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Henry T. Heald, University President's papers, 1920-1953
The collection consists of correspondence, memos, reports, and other materials which constitute the administrative files of the of Henry T. Heald in his role as President of Armour Institute of Technology (Chicago), 1937-1940 and as President of Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago), 1940-1952.
Illinois Tech Engineering and Alumnus collection, 1941-1949
Naval ROTC program records, 1945-2000
Materials related to Illinois Institute of Technology's U.S. Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps, which IIT President Henry Heald was instrumental in helping establish during WW II.
Office of the Registrar records, 1941-1945
Raymond Roberts papers, 1944-1997
The transport ship Leopoldville was sunk by torpedoes in the English Channel on Christmas Eve, 1944, killing 800 American soldiers, among them an IIT alumnus John C. DeKlyen. This collection includes a photo of DeKlyen and a book about the Leopoldville.
Signal Corps Training Program and Pre-Radar course records, 1942-1943
War training and preparedness collection, 1940-1952
Materials related to IIT's participation in the Engineering, Science and Management War Training (ESMWT) program and IIT's own war training courses. Also represented are the University of Chicago's war training program materials. The collection also includes a Report of Technology Center Civil Defense Committee, a disaster plan created by IIT circa 1951.