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Tutorial Unit collection, 1990

 Collection
Identifier: 006.01.03
Description of the Collection

Materials detailing the "Tutorial Unit" as a system for architectural education at Illinois Institute of Technology; proposed in 1990 by Gene R. Summers, Dean of the College of Architecture. Arthur S. Takeuchi, Meton Ramos Gadelha, and Benjamin Erskine Nicholson are identified in connection with units 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Their resumes are included. Also included: "An Open Letter to Dean Summers," being a multi-page letter from student David S. Bombardier commenting on the proposal.

Dates: 1990

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

Viewbooks and Student Recruitment Materials collection, 1943-2006

 Collection
Identifier: 026.01.11
Description of the Collection

This collection consists of viewbooks, flyers, posters, and other student recruitment materials created to promote undergraduate programs at Illinois Institute of Technology. The collection is limited to materials that addressed all or multiple academic divisions. Materials directed to a specific program (e.g., electrical engineering) or school (e.g., College of Architecture) will be found in collections specific to the respective campus unit.

Dates: 1943-2006; Majority of material found within 1973-2006

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