Lykos, Peter

Description of the Collection This collection contains materials produced by the Computation Center (also known as the Computer Center) at Illinois Institute of Technology.The collection includes the IIT User's Manual, a book produced by, and for use in, the Computation Center at IIT. Authored or edited by Peter Lykos, Acting Director of the Center, ca. 1964. Tabbed sections in the book include: Purpose, Facilities, Procedures and Operations, Programming Systems (no pages in this section), Library Programs,...

Description of the Collection Collection consists of a memo and attachment from Illinois Institute of Technology professor Peter Lykos to IIT Pres. John Anderson concerning certificates given "to each of the 15,000 high school students and 1,200 high school teachers who completed computer programming class using IITRAN." A copy of the certificate, which was a computer punch card is included as the attachment. The card reads: "Illinois Institute of Technology Computation Center" and "This is to certify that __________ has...

Description of the Collection From 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.

Content Description From the Collection:

Office files from two of IIT's presidents, Meyer Feldberg (1987-1989) and Lewis Collens (1990-2007). Contents fall into physical series such as correspondence (personal and corporate), fundraising, and events.

Description of the Collection

Materials by Peter Lykos, faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at Illinois Institute of Technology, related to the history of computer science curriculum at IIT circa 1959-1999.