Illinois Institute of Technology

Scope and Contents The Building Reference Files collection consists of a mix of primary and secondary source material relating to the buildings and campuses of the Illinois Institute of Technology and its predecessor institutions. These files formerly served as "drop files" where archives staff collected clippings, ephemera, and photographs related to the buildings and campus, and as a result, many of the files consist wholly of secondary material (including photocopies and clippings from university...

Description of the Collection

Materials related to McCormick Student Village (student residence halls complex) and Robert R. McCormick Lounge (dedicated in January, 1960). Materials include programs from the 1960 dedication of the Robert R. McCormick Lounge, brochures, photographs, and a 1989 Preliminary Report from the McCormick Village Planning Committee.

Description of the Collection

Materials resulting from promotion and publicity of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center and State Street Village opening events. Includes materials produced and distributed by Illinois Institute of Technology as internal and mass mailing from project development and construction stages through opening events. Print media coverage and architectural reviews are included. Box 1 consists of manuscript material, box 2 of oversize materials, and box 3 of miscellaneous unprocessed material.

Description of the Collection Materials related to On-Campus Housing with information about rooms, meal plans, residence halls, services, and room and board costs. Contains: 1) brochure for New Men's Residence and Dining Hall, 1959; Memo of available housing, 1953- 1954; booklet Univeristy Apartments; brochure for Residence Halls Farr Hall- Fowler Hall, 1948; brochure for Residence Halls, 1959; brochure for Residence Halls, n.d.; Booklet of Residence Halls, n.d. 2) Apartments: Blank apartment lease agreements; brochure...

Description of the Collection Booklet: "The IIT Center Campus Development -- IIT 2000: Prepared November, 1979". 32pgs. Final report prepared for IIT by Schmidt, Garden & Erikson, Architects and Engineers. Color and black and white, with models, floor plans, landscaping, and campus schematics. Document proposes changes to landscaping, parking, and condos, and president's house to be built on IIT campus. No academic buildings addressed in proposal. Removal of Green Line El part of proposal. No further of this evidence...