| Title: |
Lawrence Perkins
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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: |
Perkins speaks about his father 's education, friends, colleagues, the Committee on the Universe, and his vision of creating the Forest Preserve system. Perkins then speaks about his own education at Cornell University; meeting Philip Will; working for Howard Fisher's General Houses; how the office of Perkins, Wheeler and Will took shape; the Crow Island School commission; collaborating with the Saarinens; the shift to steel and glass; the United States Gypsum building; building the First National Bank building; the Cliff Dwellers Club; travel; the American Institute of Architects.
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| Extent: |
175 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/perkins.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1985 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Perkins, Lawrence Bradford, 1907-1997
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1907
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Evanston, 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: |
78
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| Document location: |
Evanston, IL
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| Document date: |
08-Nov-1985
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| Interviewer: |
Blum, Betty J.
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| Organizations discussed: |
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; Ithaca, NY; New York; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Architects; Architectural design; Architectural firms; Architecture; Chicago, IL; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Family--History; Illinois; Ithaca, NY; New York; North America; Oral history; United States; Work environment
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
American Institute of Architects; Cliff Dwellers Club; Committee on the Universe; Forest Preserve system
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025551-27413
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