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Armour Institute of Technology

 Organization

Biography

Armour Institute existed from 1893-1939 and was renamed the Armour College of Engineering in 1940.

Found in 93 Collections and/or Records:

Institutional chronologies collection, 1963-1993

 Collection
Identifier: 039.01.67
Description of the Collection Six typed chronologies containing timelines of institutional histories of Armour Institute of Technology (1892 - 1940), Lewis Institute (1896-1940) and Illinois Institute of Technology (1940 - present). Each covers a different time range and each was apparently compiled from different sources, though much of the information is repeated and consistent from one chronology to the next. While many of the events concerning IIT and its predecessors and affiliates listed in these...
Dates: 1963-1993
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

James C. Peebles, A History of Armour Institute of Technology, 1954

 Collection
Identifier: 002.01.08
Description of the Collection Multiple copies, including the tissue carbon copy of the original typed manuscript, of "A History of Armour Institute of Technology" by James Clinton Peebles concerning the history of Armour Institute of Technology from its founding in 1890 until its merger in 1940 with Lewis Institute to create Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago.The collection may also contains minor amounts of materials concerning the process of writing, editing, and publishing the book which was...
Dates: 1954
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Machinery Hall, Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1920s

 Digital Image
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:1009701
Dates: 1920-1929
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Main Building entrance, Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca 1920s

 Digital Image
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:1009698
Dates: 1920-1929
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Mies van der Rohe collection, 1938-1980

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.24
Abstract Printed program and biography for dinner welcoming Mies to Chicago on accepting the position of Director of the department of architecture at Armour Institute of Technology; Oct. 18, 1938. Letter (and bibliography) from Paige Temple to George R. Bushnell on letterhead from "The Office of Mies van der Rohe"; Dec. 13, 1972. Invitation and donation card to the Mies van der Rohe Lecture Series, sponsored by Illinois Institute of Technology; March 1973. Published brochure and two-page "Building...
Dates: 1938-1980
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

 Collection
Identifier: 036.04.01
Description of the Collection

127 boxes of photographs of Illinois Institute of Technology campus, events, and people. Most photos are presumed to be taken by Communication and Marketing Office for various campus publications. Subjects and photographers are sometimes identified. The photos are in various formats: prints, negatives, and contact sheets, and some slides and transparencies. Most images are in black and white and most date from 1980 and before.

Dates: 1905-1999; Majority of material found within 1940-1980
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Origins and Development of Evening Undergraduate Education in Chicago: 1891-1939

 Collection
Identifier: 000.01.09
Description of the Collection

The Origins and Development of Evening Undergraduate Education in Chicago: 1891-1939 by Sandra Averitt Cook. This is a doctoral dissertation submitted to Loyola University of Chicago in 1993. Chapters 7 and 8 discuss, in detail, the history of evening undergraduate programs at Armour Institute of Technology and Lewis Institute.

Dates: 1993
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Pearl Haegele Uebele, 1927-1930

 Collection
Identifier: 002.04.15
Description of the Collection

An Armour Institute pennant, possibly made by Pearl Haegele Uebele, either for her her husband George Uebele, who graduated from Armour Institute in 1927, or for her brother Allen Haegele, who graduated from Armour in 1930. The item is accompanied by two photos (one each) of Allen Haegele and George Ueberle, along with brief careeer histories of the two men. Artifact.

Dates: 1927-1930
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Real Estate and IRS records, 1918-1977

 Collection
Identifier: 030.05.01
Description of the Collection The bulk of the collection consists of real estate materials and IRS filings. Real estate materials concern mortgages held as investments by Armour and Lewis Institutes and Lewis campus properties with values and maintenance expenses, ca 1938. Includes a Plat map of Lewis campus showing buildings and vacant lots, as well as notes, correspondence, insurance values, and legal descriptions of State St. area properties acquired in 1940s. Collection includes information regarding the Vendome...
Dates: 1918-1977; Majority of material found within 1920-1939; Majority of material found within 1975-1977
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Russell Walker photographs, 1917

 Collection
Identifier: 002.05.14
Description of the Collection

Scans of a photograph album showing images of military training activities at Armour Institute of Technology during World War I. The photograph album was made by Russell Walker, one of the program's enrollees. The scans include identification as marked on the original pages by Walker. The scanned pages contain a total of 25 photos.

Dates: 1917
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

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