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Group photographs, 1915-1916
Collection
Identifier: 000.01.01
Description of the Collection
Two framed group photos of men (possibly Armour Institute of Technology students), dated 1915 and 1916.
Dates:
1915-1916
Guide to the Campus publication, 1986
Collection
Identifier: 006.02.13
Description of the Collection
A 24 page booklet written by Rolf Achilles and Charlotte Myhrum titled "Guide to the Campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology" describing the architectural history of 30 buildings on the IIT campus. A photograph of each building is included. Achilles holds copyright to text and images.
Dates:
1986
Gunsaulus Rare Books collection, 1920-1955
Collection
Identifier: 025.03.11
Description of the Collection
Materials concerning the Frank W. Gunsaulus Rare Books Collection, which he gifted to Armour Institute of Technology. Includes inventories of titles in the collection, correspondence regarding purchases and proposed sales of the books and historical values. Folder titles: Reference Materials; includes a copy of Catalogue of the Gunsaulus Collection by IIT Special Collections Librarian Vince Golden, 2001 Rare books collection/Folder 1 of 2 Rare books collection/Folder 2 of 2 Gunsaulus Rare...
Dates:
1920-1955
H. Lennart Pearson photographs, 1950-1959
Collection
Identifier: 037.08.19
Description of the Collection
Black and white photographs (3"x3") of Illinois Institute of Technology campus construction sites, including the removal of historical Bronzeville buildings on campus circa 1950-1959. The buildings under construction include Gunsaulus Hall, Carman Hall, Bailey Hall, Cunningham Hall, Fowler Hall, and the dorms which later came to be known as the McCormick Student Village. The buildings being razed include the Masser Hotel and Brown Hall. The collection also includes Student Independent 2:...
Dates:
1950-1959
Hall of Fame collection, 1980-2019
Collection
Identifier: 017.01.01
Description of the Collection
Materials related to Hall of Fame induction ceremonies of 1981, 2002 and 2015. Folder 1 contains an invitation to the induction ceremony for 1981, which honored inductees Marvin Camras, William F. Finkl, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Weymouth H. Kirkland, Thomas J. Moran, Donald Frederick Othmer, Harris Perlstein, and Dorothy Thompson. A booklet published in 1980 includes brief biographies on each Hall of Fame member. Folder 2 includes printed materials related to the May 21, 2002 dinner event hosted...
Dates:
1980-2019; 2002
Hall of Fame medal, 1980
Collection
Identifier: 017.01.02
Description of the Collection
IIT Hall of Fame medal presented to Harold Leonard Stuart, 1980. Medal is hung from a scarlet and gray grosgrain neck ribbon 17" long.
Dates:
1980
Harold Bretz collection, 1957-2000
Collection
Identifier: 038.01.40
Description of the Collection
Documents and photographs concerning Illinois Institute of Technology created or collected by Harold Bretz. Series 1, Manuscripts Correspondence (4 pages; 3/28/2000) from Bretz with reminiscences of Camp Armour, the Commons building, and Dean Clarence Deakins. Address given by Clarence Deakins, Dean of Students, (4 pages; April 1958) on the occasion of his departure from IIT after 12 years. Concerns the quality of educations at IIT. Series 2, Photographs 185 color slides (35mm) of campus...
Dates:
1957-2000; Majority of material found within 1957-1986
Harold M. Spector essay, 2002
Collection
Identifier: 003.06.04
Abstract
History of Physics Department at Illinois Institute of Technology By Harold N. Spector, Professor Emeritus, Biology, Chemistry and Physical Sciences 4th Revision, November 2002. The origin of the Physics Department at IIT goes back to the early years of Armour Institute of Technology, which is one of the predecessors of IIT, in 1890. At that time, there were only a few physics departments in the U. S. Some physics faculty from the Armour period who had some renown were W. R Smythe, who wrote...
Dates:
2002
Harper's Magazine, vol. 201, no. 1207
Collection
Identifier: 050.01.13
Description of the Collection
December 1950 issue of Harper's Magazine (vol. 201, no. 1207) containing an article (pp.86-97) titled "The Strangest Place in Chicago" by John Bartlow Martin which describes life in the Mecca apartment building at 34th and State streets.
Dates:
1950
Harry E. Biedinger papers, 1957
Collection
Identifier: 000.01.04
Description of the Collection
Original poetry by Harry E. Biedinger (d. 1958).
Dates:
1957