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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
H. Lennart Pearson photographs, 1950-1959
Collection
Identifier: 037.08.19
Description of the Collection
Black and white photographs (3"x3") of Illinois Institute of Technology campus construction sites, including the removal of historical Bronzeville buildings on campus circa 1950-1959. The buildings under construction include Gunsaulus Hall, Carman Hall, Bailey Hall, Cunningham Hall, Fowler Hall, and the dorms which later came to be known as the McCormick Student Village. The buildings being razed include the Masser Hotel and Brown Hall. The collection also includes Student Independent 2:...
Dates:
1950-1959
Harold Bretz collection, 1957-2000
Collection
Identifier: 038.01.40
Description of the Collection
Documents and photographs concerning Illinois Institute of Technology created or collected by Harold Bretz. Series 1, Manuscripts Correspondence (4 pages; 3/28/2000) from Bretz with reminiscences of Camp Armour, the Commons building, and Dean Clarence Deakins. Address given by Clarence Deakins, Dean of Students, (4 pages; April 1958) on the occasion of his departure from IIT after 12 years. Concerns the quality of educations at IIT. Series 2, Photographs 185 color slides (35mm) of campus...
Dates:
1957-2000; Majority of material found within 1957-1986
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 Statistics and History slides, 1940-1955
Collection
Identifier: 039.01.40
Description of the Collection
Glass slides apparently used in two early presentations about IIT. Slides were found in a drawer with two empty slide boxes labeled as follows: 1) Complete set used for UET presentation; 2) Used 6-4-40 Alumni Banquet. Images include photographs and drawings of Mies-designed buildings on IIT campus (probably taken by Hedrich-Blessing), aerial photographs and diagrams of campus and surrounding Bronzeville neighborhood, graphs & charts with statistical information regarding...
Dates:
circa 1940 -1955
W. Ronald Johnson slides, 1955
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.62
Description of the Collection
Thirty-four 35mm color transparency slides, ca. 1955, documenting buildings and street scenes on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Includes views of Gunsaulus Hall and apartment buildings, Crown Hall, Carr Chapel, landscaping, parking lots, historic buildings, research buildings (possibly the Association of American Railroads), classroom buildings, etc. All are exterior shots, most are long distance views, and some are images apparently taken from the upper stories of the...
Dates:
1955
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- Illinois Institute of Technology 3
- Carman Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 2
- Commons Building (Chicago, Ill. : South Wabash Avenue) 2
- George J. Kacek Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 2
- Gunsaulus Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 2
- McCormick Tribune Campus Center (Chicago, Ill.) 2
- Alumni Memorial Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Armour Flats (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Armour Institute of Technology 1
- Armour Mission (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Armour Research Foundation (U.S.) 1
- Arthur Keating Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Bretz, Harold, Mr. 1
- Camp Armour (Wis.) 1
- Chapin Hall (South Federal Street : Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Deakins, Clarence 1
- Farr Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Fowler Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Hermann Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- IIT Research Institute 1
- Illinois Institute of Technology. Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Campus 1
- Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of External Affairs 1
- Illinois Intsitute of Technology. Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel 1
- Johnson, W. Ronald 1
- Lewis Institute 1
- Lewis Institute (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Main Building (Chicago, Ill. : South Federal Street) 1
- Materials and Metals Building (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Mecca Apartments (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Paul V. Galvin Library 1
- Pearson, Lennart H. 1
- Perlstein Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Robert A. Pritzker Science Center (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- S. R. Crown Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- State Street Village (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Thomas R. Brown Hall (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- University Technology Park at Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Ill.) 1
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