Illinois Institute of Technology

Description of the Collection

Materials related to the activities of Stein & Co. and Mesirow/Stein in regard to the Lohan Master Plan activities, 1996-1997.

Description of the Collection Pre-construction planning documents related to the programmatic uses of the building which came to be known as the McCormick Tribune Campus Center on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. Items as follows: Richard H. Driehaus Foundation International Design Competition/Competition Process and Procedures; July 15, 1997 Memorandum from Donna Robertson to Campus Center Committee "Campus Center program"; Nov. 10, 1997 Report: New Campus Center; report by Holabird & Root; ca. Nov....

Description of the Collection

Illinois Institute of Technology's McCormick Tribune Campus Center printed matter, including publications, brochures and promotional materials resulting from the planning, development and construction stages of the MTCC, also preliminary landscaping plans.

Content Description From the Collection:

This collection includes drawings, plans, blueprints, and other materials stored in the East Map Case. These materials are not all from the same source, nor are they a coherent collection by any factor other than that they are all stored together. See folder listings for an inventory of the items in this collection.

Description of the Collection This collection consists of oversize presentation boards with images (concept designs, architects' drawings, blueprints) of various physical and architectural development projects on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology and surrounding Bronzeville area redevelopment executed as part of the university's long-range plans begun ca. 1998. Projects documented include the following: Mies Campus (reproductions of historic images), 1941 and later; "Reurbanization", 1998; Main Campus Master...

Scope and Contents These large scale (1"=80') plans cover the area of campus bounded by 30th Street, 35th Street, Michigan Avenue. and the New York Central railroad tracks. Sheet 1: Plat Plan for Planned Development of IIT Plat map showing parcel lines and number for all property lots. Sheet 2: Ultimate Development Plan for Planned Development of IIT Shows "Building Legend and Data" (academic, housing, service buildings, square feet and cubic feet...

Scope and Contents

Two blueprint plans for campus housing, each including Farr Hall and different potential layouts for the campus fraternity houses.

Description of the Collection

Two items related to the Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel of St. Saviour: 1) Flyer with brief information about Carr Chapel; probably issued as a publicity piece shortly after the building was opened in 1952. 2) Article by Margaret M. Grubiak, "Educating the Moral Scientist: The Chapels at I.I.T. and M.I.T.," published in ARRIS: Journal of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (volume 18, 2007) (entire volume on file; gift of Margaret Grubiak)

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...

Scope and Contents

Plan includes academic, research, & housing buildings and parking lots.