| Title | Bennett, Edward H., Collection, 1901-1954
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| Origination | Bennett, Edward H.
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| Publication Date | 2001 |
| Abstract | Edward H. Bennett was born in England and trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1903 he came to Chicago to work in Daniel H. Burnham's office, where he worked on the U.S. Military Academy competition and city plans for San Francisco and Chicago. In private practice, Bennett developed plans for the cities of Brooklyn, Cedar Rapids, Detroit, Minneapolis, Ottawa, Portland (OR), and Washington, D.C. He served as Consulting Architect to the Chicago Plan Commission from 1913 to 1930. Virtually all phases of Bennett's professional career in the U.S. are documented (in varying degrees of completeness) with correspondence, clippings, reports, and photographs. |
| Collection Name | Ryerson and Burnham Archives Finding Aids
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| Acquistion Information | Edward H. Bennett, Sr. donated the bulk of his papers to The Art Institute of Chicago in 1953. Subsequent gifts of papers were made by his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Bennett, Jr. The blueprints of Bennett's home in Tryon, NC were donated by Holland Brady in November 2004. |
| Physical location | On-site |
| Accession Number | 1973.1
1999.10 (microfilm)
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| Finding Aid / Website URLs | http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/research/specialcollections/collections.html |
| Extent | 24 linear feet (78 boxes) , 3 portfolios , 2 oversize portfolios , flatfile materials , and 34 microfilm reels |
| Physical Description | Holograph papers, typescript papers, corespondence, printed papers, bound scrapbooks and diaries, black and white photographic prints, color photographic prints, ephemera and realia, ink drawings, graphite drawings, architectural reprographic prints, and |
| Access Restrictions | Partially restricted; most of collection available only in microfilm (1999.10) |
| Rights Statement | For Rights information please contact the Ryerson & Burnham Archives at rbarchives@artic.edu. |
