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Collection
Identifier: 022.01.03
Description of the Collection
The papers appear to be those of James J. Brophy in his role as Academic Vice President of Illinois Institute of Technology from Feb. 1967-1975, and of Sidney Guralnick in his role of the university's provost from 1975-1982. This is a drop file-type collection of materials from various sources arranged alphabetically. s with 1970s materials. The names James J. Brophy and Sidney Guralnick appear most often. Note that the following materials predate Brophy's appointment as Academic VP and...
Dates:
1940-1978; Majority of material found within 1970-1979
Collection
Identifier: 006.02.12
Description of the Collection
Audio CD titled "Acoustics and Light" by MASS Ensemble. Recorded in S. R. Crown Hall (Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago) in 2001. the recording was made by "stringing" the interior of Crown Hall with wires and then playing them like a stringed instrument. Copyright 2001 MASS Ensemble.
Dates:
2001
Collection
Identifier: 037.06.04
Description of the Collection
Materials pertaining to architecture and Bauhaus-inspired activities at Illinois Institute of Technology, including the university's architecture and design programs. Items included as follows: Program from the October 26, 1952 dedication of the Chapel of Saint Saviour (Carr Chapel) on the campus of IIT, Two sheets of blank letterhead bearing the printed name Mies van der Rohe from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's Chicago office (address and phone on the letterhead are as follows: 230 East Ohio...
Dates:
1952-2005
Collection
Identifier: 037.06.01
Scope and Contents
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...
Dates:
1895-2013
Collection
Identifier: 029.03.09
Description of the Collection
Collection includes "File # 204" (probably refers to account number), which consists of financial documents relating to landscaping of "A.P.D. Building" (Architecture, Planning and Design, i.e., S. R. Crown Hall). Bulks with purchase requisitions and work orders. Also some bid and work correspondence, including memo signed by Alfred Caldwell.Other materials (probably not originally part of File #204) are photos of campus plans. Included are reproductions of drawings of Alfred S....
Dates:
1937-1956; Majority of material found in 1955-1956
Collection
Identifier: 037.07.04
Description of the Collection
Celebrating 50 Years: S.R. Crown Hall, 1956-2006, is a CD containing a pdf of photographs and texts documenting the planning, construction, and uses of S.R. Crown Hall.
Dates:
2006
Collection
Identifier: 036.04.06
Abstract
Slides of images depicting the history of Illinois Institute of Technology. The slides were possibly arranged for the purposes of a slide show. Some images were reproduced from historic sources such as yearbooks. The most recent images are dated 1988-1989.
Dates:
1891-1989; Majority of material found within 1988-1989
Collection
Identifier: 006.01.12
Description of the Collection
This collection consists of material related to architectural competitions and projects participated in by the College of Architecture during the deanship of Donna Robertson.
Dates:
1996-2008
Collection
Identifier: 017.02.04
Description of the Collection
Printed poster with color photo image of Crown Hall superimposed over Main Building by James Haney (I. D., class of 1991); created for the IIT Centennial celebration, 1990.
Dates:
1990
Collection
Identifier: 032.02.16
Description of the Collection
CD-Rs containing media and executable files for IIT Challenge Campaign, a software program consisting of a 4-minute sound and video presentation of five Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed buildings on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. The buildings presented are those to be renovated as part of the multi-year "Mies Campus Project," the ultimate objective of which was to write a group National Register Nomination to include S. R. Crown Hall, Siegel Hall, Wishnick Hall, Alumni...
Dates:
1997
