Institute of Design

The Institute of Design collections held by the University Archives and Special Collections contain a variety of materials which reflect the history of the school since its founding as the New Bauhaus of Chicago by László Moholy-Nagy in 1937. They include academic catalogs, class and school activities announcements, biographical materials, student work, exhibit catalogs, announcements of student and alumni professional activities, essays, speeches, periodical articles, photographs, scrapbooks and news clippings by and about the school and its members. Materials found within the Institute of Design collections pertain to institutional history; with few exceptions, University Archives and Special Collections does not hold the personal papers or creative output of former faculty of the Institute of Design or its predecessor schools.

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Title: László Moholy-Nagy at the Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, 1944
Date: 1944
Description: Photograph of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy at the Institute of Design (or possibly the School of Design before it was renamed the Institute of Design in...
Show morePhotograph of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy at the Institute of Design (or possibly the School of Design before it was renamed the Institute of Design in 1944). Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Biographical files collection, 1900-2014

Title: Unbreakable wooden springs, ca. 1942
Creator: Halbe, Milton
Date: 1942
Description: Photograph of a design for unbreakable wooden springs, possibly designed by Glenn Foss. Superimposition of two photographs shows the...
Show morePhotograph of a design for unbreakable wooden springs, possibly designed by Glenn Foss. Superimposition of two photographs shows the deflection of weight. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

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: 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: Evening Lectures, 1939 - 1940
Creator: Chicago School of Design
Date: 1939
Description: Flyer announcement of a portion of the 1939-1940 Evening Lecture series at the School of Design in Chicago, later to become the Institute of...
Show moreFlyer announcement of a portion of the 1939-1940 Evening Lecture series at the School of Design in Chicago, later to become the Institute of Design.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Light Drawing - Head
Creator: Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997
Date: 1939
Description: Light drawing photograph made by moving a light source during a long exposure. Title, date inscribed on verso. Numbered B-21. Mounting...
Show moreLight drawing photograph made by moving a light source during a long exposure. Title, date inscribed on verso. Numbered B-21. Mounting inscribed with title, date and numbered 100, B-21, INV3637, #44
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Collection: Nathan Lerner photographs, 1935-1980

Title: Eye on Nails
Creator: Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997
Date: 1940
Collection: Nathan Lerner photographs, 1935-1980

Title: Wire Eyes
Creator: Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997
Date: 1937-1941
Description: Photograph of what appears to be decorative metalwork in recto of a gravestone or other memorial. Location of photograph unknown. Print...
Show morePhotograph of what appears to be decorative metalwork in recto of a gravestone or other memorial. Location of photograph unknown. Print mounted on cardstock. Signature and date (1941) on recto of cardstock, title and date (1937) on verso. Exact date of photograph unknown. Numbered 759 and 3565 on verso.
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Collection: Nathan Lerner photographs, 1935-1980

Title: Focused view for camera: Catalogue
Creator: Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997
Date: 1940
Description: Photograph mounted on cardstock. Signature and date inscribed on recto of cardstock. Title not found on object, taken from the catalog for...
Show morePhotograph mounted on cardstock. Signature and date inscribed on recto of cardstock. Title not found on object, taken from the catalog for Nathan Lerner: Photographs 1935-1945 at Allan Frumkin Gallery. Photograph is sometimes titled New Bauhaus in other sources. Photograph is numbered 4006 and INV2710 on verso of cardstock.
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Collection: Nathan Lerner photographs, 1935-1980

Title: Planets
Creator: Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997
Date: 1939
Description: Photograph is mounted on cardstock. Signature and date inscribed on recto of cardstock, title and date notated on verso. Photograph is...
Show morePhotograph is mounted on cardstock. Signature and date inscribed on recto of cardstock, title and date notated on verso. Photograph is numbered 3560 and 755 on verso.
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Collection: Nathan Lerner photographs, 1935-1980

Title: Closed Eye
Creator: Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997
Date: 1940
Description: Photograph mounted on cardstock. Signature and date inscribed on recto of cardstock, title and date notated on verso. Photograph numbered 3557...
Show morePhotograph mounted on cardstock. Signature and date inscribed on recto of cardstock, title and date notated on verso. Photograph numbered 3557 and 758 on verso. This photograph is sometimes titled Eye and Finger in other sources.
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Collection: Nathan Lerner photographs, 1935-1980

Title: Plaster Hand and Screen
Creator: Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997
Date: 1940
Description: Photograph mounted on cardstock. Signature and date inscribed on recto of cardstock, title and date notated on verso. Photograph is numbered...
Show morePhotograph mounted on cardstock. Signature and date inscribed on recto of cardstock, title and date notated on verso. Photograph is numbered 3562 and 754 on verso. Photograph is sometimes titled Screen and Hand or Hand and Screen in other sources.
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Collection: Nathan Lerner photographs, 1935-1980

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: Barbara Jeanmire at School of Design in Chicago Camouflage Course exhibit, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1942
Date: 1942
Description: Text from attached caption: "Barbara Jeanmire, a student of the School of Designin [sic] Chicago, 247 E Ontario St. studies exhibit set up by...
Show moreText from attached caption: "Barbara Jeanmire, a student of the School of Designin [sic] Chicago, 247 E Ontario St. studies exhibit set up by students of the Camouflage Course. The school graduated over 100 students in Camouflage. Camouflage of tanks, trucks, airplanes, factories, etc., were executed." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate, based on date of student work in photograph.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: School of Design in Chicago Exhibit B, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1941-1943
Date: 1941-1943
Description: Photograph of a School of Design in Chicago exhibit identified only as "Exhibit B," likely held at the school's 247 East Ontario Street...
Show morePhotograph of a School of Design in Chicago exhibit identified only as "Exhibit B," likely held at the school's 247 East Ontario Street location. The photograph shows what appear to be camouflage experiments or exercises by students and an object labeled "texture chart" at right. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Experiments in camouflage, School of Design in Chicago Exhibit B, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1941-1943
Date: 1941-1943
Description: Photograph of a School of Design in Chicago exhibit identified only as "Exhibit B," likely held at the school's 247 East Ontario Street...
Show morePhotograph of a School of Design in Chicago exhibit identified only as "Exhibit B," likely held at the school's 247 East Ontario Street location. Text from attached caption: "Experiments in camouflage. A special course given during World War II by the Institute in collaboration with the Office of Civilian Defense." 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 with sculpture, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1940s
Date: 1940-1949
Description: Photograph of an unidentified Chicago School of Design or Institute of Design student applying what appears to be plaster to a constructed...
Show morePhotograph of an unidentified Chicago School of Design or Institute of Design student applying what appears to be plaster to a constructed form. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

Title: Light Drawing With Folded Paper
Creator: Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997
Date: 1940
Description: Photograph of cut and folded paper used as a means to experiment with light and shadow. Title, date, and signature inscribed on verso....
Show morePhotograph of cut and folded paper used as a means to experiment with light and shadow. Title, date, and signature inscribed on verso. Numbered img1136, 026.087.3.06, #42.1.2, and 2886? on verso of photograph.
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Collection: Nathan Lerner photographs, 1935-1980

Title: Untitled
Creator: Lerner, Nathan, 1913-1997
Date: 1937-1945
Description: Untitled photograph by Nathan Lerner depicting a wooden sculpture with smaller shapes casting shadows on a square base. The verso features an...
Show moreUntitled photograph by Nathan Lerner depicting a wooden sculpture with smaller shapes casting shadows on a square base. The verso features an Institute of Design stamp, though it is unknown if this photograph dates from Lerner's time as a student or member of the faculty. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Institute of Design records, 1937-ca. 1962

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