Paul V. Galvin Library

Description of the Collection Administrative files relating to operations of the Paul V. Galvin Library (on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago). The collection documents library services, programs, policies, and public activities. [Some materials here document the building as well, but a separate collection (q.v.) devoted specifically to the structure will be found as Acc. No. 1998.218. Photographs which primarily document renovation of the building are included in that collection.] Files were...

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Two bound notebooks with hand written entries logging the "Description of Problem/Event" handled by Galvin Library computer technicians. Books are titled Larry and Harris, presumably the names of the computers/servers being serviced. Book Larry has 29 pages of entries (1983-1992). Book Harris has only four entries (8 lines total) dated 1992-1995.

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Questionnaire distributed by Illinois Tech's Faculty Council and Galvin Library to determine level of use (by faculty and students) and adequacy of the Library's holdings. Collection includes 2 questionnaire cover memos (one to department chairs and one to survey recipients) and survey forms completed by faculty members.

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Materials relating to the celebration (Nov. 13, 1995) to mark the 100th birthday of Paul V. Galvin (for who the library is named) and the 10th anniversary of the re-dedication of the building. Collection includes printed invitations, announcements, and posters of the event which included the 1995 Trustee Lecture by Gov. George H. Ryan titled "Illinois and the Information Age."

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Four cork coasters, 3.75" square with IIT logo (triangle) incised on it. Reads "Paul V. Galvin Library/Illinois Institute of Technology." Back has felt covering. Artifact. Three labyrinth ribbons (one red and gold, one black and silver, one Blue and gold) designed by Laura Foster Nicholson and Ben Nicholson (design copyright Laura Foster Nicholson, 2002).

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Blueprint Sheet (31" x 47") by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill of first floor (i.e., upper level) plan of The John Crerar Library (later the Paul V. Galvin Library). Job number 5763; drawing number A-2. Scale 1/8" = 1'-0".

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Two color posters, (21 x 32") depicting early concept drawings of: 1) Lohan Master Plan with landscaping; 2) McCormick Tribune Campus Center.

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Office files documenting construction of various buildings on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. Drawings are generally not included, but the materials frequently include specifications, bids, contracts, financial information, etc.

Description of the Collection Collection contains Space Use Reports concerning building statistics and campus space use at Illinois Institute of Technology, including the university's Crystal Lake, IL campus. 1. Pure Oil Co. Research Center (Crystal Lake, IL) site plan and building floor plans dated 1961. 2. Campus Space Inventory, being original hand-drawn measured scaled floorplans dated 1967, apparently for every floor of the following campus buildings: Hermann Hall, Alumni Memorial Hall; Civil...

Description of the Collection Research material gathered and created by Galvin Library staff members Jan Figa, Vince Golden, and Alison Atkins Denton in support of Galvin Library's "Voices of the Holocaust" website, which features information on (as well as audio links to, and transcriptions of) the interviews conducted by Illinois Institute of Technology professor David P. Boder in displaced persons camps in Europe in 1946. Materials include photocopies from Dr. Boder's papers at the UCLA Special Collections (including...