College buildings
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:
Academic Vice President and Provost records, 1940-1978
Collection
Identifier: 022.01.03
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...
Dates:
1940-1978; Majority of material found within 1970-1979
Alfred Caldwell blueprint, 1954
Collection
Identifier: 006.01.11
Description of the Collection
Blueprint, "Landscape Plan for Housing Area" of Illinois Institute of Technology campus (Chicago) by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect, and Alfred Caldwell, Landscape Architect. Shows "play Meadow" and six surrounding buildings between Michigan Ave. and Wabash Ave. Includes a Planting List of tree varieties and counts. One sheet, 29x45"; scale 1" = 20'-0". Dated November 1, 1954.
Dates:
1954-11-01
Alternative Newsletter collection, ca. 1994
Collection
Identifier: 040.01.10
Description of the Collection
A one-page flyer titled "Viscous [sic] Rumors" concerning "the current administration plans on abandoning the main campus." The text is sarcastic and unsigned, but the writer identifies the piece as "IIT's only alternative newsletter".
Dates:
ca. 1994
Armour Mission Demolition films, 1962
Collection
Identifier: 037.01.02
Description of the Collection
8 rolls of movie film with similar titles/markings suggesting they all concern the demolition and razing of the Student Union Building (formerly, Armour Mission), ca. 1962. 1. Wrecking of old Student Union (2 tapes of this title); Color; Silent; 3" d.; ca. 5 min. Perforated number 0-726545609 2. Wrecking of old Student Union (2 tapes of this title); Color; Silent; 3" d.; ca. 5 min. Perforated number 0-726545612 3. Wrecking of Old Student Union Building; 16mm; 3½" d.; ca. 5 min. 4. Student...
Dates:
1962
Armour Research Foundation color transparencies, 1965
Collection
Identifier: 031.08.04
Description of the Collection
Color transparencies (4x5" and 2¼" sq.) taken by IIT photographer Ralph Luoma, ca. 1965.
1998.192 Armour Research Foundation 1998.225 Illinois Institute of Technology 1998.276 Armour Research Foundation 1989.011 Unidentified Images. Images are in two apparent groups: Box 1 Research scientists, laboratories, experiments, and activities conducted by Armour Research Foundation (later IIT Research Institute)...
Dates:
1965
Beyond Mies
Collection
Identifier: 037.08.04
Description of the Collection
One VHS tape and one dvd, each of Beyond Mies, a video by Rich Goodman (job # 2260, May 11, 1998) documenting the 1997 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation International Design Competition to select an architect for the building which later became identified as the McCormick Tribune Campus Center on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. The video included comments by Mark Scogin and features commentary/narration by Dirk Lohan about the IIT campus, the winner as "the next Mies," and the...
Dates:
1998
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
Buildings and Grounds Building Alteration files, 1945-1949
Collection
Identifier: 029.03.11
Description of the Collection
Collection appears to be the papers of W. J. Parduhn, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds. Files contain work orders, memos and correspondence, financial schedules, and miscellaneous other materials related to renovations and maintenance of campus buildings. Both old (previously existing) and new (primarily Alumni Memorial Hall, Perlstein Hall, Wishnick Hall) buildings are included. Drawings of the project work are sometimes included. Records appear to concern only IIT academic...
Dates:
1945-1949; Majority of material found within 1947-1949
Buildings and Grounds collection, 1937-1956
Collection
Identifier: 029.03.09
Description of the Collection
Collection includes "File # 204" (probably refers to account number), which consists of financial documents relating to landscaping of "A.P.D. Building" (Architecture, Planning and Design, i.e., S. R. Crown Hall). Bulks with purchase requisitions and work orders. Also some bid and work correspondence, including memo signed by Alfred Caldwell.Other materials (probably not originally part of File #204) are photos of campus plans. Included are reproductions of drawings of Alfred S....
Dates:
1937-1956; Majority of material found in 1955-1956
Campus Architectural and Recognition Review Committee records, 2009-2010
Collection
Identifier: 029.03.06
Description of the Collection
Materials produced by the Campus Architectural and Recognition Review Committee. Contains the following items:1) Agenda for meeting November 16, 2010
2) Minutes for meeting August 5, 2010
3) memo about bike racks, November 2010
4) letter from ASCE about permanant installment of the Concrete Canoe
5) Tower Signage plan, with architects rendering
6) Metra Station Signange Plan, with map
7) Architectural plans for State Street Village
8) Agenda for meeting August 5, 2010
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Dates:
2009-2010
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