College buildings

Description of the Collection

Materials related to the activities of Stein & Co. and Mesirow/Stein in regard to the Lohan Master Plan activities, 1996-1997.

Description of the Collection

Materials resulting from promotion and publicity of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center and State Street Village opening events. Includes materials produced and distributed by Illinois Institute of Technology as internal and mass mailing from project development and construction stages through opening events. Print media coverage and architectural reviews are included. Box 1 consists of manuscript material, box 2 of oversize materials, and box 3 of miscellaneous unprocessed material.

Description of the Collection Promotional materials produced in connection with the opening celebration of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology, held Sept. 30, 2003. A lecture by the building's architect, Rem Koolhaas, was held on Oct. 4, 2003. Four copies each of the following items: 1. "Save the date" stickers 2. Hard ask invitations 3. Soft ask invitations 4. Press kits 5. MTCC maps 6. Program books 7. John Stamets photo cubes (2 only) 8. College of Architecture posters...

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.

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.

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...

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)

Description of the Collection Glass slides apparently used in two early presentations about IIT. Slides were found in a drawer with two empty slide boxes labeled as follows: 1) Complete set used for UET presentation; 2) Used 6-4-40 Alumni Banquet. Images include photographs and drawings of Mies-designed buildings on IIT campus (probably taken by Hedrich-Blessing), aerial photographs and diagrams of campus and surrounding Bronzeville neighborhood, graphs & charts with statistical information regarding...