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Scope and Contents FOLDER 1: Materials describing and illustrating the McCormick Tribune Campus Center at and immediately after its dedication: 1) Two copies of the program from the Dedication Ceremonies of September 30, 2003 2) An orange flyer, welcoming guests to the MTCC dedication celebration 3) A postcard invitation to the public opening of the MTCC, October 4, 2003 4) A postcard announcement of an exhibit on the MTCC at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, January 31, 2001. 5) A brochure promoting the...

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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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A 4" x 6" postcard produced by AT&T in commemoration of Chicago Day, April 23, 1989, featuring a photographic representation of the lobby of the Armour Institute from around 1895.

Scope and Contents Materials documenting the stained glass windows in Main Building. These include: 1) A clipped page from the 1918 Cycle, containing photographs of the four stained glass small windows in the library and the stained glass Armour Memorial Window fronting the landing of the main staircase. 2) Four color photos of the Armour Memorial Window, dating from perhaps the 1980s 3) A B&W photo of the four stained glass windows in the room that formerly housed the library (photo taken perhaps in...

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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.