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Collection
Identifier: 024.04.01
Description of the Collection
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.
Dates:
1920-1953
Collection
Identifier: 004.08.04
Description of the Collection
Issues of the Illinois Tech Engineer and Alumnus from 1941-1949, incomplete run. Contains the following issues:
October 1945 (Vol. 11, No. 1)
Contents: "Mexican- American Conference" by Paul D. Hermann; "Institute of Gas Technology: Annual Report" "Fire Protection Engineering" by Kent H. Parker; "Grease: New Industrial Applications" by John R. LeVally; "Small Business: Can It Have Research?" by Dr. Francis E. Godwin; "The Endless Frontier" by Dr. John D....
Dates:
1941-1949
Collection
Identifier: 015.01.03
Description of the Collection
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.
Dates:
1945-2000; Majority of material found within 1980-2000
Collection
Identifier: 026.03.13
Description of the Collection
Records of three World War II era academic programs offered at Illinois Institute of Technology in connection with military operations. The programs, as identified on the cover of the book are: War Training, also named Engineering, Science and Management Defense Training (ESMWT), Pre-Radar, and U. S. Signal Corps. The collection includes course outlines and descriptions, enrollment reports with course listings, U. S. Army Radio Technicians and Mechanics Code School, sample of certificate...
Dates:
1941-1945
Collection
Identifier: 038.01.32
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1944-1997
Collection
Identifier: 011.01.02
Description of the Collection
Materials related to the Signal Corps Training Program and Pre-Radar course at Illinois Institute of Technology during WW II. Includes information on staff, classes offered, enrollment statistics; samples of certificates awarded (by the Engineering, Science, and Management War Training Course (ESMWT): Advanced Electronics and Ultra High Frequency Techniques; Radio Measurements and Electronics; by the War Department, U. S. Army: Radio Operators; Radio Technician); course outlines;...
Dates:
1942-1943
Collection
Identifier: 011.01.01
Description of the Collection
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.
Dates:
1940-1951; Majority of material found within 1940-1944