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Community Events collection, 1991-2003

 Collection
Identifier: 035.01.01
Description of the Collection Materials related to events run by IIT in collaboration with the neighborhood and/or city of Chicago. Includes the following folders: FOLDER 1: Program for The Stroll, Bronzeville's Musical Legacy , August 23, 2003; self-guided tour "Return to the Stroll: Chicago's Musical Main Street", 2003; Program Schedule for Concert, press release "The Stroll: Bronzeville's Musical Legacy Celebrates the Neighborhood's Rich Heritage As Part of Play On Chicago", 2003. FOLDER 2: program for 1996 Fifth...
Dates: 1991-2003; Majority of material found in 1991-2003

Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980

 Collection
Identifier: 036.04.07
Description of the Collection

35 mm color and B&W slides of academic and campus development programs at Illinois Institute of Technology. Each title includes multiple slides. Titles were copied from the original containers.

Dates: 1954-1980

Edward Mochel photographs, 1950-1957

 Collection
Identifier: 038.01.39
Description of the Collection This collection includes slides and photographs of campus buildings taken by Edward Mochel and an autobiographical chapter covering his years at Illinois Institute of Technology. The collection includes twenty-six color (Kodachrome) 35mm slides dated 1957. The slides depict various academic and residence buildings on IIT's campus, including Main Building and Machinery Hall, Crown Hall, Carr Chapel, and Association of American Railroads, and Armour Research Foundation structures. They include...
Dates: 1950-1957

F. Peter Weil photographs, 1952-1964

 Collection
Identifier: 008.01.18
Abstract

Photographic works by F. Peter Weil.

Dates: 1952-1964

First Twenty Years of Lewis Institute, 1935

 Collection
Identifier: 001.01.01
Description of the Collection

Later, typed copy of "First Twenty Years of Lewis Institute, 1896 to 1916" by George N. Carman, the First Director of the school. The 34 page text describes the Institute’s founding and other noteworthy events in the school’s history as well as Carman's educational philosophy.

Dates: 1935

Frank W. Gunsaulus papers, 1895-1920

 Collection
Identifier: 002.05.04
Description of the Collection

The collection includes manuscripts, publications, and letters of Frank Gunsaulus, mostly related to personal life and not Armour Institute. Manuscripts and publications include his own poems, some signed, including the poem he composed for Eugene Field's funeral. Letters are to F.W. Jay and include a recommendation to the Surgeon General for position of army surgeon.

Dates: 1895-1920, and undated

Fund Raising Brochures collection, 1941-1950

 Collection
Identifier: 032.02.21
Description of the Collection The collection consists of booklets created as promotional and fund raising materials for distribution to businesses and entrepreneurs soliciting funds for the development of the new campus buildings and academic programs of Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Beginning with a formal "program and plan" drawn up by the school's Board of Trustees, the booklets includes campus master plans, building designs, and projected costs which are revised in response to the United States' entry...
Dates: 1941-1950

H. Lennart Pearson photographs, 1950-1959

 Collection
Identifier: 037.08.19
Description of the Collection Black and white photographs (3"x3") of Illinois Institute of Technology campus construction sites, including the removal of historical Bronzeville buildings on campus circa 1950-1959. The buildings under construction include Gunsaulus Hall, Carman Hall, Bailey Hall, Cunningham Hall, Fowler Hall, and the dorms which later came to be known as the McCormick Student Village. The buildings being razed include the Masser Hotel and Brown Hall. The collection also includes Student Independent 2:...
Dates: 1950-1959

Harold Bretz collection, 1957-2000

 Collection
Identifier: 038.01.40
Description of the Collection Documents and photographs concerning Illinois Institute of Technology created or collected by Harold Bretz. Series 1, Manuscripts Correspondence (4 pages; 3/28/2000) from Bretz with reminiscences of Camp Armour, the Commons building, and Dean Clarence Deakins. Address given by Clarence Deakins, Dean of Students, (4 pages; April 1958) on the occasion of his departure from IIT after 12 years. Concerns the quality of educations at IIT. Series 2, Photographs 185 color slides (35mm) of campus...
Dates: 1957-2000; Majority of material found within 1957-1986

Harper's Magazine, vol. 201, no. 1207

 Collection
Identifier: 050.01.13
Description of the Collection

December 1950 issue of Harper's Magazine (vol. 201, no. 1207) containing an article (pp.86-97) titled "The Strangest Place in Chicago" by John Bartlow Martin which describes life in the Mecca apartment building at 34th and State streets.

Dates: 1950

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Heald, Henry T. (Henry Townley), 1904-1975 4
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Main Building (Chicago, Ill. : South Federal Street) 3
McCormick Tribune Campus Center (Chicago, Ill.) 3
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969 3
Camp Armour (Wis.) 2
Carman Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Chicago Land Clearance Commission 2
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Fowler Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 2
George J. Kacek Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 2
Illinois Institute of Technology. Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Campus 2
Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of Public Relations 2
Johnson, W. Ronald 2
Lewis Institute 2
Taylor, Bernard P. 2
860-880 Lake Shore Drive (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Alexander and Associates, Inc. 1
Alschuler, Alfred S. (Alfred Samuel), 1876-1940 1
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Applebaum, Louis, 1918-2000 1
Arenberg, C. Arne, Mr. 1
Armour, Joseph 1
Armour, Malvina, 1842-1927 1
Arthur Keating Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Beveridge, Julia 1
Binga, Jesse, 1865-1950 1
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Brandt & Associates 1
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Estes, Gerald A. 1
Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Courthouse (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Freeman, Walter 1
Grand Theater (Chicago, Ill.) 1
Gunsaulus, Frank W. (Frank Wakeley), 1856-1921 1
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Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) 1
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Hudgins, Deborah 1
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Kluczynski Federal Building (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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Lewis Institute (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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