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Beyond Mies
Collection
Identifier: 037.08.04
Description of the Collection
One VHS tape and one dvd, each of Beyond Mies, a video by Rich Goodman (job # 2260, May 11, 1998) documenting the 1997 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation International Design Competition to select an architect for the building which later became identified as the McCormick Tribune Campus Center on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. The video included comments by Mark Scogin and features commentary/narration by Dirk Lohan about the IIT campus, the winner as "the next Mies," and the...
Dates:
1998
Building Reference files, 1896-2013
Collection
Identifier: 037.06.01
Scope and Contents
The Building Reference Files collection consists of a mix of primary and secondary source material relating to the buildings and campuses of the Illinois Institute of Technology and its predecessor institutions. These files formerly served as "drop files" where archives staff collected clippings, ephemera, and photographs related to the buildings and campus, and as a result, many of the files consist wholly of secondary material (including photocopies and clippings from university...
Dates:
1895-2013
Charles Farrell papers, 1994-2003
Collection
Identifier: 037.08.18
Description of the Collection
This collection is comprised of materials related to McCormick Tribune Campus Center. The items are primarily related to space use and opening events. It includes floor-plan drawings (2000-2003), Hermann Union Building (also known as Hermann Hall) (1994), and Commons building (2002), all on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology.
Dates:
1994-2003
H. Lennart Pearson photographs, 1950-1959
Collection
Identifier: 037.08.19
Description of the Collection
Black and white photographs (3"x3") of Illinois Institute of Technology campus construction sites, including the removal of historical Bronzeville buildings on campus circa 1950-1959. The buildings under construction include Gunsaulus Hall, Carman Hall, Bailey Hall, Cunningham Hall, Fowler Hall, and the dorms which later came to be known as the McCormick Student Village. The buildings being razed include the Masser Hotel and Brown Hall. The collection also includes Student Independent 2:...
Dates:
1950-1959
Lohan Master Plan collection, 1996-2003
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.10
Description of the Collection
Office files from Mies van der Rohe Society related to the Lohan Master Plan and related activities.
Dates:
1996-2003
McCormick Tribune Campus Center and State Street Village promotion collection, 2003
Collection
Identifier: 037.08.16
Description of the Collection
Materials resulting from promotion and publicity of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center and State Street Village opening events. Includes materials produced and distributed by Illinois Institute of Technology as internal and mass mailing from project development and construction stages through opening events. Print media coverage and architectural reviews are included. Box 1 consists of manuscript material, box 2 of oversize materials, and box 3 of miscellaneous unprocessed material.
Dates:
2003
McCormick Tribune Campus Center construction photographs, 2001-2003
Collection
Identifier: 037.08.07
Description of the Collection
Photographs taken by John Stamets of the construction of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center, designed by Rem Koolhaas, on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Images were taken approximately monthly over a period of almost two years 22 months (Dec. 2001 - Sept. 2003). Total collection will number approximately 1,248 (per John Stamets) 4x5" contact prints made from the original 4x5" film negatives. Ca. 10 - 15% of the total are in color. Images received in the IIT...
Dates:
2001-2003
McCormick Tribune Campus Center Groundbreaking and IIT Challenge Grant tapes, 2000-2001
Collection
Identifier: 037.08.22
Description of the Collection
Audio and video tapes (unedited) recorded by Illinois Institute of Technology to document two events related to the university's renewal program. Ten of the tapes document events surrounding the March 9, 2000 ground breaking for the McCormick Tribune Campus Center including a video conference with representatives of the various architectural, engineering, university, and public entities who collaborated on the building, the official ground breaking ceremony, and the lunch reception which...
Dates:
2000-2001
McCormick Tribune Campus Center opening celebration collection, 2003
Collection
Identifier: 037.08.08
Description of the Collection
Promotional materials produced in connection with the opening celebration of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology, held Sept. 30, 2003. A lecture by the building's architect, Rem Koolhaas, was held on Oct. 4, 2003. Four copies each of the following items: 1. "Save the date" stickers 2. Hard ask invitations 3. Soft ask invitations 4. Press kits 5. MTCC maps 6. Program books 7. John Stamets photo cubes (2 only) 8. College of Architecture posters...
Dates:
2003
McCormick Tribune Campus Center photographs, 2003
Collection
Identifier: 037.08.15
Description of the Collection
Photographs (available as digital images on a CD and as color prints) of McCormick Tribune Campus Center on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology taken by Richard Barnes at the request of IIT to serve as publicity photos. The images are identified as follows, per the CD: 1. Computer Hall 1. 2. Founders' Wall 2 [icons]. 3. Founders' Wall 3 [faces of (l - r): Frank W. Gunsaulus; Allen Lewis; Robert Pritzker; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]. 4. Hallway [northeast corridor]. 5. Interiors 1...
Dates:
2003