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Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969

 Person

Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:

Mies van der Rohe memorandum, 1945

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.03
Description of the Collection Memo dated Sept. 18, 1945 to "Professor Ludwig Mies van der Rohe" from S. I. Hayakawa. Concerns a request from COOP magazine for architectural photos to be used in an upcoming article. Typed, unsigned memo is the copy sent to Frank Wheeler in Illinois Institute of Technology's News Bureau with a hand written note by Hayakawa (signed "Don") to Wheeler appended. Both S. I. Hayakawa and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe were faculty members of Illinois Institute of Technology when the memo was...
Dates: 1945
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Mies van der Rohe Memorial collection, 1969-1970

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.13
Description of the Collection The collection consists of two unrelated audio recordings and two documents as follows: 1) A recording of the Mies Memorial program held in S. R. Crown Hall on Oct. 25, 1969 following the death of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on Aug. 16, 1969. The recording includes solo cello performances by Janos Starker and remarks by James Johnson Sweeney. First 4:15 minutes are Janos Starker playing a Bach cello solo. 4:15 - 18:50 are James Johnson Sweeney delivering the memorial. 18:50 - 34:25 are Starker...
Dates: 1969-1970
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Mies van der Rohe panel discussion film, 2004

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.14
Description of the Collection Film titled "Panel Discussion of the Mies van der Rohe Documentary - Regular or Super." This panel was hosted by The Mies van der Rohe Society, that followed the Chicago premier of Joseph Hillel and Patrick Demers' film "Regular or Super - Views on Mies van der Rohe." The panel consisted of Edward Lifson, Stanley Tigerman, Fred Camper, and Gene Summers with brief remarks by Lew Collens (president of Illinois Institute of Technology) and Donna Robertson (dean of architecture at...
Dates: 2004
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Mies van der Rohe photograph, 1950

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.30
Description of the Collection

One framed photo of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe reprinted from a copy negative in the Illinois Institute of Technology archives.

Dates: 1950
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Mies van der Rohe photographs, 1930

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Identifier: 006.06.10
Description of the Collection Two monochrome photos, both oversize and mounted for exhibition. Item .1 is a 45 x 35 interior view of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion and shows white Barcelona chairs and stools, black marble walls, one interior column, ceiling, tile floor, and exterior window walls. The view, with high shadow contrast, shows reflections and images of surrounding sculptures, gardens and structures in and through the glass walls. Markings on back of mount are as follows: Lower left, handwritten...
Dates: 1930
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

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
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

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