006/06. People

 Record Group Term
Identifier: 006/06

Staff Only

Found in 36 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

George W. Larson photographs, 1940-1941

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.21
Description of the Collection Two black and white photos of faculty and student members of the Illinois Institute of Technology architecture program circa 1940-1941, taken by George W. Larson, a 1942 graduate. One photo shows a group walking on a downtown Chicago street, the other photograph shows a group sitting on the steps of the Art Institute of Chicago, where IIT architecture courses were taught at that time. Those identified in the photos include the following: Charles Woehrl, Elizabeth Wright (Ingraham), Ernest...
Dates: 1940-1941
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Ludwig Hilberseimer's Settlement Unity: Origins and Applications

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.18
Description of the Collection

This collection consists of a 20 page typed manuscript by David Spaeth, "Ludwig Hilberseimer's Settlement Unity: Origins and Applications." Spaeth is identified in the manuscript as "Visiting Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Florida." (2 copies)

Dates: 1980-1989
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Agra

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.23
Description of the Collection

Book titled AGRA, published by Martin Klaeschen, 2001, 56 pages. The book contains photographs of Marilyn and Don Hollis' house, "Agra," in Paradise Valley, Arizona. Agra was designed by Randall Fonce Architects and built by Rich Fairbourn. The book contains a preface by Martin Klaeschen and prologue by Randall Fonce (Bud), with essays by Jose Bernardi and Tiffany Barrett and photography by Tim Hursley.

Dates: 2001
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

Gene Summers correspondence, 1990-1992

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.19
Description of the Collection Primarily correspondence and memos to and from Gene Summers, Dean of Architecture, concerning lecture series given by Josef Paul Kleihues ca. October to November 1992. The correspondence also concerns Summers' service on the Museum Contemporary of Art's architect selection committee (Kleihues was chosen as the architect) and resulting monetary donations made to the College of Architecture. Other names appearing in the collection include Jason Kerwin, Ben Nicholson, chair of the Illinois...
Dates: 1990-1992
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 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 and Beyond: IIT Alumni Tour

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.26
Description of the Collection Video titled Mies and Beyond: IIT Alumni Tour featuring highlights of a tour by Illinois Institute of Technology architecture students, alumni, and faculty to Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, and Berlin in 2002. The tour was initiated by Robert Babbin '42 and led by Prof. Dirk Dennison. The group toured each location with particular attention to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and other modernist architectural sites. Scenes at the reconstructed Barcelona Pavilion (including Georg Kolbe's sculpture ...
Dates: 2002
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Blueprint, December 1985/January 1986

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.11
Description of the Collection

One issue of Blueprint ("Europe's leading magazine of architecture and design") titled "Born Again Barcelona" dated December 1985/January 1986 with cover image and article on page 21 (one additional photo) concerning the rebuilding of Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion by Christian Circi.

Dates: 1986
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

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