Illinois Institute of Technology. College of Architecture

Description of the Collection Papers from Gene R. Summers, Dean of College of Architecture. The materials are mostly photocopies. The collection includes correspondence to Lew Collens, president of IIT, regarding a living architecture museum at IIT. Also included, are excerpts from "A History of Armour Institute" by James Clinton Peebles (1890) regarding the architecture curriculum, and writings on Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and the architecture department. The collection includes a handwritten draft of this...

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Materials collected by John Blew that formerly belonged to George Danforth. The collection includes artifacts related to Danforth's time at the Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Architecture, as well as World War II identification tags.

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This collection includes a typed transcript of a September, 2004 interview with George Edson Danforth by three members of the Illinois Institute of Technology staff, Matt Cook, Director of Graham Resource Center, Lorna Shawver and Beth Wittbrodt, from the Illinois Institute of Technology Office of Institutional Advancement. In the interview, Danforth recalls his time as a student under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and reflects on his career.

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...

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Files created by Howard Dearstyne concerning his professional activities and fellow architects. The collection bulks with correspondence. Journal articles and tear sheets, particularly by or about Barry Byrne are also included, as is a photograph by John Gass of a house designed by Byrne. Of particular note is Dearstyne's correspondence with (Jace) Jacques Brownson, Barry Byrne (1937-1963) and others. Sally A. Chappell's name appears frequently in Byrne materials.

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IIT Skyline, one issue, 1988

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DVD, titled: "Innovation in Dance & Design: Hubbard Street in S. R. Crown Hall, January 25-27, 2008." Produced by the Mies van der Rohe Society and the College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology.

Description of the Collection Materials related to the construction and exhibition of Knowledge Box 2. The collection includes the architectural model of Knowledge Box 2, construction documentation in manuscript and digital formats (including CAD drawings), the digital audio file used for the 2009 recreated program, and the 35mm slides projected in the Knowledge Box 2 along with a key to the slide projection sequence. The collection also includes documentary information (publicity, press coverage,...

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Model of the Knowledge Box 2 made in 2009 by students in the IIT College of Architecture, Alex Derdelakos and Chris Strailman, in preparation for reconstruction of the full-size Knowledge Box 2 to be used in the exhibit "Learning Modern" at the Sullivan Galleries of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Sept. 25, 2009-Jan. 9, 2010). The model has a hinged door and includes representations of the 24 35mm slide carousel projectors mounted on the 24 exterior shelves of the Box.

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1. Architecture Lecture Series, 1977: Roberto Burle Marx, Mario Gandelsonas, Rem Koolhaas, Robert Krier, Emilio Ambasz, Leon Krier, Elia Zenghelis, Massimo Scolari, Jay Fellows, Ricardo Legorreta, Dore Ashton, Myron Goldsmith 2. Department of Architecture Lecture, n.d.: William J.R. Curtis; Free Public Lecture, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 1996