Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
127 boxes of photographs of Illinois Institute of Technology campus, events, and people. Most photos are presumed to be taken by Communication and Marketing Office for various campus publications. Subjects and photographers are sometimes identified. The photos are in various formats: prints, negatives, and contact sheets, and some slides and transparencies. Most images are in black and white and most date from 1980 and before.
Dates
- Creation: 1905-1999
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1940-1980
Creator
- Illinois Institute of Technology (Organization)
Language of Materials
Records are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Research
Conditions Governing Use
Some individual photographs may not be reproduced.
Collection Size
128 Boxes
Biographical Note
Illinois Institute of Technology was formed in 1940 with the merger of Armour Institute of Technology and Lewis Institute. Both of these institutions were turn of the century trade and technical colleges founded by bequests from Chicago philanthropists: Philip D Armour and Allen C Lewis. As laid out in their bequests, both Lewis Institute and Armour Institute were progressive institutions that served a diverse group of Chicago area students, many first or second generation immigrants. But while Lewis Institute focused on coeducational liberal arts education, Armour Institute increasingly became exclusively a men's’ engineering school. In 1940, after several years of struggling with finances an enrollment, Lewis Institute joined Armour Institute. With the addition of liberal arts, Armour Institute of Technology transitioned from a trade school to a university: Illinois Institute of Technology. IIT soon expanded further when Institute of Design joined in 1949, solidifying IIT’s impressive architecture and design faculty. In 1969 Chicago Kent College of Law joined, and Stuart School of Business was established, rounding out the programs you see today.
Arrangement of the Collection
Multiple additions have been made as more photos are found in other collections. Series reflect the different accessions that make up the collection. Some series are additionally organized by topic, but most have been left as found.
Arrangement
- Series I
- Found in collection, 1940-1980
- Series II
- Mounted black and white prints, 1960s-1970s
- Series III
- Music probably for university publications, 1960s-1970s
- Series IV
- "Construction Files" primarily photos used in publications, 1940-1970s
- Series V
- Early photos, possibly related to Lewis Institute, 1930s
- Series VI
- Found in collection
- Series VII
- Oversize images for publications, Technology and Human Affairs, ca. 1980s & 1990s
- Series VIII
- Oversize group shots
- Series IX
- Miscellaneous subjects, mostly negatives, 1970s and 2003
- Series X
- "Pink Label" alphabetical files continued from Box TT, 1940s- 1950s
- Series XI
- Part of acc. no. 1992.3
- Series XII
- Possibly used in Technology and Human Affairs
- Series XIII
- Assorted black & white images for publications, 1970s
- Series XIV
- IIT, 1950s-1960s
- Series XV
- Buildings, black and white prints, 1940s- 1960s
- Series XVI
- Portraits, 4 x 5" B & W negatives
- Series XVII
- Mounted oversize photos, B & W
- Series XVIII
- B & W prints
- Series XIX
- Unidentified portraits, 1960s & 1970s
- Series XX
- Identified portraits, proof sheet and negatives, ca. 1968-1973
- Series XXI
- Alphabetical portrait series, 1970s-980s
- Series XXII
- Images from IIT publications, prints & negatives, 1960-ca. 1972
- Series XXIII
- "Pink Label" folders continued from TT, 1940s – 1950s
- Series XXIV
- A-V photographs
- Series XXV
- Staff photos by department, 1970s
- Series XXVI
- Photos from Public Relations/Communication & Marketing, 1970s-1980s
- Series XXVII
- Mounted images probably from exhibits, transferred in 2003
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Formerly 1998.199
Appraisal
This collection is primary source of images related to IIT; however, as a found-in-collection collection, most of the photos are undated and unidentified as to specific people and events depicted, and most images are undated and photographers are unidentified.
Existence and Location of Copies
Separated Materials
Aerial campus photographs were removed. Lewis Institute photographs (Box D) have been moved to the Lewis collection. Some logs and non-photo materials have been removed.
Processor
Catherine Bruck, University Archivist
- Anniversaries
- Class reunions
- College buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago
- College campuses -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Commencement ceremonies
- Illinois Institute of Technology -- Administration
- Illinois Institute of Technology -- Alumni and alumnae
- Illinois Institute of Technology -- Faculty
- Illinois Institute of Technology -- Students
- Students--Social life and customs
Creator
- Illinois Institute of Technology (Organization)
Subject
- Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) (Organization)
- Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Design (Organization)
- Illinois Institute of Technology. College of Architecture (Organization)
- Illinois Institute of Technology. Institute of Gas Technology (Organization)
- Armour Research Foundation (U.S.) (Organization)
- Armour Institute of Technology (Organization)
- IIT Research Institute (Organization)
- Chicago-Kent College of Law (Organization)
- Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of Marketing and Communications (Organization)
- Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of Communications and Marketing (Organization)
Part of the Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections Repository