School of Design in Chicago : refugees east and west / Beatrice Takeuchi
name: label: Creator
content: Takeuchi, Beatrice, 1921-
label: Names
content: Chicago School of Design
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content: Aaron, David
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content: Filipowski, Richard, 1923-2008
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content: Giedion, S. (Sigfried), 1888-1968
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content: Hayakawa, S. I.
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content: Keck, George Fred
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content: Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-2001
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content: Leckie, Hubert W., 1913-1993
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content: Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
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content: Richard, Edgar
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content: Waldheim, Jack
topic: label: Occupation
content: Architects
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content: Asian American art
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content: Asian American artists
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content: Japanese American art
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content: Japanese American artists
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content: Asian American architects
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content: Asian American educators
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content: Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment -- 1942-1945 -- Diaries
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1998 by Beatrice Takeuchi.
creator: label: Creator
content: Takeuchi, Beatrice, 1921-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Beatrice Takeuchi (1921-2020) was a Japanese American educator based in Chicago, Illinois and Washington, D.C. Takeuchi was born in Seattle, Washington. After the bombing of Pearl Harber, she was sent to a War Relocation Center, Pallyup, Washington and Minidoka, Idaho in August 1942. In October of 1942 she was allowed to leave to pursue studies in industrial design and architecture at the Chicago School of Design (fd. 1937 as New Bauhaus). From 1945-54 she taught foundation and visual design and held various positions in architecture and design studios in Washington, D.C., moving to NYC in 1954 and working as a free lance architect until 1968. She lived and worked in Chicago from 1968-1993, when she retired to Michigan.
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content: 54 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
label: Date
content: 1998
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.takebeat
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Beatrice Takeuchi memoir, 1998. Takeuchi begins with her recollections of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and her stay in a War Relocation camp and describes in detail her impressions of the faculty, staff, and students at School of Design in Chicago. Most notable recollections involve instructors Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, Jack Waldheim, George Fred Keck, Hubert Leckie, S.I. Hayakawa, and others. The memoir concludes with a summation of her career in the arts.