Description of the Collection Records of Melvin T. Tracht, Treasurer of Illinois Institute of Technology in his role as a member of the Illinois Institute of Technology and IIT Research Institute Boards of Trustees. Bulks with financial materials including budgets, balance sheets, and annual reports. IIT-related files include executive committee reports, financial committee materials, bylaws and resolutions. Other topics include Crystal Lake property, endowment funds, Institute of Gas Technology, enrollment, tuition,...

Description of the Collection Copies of document entitled "Partnership in the Future: the Refounding of IIT to serve an Evolving Society." The document served as the basis of IIT's $100 million development program and was crafted in response to the COMFIIT [Commission on the Future of IIT] report. Also present are carbon copies of a cover letter by IIT President Thomas L. Martin, Jr., dated either October 28, 1977 or November 1, 1977, which was sent with the report to various important donors/supporters of IIT, asking...