Albert C. Ledner Office Records
Scope and Contents
This collection of records, from New Orleans modernist architect and designer Albert Charles Ledner (1924-2017)'s office, includes drawings, correspondence, articles, and photographs featuring residential, commercial, religious, educational, and social projects. Projects were done in New Orleans, throughout Louisiana, and a few other cities across the United States. Records also include industrial design inventions for a thermal gravity pump, a high rise emergency descent apparatus, and a tunnel oven for his mother’s bakery. Images of structures by Frank Lloyd Wright, Bruce Goff, John Lautner, and Eero Saarinen, which Ledner visited from 1944 to 1955, are also maintained.
Dates
- 1940s–2009
Creator
- Ledner, Albert Charles, 1924-2017 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
This collection is the physical property of Tulane University Special Collections. Copyright belongs to the creators or their legal heirs and assigns. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or owner’s heir for permission to publish where Tulane University Special Collections does not hold the copyright. For further information, please contact Research Services at specialcollections@tulane.edu.
Biographical / Historical
Ledner completed projects in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, New York, Maryland, California, and Virginia. For the vast majority of owner-built projects, Ledner served as both project architect and construction manager. He designed numerous buildings for the National Maritime Union of America. Lender’s mother, Beulah Ledner, owned a bakery, and is credited with the creation of the New Orleans doberge cake.
Extent
48.5 Linear Feet (13 folders, 4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into two series: Series 1: Project Drawings; Series 2: Project Correspondence, Publicity, and Photographs.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Records were given by Albert C. Ledner to SEAA in 2006.
- Architecture -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Architecture, Domestic -- Louisiana Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Architecture, Modern -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- architectural drawings (visual works) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Tulane University Special Collections Repository
