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Illinois Institute of Technology. Mies van der Rohe Society

 Organization

Biography

The Mies van der Rohe Society was launched Nov. 19, 2002 by Illinois Institute of Technology and dedicated to the renewal and preservation of Illinois Tech's historic campus. The Society is designed to raise funds for the renovation of the university's Mies-designed academic buildings beginning with S.R. Crown Hall, Wishnick Hall, and Carr Chapel. Justine Jentes served as the Society's founding director until June 2013.

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Lohan Master Plan collection, 1996-2003

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.10
Description of the Collection

Office files from Mies van der Rohe Society related to the Lohan Master Plan and related activities.

Dates: 1996-2003

Mies News collection, 2005-2010

 Collection
Identifier: 006.04.07
Description of the Collection

Mies News, being a quarterly newsletter to members of the Mies van der Rohe Society of Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago). Mies News was launched with the Summer 2005 issue. Holdings include: Summer 2005, Fall 2005, Summer 2006, Fall 2006, Winter 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010.

Dates: 2005-2010

Mies van der Rohe Society interviews, 2002-2005

 Collection
Identifier: 032.04.06
Description of the Collection Transcripts of two interviews conducted under the auspices of The Mies van der Rohe Society at Illinois Institute of Technology. Dirk Lohan, IIT Trustee and grandson of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, was interviewed by Betsy Hughes and Phil Rozen of IIT and Christopher Robling of Jayne Thompson and Associates. Lohan comments on Mies, modernism, IIT's master plans (Mies' plan of the 1940s and Lohan's plan of the 1990s), McCormick Tribune Campus Center designed by Rem Koolhaas and State Street...
Dates: 2002-2005

Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel of St. Savior, IIT

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.01
Description of the Collection

Presentation-style book apparently prepared and published by the Mies van der Rohe Society of IIT under the title "Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel of St. Savior, IIT," for presentation to donors supportive of the chapel's restoration. Contains ten pages of color photographs of the chapel's interior a brief history of the chapel. The final page reads "Thank you from the Mies van der Rohe Society and the IIT Community."

Dates: 2010

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