Illinois Institute of Technology
Organization
Found in 340 Collections and/or Records:
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
IIT Day on Capitol Hill collection, 2008
Collection
Identifier: 039.01.45
Description of the Collection
Twenty-one foam core poster boards, containing texts, diagrams and images illustrating IIT's research contributions to important national interests. These poster boards served to anchor the talking points of IIT President John Anderson as he addressed various members of the Illinois Congressional delegation in Washington, D.C. on April 29, 2008.This poster board collection contains summary boards that broadly sketch an entire area of research activity. These are each matched...
Dates:
2008
IIT film, 1956-1957
Collection
Identifier: 039.01.31
Description of the Collection
Black & white, silent film identified as "IIT 1956-1957" with images of Illinois Institute of Technology campus and buildings. Original format is 16 mm film; physical surrogate available in BetaCamSP. See staff for access to MP4 video file. Internal evidence very strongly suggests that most of the film was shot in the spring of 1957. Example: I.D. students showing their projects to instructors at mid-point in the film include some who graduated from IIT in mid-1957 (Maureen...
Dates:
1956-1957
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- Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) 14
- Student activities 13
- Special events 12
- Architectural drawings (visual works) 11
- Fund raising 11
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- Architecture--Designs and plans 9
- Audio-visual materials 9
- Anniversaries 8
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- College buildings--Planning 8
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- Universities and colleges--Accreditation 6
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- World War, 1939-1945 5
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- Chicago (Ill.) 4
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- Printed ephemera 4
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- African Americans college students 3
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- College campuses -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
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- Community development, Urban 3
- Directories 3
- Electric power distribution 3
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- Women 3
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- 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
- Financial statements 2
- Fire protection engineering 2
- Greek letter societies 2
- Halls of fame 2 ∧ less
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