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Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969

 Person

Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:

Mies van der Rohe photographs, 1973

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.05
Description of the Collection Two photographic transparencies (b&w positive images, 11x14") apparently photographed from a printed document showing Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's architecture program, in chart format, proposed for Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago. One image is titled "The Elements of Architectural Form" and identifies the chart (on the other image which is titled "Program for Architectural Education") as being a 1973 recreation, by Frank F. Ake, Jr. of the 1937 original chart (which was lost). Ake...
Dates: 1973

Mies van der Rohe prints, 1980-1989

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.04
Description of the Collection

Reproductions of two drawings 10¼ x 13¾" by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe of Court House Projects, ca. 1934. Originals are ink on tracing paper, 8½ x 11¾" in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art.

Dates: 1980-1989

Mies van der Rohe Society collection, 1951-2011

 Collection
Identifier: 032.04.04
Description of the Collection

This collection contains the research material, folders of materials on Ludwig Mies van der Rohe collected on behalf of the Mies Society.

Dates: 1951-2011

Mies van der Rohe Society collection, 2004-2010

 Collection
Identifier: 032.04.01
Description of the Collection

Flyers, invites and other publicity material for events hosted or organized by the Mies van der Rohe Society, including lectures, tours, exhibits, and receptions.

Dates: 2004-2010

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

Mies van der Rohe Society membership collection, 2002-2007

 Collection
Identifier: 032.04.02
Description of the Collection

Mies van der Rohe membership brochures and renewel forms for 2002-2006.

Dates: 2002-2007

Mies van der Rohe stamp covers, 1982

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.07
Description of the Collection Three cancelled stamp covers commemorating First Day of Issue stamps in a series on architecture. Image on stamp on these covers is of S. R. Crown Hall in recognition of the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed campus of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Cancellation dated Sept. 30, 1982. Cover also includes an image of Mies and reproduction of his signature. Artifact. Also included is two copies each of three additional items: a one-page biography of Mies; a one-page flier with photo...
Dates: 1982

Miscellaneous slides, 1955-1995

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.33
Description of the Collection

Photographic slides of Lafayette Park by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1955 – 1963, an unknown female architecture professor and class by David Joel, 1995, an unidentifed male with laptop computer, and students on campus at 33rd and State St.

Dates: 1955-1995

Office of Marketing and Communications films, 1958-1988

 Collection
Identifier: 036.05.01
Description of the Collection Four videos produced by or with assistance from Illinois Institute of Technology for promotional purposes. The videos are a mix of VHS color and 16 mm black and white films. Chicago Tonight with John Calloway was broadcast on WTTW, guests include Jack Hedrick (Hedrick Blessing), Franz Schulze (Mies’ biographer), Rolf Achilles (Administrative Director of Mies Centennial Project), and Dirk Lohan (Mies’ grandson). IIT: The Leading...
Dates: 1958-1988

Peter Roesch collection, 1954-1964

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.27
Description of the Collection Audio recording ("Mies in Berlin") and photographic slides related to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and S. R. Crown Hall construction. The LP (33 1/3 RPM) phonograph disk is the first issue of an audio series, "Bauwelt Archiv" (Building World Archives), produced by the RIAS of Berlin and issued in 1966 on the occasion of Mies' 80th birthday. Titled "Mies in Berlin," the record jacket (in German) indicates that the recording was made in October...
Dates: 1954-1964

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