Fraternal organizations

Description of the Collection The papers appear to be those of James J. Brophy in his role as Academic Vice President of Illinois Institute of Technology from Feb. 1967-1975, and of Sidney Guralnick in his role of the university's provost from 1975-1982. This is a drop file-type collection of materials from various sources arranged alphabetically. s with 1970s materials. The names James J. Brophy and Sidney Guralnick appear most often. Note that the following materials predate Brophy's appointment as Academic VP and...

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Description of the Collection Materials collected by Alton J. Jungels (B.S. 1932) when he attended Armour Institute of Technology. Artifact collection includes class of 1932 photograph by Bloom Studio (Chicago) with head shots of all graduates, including Jungels who served as class vice-president; Pi Tau Sigma (honorary Mechanical Engineering fraternity) membership certificate (1931) issued to Jungels; Jungels' diploma (1932) signed by President Howard M. Raymond and with a gold embossed seal and black and yellow ribbon...

Description of the Collection

Pages removed from photo album that contains black and white photographs. Included are images of Armour Institute of Technology Beta Psi fraternity members and activities, ca. 1928 - 1932. Also, the fraternity house at 3337 S. Michigan Ave., swimming and track. Women are included in the social event activities, and some individuals are identified. Presumable taken by fraternity member Alton A. Jungels, who created the photo album.

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Four items related to Armin L. Schreiber, who attended Armour Institute of Technology ca. 1917. Items include: an unsigned copy of his thesis "Power Consumption Test of a Bascule Bridge" (co-written with Stewart N. Miller); leather bound 1917 AIT commencement program/booklet (2 copies); photo of Schreiber in World War I uniform; fraternity plaque with Tau Beta Pi key symbol and reading "A. I. T. 1917."

Description of the Collection Materials related to Armour Institute of Technology student Barry Michael Kostenko, primarily documenting his fraternity activity and graduation. The items include: 1934 class photo; grades transcript; diploma; commencement program; baccalaureate service program; Sphinx Roll of Honor certificate; certificate of alumnus member of Pi Delta Epsilon and related materials; photo name tag; Sigma Kappa Delta rushing program; Armour Institute of Technology directory, 1933-34; the Armour Engineer...

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This blueprint shows a proposal for 9 fraternity houses, existing Farr Hall, and a "Possible Future Dormitory." It is signed "C.K. Simons" with no date, but reads "C, 1954" in pencil on back.

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This collection includes drawings, plans, blueprints, and other materials stored in the East Map Case. These materials are not all from the same source, nor are they a coherent collection by any factor other than that they are all stored together. See folder listings for an inventory of the items in this collection.

Description of the Collection Six typed chronologies containing timelines of institutional histories of Armour Institute of Technology (1892 - 1940), Lewis Institute (1896-1940) and Illinois Institute of Technology (1940 - present). Each covers a different time range and each was apparently compiled from different sources, though much of the information is repeated and consistent from one chronology to the next. While many of the events concerning IIT and its predecessors and affiliates listed in these...

Description of the Collection An essay, "BMOC at I.I.T.," by by Robert Guthrie (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1949) for his grandson Scott Guthrie, recounting his student days at Illinois Institute of Technology from 1942-1949, with time off for service in World War II, 1943-46. (25 pages.) Guthrie recounts his academic and social activities at IIT, commenting on various professors such as Yale Brozen, C. Roy Mathews, Michael Sadowsky, and Edward Wagenknecht. He also writes aout his extra-curricular clubs...