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Title: Paul V. Galvin Library plaza during renovation, including canopy, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1985
Date: 1985
Description: Photograph of the plaza adjacent to the main entrance of Paul V. Galvin Library, including the steel-beam canopy installed and shortly removed...
Show morePhotograph of the plaza adjacent to the main entrance of Paul V. Galvin Library, including the steel-beam canopy installed and shortly removed during the library's renovation in 1985. The canopy was designed by architect Robert Nevel, project head for Mekus/Johnson, Inc., and was dismantled within weeks of its installation after protests from administrators, faculty, and students at Illinois Tech's College of Architecture Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Galvin Library building renovation collection, 1985

Title: Illinois Institute of Technology Fraternity Row, South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: Color slide showing a section of the west side of the 3200 block of South Michigan Avenue. A number of the greystone buildings visible served...
Show moreColor slide showing a section of the west side of the 3200 block of South Michigan Avenue. A number of the greystone buildings visible served as Illinois Tech fraternity houses, including, at the far left of the photograph, Brown Hall, the Delta Tau Delta House, and the Phi Kappa Sigma house. At the far right of the photograph, the buildings are believed to include the Alpha Sigma Phi house, the Triangle House, and the Pi Kappa Phi house. These buildings were all demolished between ca. 1959-1963 as the block was cleared for the construction of new Illinois Tech dormitories. Photographer unknown, possibly a member of the university's Department of Public Relations. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Dan Ryan collection, ca. 1891-1989

Title: S.R. Crown Hall under construction, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950-56
Date: 1950-1956
Description: Photograph of S.R. Crown Hall under construction, taken from the northeast. Crown Hall was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and was...
Show morePhotograph of S.R. Crown Hall under construction, taken from the northeast. Crown Hall was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and was constructed in 1950-1956. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: S.R. Crown Hall under construction, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950-56
Date: 1950-1956
Description: Photograph of S.R. Crown Hall under construction, taken from the southeast corner of South Dearborn Street and West 34th Street. Crown Hall...
Show morePhotograph of S.R. Crown Hall under construction, taken from the southeast corner of South Dearborn Street and West 34th Street. Crown Hall was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and was constructed in 1950-1956. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Siegel Hall under construction, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1951
Date: 1956
Description: Photograph of Siegel Hall under construction. Siegel Hall, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is located at 3301 South Dearborn Street, and...
Show morePhotograph of Siegel Hall under construction. Siegel Hall, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is located at 3301 South Dearborn Street, and was constructed in 1956-1957. The building was formerly known as: Electrical Engineering and Physics Building (ca. 1957), and the Lewis Building (planned name, never officially used). Also visible are S.R. Crown Hall, the Institute of Gas Technology, Armour Research Foundation Metals Research Building II, Keith School, and Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Siegel Hall foyer, looking out to Main Building and other campus buildings, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1962-1968
Date: 1962-1968
Description: Photograph of the view from the foyer of Siegel Hall, looking west. Main Building is visible at center, also shown are Crerar Library, the...
Show morePhotograph of the view from the foyer of Siegel Hall, looking west. Main Building is visible at center, also shown are Crerar Library, the Physics Building/Chapin Hall, and Machinery Hall. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: The Economics-Mechanics Building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s-1960s
Date: 1950-1969
Description: Photograph of the Economics-Mechanics Building (also known as Temporary Building No. 1 and the Administration and Classroom Annex) on the...
Show morePhotograph of the Economics-Mechanics Building (also known as Temporary Building No. 1 and the Administration and Classroom Annex) on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. Built as part of a 1947 Federal Works Agency project to provide facilities for veterans of World War II, this building was demolished after its activities were moved to Stuart Hall in 1972. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: IIT Campus Mart, Commons Building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1972-1975
Date: 1972-1975
Description: Photograph of the IIT Campus Mart, located in the Commons Building. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is...
Show morePhotograph of the IIT Campus Mart, located in the Commons Building. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: IIT Campus Mart, Commons Building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1972-1975
Date: 1972-1975
Description: Photograph of the IIT Campus Mart, located in the Commons Building. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is...
Show morePhotograph of the IIT Campus Mart, located in the Commons Building. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: View of Illinois Institute of Technology buildings along Federal Street, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1947-1955
Date: 1947-1955
Description: Photograph of the 3300 and 3400 blocks of South Federal Street on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The photograph, likely taken...
Show morePhotograph of the 3300 and 3400 blocks of South Federal Street on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The photograph, likely taken from Chapin Hall, includes the Mies van der Rohe-designed Materials and Metals Building and Heating Plant, as well as Chapin Hall and two temporary buildings built as part of a 1947 Federal Works Agency project to provide facilities for veterans of World War II. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Paul V. Galvin Library, with colorful canopy, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1985
Date: 1985
Description: Photograph of the colorful steel-beam canopy installed and shortly removed during the renovation of Paul V. Galvin Library in 1985. The canopy...
Show morePhotograph of the colorful steel-beam canopy installed and shortly removed during the renovation of Paul V. Galvin Library in 1985. The canopy was designed by architect Robert Nevel, project head for Mekus/Johnson, Inc., and was dismantled within weeks of its installation after protests from administrators, faculty, and students at Illinois Tech's College of Architecture Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Galvin Library building renovation collection, 1985

Title: Paul V. Galvin Library, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1985
Date: 1985-1989
Description: Photograph of Paul V. Galvin Library, likely from the time of its renaming in 1985. Designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill,...
Show morePhotograph of Paul V. Galvin Library, likely from the time of its renaming in 1985. Designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the building initially housed the independent John Crerar Library, which moved to the University of Chicago in 1985, and Illinois Tech's James Kemper Library. When the Crerar Library was relocated, the building underwent a renovation project and was renamed the Paul V. Galvin Library. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Arthur Keating Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1970-1989
Description: Photograph of Arthur Keating Hall, located at 3040 South Wabash Avenue on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The building was...
Show morePhotograph of Arthur Keating Hall, located at 3040 South Wabash Avenue on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The building was designed by Myron Goldsmith, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and constructed in 1966. The building is also known as Keating Sports Center (circa 1990s to present). Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Alumni Memorial Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1964
Date: 1964
Description: Photograph of Alumni Memorial Hall, formerly known as the Navy Building (1946), located at 3201 South Dearborn Street on the Illinois...
Show morePhotograph of Alumni Memorial Hall, formerly known as the Navy Building (1946), located at 3201 South Dearborn Street on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1945-56. Holabird & Root, associated architects; Dahl-Steadman Co., contractor; Mittelbusher & Turtelot, architects; Frank W. Reider & Associates, renovation associated consultants and engineers for renovation. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Alumni Memorial Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Creator: Ryan, Dan
Date: 1960-1979
Description: Photograph of Alumni Memorial Hall, formerly known as the Navy Building (1946), located at 3201 South Dearborn Street on the Illinois...
Show morePhotograph of Alumni Memorial Hall, formerly known as the Navy Building (1946), located at 3201 South Dearborn Street on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1945-56. Holabird & Root, associated architects; Dahl-Steadman Co., contractor; Mittelbusher & Turtelot, architects; Frank W. Reider & Associates, renovation associated consultants and engineers for renovation. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Thomas R. Brown Hall during demolition, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill., 1961
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of Public Relations
Date: 1961
Description: Photograph of Thomas R. Brown Hall during demolition in 1961. The building was designed by Francis M. Whitehouse of Burling & Whitehouse and...
Show morePhotograph of Thomas R. Brown Hall during demolition in 1961. The building was designed by Francis M. Whitehouse of Burling & Whitehouse and was located at 3254 South Michigan Avenue. Once known as Cudahy mansion, this building was purchased in 1939 for graduate students. It served as one of IIT's Naval housing quarters from approximately 1943-45. After World War II, the building housed graduate students and, from 1948-61, the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Formerly known as Cudahy Mansion (1880s-1919) , Chicago Motor Club (1919-1929), Quarters 2 (1943-1946), Graduate House (1939-1943, 1946-1948), Brown House (1950s), Brown Hall.
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Collection: Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980

Title: The east side of the greek quadrangle, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960s
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology. Office of Public Relations
Date: 1960-1969
Description: Photograph of the buildings that once formed the east side of Illinois Institute of Technology's greek quadrangle, the Alpha Epsilon Pi, Theta...
Show morePhotograph of the buildings that once formed the east side of Illinois Institute of Technology's greek quadrangle, the Alpha Epsilon Pi, Theta Xi, and Tau Epsilon Phi houses, with Gunsaulus Hall visible. These three fraternity houses were designed by the architecture firm Mittelbusher & Tourtelot and constructed in 1960. The Alpha Epsilon Pi house (foreground) was demolished in 2007. The former Theta Xi house (middle) became the Alpha Sigma Alpha house ca. 2000, and the former Tau Epsilon Phi house (rear) was the law house for a brief period, and became the Kappa Phi Delta house in 2004. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed (1960-1969) is approximate.
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Collection: Dan Ryan collection, 1954-1980

Title: Parmly Sound Laboratory, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1945
Description: Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed (1945) is approximate date. Address: 3322 South Dearborn Street, constructed 1944 (demolished ca....
Show moreDate of photograph is unknown. Date listed (1945) is approximate date. Address: 3322 South Dearborn Street, constructed 1944 (demolished ca. 1961). Built to house the laboratory of the Parmly Foundation for Auditory Research. From the time of its construction, this building was not intended to be a permanent structure. Formerly/Also known as: Parmly Laboratory.
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Collection: Technology News slide collection, 1955-1960

Title: Armour Flats, Chicago, Illinois, 1920s
Date: 1920-1929
Description: Photograph of Armour Flats, located at 3322 Armour Avenue (now Federal Street). Designed by the architecture firm Patton & Fisher, and...
Show morePhotograph of Armour Flats, located at 3322 Armour Avenue (now Federal Street). Designed by the architecture firm Patton & Fisher, and constructed in 1886, Armour Flats was a 194-unit apartment building constructed to house Armour meatpacking company employees. It later provided living quarters for Armour Institute faculty. In 1907, six sections of the building were christened Chapin Hall for use by Armour Institute. When the majority of the building was torn down in 1917 and 1919, Chapin Hall remained. Chapin Hall and the Physics Building were demolished in 1968. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Arthur Keating Hall entrance, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill.
Date: 1970-1989
Description: Photograph of the entrance of Arthur Keating Hall, located at 3040 South Wabash Avenue on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The...
Show morePhotograph of the entrance of Arthur Keating Hall, located at 3040 South Wabash Avenue on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The building was designed by Myron Goldsmith, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and constructed in 1966. The building is also known as Keating Sports Center (circa 1990s to present). Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

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