Serge Chermayeff architectural records and papers, 1909-1980

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Series VII: Faculty Papers, Institute of Design


Subseries 1: Administrative and Faculty Committees



Box 33 Folder 47 "President's Report." "President's Report.", 1947 Mar 11

24 pages. Typescript photocopy; With addenda: "1: Comparison of Enrollment," "2: Memo, Comparison of Net Income," "3: Summary of Reconstruction Costs," "4: Extracts of Letter from Chermayeff to Marli Ehrman, 2-14-1947," and "5: Correspondence to and from Alexander Archipenko."



Box 33 Folder 48 "Report to the Directors.", circa 1947-1948

23 pages. Typescript copy, with annotations; Includes cover letter by Walter Paepcke.



Box 33 Folder 49 "President's Committees on School Affairs.", circa 1947-1951

1 page. Mimeograph



Box 33 Folder 50 "Interim Report to the Board of Directors of the Institute of Design.", 1948 Sep 02

2 pages. TCS



Box 33 Folder 51 "Outline Program of Institute of Design in the Framework of the Illinois Institute of Technology.", circa 1950 Apr

3 pages. Mimeograph



Box 33 Folder 52 Bulletin of the Illinois Institute of Technology . Institute of Design., 1950 May

1 item. Brochure; With 1951-1952 Institute of Design academic calendar tipped in.



Box 33 Folder 53 "A Teacher Training Seminar in Design," Summer Session, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology., 1950 June

1 item. Printed paper



Box 33 Folder 54 "Annual Report for the Academic Year, 1949-1950, to President Henry Heald, from Serge Chermayeff.", 1950 Aug 04

8 pages. Typescript photocopy, with annotations



Box 33 Folder 55 Architecture - Design - Illinois Institute of Technology., circa 1950

1 item. Pamphlet; Overview of program and curriculum.



Box 33 Folder 56 Memo to President Henry Heald from Advisory Committee to the Director, Institute of Design., 1951 Apr 30

1 item. TL photocopy


Subseries 2: Course Materials



Box 33 Folder 57 Notes and diagrams on educational and course structure., circa 1947-1951

5 pages. Ink and colored pencil on trace



Box 33 Folder 58 "Suggested Outline for Course, Seminar and Primer on Environmental Design," preliminary draft., circa 1951

1 item. Typescript papers and holograph papers



Box 33 Folder 59 "Suggested Outline for Course, Seminar and Primer on Environmental Design, final draft., circa 1951

10 pages. Typescript



Box 33 Folder 60 "Foundation Course 3 Basic Architecture," outline., 1948 Fall

1 page. Mimeograph, with annotations; Noted "Commodity Firmness Delight" by SC.


Subseries 3: Writings and Presentations



Box 33 Folder 61 'Address to Students." Talk given to Institute of Design, Spring 1947., 1947 Feb

8 pages. Typescript copy, with annotations; One copy is corrected. With cover letter from Chermayeff to Walter Paepcke (undated).



Box 33 Folder 62 "Form in Design." Talk given in series "Society and Design," Institute of Design, Chicago, Illinois, April 22, 1948., 1948 Apr

28 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; One copy with holograph introductory remarks.



Box 33 Folder 63 "IIT-ID Formal Announcement of Merger." Talk given April 17, 1950., 1950 Apr

2 pages. Typescript carbon



Box 33 Folder 64 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Serge Chermayeff, Walter Gropius. Three Addresses at the Blackstone Hotel, April 17, 1950 on the Occasion of the Addition of the Institute of Design to Illinois Institute of Technology. Chicago: IIT, 1950., 1950 Apr 17

1 item. Brochure, with annotations; Second copy, gift 2005.002



Box 33 Folder 65 Untitled manuscript. Talk given on occasion of announcement of merger of Institute of Design and Illinois Institute of Technology, April 17, 1950., 1950 Apr

2 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations



Box 33 Folder 66 "The Profession of Architecture." Talk given at Institute of Design., 1950 Nov

14 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations, and typescript, with annotations



Box 33 Folder 67 Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, and Serge Chermayeff. Untitled manuscript. Used for booklet to promote fundraising for new Architecture Building at Illinois Institute of Technology., circa 1950

8 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations


Subseries 4: Students' Work



Roll WS07 Institute of Design students / Design exercises: studies in continuous motion., circa 1947-1951

9 items. Graphite on paper



Roll WS07 Institute of Design students / Design exercises: studies in continuous motion., circa 1947-1951

8 items. Graphite and conte crayon on paper



Box 33 Folder 68 "Advanced Building Research: The Work of 14 Students in the 7th Semester.", 1950

1 item. Photostats; First two pages only.



Drawer 308 Fourteen students of the Institute of Design, under supervision of Konrad Wachsmann / "A System of Building Construction.", undated

29 items. Blueprint; Presentation drawings; Sheets #1, 28, 30, and 32 lacking.


Subseries 5: Reference Files



Box 33 Folder 69 Lerner, Abba. "Design of the Economy," summary. Talk given as part of the Society and Design Seminar, Part I, The Social Setting, Institute of Design, February 12, 1948., 1948 Feb

2 pages. Typescript mimeograph



Box 33 Folder 70 Finer, Herman. "Design of Polity." Talk given as part of the Society and Design Seminar, Part I, The Social Setting, Institute of Design, February 26, 1948., 1948 Feb

10 pages. Typescript mimeograph



Box 33 Folder 71 Gotschalk, Dilman W. "The Social Function of Art." Talk given as part of the Society and Design Seminar, Part I, The Social Setting, Institute of Design, March 5, 1948., 1948 Mar

11 pages. Typescript mimeograph



Box 33 Folder 72 Weisskopf, Walter E. "The Cultural Climate." Talk given as part of the Society and Design Seminar, Part I, The Social Setting, Institute of Design, March 11, 1948., 1948 Mar

9 pages. Typescript mimeograph



Box 33 Folder 73 Fitch, James Marston. "The Purpose of Design." Talk given as part of the Society and Design Seminar, Part II, The Physical Environment, Institute of Design, March 25, 1948., 1948 Mar

7 pages. Typescript mimeograph



Box 33 Folder 74 Gutheim, Frederick. "The Purpose of Design." Talk given as part of the Society and Design Seminar, Part II, The Physical Environment, Institute of Design, March 25, 1948., 1948 Mar

8 pages. Typescript mimeograph



Box 33 Folder 75 Nelson, George. "The Means for Design." Talk given as part of the Society and Design Seminar, Part II, The Physical Environment, Institute of Design, April 8, 1948., 1948 Apr

9 pages. Typescript mimeograph



Box 33 Folder 76 Wachsmann, Konrad. "The Means for Design." Talk given as part of the Society and Design Seminar, Part II, The Physical Environment, Institute of Design, April 8, 1948., 1948 Apr

6 pages. Typescript mimeograph



Box 33 Folder 77 Poore, Taylor. "Information and Education." Talk given as part of the Society and Design Seminar, Part III, Visual Communication, Institute of Design, May 6, 1948., 1948 May

8 pages. Typescript mimeograph



Box 33 Folder 78 Baird, Thomas. "Visual Propaganda." Talk given as part of the Society and Design Seminar, Part III, Visual Communication, Institute of Design, May 20, 1948., 1948 May

9 pages. Typescript mimeograph



Box 33 Folder 79 d'Harnancourt, Rene. "The Designer and Society," preliminary draft. Talk given at the Institute of Design, May 27, 1948., 1948 May

12 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Noted "Old Copy. (please use new copy)."



Box 33 Folder 80 d'Harnancourt, Rene. "The Designer and Society," final draft. Talk given at the Institute of Design, May 27, 1948., 1948 May

3 pages. Typescript carbon, with annotations; Noted "New Version Chicago, May 27, 1948."



Box 33 Folder 81 Saul Steinberg exhibition. Institute of Design, Chicago., 1948

15 items. Gelatin silver prints; Interior detail view; Views of installation.



Box 33 Folder 82 "Design from Chicago." The Architectural Review , p. 198., circa 1948

1 item. Photocopy; Review of exhibition of work of Chicago Institute of Design held in London under auspices of the Council of Industrial Design.



Box 33 Folder 83 Wingler, Hans M. The Bauhaus: Weimar, Dessau, Berlin, Chicago . Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press.. Selected excerpts., 1969

4 pages. Photocopy; Reprints texts by Chermayeff in relation to the Institute of Design in Chicago and Comments by Chermayeff After Judging 735 Entries in the Annual Exhibition of Design in Chicago Printing.