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World War, 1939-1945

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

ARF slides, 1940

 Collection
Identifier: 031.08.01
Description of the Collection 3 ΒΌ" x 4" glass slides bound in either black or red tape used by the ARF for presentations. Some slides have commercial mounts reading "Bond Slide Co., Inc. Chicago" and "Chicago Slide Co., 6 E. Lake St. Chicago." Box 1 images bulk with graphs, technical charts, gauges, a telephone switchboard including images of people using or studying the equipment are included. The box top label in Box 2 read "(Slots) 1 - 19 Signal Corps School" and "Andres Paper - Signal Training" for slot 20. Slides...
Dates: 1940

Enrollment statistics, 1926-1950

 Collection
Identifier: 026.03.03
Description of the Collection

Enrollment figures by term and academic program for day, evening and summer divisions of Lewis, Armour and IIT, 1926-1950. Includes Navy, Army and George Williams (Navy) figures for war years; for veterans, civilians and women post-WWII; off-campus extension programs. Apparently compiled by Statistical Service/Registrar's Office starting 1933, but with retrospective statistics back to 1926.

Dates: 1926-1950

Henry T. Heald papers, 1935-1989

 Collection
Identifier: 024.04.03
Description of the Collection

Materials related to Henry T. Heald including manuscripts and a framed portrait. Manuscript material includes small amounts of biographical materials, correspondence, speeches, and correspondence as well as some other miscallenous items.

Dates: 1935-1989

Signal Corps Training Program and Pre-Radar course records, 1942-1943

 Collection
Identifier: 011.01.02
Description of the Collection Materials related to the Signal Corps Training Program and Pre-Radar course at Illinois Institute of Technology during WW II. Includes information on staff, classes offered, enrollment statistics; samples of certificates awarded (by the Engineering, Science, and Management War Training Course (ESMWT): Advanced Electronics and Ultra High Frequency Techniques; Radio Measurements and Electronics; by the War Department, U. S. Army: Radio Operators; Radio Technician); course outlines;...
Dates: 1942-1943

War training and preparedness collection, 1940-1952

 Collection
Identifier: 011.01.01
Description of the Collection

Materials related to IIT's participation in the Engineering, Science and Management War Training (ESMWT) program and IIT's own war training courses. Also represented are the University of Chicago's war training program materials. The collection also includes a Report of Technology Center Civil Defense Committee, a disaster plan created by IIT circa 1951.

Dates: 1940-1951; Majority of material found within 1940-1944

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