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Title: IIT/V
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1976-1981
Description: A promotional booklet for IIT/V (also known as IITV), one of the first televised course delivery services. IITV offered distance learning...
Show moreA promotional booklet for IIT/V (also known as IITV), one of the first televised course delivery services. IITV offered distance learning classes at the graduate and upper-division undergraduate levels to corporate and public audiences.
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Collection: IITV courses collection, 1976-1987

Title: Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni Awards winners and presenters, Chicago, Illinois, 1969
Date: 1969-05
Description: Photograph of 1969 Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni Awards winners and presenters, including Armour Institute alumni Harris Perlstein ...
Show morePhotograph of 1969 Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni Awards winners and presenters, including Armour Institute alumni Harris Perlstein (left), Robert I. Wishnick (second from left), William Downes (third from left), Paul Unger (third from right), and Milton Kittler (second from right). Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: NROTC member with boy, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1949
Creator: Lucas, Joseph J., Jr.
Date: 1949
Description: Photograph of a member of IIT's Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Program with a young boy, taken during "Junior Week" in 1949.
Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Illinois Institute of Technology exhibit at the Chicagoland Fair, Chicago, Illinois, 1957
Date: 1957
Description: Photograph of the 65-foot exhibit promoting Illinois Tech and its affiliated foundations at the 1957 Chicagoland Fair on Navy Pier....
Show morePhotograph of the 65-foot exhibit promoting Illinois Tech and its affiliated foundations at the 1957 Chicagoland Fair on Navy Pier. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: W.A. Kerr, Harriet C. Shurrager, R.A. Dykman, Dr. Phil S. Shurrager, and Dr. David Boder, Department of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950
Date: 1950
Description: Photograph of Illinois Tech Department of Psychology faculty and Dean: (left to right) Willard A. Kerr, Harriett C. Shurrager (Associate...
Show morePhotograph of Illinois Tech Department of Psychology faculty and Dean: (left to right) Willard A. Kerr, Harriett C. Shurrager (Associate Professor Emeritus), Roscoe A. Dykman, Dr. Phil S. Shurrager (Dean of Psychology and Education), and Dr. David Pablo Boder (Professor Emeritus). Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Department of Psychology photographs, 1950-1972

Title: Illinois Tech March Song
Creator: Laube, William C., Jr.
Date: 1964
Description: Sheet music for "Illinois Tech March Song," composed by William C. Laube, Jr. in 1949, when he when he was an undergraduate at Illinois Tech....
Show moreSheet music for "Illinois Tech March Song," composed by William C. Laube, Jr. in 1949, when he when he was an undergraduate at Illinois Tech. Laube was not able to publish the song in 1949, but was it was discovered in a music file in 1964 by Illinois Tech music director H.E. Nutt, arranged for the IIT band, and played at that year's Homecoming, and other university events. This printed sheet music is assumed to date from that era, though the circumstances of its creation are uncertain.
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Collection: IIT Songs collection, 1940-2002

Title: I.I.T. Loyalty Song
Creator: Erickson, O. Gordon
Date: 1940
Description: Facsimile of hand-written sheet music for the "I.I.T. Loyalty Song," composed by O. Gordon Erickson, the school's Musical Director, ca. 1940.
Collection: IIT Songs collection, 1940-2002

Title: The Blue Flame, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, 1970
Date: 1970
Description: Transparency depicting the car known as the Blue Flame that set the land speed record on October 23, 1970 at Bonneville Flats, Utah. Powered...
Show moreTransparency depicting the car known as the Blue Flame that set the land speed record on October 23, 1970 at Bonneville Flats, Utah. Powered by ignited liquefied natural gas, the car was conceived by Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute colleagues Dick Keller and Ray Dausman and constructed by Reaction Dynamics, Inc. in Milwaukee. Henry R. Linden, then President of the Institute of Gas Technology, obtained the funding for the project and assembled a team of Illinois Tech engineering students and faculty members T. Paul Torda and Sarunas C. Uzgiris to improve the aerodynamics of the car. In October, 1970, with Gary Gabelich driving, The Blue Flame set a land speed record of 1,014 km/h, a record that stood for 27 years. Original photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Bernard "Sonny" Weissman and Arthur Keating Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1974
Date: 1974
Description: Photograph of Bernard "Sonny" Weissman in front of Arthur Keating Hall. Weissman was a coach at Armour Institute of Technology beginning in...
Show morePhotograph of Bernard "Sonny" Weissman in front of Arthur Keating Hall. Weissman was a coach at Armour Institute of Technology beginning in 1928 and Director of Athletics at Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago from 1928-1971. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: President Henry T. Heald at microphone addressing V-12 unit, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1943
Date: 1943
Description: Photograph of Illinois Institute of Technology President Henry Heald with uniformed students from the V-12 Navy College Training Program. The...
Show morePhotograph of Illinois Institute of Technology President Henry Heald with uniformed students from the V-12 Navy College Training Program. The V-12 program (1943-1946) offered men who were interested in Navy careers the alternative of attending a civilian college or university with the rank of apprentice seamen and then to become eligible for an officer's commission upon graduation. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Gas Sphere, Green Bay, Wisconsin, ca. 1940s
Date: 1940-1949
Description: Photograph of a spherical gasoline storage tank in Green Bay, Wisconsin, possibly constructed for or used by the Institute of Gas Technology...
Show morePhotograph of a spherical gasoline storage tank in Green Bay, Wisconsin, possibly constructed for or used by the Institute of Gas Technology or one of its member institutions. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: IIT 1956-1957
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1956-1957
Description: Black-and-white, silent film identified as "IIT 1956-1957" with images of Illinois Institute of Technology campus and buildings, classroom...
Show moreBlack-and-white, silent film identified as "IIT 1956-1957" with images of Illinois Institute of Technology campus and buildings, classroom scenes, and students working in laboratories. Extended sequences feature architecture and Institute of Design students with models of their work and students dining in the Commons Building. Original format is 16mm film. Exact date of filming is unknown, but some evidence indicates at least smoe of the film was shot in spring, 1957.
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Collection: IIT 1956-1957 film, 1956-1957

Title: CBS News interviews Ralph Peck in lab, Chicago, Illinois, 1975
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1975
Description: Photograph of Illinois Institute of Technology faculty member Ralph Peck being interviewed by a local CBS affiliate in a laboratory. Peck is...
Show morePhotograph of Illinois Institute of Technology faculty member Ralph Peck being interviewed by a local CBS affiliate in a laboratory. Peck is standing in front of a board illustrating the Pircon-Peck process, which is a process developed with Ladislav Pircon for creating fertilizer or desulfuizing flue gas.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Gwendolyn Brooks receiving an honorary degree at from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1968
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1968
Description: Photograph of Gwendolyn Brooks, then Chicago's Poet Laureate, receiving an honorary degree from Illinois Institite of Technology. Photographer...
Show morePhotograph of Gwendolyn Brooks, then Chicago's Poet Laureate, receiving an honorary degree from Illinois Institite of Technology. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Tree planting on campus, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1980s
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1980-1989
Description: Photograph of tree planting activities on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is...
Show morePhotograph of tree planting activities on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Tree planting on campus, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1980s
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1980-1989
Description: Photograph of tree planting activities on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is...
Show morePhotograph of tree planting activities on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: IIT logo with model of Chicago, Illinois, 1980s
Date: 1980-1989
Description: Photograph of the block IIT logo on a model of Navy Pier and the surrounding area of Chicago. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is...
Show morePhotograph of the block IIT logo on a model of Navy Pier and the surrounding area of Chicago. 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: Lois Graham with students, ca. 1980-1985
Creator: Lightfoot, Robert M., III
Date: 1980-1985
Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Binaural research experiment, Parmly Foundation for Auditory Research, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1946-1960
Date: 1946-1960
Description: Photograph of an Illinois Tech student in an anechoic chamber at the Parmly Sound Laboratory. From press release attached to photograph: ...
Show morePhotograph of an Illinois Tech student in an anechoic chamber at the Parmly Sound Laboratory. From press release attached to photograph: "Illinois Tech student, Jack Kiser, takes part in binaural hearing experiment at the Parmly Foundation for Auditory Research. Kiser is listening to two different tones in the completely silent (anechoic) chamber in order to determine their direction. Physicists at the Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Tech also use the Parmly chamber for acoustical research." Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Assistant to Dr. Daniel Graupe demonstrating a computerized arm prothesis, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1980s
Date: 1980-1989
Description: Photograph of an unknown assistant to Dr. Daniel Graupe demonstrating a computerized prosthetic arm. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph...
Show morePhotograph of an unknown assistant to Dr. Daniel Graupe demonstrating a computerized prosthetic arm. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

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