Two metal wall plaques, one in script (one in Braille with presumably the same text) reading: "In grateful appreciation to the Blind Service Association Inc. and the IIT Parents Association for their generosity and leadership to help IIT provide a computerized learning center for students who are visually impaired."
Description of the Collection
Materials documenting the annual public dinners of the IIT Board of Trustees, which include programs. These include:
DVD recorded by IIT Online Services: Board of Trustees Dinner, Feb. 15, 2012; dinner program included scholars talking about food preparation.
DVD recorded by IIT Online Services: Board of Trustees Dinner, May 22, 2013. This dinner was titled "A Celebration of Great...
Description of the Collection
South Central Association Souvenir Twenty-third Street Viaduct Opening publication, a 116-page booklet, dated 1925, published by the South Central [or Central South?] Association, a Chicago citizens' membership organization. Includes list of members (individuals and businesses), advertisers, and short essays on numerous South Side establishments, and numerous photos and illustrations. Some of the topics, places, and businesses included are: Indiana Ave., Cottage Grove Ave., 22nd St., South...
Materials related to "Bronzeville Design Symposium: The Impact of Design on Urban Communities," held at Illinois Institute of Technology October 29-30, 1999. Project was a joint activity of IIT, the College of Architecture, and Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Description of the Collection
One aerial color photograph (by unidentified photographer) of buildings, primarily residential, covering the 3400 south blocks of Michigan Ave., Indiana Ave., Prairie Ave., and Calumet Ave. in Chicago. Photo is apparently taken from the roof of De La Salle Institute (located at 3455 S. Wabash) and shows a two-bay red and green "Dutch" type building at center bottom with a sign reading "Sparks Hotel" (located at 3433 So. Michigan per 1961-62 telephone book white pages). A white Cadillac, ca....
