Engineering -- Study and teaching -- United States

Description of the Collection

Textbook titled "Elementary Surveying Problems for Field and Office," presumably used in Civil Engineering classes C. E. 202 C. E. 417 taught by John C. Penn. Work is autographed by the author and contains a photograph of a student using a John S. Swift Co., Inc. planograph.

Description of the Collection Various publications with information on the E3 program and engineering education. Includes promotional brochures from 1972 & 1973 as well as 1973 publications “Everything Connects to Everything," "E3 Project Based Learning, Bachelor of Science in Engineering," "Education and Experience in Engineering. Also includes some material about the outcomes of the program,: book titled "E3 IIT," providing an overview of the program and analyzing its national and international impact and a report...

Description of the Collection

Four folders contain the texts of sixty-nine oral reports, speeches, addresses, and press conferences made by Thomas L. Martin, Jr. as president and president emeritus of IIT to IIT committees, deans, trustees, faculty, students, alumni, boards, professional and civic organizations, and the press. Organized chronologically with a title page for each speech with specific details about the occasion.

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.