006/06. People
Record Group Term
Identifier: 006/06
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Mies van der Rohe photographs, 1930
Collection
Identifier: 006.06.10
Description of the Collection
Two monochrome photos, both oversize and mounted for exhibition. Item .1 is a 45 x 35 interior view of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion and shows white Barcelona chairs and stools, black marble walls, one interior column, ceiling, tile floor, and exterior window walls. The view, with high shadow contrast, shows reflections and images of surrounding sculptures, gardens and structures in and through the glass walls. Markings on back of mount are as follows: Lower left, handwritten...
Dates:
1930
Peter Roesch collection, 1954-1964
Collection
Identifier: 006.06.27
Description of the Collection
Audio recording ("Mies in Berlin") and photographic slides related to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and S. R. Crown Hall construction. The LP (33 1/3 RPM) phonograph disk is the first issue of an audio series, "Bauwelt Archiv" (Building World Archives), produced by the RIAS of Berlin and issued in 1966 on the occasion of Mies' 80th birthday. Titled "Mies in Berlin," the record jacket (in German) indicates that the recording was made in October...
Dates:
1954-1964
Mies van der Rohe commencement speech, 1958
Collection
Identifier: 006.06.06
Abstract
Recording also includes a talk (unrelated to the Mies address) given by Dr. Paul of the University of Chicago Medical School on heart health; ca. 30 minutes long. Talk was possibly delivered at the Museum of Science and Industry, date unknown. The program was part of a "Sunday afternoon lecture series," perhaps sponsored by Illinois Institute of Technology. Transcription of audio tape, Acc. No. 1998.159 Unknown speaker: "Illinois Institute of Technology Graduation Saturday night, Jan. 25,...
Dates:
1958
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe film, 1980
Collection
Identifier: 006.06.01
Description of the Collection
Film "Mies van der Rohe," directed and co-produced by subject's daughter, Georgia van der Rohe, in cooperation with a television station in West Germany. Script by Mies biographer, Franz Schulze. "Film includes footage of Mies reflecting on his life's work the year before his death, biographical material, and segments on major projects built in Chicago, Toronto, New York, Berlin, and other cities" (per Illinois Institute of Technology internal memo found with the film). Includes scenes of...
Dates:
1980
Mies van der Rohe stamp covers, 1982
Collection
Identifier: 006.06.07
Description of the Collection
Three cancelled stamp covers commemorating First Day of Issue stamps in a series on architecture. Image on stamp on these covers is of S. R. Crown Hall in recognition of the Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed campus of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Cancellation dated Sept. 30, 1982. Cover also includes an image of Mies and reproduction of his signature. Artifact. Also included is two copies each of three additional items: a one-page biography of Mies; a one-page flier with photo...
Dates:
1982
Gene Summers papers, 1990-2001
Collection
Identifier: 006.06.34
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...
Dates:
1990-2001
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