| Title: |
Jacques Brownson
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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: |
Brownson speaks about his family during the depression; how he financed his study at IIT; Mies van der Rohe's office; military service; going back to IIT; Ludwig Hilberseimer at IIT; building his glass house in Geneva; working for Naess & Murphy; building the Continental National Insurance building and the Chicago Civic Center [now the Richard J. Daley Center and Plaza]; teaching; Denver and the Auraria Higher Education Center. His ideas and opinions on architecture, colleagues, and architectural education are woven throughout the document.
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| Extent: |
280 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/brownson.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1994 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Brownson, Jacques Calman, 1923-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1923
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Aurora, IL; Illinois; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Architect
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| Age at speaking: |
71
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| Document location: |
Denver, CO
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| Document date: |
04-Dec-1994
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| Interviewer: |
Blum, Betty J.
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| Historical events discussed: |
Great Depression, 1929-1941
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Architects; Architectural design; Architecture; Architecture--Study and teaching; Chicago, IL; Education; Family; Great Depression, 1929-1941; Illinois; North America; Oral history; United States; United States--Armed Forces
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025517-27376
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