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Armour Institute dance card booklet, 1912
Collection
Identifier: 002.04.11
Abstract
Various dances were hosted throughout the school year by the Armour Institute of Technology classes. The Freshman Prom was initiated in 1912 by the Class of 1915. A history of the class is included in 1915 edition of The Cycle (school yearbook), pages 51-52. The 1913 edition contains a recap of their Freshman year activities including the dance (page 79), a photo of the dance booklet appears on page 162.
Dates:
1912
Armour Institute film, 1936-1989
Collection
Identifier: 002.07.03
Description of the Collection
Black and white film footage of Armour Institute circa 1936-1939. Primarily shows outdoor events, such as sports and games, in connection with the fraternities' annual Circus Day and Junior Week activities. Shows trophy and banners being awarded and defeated team members being "pantsed." The film also includes some interior scenes of labs and science activities. Brief views of staff, such as President Willard Hotchkiss, Dean Henry Heald, and John Schommer, trustees, and others. Exterior...
Dates:
1936-1989; Majority of material found within 1936-1939
Armour Institute of Technology Class Photo, 1936
Collection
Identifier: 002.02.07
Description of the Collection
Composite photograph of the members of the graduating class of 1936, Armour Institute of Technology (Chicago).
Dates:
1936
Henry Holmquest papers, 1928-1987
Collection
Identifier: 001.04.02
Content Description
Papers and books by Henry Holmquest on a number of topics, most from the 1940s and 1950s. Also contains one schoolbook from Holmquest’s time at Lewis Institute, and a self-created volume of his early publications.
Dates:
1928-1987
Robert Guthrie essay, 1997
Collection
Identifier: 038.01.33
Description of the Collection
An essay, "BMOC at I.I.T.," by by Robert Guthrie (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1949) for his grandson Scott Guthrie, recounting his student days at Illinois Institute of Technology from 1942-1949, with time off for service in World War II, 1943-46. (25 pages.) Guthrie recounts his academic and social activities at IIT, commenting on various professors such as Yale Brozen, C. Roy Mathews, Michael Sadowsky, and Edward Wagenknecht. He also writes aout his extra-curricular clubs...
Dates:
1997
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