| Title: |
Serge Chermayeff
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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: |
Chermayeff speaks about his years as president of the Institute of Design in Chicago; his early background; work and colleagues in England; immigrating to the U.S.; traveling in the U.S.; colleagues and curriculum at the Institute of Design; the "Chicago Plans" exhibition in 1950; the merger of the Institute of Design with the Illinois Institute of Design; urban concerns; his own writings and opinions.
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| Extent: |
138 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/chermayeff.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1995 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Chermayeff, Serge, 1901-1996
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1901
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Groznyy, Chechnya; Chechnya; Asia
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Architect; Designer
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| Age at speaking: |
94
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| Document location: |
Wellsfleet, MA
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| Document date: |
23-May-1995
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| Interviewer: |
Blum, Betty J.
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; England; Europe; Illinois; North America; United Kingdom; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Architectural design; Architecture; Architecture--Study and teaching; Biography; Chicago, IL; Emigration and immigration; England; Europe; Illinois; North America; Oral history; United Kingdom; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Institute of Design, Chicago, IL
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025521-27380
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