About this artwork
Project reports, maps, statistics, and correspondence comprise this collection of papers of the landscape architect, Mary Long Rogers. This collection documents a variety of projects that Mary Long Rogers was involved with, most notably those concerned with city planning, urban renewal, or public housing in Chicago. These projects include work for the Southtown Planning Association (1939-1940), the Jane Addams Housing project (Racine and Roosevelt area, 1941), the Near West Side Redevelopment plan (early 1940s), and A Plan for a Better Chicago Contest (1945).
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- AIC Archives
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Artist
- Mary Long Rogers (Landscape Architect)
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Title
- Mary Long Rogers Collection
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Date
- Made 1931–1953
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Medium
- Holograph notes, correspondence, typescript, diazo prints,and maps.
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Dimensions
- 1 box and flatfile materials: W.: 15.3 cm (6 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of the Special Collections Department of the Robert E. Kennedy Library, 2003.
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Reference Number
- 2003.2
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