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006/06. People

 Record Group Term
Identifier: 006/06

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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
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

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

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

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 is More - Learning from Mies video, 2005

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.15
Description of the Collection

Video tape of the 2005 Mies van der Rohe lecture "Mies is More - Learning from Mies" delivered by 1991 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Robert Venturi, Nov. 9, 2005 in S. R. Crown Hall at Illinois Institute of Technology in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Crown Hall.

Dates: 2005
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

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

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