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008/02. Records

 Record Group Term
Identifier: 008/02

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

James S. Montague papers, 1948-1994

 Collection
Identifier: 008.02.04
Description of the Collection

Materials concerning the Institute of Design collected by James S. Montague during his tenure as a faculty member and director of the school. The collection includes special publications, historical items, documents and communications, and mainly printed ephemera and publications by the Institute of Design.

Dates: 1948-1994; Majority of material found within 1950-1978

Jay Doblin papers, 1946-1988

 Collection
Identifier: 008.02.03
Description of the Collection The Jay Doblin collection is heavily composed of graphic materials and photo prints, much of it generated in support of his “One Hundred Great Product Designs” research (and subsequent books). But it also amply documents the Institute of Design, with files on student projects/theses, various courses (including some syllabi), space station designs from 1986, Ken Isaccs and his Knowledge Box, and clipping files (mainly from Chicago newspapers) on notable ID achievements (especially student...
Dates: 1946-1988

Letter, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy to Frederick J. Kiesler, 1944

 Collection
Identifier: 008.02.05
Description of the Collection

Three paragraph letter dated Dec. 15, 1944 from Laszlo Moholy-Nagy to Frederick J. Kiesler expressing regrets that he (Kiesler) "Cannot come now" and inviting him to come in May. Context of the invitation is unknown. NOTE: Per an inquiry in July 2004 from Harald Krejci of the Kiesler Foundation in Vienna, Kiesler was invited for a lecture on his theory "biotechniques and correalism" in the 1930s or 1940s. The letter probably refers to that lecture invitation.

Dates: 1944

Institute of Design records, 1937-1981

 Collection
Identifier: 008.02.02
Description of the Collection

Materials created by the Illinois Institute of Technology Registrar's Office to help track and convert course credits taken by Institute of Design students prior to the school's 1949 merger with IIT. The collection includes a few items created by ID before the merger, saved as samples to aid in the conversion.

Dates: 1937-1981; Majority of material found within 1937-1953

Institute of Design records

 Collection
Identifier: 008.02.07

Institute of Design records, 1994-2017

 Collection
Identifier: 008.02.08
Content Description

Miscellaneous items documenting the currcula, faculty, programs and associated events of the Institute of Design.

Dates: 1994-2017

Institute of Design development and corporate programs records, 1990-2007

 Collection
Identifier: 008.02.10
Content Description

Records (mainly correspondence) compiled by the development and corporate programs operations of the Institute of Design. Subjects cover a range of relationships between ID and its corporate donors, including financial support (monetary and in-kind donations), programmatic cooperation, and recruitment of ID students.

Dates: 1990-2007

Institute of Design records, 1991-2015

 Collection
Identifier: 008.02.11
Content Description

Office files from the IIT Institute of Design, from the era when Patrick Whitney was Dean of the school.

Dates: 1991-2015

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