Purdue University Office of the Architect records, 1902-1940s | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

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Collection Overview

Title: Purdue University Office of the Architect records, 1902-1940s

Predominant Dates:1930-1940s

Primary Creator: Office of the Architect

Extent: 1.0 Mss. Boxes

Date Acquired: 00/00/2007

Forms of Material: Notebooks, Notes, Records (documents)

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Includes construction documents, cost schedules, minutes, correspondence, blueprints, notes on early Purdue buildings and building name changes, brochures, and ephemera relating to buildings on the Purdue University West Lafayette campus, 1930s-1940s. Includes information on buildings funded through the Public Works Administration, bond issues, and correspondence with legislators relating to funding for projects.

Administrative Information

Repository: Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections

Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Use Restrictions: There are no use restrictions on this collection.

Physical Access Note: Collection is located on-site.

Acquisition Source: Angela Slocum

Acquisition Method: Records transfer from the Architect's Office of Purdue University.

Other URL: http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/fa/pdf/architect_office.pdf

Box and Folder Listing

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Box 1: Office of the Architect, Purdue University, ca. 1902-1944

Series 1: Notebooks documenting construction and facilities renovations and repair, 1938-1939

Folder 1: Men's Dormitory/Purdue Memorial Union Building, 1938-1939
Folder 2: Union C, 1939
Folder 3: Women's Residence C, 1939
Folder 4: Union Section C, 1939

Series 2: Building Construction, Renovation, and Repair Files, 1930s-1940s

Folder 1: Agricultural Chemistry, 1937-1941
Folder 2: Armory, 1931-1936
Folder 3: Building Additions and Renovations, Miscellaneous, 1941-1944
Folder 4: Building Needs (study conducted), 1944
Folder 5: Building Needs (submitted to Board of Trustees), 1928-1937
Folder 6: Buildings (various), 1936-1940
Folder 7: Cary Hall North, 1939
Folder 8: Cary Halls (Northwest and West), 1937-1939
Folder 9: Cary Halls (South), 1938-1940
Folder 10: Cary Halls Heating Tunnel, 1936
Folder 11: Chemical Engineering, 1931-1940
Folder 12: Chemistry Addition (Lab), 1937-1938
Folder 13: Civil Engineering, 1937
Folder 14: Dairy Barn, 1938-1940
Folder 15: Data on Buildings (including early buildings, Purdue Hall), 1930s
Folder 16: Eliza Fowler Hall, 1936-1940
Folder 17: Executive Building (Student Services and Administration), 1936-1940
Folder 18: Farmhouses (electricity for), 1936
Folder 19: Field House (Fieldhouse and Gymnasium for Men; athletics), Dedication of, 1938
Folder 20: Field House and Gymnasium for Men (Purdue Recreation Center, athletics), 1936-1940
Folder 21: Greenhouse Addition (Horticultural Greenhouse), 1940
Folder 22: Hall of Music, 1938-1941
Folder 23: Horticultural Building (addition), 1937-1939
Folder 24: International House (pencil sketches), undated
Folder 25: Physics Building #2, 1936-1939
Folder 26: Purdue Memorial Gymnasium, 1937-1939
Folder 27: Purdue Memorial Union (includes bowling alley), 1936-1940
Folder 28: Wall Leakage (residence halls), 1938-1939
Folder 29: Women's Residence Halls, 1935-1940

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