Illinois Tech History

Illinois Tech was created in 1940 by the merger of Armour Institute and Lewis Institute. Located on the west side of Chicago, Lewis Institute, established in 1895 by the estate of hardware merchant and investor Allen C. Lewis, offered liberal arts as well as science and engineering courses for both men and women. At separate meetings held by their respective boards on Oct. 26, 1939, the trustees of Armour and Lewis voted to merge the two colleges. A Cook County circuit court decision on April 23, 1940 solidified the merger.

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Early Identification students, 1979

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Year: 1979

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Description Photograph of students from IIT's Early Identification Program (and possibly one instructor or staff member). From a contemporaneous press release: "The eight-week program is sponsored by IIT for bright high-school seniors interested in engineering, and includes team projects, visits to Chicago company and plant locations, and counseling on how to interview for jobs and apply for… more

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Early Identification Program students with rocket, Chicago, Illinois, 1976

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Year: 1976

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Description Photograph of students from IIT's Early Identification Program watching the launch of a mode rocket. From attached caption: "A model rocket zooms into space as Early Identification Program students at the Illinois Institute of Technology watch their team effort take off successfully. The eight-week program is sponsored by IIT for bright high-school seniors interested in engineering, and… more

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School of Architecture and Planning Faculty Meeting, April 10 and 16, 1970

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Year: 1970-04

Contributors Illinois Institute of Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology. College of Architecture

Description Digitized 7" open reel-to-reel tape recording of the Illinois Institute of Technology's School of Architecture and Planning faculty meeting, 1970. The meeting was opened with an unidentified person (possibly George Danforth, chairman of Architecture or Dr. Antonis Tritsis) reading the statement by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (as director of the Armour Institute of Technology department of… more

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IIT film, ca. 1975

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Year: 1975

Contributors Sharp, Charles Dee

Description Film (color and sound) of Illinois Institute of Technology campus and classroom scenes with shots of Chicago. Per Sharp, the film was made around 1975, most likely produced at the request of the President's Office. Credits read, "A Film by Charles Dee Sharp, Produced at ID." Sharp taught filmmaking at the Institute of Design from 1965 to 1980. more

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