Lewis Institute
Biography
The Lewis Institute was established through a provision in the will of Allen Cleveland Lewis (1821-1877) at the southeast corner of Madison and Robey (now Damen) Avenues. It was incorporated in 1896 as a four year high school with a focus on technical education. An engineering department was established in 1901 and a home economics department in 1912, both began awarding Bachelor of Science degrees in 1917. By 1918 Lewis Institute became a NCA accredited four year college, and the high school academy was discontinued. In 1940 the Lewis Institute and Armour Institute of Technology merged to create the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Armour, Lewis and IIT student transcripts, 1940-1969
Transcripts of students attending Lewis Institute, Armour Institute of Technology, Institute of Design, and Illinois Institute of Technology with graduation dates between 1940 and 1960.
Building Reference files, 1896-2013
Converging Visions: The Making of a University
Converging Visions: The Making of a University, an institutional history of Illinois Institute of Technology, written for popular audience and promotional use. 16 pages; ca. 1990. (10 copies)
First Twenty Years of Lewis Institute, 1935
Later, typed copy of "First Twenty Years of Lewis Institute, 1896 to 1916" by George N. Carman, the First Director of the school. The 34 page text describes the Institute’s founding and other noteworthy events in the school’s history as well as Carman's educational philosophy.
Henry Holmquest papers, 1928-1987
Papers and books by Henry Holmquest on a number of topics, most from the 1940s and 1950s. Also contains one schoolbook from Holmquest’s time at Lewis Institute, and a self-created volume of his early publications.
Institutional chronologies collection, 1963-1993
John M. Rise papers, 1918 & 1958
U. S. Army discharge papers - a 1918 "Copy for the American Red Cross File" and a 1958 "Certificate in lieu of lost of destroyed discharge" - for Private John M. Rise, 3 457 282. Inducted Oct. 21, 1918; honorably discharged Dec. 9, 1918. Also what appears to be the panorama-type photo of his unit (photo cannot be unrolled and viewed).
Lewis Annual yearbooks, 1903-1940
This collection cosists of copies of Lewis Annual, the yearbook of the Lewis Institute, published almost every year of the Lewis Institute's existence. Yearbooks include information on the graduating class, clubs, student organizations, teams, academic departments, photographs and drawings, and sometimes articles about school activities.
Lewis Institute student records, 1925-1940
Partial grade reports for Lewis Institute students with last names starting with N. Pages appear to have been cut in half and only the top portions remains.
Maximilian August Zink papers, 1911-1974
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