Documents in this collection summarize the 1959 competition for a design for a memorial to Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., including its purpose, registration procedures, conditions of participation, and the program.
This collection consists of photographs documenting sculptures by Carl Milles, taken primarily by Meyric R. Rogers around 1938 and 1939 in preparation for his book on Milles, published in 1940. The sculptures span almost the full length of Milles's...
This collection contains a letterpress copybook of bills, estimates, and other business and financial transactions from the office of Chicago architect Charles S. Frost.
This collection is comprised of architectural drawings relating to Frank Lloyd Wright's 1959 second design for the unbuilt Louis Penfield house in Willoughby, Ohio.
The collection contains papers and photographs from Chicago architect C. Herrick Hammond's professional activities, including his work as supervising architect for the State of Illinois, and personal memorabilia.
1984.5
1.5 linear feet (5 boxes) , 2 oversize portfolios and flatfile materials
This collection includes a scrapbook of announcements, programs, newspaper clippings and correspondence, as well as exhibition catalogs documenting the shows of the Old Northwest Territory Art Exhibit from 1947 to 1951.
Correspondence, design papers, and photographs document the work of American sculptor Nellie V. Walker and her association with American sculptor Lorado Taft.
This collection of papers created by Chicago fine art appraiser and authenticator Benjamin K. Smith includes appraisals and related correspondence, organized by client name.
The collection consists of correspondence, research materials and photographs generated in the process of nominating Chicago architect Paul Schweikher's own house in Schaumburg, Illinois, to the National Register of Historic Places.
The Radford Architectural Company designed affordable residential and commercial architecture. The blueprints and specifications in this collection include house numbers 6560L, 6632L, 6537L, 6605L, 6542L (all for Armstrong Lumber Company), and 504,...
This collection contains elevator plans for forty-seven buildings that were prepared by the Chicago office of Otis Elevator Company between 1903 and 1906 for such architectural firms as D.H. Burnham and Co., Holabird and Roche, and Richard Schmidt.
Chicago sculptor Lorado Taft, noted for his monumental outdoor sculptures, worked, taught, and lectured about art throughout his career. This collection contains a lecture typescript and photographs of his work.
American artist Renard Koehnemann's work is documented through writings, drawings, and photographs of his custom-made chalices. The collection also contains correspondence and articles about Arts and Crafts silversmith Robert Riddle Jarvie.
Project files, photographs, slides, drawings, and printed materials documenting the construction of McCormick Place on the Lake (1971), convention center in Chicago.
Brochures, clippings, and photographs regarding the layout and design of public and academic library buildings, and correspondence regarding Dr. Guy Garrison's collection of materials.
