Oral history interview with Serge Chermayeff
name: label: Interviewee
content: Chermayeff, Serge, 1900-
label: Interviewer
content: Blum, Betty
label: Names
content: Art Institute of Chicago
label: Names
content: Chicago Architects Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1998 by the Art Institute of Chicago via Jack Perry Brown.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Chermayeff, Serge, 1900-
label: Interviewer
content: Blum, Betty
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Architect, educator.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 126 Pages
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985 May 23-24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cherserg
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
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content: Interviews
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content: Transcript of an interview with Serge Chermayeff conducted May 23-24, 1985 by Betty J. Blum at Chermayeff's home in Wellfleet, Mass. The interview was conducted for the Chicago Architects Oral History Project, under the auspices of the Art Institue of Chicago's Department of Architecture. Included with the transcript is a preface, index, and selected bibliography. The focus of the interview is Chermayeff's tenure (1946-1951) as president and director of the Institute of Design (formerly New Bauhaus) in Chicago.