Roger Funk Papers
UA.17.331

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Funk, Roger
Title
Roger Funk papers
ID
UA.17.331
Date [inclusive]
1957-2004
Extent
3.0 Cubic feet
Language
English

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Biographical Note

Roger Funk graduated from the University of Illinois in 1957 with a B.F.A. in Industrial Design. He worked for General Electric (1957-1963) as an Industrial Designer and designed several home appliances including the Toast-R-Oven®. In 1961, he transferred to the GE Radio and Television Design Group. Funk left GE in 1963 and enrolled in graduate school at Syracuse University where he earned a Master's in Industrial Design.

He was an instructor in Industrial Design at the University of Iowa for one year before coming to Michigan State University to teach Industrial Design. He served as chair of the Department of Art and as assistant dean in the College of Arts and Letters during his tenure at MSU.

In 1980, Funk left MSU to become the chair of the design department at Kansas City Art Institute. In 1985, he became the director of the School of Design at the University of Cincinnati.

In 1989, he returned to MSU as a consultant, interim department chair and professor.

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Scope and Contents note

The Roger Funk papers include materials related to his career including correspondence, articles he wrote, and conferences in which he participated. The collection includes General Electric patents and correspondence, materials from his teaching career at Michigan State University, University of Iowa, Penn State University and the Kansas City Art Institute. Also included are files for his work with the Industrial Design Society of America and Industrial Design Education Association. Other materials include a file on the Lantern Hill housing development, theater sets Funk designed while was at MSU, and research materials on cast iron toys and waffle irons.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections August 2013

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

Custodial History

Transferred by Roger Funk.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • General Electric Company.
  • Industrial Design Education Association.
  • Kansas City Art Institute.
  • Michigan State University. Department of Art.
  • University of Cincinnati.
  • University of Iowa.

Genre(s)

  • Conference materials
  • Course materials
  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Patents
  • Theses

Personal Name(s)

  • Funk, Roger

Subject(s)

  • Cast-iron
  • Industrial design
  • Industrial design -- Study and teaching
  • Industrial design -- United States
  • Technology -- Study and teaching

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Collection Inventory

Box Folder

Lantern Hill 

4369 1

Theater Set Designs “Oxygen” 

4369 2

Theater Set Designs “Merchant of Venice” 

4369 3

International Technology Education Association - Writings and articles 

Box Folder

The Technology Teacher- list of articles 

4369 4

ITEA 2001-2002 

4369 5

ITEA 2002-2003 

4369 6

ITEA 2003-2004 

4369 7

ITEA, Curriculum Brief, Vol. 5 No. 1 2000 

4369 8

ITEA Materials and communications 

4369 9

Technology and Children - includes issues with articles by Funk 2000, 2002-2004 

4369 10

Technology Teacher - incudes issues with articles by Funk 

4369 11

Technology Teacher 2001 

4369 12

Technology Teacher January - June 2002 

4369 13

Technology Teacher September - November 2002 

4369 14

Technology Teacher 2003 

4369 15

Technology Teacher 2004 

4369 16
Box Folder

IDSA - Industrial Designer Society of America 

4369 17

IDEA = Industrial Design Education Association 

4369 18

Industrial Design Educators Association Conference 1963 

4369 19

1965 Milestone in ID Professional organizations 

4369 20

Cast Iron Toys and Waffle Irons 1963-1964 

4369 21

Masters Thesis- Disposable Infant Care Equipment by Roger Funk 1964 

4369 22

Vehicular Streamlining Culminating in the Chrysler Airflow by Roger Funk, 1964 1964 

4369 23

Cast Iron Toys: Their History and Development by Roger Funk 1957 

4369 24

General Electric Patents 

4369 25-28

General Electric Patents 1960, 1961, 1963 

4369 29

Design Michigan Conference 1981 

4369 30

University of Iowa 

Box Folder

University of Iowa 1964-1965 

4369 31

Iowa Correspondence 1964-1965 

4369 32

University of Iowa Past Problems [Design Exercises] 1964-1965 

4369 33

Michigan State University 

Box Folder

MSU Early Years 1966-1970 

4369 34

 1972-1973 

4369 35

Personal Misc 

4369 36

Personal 1973-1974 

4369 37

Personal 1974-1975 

4370 1

Personal 1975-1976 

4370 2

Personal 1976-1977 

4370 3

Personal 1977-1978 

4370 4

Personal 1979-1980 

4370 5-6

AURG and Sabbatical 1980-1981 

4370 7

Kansas City Art Institute 

Ends MSU Starts KCAI 1980-1981 

Box Folder

KCAI 

4370 9

Personal 1981 

4370 10

Paper plate – Official MSU ID Summer Address Reference for 1981 [papers plate with names and address written on them] 1981 

4370 11

Personal 1982-1983 

4370 12

Personal 1983-1984 

4370 13

Personal 1984-1985 

4370 14

Personal 1985-1986 

University of Cincinnati 

Box Folder

Personal UC Start 

4370 16

Personal 1986-1987 

4370 17-18
Box Drawer

Personal 1987-1988 

4370 19
Box Folder

Resume as of 1988 

4370 20

[Personal] 1988-1989 

4370 21

Penn State 

Michigan State University 

Box Folder

Personal 1988-1989 

4370 23

End of UC 

4370 24

MSU Position 

4370 25

Personal 1989-1990 

4370 26

Personal 1990-1991 

4370 27

Personal 1991-1992 

4370 28

Personal 1992-1993 

4370 29

Personal 1993-1994 

4370 30

Sabbatical Fall 1991 

4370 31

1993-1994 Peer Review Committee 

4370 32

Funk – Peer Review Meetings 1994 

4370 33

Personal – Workshops and Seminars Spring 1994 

4370 34

Personal 1994-1995 

4370 35

Roger Funk Peer Review 

4370 36

Peer Review Meetings 

4370 37

Personal 1995-1996 

4370 38

Personal 1996-1997 

4370 39

Personal 1998-1999 

4370 40

Personal 1997-1998 

4371 1-2

Personal 1999-2000 

4371 3
Box Folder

IREP Grant 1999-2004 

4371 4

Peer Review 1998-1999 

4371 5

Smithsonian – Toast-R-Oven Original model to Smithsonian, 1996 1996 

4371 6

Misc Exhibitions, Professional meetings, Papers 

Box Folder

3 Rivers/ Jury Photo 

4371 7

Manistee Workshop 

4371 8

1994 IDSA Conference planning 1993-1994 

4371 9

Atlanta Plastics meeting, March 30-April 1 1996 

4371 10

Interesting 

4371 11

Notes from Lectures 

4371 12

IDSA Presentation Chicago July 1999 

4371 13

IDSA Presentation Northwestern August 1896 

4371 14

IDSA conference program 1994 

4371 15

ICSID/ ICOERADA conference September 1993 

4371 16

Papers 1990, 1998 

4371 17

Eames - India 1958, 1988 

4371 18

I.D. Bibliography 1987-1988 

4371 19

Quips and Information 1957-1959 

4371 20

Misc I.D. History, Ideas and thoughts, Typography, International meetings 

Box Folder

Typography 

4371 21

Electronic Photo 1987-1989 

4371 22

Just Ideas 1990, undated 

4371 23

Research Materials on Cast Iron Waffle Irons 

Box Folder

Waffle Iron Research 1994 

4371 24-25

Wagner Manufacturing Co., Sydney, Ohio 1994 

4371 26

Patents 

4371 27

Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village 

4371 28

Detroit Iron and Brass 1994 

4371 29

Library Searches and Information 

4371 30

Waffle Iron Research 

4371 31

Ideas "W" 

4371 32

Griswold Manufacturing Co., Eerie, Pennsylvania 1994 

4371 33

Western Importing Co. Minneapolis, Minnesota 1994 

4371 34

Florence Machine Co, Florence, Massachusetts [includes photographs] 1994-1996 

4371 35

Stover Manufacturing Co., Freeport, Illinois 1994 

4371 36

Orr Painter and Co. Reading, Pennsylvania [Includes photos] 1994-1995 

4371 37

Waffles, Toys, Lights 1987-1990 

4371 38