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006/06. People

 Record Group Term
Identifier: 006/06

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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

Mies van der Rohe photographs, 1930

 Collection
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

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 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

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

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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