037. Buildings and Campus

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)

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...

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.

Abstract

This collection is unprocessed. If you would like to request that a detailed inventory of this collection be made available, please contact the IIT Archives.

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...

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.

Content Description

This collection includes drawings, plans, blueprints, and other materials stored in the East Map Case. These materials are not all from the same source, nor are they a coherent collection by any factor other than that they are all stored together. See folder listings for an inventory of the items in this collection.

Description of the Collection Materials related to University Technology Park at IIT including, but not limited to, the following: Blueprint of first floor plan for building at 3440 South Dearborn St. (original design by Schmidt, Garden & Erickson, 1959-60; renovation by Cannon Design) dated 4/22/2005Two promotional information packet/folder with inserts, specifications, etc. for potential UTP clients, 2006/2007Photocopy of the 4-page index to the document "Sale of CRB [AKA...

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.

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)