, reconnaissance, and aerial photography. He organized five expeditions to the Antarctic. He became interested in exploration and undertook a number of long-distance flights across the Atlantic and the North and South Poles. After two years at Virginia Military Institute and one year at the University of Virginia, he was admitted to the U.S. At the early age of 12, having a thirst for adventure, he persuaded his parents to permit him to make an unattended trip around the world. Also included is an atlas called Polar Regions, which provides an in-depth comparison of the two Polar Regions.īIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL: Richard Evelyn Byrd was born in Winchester, VA on October 25, 1881, son of Richard Evelyn Byrd II and Eleanor Bolling Flood.
Byrd (1880-1979) and his expeditions to Antarctica. SCOPE AND CONTENT: The Richard Evelyn Byrd Collection contains correspondence, photographs, news clippings, awards, newsletters, speeches and other materials relevant to Admiral Richard E. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. Consult a member of the archives staff for information concerning these restrictions. USE RESTRICTIONS: Restrictions may apply concerning the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Last Revised 04/2022.ĪCCESS RESTRICTIONS: Collection is open to all researchers. Inventory created by Archives Staff on 09/1980. Virtual Book Club: Brown Bag with Books.There were Young Turks such as Paul McCobb - who designed holistic groups of sleek, blonde-wood furniture - and Milo Baughman, who espoused a West Coast aesthetic in lushly upholstered chairs and sofas with angular steel frames.Īs the collection of vintage mid-century modern chairs, dressers, coffee tables and other furniture on 1stDibs demonstrates, this period saw one of the most delightful and dramatic flowerings of creativity in design history. Robsjohn-Gibbings switched gears, creating items such as the tiered, biomorphic Mesa table. The Risom lounge chair was among the first pieces of furniture commissioned and produced by legendary manufacturer Knoll, a chief influence in the rise of modern design in the United States thanks to the work of Florence Knoll, the pioneering architect and designer who made the firm a leader in its field.Īs the demand for casual, uncluttered furnishings grew, more mid-century designers caught the spirit.Ĭlassically-oriented creators such as Edward Wormley, house designer for Dunbar Inc., offered such pieces as the sinuous Listen to Me chaise the British expatriate T.H. Materials were re-purposed: the Danish-born designer Jens Risom created a line of chairs that used surplus parachute straps for webbed seats and backrests. Harry Bertoia and Isamu Noguchi devised chairs and tables built of wire mesh and wire struts. George Nelson and his design team created Bubble lamp shades using a new translucent polymer skin. Charles and Ray Eames and Eero Saarinen, who had experimented extensively with molded plywood, eagerly embraced fiberglass for, respectively, pieces such as the La Chaise and the Womb chair. Materials developed for wartime use became available for domestic goods and were incorporated into mid-century modern furniture designs. New building techniques, such as “post-and-beam” construction, allowed the International-style schemes to be realized on a small scale, in open-plan houses with long walls of glass. The lean, functionalist “ International Style” architecture of Le Corbusier and Bauhaus eminences such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Walter Gropius had been promoted in the United States during the ’30s by Philip Johnson and others. Postwar American architects and designers were animated by new ideas and new technology. The style, which emerged primarily in the years following World War II, is characterized by pieces that were conceived and made in an energetic, optimistic spirit by creators who believed that good design was an essential part of good living. Organically shaped, clean-lined and elegantly simple are three terms that well describe vintage mid-century modern American furniture.
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