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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 115 Collections and/or Records:

Plat map of Block 4 in Ashland's 2nd Addition, ca. 1903

 Item
Scope and Contents

This plat map of Block 4 in Ashland's 2nd Addition is bounded by Winchester, Monroe, Robey, and Madison Streets. The map is marked "Shaded portion indicates proposed structure," and it is stamped: "Building Dept. City of Chicago Approved May [illeg.]." The proposed structure is probably the Engineering Building, built in 1903.

Dates: ca. 1903

Plat of Survey, Institute of Gas Technology, June 1, 1963

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Scope and Contents

This plat of survey covers "the north 213.0 Ft. of the South 431 Ft of Basset's subdivision of the s/e 1/4 of block 16 of Canal Trustees Subdivision of Section 33, Township 39 North, range 14 East of the third principal meridian."

Two plans are included, one in duplicate.

Dates: June 1, 1963

Posters & Art Work collection, 1900-1984

 Collection
Identifier: 039.01.11
Description of the Collection Oversize printed materials and original art works related various activities of Illinois Institute of Technology. See inventory of items below. IIT Coat of Arms Ink and pigment on illustration board, 11 x 13" Monochrome print of "Dearborn Homes/Chicago Housing Authority/Loebl, Schlossman & Bennett Architects & Engineers" Dated Oct. 26, 1948. 18 x 22" Painting of Harold Leonard Stuart...
Dates: circa 1900-1984

Preliminary site plan. Fraternity housing blueprints, April 3, 1957

 Item
Scope and Contents

Two blueprint plans for campus housing, each including Farr Hall and different potential layouts for the campus fraternity houses.

Dates: April 3, 1957

Preparing a Campus for a New Train Station: Beautification of IIT's 35th Street Border

 Collection
Identifier: 009.03.03
Description of the Collection Student paper, "Preparing a Campus for a New Train Station: Beautification of IIT's 35th Street Border" written by Glenn Krell (Masters Degree Candidate in Social Science) and submitted as a final report for Public Administration 509, Practicum in Policy Analysis and David Baker, Vice President for External Affairs. The paper primarily discusses proposals for visual enhancement of the Chemistry Research Building located on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology in connection with the...
Dates: 2003

Real Estate and IRS records, 1918-1977

 Collection
Identifier: 030.05.01
Description of the Collection The bulk of the collection consists of real estate materials and IRS filings. Real estate materials concern mortgages held as investments by Armour and Lewis Institutes and Lewis campus properties with values and maintenance expenses, ca 1938. Includes a Plat map of Lewis campus showing buildings and vacant lots, as well as notes, correspondence, insurance values, and legal descriptions of State St. area properties acquired in 1940s. Collection includes information regarding the Vendome...
Dates: 1918-1977; Majority of material found within 1920-1939; Majority of material found within 1975-1977

Richard J. Pavlicek collection, 1941-1948

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.59
Abstract

Blueprints of three Illinois Institute of Technology campus buildings designed by Mies van der Rohe: Metallurgical Research Building for Armour Research Foundation (later the south portion of the Materials and Metals Building), Navy Building, Chemical Engineering and Metallurgy Building (later Perlstein Hall).

Dates: 1941-1948

Richard T. Smith photographs, 1951

 Collection
Identifier: 004.01.07
Description of the Collection

Seven black and white photographs of Illinois Institute of Technology campus buildings taken by electrical engineering student Richard T. Smith in 1951.

Dates: 1951

Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel of St. Savior collection, 1952-2007

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.03
Description of the Collection

Two items related to the Robert F. Carr Memorial Chapel of St. Saviour: 1) Flyer with brief information about Carr Chapel; probably issued as a publicity piece shortly after the building was opened in 1952. 2) Article by Margaret M. Grubiak, "Educating the Moral Scientist: The Chapels at I.I.T. and M.I.T.," published in ARRIS: Journal of the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (volume 18, 2007) (entire volume on file; gift of Margaret Grubiak)

Dates: 1952-2007

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