Chicago (Ill.)
Subject
Subject Source: Naf
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Main Building and Machinery Hall Landmark Designation papers, 2004
Collection
Identifier: 037.01.01
Description of the Collection
Materials related to the designation of Main Building and Machinery Hall (former Armour Institute of Technology buildings) on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology as Chicago Landmarks. Includes the Preliminary Summary of Information submitted to the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, Jan. 2004 (30 pages) and a copy of the May 26, 2004 ordinance which awarded the designation (6 pages). Also copy of notes by Catherine Bruck for suggested edits to first draft of the nomination (3...
Dates:
2004
Philip D. Armour, Sr. papers, 1890-1899
Collection
Identifier: 002.05.02
Description of the Collection
Thirty-two letters, mostly from Philip D. Armour, Sr. to Frank Miles who was apparently an agent of Armour & Co. The letters discuss Miles' travels to various Armour packing houses where he did inspections and set prices.
Dates:
1890-1899
Progressive Community Church records, 1948-2018
Collection
Identifier: 050.01.01
Scope and Contents
The Progressive Community Center: The People’s Church (Chicago, IL) Records includes administrative records, correspondence, church publications, CD-R, VHS, and cassette recordings of sermons, services, and the Voices of Progressive choir, photographs, and substantial biographical materials about Reverend Dr. B. Herbert Martin, Sr. The bulk of the materials are from the pastorate of the Reverend B. Herbert Martin, 1981 to 2016. The collection provides a comprehensive look at the declared...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1948-2018; 1948-2018
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
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