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Mies at IIT

Mies Was There
Crown Hall Dedication | Mies' 118th Birthday Party Videos

To celebrate Mies' arrival at IIT, the Board of Trustees and the Chicago chapter of the American Institute of Architects and Illinois Institute of Architects held a dinner in his honor at the Palmer House Hilton on October 21, 1938. After an introduction by Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies delivered an address in which he elucidated his views on the power of architecture to "create order out of unholy confusion".

Henry Heald, A.S. Alschuler, and Mies Party for Mies - Ambassador East Hotel, April 1951		Heald, Mies, and James D. Cunningham Mies Welcome Dinner, Oct. 1938
Mies, Heald, and Cunningham Mies Welcome Dinner, Oct. 1938

• Memorandum of Committee Meeting, September 1, 1938
• Mies van der Rohe Dinner Committee, September 2, 1938
• Memo for Dr. J.B. Finnigan October 21, 1938
• Memorandum of Committee Meeting, September 1, 1939
• Mies van der Rohe Dinner Mailing List
• Mies' Dinner Address