Skip to main content
Contact Us

College buildings

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

McCormick Tribune Campus Center photographs, 2003

 Collection
Identifier: 037.08.15
Description of the Collection Photographs (available as digital images on a CD and as color prints) of McCormick Tribune Campus Center on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology taken by Richard Barnes at the request of IIT to serve as publicity photos. The images are identified as follows, per the CD: 1. Computer Hall 1. 2. Founders' Wall 2 [icons]. 3. Founders' Wall 3 [faces of (l - r): Frank W. Gunsaulus; Allen Lewis; Robert Pritzker; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]. 4. Hallway [northeast corridor]. 5. Interiors 1...
Dates: 2003

McCormick Tribune Campus Center videos, 2003

 Collection
Identifier: 037.08.14
Description of the Collection Video tapes of four events surrounding dedication and opening of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. All are raw footage. Events as follows: Ribbon Cutting (9/30/2003), Dedication (9/30/2003), Faculty/staff/student welcoming ceremony (10/3/2003), and lecture by architect Rem Koolhaas (10/4/2003). Collection also includes dvd surrogate which consists of the Dedication, Ribbon Cutting, and Welcoming Ceremony. Detailed event...
Dates: 2003

Mies News collection, 2005-2010

 Collection
Identifier: 006.04.07
Description of the Collection

Mies News, being a quarterly newsletter to members of the Mies van der Rohe Society of Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago). Mies News was launched with the Summer 2005 issue. Holdings include: Summer 2005, Fall 2005, Summer 2006, Fall 2006, Winter 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010.

Dates: 2005-2010

Mies van der Rohe blueprints, 1942-1943

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.12
Description of the Collection Blueprints by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe of the (unbuilt) Library and Administration Building designed for Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago). Five pages; 36" x 48"; 1/8"=1' scale. Also included is the original mailing envelope (postmark illegible) with label from Mies van der Rohe's Wabash Ave. office in Chicago, Ill.; package was addressed to William H. Hyde, Jr. (IIT librarian). The five blueprint pages show: 1) North, south, east, and west elevations. 2) Ground level floor plan...
Dates: 1942-1943

Mies van der Rohe blueprints, 1944-1945

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.08
Description of the Collection Three sheets of blueprints, ca. 1944-1945, showing floor plans for the (unbuilt) Library and Administration Building on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago) by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. 1) Two drawing on the same sheet identified as "Administration" and showing the second floor and first floor with a long narrow central court. Building footprint is shown as 177' x 255'; scale 1" = 20'-0". Drawings show the spaces divided into rooms, hallway, stairs, etc. and identify the...
Dates: 1944-1945

Miscellaneous Historical Files collection, 1945-1972

 Collection
Identifier: 039.01.62
Description of the Collection

Miscellaneous materials found in IIT Archives. Their original creator/compiler is unknown and the materials may not all be from the same source. Some may be from the offices of Preseidents Heald and Rettaliata. Others materials appear to have come from the university's public relations office. Some folder titles were found on the folders and others were supplied or supplemented by the processor.

Dates: 1945 -1972

National Register of Historic Places Nomination collection, 2005

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.26
Description of the Collection

Materials related to the National Register of Historic Places nomination for the Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus which was listed on the Register Aug. 12, 2005. Includes the research documentation complied by Mark Kasprzyk and Douglas Gilbert of McClier (work contracted by IIT) and submitted to the Commission of Chicago Landmarks with approval from the Illinois State Historic Preservation Officer.

Dates: 2005

Office of Building and Grounds Construction records, 1956-1970

 Collection
Identifier: 029.03.07
Description of the Collection

Office files documenting construction of various buildings on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. Drawings are generally not included, but the materials frequently include specifications, bids, contracts, financial information, etc.

Dates: 1956-1970; Majority of material found within 1958-1966

Office of Public Relations records, 1984-1998

 Collection
Identifier: 036.03.09
Description of the Collection Office files of the director and associate director of Illinois Institute of Technology's Office of Public Relations, Sara Stern Fishman and Mary Dawson, respectively. Concerns major activities and programs of university-wide concern having a real or potential public relations impact. Routine office activities (e.g., staff meetings) are not included. Sara Fishman's papers are arranged topically with sub-headings for each topic. A substantial amount of the material concerns the 1990s campus...
Dates: 1984-1998; Majority of material found within 1990-1998

Paul V. Galvin Library

35 West 33rd Street | Chicago, IL | 60616
312.567.6847 library@iit.edu