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Building Reference files, 1896-2013
Collection
Identifier: 037.06.01
Scope and Contents
The Building Reference Files collection consists of a mix of primary and secondary source material relating to the buildings and campuses of the Illinois Institute of Technology and its predecessor institutions. These files formerly served as "drop files" where archives staff collected clippings, ephemera, and photographs related to the buildings and campus, and as a result, many of the files consist wholly of secondary material (including photocopies and clippings from university...
Dates:
1895-2013
East Map Case Materials collection, 1892-1988
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.27
Content Description
This collection includes drawings, plans, blueprints, and other materials stored in the East Map Case. These materials are not all from the same source, nor are they a coherent collection by any factor other than that they are all stored together. See folder listings for an inventory of the items in this collection.
Dates:
1892-1988
IIT in the Landscape, After Mies and Caldwell report, 1999
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.45
Description of the Collection
Publication titled IIT in the Landscape: 1999 Illinois Institute of Technology West Campus Landscape Master Plan. After Mies and Caldwell: A Report to the Mies Campus Committee. The Plan concerns IIT's main campus at 33rd and S. State Streets. "West campus" refers to the academic area on the west side of State St., as opposed to the residential area on the east side of the street. Fifty-one page document with drawings, photos, text, and tables. Contents as follows: Introduction; Large-Scale...
Dates:
1999
Lohan Associates Main Campus Programming Study
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.07
Description of the Collection
Main Campus Programming Study, being the document presented by Lohan Associates to Illinois Institute of Technology concerning reorganization of space allocation on the university's main campus. This draft copy is dated May 17, 1996; ca. 250 pages. Table of contents chapter headings: Executive summary; Recommended relocation plan; Existing conditions; Relocation strategy; Space forecast; Appendix.
Dates:
1996
Lohan Master Plan and McCormick Tribune Campus Center posters, 2002
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.05
Description of the Collection
Two color posters, (21 x 32") depicting early concept drawings of: 1) Lohan Master Plan with landscaping; 2) McCormick Tribune Campus Center.
Dates:
2002
Lohan Master Plan records, 1993
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.52
Description of the Collection
Office files of the project known as the Lohan Master Plan, being the program initiated by Illinois Institute of Technology ca. 1993 to re-develop the physical campus. Collection includes working files and documents related to the National Commission on IIT, Mesirow/Stein request for proposal, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation International Design Competition, the new Chicago Police Headquarters building located in Bronzeville, campus landscaping, and minor amounts of material on the...
Dates:
1993
Lohan Master Plan records, 1996
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.06
Description of the Collection
This collection created by Lohan Associates for IIT contains: 1) Main Campus Master Plan, being the proposal by Lohan Associates (Dirk Lohan, FAIA, President) for physical revitalization of Illinois Institute of Technology's main campus on the South Side of Chicago at 33rd and State Sts. This is the final draft, dated April 30, 1996, presented by IIT Pres. Lew Collens to the university's Board of Trustees. Proposal includes recommendations for renovations of Mies van der Rohe buildings,...
Dates:
1996
Lohan Master Plan records, 1996-1997
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.15
Description of the Collection
Materials related to the activities of Stein & Co. and Mesirow/Stein in regard to the Lohan Master Plan activities, 1996-1997.
- See Re:Discovery record
Dates:
1996-1997
Office of External Affairs presentations, 1998-2005
Collection
Identifier: 034.01.02
Description of the Collection
This collection consists of oversize presentation boards with images (concept designs, architects' drawings, blueprints) of various physical and architectural development projects on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology and surrounding Bronzeville area redevelopment executed as part of the university's long-range plans begun ca. 1998. Projects documented include the following: Mies Campus (reproductions of historic images), 1941 and later; "Reurbanization", 1998; Main Campus Master...
Dates:
1998-2005
University Planning Team Campus Redevelopment Presentation collection, 2005
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.09
Description of the Collection
Slide presentation and accompanying written documentation (7 pages photocopied from "Background Briefing Book for Urban Land Institute" [created in March, 1995]) given to IIT Board of Trustees, Jan. 18, 1995, by team of architects who presented alternative schemes for redevelopment of the university's main campus. Slides (ct.=28) contain "talking point" text phrases and include some statistics. (Slides are not in original order.) The individuals responsible for this project are identified in...
Dates:
1995