Nuclear energy

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.

Description of the Collection Materials which document C. Harry Youngquist's career as a nuclear engineer. The collection includes copies of essays and articles by Youngquist, Argonne National Laboratory printed material, federal agency publications, and Youngquist's notebook, slides and photographs. The items in collection are as follows: "Hot Laboratory Facilities for a Wide Variety of Radiochemical Problems" (co-written with...

Description of the Collection This film about the Armour Research Foundation Nuclear Reactor was submitted as a "television news release" along with a 2-page script dated June 28, 1956. Per the news release, the film is 40 feet; 1 minute, 7 seconds long; 16 mm; B&W; silent. Included in this collection (1998.087) is apparently raw footage, negative film, and the final cut of the film as follows: 1) Armour Nuclear Reactor; 3" d.; B & W negative; ca. 2 min.; dupe.; on core. 2) Armour Nuclear Reactor; 1 1/10min.;...

Description of the Collection One-minute silent film in color, leader reads "IIT 1 min. TV Spot - Altschul." The film was likely produced for television promotion. The film opens with a shot of a poster titled "Education for the Technological Age." It includes short (1-2 seconds) shots of Illinois Institute of Technology campus, including students, laboratories, equipment, architectural and city planning models, library, Grover Hermann Hall, Perlstein Hall, main frame computer, and...

Description of the Collection Three titles authored by students and submitted as a thesis or dissertation in pursuit of an academic degree. Each work is signed by the student's advisor, but the students did not receive the degree for which the monograph was written. Note that the Huslig work was submitted to Midwest College of Engineering in the year that the school merged with Illinois Institute of Technology. Abdel-Monem Bekhit,...