| Title: |
Richard M. Bennett
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Art Institute of Chicago. Ryerson and Burnham Libraries
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| Collection: |
Chicago Architects Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Bennett speaks about why he became an architect; study at Harvard University; travel in Europe; Caleb Hornbostel; the Wheaton College Art Center competition; the Century of Progress International Exhibition in Chicago, 1933-1934; teaching at Yale University; coming to Chicago to design the new community of Park Forest; working with Elbert Peets; studying the needs of people; the how and why of architecture; the health of cities.
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| Extent: |
114 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/bennett.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1965 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Bennett, Richard Marsh, 1907-1996
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1907
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Braddock, PA; Pennsylvania; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Architect; Professor
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| Age at speaking: |
58
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| Document date: |
1965
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| Interviewer: |
Blum, Betty J.
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| Organizations discussed: |
Yale University, New Haven, CT
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; Connecticut; Illinois; North America; United States; West Haven, CT
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Architects; Architecture; Architecture--Study and teaching; Chicago, IL; Connecticut; Illinois; North America; Oral history; United States; West Haven, CT; Yale University, New Haven, CT
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025515-27374
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