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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Science Hall Celebration

Kansas State Teachers College of Hays

A draft program for a celebration of the proposed new Science Hall, later renamed Albertson Hall.
Financial Statement of Cody Commons

Kansas State Teaching College of Hays

This black and white document features several logs detailing the costs and expenses of the Cody Commons from August through December 1927.
Financial Statement of Cody Commons

Kansas State Teaching College of Hays

This black and white document features several logs detailing the costs and expenses of Cody Commons from July through November 1927.
Library Corner Stone Laying Program

Kansas State Teachers College of Hays

This black and white one page document features a program from the January 20, 1926 cornerstone laying at Forsyth Library.
Report on Fuels - Oil and Hand and Mechanical Fired Coal

Kansas State Teachers College of Hays

This black and white four page report contains information gathered by President Lewis. The report covers the costs of oil and suggestions of using coal instead. It outlines a plan of transport for coal, including how it would effect overall energy consumption and prices.
Financial Report of the College Cafeteria - January 1926

Kansas State Teaching College of Hays

This black and white document features the financial records of the cafeterias' expenses and labor costs for January 1926.
Letter from Brigadier General Lutz Wahl to Ben Hibbs

Lutz Wahl

This black and white one page document features a letter from Brigadier General Lutz Wahl of the United States War Department to Ben Hibbs, Director of Publicity of the Kansas State Teachers College for Hays, Kansas, regarding biographical information for Colonel George Alexander Forsyth. Forsyth Library was named after Colonel Forsyth.
Financial Statement of College Cafeteria - March 1925

Fort Hays Kansas Normal School

This black and white three page document features the financial records of the cafeterias' expenses and labor costs from March through June 1925.
Cover of the Plants Annual and Perennial Guide

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This color document features a cover page of a document relating to the annual and perennial plants at the State College Greenhouse. Green ink borders the text and has a design in the center. The black and green ink is printed on a cream paper.
Record of Roofing Repair Agreement

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a record of the agreement made to renovate the roof of Sheridan Coliseum through the Kelley Roofing Company.
Roofing Proposal

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a proposal for the Kelley Roofing Company to complete the roofing work needed on Sheridan Coliseum.
Roofing Proposal - Completed

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white three page document features a complete breakdown of all materials, work, and funds needed for Johns-Manville Roofing to complete the work needed for the Sheridan Coliseum.
Why Not Plant Garden and Flowers

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This color document features a Greenhouse garden advertisement. The calendar month of April is on the top left and May is on the top right. The advertisement has a green and black border. The advertisement promotes all the plants available at the Greenhouse. Pencil text is at the top. The words that are faded are: April, May, Zinnias, the City Flower, In An Assortment of Varieties and Colors.
Sheridan Coliseum: Proposal, to President W. A. Lewis, from T. J. O'Neil

T. J. O'Neil

A letter from T. J. O'Neil, Business Manager for the State of Kansas Board of Administration, with a proposal from the Kelley Roofing Co. to apply asbestos base and asbestile cap to the Sheridan Coliseum roof.
Sheridan Coliseum: Letter, to President W. A. Lewis, from Chester M. Routledge

Chester M. Routledge

Mr. Routledge, the State Architect, notifies President Lewis that he received a maintenance agreement for the roofing that was installed on the roof of Sheridan Coliseum by the Kelley Roofing Company of Kansas City.
Financial Report of Normal Cafeteria

Fort Hays Kansas Normal School

This black and white document features a report of the financials of the cafeteria for the month of January 1923.
Construction of the Cafeteria

Fort Hays Kansas Normal School

This color document features an agreement with a construction company to complete construction on the cafeteria building. The form includes black and blue typed ink.
Cover Letter for Photocopied Documents

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a handwritten cover letter for documents and photographs that showed the plots of land which covered the area of Old Fort Hays.
Sheridan Coliseum: Newspaper, Interesting Facts About Sheridan Coliseum

Colby Free Press

6 facts of Sheridan Coliseum and a drawing from the Colby (Kansas) Free Press in 1919.
Sheridan Coliseum: Yearbook

Reveille Staff

Page ninety-eight: photo captioned "Enjoying IL Trovatore"; page ninety-nine: Cast for Il Trovatore; page one hundred three: the Music department; page one hundred forty-nine: photo of a women's game in October 1916 with the half-finished building of Sheridan Coliseum in the background.
Sheridan Coliseum in Hays

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features an article discussing the new Sheridan Coliseum.
Sheridan Coliseum: Yearbook

Reveille Staff

Page 132 of the 1916 edition of "The Reveille" - describes the ground breaking for the new coliseum and how two gentlemen provided the $1000 that was needed after the legislature provided for $100,000.
Sheridan Coliseum: Newspaper, Sheridan Coliseum at Hays

Salina Evening Journal

An article about the construction of the new coliseum for the Fort Hays Kansas Normal School.
Plans for Sheridan Hall

Fort Hays Kansas State College

This black and white document features a handwritten note recording the date the plans for Sheridan Hall were submitted.
Sheridan Coliseum: Yearbook

Reveille Staff

Page 17 of the 1915 edition of "The Reveille" - explains the appropriation from the 1915 State Legislature and gives a description of how the building will be used.