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A sketch of the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library plaza depicting an equestrian statue in the plaza by Kenneth D.B. Carruthers. Curatorial note: In a letter to library director Gerald M. Born in February 1966, Carruthers writes that he is enclosing a…

A color photograph of the "Large Arch" construction site while the project was in progress. The Cleo Rogers Memorial Library can be seen on the left, and the Irwin Home is on the right of the construction site. On the reverse is written, "photos by…

A color photograph of the "Large Arch" construction site while the project was in progress. There is a plywood model of the sculpture at the construction site. Eliel Saarinen's First Christian Church and the First Christian Church tower can be seen…

An outline of a tour of Irwin Management Company at 301 Washington Street dated 2000. Includes notes on history of the building and the Irwin-Sweeney-Miller family and highlights of Alexander Girard’s career.

Handwritten notes about upcoming tour for Chicago Architecture Institute Bauhaus Group.

A sketched family tree of Irwin-Sweeney-Miller Family.

Sketch layout of visual and textual materials related to Irwin Management Company at 301 Washington Street, in preparation for tours of the building.

A sketched table layout for a tour group of 25 people.

An outline for part of a tour titled “Welcome/Intro” includes a history of family businesses such as Joseph Ireland Irwin’s dry goods store, Irwin’s bank, Union Starch & Refining Co, Cummins, and Irwin Management Company. Outline continues with…

Handwritten itinerary for tours of 301 Washington Street.