Digitized 7" open reel-to-reel tape recording of the Illinois Institute of Technology's School of Architecture and Planning faculty meeting,... Show moreDigitized 7" open reel-to-reel tape recording of the Illinois Institute of Technology's School of Architecture and Planning faculty meeting, 1970. The meeting was opened with an unidentified person (possibly George Danforth, chairman of Architecture or Dr. Antonis Tritsis) reading the statement by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (as director of the Armour Institute of Technology department of architecture) published in the 1939-1940 AIT Bulletin (academic catalog) identifying the philosophy and content of the 5-year architecture course. The IIT architecture curriculum is discussed before meeting begins. Show less
Photograph of the 1948 Illinois Institute of Technology Department of Architecture faculty. Left to right: George Danforth, Ludwig... Show morePhotograph of the 1948 Illinois Institute of Technology Department of Architecture faculty. Left to right: George Danforth, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Thomas Burleigh, Alfred Caldwell, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Edward Duckett, Daniel Brenner, Earl Bluestein, A. James Speyer. Photographer unknown. Show less
Film (color and sound) of Illinois Institute of Technology campus and classroom scenes with shots of Chicago. Per Sharp, the film was made... Show moreFilm (color and sound) of Illinois Institute of Technology campus and classroom scenes with shots of Chicago. Per Sharp, the film was made around 1975, most likely produced at the request of the President's Office. Credits read, "A Film by Charles Dee Sharp, Produced at ID." Sharp taught filmmaking at the Institute of Design from 1965 to 1980. Show less
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with students James Speyer (left), George Danforth (right), and other unidentified students at an architecture studio... Show moreLudwig Mies van der Rohe with students James Speyer (left), George Danforth (right), and other unidentified students at an architecture studio critique in 1939. Photographer unknown. Show less