| Title: |
John D. Cordwell
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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: |
Cordwell speaks about his early years; the pre-war years in London; study at the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Architecture and the Architectural Association; problems of class distinction; the office of Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew; immigrating to the United States; PACE Association; the Central Area Plan for Chicago; Fort Dearborn project; McCormick Place; Louis R. Solomon; building Sandburg Village; working with Arthur Rubloff; Presidential Towers.
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| Extent: |
305 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/cordwell.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1992 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Cordwell, John Donald, 1920-1999
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1920
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| Speaker place of birth: |
London, England; England; United Kingdom; Europe
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Architect; Military personnel
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| Age at speaking: |
72
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| Document location: |
Chicago, IL
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| Document date: |
29-Jun-1992
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| Interviewer: |
Blum, Betty J.
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| Organizations discussed: |
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; England; Europe; Illinois; London, England; North America; United Kingdom; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Architects; Architecture; Architecture--Study and teaching; Chicago, IL; Emigration and immigration; England; Europe; Great Britain. Royal Air Force; Illinois; London, England; North America; Oral history; Prisoners of war; United Kingdom; United States; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, British; World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025523-27382
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