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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 115 Collections and/or Records:

Academic Vice President and Provost records, 1940-1978

 Collection
Identifier: 022.01.03
Description of the Collection The papers appear to be those of James J. Brophy in his role as Academic Vice President of Illinois Institute of Technology from Feb. 1967-1975, and of Sidney Guralnick in his role of the university's provost from 1975-1982. This is a drop file-type collection of materials from various sources arranged alphabetically. s with 1970s materials. The names James J. Brophy and Sidney Guralnick appear most often. Note that the following materials predate Brophy's appointment as Academic VP and...
Dates: 1940-1978; Majority of material found within 1970-1979

Alfred Caldwell blueprint, 1954

 Collection
Identifier: 006.01.11
Description of the Collection

Blueprint, "Landscape Plan for Housing Area" of Illinois Institute of Technology campus (Chicago) by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect, and Alfred Caldwell, Landscape Architect. Shows "play Meadow" and six surrounding buildings between Michigan Ave. and Wabash Ave. Includes a Planting List of tree varieties and counts. One sheet, 29x45"; scale 1" = 20'-0". Dated November 1, 1954.

Dates: 1954-11-01

Alternative Newsletter collection, ca. 1994

 Collection
Identifier: 040.01.10
Description of the Collection

A one-page flyer titled "Viscous [sic] Rumors" concerning "the current administration plans on abandoning the main campus." The text is sarcastic and unsigned, but the writer identifies the piece as "IIT's only alternative newsletter".

Dates: ca. 1994

Armour Mission, Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1920s

 Digital Image
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:1009699

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

Armour Research Foundation color transparencies, 1965

 Collection
Identifier: 031.08.04
Description of the Collection Color transparencies (4x5" and 2¼" sq.) taken by IIT photographer Ralph Luoma, ca. 1965. 1998.192 Armour Research Foundation 1998.225 Illinois Institute of Technology 1998.276 Armour Research Foundation 1989.011 Unidentified Images. Images are in two apparent groups: Box 1 Research scientists, laboratories, experiments, and activities conducted by Armour Research Foundation (later IIT Research Institute)...
Dates: 1965

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

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

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