Illinois Institute of Technology. College of Architecture

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Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

Dan Kuruna collection, 1960-2010

 Collection
Identifier: 008.05.08
Description of the Collection

Collection consists of three series: 1) Historic Institute of Design poster images digitized by Dan Kuruna for preservation purposes; 2) Material related to an ID class taught by Dan Kuruna in 1997; 3) Digital recordings made by Dan Kuruna of interviews conducted in connection with the 2009-2010 "Living Modern" exhibit at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (co-sponsored by Illinois Institute of Technology).

Dates: 1960-2010; Majority of material found within 1960-1969

Frederick K. Richter and Mies van der Rohe audio recording

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.29
Description of the Collection

One 7" reel-to-reel audio tape identified on box as "Richter, Mies, et al". Probably refers to Professor Frederick (Fritz) K. Richter, a long-time faculty member of the Illinois Institute of Technology Humanities Department, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

Dates: 1940-1970

Gene Summers correspondence, 1990-1992

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.19
Description of the Collection Primarily correspondence and memos to and from Gene Summers, Dean of Architecture, concerning lecture series given by Josef Paul Kleihues ca. October to November 1992. The correspondence also concerns Summers' service on the Museum Contemporary of Art's architect selection committee (Kleihues was chosen as the architect) and resulting monetary donations made to the College of Architecture. Other names appearing in the collection include Jason Kerwin, Ben Nicholson, chair of the Illinois...
Dates: 1990-1992

Gene Summers papers, 1990-2001

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.34
Description of the Collection Papers from Gene R. Summers, Dean of College of Architecture. The materials are mostly photocopies. The collection includes correspondence to Lew Collens, president of IIT, regarding a living architecture museum at IIT. Also included, are excerpts from "A History of Armour Institute" by James Clinton Peebles (1890) regarding the architecture curriculum, and writings on Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and the architecture department. The collection includes a handwritten draft of this...
Dates: 1990-2001

George Edson Danforth collection, 1944-2005

 Collection
Identifier: 006.05.03
Description of the Collection

Materials collected by John Blew that formerly belonged to George Danforth. The collection includes artifacts related to Danforth's time at the Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Architecture, as well as World War II identification tags.

Dates: 1944-2005

George Edson Danforth interview, 2004

 Collection
Identifier: 006.05.02
Description of the Collection

This collection includes a typed transcript of a September, 2004 interview with George Edson Danforth by three members of the Illinois Institute of Technology staff, Matt Cook, Director of Graham Resource Center, Lorna Shawver and Beth Wittbrodt, from the Illinois Institute of Technology Office of Institutional Advancement. In the interview, Danforth recalls his time as a student under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and reflects on his career.

Dates: Event: 2004; 2007

George W. Larson photographs, 1940-1941

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.21
Description of the Collection Two black and white photos of faculty and student members of the Illinois Institute of Technology architecture program circa 1940-1941, taken by George W. Larson, a 1942 graduate. One photo shows a group walking on a downtown Chicago street, the other photograph shows a group sitting on the steps of the Art Institute of Chicago, where IIT architecture courses were taught at that time. Those identified in the photos include the following: Charles Woehrl, Elizabeth Wright (Ingraham), Ernest...
Dates: 1940-1941

Howard Dearstyne papers, 1937-1971

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.22
Description of the Collection

Files created by Howard Dearstyne concerning his professional activities and fellow architects. The collection bulks with correspondence. Journal articles and tear sheets, particularly by or about Barry Byrne are also included, as is a photograph by John Gass of a house designed by Byrne. Of particular note is Dearstyne's correspondence with (Jace) Jacques Brownson, Barry Byrne (1937-1963) and others. Sally A. Chappell's name appears frequently in Byrne materials.

Dates: 1937-1971

IIT Skyline collection, 1988

 Collection
Identifier: 006.04.05
Description of the Collection

IIT Skyline, one issue, 1988

Dates: 1988

Innovation in Dance & Design: Hubbard Street in S. R. Crown Hall, January 25-27, 2008

 Collection
Identifier: 006.02.16
Description of the Collection

DVD, titled: "Innovation in Dance & Design: Hubbard Street in S. R. Crown Hall, January 25-27, 2008." Produced by the Mies van der Rohe Society and the College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology.

Dates: 2008

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