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Collection
Identifier: 031.02.06
Description of the Collection
Issue of Life magazine from Nov. 13, 1939 with one-page article (pg. 28), "Giant Snow Cruiser Comes to Grief in Ohio Cow Pasture," citing problems encountered on its trial run from Chicago to Boston; includes four photographs.
Dates:
1939
Collection
Identifier: 031.02.07
Description of the Collection
Issue of Popular Mechanics (October, 1939, Vol. 72, No. ) with cover image (color drawing) and article on the Snow Cruiser explaining how the retractable wheels work. Includes illustrations. Pages 494, 495, and 151A.
Dates:
1939
Collection
Identifier: 031.08.05
Abstract
The Snow Cruiser was an experimental vehicle built in 1939 by Armour Research Foundation for use by Adm. Byrd on his third Antarctic Expedition.
Dates:
1939
Collection
Identifier: 031.02.08
Description of the Collection
Cancelled stamp cover commemorating the Snow Cruiser's arrival at the South Pole; cancellation dated May 6, 1941, Boston, Mass. Cover shows drawing of Snow Cruiser with plane mounted on top. Markings: on obverse: The Snow Cruiser Reaches the South Pole/Defense plans halted/Byrd Antarctic Expedition III/in south polar regions/Lat. 78 degrees 30' S. Long. 163 degrees 30' W./Research Foundation of the Armour Institute of Technology. On reverse: Registered No. 6932/Carried from Little America by...
Dates:
1941
Collection
Identifier: 009.03.01
Description of the Collection
1. Public Administration, Masters program information, 1992 2. Sociology, graduate studies program information poster, n.d. 3. Linguistics program information posters, n.d.
Dates:
1970-1992
Collection
Identifier: 031.07.03
Description of the Collection
Project reports concerning Armour Research Foundation activities staffed by Solomon Schwartzman. See report titles below. Report/Folder Listing: Technology Audit of Selected Mexican Industries; Project 1-265; 1946. Client: Banco de Mexico, S.A. Stabilization of Chocolate Soda; Final Report; Project No. 1-672C; 1950. Client: Robert A. Johnston Co., Milwaukee Removal of Dissolved Oxygen in Bottled Beer; Final Report; Project No. 1-845C; 1951. Client: Pabst Brewing Company, Milwaukee A...
Dates:
1946-1952
Collection
Identifier: 050.01.05
Description of the Collection
Aerial photographs and photographs of plans and models concerning the post-World War II planned redevelopment of Chicago's South Side. See item listing for description of specific images. Also included are a small number of copies of photographs from other sources.
Dates:
1949-1959
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
Collection
Identifier: 029.03.05
Description of the Collection
Collection contains Space Use Reports concerning building statistics and campus space use at Illinois Institute of Technology, including the university's Crystal Lake, IL campus.
1. Pure Oil Co. Research Center (Crystal Lake, IL) site plan and building floor plans dated 1961. 2. Campus Space Inventory, being original hand-drawn measured scaled floorplans dated 1967, apparently for every floor of the following campus buildings: Hermann Hall, Alumni Memorial Hall; Civil...
Dates:
1961-1980
Collection
Identifier: 025.04.06
Description of the Collection
Materials (found in Special Collections after Vincent Golden's departure) presumably created by and/or collected by Paul V. Galvin Library Special Collections librarian Vincent Golden. Names frequently appearing include Gordon Field and Chuck Wenger, both of whom (?) served as Galvin Library's Head of Collection Management. Folder titles include:- 01) University Archivist 02) Correspondence 03) Erin McCormack 04) UCLA 05) Marvin Camras Magnetic Recorder Loan 06) Marvin Camras Machines (wire...
Dates:
circa 1998-2002