About this artwork
The collection contains the office files of a number of individuals from the Burnham Plan Centennial Committee. The archive records the work of the Committee and its Project Partners in both celebrating the 1909 Plan of Chicago and promoting planning for the city’s future. Document types include correspondence, meeting minutes, planning and project documentation (proposals, drafts, reports, and evaluations), educational and promotional materials (produced both by the Committee and its Program Partners), visual materials (posters, banners, still and moving images) as well as some three-dimensional objects.
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Contact the Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives:
(312) 857-7676
archives@artic.edu
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- AIC Archives
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Title
- Burnham Plan Centennial Committee Records
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Date
- Made 2003–2010
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Medium
- Holograph papers, typed papers, printed papers, photocopies, graphite drawings and black and white photographic prints.
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Dimensions
- 1 oversize portfolio, 1 rolled tube, and flatfile materials: H.: 762 cm (300 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of the Burnham Plan Centennial Committee, 2010.
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Reference Number
- 2010.1
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