Lewis Institute
Organization
Biography
The Lewis Institute was established through a provision in the will of Allen Cleveland Lewis (1821-1877) at the southeast corner of Madison and Robey (now Damen) Avenues. It was incorporated in 1896 as a four year high school with a focus on technical education. An engineering department was established in 1901 and a home economics department in 1912, both began awarding Bachelor of Science degrees in 1917. By 1918 Lewis Institute became a NCA accredited four year college, and the high school academy was discontinued. In 1940 the Lewis Institute and Armour Institute of Technology merged to create the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Building Reference files, 1896-2013
Collection
Identifier: 037.06.01
Scope and Contents
The Building Reference Files collection consists of a mix of primary and secondary source material relating to the buildings and campuses of the Illinois Institute of Technology and its predecessor institutions. These files formerly served as "drop files" where archives staff collected clippings, ephemera, and photographs related to the buildings and campus, and as a result, many of the files consist wholly of secondary material (including photocopies and clippings from university...
Dates:
1895-2013
Institutional chronologies collection, 1963-1993
Collection
Identifier: 039.01.67
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...
Dates:
1963-1993
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Architecture 1
- Architecture--Designs and plans 1
- Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) 1
- Campus planning 1
- Campus planning -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- Clippings (information artifacts) 1
- College buildings 1
- College buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
- College facilities 1
- Dormitories 1
- Fire protection engineering 1
- Fraternal organizations 1
- Fund raising 1
- Home economics--Study and teaching 1
- Illinois Institute of Technology -- History 1
- Landscape architecture 1
- Photographs 1
- Radio broadcasting--United States--History 1
- Soldiers--Education, Non-military (U.S.) 1 ∧ less
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