The Frontier collection, 1938-1970

Collection

Identifier: 031.04.07

Staff Only

Includes articles about and photographs of people and projects associated with the Research Foundation's activities.

Register of issues

1938-1941, volumes 1-4: Bound volume
1942-1945, volumes 5-8: Bound volume
1946-1949, volumes 9-12: Bound volume
1950-1953, volumes 13-16: Bound volume, contains an index for vol. 1-15.
1954-1957, volumes 17-20: Bound volume
1958-1960, volumes 21-22: Bound volume
1961-1963, volumes 23-24: Bound volume
1964-1966, volumes 25-27: Bound volume
June, 1938, volume 1, no. 3: Loose
December, 1938, volume 1, no. 5: Loose. This issue missing from bound volume
March, 1943, volume 6, no. 1: Loose
June, 1949, volume 12, no. 2: Loose
September, 1949, volume 12, no. 3: Loose
December, 1949, volume 12, no. 4: Loose
June, 1951, volume 14, no. 2: Loose . Water damaged copy.
December, 1952, volume 15, no. 4: Loose
March, 1953, volume 16, no. 1: Loose
March, 1954, volume 17, no. 1: Loose
Autumn, 1961, volume 23, no. 2: Loose
Spring-Summer, 1962, volume 23, no. 4: Loose
Winter, 1963, volume 24, no. 1: Loose
Spring, 1963, volume 24, no. 2: Loose
Summer, 1963, volume 24, no. 3: Loose
Autumn, 1963, volume 24, no. 4: Loose . 2 copies
Spring, 1964, volume 25, no. 1: Loose . 2 copies
Summer, 1964, volume 25, no. 2: Loose . 2 copies
Autumn, 1964, volume 25, no. 3: Loose
Autumn, 1965, volume 26, no. 3: Loose
Spring, 1967, volume 28, no. 1: Loose . 2 copies
Summer, 1967, volume 28, no. 2: Loose . 2 copies
Summer, 1968, volume 29, no. 1: Loose . 2 copies
Spring, 1969, volume 29, no. 2: Loose . 2 copies
Winter, 1969, volume 29, no. 3(?): Loose . 3 copies
Winter, 1970, volume 30, no. 1: Loose . 4 copies

Dates

Creation: 1938-1970

Creator

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

Language of Materials

Records are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for Research

Collection Size

8 bound volumes

1 Box

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

The Frontier was a 12-page periodical (later issues were larger) publication of the Research Foundation of Armour Institute (later the Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology). Per volume 1, number 1, page 2 "The Frontier...will recount the progress of...the line dividing the wilderness from civilization, the known from the unknown... -the advances it has made in the past - the directions it may take in the future. Coming to you bi-monthly [later, quarterly] from the Research Foundation of Armour Institute of Technology, it will bring scientific news of today and tomorrow."