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Collection
Identifier: 004.04.12
Scope and Contents
Sidney Guralnick was a professor of Engineering and director of the Advanced Building Materials and Systems Center at Illinois Institute of Technology.He received his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in structural engineering from Cornell University in 1958 and 1955 respectively and his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Drexel University in 1952. Guralnick is an expert in experimental analysis of structures, photomechanics, structural analysis of buildings and bridges, plastic analysis and design,...
Dates:
1954 - 2020
Collection
Identifier: 026.08.01
Description of the Collection
This collection contains the office files of Sidney A. Guralnick during his tenure as Dean of the Graduate School. The collection includes original handwritten drafts of correspondence.
Dates:
1952-1976; Majority of material found within 1964-1976
Collection
Identifier: 022.01.02
Description of the Collection
Eight binders of memos and correspondence of Sidney A. Guralnick during his tenure as Illinois Institute of Technology's first provost (January 1976-August 1982). In a memo from Guralnick dated 12/6/1979, titled "What Do Deans Really Do?", he himself described his work as consisting mainly of budgetary preparations, campus planning, faculty selection, and optimization of resources. Guralnick's papers show his active involvement in dealing with faculty grievances, including tenure matters,...
Dates:
1976-1982
Collection
Identifier: 000.01.21
Description of the Collection
Correspondence, photographs, newsclippings and miscellaneous printed materials and supporting documentation (including item cards) concerning the Sidney A. Teller Brass and Copper Collection, which is no longer held by IIT or UASC. The collection contains minor amount of biographical material. Box 1: correspondence, newsclippings, invitations, programs, announcements, photographs, collection inventory. Box 2: Item cards; box 3: Item cards.
Dates:
1932-1962
Collection
Identifier: 006.06.31
Description of the Collection
Four photographs taken at the Graham Foundation in Chicago of a meeting of representatives of the four Chicago firms that were hired by the General Services Administration to design and construct the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse and the Kluczynski Federal Building. These photos were probably taken in or around 1968 as Mies was present that day and died in the summer of 1969. Three of the photographs feature Mies alone, either seated at a table (1) or standing next to a bust of...
Dates:
1968
Collection
Identifier: 011.01.02
Description of the Collection
Materials related to the Signal Corps Training Program and Pre-Radar course at Illinois Institute of Technology during WW II. Includes information on staff, classes offered, enrollment statistics; samples of certificates awarded (by the Engineering, Science, and Management War Training Course (ESMWT): Advanced Electronics and Ultra High Frequency Techniques; Radio Measurements and Electronics; by the War Department, U. S. Army: Radio Operators; Radio Technician); course outlines;...
Dates:
1942-1943
Collection
Identifier: 031.02.05
Description of the Collection
Miscellaneous materials about the Snow Cruiser, primarily a 28-page photocopy of The Snow Cruiser: The Story of Its Conception and Construction and the Part it Will Play in the Expedition of the United States Antarctic Service by Alexander Schreiber, Public Relations Counsel, Research Foundation of Armour Institute of Technology (Project No. 1-89 [?]) Copyright 1939, Armour Research Foundation. Also miscellaneous news clippings. The following item was added to this collection by C....
Dates:
1937-1939
Collection
Identifier: 031.10.09
Description of the Collection
Black and white silent film: From Armour Institute to Little America - With Byrd and Poulter. Probably produced by Armour Research Foundation for promotional purposes. Contains only a few feet of footage of the Cruiser being driven down a street (probably from Pullman shops to Grant Park). Also contains footage of the plane taking off from unidentified airport. Balance of film is apparently stock footage added to suggest the Cruiser's transport to Antarctica. 1998.29.a 16 mm film reel (copy...
Dates:
1939
Collection
Identifier: 031.02.06
Description of the Collection
Issue of Life magazine from Nov. 13, 1939 with one-page article (pg. 28), "Giant Snow Cruiser Comes to Grief in Ohio Cow Pasture," citing problems encountered on its trial run from Chicago to Boston; includes four photographs.
Dates:
1939
Collection
Identifier: 031.02.07
Description of the Collection
Issue of Popular Mechanics (October, 1939, Vol. 72, No. ) with cover image (color drawing) and article on the Snow Cruiser explaining how the retractable wheels work. Includes illustrations. Pages 494, 495, and 151A.
Dates:
1939
