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Found in 400 Collections and/or Records:

IIT artifacts and papers, 1940

 Collection
Identifier: 039.01.20
Description of the Collection

Manuscripts (unprocessed) and two fabric banners related to Illinois Institute of Technology.

Dates: 1940

IIT book covers

 Collection
Identifier: 039.01.36
Description of the Collection

Plastic coated paper book covers of the type frequently used by students to protect text books in the 1950s and 1960s. (Cover folds to accommodate books of various sizes).

Dates: 1955-1965

IIT Campus Aerial photographs, 1940-2002

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.25
Description of the Collection Aerial photographs of IIT's main campus on South State Street and surrounding neighborhoods. Some photos include the Chicago Loop skyline or Lake Michigan horizon. Photos are in print (generally 8" x 10") format for earlier years and 35mm contact sheets (ca. 24 to 36 images per 8" x 10" sheet), slides, and some photocopies for later years. With few exceptions, these aerial survey photos were taken annually from 1940 until ca. 1968 (which represents the final build-out of the IIT campus) by...
Dates: 1940-2002

IIT Campus Roots Quiz collection, 1990

 Collection
Identifier: 017.02.03
Abstract The IIT Centennial celebration was held from May 1990 - May 1991 with a series of events and activities, and according to the item catalogued here, the establishment of the IIT Archives. The date actually commemorated is the reported date of the "Million Dollar Sermon" which led to the creation of Armour Institute in 1890, and does not, in fact, represent the centennial date of Illinois Institute of Technology as it was formed in 1940 by the merger of Armour Institute and Lewis Institute,...
Dates: 1990

IIT Centennial collection, 1990

 Collection
Identifier: 017.02.05
Description of the Collection

One fabric banner, 31 x 98" long; blue with white lettering reading "Illinois Institute of Technology" and "IIT AT 100". Also, one lapel pin, red enamel on silver; reads "IIT at 100." Artifact.

Dates: 1990

IIT Challenge Campaign announcement video, 1996

 Collection
Identifier: 032.02.17
Scope and Contents

Audio-visual tape recordings of Nov. 20, 1996 Illinois Institute of Technology Board of Trustees reception in Crown Hall at which the $120 million dollar Galvin-Pritzker pledge was announced.

Dates: 1996

IIT Challenge Campaign collection, 1997-2001

 Collection
Identifier: 032.02.14
Description of the Collection

Materials related to the IIT Challenge Campaign. Includes promotional brochures, publicity, progress reports, etc. Folder 1 is restricted and contains a Progress Report for the week ending Nov. 14, 1997. Folder 2 contains printed materials.

Dates: 1997-2001

IIT Challenge Campaign posters, 1997

 Collection
Identifier: 032.02.13
Description of the Collection Six oversize posters (24"x36" and 26"x36") mounted on foam core promoting the IIT Challenge Campaign. Three posters feature head shots of faculty and students: one reading "Brain Gain" shows eight individuals (including Leon Lederman, Sanjida Chowdhury, and Matt Marcus), one shows student Sanjida Chowdhury, one shows student Matt Marcus. The other three posters are a set titled Accelerating Pace of Progress 1993-1997 with a timeline featuring the National Commission for IIT, Neighborhood...
Dates: 1997

IIT Chronicle collection, 1976-1995

 Collection
Identifier: 040.01.05
Description of the Collection The IIT Chronicle was a serial publication containing statistical information on student enrollment at Illinois Institute of Technology . It also includes data on faculty, degrees awarded, revenues and expenditures. See register of issues below. June 1976 Vol. 1, no.1, Statistics for academic year 1974-1975 (2 copies) February 1977 No volume/issue designation, Statistics for academic year 1975-1976 April 1978 ...
Dates: 1976-1995

IIT Community Newsletter collection, 1971-1973

 Collection
Identifier: 040.01.03
Description of the Collection IIT Community Newsletter was a hand-produced, 4-page, bi-weekly (?) newsletter produced by “an agency of various [campus] organizations” as a means to “facilitate communication among the various faculty, staff, students, and resident organizations at IIT” (per the first issue). Bob Nisbett was its editor. Publication has an underground quality to its coverage and editorial perspective. Topics discussed include: St. Savior chapel activities, women’s issues, campus food co-ops, Community...
Dates: 1971-1973

Additional filters:

Record Type
Collection 340
Archival Component 60
 
Subject
Campus planning 50
Architecture--Designs and plans 49
College campuses 44
College buildings 42
Serial publications 36
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College students 22
College students--Recruiting 17
Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae 17
Universities and colleges--Faculty 15
Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) 14
Special events 13
Student activities 13
Architectural drawings (visual works) 11
Dormitories 11
Fund raising 11
College buildings--Planning 10
Parking lots 10
Audio-visual materials 9
Landscape architecture 9
Anniversaries 8
Awards 8
Research 8
School enrollment 8
Blueprints 7
Brochures 7
Commencement ceremonies 7
Computers 6
Photographs 6
Printed ephemera 6
Universities and colleges--Accreditation 6
Universities and colleges--Administration 6
Universities and colleges--Employees 6
Universities and colleges--Graduate work 6
Aerial photographs 5
Engineering--Research 5
Illinois Institute of Technology -- Faculty 5
Real property--Maps 5
Scholarships 5
Statistics 5
Student publications 5
Universities and colleges--Finance 5
Video recordings 5
World War, 1939-1945 5
Chicago (Ill.) 4
College presidents--Inauguration 4
Congresses and conventions 4
Electrical engineering 4
Endowments 4
Green technology 4
High schools 4
Marketing 4
Minutes (Records) 4
Newsletters 4
Seminars 4
Social life and customs 4
Strategic planning 4
Universities and colleges--Curricula 4
African Americans college students 3
Art--Exhibitions 3
Athletics 3
Banners 3
Collectibles 3
College buildings--Design and construction 3
College campuses -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
College sports 3
College student newspapers and periodicals 3
College student orientation 3
Community development, Urban 3
Directories 3
Electric power distribution 3
Engineering 3
Fraternal organizations 3
Lectures and lecturing 3
Maps 3
Motion pictures 3
Nuclear reactors 3
Programs (Publications) 3
Scholarships, fellowships, etc 3
Student financial aid administration 3
Student housing 3
Students--Social life and customs 3
Universities and colleges--Planning 3
Women 3
Women engineering students 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Schools 3
Architecture 2
Architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Balls (Parties) 2
Class reunions 2
College buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
College students--Political activity 2
Computer engineering 2
Counseling in higher education 2
Design 2
Distance education 2
DuPage County (Ill.) 2
Education (Graduate) 2
Education--Illinois--Chicago 2
Educational change 2
Engineering -- Study and teaching (Secondary) 2
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