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Alumni Hall Dedication invitation and program for May 29, 1946. Clippings from IIT publications, beginning with 1947 coverage of the completion of Alumni Hall and concluding with images from the 1986-87 student handbook of buildings that had been razed decades before for the construction of Alumni Hall.

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Clipped page from 1956-57 Annual Report of the President, containing an aerial view of "modern apartment buildings" on campus. Also, a ca. 1990 "Orientation" booklet with a section on "Apartments."

Scope and Contents Clippings from IIT publications of Armour Research Foundation buildings: 1) A page clipped from the 1943 Integral showing the construction of a new Armour Research Foundation building. 2) A page clipped from the 1954 Integral showing an older Armour Research Foundation building. 3) A page clipped from the President's Report, 1956-57, showing the new Armour Physics Research and Electrical Engineering Research Building. 4) A page clipped from the President's Report, 1957-58, showing a...

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Contains the following items: 1) Dedication Ceremony program for Bailey and Cunningham Halls, November 3, 1955. 2) Invitation to an Open House Tea to view new apartments in Bailey and Cunningham Halls, June 9, 1955.

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Clippings from IIT publications related to Brown Hall (formerly the Cudahy mansion) at 3254 S. Michigan: 1) A clipped page from the Graduate School Bulletin of 1943-44, reporting that the Graduate House at 33rd and Michigan had opened in the fall of 1939. 2) Two clipped pages from the 1961 Integral, containing five photographs of Brown Hall immediately before its demolition.

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14 renditions by artists (from an aerial perspective) integrating planned buildings among extant buildings. Many of these images have been lifted from IIT publications from the 1940s and 1950s (such as "The Is our Job: A Definition of Purpose," ca. 1941). Also present is one B&W photo of President John Rettaliata, Maynard P. Venema, and Vernon Armour standing alongside a model of proposed campus additions.

Scope and Contents Items clipped from IIT publications that document concerns and plans for the development of IIT's campus: 1) A copy of the front page of Technology News for January 14, 1941, announcing "Huge Building Plan for I.I.T.!" 2) A clipped portion of the front page of Technology News from October 14, 1941, with headline reading "IIT Receives $500,000 Gift." 3) A copy of the front page of Technology News for February 24, 1942, announcing "Expansion Fund Reaches $1,100,000. 4) A clipped photo from the...

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Clippings from IIT publications about Carman Hall, plus two Hedrich-Blessing photos (one taken inside the lobby, the other of the exterior). Programs for Dedication of Carman Hall, November 22, 1953.

Scope and Contents Descriptions of Carr Memorial Chapel (also known for some time as St. Savior's Chapel, Episcopal), clipped from various IIT publications. It also includes 8 black & white photographic negatives and prints by Jay Wolke, who as of 2014 was a Professor of Fine Art at Columbia College in Chicago. The eight separate images include two different interior shots, two different shots of the entrance (from outside), three exterior shots from a distance, and one interior shot of a section of upper...

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Clippings from IIT publications about Chapin Hall (built in 1888 as part of Armour Flats) Also, one B&W photo of the building exterior.