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Architectural drawings, specifications, and rental information for the 900 North Michigan Avenue Building, Chicago, Illinois, designed by architect Jarvis Hunt.

Correspondence to Abby L. Tallmadge from fellow scholars regarding her work on Jane Austen, a few manuscript copies of her scholarly work, a family scrapbook and printed material relating to the architectural work of her brother, Thomas Eddy Tallmadge.

Graphite and colored pencil sections, elevations, renderings, floor plans, plot plans, regulating diagrams, and dynamic modulation studies created by Abel Faidy mostly related to two unbuilt projects: the Villa Dionysos (36), an ambassador’s country residence, and Lake Shore Center (27),...

Correspondence, photograph, printed materials, design drawings and cut stencils relating to Chicago designer Adolph Jacob (A.J.) Brown's career.

Correspondence, financial and legal files, architectural drawings, and other papers of Albert Hecht, a Chicago architect. Much of the collection relates to the financial and legal aspects of Hecht's architectural practice, including legal correspondence and contracts with the Lincoln Const...

Graphite and color pencil, watercolor, and blueprint architectural and industrial design drawings and printed material created by Alfonso Iannelli and Iannelli Studios architects for Chicago-area commissioned projects, including the Pickwick Theatre and the Havoline Thermometer at the Century of ...

Papers, drawings, and photographs documenting the work of Chicago architect and professor Alfred L. Mell.

Includes photographs of Century of Progress murals, sculpture and architectural decorations created by Chicago artists Lorado Taft, Edouard Chassaing, Alfonse Iannelli, John Norton, and other nationally known artists. Also includes photographs of two Parisian doorways in the art deco style by Fre...

Papers, published materials, architectural drawings, photographs, slides, and book production materials document the career of American architect Allan Gelbin and his interactions with noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship.

Photographs of terra cotta ornamentation executed by Louis H. Sullivan and George G. Elmslie for American Terra Cotta Company. Photographs were sent to architects for approval before casting or modeling and were also kept in job files.

This collection of correspondence, lectures, and autobiographical documents from noted American and European architects and decorative arts designers includes material from Thomas Chippendale, William Deknatel, George Grant Elmslie, the firm of Friedman, Alschuler and Sincere, Alfonso Iannelli, I...

This collection includes portraits of a wide range of architects, primarily American, who practiced in the 19th through the 21st centuries; a significant number of portraits were gathered from architects in preparation for the exhibition

Design drawings and specifications for decorative architectural metal-work made by the J.G. Braun Company of Chicago (Ill.) or imported by it. Jacob Gottfried Braun founded the company in 1887 that manufactured decorative iron and steel architectural elements, with a factory at 322 South Paulina ...

Job files of architectural photographs by George A. Fuller Company, based in Chicago (Ill.), for various clients, primarily in Chicago and suburbs.

Correspondence, reports, newsclippings, articles, scrapbooks, photographs, and architectural drawings relating to the career and family life of noted architect Dwight Perkins, including 2 scrapbooks in box 4 (1890-1891 on religion and Jenkin Lloyd Jones; 1906-1910 on Chicago Board of Education tr...

Architectural drawings and blueprints, correspondence, certificates, and other papers concerning Reed's career as an architect, preservationist, and officer of HABS. Includes job files (ca. 30) of drawings and blueprints, mostly for renovations, ca. 1920-1960; plans for 98 structures made for the...

Job files (ca. 40) for buildings and alterations designed by Mary Ann E. Crawford, by Crawford and Mary Martha Walworth, and by others for various clients, mostly in the western or northwestern suburbs of Chicago (Ill.). Many designs are for houses. Some interior designs are included in the colle...

Job files (ca. 40) for buildings and mausoleums at Graceland Cemetery in Chicago (Ill.), by various architects for various clients. Files for a building often contain drawings, blueprints, elevations, other plans, etc. Collection also includes many maps and plats, atlases, letters and other mater...

Job files for buildings, interior designs, furniture, and decorative arts by Arthur Hercz and firms with which he was associated in Chicago (Ill.), for various clients, primarily in Chicago but also in other locations. Files often contain drawings, designs, other plans, etc. Work by his son, Arth...

Job files (ca. 200) of the Fred W. Wolf Company, based in Chicago (Ill.), and related and successor firms for clients for whom Wolf designed and built buildings, alterations, and installations of refrigeration equipment. Designs were made primarily for breweries in Chicago (Ill.) but also in othe...

Job files (ca. 170) for buildings and alterations by Alexander H. Spitz, Inc., and related architectural firms based in Chicago (Ill.): Minchin, Spitz & Company (ca. 1922-1924); Cable & Spitz (ca. 1916?-1930); Alexander H. Spitz; Himelblau & Spitz (1939-); Spitz & Spitz (ca. 1948-). Designs were ...

Job files (ca. 300) for buildings and alterations by Alfred S. Alschuler, Inc., architecture firm based in Chicago (Ill.), and related firms: Friedman & Alschuler (ca. 1938-) and Friedman, Alschuler & Sincere (1946-). Designs were for various clients, primarily in Chicago and in Wisconsin. Files ...

Job files (ca. 180) for buildings and alterations by the architectural firm, B. Leo Steif & Company, based in Chicago (Ill.). Designs were made for various clients, primarily in Chicago but also in other locations. Files for a building often contain drawings, blueprints, elevations, other plans, ...

Job files (ca. 80) of architectural drawings, etc. for buildings designed by Boyd Hill, nearly all are related to private residences constructed between 1936 and 1963 (primarily in the 1950s) for various clients, mostly in Lake Forest or other northern suburbs of Chicago (Illinois). Also present ...