025/04. Galvin Library

Description of the Collection Materials related to the building which currently (as of 2005) houses the Paul V. Galvin Library on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago), designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in 1961. (Collection concerns the building, i.e., the structure, rather than the programs and administration of the library as an academic support activity of the university). Materials include the following: Three rolls of film (35 mm, color) negatives and prints of the 1985...

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Materials related to the Galvin Library: 1) materials related to the installation of the Innovacq Library System including budgets and training 2) Informational brochure about the Galvin Library, c.1993 3) Flyer for IIT Archives Lecture Series, 2008 4) Clerical Manual, ca. 1982 5) Clerical Manual, 1986 6) Agenda for IIT Libraries Working Group, 2008

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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.

Description of the Collection Photo album with 18 mounted prints (all identified), mostly black and white, of ceremonies and people at the dedication of the Paul V. Galvin Library on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago), Sept. 13, 1985. People identified in the photos include: Paul V. Galvin (image of his portrait); M/M Michael Galvin; M/M Andrew Affrunti; Lajos Schmidt; Michael Galvin; Chris Galvin; Robert Galvin; Mary Galvin; Helen Galvin; David Dowell; Pete Venema; Hazel Venema; Frederick Jaicks;...

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1) Materials sent to the library's director (David Dowell) from or about Thomas Martin as President, 1978-1987. 2) Materials sent to the library's director (David Dowell) from or about Meyer Feldberg as President-Elect and President, 1986-1989. 3) Materials sent to the library's director (Sohair Elbaz) from or about Lewis Collens as President, 1990-1992. 4) "Financial History of IIT From 1973-1974 Through 1983-1984" being a 14-page typed report with narrative, charts, and graphs.

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Materials produced by Vincent Golden on a hand press as examples of the hand printing process. Created by Golden during his tenure as Illinois Institute of Technology's Special Collections Librarian.

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...

Description of the Collection Set of 180 DAT tapes, labeled as "Set 2", which are the digital surrogates made by Versation Corp. of the wire recordings made by David Boder of Holocaust survivors in 1937. Surrogates were made by Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division for Galvin Library for posting on the Voices of the Holocaust website. The original set of tapes is assumed to be held by Library of Congress. Also included are 22 CD-ROMs which contain the same audio content in...

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Office Files of and records created by Christopher Stewart, Dean of Libraries. Some of them materials were created by prior library directors, David Dowell and Sohair ElBaz Wastawy.

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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.