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037/07. Crown Hall

 Record Group Term
Identifier: 037/07

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Celebrating 50 Years: S. R. Crown Hall, 1956-2006

 Collection
Identifier: 037.07.04
Description of the Collection

Celebrating 50 Years: S.R. Crown Hall, 1956-2006, is a CD containing a pdf of photographs and texts documenting the planning, construction, and uses of S.R. Crown Hall.

Dates: 2006

S. R. Crown Hall book, 2006

 Collection
Identifier: 037.07.03
Description of the Collection Handmade book about S. R. Crown Hall (1 of three copies) produced as a stewardship gift by the IIT Office of Institutional Advancement for the Crown family. The book contains images (both historic and recent) of the building, events related to it, and people associated with it. Short captions accompany the images. Graphic design: Mark Stevens, Blue H2O. Binding: Bari Zaki, Ardour Bookbinding. Text: Nola Boea, IIT Office of Institutional Advancement. 25 leaves plus inside front cover image;...
Dates: 2006

S. R. Crown Hall collection, 1956-2005

 Collection
Identifier: 037.07.09
Description of the Collection This collection contains publications and ephemera realted to or featuring S.R. Crown Hall, including the following: Dedication ceremonies program booklet, April 30, 1956 (8 pages), Booklet titled Preliminary Staff Summary of Information (submitted to the Commission on Chicago Landmarks in October 1996 to designate S. R. Crown Hall as a local landmark), menu from the Wabash Railroad (which ran past the IIT campus) with image of Crown Hall on the front (ca. 1956), Historic Illinois, Vol. 24,...
Dates: 1956-2005

S. R. Crown Hall National Historic Landmark Nomination papers, 2001

 Collection
Identifier: 037.07.08
Abstract

The National Historic Landmark nomination was prepared by Eric D. Thompson, Director of Development for the College of Architecture (IIT) in connection with IIT's plan to renovate the building.

Dates: 2001

S. R. Crown Hall Restoration collection, 2005

 Collection
Identifier: 037.07.05
Description of the Collection

Media packet of promotional materials released to media at the beginning of the 2005 exterior restoration (and subsequent interior renovation) of S. R. Crown Hall on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. Also included copies of some of the press coverage subsequently received. Also a disk with six photographs (old images; prior to restoration work) of Crown Hall.

Dates: 2005

S. R. Crown Hall restoration video, WTTW, 2005

 Collection
Identifier: 037.07.07
Description of the Collection

Video tape of the Crown Hall Restoration segment of the "About Chicago" series produced for the Chicago Tonight program by WTTW TV (Channel 11), Chicago. First aired Oct. 13, 2005. Narrated by architectural historian Geoffrey Baer with comments by Peter Beltemacchi, Donna Robertson and Mark Sexton. Ca. 30 minutes.

Dates: 2005

S. R. Crown Hall stamp, 1982

 Collection
Identifier: 037.07.10
Description of the Collection

United States Postal Service stamp depicting S. R. Crown Hall. The item is a stamp cover commemorating first day of issue stamp. Image on stamp on cover 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. Also displayed in window of envelope is a gold-plated reproduction of the stamp.

Dates: 1982

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