Archives
The
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Archive, an administratively independent
section of the Museum
of Modern Art's department of
architecture and design, was established in 1968 by the museum's
trustees. It was founded in response to the architect's desire to
bequeath his entire work to the museum. The archive consists of about
nineteen thousand drawings and prints, one thousand of which are by
the designer and architect Lilly
Reich (1885–1947), Mies van
der Rohe's close collaborator from 1927 to 1937; of written documents
(primarily, the business correspondence) covering nearly the entire
career of the architect; of photographs of buildings, models, and
furniture; and of audiotapes, books, and periodicals.
Archival
materials are also held by the Ryerson
& Burnham Libraries at the
Art
Institute of Chicago. The
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Collection, 1929–1969 (bulk 1948–1960)
includes correspondence, articles, and materials related to his
association with the Illinois Institute of Technology. The Ludwig
Mies van der Rohe Metropolitan Structures Collection, 1961–1969,
includes scrapbooks and photographs documenting Chicago projects.
Other
archives are held at the University of Illinois at Chicago (personal
book collection), the Canadian Center for Architecture (drawings and
photos) in Montreal, the Newberry Library in Chicago (personal
correspondence), the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. The
audiobook Bauhaus Reviewed 1919–33
includes a short English language interview with Mies.