| Title: |
A. James Speyer
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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: |
Speyer speaks about his architectural education at Carnegie Institute of Technology; the influence of the International Style exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art; architectural education at Chelsea Polytechnic in London; working for the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company; Mies van der Rohe; teaching methods and message of the curriculum at IIT; furniture design in relation to architecture; the Institute of Design; Mies's retirement and losing the Illinois Institute of Technology campus commission; in Greece; job as Curator of Twentieth Century Paintings and Sculpture at The Art Institute of Chicago; organizing an exhibition of Mies van der Rohe's work at The Art Institute of Chicago.
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| Extent: |
141 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/caohp/speyer.pdf
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1986 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Speyer, A. James, 1913-1986
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1913
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Pittsburgh, PA; Pennsylvania; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Architect; Professor
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| Age at speaking: |
73
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| Document location: |
Chicago, IL
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| Document date: |
11-Jun-1986
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| Interviewer: |
Saliga, Pauline
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| Organizations discussed: |
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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| Locations discussed: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; North America; Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh, PA; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Architects; Architectural design; Architecture--Study and teaching; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Chicago, IL; Furniture design; Illinois; North America; Oral history; Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh, PA; United States
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025555-27418
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