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Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Gas Technology

 Organization

Biography

The Institute of Gas Technology was founded in 1941 by leaders of the U. S. gas industry with the mission "to specialize in scientific instruction and research pertaining to the production, distribution, and utilization of gas and its byproducts.' The Institute has since broadened its scope to include other energy sources and environmental protection and remediation."1 IGT was initially located on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology, and occupied a complex of buildings built there for it between 1941 and 1977. In 1994 IGT moved its operations to Des Plaines, Illinois; it is now know as Gas Technology Institute.

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Melvin T. Tracht papers, 1970-1982

 Collection
Identifier: 030.04.02
Description of the Collection Records of Melvin T. Tracht, Treasurer of Illinois Institute of Technology in his role as a member of the Illinois Institute of Technology and IIT Research Institute Boards of Trustees. Bulks with financial materials including budgets, balance sheets, and annual reports. IIT-related files include executive committee reports, financial committee materials, bylaws and resolutions. Other topics include Crystal Lake property, endowment funds, Institute of Gas Technology, enrollment, tuition,...
Dates: 1970-1982; Majority of material found within 1976-1977

MMAE and IGT reports, 1942-1989

 Collection
Identifier: 004.03.11
Description of the Collection

Reports related to Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute of Gas Technology and the Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering Department's Solar Energy Heat Transfer Laboratory.

Dates: 1942-1989

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

Office of the General Counsel records, 1945-1989

 Collection
Identifier: 033.01.02
Description of the Collection Documents from IIT's Office of the General Counsel, documenting two cases of long-term legal concern to IIT: 1) sex discrimination charges filed by former IIT psychology professor Helen Cohen regarding her failure to obtain tenure in 1971 and her subsequent placement in "terminal" status (1971-ca. 1985; four files); and 2) a file documenting IIT's contractual arrangements with the Institute for Gas Technology (1948-1988). Also present is a copy of the IIT president's report from 1972-73 and...
Dates: 1945-1989; Majority of material found within 1971-1989

Plat of Survey, Institute of Gas Technology, June 1, 1963

 Item
Scope and Contents

This plat of survey covers "the north 213.0 Ft. of the South 431 Ft of Basset's subdivision of the s/e 1/4 of block 16 of Canal Trustees Subdivision of Section 33, Township 39 North, range 14 East of the third principal meridian."

Two plans are included, one in duplicate.

Dates: June 1, 1963

Publications From Illinois Institute of Technology

 Collection
Identifier: 040.01.02
Description of the Collection The serial publication titled Publications From Illinois Institute of Technology (or Publications Of Illinois Institute of Technology) was an index (with citations) of publications authored by graduate students of IIT (the college and graduate school) and faculty, and by staff (research scientists) of Armour Research Foundation and Institute of Gas Technology. Published annually in December; includes a listing of recipients of advanced degrees, Ph. D. dissertation abstracts and Master's...
Dates: 1952-1965

Richard T. Smith photographs, 1951

 Collection
Identifier: 004.01.07
Description of the Collection

Seven black and white photographs of Illinois Institute of Technology campus buildings taken by electrical engineering student Richard T. Smith in 1951.

Dates: 1951

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Record Type
Collection 16
Archival Component 1
 
Subject
College buildings 3
Research, Industrial 3
Serial publications 3
Campus planning 2
College buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago 2

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