IITRI dessert plate, 1969
Description of the Collection
One ceramic dessert plate, white with blue design at edge and reading IITRI; 6¼" diameter. Marked on back: Syralite by Syracuse 98-A U.S.A." Artifact.
Dates
- Creation: 1969
Creator
- IIT Research Institute (Organization)
Language of Materials
Records are in English.
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. 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)
Full Extent
1 Item
Provenance
Formerly 2005.008
Appraisal
Not of great historical value, but saved for its connection as an artifact of IITRI.
Processor
Catherine Bruck, University Archivist 4/11/2005
- Title
- Guide to IITRI dessert plate, 1969
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Part of the Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections Repository