About this artwork
In the early 1950s, the Burnham Library and the University of Illinois co-sponsored a project to microfilm 11,000 architectural drawings by Chicago architects or of Chicago buildings. In the process of borrowing the drawings from architectural firms, building owners and managers, the project director interviewed many elderly architects, including Mr. Elgh, chief draftsman at Burnham & Hammond; George B. Eich, an engineer who worked in the offices of Howard Van Doren Shaw and David Adler; George Elmslie, at age 80; and Richard E. Schmidt, at age 85. The director’s daybooks record these interviews, with their revealing comments about working in various offices, about design responsibilities, contributions and attributions.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- AIC Archives
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Artist
- Burnham Library of Architecture (Collaborator)
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Title
- Burnham Library-University of Illinois Project to Microfilm Architectural Documentation Records
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Date
- Made 1950–1952
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Medium
- Bound daybooks.
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Dimensions
- H.: 6.1 cm (2 7/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Executive Associates of the microfilming project to the Burnham Library, 1952.
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Reference Number
- 1952.1
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