Buildings & Facilities | Campus Buildings Collections

The Buildings and Facilities Collection consists of primary source materials from the University Archives relating to the planning, construction, and dedication of the buildings on campus. Items in the collection include meeting minutes, memorandums, plans, programs, newspaper clippings, and other ephemera.

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Summer Student Activities 1958

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This color six page document features a schedule of events for the 1958 summer session.
Union Cinema Films - First Semester 1958-1959

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This color four page document features a booklet detailing the films to be played at the Union Cinema in the first semester of 1958-59. A yellow photograph of the Memorial Union is on the first page.
Agnew Hall Open House Invitation

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white typed document features an invitation to the open house at Agnew Hall, November 17, 1957.
Clearing Begins at College

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a clipping of a newspaper featuring a photograph of the wrecking ball at the Memorial Union. The typed content is below the image.
Dignitaries at Groundbreaking Ceremony

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a clipping from a newspaper presenting those who spoke at the groundbreaking of the Memorial Union.
Fort Hays State Breaks Ground for Memorial Student Union

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a newspaper clipping of an article discussing the groundbreaking of the land where the Memorial Union would be built. A photograph of President Cunningham, Dr. Moreland, and George Sternberg is included and shows them breaking ground.
Groundbreaking Announcement

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This color document features a bulletin announcing the groundbreaking ceremony for the Memorial Union. A color illustration of the building is at the top.
Groundbreaking Ceremony News Article

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a clipping of a newspaper article discussing the groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future Memorial Union.
Ground Breaking Ceremony Program

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white three page document features a program for the ground breaking ceremony of the Memorial Union. The Union is dedicated to the men of Fort Hays State who served and fell in our Nation's wars. An illustration of the building is on the first page.
Groundbreaking for New Union

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a clipping from a newspaper article discussing the groundbreaking at the Memorial Union.
Housing at Fort Hays Kansas State College

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white nine page document consists of a booklet detailing all of the amenities, rules, and packing recommendations for the women's halls. The booklet includes sections about Custer and Agnew, as well as detail about their laundries, specific floor amenities, and pictures of the rooms. Red ink is printed on the first page.
Invitation to the National Conference of the Association of College Unions

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a memorandum to President Cunningham asking if he would he attending the National Conference of the Association of College Unions.
Legal Description of Tract

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a legal description of the tract which runs through the land of the Memorial Union. A map is included at the top.
Memorial Union Honoring Service Members

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white fifteen page document features a collection of cards, a program, and the documentation of the memorial plaque with the names of each student or staff who served, fought, and died.
Minutes of the Memorial Union Building Committee - November 25, 1957

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white three page document features the minutes of the Memorial Union Building Committee's November 25, 1957 meeting.
Name Submissions for Memorial Union Rooms

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document outlines the names of the rooms in the Union as suggested by those in the Memorial Union Committee.
Newspaper Spread Dedicated to Agnew Hall Announcements

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a newspaper page of the Hays Daily News newspaper covering the open house and opening of Agnew Hall. There are several advertising spaces purchased by companies which aided in the construction of Agnew Hall, used to congratulate the university on its expansion.
Original Floorplans for Memorial Union

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features an illustration of the original floorplans for the Memorial Union.
Proposed Library Addition Plans

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white four page document features a proposed addition to the Forsyth Library building (now McCartney Hall). Hand drawn maps are included.
State College Leader - Student Union Ground Clearing Begun

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a front page clipping from the State College Leader covering the ground clearing and work being done to the build the Memorial Union.
Student Activities 1957-1958

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This color seven page document features a calendar of activities for the 1957-58 school semester. The first two pages are printed on yellow paper.
Summer Student Activities 1957

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white six page document features a schedule of events for the 1957 summer session.
Tract Documents

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white fifteen page document features a collection of documents relating to the acknowledgment, description, and knowledge of the tract on which the Student Union Building was resting on. Several maps are included in the document.
Update on Memorial Union Construction

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a press release updating the public on the current construction and funding for the Union.
Copies of Programs Found in the Fort Hays Kansas State College Museum

Dollie Thomas

This black and white four page document features copies of programs relating to the January 20, 1926, cornerstone laying at Forsyth Library.