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Harold Washington Library Center (Chicago Public Library). Chicago Library Design Competition collection, 1987-1990.

Title: Chicago Library Design Competition collection, 1987-1990.

This collection documents several phases of the 1987-88 competition to select an architect and a developer for the new central Chicago Public Library, later named the Harold Washington Library Center. It contains the competition guidelines; the design/build proposals; and reports from the Technical Review Committee and the entrants responses

ArchivalResource: 6 linear ft. (24 boxes, 5 portfolios), 1 oversize portfolio

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80512802 View

Harold Washington Library Center collection, 1988.

Title: Harold Washington Library Center collection, 1988.

The collection consists of submission proposals and technical specifications from the five architectural firms that participated in the Harold Washington Library Center competition in Chicago in 1988. Also included are public comments and records of the Technical Review Committee.

ArchivalResource: 7.75 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702192681 View

Smith, Anna Deavere. Author Anna Deavere Smith in conversation with Studs Terkel, [videorecording], 2000.

Title: Author Anna Deavere Smith in conversation with Studs Terkel, [videorecording], 2000.

A videorecording of a live event featuring Studs Terkel and Anna Deavere Smith in conversation at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago. Topics include theater and the intersections between Terkel's and Smith's vocations; Smith "performing as" Terkel on "a defining moment in American history"; the relationship between acting and truth; acting in politics; Smith discussing her experience as an acting student learning to perform Shakespeare and how it led her to an understanding of deeper truths; Terkel and Smith's hopelessness about politics and its focus on surface; President Clinton and his charisma; how people speak in public, including Smith "performing as" Maggie Williams, First Lady Hillary Clinton's chief of staff; vocal inflections and pauses which help them get at the truth of people's words; rhythm in the preaching at black churches; President Clinton's manner of speaking; Smith's background; Smith "performing as" Ken Burns discussing Thomas Jefferson and his condemnation of slavery; and Monica Lewinsky.

ArchivalResource: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/567451257 View

Peter Fish Studios. Harold Washington Library Center Construction Photographs, 1988-1991

Title: Harold Washington Library Center Construction Photographs, 1988-1991

This photographic collection documents the construction of the Harold Washington Library Center, the central library for the Chicago Public Library. Both interior and exterior shots were taken, and all aspects of the building's construction are shown, including the erection of steel, the masonry work, the interior heating and air conditioning systems, and the installation of marble finishes and casework.

ArchivalResource: 1,411 photographs

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741366387 View