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031/02. Research Projects

 Record Group Term
Identifier: 031/02

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Snow Cruiser expansion collection, 1937-1939

 Collection
Identifier: 031.02.05
Description of the Collection Miscellaneous materials about the Snow Cruiser, primarily a 28-page photocopy of The Snow Cruiser: The Story of Its Conception and Construction and the Part it Will Play in the Expedition of the United States Antarctic Service by Alexander Schreiber, Public Relations Counsel, Research Foundation of Armour Institute of Technology (Project No. 1-89 [?]) Copyright 1939, Armour Research Foundation. Also miscellaneous news clippings. The following item was added to this collection by C....
Dates: 1937-1939

Nuclear Reactor Press release, 1956

 Collection
Identifier: 031.02.02
Abstract A nuclear reactor was built in 1956 by North American Aviation, Inc. for Armour Research Foundation on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. The reactor was located in ARF's Physics & Electrical Engineering Research Building (aka, PER Building). The reactor was the first one built in the United States to be used for non-military industrial research. Armour Research Foundation, a private research laboratory affiliated with Illinois Tech, did contact work for both...
Dates: 1956

IITRI Publication records, 1973-1983

 Collection
Identifier: 031.02.01
Description of the Collection

Printed lists of research papers published from 1973- 1983, including Authors, Project Number, Title, place published and division/department supporting.

Dates: 1973-1983; Majority of material found in 1973-1983

Snow Cruiser in Life Magazine, 1939

 Collection
Identifier: 031.02.06
Description of the Collection

Issue of Life magazine from Nov. 13, 1939 with one-page article (pg. 28), "Giant Snow Cruiser Comes to Grief in Ohio Cow Pasture," citing problems encountered on its trial run from Chicago to Boston; includes four photographs.

Dates: 1939

Snow Cruiser stamp cover, 1941

 Collection
Identifier: 031.02.08
Description of the Collection Cancelled stamp cover commemorating the Snow Cruiser's arrival at the South Pole; cancellation dated May 6, 1941, Boston, Mass. Cover shows drawing of Snow Cruiser with plane mounted on top. Markings: on obverse: The Snow Cruiser Reaches the South Pole/Defense plans halted/Byrd Antarctic Expedition III/in south polar regions/Lat. 78 degrees 30' S. Long. 163 degrees 30' W./Research Foundation of the Armour Institute of Technology. On reverse: Registered No. 6932/Carried from Little America by...
Dates: 1941

Snow Cruiser in Popular Mechanics, 1939

 Collection
Identifier: 031.02.07
Description of the Collection

Issue of Popular Mechanics (October, 1939, Vol. 72, No. ) with cover image (color drawing) and article on the Snow Cruiser explaining how the retractable wheels work. Includes illustrations. Pages 494, 495, and 151A.

Dates: 1939

Armour Research Foundation project reports, 1949-1953

 Collection
Identifier: 031.02.04
Abstract Crane Co.; 10/07/1949; 1. 50-116; none ;Renewal of Contract, R & D on Cast Iron Enamelware; Crane Co.; 05/15/1950; none. 50-350; none; Renewal of Contract, R & D on Cast Iron Enamelware; Crane Co.; 12/01/1950; none. None; 5-766 G; R & D on Cast Iron Enamelware; Crane Co.; 01/01/1950; 1. None; 5-766 G; R & D on Cast Iron Enamelware; Crane Co.; 02/15/1950; 2. None; 5-766 G; R & D on Cast Iron Enamelware; Crane Co.; 04/01/1950; 3. None; 5-766 G; R & D on Cast Iron...
Dates: 1949-1953

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