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A complete run of Hermes agendas, 1935-1957, covering the young architect's youth in France, during the second World War, and his early years as an architect, into the body of his career, with mentions of important colleagues, such as I.M. Pei, and others; some notebooks belonged to Carlhian's wife Elizabeth Ware; approximately 107 small notebooks; together with fifteen other related items. Some are blank.THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS:Remembered as the architect who took Harvard vertical, Jean Paul Carlhian left an indelible mark on the university's campus that was the signature client of the firm where he spent his long career.Carlhian, who died on Oct. 18 , 2012 at age 92, joined the legendary Boston firm of Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott in 1950, and was one of the architects that helped steer Harvard University away from its stately Georgian look toward a more contemporary style. His design of the 12-story Leverett House residence, completed in 1961, marked the beginning of a transformation that took the campus vertical, a process continued by the 19-story Mather House tower, completed in 1972.Born in Paris, into a family that ran a prominent, international interior design studio, Carlhian graduated from the school of Beaux Arts, moved to the United States to pursue a graduate degree at Harvard, and never looked back.Carole Wedge, president of Shepley Bulfinch (as the firm is now called), recalls that Carlhian wanted to work in the U.S. because he felt that the most interesting architecture was being done here. .Elizabeth M. (Ware) Carlhian1920 - 2015, long time resident of Concord, MA, passed away on November 1, 2015.In June 1944, she received a degree in Landscape Design from Harvard University. For a year after that she lived in Philadelphia and was employed as a draughtsman by the premier American architect Louis Kahn, at the firm of Stonorov and Kahn. Returning to Harvard to pursue a graduate degree, she met the handsome young French architectural student, Jean Paul Carlhian. They were married in Garrison, NY in 1948 following her receipt of a Masters degree in Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She was in the first class of women ever admitted to HGSD, and would go on to have a successful career in landscape design at a time when most women were content to devote themselves exclusively to domestic life. After the birth of their second child in 1952, Betty and Jean Paul purchased land in the unique community development known as Conantum, with a Carl Koch starter home. Over the years they made several additions to the house, added landscaping, and raised 5 children. Betty juggled family and career and continued in private practice for over 50 years. Her practice grew steadily from doing residential plans for friends and neighbors in Concord to a full time occupation working with architects, developers and engineers, on plans for institutions and businesses in the region. She designed the landscape for Concord Green Condominiums. Her long list of clients also includes Concord Academy, Wellesley, Dartmouth and Middlebury Colleges: Rhode Island, Greenfield and Cambridge City Hospitals: Brown and Harvard Universities to name a few. Betty found time to devote to public service in Concord. Passionate about education, she served as a trustee of the Fenn School from 1962-69; also as a corporation member of the Nashoba School for nine years. She was a member of the School Committee for four years, resigning when she was appointed by the Selectmen to serve on the Planning Board of Concord 1969-74: chairing from 1972-73.
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