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Universities and colleges--Mergers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Armour Institute Administration and Illinois Institute of Technology Incorporation collection, 1919-1972

 Collection
Identifier: 002.01.12
Description of the Collection

The bulk of the collection consisits of materials, many mimeographic and photostatic copies, related to the founding of Armour Institute and IIT.

Dates: 1919-1972; Majority of material found within 1919-1940

IIT Family Tree

 Item
Scope and Contents

Two versions of the IIT family tree are included. Please not that neither is correct with respect to the date of the merger of the Lewis Instiute and Armour Institute of Technology.

Dates: 1892-1988

Institute of Design records, 1937-1981

 Collection
Identifier: 008.02.02
Description of the Collection

Materials created by the Illinois Institute of Technology Registrar's Office to help track and convert course credits taken by Institute of Design students prior to the school's 1949 merger with IIT. The collection includes a few items created by ID before the merger, saved as samples to aid in the conversion.

Dates: 1937-1981; Majority of material found within 1937-1953

James C. Peebles papers, 1926-1933

 Collection
Identifier: 002.05.13
Description of the Collection Correspondence and a photograph related to Armour Institute of Technology professor of mechanical engineering James C. Peebles, circa 1926-1933. Photocopy of a typed letter (6 pages) to Armour Institute of Technology President Howard M. Raymond from Associate Professor James Peebles in opposition to moving the college site to Evanston, dated March 29, 1926. The second item is a class photo of Armour Institute of Technology Class of 1933, with head shots of graduates and class officers. The...
Dates: 1926-1933; 1926

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