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Architectural drawings (visual works)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:

Crerar Library records, 1957-1984

 Collection
Identifier: 025.03.03
Description of the Collection Bulks with copies of memos, correspondence and reports concerning IIT's decision to a joint library venture and eventual dissolution of agreement with The John Crerar Library. Minor amounts of statistical and financial information is included, as is one annual report for Crerar (1975/76). Name appearing most frequently is Sidney A. Guralnick, IIT Provost and V. P. Folder listing: Merger Proposals, 1957-1959/Folder 1: Includes correspondence to John T. Rettaliata. Merger Proposals,...
Dates: 1957-1984
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Crispin Hales papers, 1963-1989

 Collection
Identifier: 031.07.11
Description of the Collection The collection contains material related to IIT Research Institute, including manuscripts collected and generated by Dr. Crispin Hales from his time of employment as a materials engineer at the IIT Research Institute. The collection also includes two reels of 8mm motion picture film: 1) “Phase IV high-pressure, high-temperature erosion-corrosion reactor, September 1978;” 2) “Refractory Test System for testing refractory bricks under simulated slagging coal gasifier conditions, 1979."...
Dates: 1963-1989; Majority of material found within 1976-1989
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Galvin Library Christopher Stewart administration records, 1953-2011

 Collection
Identifier: 025.04.19
Description of the Collection

Office Files of and records created by Christopher Stewart, Dean of Libraries. Some of them materials were created by prior library directors, David Dowell and Sohair ElBaz Wastawy.

Dates: 1953-2011; Majority of material found within 1980-2010
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Henry T. Heald, University President's papers, 1920-1953

 Collection
Identifier: 024.04.01
Description of the Collection

The collection consists of correspondence, memos, reports, and other materials which constitute the administrative files of the of Henry T. Heald in his role as President of Armour Institute of Technology (Chicago), 1937-1940 and as President of Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago), 1940-1952.

Dates: 1920-1953
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

IIT in the Landscape, After Mies and Caldwell report, 1999

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.45
Description of the Collection Publication titled IIT in the Landscape: 1999 Illinois Institute of Technology West Campus Landscape Master Plan. After Mies and Caldwell: A Report to the Mies Campus Committee. The Plan concerns IIT's main campus at 33rd and S. State Streets. "West campus" refers to the academic area on the west side of State St., as opposed to the residential area on the east side of the street. Fifty-one page document with drawings, photos, text, and tables. Contents as follows: Introduction; Large-Scale...
Dates: 1999
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

John Crerar Library blueprint, 1961

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.19
Description of the Collection

Blueprint Sheet (31" x 47") by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill of first floor (i.e., upper level) plan of The John Crerar Library (later the Paul V. Galvin Library). Job number 5763; drawing number A-2. Scale 1/8" = 1'-0".

Dates: 1961
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Lohan Master Plan collection, 1996-2003

 Collection
Identifier: 037.02.10
Description of the Collection

Office files from Mies van der Rohe Society related to the Lohan Master Plan and related activities.

Dates: 1996-2003
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

McCormick Tribune Campus Center collection, 1998-2002

 Collection
Identifier: 037.08.20
Description of the Collection Materials related to McCormick Tribune Campus Center (MTCC), State Street Village student housing, CTA Red Line bridge marquee at 35th St., and S. R. Crown Hall restoration, all buildings or activities related to Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago) campus master plan. The collection bulks with materials related to MTCC, primarily budget and financial information, and "The Exelon Tube." Frequently occurring names include Rem Koolhaas, Richard (Rick) Brown, Dan Wood, OMA (Office for...
Dates: 1998-2002
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

McCormick Tribune Campus Center construction binder, 2000

 Collection
Identifier: 037.08.11
Description of the Collection

Looseleaf binder identified only as McCormick Tribune Campus Center (with image of model on cover). Per donor, the piece was produced for a Trustees' Facility Committee meeting, ca. Oct. 2000 - Aug. 2001. Shows the building's "allocated budget" vs. "current construction estimate." Six section detail the cost overages and suggest possible design changes for cost reduction. Includes numerous floor plan drawings and color photos of the building model.

Dates: 2000
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

Mervin W. LaRue, Jr. papers, 1944-2005

 Collection
Identifier: 038.01.02
Description of the Collection The LaRue collection consists almost entirely of file materials that document LaRue's careers at Bell & Howell, Stewart-Warner, Ampex, and his own consulting firm. These include business directories from the various companies; organizational charts; annual reports; miscellaneous company printed items including objects; project reports on various products that LaRue was developing; internal corporate correspondence and memos; and business cards that LaRue had collected from around the...
Dates: 1944-2005
Found in: Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections

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