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Edward H. Bennett Collection

A work made of holograph papers, typescript papers, correspondence, printed papers, bound scrapbooks and diaries, black and white photographic prints, color photographic prints, ephemera and realia, ink drawings, graphite drawings, architectural reprographic prints, and microfilm..

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  • A work made of holograph papers, typescript papers, correspondence, printed papers, bound scrapbooks and diaries, black and white photographic prints, color photographic prints, ephemera and realia, ink drawings, graphite drawings, architectural reprographic prints, and microfilm..

Date:

1901-2015 (bulk 1905-1950)

Artist:

Edward Herbert Bennett (1874-1954)

About this artwork

Bennett (1874–1954) was one of the first young architects with a Beaux-Arts education hired to work in Daniel Burnham’s Chicago office. With Burnham he co-authored the Report on a Plan for San Francisco (1905) and the influential Plan of Chicago (1909). Bennett maintained a national practice from his Chicago office for nearly four decades after the publication of Plan of Chicago. From the Chicago model Bennett developed comparable City Beautiful plans for numerous cities, including Minneapolis, Detroit, Portland, Oregon, and Ottawa, Canada. With the onset of the Depression, Bennett’s most important professional activity was the chairmanship of the Board of Architects. The Board was responsible for the development of the Federal Triangle in Washington, DC, a large complex of government buildings housing the Departments of Labor, Commerce, and Justice, the Post Office, the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Internal Revenue Service, the Federal Trade Commission, and the National Archives. The collection contains correspondence, project files, published and unpublished speeches and articles, photographs, architectural drawings, and reports.

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

AIC Archives

Artist

Edward Herbert Bennett (Architect)

Title

Edward H. Bennett Collection

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1901–2015

Medium

Holograph papers, typescript papers, correspondence, printed papers, bound scrapbooks and diaries, black and white photographic prints, color photographic prints, ephemera and realia, ink drawings, graphite drawings, architectural reprographic prints, and microfilm.

Dimensions

79 boxes, 3 portfolios, 2 oversize portfolios, flatfile materials and 34 microfilm reels: W.: 731.6 cm (288 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edward H. Bennett, Sr., 1953; Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Bennett, Jr., n.d.; Holland Brady, 2004.

Reference Number

1973.1

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