Main entry: Bach, Ira

Title: Ira Bach papers

 

Gift of Ira J. Bach (M1970.0009; M1970.0040); Mrs. Ira J. Bach (1985.0805); the Ira J. Bach Student Urban Design Award, Inc., in memory of Ira J. Bach (1991.0487).

 

This container list mostly describes the 1985 accession.

 

Box 1

Folders:

1          American Institute of Planners, Appointment books 1981-1984

2          Architecture

3          Articles by Bach 1949-1984

4          Articles by Bach undated

5          Biographic Material

6          Canadian Club Hide-a-Case 1978-1979

7          Certificates and Awards

 

Box 2

Folders:

1          Chaddick Harry 1979

2          Checagou, DuSable, Fort Dearborn Hist. Comm.

3          Chicago Architecture

4          Chicago City Planning 1956, 1963, 1984

5          Chicago Comprehensive Neighborhood Project

6          Chicago's Famous Buildings 1978-1980

7          Chicago's Famous Buildings undated

8          Chicago on Foot 1976-1981

9          Chicago History Slide Presentation

10        Chicago Metro History Fair 1983

11        Chicago Northwestern Railroad passenger terminal 1980

12        Chicago Public Library 1975, 1980

13        Chicago Urban Development 1951-1955

14        Chicago Urban Development 1974-1979

15        Chicago Urban Development 1982-1984

 

Box 3

Folders:

1-2       Cincinnati Riverfront Property

3          City Planning

4          Comm. on Chicago Architectural Landmarks 1969-1979

5          Concordia College

6          Correspondence 1940-1943

7          Correspondence 1944 Jan-June

8          Correspondence 1944 July-Dec

9          Correspondence 1945

10        Correspondence 1946

 

Box 4

Folders:

1          Correspondence 1947 Jan-June

2          Correspondence 1947 July-Dec

3          Correspondence 1948 Jan-July

4          Correspondence 1948 Aug-Dec

5          Correspondence 1949 Jan-Apr

6          Correspondence 1949 May-Aug

7          Correspondence 1949 Sept-Dec

8          Correspondence 1950

9          Correspondence 1952

10        Correspondence, Semi-official 1951-1952

11        Correspondence 1953

12        Correspondence 1954 Jan-May

13        Correspondence 1954 June-Aug

14        Correspondence 1954 Sept-Dec

 

Box 5

Folders:

1          Correspondence 1955 Jan-June

2          Correspondence 1955 July-Dec

3          Correspondence 1956 Jan-Apr

4          Correspondence 1956 May-Sept

5          Correspondence 1956 Oct-Dec

6          Correspondence 1957-1959

7          Correspondence 1961-1965

8          Correspondence 1971-1976

9          Correspondence 1977

10        Correspondence 1978-1979

11        Correspondence 1980

12        Correspondence 1981 Jan-June

13        Correspondence 1981 July-Dec

 

Box 6

Folders:

1          Correspondence 1982

2          Correspondence 1983

3          Correspondence 1984 Jan-May

4          Correspondence 1984 June-July

5          Correspondence 1984 Aug-Oct

6          Correspondence 1984 Nov-Dec

7          Correspondence 1985

8          Daley, Richard J.

9          Des Plaines Historical Society 1978-1979

10        Diary 1982-1984

11        Dixwell Project 1961

 

Box 7

Folders:

1          East-West Center 1977-1978

2          Englewood Project 1961-1962

3          European Tour Notes

4          Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation 1970

5          Future by Design Symposium 1964

6          Hill, Lewis J.

7          Housing 1946-1970

8          Housing 1930-1970

9          Housing

10        Housing Program (manuscript)

11        Hyde Park Project 1964

 

Box 8

Folders:

1          Illinois-Indiana Bi-State Commission 1974-1978

2          Interview (possibly of Bach)

3          King v. Harris 1979

4          Lambda Alpha fraternity 1981

5          Landmarks 1974-1978 Chicago

6          Landmarks 1979 Chicago

7          Landmarks 1980-1982 Chicago

8          Landmarks Information

9          Latin America 1956-1963

10-11   Latin American Projects 1962

12        Latin American Projects 1963

13        Los Angeles 1976-1981

 

Box 9

Folders:

1          Mayor's Advisory Council 1980

2          Mayor's architectural Advisory Committee 1980-1981

3          Mayor's Committee on Urban Renewal

4          Mayor's Coordinating Committee 1951-1952

5          Metropolitan Institute NU 1974-1976

6          Miscellaneous

7          National Association of Regional Councils 1974

8          National Trust for Historical Preservation 1979

9          Newspaper clippings 1960-1969

10        Newspaper clippings 1979-1984

11        Newspaper clippings, Chicago Architecture 1961-1979

12        Newspaper clippings, Xeroxed 1975-1983

 

Box 10

Folders:

1          Northeastern Ill. Planning Commission 1974-1975

2          Northeastern Ill. Planning Commission 1975-1980

3          Northeastern Ill. Planning Commission, Goals and Policies 1975

4          Northeastern Ill. Planning Commission, Plans 1968, 1975

5          Oak Park Study

6          O'Hare Airport 1980 Subway Extension 1984

7          Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Planning Authority 1969

8          Papers (position) drafts 1975

9          Papers and Articles misc. undated

10        Papers and Statements misc. 1959, 1962-1969

11        Papers and Statements misc. 1972-1984

 

Box 11

Folders:

1-2       Publications Miscellaneous

3          Regional Planning Agencies 1977

4          River Road CTA Stop 1984

5          Sacred Heart Church 1979

6          Society of Architectural Historians 1979-1981

7          Society for College and University Planning 1967

8          South Central Area

9          South Loop Project 1980

10        Speeches 1952-1960

11        Speeches 1961-1966

12        Speeches 1973-1983

 

Box 12

Folders:

1          Speeches undated

2          Speeches and Statements

3          Tri-county Regional Planning Reports 1945

4          Urban Development 1960

5          Weese Harry 1979

6          Weese Harry, Navy Pier Marina 1977

7          World's Fair 1992 (Chicago) 1980

8          World's Fair 1992 (Chicago) 1981

9          World's Fair 1992 (Chicago), Airport 1980

10        Yale Cheshire North Project 1977

11        Yale Institute of Social Studies 1959-1963

12        Yale School of Architecture 1977-1981

 

Boxes 13-14

The gift of Ira J. Bach Student Urban Design Award, Inc., in memory of Ira J. Bach (accession 1991.0487):

 

            Manuscript copies of A New Race to the Suburbs (1969), From the Eye of the Urban Storm (1971), The Keys to 2076: Urban America at the Tricentennial (1974), and The Choice is Yours: A Case for Urban Survival (1979); correspondence about Bach's articles, outlines of various works, clippings, and speeches, 1949-84.