| Title: |
Alfred Caldwell
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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: |
Caldwell speaks about his vision of Atlantis; meeting and working for Jens Jensen; Frank Lloyd Wright and Taliesin; WPA work for the South Park District in Chicago; Caldwell's farm in Bristol, Wisconsin; meeting Mies van der Rohe and Ludwig Hilberseimer; receiving his degrees at IIT; teaching at IIT; Mies's birthday party; ideas about the city and city planning; his philosophy; returning to teach at IIT after 22 years; his greatest opportunity.
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| Extent: |
153 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/caldwell.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1987 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Caldwell, Alfred, 1903-1998
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1903
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| Speaker place of birth: |
St. Louis, MO; Missouri; United States; North America
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| Speaker occupation: |
Landscape architect
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| Age at speaking: |
84
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| Document location: |
Chicago, IL
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| Document date: |
28-Feb-1987
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| Interviewer: |
Blum, Betty J.
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Chicago, IL; City planning; Illinois; Landscape; Landscape architecture--Illinois; North America; Oral history; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025520-27379
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