Edward A. Duckett collection, 1931-1978.

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Edward A. Duckett collection, 1931-1978.

Edward Duckett was an architecture student of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at the Illinois Institute of Technology in the mid-1940's and subsequently was an architect in Mies's office until 1966. Duckett assembled a collection of photographs and slides, articles, correspondence and office records documenting several projects on which he worked: 860-880 and 900-910 Lake Shore Drive apartments, 2400 Lakeview Apartments, Farnsworth House, Lafayette Park, and others. The collection also includes photographs of Mies, his colleagues, students and employees, as well as images of several exhibitions on Mies's projects.

6 boxes (3 linear feet) and oversize material.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8287420

Aurora University, Phillips Library

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Illinois Institute of technology

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The Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, was created in 1940 through the amalgamation of the Armour Institute of Technology and the Lewis Institute. From the description of IIT - New Campus Center Competition Fonds, 1997-1998. (Centre canadien d'architecture). WorldCat record id: 317820043 ...

2400 Lakeview Apartments (Chicago, Ill.)

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Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969

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German born architect. From the description of Manuscript fragment (n.d.) and letter, 1962 Nov.30. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82217577 Architect. From the description of Reminiscences of Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe : oral history, 1961. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122631918 Architect. Born in Aachen, Germany (1886). From the description of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe collection, 1929-1969....

Duckett, Edward A.

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860 and 880 North Lake Shore Drive (Chicago, Ill.)

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900-910 North Lake Shore Drive (Chicago, Ill.)

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