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Title: Jack Waldheim working on a woodcut with a circular saw, Chicago School of Design/Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, ca. early 1940s
Creator: Chicago School of Design
Date: 1940-1945
Description: Photograph of student Jack Waldheim working with a circular saw. Waldheim was a student during the time at which the school's name changed...
Show morePhotograph of student Jack Waldheim working with a circular saw. Waldheim was a student during the time at which the school's name changed from Chicago School of Design to Institute of Design, this photograph bears stamps from both institutions on the back, indicating that it likely dates from the Chicago School of Design era (1939-1944). Photographer unknown. Date range indicated is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Institute of Design sculpture class, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1956-1969
Date: 1956-1969
Description: Photograph of an Institute of Design Sculpture class in S.R. Crown Hall. Possibly pictured at left is Professor Cosmo Campoli. Photographer...
Show morePhotograph of an Institute of Design Sculpture class in S.R. Crown Hall. Possibly pictured at left is Professor Cosmo Campoli. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Exterior view of the New Bauhaus, Marshall Field mansion, Chicago, Illinois
Creator: Humeston, Dariel
Date: 1937-1938
Description: Date estimated ca. 1937, photographer credit taken from original photo.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Buckminster Fuller and Evelyn McCermiak (?)
Date: 1948-1949
Description: Photograph of Buckminster Fuller with a student, identified on the rear of the photograph as Evelyn McCermiak (or McCermak). Photographer...
Show morePhotograph of Buckminster Fuller with a student, identified on the rear of the photograph as Evelyn McCermiak (or McCermak). Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range provided is an estimate based on Fuller's tenure at the Institute of Design.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Design student building structural model, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1940-1950s
Date: 1937-1955
Description: Photograph of a New Bauhaus or Institute of Design student constructing a structural model. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown....
Show morePhotograph of a New Bauhaus or Institute of Design student constructing a structural model. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Students in a Chicago School or Design or Institute of Design paper cutting class, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1942-1945
Date: 1942-1945
Description: Photograph of students in a paper cutting class at the Chicago School of Design or Institute of Design (the name of the school changed in 1945...
Show morePhotograph of students in a paper cutting class at the Chicago School of Design or Institute of Design (the name of the school changed in 1945). Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Student Barbara Jeanmaire in an Institute of Design paper cutting class, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1945-1949
Creator: Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.)
Date: 1945-1949
Description: Photograph of Barbara Jeanmaire in a paper cutting class at the Institute of Design. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date...
Show morePhotograph of Barbara Jeanmaire in a paper cutting class at the Institute of Design. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Institute of Design student Elisha Huston sculpting, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1945-1949
Creator: Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.)
Date: 1945-1949
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design Sculpture Department student Elisha Huston sculpting with a hammer and chisel. Photographer unknown. Date of...
Show morePhotograph of Institute of Design Sculpture Department student Elisha Huston sculpting with a hammer and chisel. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Moholy-Nagy Scholarship auction postcard, 1954
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design
Date: 1954
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Focused view for camera: Brown's Face (detail)
Creator: Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997
Date: ca. 1939
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Untitled
Creator: Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997
Date: 1937-1938
Description: Untitled photograph by Nathan Lerner, with notation on verso indicating that it is from his second semester at the New Bauhaus. Date of...
Show moreUntitled photograph by Nathan Lerner, with notation on verso indicating that it is from his second semester at the New Bauhaus. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Institute of Design of Illinois Institute of Technology: Evening courses 1950-51
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design
Date: 1950-1951
Description: Evening course catalog for the Institute of Design, 1950-1951. In addition to a descriptive listing of evening classes and a class schedule,...
Show moreEvening course catalog for the Institute of Design, 1950-1951. In addition to a descriptive listing of evening classes and a class schedule, the catalog includes the aims and history of the Institute of Design, a faculty roster, and other pertinent information about the enrollment process.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Ken Isaacs with the Knowledge Box, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1962
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design
Date: 1962
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design visiting lecturer Ken Isaacs and the Knowledge Box.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Ken Isaacs with the Knowledge Box, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1962
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design
Date: 1962
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design visiting lecturer Ken Isaacs and the Knowledge Box.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Ken Isaacs with the Knowledge Box, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1962
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design
Date: 1962
Description: Photograph of Institute of Design visiting lecturer Ken Isaacs and the Knowledge Box.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: New Bauhaus scrapbook, 1936-1938
Date: 1936-1938
Description: Thirty-seven page scrapbook with hand made fabric covered box with lower case letter b (for Bauhaus) on font in silver metal. Scrapbook (16 x...
Show moreThirty-seven page scrapbook with hand made fabric covered box with lower case letter b (for Bauhaus) on font in silver metal. Scrapbook (16 x 16”) has black plastic covers, spiral bound with manila card stock pages. Includes news clippings and tear sheets from periodicals about the opening of The New Bauhaus as well as the academic catalogue and program announcements, and a letter from Walter Gropius (5/18/1937) recommending Laszlo Moholy-Nagy as director. Creator unknown, assumed to be affiliated with the New Bauhaus.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Students in front of the New Bauhaus entrance, Chicago, Illinois, 1937
Creator: Matter, Herbert, 1907-1984
Date: 1937
Description: Photograph of students in front of the New Bauhaus building, formerly the Marshall Field mansion.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Konrad Wachsmann with Institute of Design students Maurene Strug and Shirley Courtois, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1954-1959
Date: 1954-1959
Description: From attached caption: "Konrad Wachsmann, professor of advanced building research at the Institute of Design of Illinois Institute of...
Show moreFrom attached caption: "Konrad Wachsmann, professor of advanced building research at the Institute of Design of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, explains principles of space-frame construction to students Maurene Strug and Shirley Courtois. A model of an open-air music shelter, designed b y an Illinois Tech graduate student for his master's thesis, and based on space-frame construction, is shown on the table." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Students with model at the Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1945
Date: 1945
Description: Photograph of students with a model in an Institute of Design class, possibly Shelter Design. As photograph is undated, it may have been taken...
Show morePhotograph of students with a model in an Institute of Design class, possibly Shelter Design. As photograph is undated, it may have been taken when the school was named Chicago School of Design (1939-1944). Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Herbert Read lecture at the Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, April 23, 1946
Creator: Sokolite, Frank
Date: 1946-04-23
Description: Photograph of the audience at a lecture by Herbert Read at the Institute of Design.
Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

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