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Description of the Collection

Three printed copies/sheets of the alphabet in capital letters, followed by punctuation marks and the numbers 0 through 9; all done in a Copper Plate Typeface that was customized by John R. Bowman. Bowman developed this typeface in the early 1960s for use in the Federal Center, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, in downtown Chicago. The font subsequently became the one used by Mies' architectural office.

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"II Hand Painted Tie" by Laura Volkerding, dated 1963.

Description of the Collection Materials related to the Magda Heuermann miniatures collection. Includes correspondence, inventories, and internal memos created by administrative office.The collection also includes an 8-page article in French "Miniatures et Miniaturistes" with reproductions of significant miniatures. This item may be one of the articles referred to in the correspondence as being sent to IIT by Heuermann. (Oversize folder.)The collection also includes photocopies of materials in the...

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Original "Big Eyes" painting (oil or acrylic on board, matted and framed) signed MDH Keane on front. Pencil numbers on the back are: T100-3612-1129-ILL and OSO2684 at top; 2091 (or 1602 or 1607?) at bottom.

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35 mm slides, apparently representing three unrelated sets as follows: 1) Graphs showing results of a scientific experiment probably used in a lecture or presentation on materials fatigue (56 slides), 2) Color images of a precision steel tool or cutting device (38 slides), 3) A camper-type trailer, perhaps a mobile laboratory, color, slide mounts dated 1970 (6 slides).

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National Society of Black Engineers NSBE/Essence Awards poster.

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The Origins and Development of Evening Undergraduate Education in Chicago: 1891-1939 by Sandra Averitt Cook. This is a doctoral dissertation submitted to Loyola University of Chicago in 1993. Chapters 7 and 8 discuss, in detail, the history of evening undergraduate programs at Armour Institute of Technology and Lewis Institute.

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Paul Gauguin: So Much Light, So Much Mystery (Feb. 8, 1959 WNBQ Production): Sound, ca. 30 min. A film about about the life and work of Paul Gauguin, accompanied by a tour of a Gauguin exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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16 mm film labeled "Scientists at laboratory equipment and computers." Film is B & W, silent, 4¾" diameter, ca. 10 min.

Description of the Collection

One 16 mm film labaled, "Shakespeare, Aug. 1962." The film is in color, silent, 16mm 3½" diameter, ca. 5 min., Perforated number 72566334.