| Title: |
Gertrude Lempp Kerbis
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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: |
Kerbis speaks about her early impression of Taliesin East and its influence on her career choice; working for Carl Koch; studying at the Harvard Graduate School of Design; studying at the Illinois Institute of Technology with Mies; marriage to Walter Peterhans; work at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill; designing the U.S. Air Force Academy Dining Hall ; designing the Seven Continents Restaurant at O'Hare International Airport; Chicago Women in Architecture and women's issues; priorities for a woman who is a professional; design/build; teaching; reflections.
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| Extent: |
191 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/kerbis.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1996 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Kerbis, Gertrude Lempp, 1926-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1926
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Chicago, 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: |
70
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| Document date: |
21-May-1996
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| Interviewer: |
Blum, Betty J.
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| Organizations discussed: |
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Architects; Architectural firms; Architecture; Architecture--Study and teaching; Chicago, IL; Illinois; North America; Oral history; United States; University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL; Women architects
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025541-27403
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