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037. Buildings and Campus

 Record Group
Identifier: 037

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Lohan Master Plan records, 1996

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.06
Description of the Collection This collection created by Lohan Associates for IIT contains: 1) Main Campus Master Plan, being the proposal by Lohan Associates (Dirk Lohan, FAIA, President) for physical revitalization of Illinois Institute of Technology's main campus on the South Side of Chicago at 33rd and State Sts. This is the final draft, dated April 30, 1996, presented by IIT Pres. Lew Collens to the university's Board of Trustees. Proposal includes recommendations for renovations of Mies van der Rohe buildings,...
Dates: 1996

Lohan Master Plan records, 1996-1997

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.15
Description of the Collection

Materials related to the activities of Stein & Co. and Mesirow/Stein in regard to the Lohan Master Plan activities, 1996-1997.


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Dates: 1996-1997

McCormick Student Village collection, 1960-1995

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.08
Description of the Collection

Materials related to McCormick Student Village (student residence halls complex) and Robert R. McCormick Lounge (dedicated in January, 1960). Materials include programs from the 1960 dedication of the Robert R. McCormick Lounge, brochures, photographs, and a 1989 Preliminary Report from the McCormick Village Planning Committee.

Dates: 1960-1995

Mies & Modernism: The IIT Campus Tour

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.18
Description of the Collection Mies & Modernism: The IIT Campus Tour, a 57-page tour training manual for docents who provide walking tours of the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The manual has general information about Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the architecture program at IIT, the campus master plan and landscaping, as well as detailed architectural information about specific buildings. Also included is information about architects other than Mies who designed IIT buildings, campus outdoor sculptures, a...
Dates: 2001

National Register of Historic Places Nomination collection, 2005

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.26
Description of the Collection

Materials related to the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus which was listed on the Register Aug. 12, 2005. Includes the research documentation complied by Mark Kasprzyk and Douglas Gilbert of McClier (work contracted by IIT) and submitted to the Commission of Chicago Landmarks with approval from the Illinois State Historic Preservation Officer.

Dates: 2005

Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel of St. Savior collection, 1952-2007

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.03
Description of the Collection

Two items related to the Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel of St. Saviour: 1) Flyer with brief information about Carr Chapel; probably issued as a publicity piece shortly after the building was opened in 1952. 2) Article by Margaret M. Grubiak, "Educating the Moral Scientist: The Chapels at I.I.T. and M.I.T.," published in ARRIS: Journal of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (volume 18, 2007) (entire volume on file; gift of Margaret Grubiak)

Dates: 1952-2007

Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel of St. Savior, IIT

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.01
Description of the Collection

Presentation-style book apparently prepared and published by the Mies van der Rohe Society of IIT under the title "Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel of St. Savior, IIT," for presentation to donors supportive of the chapel's restoration. Contains ten pages of color photographs of the chapel's interior a brief history of the chapel. The final page reads "Thank you from the Mies van der Rohe Society and the IIT Community."

Dates: 2010

The IIT Center Campus Development -- IIT 2000

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.24
Description of the Collection Booklet: "The IIT Center Campus Development -- IIT 2000: Prepared November, 1979". 32pgs. Final report prepared for IIT by Schmidt, Garden & Erikson, Architects and Engineers. Color and black and white, with models, floor plans, landscaping, and campus schematics. Document proposes changes to landscaping, parking, and condos, and president's house to be built on IIT campus. No academic buildings addressed in proposal. Removal of Green Line El part of proposal. No further of this evidence...
Dates: 1979

Theodore Cable slides, 1951

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.61
Scope and Contents Fifteen 35 mm color slides of scenes around the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology, circa 1951. Original cardboard mounts read: Ansco Color/Processed by ColorLure Inc., Date/Chicago 36, Ill. Images are as follows: five slides of fraternities in the historic mansions on Michigan Ave. during Technorama, two slides of Chicago fire department vehicles near Michigan and 33rd Sts., two slides of historic Armour Institute of Technology/IIT buildings: Main Building, Amour...
Dates: 1951

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