ARF dessert plate, 1940

 Collection
Identifier: 031.09.02

Description of the Collection

One ceramic dessert plate, white with black letters "ARF" (for Armour Research Foundation) and black trim near edge. Marked on back: Liberty [illeg.] China/Albert Pick Co. Inc./ Chicago Illinois/McNicol China/Clarksburg/W. Va./U.S.A.

Dates

  • Creation: 1940

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Available for Research

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. It has since been 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. Its staff has included many AIT and IIT alums.

Full Extent

1 Item (plate )

Language of Materials

English

Provenance

Formerly 2006.015

Processor

Catherine Bruck, University Archivist

Title
Guide to ARF dessert plate, 1940
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Undetermined
Script of description
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Language of description note
Finding aid written in English

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