[Miscellaneous pamphlets].

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[Miscellaneous pamphlets].

Armour Institute existed from 1892 to 1940, when it merged with Lewis Institute to form Illinois Institute of Technology.

1 folder.

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Chicago History Museum

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Gunsaulus, Frank W. (Frank Wakeley), 1856-1921

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Congregational clergyman, author; served in Chicago, Illinois, 1887-1919; co-founder and president, 1893-1921, Armour Institute of Technology. From the description of Poems, 1894 and n.d. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 32483664 ...

Armour Institute of Technology

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The Armour Institute (1893-1940) was a Chicago educational institution committed to providing students of all backgrounds with technological preparation for work in industry. Reverend Frank W. Gunsaulus of Plymouth Church on the South Side of Chicago was the inspiration for its founding and its first president. Funding came from meat packer Philip Danforth Armour, also benefactor of the Armour Mission, which taught manual training classes. The Armour Institute offered courses in engineering, arc...