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Armour Mission Demolition films, 1962
Collection
Identifier: 037.01.02
Description of the Collection
8 rolls of movie film with similar titles/markings suggesting they all concern the demolition and razing of the Student Union Building (formerly, Armour Mission), ca. 1962. 1. Wrecking of old Student Union (2 tapes of this title); Color; Silent; 3" d.; ca. 5 min. Perforated number 0-726545609 2. Wrecking of old Student Union (2 tapes of this title); Color; Silent; 3" d.; ca. 5 min. Perforated number 0-726545612 3. Wrecking of Old Student Union Building; 16mm; 3½" d.; ca. 5 min. 4. Student...
Dates:
1962
Beyond Mies
Collection
Identifier: 037.08.04
Description of the Collection
One VHS tape and one dvd, each of Beyond Mies, a video by Rich Goodman (job # 2260, May 11, 1998) documenting the 1997 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation International Design Competition to select an architect for the building which later became identified as the McCormick Tribune Campus Center on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. The video included comments by Mark Scogin and features commentary/narration by Dirk Lohan about the IIT campus, the winner as "the next Mies," and the...
Dates:
1998
Campus Buildings films, 1963-1972
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.48
Description of the Collection
Three 16mm silent reel-to-reel films on 3.5" diameter spools (ca. 5 minutes each), identified as follows: 1) Paper labels on spool: 1972-Color; Campus Buildings 2) Paper label on canister: Anscochrome (color) AND Conway [Conway may identify the filmographer.] 3) On box: Order 54912/ R. Luoma; Campus. Date stamp on box is July 1965 [Note: Ralph Luoma was IIT campus photographer ca. 1963.]
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1963-1972
IIT film, 1956-1957
Collection
Identifier: 039.01.31
Description of the Collection
Black & white, silent film identified as "IIT 1956-1957" with images of Illinois Institute of Technology campus and buildings. Original format is 16 mm film; physical surrogate available in BetaCamSP. See staff for access to MP4 video file. Internal evidence very strongly suggests that most of the film was shot in the spring of 1957. Example: I.D. students showing their projects to instructors at mid-point in the film include some who graduated from IIT in mid-1957 (Maureen...
Dates:
1956-1957
IITRI/IIT Buildings film
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.04
Description of the Collection
Apparently a film about IIT Research Institute and IIT campus buildings; 16 mm; Color; Silent; 4" d.; ca. 8 min.; on reel "IITRI Buildings/Campus Roofs/IIT Sign"; perforated number 725728931.
Dates:
1970
McCormick Tribune Campus Center Groundbreaking and IIT Challenge Grant tapes, 2000-2001
Collection
Identifier: 037.08.22
Description of the Collection
Audio and video tapes (unedited) recorded by Illinois Institute of Technology to document two events related to the university's renewal program. Ten of the tapes document events surrounding the March 9, 2000 ground breaking for the McCormick Tribune Campus Center including a video conference with representatives of the various architectural, engineering, university, and public entities who collaborated on the building, the official ground breaking ceremony, and the lunch reception which...
Dates:
2000-2001