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
Digitized 7" open reel-to-reel tape recording of Mies van der Rohe's memorial service held in S. R. Crown Hall on Oct. 25, 1969 . Total... Show moreDigitized 7" open reel-to-reel tape recording of Mies van der Rohe's memorial service held in S. R. Crown Hall on Oct. 25, 1969 . Total running time is 56:23 minutes. The recording includes solo cello performances by Janos Starker and remarks by James Johnson Sweeney. 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
Photograph of (L-R) Henry Heald (President of the Armour Institute of Technology), Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and James Cunningham (chairman of... Show morePhotograph of (L-R) Henry Heald (President of the Armour Institute of Technology), Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and James Cunningham (chairman of the Armour Institute of Technology Board of Trustees) at a banquet to honor Mies and his appointment as head of the Armour Institute's Department of Architecture at the Palmer House hotel. Photograph labeled as property of Public Relations. 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
