ARF dessert plate, 1940
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
- 1940
Creator
- Armour Research Foundation (U.S.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Research
Collection Size
1 Item (plate )
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.
Provenance
Formerly 2006.015
Processor
Catherine Bruck, University Archivist
Creator
- Armour Research Foundation (U.S.) (Organization)
Part of the Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections Repository