Summary: Series 1. General contains Peter G. Loggin's (PGL) records concerning the management of the Solomon R.Guggenheim Museum's (SRGM) facilities. Included are the certificates of inspection and insurance and the plans and descriptions that detail aspects of the SRGM building. Liquor licenses and theatre permits include the application forms, related correspondence and memoranda. Of special interest is a 1973 desk calendar with notes by PGL that records the scheduling for the installment and dissolution of a Jean Dubuffet exhibition. Insurance and telephone folders are restricted due to content.

Arrangement: Alphabetical

Summary: Series 2. Architectural Projects contains Peter G. Loggin's (PGL) records relating to the construction of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (SRGM). Record types include correspondence, reports, photographs, plans, and drawings. This series is primarily composed of documents that relate to the original construction of SRGM by Frank Lloyd Wright (FLW), the new annex project by William Wesley Peters (WWP), and later alteration by Donald. E. Freed (DEF). The records of the annex project date from 1964 to 1969 and they relate to the addition of the annex including the Thannhauser Gallery. The section pertaining to the annex includes correspondence between SRGM officials (PGL and business administrator of the SRGM, Glenn H. Easton. Jr.) the structural architect (WWP), consulting structural Engineers (Fraioli, Blum, and Yesselman), and consulting mechanical engineers (John L. Altieri). Correspondence between general contractor (Euclid Contracting Corp), mechanical contractor (Taggart) and subcontractors is also included. A highlight of the collection includes a log book by Glenn H. Easton containing information on the daily annex construction process from September 1966 to May 1968. The project file includes preliminary sketches, correspondence with bidding invitation list, correspondence between WWP and Harry F. Guggenheim, minutes of job conferences, and reports outlining the scope of mechanical and electrical work from 1965 to 1966. The records of the alteration project date from 1972 to 1974. They relate to the general construction, restaurant, café, tea room and new door opening, completed by DEF. Correspondence includes letters between SRGM officials (PLG and Deputy Director, Henry Berg), general contractor (A-J Contracting), structural architects (DEF), consulting structural Engineer (Alvin Fromme) and subcontractors. Of special interests are public affairs records and correspondence with the Board of Standards and Appeals that document the controversial issues surrounding the construction project. The FLW plans and specifications include level plans, mechanical and electric drawings.

Arrangement: Alphabetical