006/06. People

 Record Group Term
Identifier: 006/06

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Myron Goldsmith Memorial collection, 1996

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.16
Description of the Collection

Two items related to the memorial service held in Crown Hall at Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago) for architect Myron Goldsmith, Oct. 19, 1996: the printed program includes a short biography; a 30-page "in memoriam" type booklet, edited by David C. Sharpe, includes numerous tributes to Goldsmith by friends and colleagues. The booklet also includes the text of obituaries published by various media sources.

Dates: 1996

A Study of Long-Span Steel Roof Structures

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.17
Description of the Collection

Research report, A Study of Long-Span Steel Roof Structures, by David C. Sharpe. Autographed on inside front cover by author, July 2003.

Dates: 1968

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

School of Architecture photographs, 1941-1943

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.20
Description of the Collection

Black and white photographic negatives with contact sheets showing classroom scenes and social gatherings featuring Illinois Institute of Technology architecture students and faculty, circa 1942. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe can be seen among the students. There are also several shots from the 3300 block of south Federal Street, and one image shows a wall calendar in the background from May 1942. As a note, Mies was awarded a patent on May 19, 1942.

Dates: 1941-1943

Terry Karpowicz exhibit video, 2005

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.32
Description of the Collection Video is of WTTW-TV (Channel 11) Chicago Tonight program from July 12, 2005. An hour-long show which includes a clip on Terry Karpowicz and his art exhibit at the Illinois Institute of Technology at the 45 minute mark. Karpowicz talks about his abstract sculptures and gives a tour of his West Loop studio. Next they go to the Galvin Library at the Illinois Institute of Technology where Karpowicz's pieces were on temporary exhibit in the university's "art @ IIT" exhibit series. This, the...
Dates: 2005

Richard J. Pavlicek photographs, 1949

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.28
Description of the Collection Vintage black and white photographs of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Illinois Institute of Technology Department of Architecture students, ca. 1949. All photos are believed to have been taken by Richard J. Pavlicek. The photographs include: Five prints of the graduation party for the Class of 1949, which was a class trip to Indiana Sand Dunes for a picnic. The photographs include a group of 21...
Dates: 1949

Arts & Architecture, vol. 69, 1952

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.09
Description of the Collection

One issue of "Arts & Architecture" being the March 1952 issue (Vol. 69, No. 3) with cover article "Mies Van der Rohe" (pp. 16-31). The article includes photographs by Institute of Design photographers: Felipe B. Chano (cover image), John Klukaszewski, Al Loginsky. The magazine also includes a two-page article by Hugo Weber, "Vision In Flux," (pp.32-33) with photogrpahs by Harry Callahan.

Dates: 1952

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

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

Sidney Epstein photographs, 1968

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.31
Description of the Collection Four photographs taken at the Graham Foundation in Chicago of a meeting of representatives of the four Chicago firms that were hired by the General Services Administration to design and construct the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse and the Kluczynski Federal Building. These photos were probably taken in or around 1968 as Mies was present that day and died in the summer of 1969. Three of the photographs feature Mies alone, either seated at a table (1) or standing next to a bust of...
Dates: 1968

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