Dankmar Adler papers
name: label: Creator
content: Adler, Dankmar, 1844-1900
label: Names
content: Hirsch, Emil Gustav, 1851-1923
label: Names
content: Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924
topic: label: Occupation
content: Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Engineers -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Chicago school of architecture (Movement)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Newberry Library gave the Archives of American Art electrostatic copies of the Dankmar Adler papers. The copies were microfilmed by the Archives of American Art and discarded. The Newberry Library retains the original documents, which were a gift to them from the architect's granddaughter, Mrs. Irving D. Saltzstein.
creator: label: Creator
content: Adler, Dankmar, 1844-1900
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content: Dankmar Adler papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dankmar Adler (1844-1900) was a German-born American architect and engineer in Chicago, Illinois. Adler worked with Augustus Bauer, Ozias S. Kinney, and Edward Burling, but he is best known for his partnership with Louis Sullivan from 1880 until the mid 1890s. In his various partnerships, Adler was instrumental in rebuilding much of Chicago following the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 and he is considered a leader in the Chicago school of architecture.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel (38 items on partial microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1865-1900
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.adledank
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 1122 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The microfilm collection of the Dankmar Adler papers contains an autobiographical sketch; 29 letters from Adler to his family during an 1888 trip to Europe and from the American Institute of Architects convention in Boston in 1891; letters received by Adler; an oration given by Emil Hirsch at Adler's funeral; clippings; and Army documents.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Newberry Library holds the Dankmar Adler papers, 1857-1984. Ryerson and Burnham Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago holds the Dankmar Adler (1844-1900) Collection, 1844-2017. The American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio holds the Dankmar Adler papers, 1862-1865; Dankmar Adler papers, 1902, undated; Dankmar Adler autobiography and correspondence, 1888-1912; and the Dankmar Adler nearprint.