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 Subject
Subject Source: Naf

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Armour Flats collection, ca. 1900

 Collection
Identifier: 002.03.02
Abstract

This is the only known primary source document related to Armour Flats in IIT Archives.

Dates: 1900

Armour Institute slide, 1899

 Collection
Identifier: 002.04.09
Description of the Collection

One glass slide depicting a drawing or engraving of Armour Institute of Technology, Armour Mission, and Armour Flats at the corner of 33rd and Federal Streets. Aerial perspective view from the northeast. Image appears in an article about Armour Institute of Technology in "New England Magazine," May 1899 (or 1897?), p. 356.

Dates: 1899

Bernard P. Taylor papers, 1939-1948

 Collection
Identifier: 024.04.04
Description of the Collection

Papers of Bernard P. Taylor, the assistant to the Illinois Institute of Technology's first president, Henry T. Heald. Much of the material concerns IIT's early development and fundraising program.

Dates: 1939-1948

Bernard P. Taylor papers, 1944-1946

 Collection
Identifier: 024.04.05
Description of the Collection

The papers of Bernard P. Taylor who was the assistant to the Illinois Institute of Technology president Henry T. Heald. These materials concern the IIT Alumni Association.

Dates: 1944-1946

C. Arne Arenberg papers, 1948

 Collection
Identifier: 003.06.03
Description of the Collection

Three ring-binder with handwritten class notes from lectures and outside readings for what appears to be three different courses: Physics 512 (Spring 1948), Diatomic Molecules (Fall 1948), Atomic Structure (Spring 1948). Also typescript titled "Calculations of the Spectroscopic and Physical Constants of NO [nitric oxide] and also the Thermodynamic Properties." Binder is gray fabric covered with IIT logo of the 1940s stamped in red.

Dates: 1948

Charles Leonard Lynch papers, 1933-1988

 Collection
Identifier: 004.01.01
Description of the Collection The Lynch papers are arranged in four groupings. The three-ring binder includes: A photocopy of Charles Lynch's obituary from 1988 A sheet (on gold paper) announcing an "All Armour Night at the famous Joseph Urban Room of the Congress Hotel where Charles Gaylord and his New York-Hollywood orchestra is serving the tops in uptown-lowdown rhythm. Friday, May 3rd" (no year...
Dates: 1933-1988

Community Events collection, 1991-2003

 Collection
Identifier: 035.01.01
Description of the Collection Materials related to events run by IIT in collaboration with the neighborhood and/or city of Chicago. Includes the following folders: FOLDER 1: Program for The Stroll, Bronzeville's Musical Legacy , August 23, 2003; self-guided tour "Return to the Stroll: Chicago's Musical Main Street", 2003; Program Schedule for Concert, press release "The Stroll: Bronzeville's Musical Legacy Celebrates the Neighborhood's Rich Heritage As Part of Play On Chicago", 2003. FOLDER 2: program for 1996 Fifth...
Dates: 1991-2003; Majority of material found in 1991-2003

First Twenty Years of Lewis Institute, 1935

 Collection
Identifier: 001.01.01
Description of the Collection

Later, typed copy of "First Twenty Years of Lewis Institute, 1896 to 1916" by George N. Carman, the First Director of the school. The 34 page text describes the Institute’s founding and other noteworthy events in the school’s history as well as Carman's educational philosophy.

Dates: 1935

Frank W. Gunsaulus papers, 1895-1920

 Collection
Identifier: 002.05.04
Description of the Collection

The collection includes manuscripts, publications, and letters of Frank Gunsaulus, mostly related to personal life and not Armour Institute. Manuscripts and publications include his own poems, some signed, including the poem he composed for Eugene Field's funeral. Letters are to F.W. Jay and include a recommendation to the Surgeon General for position of army surgeon.

Dates: 1895-1920, and undated

High school events collection, 1976-1991

 Collection
Identifier: 011.03.04
Description of the Collection

Events hosted on Illinois Institute of Technology campus for high school students, excluding open houses. The collection includes the First Annual Chicago Region Junior Engineering, Science, and Humanities Symposium schedule, 1976, and the Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation speaker program book, 1991.

Dates: 1976-1991

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