Illinois Society of
Architects records, 1872-1999, bulk 1901-1985
Descriptive Inventory for the Collection at Chicago History Museum, Research Center
By Nancy Hunt, October 1980; rev. 2007; addition by Bill Barnhart and Benn P. Joseph, 2008.
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Title: Illinois Society of Architects records, 1872-1999, bulk 1901-1985
Main entry: Illinois Society of Architects
Inclusive Dates: 1872-1999, bulk 1901-1985
Size:
Call#: 1978.0023 AT ms:
15 linear feet (27 boxes, 3 volumes, 4 card drawers)
Call# 2005.0044 MSS Lot I:
8.5 linear feet (11 boxes), 2005.0044 accession.
Call#: MSS OS Ill.
Society of Architects:
1 oversize folder. (Membership certificate).
Call# 1985.0831 AT
ms:
19 boxes - Unprocessed
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Provenance statement: Gift of the Illinois Society of Architects in June 1978 and later 1978 (M1978.0249, M1978.0023; 1985.0831; 2005.0044).
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Please cite this collection as: Illinois
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History Museum) plus a detailed description, date, and box/folder number of a
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This descriptive inventory contains the
following sections:
Biographical/Historical
note,
Summary
description of the collection,
Description
of some material related to the collection,
List
of online catalog headings about the collection,
Arrangement
of the collection,
Detailed
description of archival series in the collection,
List
of contents of the collection.
Biographical/Historical note:
The Illinois Society of Architects (ISA) was founded in 1897 as the Chicago Architects' Business Association. After the building boom relating to the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, architectural practice in Chicago was marked by increased competition for commissions and by corruption. Building codes were frequently violated, and the general public suffered from fraudulent services. A group of architects within the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects (A.I.A.) became dissatisfied with the chapter’s preoccupation with aesthetic concerns and what was perceived as inattention to professional standards and the need to cooperate actively with other professions and organizations in the building trades. These architects organized themselves as the Chicago Architects’ Business Association (C.A.B.A.), which effectively functioned as a state-wide organization, thus becoming the first independent state organization of architects in the United States. Many of them left the ranks of the Illinois Chapter of the A.I.A. (which later was renamed as the Chicago Chapter, and will be discussed under that name throughout this document).
From its inception, the Illinois Society of Architects dedicated itself to dealing with business and legislative matters that affected the profession, protecting the public against improper and insufficient plans, and cooperating with contractors to secure a uniform contract and method of negotiation. As articulated by C.S. Hall (Jan. 2, 1897), the C.A.B.A. would deal with matters of a business nature in which the architects of the city were interested: “In order to reform some of the abuses by which our profession suffers and to elevate the business of building in all its branches we desire the cooperation of the various building trades, and we offer our assistance to these trades to bring about reforms in which they are interested.” The C.A.B.A. was incorporated on June 15, 1897 and retained this name until June 23, 1914, when the name Illinois Society of Architects (ISA) was adopted in virtue of their enlarged scope of professional concern. (Hereafter, in this document, ISA will be used to refer to both the C.A.B.A. and the ISA). The early leaders included Harry B. Wheelock, George Beaumont, F. E. Davidson, Charles E. Fox, C. S. Adams, Emery S. Hall, H. L. Palmer, and George Maher (whom Carl Condit called, “one of the most prolific and original of the Prairie School of residential architecture”).
Over the years, the ISA worked for the passage and enforcement of state and municipal laws bearing on the interests of the profession, usually through its Public Action and Legislative Committees. They claimed responsibility for drafting and securing passage of the Illinois Architectural Act of 1897, which provided for the licensing of architects and the regulation of the practice of architecture as a profession. This act, passed on June 3, 1897, gave the profession its first legal recognition as a profession in the United States and became a model for similar architectural acts in other states. As Emery S. Hall wrote in reply to an inquiry from a New York organization in 1907,
At the time the law was passed the state was filled with a lot of incompetent and irresponsible ex-carpenters, etc. foisting themselves upon the public as architects … The law has restricted the profession to such an extent that it now makes possible reasonable remuneration and general recognition of the profession as a learned profession in the state of equal rank with law and medicine.
The ISA's Monthly Bulletin for February 1934 eulogized Harry B. Wheelock, one of the society’s first presidents, as the prime mover behind the act. It is important to note, however, that Arthur Woltersdorf (in an April 1929 history of the Chicago Chapter of the A.I.A. celebrating their forty-eighth year) credits the Chapter with proposing to prepare the bill in March 1895, noting that after its passage in 1897, “the policy of the Chapter’s efforts tended more toward the esthetic and historical side of architecture, leaving the practical questions of building laws with their enforcement, formulation of contract documents and the like more to the initiative of the Chicago Architects’ Business Association …”. Nevertheless, the ISA was also instrumental in amending the Illinois Architectural Act in 1899 and again in 1905 to give the State Board of Examiners of Architects the power to prosecute the act’s violators.
In response to problems of speculative builders, public safety, and fire prevention, the ISA’s most important committee, the Committee on Public Action, was formed on Feb. 11 1901, in order to work for an improved administration of the Building Department, more critical inspection of buildings under construction, the revision and simplification of the city’s Building Ordinance, and to “drive out of business that public parasite known as the skin builder”. The Public Action Committee also was responsible for reporting violations of the Illinois Architectural Act to the State Board of Examiners of Architects and the Illinois Department of Registration and Education. In 1912, it investigated 80 cases of violators of ordinance and state laws whereas in 1947 it reported only 4 violations. Its watchdog correspondence with the state agencies continued up to 1926.
Other legislative efforts of the ISA included working for the passage of the 1906 city ordinance requiring a $50 license fee for architects and for Senate Bill No. 265 in 1921 that would have allowed for the cross-registration of architects in different states. The society also conceived the idea of forming an organization to facilitate cross-registration nationwide; it organized and advanced the preliminary funds for the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, formed in 1920 for this purpose. The Committee on Legislation led the society’s protest against the passage of House Bill No. 406, a licensing act for structural engineers passed on July 5, 1915, that was perceived as nullifying portions of the Illinois Architectural Act and a threat to architects’ business. Other notable activities of the society included investigating the causes of the Iroquois Theater Fire for the city, establishing an Information Bureau for the employment of draftsmen which operated from 1907-1911, formulating and selling uniform building contract documents which were patented on March 23, 1912, and assisting the Chicago Architectural Club in promoting annual architectural exhibits in the early 1920s.
Since first publishing the Handbook for Architects and Builders in 1898, the ISA aimed “to maintain at all times a conservative policy in its relation with contractors without the necessity of resorting to anything suggestive of trade unionism” and requested all members and licensed architects in Illinois to use the form of contract adopted and recommended by the society. Labor wages, strikes, and their effects on building matters and the trends of building construction costs were treated at monthly meetings and in the Monthly Bulletin, which commenced publication in 1916. The Committee on Jurisdictional Disputes was formed in conjunction with the Chicago Chapter of the A.I.A. during the famous strike and lockout in the building trades of 1921, and after the Landis arbitration agreement and wage award of September 7, 1921, it lent support to the Citizen’s Committee to Enforce the Landis Award.
Although founded in revolt from the A.I.A. Chapter, several other occasions brought the ISA and the Chicago Chapter together in joint committees and, over the years, many architects belonged to both organizations. In 1921, the ISA joined the Chicago Chapter and other civic organizations in a plea for the preservation and rehabilitation of the World’s Columbian Exposition’s Fine Arts Building (later the Field Museum and then the Museum of Science and Industry). In 1924, the Chicago Architectural Exhibition League and the Architectural Sketch Club were formed in conjunction with the Chicago Chapter and the Chicago Architectural Club. In May 1924, the Chicago Lumber Practice Committee was formed in cooperation with the Chicago Chapter, the Structural Engineers Association and the Chicago Retail Lumber Dealers Association to improve marketing and inspecting conditions. In 1939, however, when the A.I.A. pressed for the state unification of the professional architectural organizations, the ISA, refusing to lose its identity and be absorbed by the A.I.A., resigned as a State Associate member of the A.I.A.
The ISA had by this time begun to lose members. It peaked in membership in the mid-1920's, with about 500 members, declining to about 450 in 1935, and 361 in 1947. The death of H. L. Palmer on Sept. 14, 1948, was a significant loss for the society. He, though not a practicing architect, had been involved in the society from its inception, serving as its financial secretary and head of the society’s headquarters since 1914. Palmer owned the Handbook for Architects and Builders, which he published beginning in 1898 under the auspices of the society. This reference guide which included state and local building legislation, specification information, a list of registered architects, and advertisements from contractors and suppliers as well as the society’s Canon of Ethics, recommended fees, and its circular of advice on office practice was a great source of publicity for the ISA. Palmer’s financial assistance enabled the society to survive the depression, and it was he who helped to place over 100 society architects in federal government jobs in the early thirties. He was a leader in the Architects Club of Chicago and an officer of the American Specification Institute, another Chicago-based architectural organization dedicated to the standardization of specifications.
Although the society was much less active after Palmer’s death, his son, Gerald L. Palmer, took his father’s place as financial secretary. The younger Palmer also tried to oust (or block the salary of) Chicago Building Commissioner Richard J. Smykal, in the mid-fifties, due to Smykal’s failure to meet the qualifications for his position according to the Municipal Code of Chicago. The society’s Monthly Bulletin was also published irregularly after Palmer’s death, with publication suspended between October 1950 and September 1961. The intended resumption of a quarterly publication at this time was not achieved although the Bulletin did appear infrequently until the mid-1970s. The ISA continued to maintain a business phone (236-4214) and an office at 134 North LaSalle Street, Chicago (Ill.) into the 1970's. After the Association of Licensed Architects was founded in 1999, the ISA merged with it.
Summary description
of the collection:
Correspondence, minutes, membership records, reports, legislative bills, legal briefs, contracts, and newsclippings of the ISA, founded in 1897 as the Chicago Architects' Business Association, concerning its work for professionalization, licensing, and regulation of architects and for the establishment of standards for workmanship, materials, and specifications in the lumber trade, building trades, and engineering, as well as service as a consultant to state and local governments on building codes and fire codes. Includes correspondence of administrator and financial secretary Herman L. Palmer, other society administrators, and correspondence with the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects and with the American Specification Institute. Card file gives brief information on many members and other architects.
H.L. Palmer, the administrator of the society’s headquarters and the financial secretary from June 1914 until his death in 1948, played a significant role in maintaining the society’s records. Consequently his personal papers occasionally are interspersed with the General correspondence (in Series 5); constitute the "General papers" of the American Specification Institute (in Series 6) of which he was an officer; and form two folders of correspondence and other papers in the Topical Files (in Series 7).
The 2005.0044 accession to the collection contains financial records, membership and
officer records, correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, documents related
to Society publications, events, and the ISA's 100th anniversary. Series 14
contains items that relate to efforts made by the ISA to influence state
licensing and regulation of architects, structural engineers and professional
engineers, and include instances of rivalries between the professional
organizations that represent these groups. Items in Series 15 relate to the
Society’s responses to political influence in building regulation by state and
local governments, and to public concerns about unsafe construction.
Description of some
material related to the collection:
Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Illinois Society of Architects collection of visual materials (2005.0044.2-6). Copies of the American Specification Institute’s constitution, by-laws, and specification bulletins, volumes 1-4 (1923-1931) of the Specification Record, volumes of the ISA’s Handbook for Architects and Builders, copies of the ISA’s Monthly Bulletin, as well as pamphlets, periodicals, articles, and maps were separated form the manuscript collection so they can be cataloged with publications at Chicago History Museum, Research Center.
Arrangement of the
collection:
The ISA records are divided into the following series:
Series 1: Meeting minutes, annual reports and convention materials, 1905-1975 (boxes 1-4)
Series 2. Financial records, 1905-1970 (volumes & boxes 5-6)
Series 3. Committee correspondence and reports, 1901-1970 (boxes 7-12)
Series 4. Topical files, 1897-1970 (boxes 13-18)
Series 5. General correspondence, 1897-1973 (boxes 19-25)
Series 6. General records of the American Specification Institute, 1921-1925 (box 26)
Series 7. Miscellany (boxes 26-27 & Oversize folder)
Series 8. Biography card file (4-drawer unit in ATms
near doorway)
Subseries 1: First alphabet
Subseries 2: Second alphabet
Subseries 3. Cards in back of drawer (not in
alphabetical order).
19 boxes, 1985.0831 accession, Unprocessed.
The 2005.0044 accession
contains the following series:
Series 9. Membership
records, 1897-1997
Series 10. Meetings
and attendance, 1922-1997
Series 11. Financial
materials, 1897-1997
Series 12.
Correspondence, minutes, and newsletters, 1907-1997
Series 13.
Centennial events, 1997
Series 14.
Legislation and regulation, 1941-1994
Series 15. Relations
with other organizations, 1960-1999
Description of archival
series within the collection:
Series 1, Meeting minutes, annual reports and ISA Convention materials, consists of Regular monthly meeting minutes (1905-1945; 1970-1974); Secretary annual reports (1907-1919); Presidential annual reports and speeches (1911-1940); and ISA convention meeting minutes and general papers (1914-1915). ISA constitution, by-laws and amendment documents (1914-1949) and ISA Resolutions (1914-1939) also are included here.
Series 2, Financial Records, consists of annual audit reports (1916-1939); monthly bank statements (1914-1916); 1925-1933; 1933-1961, [1949-1951]; 1966-1968); annual budget and financial statements (1921-1943); secretary’s financial reports (1900-1915); treasurer’s reports (1934; 1946-1948; 1967-1970); account and bill records (1906-1936; 1961-1968); financial correspondence (1911-1943; 1950-1970); membership dues records (1915-1927) as well as corporation certificates, certificates for the keeper of records and miscellaneous bills and invoices.
Series 3, Committee correspondence and reports, is filed alphabetically according to committee and includes scattered brochures and legislative documents. It comprises the working correspondence and reports of those standing committees that are written into the society’s by-laws: Architectural Exhibits Committee (1921-1925); Education Committee (1920-1939); Legislative Committee (1905-1955); Material and Methods Committee (1920-1945); Membership Committee (1910-1941) including miscellaneous membership lists; Program Advisory Committee (1901-1941); Public Action Committee (1901-1941); and the Publicity and Promotion Committee (1920-1945). The society‘s numerous special committees, including joint committees with the Chicago Chapter of the A.I.A. and other professional organizations are also located here. Particularly noteworthy are the papers of the Uniform Contracts Committee (1906-1914) which includes correspondence related to the formulation and sale of uniform building contracts as well as copies of the contract documents and their March 23, 1912, U.S. Patent Office trademark document.
Series 4, the Topical files, consists of correspondence, ISA resolutions, newsclippings, legislative bills, legal briefs, and other legal documents, and is arranged alphabetically according to topic. The first portion of these files pertains to the ISA’s relationship with the A.I.A., particularly its Chicago Chapter (formerly the Illinois Chapter). It includes research files on the A.I.A.’s Anti-architectural acts reports, contract forms, and committees as well as general correspondence with the A.I.A. and its Chicago Chapter. This correspondence was separated from the ISA’s General correspondence (Series 5) and is filed chronologically. As the ISA and the Chicago Chapter participated in many joint committees, Series 3 (Committee correspondence and reports) is another source of documentation of their relationship. Collected printed materials of the A.I.A. are located in Series 7.
The remainder of this series pertains primarily to the ISA’s role in supporting, resisting, and enforcing professional and building legislation. It contains files on particular legislative bills and codes, revisions and amendments such as the Illinois Architectural Act (1897-1907), the Chicago Building Code (1901-1949), State of Illinois Building Code (1909-1939) and the Structural Engineering Registration Law, House Bill No. 406 (1911-1916). A record of the ISA’s watchdog activities in reporting violations of the Illinois Architectural Act to state agencies is included under the Illinois Department of Registration and Education and the State Board of Architectural Examiners (1916-1941) and Violations of the Illinois Architectural Act (1917-1966) files. As these legislative and legal activities were undertaken in part by the Public Action and Legislative Committees as well as the State Code Committees, additional material can be found in Series 3. (Committee correspondence and reports). Generally, the Public Action Committee pursued the numerous revisions of the Chicago Building Ordinance and the reporting of the violations of the Illinois Architectural Act to the state agencies, whereas the Legislative Committee worked against the Structural Engineering Registration Law of 1915, and, along with the special State Building Code Committee, for a comprehensive state building code.
Series 4 also contains files on legal suits concerning suits of mechanic’s lien, unprofessional practice, and malpractice that involved the ISA or its members (including Gerald L. Palmer’s effort to oust Richard J. Smykal, the Chicago Building Commissioner in the mid-1950's) as well as research files on competitions, architectural promotion and office practice (the latter from a C.A.B.A. questionnaire). Particularly noteworthy is the C.A.B.A. early press-related papers, a file of scrapbook-type material that includes mounted newsclippings pertaining to the C.A.B.A.’s activities and interests, and publication correspondence and manuscripts, including a manuscript explicating the C.A.B.A.’s canon of ethics; this file also includes the manuscript of a 1906 address delivered at a C.A.B.A. meeting, by George W. Jackson of the Illinois Tunnel Company, on the need for the modernization of Chicago’s sewer system, as well as clippings describing the C.A.B.A.’s pre-meeting tour through the extant system. Also of note are a folder of H.L. Palmer’s personal correspondence with the D.C. Cregier Masonic Lodge #643 (1940-1945) of which he was a member, and a folder of personal manuscripts which includes his notes (ca. 1935) on the history of the ISA.
Series 5, General correspondence with ISA members and other professional and civic organizations, was generated in a highly disorganized fashion. This correspondence consists of items arranged alphabetically by categories (its original order) and miscellaneous correspondence arranged chronologically. The categories generally refer to particular ISA activities and services of a non-legislative/legal nature and to other professional architectural and building trade organizations, besides the A.I.A., with which the ISA was corresponding. Committee and A.I.A.-related correspondence is occasionally interspersed through the miscellaneous correspondence. The miscellaneous correspondence is generally of a routine, procedural nature. The exception here is the early C.A.B.A. correspondence which is one of the few sources in this collection of the predecessor organization, and is substantive.
Series 6, General records of the American Specification Institute, consists of correspondence, articles, and audit reports pertaining to the American Specification Institute and its publication the Specification Record. These papers were generated by H. L. Palmer, the financial secretary of the ISA, who played a prominent role in this Chicago-based professional architectural organization dedicated to the standardization of specifications.
Series 7 is a miscellany primarily containing publications or articles clipped from journals, newsletters, magazines, and newspapers on diverse topics related to the interests of ISA, including the establishment of standards for architectural practice, regulation of the profession (and policies of regulation in other professions), unification of architects’ organizations, and rivalries and interest groups within their profession. There are also scattered notes and annotations.
One oversize folder contains certificates of membership in ISA.
Series 8: Biography card file (4 card drawers) relates primarily to members and is composed of 3 sections: First alphabet,
Second alphabet, and Cards in back of drawer (not in alphabetical
order):
Unprocessed accession, 1985.0831, 19 boxes
List of card catalog
entries:
The following headings were placed in the Manuscripts Card Catalog:
Subjects:
1. Architecture. Chicago.
2. Architecture. Illinois.
3. Building Laws. Chicago.
4. Building Trades. Chicago.
5. Building Trades. Illinois.
6. Chicago Bar Association. (box 26/6)
7. Chicago. Economic Conditions.
8. Chicago. Politics and Government.
9. Engineering.
10. Freemasons. Chicago. (box 16/10)
11. Illinois. Politics and Government.
12. Landis, Kennesaw Mountain, 1866-1944. The Landis Award.
13. Lumber Trade. Chicago.
14. Lumber Trade. Illinois.
15. Smykal, Richard J. (box 17/8-9)
16. Theater. Chicago. Iroquois Theatre. Fire, 1903. (box 8/12)
17. Trade-Unions. Chicago.
18. Trade-Unions. Illinois.
Added entries:
1. American Institute of Architects. Chicago Chapter.
2. American Specification Institute.
3. Chicago Architectural Exhibition League.
4. Chicago Architectural Sketch Club.
5. Palmer, Herman Lewis,18 -1948.
List of online
catalog entries:
The following headings for this collection were placed in the online catalog:
Subjects:
Illinois Society of Architects
Chicago Architects' Business Association
Palmer, Herman Lewis, d. 1948
Wheelock, Harry Bergen, 1861-1934.
Smykal, Richard J. (box 17 folders 8-9)
American Institute of Architects. Chicago Chapter
American Specification Institute
Iroquois Theater (Chicago, Ill.)--Fire, 1903. (box 8 folder 12)
Freemasons. Cregier Lodge, No. 643 (Chicago, Ill.) (box 16 folder 10)
Architects--Professional ethics--Illinois.
Architects--Illinois--Societies, etc.
Architects--Illinois--Biography.
Architectural firms--Illinois--19th century.
Architectural firms--Illinois--20th century.
Building materials.
Building trades--Illinois.
Building trades--Illinois--Chicago.
Building laws--Illinois.
Building laws--Illinois--Chicago.
Fire prevention--Illinois--Chicago. (box 8 folder 12)
Freemasonry--Illinois--Chicago--20th century. (box 16 folder 10)
Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Chicago (Ill.)--Commerce
Illinois--Commerce
Form/genre:
Account books.
Biography.
Correspondence.
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Ledgers.
Membership lists.
Reports.
Specifications.
Added entries:
Palmer, Herman Lewis, d. 1948
Wheelock, Harry Bergen, 1861-1934.
American Institute of Architects. Chicago Chapter
American Specification Institute
List of contents of
the collection:
Folder 1a General information about the collection
Series
1: Meeting minutes, annual reports and convention materials, 1905-1975 (boxes
1-4)
Box 1
Folders:
1 Regular monthly meeting minutes 1905-1907
2 Regular monthly meeting minutes 1908-1909
3 Regular monthly meeting minutes 1909-1912
4 Regular monthly meeting minutes 1912-1919
5 Regular monthly meeting minutes 1919-1930
6 Regular monthly meeting minutes1930-1938
7 Regular monthly meeting minutes 1938-1945
8 Regular monthly meeting minutes 1970-1974
Box 2
1 Board of Directors meeting minutes 1906-1910
2 Board of Directors meeting minutes 1910-1914
3 Board of Directors meeting minutes 1915-1921
4 Board of Directors meeting minutes 1921-1925
5 Board of Directors meeting minutes 1926-1930
6 Board of Directors meeting minutes 1931-1935
7 Board of Directors meeting minutes 1935-1940
8 Board of Directors meeting minutes 1941-1945
9 Board of Directors meeting minutes 1945-1950
10 Board of Directors meeting minutes 1950-1958
11 Board of Directors meeting minutes 1958-1962
Box 3
1 Board of Directors meeting minutes 1965-1971
2 Board of Directors meeting minutes 1971-1975
3 Board of Directors reports 1920-1946 (incomplete)
4 Board of Directors meeting announcements and appointments 1932-1949
5 Board of Directors meeting, membership information 1950-1968
6-8 Secretary annual reports 1907-1941
9 Presidential annual reports and speeches 1911-1940 (incomplete)
10 ISA constitution, by-laws and amendments 1914-1949
11 ISA Resolutions 1914-1939
Box 4
1-7 ISA convention minutes and general papers 1914
8-10 ISA convention general papers 1915
11 Monthly meeting announcements 1925-1951
Series
2. Financial records, 1905-1970
(volumes & boxes 5-6)
Volume: Record of paid membership dues 1915-1919
Volume: Record of paid membership dues 1919-1923
Volume: Record of paid membership dues 1923-1927
Box 5
1 Annual audit reports 1916-1923
2 Annual audit reports 1923-1929
3 Annual audit reports 1931-1933; 1935-1936; 1938-1939
4 Monthly bank statements 1914-1916
5 Monthly bank statements 1925-1933
6 Monthly bank statements 1933-1961 ([1949-1951]
7 Monthly bank statements 1966-1968
8 Annual budget and financial statements 1921-1943
9 Secretary’s financial reports 1900-1915
10 Treasurer’s reports 1934; 1946-1948; 1967-1968
11 Account and bill records 1906-1936
Box 6
1 Account book 1961-1968
2 Financial correspondence 1911-1932
3 Financial correspondence 1924-1926
4 Financial correspondence 1932-1943
5 Financial correspondence 1950-1970
6 Corporation certificates 1935-1959
7 Certificates for the keeper of records and corporate seal 1962-1973
8 Miscellaneous bill and invoices 1899-1905
9 Miscellaneous bill and invoices 1905-1941
10 Miscellaneous bill and invoices 1915-1940
Series 3. Committee correspondence
and reports, 1901-1970 (boxes 7-12)
Box 7 (1/2 box)
1 Arbitration Committee 1920-1927
2 Committee to Appraise the Tentative Illinois Fire Prevention Code 1950
3 Architectural Exhibits committee 1921-1925
4 Auditing Committee 1906-1909
5 Better Relations Committee in the Heating and Ventilating Industry 1930-1932
6-7 Building Valuations Committee 1921-1940
Box 8
1 Committee on committee reports 1920-1941
2 Committee on Cooperation with Chicago Assoc. of consulting Engineers 1916-1926
3-4 Credentials Committee 1921-1946
5-6 Education Committee 1920-1939
7-9 Entertainment Committee 1902-1945
10 Committee on Insurance 1924-1925; 1964
11 Committee on Investigation of the Metallic Connection 1903
12 Iroquois Theater Investigating Committee
13-15 Joint Architects and
Contractors Committee to Cooperate with the Citizens’ Committee to Enforce the
Landis Award 1923-1925; 1936 (See also Comm.
on Jurisdictional Disputes for material related to Landis Award)
16 Joint committee on Architectural Practices 1921-1938
17 Committee on Jurisdictional Disputes (joint with A.I.A.) 1921-1938
Box 9
1-2 Legal Service Committee 1920-1921
3-5 Legislative Committee 1909-1955
6 Committee on Liability Law 1913-1914
7 Lumber Practice Committee (Joint with A.I.A. & other groups) 1921-1939
8-10 Materials and Methods Committee (Joint with A.I.A. & other groups) 1920-1945
11-13 Membership Committee 1910-1946
Box 10
1 Membership-related papers 1906-1954
2-4 Nominating committee (includes ballots) 1916-1970
5 Program Advisory Committee 1911-1941
6-13 Public Action committee 1901-1919
Box 11
1-5 Public Action Committee 1920-1941
6-7 Committee on Publication 1921-1930
8 Public Information Committee 1932-1936
9-10 Publicity and Promotion Committee 1920-1945
11 Committee to Review Cases of Military Prisoners of World War I 1924
12 Small House Committee 1936-1941
13 Committee on Soil Landing 1924-1925
14 State and Municipal Arts Committee 1925-1939
Box 12
1 State Art Committee 1932-1939
2-3 State Building code Committee 1920-1939
4 Transportation committee 1922-1927
5-6 Uniform Contracts Committee (includes contract documents) 1906-1914
7-9 Miscellaneous committee correspondence (primarily re. committee appointments) 1906-1966
10 Miscellaneous special committee
reports 1921-1938 Includes Comm. on Zoning & Conference with National
Housing Conference (1923); Committee on Violations of Architectural Practice
(1938); Appraisal Comm. (1931); Comm. on Cooperation with Architectural Club
(c. 1921); Comm. on Cooperation with the National Council of Architectural
Registration Boards (1923).
Series
4. Topical files, 1897-1970 (boxes 13-18)
Box 13
1 A.I.A.: Anti-architectural Acts ca. 1951-1955
2 A.I.A.: Contract documents ca. 1960-1967
3 A.I.A.: Engineers Joint Committee n.d.
4 A.I.A.: Small House Committee 1938-1940
5 A.I.A.: State organization Comm. 1937-1939
6 A.I.A.: L. Morgan Yost, A.I.A. president 1944-1951
7-11 A.I.A.: Related correspondence 1920-1966
Box 14
1 Architectural organizations, 1939-1958
2 Architectural promotion, 1936-1954
3 Blue Print Union, 1957
4 C.A.B.A.’s press-related papers, 1905-1909
5-8 Chicago Building code revisions, 1901-1950
9 Chicago Building Code amendment for professional engineers, 1947-1949
10 Chicago Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Committee, 1947-1949
11 Code of Fair Competition for Architects Division of the Construction Industry (National Recovery Act), 1934
Box 15
1 Competitions 1924-1961
2 Cook County Building Ordinance, 1948-1949
3 Dalsey-Dobroth-Klekamp case, 1937
4 F.E. Davidson vs. Wood Equipment Co., 1929-1931
5. F.E. Davidson correspondence, 1920-1937
6 Christopher De Jean Hercules legal correspondence, 1947-1948
7 George Drach case, n.d.
8 Howard T. Fisher case, 1952-1953
9 Carter E. Hewitt legal correspondence, 1935-1953
10 Illinois Architectural Law, 1897-1907
11 Illinois Architectural Law: proposed revisions, 1913; 1957
12-13 Illinois Dept. of Registration & Education and State Board of Architectural Examiners, 1916-1941
14 ISA vs. Morrow, 1927
15-16 ISA state affiliation with the A.I.A.
17 Carter Jenkins, Ill. Society of Professional Engineers re professional engineering legislation, 1949-1958
18-21 Legal/legislative correspondence and documents miscellaneous, 1872-1935
Box 16
1-5 Legal/legislative correspondence and documents miscellaneous, 1930-1974
6 Mallinger vs. Shapiro, 1927-1919
7 Manuscripts miscellaneous, n.d. submitted
for publication: one re the Galena and Chicago Railroad; one re Better
Relations Commission of Chicago.
8 Office practice questionnaire results, 1914-1931; 1959
9 Gerald L. Palmer correspondence, 1937-1969
10 Herman L. Palmer correspondence, 1940-1945 (freemasonry)
11 Herman L. Palmer manuscripts and calling cards, n.d.; c.1935
12 Norman H. Pritchard legal correspondence, 1936-1937
Box 17
1 Professional engineers’ House bills (#297 and #298), 1937-1940
2 Real estate correspondence and documents, 1946-1970
3 Reciprocal registration: Illinois and Indiana, 1951-1955
4 State Architect questionnaire, 1917-1928
5-6 State of Illinois Building Code, 1909-1939 See also State Building Code Committee (series 3).
7 State Requirements for Health and Safety in Public Schools, 1962
8-9 Richard Smykal controversy, 1950-1955
10-13 Structural Engineering Registration (House Bill #406), 1911-1916
Box 18
1 Structural Engineering Registration (House Bill #406), 1912-1916
2 Uniform Mechanics’ Lien act, 1926-1932
3-5 Violations of the Illinois Architectural Act, 1917-1966
Series
5. General correspondence, 1897-1973 (boxes 19-25)
Box 19
1 Annual meeting and banquet, 1924-1930
2 Architects’ Ball committee, Inc. 1939-1940
3-4 Architectural Sketch Club, 1920-1931
5 Building Construction Employers Association of Chicago, 1913-1914
6 Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, 1920-1927
7-8 C.A.B.A.’s Information Bureau for employment, 1907-1911
9 C.A.B.A.’s Information Bureau re building materials, 1913-1914
10-13 Chicago Board of Education, 1922-1960
14-16 Chicago Building Congress, 1930-1957
17 Chicago Civil Service Commission, 1950-1959
18 Chicago Housing Authority
19 Chicago Mayors, 1923-1957
20 Chicago Plan Commission, 1913; 1916
21 Daily News Houses Advertising, 1938
22 Fiftieth Anniversary Meeting, 1947
23 Florida State Board of Architects, 1957
Box 20
1-2 Handbook for Architects and Builders correspondence, agreements, contracts, 1899-1936
3 Illinois Architects’ Association, 1946-1953
4 Illinois Civic Exchange 1917-1927
5 Indiana Society of Architects 1920-1969
6-10 National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, 1920-1969
Box 21
1 Office of Civilian Defense, 1942-1943
2 Benjamin Franklin Olson, president ISA, 1954-1959
3 Raymond A. Orput, member ISA, 1951-1953
4 Pageant of Progress, 1921
5 Preparedness Parade 1916
6 Producer’s Council, Inc. 1957-1959
7 Registered Architects Assoc. of Southern Illinois, 1940-1943
8 Restoration of Fine Arts Building in Jackson Park (joint A.I.A./ISA project), 1921-1923
9 William J. Ryan, president ISA, 1941-1942
10 Underwriter’s Laboratories, 1927; 1929
11 U. S. Senators, 1953
12 Society of American Registered Architects, 1969-1970
13 Western Architects Council, 1938
14-16 Western Society of Engineers, 1912-1949
17 Wisconsin State Assoc. of Architects 1934
18-19 Wisconsin Registration Board of Architects and Professional Engineers, 1941-1957
20 World War I members record and correspondence, 1916-1922
21 World War II members record and correspondence, 1941-1943
Boxes 22-25
General correspondence miscellaneous, 1897-1973
Series
6. General records of the American Specification Institute, 1921-1925 (box 26)
Box 26
1 Correspondence of and articles describing the American Specification Institute, 1921-1925
2 Audit reports and related correspondence of the Specification Record, 1922-1959
Series
7. Miscellany (boxes 26-27 & Oversize folder)
Box 26 (continued)
3 The Plastering Craft (misc. issues 1928-1944, Oscar Reum
4 Central Illinois A.I.A. newsletters, 1940s
5 Illinois-related publications, misc.
6 Unification issue among architects’ organizations
Audio tape (1956) Eugene Dutton, ISA
ISA Life Member pin
Cross-section of beam from Home Insurance Bldg. (1884-1931)
Box 27
Note cards
Pamphlets
Articles, newsclippings, and other publications re standards and regulation of architectural practice and rivalry among architects’ organizations
Oversize folder: ISA membership certificates
Call#: MSS OS: Ill. Society of Architects
Series 8. Biography card file (4-drawer unit in ATms near doorway):
This file relates primarily to
members and is composed of 3 sections:
First alphabet, Second alphabet, and Cards in back of drawer (not in
alphabetical order):
First alphabet:
Abel, Lester A.
Adler, David
Almquist, Carl M.
Anderson, Halmer N.
Anderson, Stanley D.
Ansel, Anton
Armstrong, John A.
Ashby, Wilbert B.
Barfield, W.G.
Barnes, Allen L.
Barton, Francis M.
Baumeister, George E.
Beach, Wilfred W.
Bean, Ralph H.
Beaudry, Ralph L.
Beidler, Herbert B.
Bein, Maurice L.
Beman, S.S.
Benson, Edward
Berlin, R.C.
Bernham, F.M.
Bishop, Thomas R.
Bjork, David T.
Blondin, Edw. A.
Bohasseck, Charles
Bollenbacher, J. Carlyle
Boller, Robert O.
Bouchard, Louis C.
Bourke, Robert E.
Brabrandt, F. J. E.
Bradley, Chas. W.
Bradley, Harold Smith
Bradshaw, Preston J.
Braun, Wm. T.
Bristle, Joseph H.
Brockmeyer, Edwin V.
Bruns, Benedict J.
Buckingham, Clarence W.
Buerger,Albert J. Jr.
Bucksbaum, Emanuel V.
Burgess, Ralph R.
Burnham, D.H. Jr.
Burnham, Hubert
Byerly, Fred I.
Bannister, Geo. S.
Capraro, Alexander W.
Carnegie, Wm. G.
Carr, Charles Alban
Carr, George Wallace
Carpenter, Frank A.
Carpenter, Martin R.
Cauley, Frank William
Cerny, Jerry J.
Charles, Walter T.
Chase, Frank D.
Chatten, Melville C.
Cheney, Howard L.
Christensen, C. Werner
Christensen, John C.
Christie, Louis R.
Chubb, John D.
Clark, C. R.
Clark, Edwin
Clark, Robert C.
Cohen, Joseph
Conway, Wm. H.
Cook, Norman W.
Corrough, D.D.
Coughlin, Gardner C.
Coyle, John E.
Crosby, W.S.
Daley, S. Lester
Dalsey, Harry I.
Danielson, Philip A.
Davey, J.J.
Davis, George H.
Davis, Z.T.
Day, Warren W.
Deal, Joe Mindert
De Golyer, Robert S.
De Money, Frank O.
Dippold, Albert P.
Doerr, H.F.
Doerr, Wm. P.
Dougherty, Floyd E.
Dowling, E.F.
Drainie, John G.
Dreyer, Detlef J.
Drielsma, J. Arthur
Drummond, Wm.
Dubin, George H.
Dunning, N. Max
Eberson, John
Eckland, Henry
Eichberg, S.M.
Emerson, Frank N.
Eppenstein, James F.
Esser, Curt A.
Fairclough, Stanley D.
Faulkner, Charles D.
Fehlow, Albert C.
Ferree, Harold C.
Ferrenz, Tirrell J.
Fiddelke, H. G.
Finch, Sidney C.
Fischer, F.W.
Fischer, John B.
Fishman, M. Maurice
Flaks, Francis A.
Fletcher, Robert C.
Flinn, Raymond W.
Floto, Julius
Foltz, Frederick C.
Fortin, Joseph T.
Foster, Wm. G.
Fox, John J.
Fox, William P.
France, Roy
Franklin, Robert L.
Frazier, Clarence E.
Friedman, Raphael N.
Frodin, Rube S.
Frommann, Emil H.
Frost, Chas. S.
Fry, Frank L.
Fugard, John Reed
Fuhrer, Eugene
Furst, Wm. H.
Gaddis, John W.
Gallup, Harold E.
Gatterdam, F.E.
Gauger, Wm.
Gaul, Herman J.
Gemeny, Blaine B.
Gerber, Arthur U.
Gerding, Louis H.
Gerhardt, Paul
Gerhardt, Paul Jr.
Gibson, B.K.
Gill, Rudolph Z.
Gillette, Edwin F.
Glube, Harry
Graham, Ernest R.
Granger, Alfred F.
Gray, Frank B.
Green, H.H.
Griesser, Richard
Goddnow, Chas. N.
Gubbins, Wm. F.
Guenzel, Louis
Graven, Anker S.
Haagen, Paul T.
Hall, E. Stanford
Hall, Eric E.
Hamilton, J.L.
Hammond, Charles Herrick
Hanifen, John
Hansen, Paul
Harris, Ralph C.
Hatzfeld, Clarence
Hauber, Carl
Hecht, Albert S.
Hegsted, Martin A.
Heimbrodt, Carl E.
Hellmuth, Geo. W.
Helmle, Geo. B.
Helmle, Henry R.
Henry, Chas. B.
Henschien, H. Peter
Hercules, J.W.
Hetherington, J.T.
Hetherington, Murray D.
Hewitt, Herbert E.
Himelblau, A. L.
Hirschfield, Leo S.
Hodgdon, Chas.
Hodgkins, H.G.
Hoger, Lt. Pierre R.L.
Holabird, John A.
Holsman, Henry K.
Hooper, Wm. F.
Horn, Benjamin A.
Hosmer, Clare C.
Hotchkiss, Robert J.
Hubbard, Archie H.
Hull, Denison B.
Hulsebus, Bernard L.
Hunt, Jarvis
Hussander, A.T.
Huszagh, Ralph D.
Hussey, Harry H.
Hyde, Robert M.
Hyland, Paul V.
Ittner, William B.
Jacobs, Arthur
Jensen, Clarence A.
Jensen, Elmer C.
Jensen, Jens J.
Jillson, Byron H.
Johnson, Gilbert A.
Johnston, W.K.
Joy, Samuel Scott
Jyrch, Karl E.
Kandl, Norman N.
Kane, Michael B.
Kennison, Herbert A.
Kingsley, Geo. S.
Klamt, Edward A.
Klein, Wm. J.
Klekamp, Bernard Raymond
Kocher, Jacques J.
Koenigsberg, Nathaniel
Kohfedt, Walter G.
Krieg, Arthur W.
Krieg, William G.
Kupfer, Otto A.
La Beaume, Louis
Lagergren,, Gustaf P.
Laist, Theodore F.
Lampe, Clarence W.
Lane, Harry L.
Lautz, Wm. H.
Layer, Robert W.
Liska, Chas. O.
Liska, Emil
Llewellyn, J.C.
Llewellyn, Ralph C.
Loewenberg, Israel S.
Lonek, Adolph
Lovdall, Geo. F.
Lovell, Sidney
Lujdgin, Jos. G.
Luvrey, Louis
Levy, Alex L.
Lewin, Edward Paul
Lewis, Jacob
Liedberg, Hugo J.
Lindquist, F.
Lindstrom, William J.
Maher, Harry E.
Maher, Philip B.
Maiwurm, Arthur B.
Mallinger, John
Malmer, Eugene
Mann, William D.
Marshall, Benjamin H.
Martin, Edgar D.
Martini, Elizabeth A.
Marx, Elmer W.
Marx, Samuel A.
Matteson, Victor Andre
Mupin, James M.
Mauran, John Lawrence
Mayger, Arthur G.
Maynard, H. S.
McArthur, Albert C.
Mahaffey, D.
McCarthy, Jos. W.
McClellan, Edward Geo.
McCoy, William R.
McDonald, Luther W.
McDougall, Walter A.
McEldowney, Harold B.
McGrew, Kenneth Axtell
McLane, C.D.
McLaren, Robt. J.
McLaughlin, Daniel C.
Mead, Daniel W.
Meder, Everett S.
Meldahl, Jens J.
Meredith, Davis D.
Merrill, John C.
Metz, Carl A.
Meyer, Carl T.
Meyer, Frederic H.
Michaelsen, Christian S.
Miller, Chas. A.
Miller, John W.
Miller, Joseph A.
Morehouse, M.J.
Morey, Arthur G.
Morgan, Chas. L.
Morris, George E.
Morrison, James R.M.
Morse, Harry Leon
Mueller, Burhhard A.
Muesse, Howard S.
Murphy, Charles F.
Nadherny, Jos. J.
Naess, S.E.
Neebe, John K.
Nelson, Jos. A.
Melvin, A. Nelson
Newhouse, Henry L. II
Newman, E.M.
Nicol, Charles Wheeler
Nimmons, Geo. C.
Nitsche, Edw. A.
Norman, Andrew
Oliver, Ralph H.
Olson, Benj. F.
Olsen, Leif E.
Olsen, Paul F.
Oman, Samuel H.
Ording, Carl H.
Orrell, Jay C.
Ostergren, R.C.
Otis, Samuel S.
Pfeiffenberger, Geo. D.
Pierce, Richard G.
Pleins, Leo H.
Peterson, Ivan R.
Perry, Ronald F.
Palmer, Herman L.
Pond, Irving K.
Perkins, Frank W.
Person, Gustav E.
Prather, Fred V.
Pridmore, J. E. O.
Prindeville, Chas. H.
Probst, Edward
Pruyn, Wm. H. Jr.
Puckey, Francis W.
Rae, Robert
Raeder, Henry
Rapp, Geo. L.
Rathman, Walter L.
Reiger, Harry J.
Rezny, J.B.
Rice, Nelson P.
Riddle, Herbert H.
Riley, Ivan H.
Rissman, Maurice B.
Roberts, E.E.
Robertson, David
Robinson, Argyle E.
Rognstad, Sigurd A.
Root, J. W.
Rosen, Richard O.
Rowe, Charles B.
Rowe, Lindley P.
Royer, Joseph W.
Quitsow, Anthony
Rupert, E.P.
Rupinski, Edward W.
Rusy, Anthony F.
Ruttenberg, Albert M.
Ryan, Wm. J.
Schlacks, H. J.
Scheller, Jesse E.
Saxe, Albert Moore
Sanders, Lewis Miles
Sandel, Monroe R.
Scribbins, John A.
Schmid, R.G.
Schmidt, Richard E.
Schmidt, Hugo
Schoenfeldt, Frank
Schoening, John A.
Schopp, Laurence O.
Schreiber, George F.
Schulzke, Wm. H.
Schwartz, Albert A.
Schwarz, Julius J.
Shattuck, W. F.
Sheldon, Karl H.
Slovinec, John
Slupowski, Jos. A.
Smith, Harold
Sobel, Herbert
Spencer, C. B.
Spencer, N. S.
Spieler, Herbert E.
Spitz, Alexander H.
Spitzer, Herbert I.
Spitzer, Maurice
Stanhope, Leon H.
Stauduhar, Geo. P.
Starr, F. Charles
Stanton, Frederick C. H.
Steif, B. Leo
Steinberg, Edward
Stern, Isaac S.
Stouffer, Ernest Lawrence
Strandel, Chas. A.
Stromquist, Victor H.
Study, Guy
Stuebe, Leonard F. W.
Stuhr, William
Sturges, Howard Putnam
Sturm, Meyer J.
Sturnfield, C. H.
Swensson, Walter F.
Swern, Perry W.
Tallmadge, Thomas E.
Teesdale, Lawrence V.
Teutsch, Carl M.
Thielbar, F.J.
Teisen, Axel V.
Teich, Frederick
Tielow, James H.
Thomas, Stafford F.
Ticknor, James H.
Tocha, Anton
Urbain, Jules Jr.
Urbanek, Chas. A.
Urbain, Leon F.
Vail, Morrison H.
Van Bergen, John S.
Van der Meer, Wybe J.
Wachter, Henry F.
Van Guten, Orlando
Viehe-Naess, Ivar
Visscher, Theodore C.
Vitzthum, Karl M.
Wallace, Chas. L.
Wallace, Dwight G.
Wallace, Maurice R.
Waterman, H. H.
Watson, Jesse N.
Watson, Vernon S.
Webster, Chas. Woods
Wedemeyer, Wm.
Weisfeld, Leo H.
Weiss, John W.
Wheelock H. B.
Weissenborn, Leo J.
White, Howard J.
White, James M.
Whitmeyer, Mark H.
Wilmanns, August C.
Winkel, Benno
Wolff, R. G.
Worthmann, Henry
Wright, Clark C.
Woltersdorf, Arthur F.
Young, T.C.
Zelenka, Anthony J.
Zippwald, Otto
Zook, R. Harold
Zuckerman, Benjamin
Second Alphabet:
Abbott, Frank
Abell, Ralph E.
Adams, C. R.
Alschlager, Walter W.
Aldrich, Harry G.
Allison, Lyman J.
Aroner, J. S.
Aschauer, C.J.
Ashby, Geo. W.
Awsumb, Geo.
Baker, F. S.
Barnes, Julian
Barrett, Frederick L.
Barthel, J. Bernard
Baumann, Frederick
Beaumont, George
Behel, Vernon
Bennett, Arthur J.
Bennett, Wm. A.
Bernhard, Wilhelm
Bessler, E. W.
Bicknel, A. H.
Blake, E. O.
Bowes, F. W.
Bourgeois, Louis
Branitzky, Wm. Thomas
Brooks, J. W.
Brush, Chas. E.
Buckett, Arthur
Buser, Nathaniel E.
Camp, E.M.
Carr, Geo. Wallace
Cervin, Olaf Z.
Chaffee, Dudley C.
Charvat, Anton
Chatten, Harvey
Chubb, John C.
Church, Myron H.
Church, Walter S.
Clay, W.W.
Cloyes, Frederick O.
Cobb, W.H.
Coffin, A.S.
Colcord, Albert E.
Cole,Arthur W.
Cowles, Wm.
Crosby, Wm. S.
Crowen, S.N.
Culver, Harry K.
Cady, J.K
Davidson, Frank E.
De Arment, Frank H.
Dennis, Chas. A.
Dibelka, James B.
Dinkelberg, Fred L.
Doerr, Jacob
Downes, E. L.
Duessing, Theo.
Dunford, Samuel H.
Duncan, John
Dwen, Robert G.
Ermeling, Ralph W.
Eckerman, Oscar A.
Fielder, Fred A.
Flanders, J.J.
Flizikowski, J. I.
Foltz, Fritz
Foehringer, F.
Fogel, Reuben W.
Foster, Arthur
Fox, Chas E.
Frankel, A. D.
Franzheim, H. Kenneth
Fuller, Alex A.
Fuller, F. A.
Gauger, Wm.
Gibb, Wm. R.
Gilbert, Geo. H.
Greengard, Bernard
Graves, George Palmer
Hallberg, L. C.
Handy, Frank W.
Hansen, Harald M.
Hawk, Albert T.
Heimbeck, Walter C.
Heinz, L.H.
Helfensteller, Ernest
Hessenmueller, F.W.
Hettinger, John P.
Hill, Henry W.
Hine, Cicero
Hoffman, H. Curtis
Hocke, John
Holmes, H.H.
Hood, Raymond
Hoover, Ira W.
Huber, Julius H.
Huehl, H.M.
Hubbard, Bert C.
Hubbard, Willis W.
Hulla, John
Huston, Sanford K. Jr.
Jebsen
Jenkins, Austin D.
Jobson, C. F.
Johnstone, Percy T.
Jones, Wm. C.
Kallal, Chas. W.
Kattlelle, Walter R.
Keeber, C. Hamilton
Kerbert, C. H.
Kiefer, Albert
King, John F.
Klafter, Davis
Klewer, W. S.
Knapp, George A.
Knox, Arthur H.
Koster, John L.
Krause, G.R.
Leviton, Morton
Lewis, LeRoy Jr.
Linderoth, Sven L.
Lindstrand, John A.
Lindstrom, Robert S.
Lindquist, Joseph B.
Lund, A. G.
Lehle, Louis
Maher, Geo. W.
Mahler, H. H.
Mann, F. A.
Mauer, Wm.
Marienthal, Oscar B.
Mayo, Ernest A.
McCall, Thomas
McCullough, Ernest
McDonald, F. J.
Melin, C. W.
Miller, Lee
Minchin, Sidney A.
Molitor, Joseph
Morrell, John
Mueller, Bernard A.
Mueller, Floyd
Mullay, Thomas H.
Mundie, W. B.
New, Matthew
Newell, Frank V.
Newhouse, Henry L.
Nielsen, Carl
Nielsen
Nyden, John A.
Ottenheimer, H. L.
Otis, William A.
Pagel, Wm. F.
Palmer, C. M.
Pashley, Alfred F.
Patton, Normand S.
Payne, E.A.
Pentecost, D.S.
Perkins, Dwight H.
Perkins, Frederick W.
Perry, Walter E.
Peterson, Edward A.
Pfeiffer, Geo. L.
Pillsbruy, Arthur L.
Pingrey, Roy E.
Piontek, C.L.
Pond, Allen B.
Pestle, D.E.
Poulsen, Edward J.
Poulsen, Geo. F.
Powers, Horace S.
Preis, Carl G.
Randolph, S. M.
Rawson, Chas. P.
Reeves, Wm. C.
Reichert, Wm. G.
Reynertson, F. D.
Rich, Harry F.
Richards, H. H.
Richardson, Jason F.
Ricker, Nathan Clifford
Riddle, Lewis W.
Riester, Frank P.
Rinaker, John L.
Ritter, Louis E.
Rohm, Jean B.
Roedigger, F. W. C.
Rohm, Wm.
Rombaut, Victor
Ross, Henry J.
Rother, Eugene Paul
Roy, Franz
Russell, J. W.
Russell, Lewis E.
Russel, Ray
Salisbury, Robert H.
Sandegren, A.
Sandel, Monroe P.
Schenck, Rudoplh
Schoenfeldt, Frank
Schroeder, John M.
Schulze, Carl Jr.
Schulze, Wm.
Schultz, Martin M.
Seipp, Edward A.
Seator, S. M.
Seyfarth, Robert
Shaw, Howard
Shepardson, Francis W.
Shepardson, Ralph S.
Shopbell, Clifford
Sierks, Chas. H.
Sierks, Henry
Sorenson, Chas.
Stevens, Harry E.
Stone
Stone, John R.
Strauch, Moriz F.
Thain
Thomas, Wm.
Thisslew, Chas.
Treat, S. A.
Turnbell, Gilbert M.
Turnock, E. H.
Uffendell, Wm. Gibbons
Van Osdell, J. M.
Voight, Gustav
Wach, Edward F.
Walker, Willard
Walker, Wm. Ernest
Weber, Alfred
Weber, Peter J.
Westerlind, Carl W.
Williamson, W. G.
Wilson, H. R.
Winslow, Benj. E.
White, Kesson
Whitsitt, H. W.
Whitney, Wm. T.
Woodyatt, Ernest
Worsfield, Ira A.
Worst, Frederick W.
Wright, George C.
York, John D.
Youngberg, John E.
Zarnowiecki, Jos. C.
Zidek, Jos.
Zimmerman, Hugo H.
Cards in back of
drawer (not in alphabetical order):
Adler, David
Anderson, F.
Atchinson, I.D.
Ayrax, C. R.
Boyington, W. W.
Bright, Jasper
Burfeid, W. F.
Buschick, F. W.
Carr, Martin
Creiger, Henry E.
Druiding, A.
Field, G. W.
Foster, Reynold
Furst, Chas. J.
Garnsey, Geo. O.
Griebenburg, H.
Hanson, H.M.
Harvey, Geo. F.
Hawkes, Thomas
Healy, E.C.
Herr, Thornton A.
Hickock, E. W.
Hoermann, Carl
Hoskiss, John
Hubbell, C. C.
Hunt, Myron
Johnson, Robt. M.
Kain, J.A.
La Driere, J.L
La Pointe, D.A.
Lundberg, John
Morrison, John C.
Hotchkiss, R.B.
Moore, J.H.
Mueller, Herman
Murphy, J. H.
Newberry, Robt. T.
Ohlhaber, Wm.
Orenstein, E.J.
Rabel, John
Rusta, Frank P.
Schock, F.R.
Smith, Alfred
Smith, Robert S.
Stevens, C. Whitney
Stiles, C. L.
Swift, F. R.
Thomas, C. W.
Torrance, James R.
Tromann
Veigeant, Gregory
Wachter, Henry F.
Wilcosky, Jos. A.
Wind, Thomas W.
Wolf, Fred
Wray, James A.
Wright, H. G.
Zimmer, John E.
Zitner, Julius H.
Morey, Arthur G.
Eckstrom, Christian A.
Christensen, Chas. W.
Architecture
manuscripts: Illinois Society of Architects: 1985.0831 - Unprocessed
19
boxes
Boxes 28-36 Accession 2005.0044.
Series 9. Membership, 1897-1997
Box 28 (2005.0044)
Folders:
1 Membership list, 1897-1997
2 Membership records, 1978-1985
3 Membership records, 1981-1982
4 Membership records, 1986-1987
5 Membership records, 1993-1995
6 Membership death notices and
resolutions, 1919-1987
7 Membership application forms
8 Membership address labels
9 Membership applications
10 Membership certificates
11 Membership inquires, 1981-1993
12 Letters to new members, 1985-1986
13 Membership correspondence, 1950-1960
Series 10. Meetings and attendance, 1922-1997
Box 28 (cont.)
Folders:
14 Ballots for officers and directors,
1963-1994
15 Meeting notices, 1949-1966
16 Meeting notices, 1966-1978
17 Meeting notices, 1978-1988
18 Miscellaneous reports and meeting
notices, 1977-1995
19 Meeting attendance records, 1984-1994
20 Speakers list, 1993-1997
Box 29 (2005.0044)
Folders:
1 Meeting notices, 1980-1984
2 Meeting notices, 1980-1984, continued
3 Meeting notices, 1985-1986
4 Meeting notices, 1922-1966
Series 11. Financial materials, 1897-1997
Box 29 (cont.)
Folders:
5 Dues records, 1924-1964
6 Dues records of members, A-Z
7 Dues records, 1897-1973
8 Dues checks, 1984-1985
9 Dues invoices, 1975-1977
10 Dues invoices, 1886-1987
Box 30 (2005.0044)
Description of items:
Charge journal,
1938-1948
Cash receipts and
charge journal, 1927-1938
Box 31 (2005.0044)
Folders:
1 Check stubs, 1897-1899
2 Check stubs, 1900-1905
3 Check stubs, 1914-1916
4 Check stubs, 1917-1919
5 Check stubs, 1920-1921
6 Check stubs, 1922-1924
7 Check stubs, 1925-1927
8 Check stubs, 1928-1930
9 Check stubs, 1931-1935
10 Disbursements, 1981-1986
11 Canceled checks, 1984-1986
12 Cash log, 1986
13 Cash receipts, 1938-1948
Box 32 (2005.0044)
Folders:
1 Letter by financial secretary, 1940
2 Annual reports to Illinois Secretary
of State, 1920-1974
3 Federal tax documents, 1946-1974 [Restriction: Closed to researchers]
4 Financial records, 1967
5 Financial records, 1968
6 Financial records, 1969
7 Financial records, 1970
8 Financial records, 1971
9 Financial records, 1972
10 Invoices, payments, 1976-1989
11 Miscellaneous financial records, check
records, 1978-1984
12 Treasurer’s reports, 1983-1987
13 Treasurer’s reports, 1989-1993
14 Miscellaneous financial records,
1985-1993
15 Memos to treasurer, 1986-1988
16 Check log, 1988
17 Annual dinner records, 1984-1987
18 Annual dinner records, 1988
19 Annual dinner records, 1993
20 Annual dinner records, 1998
Box 33 (2005.0044) [Restriction: Folders 1-16 closed to
researchers]
Folders:
1 Bank statements, 1991-1992
2 Paid invoices, 1992
3 Bank statements, 1993
4 Stamp and copy expense, 1993
5 Paid invoices, 1993
6 Check deposits, 1993
7 Invoices, 1993
8 Bank records, 1993
9 Membership dues, 1993 - 1994
10 Bank records, 1993-1996
11 Invoices, 1994
12 Check deposits, 1994
13 Revenues, 1995
14 Stamp and copy expense, 1997
15 Check deposits, 1995
16 Invoices, 1997
Series 12. Correspondence, minutes, and
newsletters, 1907-1997
Box 33 (cont.)
Folders:
17 News clippings and membership
correspondence, 1947-1975
18 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1963-1985
19 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1985
20 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1986
21 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1986-1988
22 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1987
Box 34 (2005.0044)
Folders:
1 Miscellaneous correspondence,
1986-1997
2 Correspondence with lawyers, 1946-1968
3 ISA Bulletins, 1967-1969
4 Various newsletters, 1987
5 World’s Fair Committee, 1984
6 ISA By-Laws
7 Requests for Architects handbook, 1907
Box 35 (2005.0044)
Folders:
1 Directors, 1985
2 By-laws/code of ethics
3 ISA letterhead
4 Officers, directors, 1978-1984
5 Directors meeting minutes, 1984-1987
6 Directors meeting minutes, 1988-1992
7 Directors meeting minutes, 1988-1992,
continued
8 Miscellaneous records, 1908-1989
9 Miscellaneous records
10 Student architects, 1983 - 1984
11 Professional degrees and continuing
education
12 Llewellyn Awards
13 Llewellyn fund
Series 13. Centennial events, 1997
Box 35 (cont.)
Folders:
14 1997 dinner/dance
15 1997 officer/director ballot
16 Anniversary book
17 Miscellaneous anniversary records
18 Miscellaneous anniversary records,
continued
19 Incoming faxes
20 Anniversary dinner
21 Anniversary advertising
22 Anniversary advertising, continued
23 Anniversary advertising, continued
24 Centennial handbook, continued
25 Letter from ISA president
26 Letters regarding centennial
27 Letters regarding centennial, continued
28 Letters regarding centennial, continued
29 Centennial history
30 Centennial plaque
Series 14. Legislation and regulation,
1941-1994
Box 36 (2005.0044)
Folders:
1 Professional engineers Act, 1941-1945
2 Legislative issues, 1982-1984
3 Miscellaneous government relations,
1948-1972
4 Illinois Architecture Act, 1986
5 Proposed law changes, 1988
6 State legislation, 1982-1993
7 Regulation, 1970-1994
8 Illinois Accessibility Code, 1987
9 Third airport, miscellaneous public
issues
10 Illinois Architect Act, 1985
11 Illinois Architect Act, 1986
12 Illinois Architect Act, 1987
13 Regulatory legislation, general,
1986-1988
14 Regulations for federal contracts, 1991
Series 15. Relations with other organizations,
1960-1999
Box 36 (cont.)
Folders:
15 Lawsuit vs. consulting engineers, 1962
16 Architect/engineer service agreement
17 Various organization newsletters
18 Miscellaneous documents from related
organizations, 1960-1999
19 National Council of Architect Registration
Boards, 1993-1996
20 Illinois Architect/Engineering Council,
1980-1993
21 Illinois Architect/Engineering Council,
1991-1999
22 Dispute with structural engineers, 1967
23 Letters regarding concrete construction,
1962