Illinois Institute of Technology

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.

Scope and Contents

Shows 30th to 35th St., Michigan Ave. to railroad. Plan does not include Architecture or Library buildings.

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The plan shows "Future Architecture & Applied Arts Building" (on the site now occupied by Siegel Hall), "Future Library and Administration Building" (on the site now occupied by Hermann Hall), and a "Future Auditorium."

Scope and Contents

Plat map, scale 1"=100'.

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Shows 30th to 35th Sts., Michigan to Railroad. Coded to show completed and proposed buildings. Also shows widened State St. with overpasses and pedestrian bridges at 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, & 35th streets.

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Color coded to show "New-Present," "Old," & "Government-Temporary" buildings.

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Pencil markings include "barracks" and "air craft hanger."

Description of the Collection

Materials related to the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus which was listed on the Register Aug. 12, 2005. Includes the research documentation complied by Mark Kasprzyk and Douglas Gilbert of McClier (work contracted by IIT) and submitted to the Commission of Chicago Landmarks with approval from the Illinois State Historic Preservation Officer.

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.

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...