Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Biographical Note
- Description of the Collection
- Conditions Governing Access
- Processor
- Immediate Source of Acquisition
- Indexed Terms
- Inventory
Collection Access
Paul V. Galvin Library, 35 W. 33rd Street, Chicago, IL 60616
L. R. Wilcox slides, 1938-1988
Descriptive Summary
- Language
- English
- Repository
- Paul V. Galvin Library. University Archives and Special Collections
- Title
- L. R. Wilcox slides, 1938-1988
- Creator
- Wilcox, L. R. (Lee Roy), 1912-
- Identifier
- 037.02.58
- Size
- 58 Photographic Slides
- Dates
- 1938-1988
- Language
- Records are in English.
- Storage Location
- S56/4/A
Biographical Note
L. R. Wilcox was Professor of Mathematics at Illinois Institue of Technology from 1940-1977.
Description of the Collection
This collection includes a slide program consisting of 58 slides and accompanying text. The program is entitled The Development of Illinois Institute of Technology Since its Formation in 1940 by L. R. Wilcox. The program was produced in 1977 and revised in 1988. The slide images date ca. 1938-1977. It primarily concerns buildings and locations on campus, lesser information on Professor S. I. Hayakawa's preservation effort for the Grand Theater and jazz lectures, and faculty development under President Henry T. Heald. See list of slides described at the item level.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Research
Processor
Catherine Bruck, University Archivist
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Was formerly 1998.264.
Indexed Terms
- College buildings--Planning
- Universities and colleges--Faculty
- Campus planning
- Hayakawa, S. I. (Samuel Ichiyé), 1906-1992
- Yancey, Jimmy, 1898-1951
- Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.)
Inventory
IIT sign, SW corner 33rd & State
1
1972
Perlstein Fountain
2
1972
Grassy area, west side of state, between 33rd and 34th
3
1972
[Galvin] Library, main entrance
4
1975
Two current buildings: Engineering 1, Life Sciences beyond
5
1972
Overview of present campus, east part
6
1977
Overview of present campus, central part
7
1977
Overview of present campus, west part
8
1977
Overview of original campus area
9
1977
Photograph of original campus, with original buildings
10
1942
Drawing of original campus, with items coded
11
1939
Photograph of some original Campus buildings
12
1941
Armour Mission Building
13
1945
Federal Street, viewed northward toward 33rd street
14
1938
Main Building entrance
15
1938
Main Building
16
1972
Armour Mission with tower
17
1938
Classroom in Chapin Hall
18
1940
Library in Main Building
19
1938
Armour Research Foundation Building, viewed along its front
20
1938
Junior Week activities on Ogden Field
21
1941
More "Junior Week" activities, with water
22
1942
Entrance to Armour Mission, with name in stone above doors
23
1945
Name stone from Armour Mission, now as bench
24
1977
Lewis Institute Building
25
1941
Crown Hall SW corner
26
1977
Mecca SW corner
27
1945
Fire at Mecca
28
Crown Hall, Main Entrance
29
1988
Mecca demolition
30
Two residence halls, 33rd and Michigan
31
1945
State Street, west side, at present
34
1977
State Street, west side, early
35
1941
Walkway from Dearborn to State, between IGT buildings
36
1977
Slum buildings later replace by walkway
37
1950-1955
E-1 Building, State Street Side
38
1988
Grace Gospel Mission, 3130 S. State St
39
1945
Life Sciences Building, southeast corner, at State St.
40
1988
Grand Theater, early seat of Chicago jazz, at 3110 S. State Street
41
1945
Early jazz still alive in the 40's, Jimmy Yancey, Jim Wangersheim, l. R.
Wilcox, S. I. Hayakawa
42
1947
Newsclipping on projected Campus development, Chicago Daily News
43
1941-06-28
Model of campus as proposed by Mies van der Rohe
44
1942
Wishnick and Hermann, present view from 33rd and Federal to NE
45
Ogden Field and Armour Mission, early view from 33rd and Federal to
NE
46
1938
Excavation for Wishnick, with Ogden Field and Alumni Memorial hall
47
1947
Excavations for Wishnick Hall and Perlstein Hall
48
1947
Completed or nearly so: Alumni Memorial, Perlstein Hall, Wishnick
Hall
49
1947
Updated Campus plan
50
1947
Overview of north central part of Campus
51
1977
Excavation for Carman
52
Present view of [Galvin] Library, NW corner
53
1972
Semi-modern view of Physics building and Chapin Hall
54
1966
The physics/Chapin complex just before its demolition
55
1967
End
56
Graph: faculty with Ph.D.
57
Credits.
58