Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 1988 School Architecture in Chicago during the Progressive Era: The Career of Dwight H. Perkins Donna R. Nelson Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Nelson, Donna R., "School Architecture in Chicago during the Progressive Era: The Career of Dwight H. Perkins" (1988). Dissertations. 2562. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/2562 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 1988 Donna R. Nelson SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE IN CHICAGO DURING THE PROGEESSIVE ERA: THE CAREER OF DWIGHT H. PERKINS By Donna R. Nelson A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Loyola University of Chicago in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy May 1988 Copyright by Donna R. Nelson May, 1988 All Rights Reserved ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The writer is grateful for the encouragement, patience and support received from her family and friends throughout the period of her doctoral studies. A study of this nature cannot be accomplished without the cooperation and assistance of many people. Special appreciation is extended to Mary Woolover at the Art Institute of Chicago; Lynn Arbeen of the Chicago Board of Education, Bureau of Architecture; and Geri Fudema and Cynthia Hasemeier for their expertise and assistance with typing and computers.