George Eich
George Grant Elmslie
Richard Ernest Schmidt
Burnham Library of Architecture
University of Illinois
Burnham Library-University of Illinois Project to Microfilm Architectural Documentation Records
INV-2621
George Eich
George Grant Elmslie
Richard Ernest Schmidt
Burnham Library of Architecture
University of Illinois1950-1952
Burnham Library-University of Illinois Project to Microfilm Architectural Documentation Records
George Eich George Grant Elmslie Richard Ernest Schmidt Burnham Library of Architecture University of Illinois →archival material
Date
1950-1952
Medium
Bound daybooks.
Dimensions
1 box: W.: 6.1 cm (2 7/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Executive Associates of the microfilming project to the Burnham Library, 1952.
In the early 1950s, the Burnham Library and the University of Illinois co-sponsored a project to microfilm 11,000 architectural drawings by Chicago architects or of Chicago buildings. In the process of borrowing the drawings from architectural firms, building owners and managers, the project director interviewed many elderly architects, including Mr. Elgh, chief draftsman at Burnham & Hammond; George B. Eich, an engineer who worked in the offices of Howard Van Doren Shaw and David Adler; George Elmslie, at age 80; and Richard E. Schmidt, at age 85. The director’s daybooks record these interviews, with their revealing comments about working in various offices, about design responsibilities, contributions and attributions.
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