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037/02. Main Campus and buildings

 Record Group Term
Identifier: 037/02

Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:

Alschuler Campus Plan brochures, 1940

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.16
Description of the Collection

Printed brochure published by Illinois Institute of Technology showing the "Campus Plan" (buildings and grounds design) done by architect Alfred S. Alschuler. The campus development proposal included buildings to be used by IIT and Armour Research Foundation.

Dates: 1940

Alumni Memorial Hall blueprints, 1945

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.50
Description of the Collection

Three pages of blueprints (27 x 41") for the Navy Building (later, Alumni Memorial Hall) by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Holabird & Root. Drawings are identified as First Floor Framing, drawing S2; 2nd Floor Framing, S3; and Roof Framing Plan, S4. All are dated 5/17/1945 and are identified as revisions of commission number 7774.

Dates: 1945

Campus Building blueprints, 1947-2005

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.47
Description of the Collection

16 sets of architectural drawings, blueprints, and plat maps.

Dates: 1947-2005

Campus Buildings films, 1963-1972

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.48
Description of the Collection

Three 16mm silent reel-to-reel films on 3.5" diameter spools (ca. 5 minutes each), identified as follows: 1) Paper labels on spool: 1972-Color; Campus Buildings 2) Paper label on canister: Anscochrome (color) AND Conway [Conway may identify the filmographer.] 3) On box: Order 54912/ R. Luoma; Campus. Date stamp on box is July 1965 [Note: Ralph Luoma was IIT campus photographer ca. 1963.]

Dates: Majority of material found within 1963-1972

Campus Maps collection, 1950-1971

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.46
Description of the Collection

Register of Illinois Tech campus maps: Date (No. of copies in IIT Archives) Ca. 1950 (1) 1968-1969 (3) 1969 (1) 1970 (2) Ca. 1970? (1) 1971 (2)

Dates: 1950-1971

Campus Models and Plans photographs, 1940-1990

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.17
Description of the Collection

76 photographs of architectural models, sketches, plans, drawings, etc. of the South State Street campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. An oversize folder holds 4 large images.

Dates: 1940-1990; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1965

IIT Campus Aerial photographs, 1940-2002

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.25
Description of the Collection Aerial photographs of IIT's main campus on South State Street and surrounding neighborhoods. Some photos include the Chicago Loop skyline or Lake Michigan horizon. Photos are in print (generally 8" x 10") format for earlier years and 35mm contact sheets (ca. 24 to 36 images per 8" x 10" sheet), slides, and some photocopies for later years. With few exceptions, these aerial survey photos were taken annually from 1940 until ca. 1968 (which represents the final build-out of the IIT campus) by...
Dates: 1940-2002

IITRI/IIT Buildings film

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.04
Description of the Collection

Apparently a film about IIT Research Institute and IIT campus buildings; 16 mm; Color; Silent; 4" d.; ca. 8 min.; on reel "IITRI Buildings/Campus Roofs/IIT Sign"; perforated number 725728931.

Dates: 1970

Kaplan Institute records, 2017

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.63
Content Description

19 Digital photographs of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel with Kaplan Institute architect and Illinois Tech faculty member John Ronan and other Illinois Tech administrators and staff, taken during the construction of the Kaplan Institute. Illinois Tech staff in the photos includes Jess Goode, Colette Porter, and Jimmy Akintonde.

Dates: 2017-08-29

L. R. Wilcox slides, 1938-1988

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.58
Description of the Collection This collection includes a slide program consisting of 58 slides and accompanying text. The program is entitled The Development of Illinois Institute of Technology Since its Formation in 1940 by L. R. Wilcox. The program was produced in 1977 and revised in 1988. The slide images date ca. 1938-1977. It primarily concerns buildings and locations on campus, lesser information on Professor S. I. Hayakawa's preservation effort for the Grand Theater and jazz lectures, and faculty development under...
Dates: 1938-1988

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