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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Purchase Request, Continued

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This color document features a request for hardware for the construction and furnishing of the President's House. It is printed on orange paper.
Electric Wiring Specifications for President's Residence

John Brown

This black and white twenty one page document features specifications detailing the needed layout of the electrical wiring in the president's residence, as made by the State architect, John A. Brown. A form is available for bidders.
Etude - The Music Magazine

Etude

This black and white six page magazine features an article on electric carillons. The final page compares Carillonic bells to other bells.
Costs of Basic Electrical and Landscaping

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white two page document features the basic cost of landscaping and electrical work.
Custer Hall Handbook

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This color twenty-two page document features a guide for living in Custer Hall, complete with guidelines, dining rituals, usage of amenities, and maps/details on the building. The front and back pages are light green.
Presentation of the New Applied Arts Building

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a fifteen page booklet detailing the newly finished Applied Arts Building. It includes the floorplans of the building, as well as an overview of the new facilities.
Request for Exterior Finish in Redwood

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a document requesting that a copy of the information on the redwood exterior finish be sent to the President.
Schedule of Activities - Summer Session 1952

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a schedule of activities taking place in the Union during the summer session.
Electric Wiring Specifications for President's Residence

Charles Marshall

This black and white eleven page document features the specifications detailing the needed layout of the electrical wiring in the presidents residence, as made by the State architect, Charles Marshall.
Hays Daily News Custer Hall Article

The Hays Daily News

This black and white document features an article from the Hays Daily News covering the opening of Custer Hall in 1952. It also covers the opening of the Applied Arts building which was later changed to Davis Hall.
Cost Estimate - Square Footage

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white two page document features a cost estimate of the house and floors based on square footage. Handwriting in on the left.
Floor Plans for President's Residence

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a cover letter for enclosures of floor plans for the presidential residence.
Photocopy of Building Announcement Article

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a photocopy of an article in the Hays Daily News discussing the newly finished plans for the Applied Arts building. The article includes an illustration and cost of the project. The article was posted in the October 15, 1950 issue. There is another article about making the northwest side of campus more attractive. The bottom left side of the image features a hand scanned and it is dark.
Request for Plan Updates

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a letter from Robert Slemmons asking for updates on the current plan with the president's house.
Translation of a Letter from France

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This color five page document features a letter from Paul Ott from France. The first and last page are the front and back of the envelope. Two pages are handwritten in French. The pages have been translated into a typed document. The document is yellow in color.
Floorplans for the Student Union of Northwestern Missouri State College

Northwestern Missouri State College

This black and white document features floorplans from the Student Union at Northwestern Missouri State College.
Annual Homecoming Meeting Discussions

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features brief summaries of the annual homecoming meetings for the Memorial Union Boards as well as the status of funding. The summary includes October 14, 1939 to October 29, 1949 dates.
Alumni Ticket Sales Announcement

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features an announcement by the Alumni Association. The Association is requesting recipients help sell tickets to the recital to aid in the fund drive.
Benefit Recital Program

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a typed first draft of a schedule for the benefit recital.
Memorial Union Building Fund Benefit Recital Program

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a program for the Memorial Union Building Fund Benefit Recital.
Status of Invitations and Tickets

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a discussion of the lack of tickets and invitations taken for the department dinner.
Documents from Virginia Maranville Recital

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This color eleven page document features a program, receipts, a news article, and financial forms with the proceeds listed from the benefit recital. The program is on green paper. Correspondence between Victoria Maranville and Nit Landrum is included.
How Sheridan Hall Got Its Name

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a typed brief history of Sheridan Coliseum written by Nancy Ellen Miller.
Things to Be Done for Recitals

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This color eight page document features a program, to-do list, receipt, news statement, and speech relating to the proceeds from the benefit recital. The program is on pink paper. The last page features the speech handwritten as a first draft.
Ticket Sales from the Recitals

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features two ticket sale logs from the benefit recitals. The first document regards the Bonnie Eastlack Recital. The second document pertains to the piano recital.