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Snow Cruiser expansion collection, 1937-1939
Collection
Identifier: 031.02.05
Description of the Collection
Miscellaneous materials about the Snow Cruiser, primarily a 28-page photocopy of The Snow Cruiser: The Story of Its Conception and Construction and the Part it Will Play in the Expedition of the United States Antarctic Service by Alexander Schreiber, Public Relations Counsel, Research Foundation of Armour Institute of Technology (Project No. 1-89 [?]) Copyright 1939, Armour Research Foundation. Also miscellaneous news clippings. The following item was added to this collection by C....
Dates:
1937-1939
Snow Cruiser film, 1939
Collection
Identifier: 031.10.09
Description of the Collection
Black and white silent film: From Armour Institute to Little America - With Byrd and Poulter. Probably produced by Armour Research Foundation for promotional purposes. Contains only a few feet of footage of the Cruiser being driven down a street (probably from Pullman shops to Grant Park). Also contains footage of the plane taking off from unidentified airport. Balance of film is apparently stock footage added to suggest the Cruiser's transport to Antarctica. 1998.29.a 16 mm film reel (copy...
Dates:
1939
Space! film, 1961
Collection
Identifier: 031.10.02
Description of the Collection
Film titled "Space!" which was commercially produced for television broadcast. Black & white with sound, intended as a 30 minute program; film included the commercials run with the original broadcast which was aired in 1961 (October 26?) by WBKB, Channel 7, the ABC affiliate in Chicago. Norman Ross interviews scientists (on-site in labs and offices at ARF) from Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology about research being conducted in connection with the U. S....
Dates:
1961
Technology Center Events collection, 1948-1972
Collection
Identifier: 036.02.21
Scope and Contents
Technology Center Events (alternate title IIT Center Events began with Vol. 16, No. 46, Nov. 18, 1963) was a bi-weekly publication of the Public Relations department of Illinois Institute of Technology and Armour Research Foundation for faculty and staff that contained bulletin-type listings of campus activities. Issues includes frequent mentions of exhibits and lectures on campus and faculty talks and publications both on and off campus. After a format change in February 1970, the...
Dates:
1948-1972
Technology News slide collection, 1955-1960
Collection
Identifier: 027.10.03
Description of the Collection
35 mm slides apparently produced by or acquired by Illinois Tech students for use in Technology News, the student newspaper. Images document people, buildings, and activities at Illinois Institute of Technology. Slides were found in boxes as shown in the index; slides have been transferred to 3-ring binders as follows: Vol. 1 contains boxes 1 and 2 Vol. 2 contains boxes 3 and 4 Vol. 3 contains boxes 5 and 6.
Dates:
1955-1960
The Frontier collection, 1938-1970
Collection
Identifier: 031.04.07
Description of the Collection
Includes articles about and photographs of people and projects associated with the Research Foundation's activities.
1938-1941, volumes 1-4
Bound volume
1942-1945, volumes 5-8
Bound volume
1946-1949, volumes 9-12
Bound volume
1950-1953, volumes 13-16
Bound volume, contains an index for vol. 1-15.
1954-1957, volumes 17-20
Bound volume
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Dates:
1938-1970
Willard Hotchkiss papers, 1924-1937
Collection
Identifier: 002.05.15
Description of the Collection
The papers of Willard Hotchkiss in his role as President of Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1932-1937.
Dates:
1924-1937