Collection Summary
Kamrath, Karl, 1911-1988
Karl Kamrath collection,
1918-2004
KAM Accession numbers: 1987021, 1990004, 2001010, 2005023, 2006013
946 drawings, 537 black and white photographic prints, 85 color photographic prints, 89 negatives, 20 transparencies, 8 slides, 237 photostats, 7 photomechanical prints, 5.58 linear feet of textual material, a bust of the Karl Kamrath, a MacKie and Kamrath project file cabinet box, and several artifacts, including drafting tools.
Alexander Architectural Archive, The University of Texas at Austin.
Karl Kamrath (1911-1988) grew up in Austin, Texas and earned his Bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Texas at Austin in
1934. His early career was spent in Chicago but he moved back to Texas in 1937 and became a partner in the firm of MacKie and Kamrath, one of the first Houston firms credited with creating
modern architecture.
Materials are in English.
Biographical Sketch of Karl Kamrath
Karl Kamrath (1911-1988) was born in Enid, Oklahoma on April 25, 1911. The Kamrath family, including father G.A. Kamrath and mother Martha Kreplin Kamrath, moved to Austin, Texas while Karl
Kamrath was a young boy. He excelled at tennis from an early age and continued to play throughout his life. Karl Kamrath attended the University of Texas, where he was awarded a Bachelor of
Architecture degree in 1934. That year he married fellow tennis champion Eugenie Sampson, and moved to Chicago to work as an architect. Turning down an opportunity to play tennis
professionally, he worked for Pereira and Pereira, the Interior Studios of Marshall Field and Company, and the Architectural Decorating Company. During this time in Chicago, Kamrath decided to
open a firm in Houston with fellow University of Texas graduate, Fred MacKie.
Kamrath and his family moved back to Texas in 1937. MacKie and Kamrath opened an architectural firm in Houston the same year and Kamrath became a member of the American Institute of
Architects (AIA) in 1939. During World War II, Kamrath served as captain in the United States Corps of Engineers. After his release from duty in the military, MacKie and Kamrath reopened the
Houston firm in 1946. Kamrath had an opportunity to meet Frank Lloyd Wright when he visited Taliesin in June of 1946. This trip had a profound effect on Kamrath’s architectural designs as he
committed himself to creating organic architecture following Wright’s Usonian principles.
Kamrath was a founder and board member of Houston’s Contemporary Arts Museum from 1948 through 1952. From 1949 through 1955, he served as a visiting critic at several universities, including
the University of Texas, the University of Oklahoma, the University of Oregon, and the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Kamrath was elected an AIA Fellow in 1955, served as
president of the Houston AIA chapter in 1960 and as chairman of the Frank Lloyd Wright Memorial Committee from 1960 to 1962. He was elected to the University of Texas Longhorn Hall of Fame in
1978 and the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame in 1984.
Karl Kamrath and his first wife Eugenie, had four children and divorced in 1975. He married Gardina McCarthy in 1977. Karl Kamrath died on January 29, 1988 in Houston, Texas.
Biographical Sketch of Fred MacKie
Fred MacKie Jr. (1905-1984) was born in Cheyenne, Wyoming on August 13, 1905. While his family moved several times during his childhood, by high school years, he settled in San Antonio with
his parents, Fred MacKie Sr. and Mayme Beacher. In 1924, MacKie entered the School of Architecture at the University of Texas. He earned his degree in 1928 and moved to Chicago to work in the
design department of the architectural firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst, and White. In 1936, MacKie left Graham, Anderson, Probst, and White to become the chief designer at the Architectural
Decorating Company. Both he and Kamrath, while working for the Architectural Decorating Company, decided to open a firm together in Texas. Fred MacKie moved his family to Houston, where he
opened the MacKie & Kamrath firm with Karl Kamrath in 1937.
During World War II, Fred MacKie served as a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Corps of Engineers. He was stationed in Alamogordo, New Mexico from 1942 through 1946. The firm was
closed during this time. At the end of the war, MacKie and Kamrath returned to Houston to reopen their architectural partnership. Fred MacKie was an American Institute of Architects Fellow and
served as the Texas Society of Architects President in 1957. In 1977, MacKie entered a period of semi-retirement due to health problems. Shortly thereafter, Fred MacKie and his wife, Helen,
moved to Palm Desert, California.
Administrative History of MacKie & Kamrath
MacKie & Kamrath, one of the first Houston firms credited with creating modern architecture, opened in 1937. Both Fred MacKie and Karl Kamrath were raised in Texas and educated at the
University of Texas School of Architecture. After working in Chicago following graduation, the two young architects decided to return to Texas to open a firm. Houston was the best option for a
new architecture firm, given its larger size and wealth from the oil and gas industry. Fred MacKie and Karl Kamrath each had their strengths and roles in the firm. Kamrath was in charge of
design, while MacKie was primarily responsible for planning and business. Lloyd Borget, a graduate of the University of Michigan, joined the firm in 1949 and became an associate in 1954.
Borget was primarily in charge of planning and production. In 1977, Fred MacKie went into partial retirement and Lloyd Borget became a partner, along with Ross Belle Gillette, Pete Brunson,
and Vincent Hughes.
MacKie & Kamrath’s most significant projects in Houston include the Kamrath residence, 3448 Locke Lane (1939), Phyllis Wheatley Senior High School (1948), the Contemporary Arts
Association Museum (1949, demolished 1989), Temple Emanu-El (1949), St. John the Divine Episcopal Church (1951, with H.A. Salisbury), Kamrath residence, 8 Tiel Way (1951), and the M.D.
Anderson Hospital for Cancer Research and Tumor Institute (1954, with Schmidt, Garden, and Erikson). Other notable projects outside Houston include the Pasadena State Bank (1963, Doughtie and
Porterfield) in Pasadena, Mackie & Kamrath’s only high-rise built work, Temple Rodef Sholem (1962) in Waco, and the Commercial Standard Insurance Company Building (1956), in Fort
Worth.
Scope and Content of the collection
Drawings, artwork, textual and photographic materials document the life and architectural practice of Houston architect, Karl Kamrath (1911-1988). The collection includes records of Kamrath’s
personal life, professional research and development, interest in Frank Lloyd Wright and association with partner Fred MacKie.
The Kamrath collection (1918-2004, n.d.) contains 910 drawings, 398 black and white photographic prints, 93 color photographic prints, 16 black and white negatives, 83 transparencies, 256
photostats, 3.75 linear feet of manuscript material, a bust of Karl Kamrath, a MacKie and Kamrath project file cabinet box, and several artifacts, including drafting tools. The bulk of the
collection consists of records that document the design of architectural projects, including presentation drawings and finished project photographs.
Personal papers (1930-2004, n.d.) in the Kamrath collection include records created or collected by the architect that are not directly related to architectural practice. This series is
composed of biographical and family records, clippings, correspondence, greeting cards designed by Kamrath, photographs, sketchbooks and student work. Unique subseries reflect Karl Kamrath's
personal and professional interests. Family records contain materials about Karl Kamrath that were created or collected by family members. The Tennis subseries documents Karl Kamrath’s
lifelong success and interest in the sport.
Correspondence, writings, association and committee records, awards, and reference files document Karl Kamrath’s service to the architecture profession. Professional papers (1918-1987, n.d.)
is comprised of these materials and a unique subseries, Frank Lloyd Wright Related Materials. This subseries contains clippings, photographs, postcards, catalogs, drawing reproductions,
bibliographic information, and correspondence concerning the life and work of Frank Lloyd Wright and the relationship between Wright and Kamrath.
The Fred MacKie papers (1928-1935, n.d.) series contains records that relate to the professional development of Karl Kamrath’s business partner Fred MacKie. These documents were collected by
MacKie prior to the 1937 opening of a firm with Kamrath. The original order of the materials has been maintained and includes engineering topics from his education at the University of Texas.
Office records (1926-2000, n.d.) series contains records created or collected by the firm of MacKie and Kamrath that are not directly related to project design and construction. The series
include administrative records, clippings about firm projects, correspondence, financial records, photographs, presentation materials, and public relations documents. Materials in this series
pre-date the formation of the firm MacKie & Kamrath since the architects collected clippings that originally date as early as 1926. This series also includes documentation related to
the 2000 exhibit of the work of MacKie & Kamrath at the Houston Public Library’s Houston Metropolitan Research Center, where additional MacKie & Kamrath materials are housed.
The bulk of the Karl Kamrath collection is project related records. These materials make up the Project Records series and include project lists, job files, photographs, and drawings. The
majority of the drawings in the collection are presentation drawings. Some of the noteworthy Houston projects included in this collection are the Church of St. John the Divine, Temple
Emanu-El, Contemporary Arts Museum, two houses Karl Kamrath designed for his family, and the M.D. Anderson Hospital. Working drawings from MacKie and Kamrath are part of the Architectural
Collection at the Houston Metropolitan Research Center of the Houston Public Library.
Restrictions on Access
Access is by appointment only to any serious scholar.
Restrictions on Use
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Texas as the owner of the collection and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder which must
be obtained by the researcher. For more information please see the Alexander Architectural Archive's Use Policy.
Preferred Citation
Karl Kamrath collection, Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin
Processing Information
Collection processed by: Kathryn Pierce, 2006-2008
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the University of Texas Online Catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the
catalog using these headings
Creators (Persons):
Kamrath, Karl, 1911-1988.
MacKie, Fred.
Creators (Organizations):
MacKie & Kamrath.
Places:
Houston (Tex.)
Subjects (Persons):
Kamrath, Karl.
Subjects (Organizations):
MacKie and Kamrath.
Subjects:
Architecture-Texas.
Architecture, Modern-Texas.
Architecture-20th century-Texas.
Document types:
Drawings.
Presentation drawings.
Photographs.
Job files.
Travel sketches.
Related Material
Selections from Kamrath's library are located in the Architecture and Planning Library Special Collections. Please refer to the unpublished finding aid in the archive, or consult the library
or archive's staff for more information.
Additional MacKie & Kamrath materials are housed at the Houston Public Library’s Houston Metropolitan Research Center.
References to works by or about Karl Kamrath
-- compiled by Kathryn Pierce
"House Beautiful’s 13th annual small house competition." House Beautiful 83 (January 1941): 18-33.
"Houston, Austin lose two prominent architects (obituary)." Texas Architect 38 (May- June 1988).
Kamrath, Karl. "Shop for Texas he-men." Contract Interiors 105 (November 1945): 95.
Kamrath, Karl. "Some South American Sketches." AIA Journal Vol. XXXII, No. 6 (December 1959): 52-53.
Kamrath, Karl. "Frank Lloyd Wright drawings in the AIA archives." American Institute of Architects Journal 42 (July 1964): 50-51.
Kamrath, Karl. "The stubborn hotel is shaking." American Institute of Architects Journal 48 (November 1967): 70-72.
"Kamrath, Karl Fred."The Handbook of Texas Online.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/KK/fka15.html
"Lone stars – Howard Barnstone and Karl Kamrath." Inland Architect 21 (July 1977): 16-17.
MacKie & Kamrath: guide to the architectural collection: a catalog of drawings by the firm of MacKie & Kamrath at the Houston Public Library,
Houston Metropolitan Research Center. Houston: Houston Public Library, 2000.
Miller, Nory. "Hustling, bustling Houston: It ain’t whistling Dixie." Inland Architect 21 (July 1977).
Miller, S. R. "The Architecture of MacKie and Kamrath." Thesis, Rice University, 1993.
Moorhead, Gerald. "MacKie & Kamrath." In "Fifty Years of Texas Architecture." Texas Architect 39 (November 1989): 62-63.
"Tiel Way Architecture: 14th Annual Tour sponsored by the Rice Design Alliance." RO, The Magazine of River Oaks 2, No. 5 (May 1991): 32-33.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series A: Personal Papers, 1920s-2004, n.d.
.9 linear feet of textual materials (2 manuscript boxes), 65 b/w photographs, 41 b/w photostats, 7 color photographs, 24 b/w negatives, 28 color negatives, and 34 original drawings
and paintings
Series Abstract
The Personal Papers series (1920s-2004, n.d.) includes materials created and gathered by Kamrath and his family that are not directly related to architectural projects or other
professional pursuits. This series is composed of the following subseries: Biographical Information, Correspondence, Greeting Cards, Sketchbooks, Student work, Travel, Family, Photographs,
and Tennis.
Greeting Cards contains greeting and Christmas cards created by Karl Kamrath. This subseries includes examples of all levels of the design phase, from sketches on trace and in a
sketchbook to printed copies on card stock. Cards addressed and sent are included in correspondence.
Student work contains16 paintings and drawings by Kamrath executed while attending the University of Texas, including scenes around Austin, such as Battle Hall and Garrison Hall on the
University of Texas campus.
The Travel subseries includes sketches, photographs, notes, clippings, correspondence and ephemera related to various trips Kamrath took throughout his life. These materials document
personal and professional experiences, including a 1954 German tour. During his travels, Kamrath made a number of sketches that he later reproduced as notecards and prints.
The Family subseries is comprised of materials on or about Karl Kamrath that were created or collected by family members, often after the architect’s death. Included is correspondence
related to the establishment of a Karl Kamrath Professorship at the University of Texas and regarding possible exhibits, and clippings about architecture and the firm. This subseries also
contains a Master's of Architecture thesis titled "The Architecture of MacKie and Kamrath," written by Scott Reagan Miller in 1993, Rice University.
The Tennis subseries contains clippings and photographs that document Karl Kamrath and his family as tennis champions.
Subseries A1: Biographical Information
1
1
Biographical information, 1980, 1988, undated
10
1
University of Texas commencement program, 1934
Subseries A2: Correspondence
1
2
Correspondence, personal, 1943-1981, undated
Subseries A3: Greeting Cards
10
2
Christmas cards, printed
10
3
Christmas cards, sketchbook
10
4
Christmas cards, 18 original drawings
10
5
Christmas cards, 20 b/w line negatives
Subseries A4: Sketchbooks
10
6
Blank sketchbook with cover notes by Karl Kamrath, undated
Subseries A5: Student work
f079
Kamrath student artwork
Subseries A6: Travel
1
3
Travel brochures (Walt Disney resorts)
1
4
German tour, business cards acquired, 1954
1
5
German tour, correspondence, 1954
1
6
German tour, Christmas cards, 1954
1
7
German tour, clippings and notes, 1954
1
8
German tour, photographs, November, 1954
7 b/w snapshots
10
7
Cook's Inlet, Anchorage, Alaska, March 17, 1967
2 positive photostats, 1 negative photostat, 1 b/w photographic print
10
8
Ski slopes, Alyeska, Alaska, March 18, 1967
1 positive photostat, 1 negative photostat, 1 b/w photographic print
10
9
Hanalei Plantation, Kauai Island, Hawaii, April 10, 1967
1 positive photostat, 1 negative photostat, 1 b/w photographic print
14
16
Hanalei Plantation, Kauai Island, Hawaii, April 10, 1967
1 b/w photographic print
10
10
Church near Terrero, New Mexico, July 15, 1962
1 b/w line negative
10
11
Highlands Country Club, Highlands, North Carolina, August 26, 1980
1 b/w line negative
10
12
Jos-Win, Glen Campbell, Pennsylvania, December 31, 1964
1 negative photostat
10
13
From Hotel Humboldt, Quito, Ecuador, January 18, 1959
1 positive photostat
10
14
Indian adobe hut, Chillos Valley, Quito, Ecuador, January 20, 1959
1 positive photostat, 1 b/w line negative, 2 printed cards with envelopes
10
15
Thatched hut, Santa Maria Jesus, Guatemala, January 12, 1959
1 b/w line negative
10
16
Mountains east of Hacienda, Jalmolonga, Mexico, February 20, 1970
1 negative photostat
10
17
San José Purua, Mexico, December, 1966
9 positive photostats, 6 negative photostats, 7 b/w prints
10
18
Cathedral San Miguel Allende, February 14, 1970
1 negative photostat
10
19
National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, Mexico, February 18, 1970
1 negative photostat
10
20
Sugar mill, Jalmolonga, Mexico, February 20, 1970
1 negative photostat
10
21
Gate to Emperor's Palace (Soto Sakuradamon), Tokyo, Japan, March 23, 1967
1 positive photostat, 1 negative photostat, 1 b/w print
10
22
Miyako Hotel, Kyoto, Japan, March 28, 1967
1 positive photostat, 1 negative photostat, 1 b/w print
14
16
Miyako Hotel, Kyoto, Japan, March 28, 1967
1 b/w print
10
23
Mt. Fuji, Fuji Hakone National Park, Japan, March 24, 1967
1 positive photostat, 1 negative photostat, 1 b/w print
10
24
Torii, Okazaki Park, Kyoto, Japan, March 27, 1967
1 positive photostat, 1 negative photostat, 1 b/w print
14
16
Torii, Okazaki Park, Kyoto, Japan, March 27, 1967
1 b/w print
10
25
Water mill and well house, Fuji Hakone National Park, Japan, March 24, 1967
1 positive photostat, 1 negative photostat, 1 b/w print
14
16
Water mill and well house, Fuji Hakone National Park, Japan, March 24, 1967
1 b/w print
10
26
Saigon from Embassy Hotel, Vietnam, April 6, 1967
1 positive photostat, 1 negative photostat, 1 b/w print
Subseries A7: Family
1
9
Correspondence, 1980-2005
10
27
Correspondence, Louis Marchiafava, Manager, Archives and Manuscripts, Houston Public Library
1
10
Regents Professorship, 1984-1995
1
11
Clippings on architecture, 1988-2005
1
12
Clippings and photos, Weldon Cafeteria renovation, Houston, 2003
2
1
Thesis: "The Architecture of MacKie and Kamrath" by Scott Reagan Miller, 1993, Rice University
Subseries A8: Photographs of Kamrath family
1
13
Karl Kamrath portraits
12 b/w photographic prints
1
14
Family, friends, and associates
5 color snapshots, 28 color negatives, 1 8x10 b/w print
10
28
George Fell portrait, undated
1 8x10 b/w photograph
1
15
Houston snow scenes [1961]
24 b/w snapshots
Subseries A9: Tennis
2
2
Correspondence, notes, programs
2
3
Clippings, 1920s
2
4
Clippings, 1930s
2
5
Clippings, 1940s
2
6
Clippings, 1950s
2
7
Clippings, 1960s
2
8
Clippings, 1970s
2
9
Clippings, 1980s
2
10
Photographs, 1951, undated
4 b/w photographic prints
Series B: Professional Papers, 1910-1987, n.d.
1.2 linear feet of textual materials (2 manuscript boxes and oversize folders), 65 b/w photographs, 173 b/w photostats, 1 color photograph, 2 sepia prints, and 5 35 mm
slides
Series Abstract
The Professional Papers series (1918-1987, n.d.) is composed of records Kamrath created or collected in service to the architecture profession but outside the design and construction
process of his business. This series contains documentation of Kamrath’s involvement with associations and committees, his correspondence with fellow architects, writings and presentation
materials, awards he received, and a number of reference files related to the field of architecture. There are five subseries: Correspondence, Writings, Presentations, Associations and
Committees, Awards and Recognitions, Reference Files, and Frank Lloyd Wright Related Materials.
The Correspondence subseries includes letters exchanged with fellow architects, including Alden Dow, Hal and William Pereira, and Eugene Massilink, Frank Lloyd Wright’s secretary.
Kamrath's office reference files, begining with "Carpentry" and ending with "Metal," contains product brochures and samples, instructional material, and reference manuals.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Related Materials subseries is comprised of records collected by Karl Kamrath that document the architectural work of Frank Lloyd Wright, including clippings,
photographs, postcards, catalogs, reproduction of Wright’s drawings, a bibliography on Wright, and correspondence with Mrs. Wright.
Subseries B1: Correspondence
2
11
Correspondence, 1943-1950, 1985
2
12
Correspondence concerning preservation legislation, 1966
Subseries B2: Writings
2
13
Architecture exam, undated
2
14
"Frank Lloyd Wright's Hanna House: The Client's Report" review by Karl Kamrath, undated
10
29
Airplane terminal parking materials, 1944-1951, 1981, undated
Subseries B3: Presentations
2
15
Press release, Kamrath at Frank Lloyd Wright Festival, Chicago, 1969
Subseries B4: Associations and Committees
2
16
Karl and Eugenie Kamrath, Texas Society of Architects State Convention, Austin, 1953
1 b/w 8x10 in. photograph
2
17
Karl Kamrath and Arthur G. Odell, Jr., American Institute of Architects Convention, Miami, May 1963
1 b/w snapshot
2
18
University of Texas, School of Architecture
Annual Report, September 1,1981-August 31, 1982
Architecture Foundation Advisory Council, 1982
First All Class Reunion, University of Texas at Austin Centennial, 1983
Subseries B5: Awards and Recognition
13
1
Awards and certificates, 1941-1994
15 items
2
19
Proposed Karl Kamrath Regents Professorship in Architecture brochure, University of Texas, School of Architecture, ca. 1984
Subseries B6: Reference Files
10
30
Architectural journals
Retail Store Planning, July 1935
Progressive Architecture, September 1949
10
31
Clippings, 1935, undated
10
32
Clippings, 1960s
10
33
Clippings, 1970s
10
34
Clippings, 1980s-2003
10
35
Pereira & Pereira, General ledger account classification sheet, undated
3
1
Product brochures
3
2
Carpentry
3
3
Electrical
3
4
Interiors
3
5
Masonry
3
6
Metal
4
1
Sketches (caricatures) of architects: Neutra and unidentified
4
1
Unidentified building sketches, signed "D.D."
4
2
Egg and Dart club membership list
20
1
Alden Dow folder and photo inscribed to Kamrath, 1945
20
1
Lantern plans, Alden B. Dow, Inc., architect
20
2
Buffalo Bayou Channel Rectification, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, 1962
17 positive and negative photostats
20
2
Houston Area Test Site Photo Index, prepared by NASA, November 1970
Subseries B7: Frank Lloyd Wright Related Materials
4
3
Correspondence, 1958, 1960, 1977
4
4
Clippings, 1964-1988
4
5
"What Men Have Written about Frank Lloyd Wright: a bibliography arranged by decades from 1900 to 1955," compiled and annotated by Bernard Karpel for House Beautiful, November 1955.
4
6
Book and gift catalogs
4
7
Exhibit catalogs
4
8
Postcards of Frank Lloyd Wright projects
4
9
Frank Lloyd Wright U.S. postal commemorative stamps (1966) and Frank Lloyd Wright Festival commemorative seals (1969)
4
10
Brochures on Frank Lloyd Wright projects
4
11
"Wright Plus 1977 Tour" materials
4
12
Taliesin application for apprenticeship (blank)
4
13
Taliesin programs, 1969-1986, undated
4
14
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan
9 5x7 in. b/w photographs
4
15
Johnson Wax Building, Racine, Wisconsin
34 8x10 in. b/w photographs, textual description
4
16
Pope-Leighey residence, Falls Church/Mount Vernon, Virginia
6 8x10 in. b/w photographs
4
17
Oscar Steffens residence, Chicago, Illinois
7 8x10 in. b/w photographs
4
18
Taliesin sign, Spring Green, Wisconsin
1 5x7 in. color photographs
4
19
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, Oak Park, Illinois
5 35mm slides
4
20
Photographs of Frank Lloyd Wright, 1949, 1953
2 8x10 in. b/w photographs
11
1
Journal articles on Frank Lloyd Wright
Carlson, Raymond, "Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin West," Arizona Highways, Vol. XXV, No. 10, October 1949, 4-9.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, "To Arizona... excerpts from May 1940 Issue of Arizona Highways," Arizona Highways, Vol. XXV, No. 10, October 1949,
10-11.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, "Living in the Desert, Part 1--We Found Paradise," Arizona Highways, Vol. XXV, No. 10, October 1949, 12-15.
"Price Tower Plans Announced: Bartlesville to get a New Look," The Tie-In, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring Issue), 1953, 1-3.
"Frank Lloyd Wright," Architectural Forum, June 1959 [reprint, 22 pages].
Wright, Henry, "Unity Temple Revisited," Architectural Forum, June 1969 [reprint, 9 pages].
Stoll, Mary, "A Tale of Two Houses," The Orange Disc, July-August 1971, 26-31 .
20
3
Brem, Ralph, "Fallingwater: Woodland Showpiece," The Pittsburgh Press, Sunday ROTO, September 6, 1964, 8-9.
"Journey to Taliesen West," Look, January 1, 1952, 28-31. [Photographs by Ezra Stoller]
11
2
Ausgefuhrte bauten und entwurfe (Wasmuth Portfolio), 1910
159 9x15 in. b/w photostats
20
3
Frank Lloyd Wright Reference Materials
The Robie House. Imprint, Palos Park, Ill., Prairie School Press, 1968, Historic American Buildings Survey.
Drawings and Plans of Frank Lloyd Wright projects
10 reproductions on paper, 16 photographic reproductions (2 sepias, 14 photostats)
Series C: Office Records, 1926-2000, n.d.
3 linear feet of textual material (2 manuscript boxes and two bankers boxes), 10 b/w and 1 color photographic prints
Series Abstract
The Office Records (1926-2000, n.d.) subseries contains materials created or collected by the architecture firm MacKie and Kamrath, but produced outside the area of design and
construction. The Office Records subseries are: Administrative Records, Clippings and Journals, Correspondence and Notes, Financial Records, Photographs, Public Relations, Presentation
Materials, and MacKie and Kamrath Architects exhibit.
The Financial Records subseries includes records from 1941-1944. Included in this subseries are: paid checks and balance sheets, purchase orders and correspondence, and a schedule of
income and deductions for an individual tax return.
Subseries C1: Administrative Records
4
21
MacKie and Kamrath resumes and stationery
4
22
Plan of "Drawing file cabinets" in MacKie and Kamrath office
[See box 12 for metal card file and project cards, including job numbers.]
8
1
Job number index, 1938-1983
11
3
Abstract of Title, Block 56 of "River Oaks Section Twelve," 1946
11
4
Office files
5
1
U.S. Government Abstract-Engineer Questionnaire, 1974
Subseries C2: Clippings and journals
5
2
Clippings, 1940s-1950s
5
3
Clippings, 1960s-1970s
5
4
Clippings, 1980s
11
5
Clippings, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, 1954
13
2
Clippings about the architecture of MacKie and Kamrath
Architecture and Design, Vol. V, No. 11, June, 1941 [This issue presents a selection of the work designed in the offices of MacKie and
Kamrath]
Fischer, Julian, "For Houston Skyscrapers: New Color and Design," The Houston Chronicle ROTO magazine, February 23, 1958, 12-13.
Kamrath, Karl, "Some South American Sketches,"AIA Journal, Vol. XXXII, No. 6, December, 1959, 52-53.
"Lone stars – Howard Barnstone and Karl Kamrath," Inland Architect, Vol. 21, No. 7, July, 1977, 16-17.
Hamm, Madeline McDermott, "1989 Top Interiors." Houston, Texas: Houston Chronicle Magazine, October 8, 1989, 14-22.
"Tiel Way Architecture: 14th Annual Tour sponsored by the Rice Design Alliance," RO, the magazine of River Oaks, Vol. 2, No. 5, May 1991,
32-33.
23
Journals from the office of Karl Kamrath
AIA Journal
Architectural Plus
24
Journals from the office of Karl Kamrath
Architectural Forum
Architectural Record
Fine Home Building
House and Home
Inland Architect
Frank Lloyd Wright Newsletter
Japan Architect
The Prairie School Review
Texas Architect
Subseries C3: Correspondence and Notes
5
5
Correspondence, 1943-1978
5
6
MacKie and Kamrath military release records and related correspondence, 1945
5
7
ParKam-Clark correspondence, 1944-1945
5
8
ParKam-Clark patent correspondence, 1951-1953
5
9
Sketches and notes (photocopies), 1978, undated
Subseries C4: Financial Records
5
10
MacKie and Kamrath financials, 1941-1944
5
11
MacKie and Kamrath ledger, 1937-1943
Subseries C5: Photographs
6
1
MacKie and Kamrath firm photographs, 1952, 1961, undated
2 8x10 in. b/w photographs, 1 b/w snapshot, 1 color snapshot
6
2
MacKie and Kamrath office snow scenes, January 31, 1949
7 5x7 in. b/w photographs
Subseries C6: Public Relations
13
3
Client books, spiral bound with leather covers, 2 volumes, undated
6
3
Client book pages
6
4
Firm brochures, unbound
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5
Firm brochures, bound
6
6
Project lists
6
7
Bank projects list
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8
Clubs and recreational projects list
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9
Educational projects list
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10
Government and municipal projects list
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11
Industrial projects list
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12
Laboratory and research buildings projects list
6
13
Medical facilities projects list
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14
Office buildings projects list
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15
Religious buildings projects list
6
16
MacKie and Kamrath publications list
Subseries C7: Presentation Materials
f081
"Some South American Sketches," 1959
f083
"Club Projects Designed by MacKie and Kamrath," 1954-1965
Subseries C8: "MacKie & Kamrath Architects," exhibit presented by Houston Public Library Architectural Archives, 2000
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23
Exhibit text panels
4
24
Exhibit catalog
4
25
Photocopies documenting exhibit
Series D: Fred MacKie Papers, 1928-1935, n.d.
.4 linear feet of textual material (1 manuscript box)
Series Abstract
The Fred MacKie Papers series (1928-1935, n.d.) is composed of materials created or collected by Fred MacKie that fall outside the scope of records for the firm MacKie and Kamrath. These
records pre-date the 1937 business partnership with Karl Kamrath. The dates (1931-1933) on many records and the engineering topics suggest that these papers are evidence of MacKie’s course
work at the University of Texas and are arranged according to original order. Records have been removed from two binders and one of the binders has been retained as an artifact.
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Binder 1, Loose pages
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2
Binder 1, Simple Rules to Follow for Old House Wiring
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3
Binder 1, State Board Examination in Design, November 13, 1933
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4
Binder 1, untitled
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5
Binder 1, Outline of specifications
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6
Binder 1, Wiring specification for apartment buildings
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7
Binder 1, Wiring specifications for factory building
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8
Binder 1, Plumbing
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9
Binder 1, Heating
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10
Binder 1, Plastering, Roofing, Glass and Glazing
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11
Binder 1, Materials
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12
Binder 1, General conditions
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Binder 1, Architectural history
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14
Binder 1, State Board exam notes
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15
Binder 1, Typical elevation of soil and vent pipes for a residence (blueprint)
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16
Binder 1
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17
Binder 2, Loose materials
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18
Binder 2, Index
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19
Binder 2, Concrete assumptions (notes on reinforced concrete), Tab 1
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Binder 2, Concentrated loaded beams, Tab 2
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21
Binder 2, Tied reinforced columns, Tab 3
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Binder 2, Spiral columns, Tab 4
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Binder 2, Reinforced concrete square footings (2-way reinforced), Tab 5
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Binder 2, Design of rectangular spread footings l/b less 1.5, Tab 6
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25
Binder 2, Design of rectangular spread footings l/b greater 1.5, Tab 7
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Binder 2, Reinforced combined footings, Tab 8
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Binder 2, Reinforced concrete slab, Tab 9
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Binder 2, Design of interior girder in slab, Tab 10
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Binder 2, Concrete slab supported on four sides, Tab 11
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Binder 2, Design rectangular slab l/b less 1.5, Tab 12
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Binder 2, Steel pan construction, Tab 13
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Binder 2, Actual values for fc, Tab 14
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33
Binder 2, Given beam, find max load, Tab 15
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34
Binder 2, Steel: Definition of moment, Tab 16
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35
Binder 2, Steel: Uniformly loaded beams, Tab 16
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36
Binder 2, Steel: Concentrated loaded beams, Tab 16
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Binder 2, Steel: Uniform, concentrated and cantilevered, Tab 16
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Binder 2, Steel: Cantilever only, Tab 17
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Binder 2, Steel: Design of CB sections, uniform loads, Tab 18
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Binder 2, Steel: Design of CB sections, concentrated loads, Tab 19
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Binder 2, Steel: Steel columns, concentric loads, Tab 20
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Binder 2, Steel: Steel columns, eccentric loads, Tab 21
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Binder 2, Steel: Base plates, Tab 22
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Binder 2, Steel: Plate girder, Tab 23
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Binder 2, Steel: Lally columns, Tab 24
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Binder 2, Steel: Party wall footings, Tab 25
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Binder 2, Steel: Masonry piers, Tab 26
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Binder 2, Steel: Bearing plates and grillage, Tab 27
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49
Binder 2, Steel: Plain concrete pier, Tab 28
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Binder 2, Steel: Plain concrete footing square spread, Tab 29
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Binder 2, Timber: Uniform load beams, Tab 30
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Binder 2, Timber: Concentrated load beams, Tab 31
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Binder 2, Timber: Timber columns, Tab 32
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Binder 2, Timber: Mill construction, Tab 33
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Binder 2, Timber: Given floor, find safe load, Tab 34
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Binder 2, Timber: Given footing, find load & columns, Tab 34
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Binder 2, Timber: Given CB section, find load, Tab 34
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Binder 2, Design of truss members
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Binder 2, Joint detail
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Binder 2, Design of joint plates
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Binder 2, Stair run, platform slab
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Binder 2, Cover, preservation photocopies
Series E: Project Records, 1936-1983, n.d.
987 drawings, 395 b/w photographic prints, 23 b/w photostats, 77 color photographic prints, 37 negatives, 20 color transparencies, 7 photomechanical prints, 3 slides, and .08
linear feet of textual material.
Series Abstract
The Project Records series (1936-1983, n.d.) is made up of records relating to the design and construction of Mackie and Kamrath’s architectural projects. This series is composed of a
project index and individual project documentation. Each individual project may include the following document types: job files, photographs, and drawings. The project files are organized
alphabetically by project title. Dates are offered if they can be derived from the drawings or gathered from other authoritative sources. Most project drawings are housed in oversized flat
files; smaller drawings, photographs, and manuscript materials are house in boxes, indicated by "KAM" numbers.
The first two items listed are folders containing drawings of multiple projects, some of which are unidentified. These folders were originally labeled "Perspective studies: Designs for
renderings" and "Original drawings by KK: MK Projects" by Kamrath and contain material he kept together. Many of these sketches are on stationary or office scratch pad sheets. Some are
sketches and plans of work by other architects.
Designs for renderings, 77 items (KAM 16)
Apartment project, 1961. Houston, Texas (2 items)
Ashenbach residence (2 items)
Bammel office building, 1981. Houston, Texas (1 item)
Beck residence, 1968. Corpus Christi, Texas (1 item)
Big Three Welding and Equipment Company. City sales office and warehouse. Odessa, Texas (1 item)
Big Three Welding and Equipment Company. Corporate office building, 1972. Houston, Texas (1 item)
Braeburn Presbyterian Church. Houston, Texas (2 items)
Carbide Employees Federal Credit Union. Texas City, Texas (1 item)
Campbell residence, 1969. Houston, Texas (1 item)
Church. (1 item)
Connally Air Force Base. Housing. Waco, Texas. (1 item)
Downtown recreation center. City of Houston. Houston, Texas. (1 item)
DuPont administration building. LaPorte, Texas. (1 item)
DuPont Houston plant area office. Change house, 1980. LaPorte, Texas (1 item)
DuPont laboratory. LaPorte, Texas. (1 item)
El Campo City Hall, 1967. El Campo, Texas (1 item)
Emerson Unitarian Church. Sanctuary, 1973 (2 items)
Featherock, 1978. Dime Box, Texas (1 item)
First National Bank. Brenham, Texas. (1 item)
First National Bank of Bellaire, 1979. Bellaire, Texas (1 item)
Fort Sam Houston medical laboratory, 1965. San Antonio, Texas (1 item)
Frisch Auf! Country Club. La Grange, Texas. (1 item)
Gesthemane Methodist Church. Houston, Texas. (1 item)
Gonce residence, 1965. Baton Rouge, Lousiana (1 item)
Houston Intercontinental National Bank. Houston, Texas. (1 item)
Houston Racquet Club, 1966. Houston, Texas. (3 items)
Lackland Air Force Base, 1967-1968. Chapel Center (2 items)
Lake Jackson City Hall and Fire Station. Lake Jackson, Texas. (1 item)
Lockwood, Andrews, and Newnan office building, 1968. Houston, Texas (5 items)
Long Point National Bank, 1965. Houston, Texas (1 item)
Lott residence, 1973. Sugar Creek, Texas (1 item)
M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. Chapel, 1971 (2 item)
M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. Gimble Pavilion. (1 item)
Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, 1965. Houston, Texas (1 item)
Methodist church. Additions, 1969. Lake Jackson, Texas (2 items)
Methodist hospital, 1971 (1 item)
Motel. Kilgore, Texas. (1 item)
Our Savior Lutheran Church. Houston, Texas. (1 item)
Reese-Webb Air Force Bases. Composite medical facilities. (1 item)
Riverside Country Club, 1969. Lake Jackson, Texas (1 item)
Schlumberger administration building. Alterations and additions, 1977. Houston, Texas (1 item)
St. Cyril of Alexandria Church, 1978 Houston, Texas (1 item)
St. Francis Episcopal Church, 1969. Temple, Texas (1 item)
Travertine Nature Center, 1968-1969. Platt National Park. Sulphur, Oklahoma (2 items)
University of Houston. General Services Building, 1968. Houston, Texas (2 items)
University of Houston. Science and Research Center, 1965. Houston, Texas (1 item)
University of Houston. Texas Medical Center. Pharmacy building, 1977-1978 (3 items)
University of Texas. Dental Science Institute, 1967. Houston, Texas (1 item)
University of Texas. Health Science Center. Dental Branch. Additions, 1983. Houston, Texas (1 item)
University of Texas Medical Center. School of Public Health. (2 items)
Walsh vacation house, 1968. Great Harbour Cay, Berry Islands, Bahamas (1 item)
Warwick Hotel. Additions and alterations. (2 items)
Wharton County Junior College. Agriculture building, 1964. Wharton, Texas. (1 item)
Wharton County Junior College. Classroom building, 1965. Wharton, Texas (1 item)
Wharton County Junior College. Student center, 1969. Wharton, Texas (2 items)
Woodlands Racquet Club, 1976. (1 item)
Karl Kamrath sketches and notes (KAM 16)
Various drawings, including sketches of works by other architects. (43 items)
3200 Kirby Building (Texas Employers Insurance Association).
1958
MacKie and Kamrath.
3200 Kirby
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 2
Ace Theatre.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Drawings: 1
Air terminal parking.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Drawings: 1 (KAM 20)
Allen Parkway Village.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Photographs: 3 b/w (KAM 13)
Alley Theatre.
Ulrich Franzen
MacKie and Kamrath, associate architects.
709 Berry Avenue
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Clippings and manuscript material (KAM 8)
Photographs: 6 b/w (KAM 8)
Almeda Theater.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 1
Austin Theatre.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Austin
Travis
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 4 (KAM 22)
Auto Park.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Drawings: 1 (KAM 20)
Photographs: 2 b/w prints (KAM 8)
AutoCar Co. Sales and service building.
1952
MacKie and Kamrath.
AutoCar Co.
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 1 (KAM16)
Avalon Mill and Lumber Co.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 1 (KAM 20)
Baldwin residence.
ca. 1949
MacKie and Kamrath.
Baldwin, Keith (Mr. and Mrs.)
U.S.
Drawings: 1 (KAM20)
Bammel residence.
1976
MacKie and Kamrath.
McCarthy-Reagan
2815 Bammel Lane
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 5
Job files (KAM 8)
Negatives: 2 (KAM 8)
Bammel Square at River Oaks.
1982, 1983
MacKie and Kamrath.
Bammel Square Interests
Bammel Street
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 79
Bammel Square at River Oaks. E.C. Crawford Addition.
1981-1982
MacKie and Kamrath.
Bammel Square Interests
Bammel Street
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 4
Bammel Square at River Oaks. Earl Street paving.
1973
MacKie and Kamrath.
Bammel Square Interests
Bammel Street
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 2
Bammel Square at River Oaks. Exterior wall and windows. Details.
1980-1981
MacKie and Kamrath.
Bammel Square Interests
Bammel Street
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 2
Bammel Square at River Oaks. Garage.
1982, 1983
MacKie and Kamrath.
Bammel Square Interests
Bammel Street
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 13
Bammel Square at River Oaks. Hendrix Glass.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Bammel Square Interests
Bammel Street
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 4
Bammel Square at River Oaks. Office building & parking garage.
1981-1983
MacKie and Kamrath.
Bammel Square Interests
Bammel Street
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 173
Photographs: 2 color
Bammel Square at River Oaks. Office building.
1981-1982
MacKie and Kamrath.
Bammel Square Interests
Bammel Street
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 19
Battlestein's service center.
1953
MacKie and Kamrath.
Battlestein's
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 1 (KAM 22)
Beck residence.
1968
MacKie and Kamrath.
Beck, Buddy
Corpus Christi
Nueces
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 1
Big Three Industries office building.
1972
MacKie and Kamrath.
Big Three Industries
3535 West 12th Street
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 2
Big Three Industries sales office and warehouse.
1964
MacKie and Kamrath.
Big Three Industries
Odessa
Ector
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 1
Big Three Welding Equipment Company. Ransome Company.
1964
MacKie and Kamrath.
Big Three Industries
Plainfield
Union
N.J.
U.S.
Drawings: 1
Biggers Printing Co.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 3 (KAM 13)
Bituminous Coal Institute, "Flexible Heating" competition, ca. 1945
Karl Kamrath.
Photograph: 1 b/w (KAM 13)
Bordon Co. Plant. Alterations and additions.
1967
MacKie and Kamrath.
Bordon Co.
Meridian
Lauderdale
Miss.
U.S.
Drawings: 1
Boys Athletic Club of Houston.
1952
MacKie and Kamrath.
Boys Athletic Club of Houston
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 1
Braeburn Presbyterian Church.
1966
MacKie and Kamrath.
Braeburn Presbyterian Church
9595 Braes Bayou
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 1
Brazos Engineering Co. Inc. office building.
1956
MacKie and Kamrath.
Brazos Engineering Co. Inc.
Navigation Boulevard
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 1
Bremond Properties office building (Texas Employers Insurance Association).
1956
MacKie and Kamrath.
Bremond Properties
3200 Kirby
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 1
Brookshire commercial building.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Brookshire
Drawings: 1 (KAM 22)
Bullen residence.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Bullen, Deke
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Photographs: 7 b/w (KAM 8)
Campbell residence.
1969
MacKie and Kamrath.
Campbell, Stewart
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 4
Cancer Center (Monterrey, Mexico).
1962
MacKie and Kamrath, Consulting Architects.
Monterrey
Nuevo Leon
Mexico
Drawings: 1
Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co., Administration and Engineering building.
1956
MacKie and Kamrath.
Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co.
Texas City
Galveston
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 3
Central Health Dept. headquarters. Additions and alterations.
1977
MacKie and Kamrath.
Houston, City of
1115 North McGregor
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 1
Champlin Refining Co. Clock house and change room.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Champlin Refining Co.
Enid
Garfield
OK
U.S.
Drawings: 1 (KAM 20)
Champlin Refining Co. Research laboratory.
1954
MacKie and Kamrath.
Champlin Refining Co.
Enid
Garfield
OK
U.S.
Drawings: 1 (KAM 20)
Champlin Service Station. Prototypes.
ca. 1944-1945
MacKie and Kamrath.
Champlin Refining Co.
U.S.
Drawings: 3 (KAM 20)
Chemical Bank.
1978
MacKie and Kamrath.
Chemical Bank
Kirby
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 2 (KAM 8)
Chicago Corporation office building.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Chicago Corporation
Fort Worth
Tarrant
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 1 (KAM 16)
Photographs: 4 b/w prints (KAM 13)
Chicken Shack.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Photographs: 1 b/w (KAM 20)
Church of St. John the Divine.
1951
MacKie and Kamrath.
Hiram A. Salisbury.
Church of St. John the Divine
2450 River Oaks Boulevard
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 10
Photographs: 4 b/w prints (KAM 13)
Church of St. John the Divine. Patio garden.
1958
MacKie and Kamrath.
Church of St. John the Divine
Houston
Harris
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 1
City Health Administration building.
1962
MacKie and Kamrath.
Drawings: 2
Cohen residence.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Cohen, Victor (Mr. and Mrs.)
U.S.
Drawings: 1 (KAM 20)
Photostat: 1 negative (KAM 20)
Collett office building.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Collett, J. Davis, Jr.
U.S.
Drawings: 1 (KAM 19)
Collison House. Additions.
1963
MacKie and Kamrath.
Collison, Glenn and Jayne
Loda
Iroquois
Ill.
U.S.
Drawings: 3
Commercial building and bowling alley.
1956
MacKie and Kamrath.
McLemore, Lee
U.S.
Drawings: 3
Commercial Standard Insurance Co. office building.
1955
MacKie and Kamrath.
Preston M. Geren.
Commercial Standard Insurance Co.
Fort Worth
Tarrant
Tex.
U.S.
Drawings: 1
Photographs: 6 b/w (KAM 13)
Connally residence.
MacKie and Kamrath.
Connally, Ben
Drawings: 4 (KAM 16)
Contemporary Arts Association. Prudential site.
1954
MacKie and Kamrath.
Contemporary Arts Association
Old Main St. Rd.
Houston
Harris