Box 2

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A clipped article from the Catalyst for the Summer of 1996, under title "New Master Plan to Transform Main Campus" (by Lohan Associates).

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Two items pertaining to the Metallurgical & Chemical Engineering Building, AKA Perlstein Hall: 1) A program from its dedication on June 17, 1949; 2) A positive color transparency (3" x 4") from ca. 1960 of the exterior of the building.

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Seven 8" x 10" photo prints (all black except one color) of "Mies Alley," the section of sidewalk that separates Wisnick and Perlstein halls.

Scope and Contents Photos and brochures documenting IIT landscape planning and implementation. 1) A color photo of an April 1980 campus landscape plan, submitted by the firm of Schmidt, Garden & Erikson; its notable feature is the closure of State Street between 31st and 34th streets; 2) A ca. 1980 map taken from an IIT handbook, showing the first appearance of Morton Park on a campus map; 3) A ca. 1994 photograph looking south towards Crown Hall, showing the ground at street-level (before the landscaping...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Building Reference Files collection consists of a mix of primary and secondary source material relating to the buildings and campuses of the Illinois Institute of Technology and its predecessor institutions. These files formerly served as "drop files" where archives staff collected clippings, ephemera, and photographs related to the buildings and campus, and as a result, many of the files consist wholly of secondary material (including photocopies and clippings from university...

Scope and Contents Photos and clippings documenting the exterior and interior of Lewis Institute, located at 1951 W. Madison in Chicago. 1) An exterior photo of Lewis, clipped from the 1903 Lewis Annual 2) An exterior photo of Lewis, clipped from the 1908 Lewis Annual 3) A ca. 1912 cartoon of the various activities underway at Lewis Institute, represented by a "cut-away" drawing of its basement and six floors. 4) An artist's rendition of the exterior of Lewis Institute, taken from the Lewis Institute Circular...

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One copy of the program from IIT's Centennial Jazz Celebration of May 3, 1990, which contains a notice that the National Center for Food Safety and Technology (at IIT's Moffett Campus) would be dedicated in October 1991.

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Program for the Official Opening of the Research Labs at Glessner House for the Lithographic Technical Foundation Inc. held on October 23, 1945 with information about the building and services.

Scope and Contents Materials discussing and illustrating The Mecca (aka Mecca Flats), a large apartment complex at 34th and Dearborn, built in the early 1890s and demolished in early 1952 to make way for Crown Hall. Materials include: 1) Clipped pages of an article about the Mecca from Harper's Magazine of December 1950, called "The Strangest Place in Chicago" and documenting the complex in its final months of existence; 2) A photocopied article from Life Magazine under date November 19, 1951, "The Mecca:...

Scope and Contents 15 sheets of floor plans, color drawings, and text descriptions of Michigan Place, a proposed townhouse/condominium development on land owned by IIT between 31st and 32nd streets and between Michigan and Indiana avenues. The development was to have been completed by Shorebank Development Corp. and Optima, Inc. Also present is a copy of a memo from John P. Collins (IIT VP for Buusiness and Finance) to all IIT faculty and staff, inviting them to buy units in the development. Also present is a...