ARF/IITRI newsletters collection, 1944-1982

Collection

Identifier: 031.04.05

Staff Only

General newsletters published by ARF/IITRI under various headings. Incomplete run, contains the following issues. 1) ARF News Bulletin: No. 6, August, 1944; No. 7, October, 1944; No. 10, April, 1945; No. 11, May, 1945; No. 12, June, 1945. 2) ARF News: Vol. 1 No. 11, Dec. 1949; Vol. 2 No. 11, Nov. 1950; Vol. 2 No. 12, Dec. 1950; Vol. 3, No. 1, Jan. 1951; Vol. 3 No. 2, Feb. 1951; Vol. 3 No. 4, Apr. 1951; Vol. 3 No. 5, May 1951; Vol. 3, No.5, May 1951; Vol.3 No.8, Aug. 1951; Vol. 3 No. 8, Aug. 1951; Vol.3 No.9, Sept. 1951; Vol. 3 No. 11, Nov. 1951; Vol. 4 No. 3, March 1952; Vol. 4 No. 6, June 1952; Vol. 4 No. 7, July 1952; Vol. 4 No. 7, July 1952; Vol. 4 No. 9, Sept. 1952; Vo. 4 No. 10, Oct. 1952; Vol. 5 No. 1, Jan. 1953; Vol. 5 No. 2, Feb. 1953; Vol. 5 No. 3, March 1953; Vol. 5 No. 4, April 1953; Vol. 5 No. 5, May 1953; Vol. 5 No. 6, June 1953; Vol. 5 No. 8, Aug. 1953; Vol. 5 No. 9, Sept. 1953; Vol. 5 No. 11, Nov. 1953; Vol. 5 No. 12, Dec. 1953. 3) ARF News: Vol. 6 No. 1, Jan. 1954; Vol. 6 No. 3; March 1954; Vol. 6 No. 4, April, 1954; Vol. 6 No. 5, May 1954; Vol. 8 No. 4, April 1956; Vol. 13 No. 10, Oct. 1961; Vol. 13 No. 12, Dec. 1961; Vol. 14 No. 1, Jan. 1962; Vol. 14 No. 2, Feb. 1962; Vol. 14 No. 3, March 1962; Vol. 14 No. 5, May 1962; Vol. 14 No. 8, Sept. 1962; Vol. 14 No. 10, Oct. 1962; Vol. 14 No. 11, Nov. 1962; Vol. 14 No. 12, Dec. 1962; Vol. 15 No. 1, Jan. 1963; Vol. 15 No. 2, Feb. 1963; Vol. 15 No. 4, April 1963; Vol. 15 No. 5, May 1963; Vol. 15 No. 6, June 1963. 4) IITRI Newsletter: May 1981, November 1982

Dates

Creation: 1944-1982
Creation: Majority of material found in 1951-1963

Creator

Armour Research Foundation (U.S.) (Organization)

Language of Materials

Records are in English.

Collection Size

55 Issues

Additional Description

Biographical Note

Armour Research Foundation (ARF) was one of the first private, not-for-profit contract research laboratories in the United States. Begun in Chicago in 1936 by Armour Institute of Technology (AIT), ARF was acquired by Illinois Institute of Technology in 1940 when IIT was created by the merger of AIT and Lewis Institute. Re-named Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology, it was later reorganized as the IIT Research Institute (IITRI). Under all its iterations, the laboratory conducted research for commercial and government sources, expanding to an international operation. Per IIT President John L. Anderson's April e-newsletter to the campus community, "In 2002, Alion purchased the non-life-science assets of IIT Research Institute.... IITRI remains an IIT-controlled company and is led by David McCormick, who is also professor of biology at the university.... [In March 2010] the university received a cash payment...in exchange for our final holdings of bonds and warrants in Alion...." Source: IIT Archives (Chicago). Please cite source when quoting this information. Please send corrections or additional information about this topic to archives@iit.edu.