Ludwig Mies van der Rohe papers, 1921-1969 (bulk 1938-1969).
- 22,000 items. 65 containers. 27 linear feet.
- Arranged in 5 series. Series 1: Early Correspondence, 1921-1940; Series 2: Late Correspondence, 1930-1969; Series 3: General Office File, 1923-1969; Series 4: Speech, Article, and Writing File; and Series 5: Miscellany, circa 1937-1969.
Open to research.
Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, articles, printed matter, blueprints, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Mies van der Rohe's career as an architect and director of architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., until 1940, the Armour Institute of Technology. Subjects include architectural concepts and education and urban renewal. Includes material pertaining to his private architectural practice in Chicago, Ill., and to his connections with the Bauhaus, Bund Deutscher Architekten, Deutscher Werkbund, and Novembergruppe. Correspondents include Josef Albers, Otto Baur, Peter Behrens, Peter Blake, Peter Bruckmann, Arundell Clarke, Richard J. Daley, Theo van Doesburg, Paul H. Douglas, Herbert S. Greenwald, Walter Gropius, Gerd Hatje, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Paul Klee, Le Corbusier, Martin Mächler, John U. Nef, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Walter Peterhans, Hans Poelzig, Adolf Rading, Lilly Reich, Hans Richter, Sergius Ruegenberg, Eero Saarinen, Mart Stam, Max Taut, Heinrich Tessnow, and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Some photographs Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. transferred to
Architect and educator.
Collection material in English and German.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013089
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Albers, Josef--Correspondence. Baur, Otto--Correspondence. Behrens, Peter, 1868-1940 --Correspondence. Blake, Peter, 1920-2006 --Correspondence. Bruckmann, Peter--Correspondence. Clarke, Arundell--Correspondence. Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 --Correspondence. Doesburg, Theo van, 1883-1931 --Correspondence. Douglas, Paul H. 1892-1976 --Correspondence. Greenwald, Herbert S., 1915-1959 --Correspondence. Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969 --Correspondence. Hatje, Gerd--Correspondence. Hilberseimer, Ludwig--Correspondence. Klee, Paul, 1879-1940 --Correspondence. Le Corbusier, 1887-1965 --Correspondence. Mächler, Martin, 1881-1958 --Correspondence. Nef, John U. 1899-1988 --Correspondence. Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994 --Correspondence. Peterhans, Walter, 1897-1960 --Correspondence. Poelzig, Hans, 1869-1936 --Correspondence. Rading, Adolf, 1888-1957 --Correspondence. Reich, Lilly, 1885-1947 --Correspondence. Richter, Hans, 1888-1976 --Correspondence. Ruegenberg, Sergius, 1903-1996 --Correspondence. Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 --Correspondence. Stam, Mart, 1899-1986 --Correspondence. Taut, Max, 1884-1967 --Correspondence. Tessnow, Heinrich--Correspondence. Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 --Correspondence.
Armour Institute of Technology. Bauhaus. Bund Deutscher Architekten. Deutscher Werkbund. Illinois Institute of Technology. Novembergruppe (Association)
Architectural firms--Illinois--Chicago. Architecture. Architecture--Societies, etc. Architecture--Study and teaching. Architecture, Modern. Schools of architecture--Illinois--Chicago. Urban renewal.