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| Title: | University of Chicago. Department of Buildings and Grounds. Records |
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| Dates: | 1892-1965 |
| Size: | 28.5 linear feet (57 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | The Department of Building and Grounds Records, Series I, consists of the files of Lyman R. Flook (1889-1954), Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds from 1919 to 1953 and Superintendent of Construction from 1927 to 1932. Although some specifications for buildings completed before 1926 are included, the bulk of the collection consists of records of buildings erected during the University’s expansion program of 1926-1931. In addition to general and mechanical specifications, the collection contains records of the planning, daily building progress, furnishings, equipment, symbolism, and costs of individual structures. Series II documents the University’s efforts to start remodeling, re-tooling, and expanding after the Great Depression and World War II. They include correspondence, faculty minutes, construction records, and financial records pertaining to new buildings and records of alterations on older structures. They also include some files on projects that never came to fruition such as a University-built fraternity quadrangle, and a parking facility beneath the Midway Plaisance. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: University of Chicago. Department of Building and Grounds. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Before Lyman Flook’s appointment as Superintendent of Construction in 1927, building activities at the University were directed and supervised by the Board of Trustees’ Committee on Buildings and Grounds and the University Business Manager. The Trustees’ Committee was among the first standing committees appointed by the President of the Board. Composed of the President of the University, the President and Secretary of the Board, and five Trustees, it held its first meeting in October, 1890. It was authorized to select the architect, designate the first sites and buildings, review specifications, consider bids, and make recommendations to the Board of Trustees. The Committee met regularly until the end of 1893, after which its work was assumed by the newly created Executive Committee of the Board; it was reinstated in 1898 and continued its work until 1932, when it was superseded by the Trustees’ Committee on Business Affairs.
In 1900, the University Council established a five-member Buildings and Grounds Committee drawn from the faculty and charged with advising the Trustees’ Committee on Buildings and Grounds. President Harper named Ernest D. Burton chairman of the group and expressed the hope that “steps be taken in the various departments concerned to formulate as accurately as possible the plans of buildings in which they are generally interested.” The faculty committee, however, was soon replaced by individual departmental committees selected as the need arose.
The Business Manager, an officer of the Board of Trustees and after 1923, a Vice-President of the University, was responsible for all expenditures on buildings and grounds. He prepared lists of University needs and estimated costs of physical improvements, and presented them to the Trustees’ Committee for discussion and approval. When funds had already been authorized, and only questions of design were involved, the Committee on Buildings and Grounds assumed full responsibility. If new expenditures were required, however, the Business Manager presented the Committee’s recommendations to the full Board of Trustees for discussion a ratification. Once building proposals were approved, the Business Manager secured the necessary contracts, supervised construction, and paid all bills.
The Department of Buildings and Grounds evolved gradually during these years. Although maintenance was originally handled by an Engineer, the growth in size and duties of the maintenance staff during the University’s first decade made the need for an efficient Superintendent apparent. M. H. Maclean was appointed the first Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds in 1903 and served until 1910. He was succeeded by Clyde Douglas (1910-1915) and H. W. Rouse (1916-1919). In 1919, Lyman Russell Flook, an engineer and former Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds at the University of Michigan, was named to the post. Although the administration of the physical plant had always been handled by the Business Office, it was not until 1916 that Buildings and Grounds was considered a separate Department in the auditor’s accounts.
In 1924, the University began a significant program of physical expansion financed in part by individual benefactors and in part by the remainder of John D. Rockefeller’s $10-million final gift in 1910. As planning proceeded, it became apparent that the variety of problems to be solved and decisions to be made was not only beyond the capacity of the Trustees’ Committee on Buildings and Grounds, but would also put a severe strain on the Business Office. In an August, 1924, letter to Business Manager Trevor Arnett, Flook argued that the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds could provide important assistance in the management of the new building program. “It is simply a question,” he said, “as to how far the Building Committee wishes to detail their responsibility to *** some other person. . . . Whoever the person designated, he should be familiar with the needs of the Academic Department occupying the Building, with the drawings and specifications. . . . He should be on the alert to forsee simplifications of plan, defects of planning, improvements of design and detail. . . . He should, for the Owner, inform himself as to the scheduling of the major materials and sub-contractor’s work, to be sure that the date of completion will be achieved. Such operations should clear through the channels having contractual relations with the Architect - the Owner’s usual contact - the Business Manager” (4:1).
In October, 1927, Flook’s proposal for an expanded role was largely realized by his appointment as Superintendent of Construction, a new post giving him direct supervision of the planning and erection of all campus buildings. Architects and engineer undertaking work were instructed to addre’ their correspondence directly to Flook’s office, where Flook would annotate carbon copies and forward them to the Vice-President and Business Manager. As part of this reorganization, Emery Jackson, an employee of the firm of Coolidge and Hodgdon, was apointed University Architect, and Lester Ries became Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds in charge of operations and maintenance.
For each building constructed during the expansion period, Flook consulted on the design with Jackson, the architects, faculty members, and a Faculty Committee on Symbolism appointed by the President to suggest subjects for ornamentation and approve models. Drawing on Flook’s reports, the Business Manager then made recommendations to the Trustees’ Committee on Buildings and Grounds. Ultimate decisions on the selection of architects and contractors, building plans, costs, materials used, equipment, furnishings, decoration, and inscriptions were made by the Trustees’ Committee with the ratification of the full Board of Trustees. Exceptions to this practice were buildings for such institutions as Chicago Lying-In Hospital and Hicks-McElwee Orthopedics Hospital that had come to the University with their own board of trustees.
Lyman Flook remained Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds until his retirement in 1953. The Department of Buildings and Grounds w discontinued in the 1960’s when construction was taken over by the Office of Physical Planning (established in 1967) and maintenance was absorbed by the Plant Department (established in 1969).
Twenty new buildings were constructed on the University campus during the expansion program of 1926-1931. The entire Midway facade was filled in, ranging from International House at the east to the hospital complex on the west, with Rockefeller Chapel, the Social Science Research Building, and Wieboldt Hall in between. The Oriental Institute was built northwest of Rockefeller Chapel as part of a planned but never fully realized Chapel Block. Two new buildings, Judd Hall and Sunny Gymnasium, were added to the School of Education. The inner quadrangles acquired Eckhart Hall and Jones Laboratory, as well as the Theology Group composed of Swift Hall, Bond Chapel, and the Cloister. To the north, a new Botany Laboratory, twelve greenhouses, and an animal research facility were constructed. Stagg Field was remodeled, and the Field House was added to campus recreational facilities. Construction south of the Midway included the Burton-Judson men’s residences and the Blackstone Avenue Power Plant.
The whole campus was dug up, not only in preparation for the new buildings, but also to permit the laying of an intricate network of tunnels emanating from the Power Plant that would bring heat and electricity to every building on the campus. Along with this construction, older buildings were remodeled, including the President’s House, several dormitories, and a group of stores on 61st Street redesigned in the Tudor style to serve students living south of the Midway. Cottages, barns, apartment buildings, and the old Del Prado Hotel were demolished to make room for new buildings. The old Quadrangle Club, converted for use by the School of Commerce, was moved to 58th Street and renamed Ingleside Hall. Professor William Gardner Hale’s house was rolled down University Avenue and relocated south of the new Quadrangle Club to provide a graduate club house and make room for Chicago Theological Seminary to construct its complex on the northeast corner of 58th Street.
The number or architects involved in this expansion program distinguished it from the two earlier phases of University construction. During the first period (1892-1900), Henry Ives Cobb had dominated design as the University’s chief architect. In the second phase (1901-1916), most of the work was done by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge. In the third phase (1926-1931), Charles Coolidge continued as a campus architect through a new partnership with Charles Hodgdon, for many veers the firm’s Chicago representative. Other architectural firms participating in the expansion were Goodhue Associates (later Mayers, Murray, and Phillip); Holabird and Roche (later Holabird and Root); Charles z. Klauder; Armstrong, Furst, and Tilton; Zantzinger, Borie, and Medarie; Perkins, Chatten, and Hammond; and Schmidt, Garden, and Erickson.
This was also the final period of reliance on neo-Gothic styles in the University’s architecture. While a complete break with eclecticism would not be made until the construction of the Administration Building in 1948, the technological and financial strains of designing Gothic hospitals, laboratories, or gymnasia were increasingly apparent. Later University buildings would adapt to rather than adopt the Gothic mode.
With the exception of the Charles E. Merriam Center for Public Administration (Public Administration Clearing House), completed in 1937, no new buildings were erected on the University campus between 1932 and 1948. After World War II new buildings were needed to accommodate the radical developments in the physical sciences, house the University’s administrative staff, furnish residences for faculty and students, enlarge University High School, and provide additional facilities for the professional schools. Additions to the hospitals were accompanied by long over-due reconstruction and updating of old facilities. A building program was devised for the south side of the Midway Plaisance that drew in affiliated organizations working with the University on problems of research and education. These included, in addition to the Public Administration Clearing House, the American Bar Center, the Center for Continuing Education, now the Graduate Student Residence, and the Industrial Relations Center (Charles Stewart Mott Building).
After 1948 major changes took place in the University’s architectural style, its methods of financing new buildings, and the ways in which the building program was planned and administered.
Three important factors influenced the University’s architectural style: 1) the decision to abandon neo-Gothic in favor of a more contemporary approach; 2) the determination to preserve campus unity so far as possible by continuing to build in limestone, maintain where appropriate the quadrangular plan, and encourage the architects to integrate the new buildings with the old; and 3) a policy of employing renowned contemporary architects to design individual buildings, rather than giving, as in the past, almost total responsibility for the entire campus to one firm (see guide to Department of Buildings and Grounds Records, Sub-Series 1). Among the firms given commissions were Holabird, Root and Burgee; Eero Saarinen and Associates; Edward Durrell Stone; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe; Perkins and Will; and Harry Weese and Associates. Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, who had designed Chicago Lying-In Hospital in 1931, were architects for the alterations to the old hospitals, the new hospital units, and the Research Institutes.
Whereas before World War II University buildings were financed chiefly by the beneficence of individual donors And/or the Rockefellers, the post-War period saw an enormous growth in government, foundation, and corporate funding. For example, the Argonne Cancer Research Hospital (now the Franklin McLean Memorial Research Institute) was constructed under the supervision of and with funds from the Atomic Energy Commission; the Research Institutes were financed by the Atomic Energy Commission, the Office of Naval Research, and more than twenty leading corporations; the Center for Continuing Education was given by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation; and the re-modelling of the first women’s dormitories for use by the Department of Psychology was made possible by a grant from the National Science Foundation.
The administrative mechanisms for planning and supervising the building program were also changed. The Trustees’ Committee on Buildings and Grounds had been terminated in 1932, and its work was assumed by the Committee on Business Affairs. In 1949 the functions of the Committee on Business Affairs were taken over by the Budget Committee and any ad hoc committees it might see fit to appoint. Among these ad hoc committees were the Area Committee, formed in 1949 to address the problems posed by the deterioration in the surrounding neighborhoods, and the Committee on Campus Development. The latter was succeeded in 1958 by the Trustees’ Committee on Campus Planning. Thus there evolved two different but interacting and cooperating Trustees’ committees, one concerned with the building program and the neighborhood, the other with the campus.
Guidance and surveillance of architects for campus buildings had earlier been the responsibility of the Trustees’ Committee on Building and Grounds, working in cooperation with the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds. In 1929, in response to the pressure engendered by President Burton’s building program, the office of Consulting Architect was created, and Emery Jackson, who had been with Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge and done much of the designing for Ida Noyes Hall, was selected to fill the post. Both Jackson and the Department of Buildings and Grounds had offices in Ingleside Hall. Jackson was succeeded in 1948 by J. Lee Jones, who held the office until he retired in 1964 to be replaced by I. W. Colburn. Jones’s office was in Rosenwald until 1963 when the Office of University Architect was created and located in the Young Building (Chicago Home for Incurables).
A further architectural appointment was made in the mid-fifties. Uneasiness about the conditions of the neighborhoods to the north and south of the University, combined with a sense of the magnitude of the building program, contributed to the Trustees’ determination to select an outside architect to prepare a long-range plan. Consulting Architect J. Lee Jones prepared a list of potential candidates from which the Trustees might choose. Eero Saarinen, who had had extensive experience in campus planning, and was highly recommended by Trustee Walter Paepcke, for whom he had worked in Aspen, was selected to develop a master plan for the University.
Saarinen paid his first visit to the University in 1954. In 1955 he presented a master plan at a joint meeting of the Trustees’ Area Committee and the Committee on Campus Development. He was subsequently engaged as a consulting architect to pass on the appropriateness of the work of other architects designing for the University. His firm also designed two University complexes, the Law School Quadrangle and Woodward Court and Commons. In 1958 Saarinen’s preliminary plan was revised and presented to the newly constituted Trustees’ Committee on Campus Planning. Saarinen’s untimely death in 1961 terminated this particular phase of campus planning, but the program for this period was climaxed in 1964 by the successful application to the Ford Foundation for a $25 million challenge grant for extensive additions to the physical facilities and the announcement in 1965 of the opening of the Campaign for Chicago.
In 1969 the Office of University Architect and a new office of campus planning were combined into the joint Department of Physical Planning and Construction. Problems of maintenance and management were delegated to the newly established Plant Department.
The collection is divided into two series, the first covering the years 1892 to 1932 and the second 1932 through 1965.
Series I: Department of Building and Grounds, 1892-1932
Lyman Flook maintained files on every aspect of his work for the Department of Buildings and Grounds: planning and construction reports, financial statements, office organization, and correspondence with individual faculty members, Trustees, committees, architects, contractors, and suppliers. To facilitate access to the records and eliminate redundancy, his files have been reorganized into four series: General Office Files, Landscaping and Maintenance, Individual Buildings, and Catalogues and Letterheads.
Subseries 1: General Office Files
This series contains the internal operational records of the Department of Buildings and Grounds and the Office of the Superintendent of Construction. Although some records antedate Flook’s appointment as Superintendent of Construction, the bulk of the material extends from his initial report to President Judson in 1919 to the termination of the Office of Superintendent of Construction in 1932 (1:5-2:8). Flook’s larger concerns about university architecture are reflected in his collection of articles and brochures on building activities at the University of Chicago and other institutions (1:2). He was in regular contact with fellow building superintendents and occa. onally visited their campuses to consult on the development of construction plans. This series also contains Flook’s personal files, his army record, vita, geneology, college account book, and reading list (3:8-10).
Subseries 2: Landscaping and maintenance
The Trustees’ Committee on Buildings and Grounds regarded landscaping as an integral past of the total campus scheme. Walks, drives, walls, and steps, particularly in the central quadrangles, met the practical need for access while enhancing the general impression of a comprehensive design. Correspondence and reports in this series have been arranged chronologically by project, followed by miscellaneous records on general landscape maintenance.
Subseries 3: Individual Buildings
All of Flook’s Departmental records relating to the construction of individual buildings have been consolidated within this series. Existing records for each building are arranged to reflect the typical stages of building construction: specifications, planning, progress reports, arior furnishing and equipment, symboli , and cost. The most complete sequences of records document buildings erected during Flook’s tenure as Superintendent of Construction (1927-1931).
General specifications are drawn up by the architects and list the conditions governing the execution of the contract: work to be done and materials to be used; regulations and agreements about workmanship; and responsibility, liability, and fees. Mechanical specifications are similar, except that they spell out requirements for heating, ventilation, and electrical work. Planning files include correspondence between Flook, the architects, the Business Manager, the President’s Office, faculty, and members of the Trustees’ Committee on Buildings and Grounds concerning the budgeted price of the structure, cost estimates, materials, appearance, spatial arrangements, and relationships with other campus buildings. Progress reports record the weather, working conditions, number of men on the job, kind of work being done, and number of visitors to the site. Furnishing and equipment could be selected by a faculty committee (24:8), by Flook in cooperation with a departmental representative (16:7), or by a professional interior decorator (12:5). After decisions were made on decoration and inscription, final cost statements were prepared detailing breakdowns of payments to architects, contractors, craftsmen, and suppliers.
Subseries 4: Catalogues and Letterheads
This series contains a selection of suppliers’ catalogues and business letterheads from Flook’s files. The catalogues provide important information on the building technology of the period. Letterheads from Flook’s correspondence often contain engravings of the supplier’s headquarters and factory, names of officers, illustrations of products, and lists of other buildings served by the firm.
Series II: Department of Building and Grounds, 1932-1965
Building records in this series are arranged alphabetically for the most part, one exception being the alterations and new buildings for the hospitals and clinics. These are also listed alphabetically, but under the general heading Hospitals and Clinics. Names and uses of hospital units have changed so frequently over the years that it is sometimes difficult to associate the record of a building with its physical space.
A second large general category is Residences and Facilities for Students. This includes not only completed buildings such as Pierce Tower and Woodward Court but also the plans for an never built women’s residence and some reports of faculty committees on the problems of student housing. The original files for the Center for Continuing Education, now the Graduate Student Residence, are to be found here. At the end of the alphabetical sequence are two boxes (21-22) containing miscellaneous building trades, furniture, and equipment brochures.
For each new building, the records include minutes and correspondence, particularly with architects, faculty, and contractors, relating to planning; lists and costs of furniture and equipment, building estimates, and sources of funding; publicity; and accounts of groundbreakings and dedications. Daily progress reports are available for many of the buildings. Routinely discarded in processing the collection were bills and receipts, their data being available in contractors’ reports and financial statements, change orders that would be reflected on drawings, and letters acknowledging receipt of shop drawings. Absent from this sub-series because they were in use for work on the addition to the Law School Library started in 1984 are the records for the Laird Bell Law Quadrangle (Eero Saarinen and Associates, 1959).
Board of Trustees. Minutes
Board of Trustees. Committee on Buildings and Grounds
Office of the President. Records
Ernest DeWitt Burton. Papers
Thomas W. Goodspeed. Papers
Edgar Goodspeed. Papers
Marion Talbot. Papers
Harold Swift. Papers
Archival Buildings Files
Series I: Department of Building and Grounds, 1892-1932 |
Subseries 1: General Office Files |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Architectural records of the University, correspondence concerning, 1926-1930 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Architectural references (miscellaneous correspondence and publications) |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Budgets; 1927-1928, 1928-1929 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Buildings demolished or moved, 1924-1931 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Buildings planned but not built, 1919-1931 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, 1925 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Jan-June 1926 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Jul-Dec 1926 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Feb-June 1927 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Aug-Dec 1927 |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Jan-June 1928 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Aug-Dec 1928 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Jan-June 1929 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Jul-Dec 1929 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Jan-June 1930 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Jul-Dec 1930 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Jan-June 1931 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Jul-Dec 1931 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Jan-June 1932 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Jul-Dec 1932 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Jan-May 1933 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Buildings under construction, financial statements, Jan-June 1934 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | City of Chicago fire inspections; 1916, 1917, 1922, 1925 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Contractors and trades, Lists, 1927, 1928 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Construction summaries, annual; 1927, 1928, 1931, 1932 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Cost and cubage tabulations, comparative, 1924-1931 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Flook, Lyman R., personal |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Flook, Lyman R., personal |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | Flook, Lyman R., personal |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | Insurance inspections; 1913, 1920 |
| Box 3 Folder 12 | Landis Award Committee, publications |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Office organization, 1919-1931 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | Other campuses |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Power needs |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | Price book, Mar 1929-Jul 1931 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | Sixty-first Street shops |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | Water systems |
Subseries 2: Landscaping and Maintenance |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Hull Court (Olmsted Bros., 1903), specifications |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Walks, drives, drainage (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1906-1912), specifications |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Walks, paving, sodding (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1915), specifications |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Quadrangles landscaping (Bennett, Parsons and Frost, 1926-1930), correspondence |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Chicago Lying-in Hospital landscaping (Thomas Seyster, 1930), specifications and correspondence |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | International House and other landscaping (Beatrix Farrand, 1920), correspondence and financial statements |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Landscape maintenance, 1924-1931 |
Subseries 3: Individual Buildings |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Anatomy Building, SEE Hull Biological Laboratories
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| Box 6 Folder 2 | Beecher Hall, Specifications
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| Box 6 Folder 3 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant (John J. Davey, 1929; Philip Maher, Consulting), Specifications, general |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Specifications, A.C. distribution |
| Box 6 Folder 5 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Specifications, boilers |
| Box 6 Folder 6 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Specifications, caissons, general excavation |
| Box 6 Folder 7 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Specifications, chimneys, coal handling |
| Box 6 Folder 8 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Specifications, forced draft fans |
| Box 6 Folder 9 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Specifications, piping, pre-heaters |
| Box 7 Folder 1 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Specifications, structured steel, super-heaters |
| Box 7 Folder 2-4 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Specifications, tunnels |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Specifications, water heater and softener |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Specifications, wiring |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Planning, 1923-1927 |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Planning, 1928 |
| Box 8 Folder 3 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Planning, 1929 |
| Box 8 Folder 4 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Planning, 1930 |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Operation |
| Box 8 Folder 6 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Progress reports, 1927-1930 |
| Box 8 Folder 7 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Symbolism and ornamentation |
| Box 8 Folder 8 | Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Costs and audits |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | Blaine Hall (James Gamble Rogers, 1903), Specifications, furniture |
| Box 9 Folder 2 | Bobs Roberts Hospital (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1930), Specifications, general |
| Box 9 Folder 3 | Bobs Roberts Hospital, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 9 Folder 4 | Bobs Roberts Hospital, Specifications, fixtures and equipment |
| Box 9 Folder 5 | Bobs Roberts Hospital, Planning, 1927-1930 |
| Box 9 Folder 6 | Bobs Roberts Hospital, Progress reports, 1929-1930 |
| Box 9 Folder 7 | Bobs Roberts Hospital, Interior furnishings and equipment |
| Box 9 Folder 8 | Bobs Roberts Hospital, Symbolism, mural, portrait |
| Box 9 Folder 9 | Bobs Roberts Hospital, Costs
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| Box 10 Folder 1 | Botany Laboratory, Greenhouses, and Potting Shed (Perkins, Chatten and Hammond, 1930), Specifications, laboratory |
| Box 10 Folder 2 | Botany Laboratory, Greenhouses, and Potting Shed, Specifications, greenhouses and potting shed |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | Botany Laboratory, Greenhouses, and Potting Shed, Planning, 1924-1930 |
| Box 10 Folder 4 | Botany Laboratory, Greenhouses, and Potting Shed, Interior furnishing and equipment |
| Box 10 Folder 5 | Botany Laboratory, Greenhouses, and Potting Shed, Symbolism |
| Box 10 Folder 6 | Botany Laboratory, Greenhouses, and Potting Shed, Greenhouses (Lord and Burnham) |
| Box 10 Folder 7 | Botany Laboratory, Greenhouses, and Potting Shed, Costs, audits |
| Box 11 Folder 1 | Burton-Judson Courts (Zantzinger, Borie and Medary, 1931), specifications, general |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | Burton-Judson Courts, Specifications, heating, plumbing, ventilation |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | Burton-Judson Courts, Specifications, kitchen equipment, refrigeration |
| Box 12 Folder 1 | Burton-Judson Courts, Planning, 1928 |
| Box 12 Folder 2 | Burton-Judson Courts, Planning, 1929 |
| Box 12 Folder 3 | Burton-Judson Courts, Planning, 1930-1931 |
| Box 12 Folder 4 | Burton-Judson Courts, Progress reports |
| Box 12 Folder 5 | Burton-Judson Courts, Interior furnishing and equipment |
| Box 12 Folder 6 | Burton-Judson Courts, Sculpture, woodcarving, ornamental iron, stained glass |
| Box 12 Folder 7 | Burton-Judson Courts, Costs, audit |
| Box 13 Folder 1 | Business East, formerly Law School (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1904), Specifications, general |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | Business East, Specifications, furniture and lighting |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | Business East, Alterations contract, 1909; alterations specifications, 1929 |
| Box 14 Folder 1 | Chicago Lying-in Hospital (Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1931), Specifications, general |
| Box 14 Folder 2 | Chicago Lying-in Hospital, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 14 Folder 3 | Chicago Lying-in Hospital, Planning, 1927-1931 |
| Box 14 Folder 4 | Chicago Lying-in Hospital, Interior furnishing and equipment |
| Box 14 Folder 5 | Chicago Lying-in Hospital, Symbolism |
| Box 14 Folder 6 | Chicago Lying-in Hospital, Costs, audit |
| Box 15 Folder 1 | Classics Building (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1914), Specifications, general |
| Box 15 Folder 2 | Classics Building, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 15 Folder 3 | Classics Building, Specifications, cut stone |
| Box 15 Folder 4 | Cobb Hall (H. I. Cobb, 1892), Specifications, heating and ventilation |
| Box 15 Folder 5 | Cobb Hall, Alteration specifications, 1907
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| Box 16 Folder 1 | Eckhart Hall (Charles Z. Klauder, 1929), Specifications, general |
| Box 16 Folder 2 | Eckhart Hall, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | Eckhart Hall, Planning, 1927-1928 |
| Box 16 Folder 4 | Eckhart Hall, Planning, 1929-1930 |
| Box 16 Folder 5 | Eckhart Hall, Progress reports, 1929 |
| Box 16 Folder 6 | Eckhart Hall, Progress reports, 1930 |
| Box 16 Folder 7 | Eckhart Hall, Interior furnishing and equipment |
| Box 16 Folder 8 | Eckhart Hall, Symbolism, carving, inscriptions, portraits |
| Box 16 Folder 9 | Eckhart Hall, Costs, audit |
| Box 17 Folder 1 | Field House (Holabird and Root, 1932), Specifications, general, 1925 |
| Box 17 Folder 2 | Field House, Specifications, general, 1931 |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | Field House, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | Field House, Planning, 1924-1928 |
| Box 17 Folder 5 | Field House, Planning, 1929-1932 |
| Box 17 Folder 6 | Field House, Progress reports, 1931-1932 |
| Box 17 Folder 7 | Field House, Costs, audit |
| Box 18 Folder 1 | Foster Hall (H. I. Cobb, 1893) specifications, heating and ventilation |
| Box 18 Folder 2 | Foster Hall, Refurbishing, correspondence, 1926-1927 |
| Box 18 Folder 3 | Gates Hall (H. I. Cobb, 1892), Alterations (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1923), specifications |
| Box 18 Folder 4 | Goodspeed Hall (H. I. Cobb, 1892), Remodeling (Julius Floto,1937); specifications, general |
| Box 18 Folder 5 | Goodspeed Hall, Remodeling, specifications, mechanical |
| Box 18 Folder 6 | Green Hall (H. I. Cobb, 1899), Specifications, general |
| Box 18 Folder 7 | Harper Memorial Library (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1912) Specifications, general |
| Box 18 Folder 8 | Harper Memorial Library, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 18 Folder 9 | Harper Memorial Library, Alterations (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1926), correspondence |
| Box 18 Folder 10 | Harper Memorial Library, Burton window, 1927; Harper bas-relief, 1932 |
| Box 18 Folder 11 | Haskell Hall (H. I. Cobb, 1896), Specifications, carpenter work |
| Box 19 Folder 1 | Hicks-McElwee Orthopedics Hospital (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1931), Specifications, general |
| Box 19 Folder 2 | Hicks-McElwee Orthopedics Hospital, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 19 Folder 3 | Hicks-McElwee Orthopedics Hospital, Specifications, equipment |
| Box 19 Folder 4 | Hicks-McElwee Orthopedics Hospital, Planning, 1927-1930 |
| Box 19 Folder 5 | Hicks-McElwee Orthopedics Hospital, Progress schedule |
| Box 19 Folder 6 | Hicks-McElwee Orthopedics Hospital, Interior furnishing and equipment |
| Box 19 Folder 7 | Hicks-McElwee Orthopedics Hospital, Symbolism, cornerstone |
| Box 19 Folder 8 | Hicks-McElwee Orthopedics Hospital, Costs, audit |
| Box 20 Folder 1 | Hitchcock Hall (Dwight H. Perkins, 1902), Alterations (1913), specifications |
| Box 20 Folder 2 | Hull Biological Laboratories, Culver, Anatomy, Zoology, Biology (H. I. Cobb, 1897), Specifications, masonry and marble |
| Box 20 Folder 3 | Hull Biological Laboratories, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 20 Folder 4 | Hull Biological Laboratories, Anatomy Building alterations and additions (Holabird and Roche, 1922), specifications
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| Box 20 Folder 5 | International House (Holabird and Root, 1932), Specifications, general |
| Box 20 Folder 6 | International House, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 20 Folder 7 | International House, Specifications, kitchen equipment, hardware |
| Box 20 Folder 8 | International House, Planning, 1929-1931 |
| Box 21 Folder 1-2 | International House, Progress reports, 1931-1932 |
| Box 21 Folder 3 | International House, Interior furnishing and equipment |
| Box 21 Folder 4 | International House, Symbolism, carving, fountain |
| Box 21 Folder 5 | International House, Costs |
| Box 21 Folder 6-7 | International House, Audits |
| Box 22 Folder 1 | Jones Laboratory (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1929) Specifications, general |
| Box 22 Folder 2 | Jones Laboratory, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 22 Folder 3 | Jones Laboratory, Specifications, equipment |
| Box 22 Folder 4 | Jones Laboratory, Planning, 1926-1929 |
| Box 22 Folder 5 | Jones Laboratory, Progress reports, 1929 |
| Box 22 Folder 6 | Jones Laboratory, Schlesinger, H. I., correspondence, 1929 |
| Box 22 Folder 7 | Jones Laboratory, Interior furnishing and equipment |
| Box 22 Folder 8 | Jones Laboratory, Symbolism and ornamentation |
| Box 22 Folder 9 | Jones Laboratory, Costs |
| Box 23 Folder 1 | Judd Hall (Armstrong, Furst and Tilton, 1931) Specifications, general |
| Box 23 Folder 2 | Judd Hall, Planning, 1923-1931 |
| Box 23 Folder 3 | Judd Hall, Progress reports, 1930-1931 |
| Box 23 Folder 4 | Judd Hall, Audits |
| Box 23 Folder 5 | Kelly Hall (H. I. Cobb, 1893) Alterations (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1906), specifications |
| Box 23 Folder 6 | Kent Chemical Laboratory (H. I. Cobb, 1894) Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 23 Folder 7 | Kent Chemical Laboratory, Alterations (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1909), specifications
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| Box 23 Folder 8 | Medical Group (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1925-1928) Specifications, general |
| Box 23 Folder 9 | Medical Group, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 23 Folder 10 | Medical Group, Specifications, equipment |
| Box 23 Folder 11 | Medical Group, Planning, 1920-1928 |
| Box 23 Folder 12 | Medical Group, Interior furnishings and equipment |
| Box 23 Folder 13 | Medical Group, Tablets and inscriptions |
| Box 23 Folder 14 | Medical Group, Costs
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| Box 24 Folder 1 | Morgan Park Academy, Park Hall alterations and additions (H. I. Cobb, 1896), specifications |
| Box 24 Folder 2 | Morgan Park Academy, Gymnasium (Dwight H. Perkins, 1900), specifications |
| Box 24 Folder 3 | Ida Noyes Hall (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1916), Specifications, general |
| Box 24 Folder 4 | Ida Noyes Hall, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 24 Folder 5 | Ida Noyes Hall, Donor |
| Box 24 Folder 6 | Ida Noyes Hall, Planning |
| Box 24 Folder 7 | Ida Noyes Hall, Dedication |
| Box 24 Folder 8 | Ida Noyes Hall, Inventories and correspondence, furnishings, 1915-1938 |
| Box 24 Folder 9 | Ida Noyes Hall, oriental rugs, 1916-1956 |
| Box 24 Folder 10 | Ida Noyes Hall, art objects, 1920-1938 |
| Box 24 Folder 11 | Ida Noyes Hall, Mural |
| Box 24 Folder 12 | Ida Noyes Hall, Use, policy for, 1916-1921; in relation to women’s dormitories. 1931 |
| Box 24 Folder 13 | Ida Noyes Hall, Guides, brochures, biography of Ida Noyes |
| Box 25 Folder 1 | Oriental Institute (Mayer, Murray and Phillip, 1931) Specifications, general |
| Box 25 Folder 2 | Oriental Institute, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 25 Folder 3 | Oriental Institute, Planning, 1928-1931 |
| Box 25 Folder 4 | Oriental Institute, Progress reports, 1930-1931 |
| Box 25 Folder 5 | Oriental Institute, Interior furnishings and equipment |
| Box 25 Folder 6 | Oriental Institute, Symbolism, carving, tablet |
| Box 25 Folder 7 | Oriental Institute, Audits |
| Box 25 Folder 8 | Orthogenic School (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1917), Additions and alterations (Edward F. Jansson, 1930), specifications |
| Box 25 Folder 9 | President’s House (H. I. Cobb, 1895), Specifications, general |
| Box 25 Folder 10 | President’s House, Alterations and additions (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1929), specifications |
| Box 26 Folder 1 | Press Building (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1902), Specifications, general |
| Box 26 Folder 2 | Press Building, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 26 Folder 3 | Press Building, Specifications, alterations (1902, 1907); addition (1929) |
| Box 26 Folder 4 | Quadrangle Club (Howard V. D. Shaw, 1921), Specifications, general |
| Box 26 Folder 5 | Heating contract, 1922
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| Box 26 Folder 6 | Ricketts Laboratory (Holabird and Roche, 1914), Specifications, general |
| Box 26 Folder 7 | Ricketts Laboratory South (Henry K. Holsman, 1922), Specifications, general |
| Box 26 Folder 8 | Rockefeller Chapel (Bertram G. Goodhue, Goodhue Associates, 1928), Specifications, general |
| Box 26 Folder 9 | Rockefeller Chapel, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 26 Folder 10 | Rockefeller Chapel, Planning, 1918 |
| Box 26 Folder 11 | Rockefeller Chapel, Planning, 1919 |
| Box 26 Folder 12 | Rockefeller Chapel, Planning, 1920 |
| Box 26 Folder 13 | Rockefeller Chapel, Planning, 1922-1923 |
| Box 26 Folder 14 | Rockefeller Chapel, Planning, 1924 |
| Box 27 Folder 1 | Rockefeller Chapel, Planning, 1925-1926 |
| Box 27 Folder 2 | Rockefeller Chapel, Progress reports, 1925 |
| Box 27 Folder 3 | Rockefeller Chapel, Progress reports, 1926 |
| Box 27 Folder 4 | Rockefeller Chapel, Progress reports, 1927 |
| Box 27 Folder 5 | Rockefeller Chapel, Progress reports, 1927 |
| Box 27 Folder 6 | Rockefeller Chapel, Progress reports, 1928 |
| Box 27 Folder 7 | Rockefeller Chapel, Acoustics |
| Box 27 Folder 8 | Rockefeller Chapel, Architects’ correspondence |
| Box 27 Folder 9 | Rockefeller Chapel, Carillon |
| Box 27 Folder 10 | Rockefeller Chapel, Goodspeed, Edgar; correspondence and The University Chapel |
| Box 27 Folder 11 | Rockefeller Chapel, Indiana Limestone Co., correspondence and publications |
| Box 27 Folder 12 | Rockefeller Chapel, Interior furnishing and equipment |
| Box 27 Folder 13 | Rockefeller Chapel, Organ |
| Box 28 Folder 1 | Rockefeller Chapel, Symbolism, carving, models |
| Box 28 Folder 2 | Rockefeller Chapel, Tablets, inscriptions |
| Box 28 Folder 3 | Rockefeller Chapel, Windows |
| Box 28 Folder 4 | Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago Magazine, Dec 1928; building trades advertisements featuring the Chapel |
| Box 28 Folder 5 | Rosenwald Hall (Holabird and Roche, 1914), Specifications, general |
| Box 28 Folder 6 | Rosenwald Hall, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 28 Folder 7 | Ryerson Physical Laboratory (H. I. Cobb, 1893), Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 28 Folder 8 | Ryerson Physical Laboratory, Specifications, additions and alterations (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1910) |
| Box 28 Folder 9 | Ryerson Physical Laboratory, Specifications, additions and alterations (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1927-1929) |
| Box 28 Folder 10 | Snell Hall (H. I. Cobb, 1893), Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 29 Folder 1-2 | Social Science Research Building (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1929), Specifications, general |
| Box 29 Folder 3 | Social Science Research Building, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 29 Folder 4 | Social Science Research Building, Planning, 1926-1927 |
| Box 29 Folder 5 | Social Science Research Building, Planning, 1928 |
| Box 29 Folder 6 | Social Science Research Building, Progress reports, 1929 |
| Box 29 Folder 7 | Social Science Research Building, Interior furnishing and equipment |
| Box 29 Folder 8 | Social Science Research Building, Symbolism, models, carving, tablet |
| Box 29 Folder 9 | Social Science Research Building, Costs, audits |
| Box 30 Folder 1 | Stagg Field (Holabird and Root, 1929), Specifications, general (James Gamble Rogers, 1903) |
| Box 30 Folder 2 | Stagg Field, Specifications, alterations and additions (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1914) |
| Box 30 Folder 3 | Stagg Field, Specifications, tunnel and piping (1914) |
| Box 30 Folder 4 | Stagg Field, Specifications, general (Holabird and Roche, 1926) |
| Box 30 Folder 5 | Stagg Field, Planning, 1923-1929 |
| Box 31 Folder 1 | Sunny Gymnasium (Armstrong, Furst and Tilton, 1929), Specifications, general |
| Box 31 Folder 2 | Sunny Gymnasium, Specifications mechanical |
| Box 31 Folder 3 | Sunny Gymnasium, Planning, 1927-1929 |
| Box 31 Folder 4 | Sunny Gymnasium, Architects’ correspondence, 1928 |
| Box 31 Folder 5 | Sunny Gymnasium, Architects’ correspondence, 1929 |
| Box 31 Folder 6 | Sunny Gymnasium, Architects’ correspondence, 1929 |
| Box 31 Folder 7 | Sunny Gymnasium, Fence, Jackman Field |
| Box 31 Folder 8 | Sunny Gymnasium, Interior furnishing and equipment |
| Box 31 Folder 9 | Sunny Gymnasium, Symbolism, carving |
| Box 31 Folder 10 | Sunny Gymnasium, Costs
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| Box 32 Folder 1 | Theology Group, Bond Chapel, Cloister, Swift Hall (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1926), Specifications, general |
| Box 32 Folder 2 | Theology Group, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 32 Folder 3 | Theology Group, Planning, 1924-1926 |
| Box 32 Folder 4 | Bond Chapel; specifications, general |
| Box 32 Folder 5 | Bond Chapel; mechanical |
| Box 32 Folder 6 | Bond Chapel; inferior furnishing and equipment, organ, inscriptions |
| Box 32 Folder 7 | Bond Chapel; costs |
| Box 32 Folder 8 | Cloister; specifications |
| Box 32 Folder 9 | Cloister; planning, 1925-1928 |
| Box 32 Folder 10 | Swift Hall; planning, 1924-1927 |
| Box 32 Folder 11 | Swift Hall; progress reports, 1924-1925 |
| Box 32 Folder 12 | Swift Hall; interior furnishing and equipment |
| Box 32 Folder 13 | Swift Hall; models, inscriptions |
| Box 32 Folder 14 | Swift Hall; costs |
| Box 33 Folder 1 | Tower Group, Mandel Hall, Hutchinson Commons, Reynolds Club, Mitchell Tower (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1903), Specifications, superstructure |
| Box 33 Folder 2 | Tower Group, Specifications, foundations |
| Box 33 Folder 3 | Tower Group, Hutchinson Commons; specifications, furniture and fittings |
| Box 33 Folder 4 | Tower Group, Hutchinson Commons; specifications, kitchen |
| Box 33 Folder 5 | Tower Group, Hutchinson Commons; specifications, mechanical |
| Box 33 Folder 6 | Tower Group, Hutchinson Commons; specifications, spa and private dining room (1923) |
| Box 33 Folder 7 | Tower Group, Mandel Hall; curtain and scenery, 1903 |
| Box 33 Folder 8 | Tower Group, Mandel Hall; alterations (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1926-1929), specifications and correspondence |
| Box 33 Folder 9 | Tower Group, Organ and chimes |
| Box 33 Folder 10 | Walker Museum (H. I. Cobb, 1893), Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 33 Folder 11 | Whitman Laboratory (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1926), Specifications, general |
| Box 33 Folder 12 | Whitman Laboratory, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 34 Folder 1 | Wieboldt Hall (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1928), Specifications, general |
| Box 34 Folder 2 | Wieboldt Hall, Specifications, general |
| Box 34 Folder 3 | Wieboldt Hall, Specifications, mechanical |
| Box 34 Folder 4 | Wieboldt Hall, Planning, 1925-1928 |
| Box 34 Folder 5 | Wieboldt Hall, Interior furnishing and equipment |
| Box 34 Folder 6 | Wieboldt Hall, Symbolism, models, inscriptions |
| Box 34 Folder 7 | Wychwood, Lake Geneva, Wisc. (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1909), Specifications, house and boathouse |
| Box 34 Folder 8 | Wychwood, Lake Geneva, Wisc., Specifications, service building (Robert C. Spencer, Jr., n.d.) |
| Box 34 Folder 9 | Yerkes Observatory (H. I. Cobb, 1895), Specifications, general |
| Box 34 Folder 10 | Yerkes Observatory, Specifications, repairs and alterations (1908) |
| Box 34 Folder 11 | Yerkes Observatory, Specifications, repairs to 90-ft. dome (1923-1927) |
| Box 34 Folder 12 | Yerkes Observatory Faculty Houses (H. I. Cobb, 1896), Specifications, general
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Subseries 4: Catalogs and Letterheads |
| Box 34 Folder 13 | Air conditioning |
| Box 34 Folder 14 | Architects |
| Box 34 Folder 15 | Building materials |
| Box 35 Folder 1 | Church organs, chimes, cushions, tablets |
| Box 35 Folder 2 | Decorating: floors, walls, windows |
| Box 35 Folder 3 | Electrical equipment and lighting |
| Box 35 Folder 4 | Elevators |
| Box 35 Folder 5 | Furniture and equipment |
| Box 35 Folder 6 | Glass |
| Box 35 Folder 7 | Greenhouses |
| Box 35 Folder 8 | Hardware |
| Box 35 Folder 9 | Landscaping |
| Box 35 Folder 10 | Photographers |
| Box 35 Folder 11 | Plumbing |
| Box 35 Folder 12 | Power plant equipment |
| Box 35 Folder 13 | Small houses |
Series II: Department of Building and Grounds, 1932-1965 |
Subseries 1: Buildings, A-H |
| Box 36 Folder 1 | Accelerator Building (Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1951), see also Research Institutes, Planning, 1946-1949 |
| Box 36 Folder 2 | Accelerator Building, Furniture and equipment |
| Box 36 Folder 3 | Accelerator Building, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 36 Folder 4 | Accelerator Building, Proton Target Station, 1954-1958 |
| Box 36 Folder 5 | Accelerator Building, Damage to Physical Sciences Shop, 1963 |
| Box 36 Folder 6 | Accelerator Building, Alterations, 1964 |
| Box 36 Folder 7 | Administration Building (Holabird, Root and Burgee, 1948), Planning, 1943-1948 |
| Box 36 Folder 8 | Administration Building, Furniture and equipment |
| Box 36 Folder 9 | Administration Building, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 36 Folder 10 | Administration Building, Publicity |
| Box 36 Folder 11 | American Bar Center (Holabird and Root, 1954), Addition, 1961 |
| Box 37 Folder 1 |
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| Box 37 Folder 2 | Animal Behavior Laboratory, Specifications, 1960 |
| Box 37 Folder 3 | Animal Behavior Laboratory, Costs
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| Box 37 Folder 4 | Chancellor’s House, Alterations (Shaw, Metz and Dolio, 1949) |
| Box 37 Folder 5 | Chancellor’s House, Alterations and furnishing, 1961 |
| Box 37 Folder 6-8 | Charles E. Merriam Center for Public Administration (Zantzinger, Borie and Medary, 1937), Planning, 1936-1938 |
| Box 38 Folder 1-3 | Charles E. Merriam Center for Public Administration, Progress reports, 1937-1938 |
| Box 38 Folder 4 | Charles E. Merriam Center for Public Administration, Furnishing and decorating |
| Box 38 Folder 5 | Charles E. Merriam Center for Public Administration, Ornamental iron |
| Box 38 Folder 6 | Charles E. Merriam Center for Public Administration, Models |
| Box 38 Folder 7 | Charles E. Merriam Center for Public Administration, Costs |
| Box 38 Folder 8 | Charles E. Merriam Center for Public Administration, Addition and alterations (Shaw, Metz and Dolio, 1962), planning, 1956-1961 |
| Box 38 Folder 9 | Charles E. Merriam Center for Public Administration, Addition and alterations, progress reports, 1961-1962 |
| Box 38 Folder 10 | Charles E. Merriam Center for Public Administration, Addition and alterations, structural investigation report, 1962 |
| Box 38 Folder 11 | Charles E. Merriam Center for Public Administration, Addition and alterations, groundbreaking, 1961 |
| Box 38 Folder 12 | Charles E. Merriam Center for Public Administration, Addition and alterations, landscaping |
| Box 38 Folder 13-14 | Charles E. Merriam Center for Public Administration, Addition and alterations, costs, 1960 |
| Box 39 Folder 1 | Charles Stewart Mott Building (Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1958), Planning, 1956-1958 |
| Box 39 Folder 2 | Charles Stewart Mott Building, Floor plans |
| Box 39 Folder 3 | Charles Stewart Mott Building, Furnishing and decorating |
| Box 39 Folder 4 | Charles Stewart Mott Building, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 39 Folder 5 | Charles Stewart Mott Building, Cornerstone |
| Box 39 Folder 6 | Charles Stewart Mott Building, Plaques and inscriptions
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| Box 39 Folder 7 | Cummings Life Sciences Center (I. W. Colburn and Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1970), Proposed quadrangle, 1960 |
| Box 39 Folder 8 | Cummings Life Sciences Center, Planning, 1957-1961 |
| Box 39 Folder 9 | Eye Research Laboratories (American Meat Institute, Burnham and Hammond, 1949), Planning, 1940-1949 |
| Box 39 Folder 10 | Eye Research Laboratories, Equipment |
| Box 39 Folder 11 | Eye Research Laboratories, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 40 Folder 1 | Faculty Housing, 6011 Ingleside Avenue (Philip B. Maher, 1949), Planning, 1929-1947 |
| Box 40 Folder 2 | Faculty Housing, 6011 Ingleside Avenue, Architects’ specifications and contracts |
| Box 40 Folder 3 | Faculty Housing, 6011 Ingleside Avenue, General specifications |
| Box 40 Folder 4 | Faculty Housing, 6011 Ingleside Avenue, Mechanical and electric specifications |
| Box 40 Folder 5 | Fire Alarm System, Report, 1965 |
| Box 40 Folder 6 | Harper Memorial Library (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1912), Alterations (Burnham and Hammond, 1962-1964) |
Subseries 2: Hospitals and Clinics |
| Box 40 Folder 7 | Billings Hospital (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1927), alterations (Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1949-1964), Planning, 1947-1957 |
| Box 40 Folder 8 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 40 Folder 9 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Plaques, inscriptions |
| Box 41 Folder 1 | O Billings Hospital, alterations, rthopedic clinics, Package 1 |
| Box 41 Folder 2 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Miscellaneous, Package 2 |
| Box 41 Folder 3 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Surgical, urology, ear nose and throat clinics, Package 3 |
| Box 41 Folder 4 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Outpatient lobby, Package 4 |
| Box 41 Folder 5 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Animal quarters, Package 7 |
| Box 41 Folder 6 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Air conditioning auditorium and autopsy room, Package 9 |
| Box 41 Folder 7 | Billings Hospital, alterations, M-1 and A-1 corridor, superintendent’s office, Package 10 |
| Box 41 Folder 8 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Men’s and women’s toilets, Package 10a |
| Box 41 Folder 9 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Surgery clinic, Package 11 |
| Box 41 Folder 10 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Basement cafeteria, Package 13 |
| Box 41 Folder 11 | Billings Hospital, alterations, A-4 corridor, chest surgery, Package 14 |
| Box 41 Folder 12 | Billings Hospital, alterations, M-1 corridor and adjacent work, Package 15 |
| Box 42 Folder 1 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Gift shop, lobby, Package 16 |
| Box 42 Folder 2 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Morgue, Package 17 |
| Box 42 Folder 3 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Pharmacy, Package 19 |
| Box 42 Folder 4 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Cafeteria air conditioning, Package 20 |
| Box 42 Folder 5 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Photographic area, Package 20a |
| Box 42 Folder 6 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Nurses station W3, Package 23 |
| Box 42 Folder 7 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Vendomatic and security office, Package 24 |
| Box 42 Folder 8 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Intensive care wing, Package 26 |
| Box 42 Folder 9 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Outpatient psychiatric clinic, Packages 27 and 27a |
| Box 42 Folder 10 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Microbiology, Package 29 |
| Box 43 Folder 1 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Air conditioning feasibility study, 1958 |
| Box 43 Folder 2 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Air conditioning feasibility study, 1960 |
| Box 43 Folder 3 | Billings Hospital, alterations, Air conditioning feasibility study, 1956-1962 |
| Box 43 Folder 4 | Billings Hospital Court Building (Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1951), Planning, 1948-1951 |
| Box 43 Folder 5 | Billings Hospital Court Building, Estimates, costs |
| Box 43 Folder 6 | Billings Hospital Court Building, Progress reports, 1949-1951 |
| Box 43 Folder 7 | Billings Hospital Court Building, Publicity |
| Box 43 Folder 8 | Billings Hospital Court Building, Service entrance |
| Box 43 Folder 9 | Billings Hospital Court Building, Transformer vault remodeling |
| Box 43 Folder 10 | Bobs Roberts Hospital (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1930), Alterations, 1958-1960 |
| Box 43 Folder 11-13 | Chicago Home for Incurables (Chronic Disease Hospital, Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1961), Planning, 1958-1961 SEE ALSO Young Memorial Building |
| Box 44 Folder 1 | Chicago Home for Incurables, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 44 Folder 2 | Chicago Home for Incurables, Progress reports, 1959-1961 |
| Box 44 Folder 3 | Chicago Home for Incurables, Equipping and decorating |
| Box 44 Folder 4 | Chicago Home for Incurables, Plaque |
| Box 44 Folder 5 | Chicago Home for Incurables, Landscaping |
| Box 44 Folder 6 | Chicago Home for Incurables, Publicity |
| Box 44 Folder 7 | Chicago Home for Incurables, Alterations, 1961-1963 |
| Box 44 Folder 8 | Chicago Lying-in Hospital (Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1931), Alterations, 1953-1956 |
| Box 44 Folder 9 | Chicago Lying-in Hospital, Mothers’ Aid Pavilion alterations, planning, 1955 |
| Box 44 Folder 10 | Chicago Lying-in Hospital, Mothers’, estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 44 Folder 11 | Chicago Lying-in Hospital, Mothers’, furnishing and decorating |
| Box 44 Folder 12 | Chicago Lying-in Hospital, Mothers’, publicity |
| Box 44 Folder 13 | Chicago Lying-in Hospital, Mothers’, plaques |
| Box 45 Folder 1 | Chronic Disease Hospital, SEE Chicago Home for Incurables Country Home for Convalescent Children, Re-designation of funds and memorial plaque |
| Box 45 Folder 2 | Franklin McLean Memorial Research Institute (Argonne Cancer Research Hospital, Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1953), Planning, 1947-1952 |
| Box 45 Folder 3 | Franklin McLean Memorial Research Institute, Arthur D. Little, Inc., report, 1948 |
| Box 45 Folder 4 | Franklin McLean Memorial Research Institute, Government contract, 1950 |
| Box 45 Folder 5 | Franklin McLean Memorial Research Institute, Subcontracts |
| Box 45 Folder 6 | Franklin McLean Memorial Research Institute, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 45 Folder 7 | Franklin McLean Memorial Research Institute, Progress reports, 1949-1953 |
| Box 45 Folder 8 | Franklin McLean Memorial Research Institute, Equipment |
| Box 45 Folder 9 | Franklin McLean Memorial Research Institute, Models |
| Box 45 Folder 10 | Franklin McLean Memorial Research Institute, Alterations, 1956-1958 |
| Box 45 Folder 11 | Franklin McLean Memorial Research Institute, Additions and alterations, 1960-1962 |
| Box 46 Folder 1 | Goldblatt Memorial Hospital (Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1950), Planning, 1946-1951 |
| Box 46 Folder 2 | Goldblatt Memorial Hospital, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 46 Folder 3 | Goldblatt Memorial Hospital, Progress reports, 1948-1950 |
| Box 46 Folder 4 | Goldblatt Memorial Hospital, Equipping and furnishing |
| Box 46 Folder 5 | Goldblatt Memorial Hospital, Plaques and inscriptions |
| Box 46 Folder 6 | Goldblatt Memorial Hospital, Cornerstone |
| Box 46 Folder 7 | Goldblatt Memorial Hospital, Publicity |
| Box 46 Folder 8 | Goldblatt Pavilion, Outpatient Department (Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1961), Planning, 1957-1959 |
| Box 46 Folder 9 | Goldblatt Pavilion, Outpatient Department, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 46 Folder 10 | Goldblatt Pavilion, Outpatient Department, Furnishing and decorating |
| Box 46 Folder 11 | Goldblatt Pavilion, Outpatient Department, Plaques and inscriptions |
| Box 46 Folder 12 | Goldblatt Pavilion, Outpatient Department, Landscaping |
| Box 46 Folder 13 | Goldblatt Pavilion, Outpatient Department, Groundbreaking and dedication |
| Box 47 Folder 1 | Hicks-Gilman Smith Hospital (Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1953), Planning, 1936-1953 |
| Box 47 Folder 2 | Hicks-Gilman Smith Hospital, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 47 Folder 3 | Hicks-Gilman Smith Hospital, Progress reports, 1951-1953 |
| Box 47 Folder 4 | Hicks-Gilman Smith Hospital, Equipping, furnishing, decorating |
| Box 47 Folder 5 | Hicks-Gilman Smith Hospital, Ornament, tablet, bust |
| Box 47 Folder 6 | Hicks-Gilman Smith Hospital, Memorial agreements |
| Box 47 Folder 7 | Home for Destitute Crippled Children (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1929), Alterations, 1958-1959 |
| Box 47 Folder 8 | Proposed Patient Hotel, Plans and estimates, 1947 |
Subseries 3: Buildings, J-R |
| Box 47 Folder 9 | Jones Chemical Laboratory (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1929), Proposed alterations and additions, 1957 |
| Box 47 Folder 10 | Kent Chemical Laboratory (Henry Ives Cobb, 1894), Alterations, 1958 |
| Box 48 Folder 1 | Laird Bell Law Quadrangle (Eero Saarinen and Associates, 1959, Planning, 1953 |
| Box 48 Folder 2 | Midway Plaisance, Underground parking |
| Box 48 Folder 3 | Midway Studios (Pond and Pond, 1910; Otis F. Johnson, 1929), Remodeling, 1963-1965 |
| Box 48 Folder 4 | National Opinion Research Center (5720 Woodlawn, Myron Hunt, 1897), Remodelling plans, 1958-1961 |
| Box 48 Folder 5 | National Opinion Research Center, Costs |
| Box 48 Folder 6 | National Opinion Research Center, 6030 Ellis (Hausner and Macsai, David Swan, 1966), planning, 1963-1965
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| Box 48 Folder 7 | Psychology Building (Kelly, Beecher, Green, Henry Ives Cobb, 1893, 1899), Alterations, planning, 1961-1965 |
| Box 48 Folder 8 | Psychology Building, Application for National Science Foundation grant, 1962 |
| Box 48 Folder 9 | Psychology Building, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 48 Folder 10 | Psychology Building, Progress reports |
| Box 48 Folder 11 | Psychology Building, Furnishing |
| Box 49 Folder 1 | Quadrangle Club (Howard Van Doren Shaw, 1922), Refurbishing, 1956-1962 |
| Box 49 Folder 2 | Radar Station, Installation at 5801 Dorchester, 1961 |
| Box 49 Folder 3-4 | Research Institutes (Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1951), Planning, 1945-1952 |
| Box 49 Folder 5 | Research Institutes, Costs |
| Box 49 Folder 6 | Research Institutes, Progress reports, 1949-1950 |
| Box 49 Folder 7 | Research Institutes, Furnishing and equipping |
| Box 49 Folder 8 | Research Institutes, Publicity |
| Box 49 Folder 9 | Research Institutes, Low Temperature Laboratory (Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1957), planning |
| Box 49 Folder 10 | Research Institutes, Low Temperature Laboratory (Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1957), estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 50 Folder 1 | Research Institutes, Computation Center (Schmidt, Garden and Erikson, 1961), planning, 1950-1959 |
| Box 50 Folder 2 | Research Institutes, Computation Center, estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 50 Folder 3 | Research Institutes, Computation Center, progress reports, 1959-1961 |
| Box 50 Folder 4 | Research Institutes, Computation Center, publicity |
| Box 50 Folder 5 | Research Institutes, Computation Center, basement extension, 1963 |
Subseries 4: Residences and Facilities for Students |
| Box 50 Folder 6 | Faculty Committee, 1964-1965 |
| Box 50 Folder 7 | Fraternities, 1962-1963 |
| Box 50 Folder 8-10 | Graduate Student Residence (Center for Continuing Education,
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| Box 50 Folder 11 | Graduate Student Residence, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 51 Folder 1 | Graduate Student Residence, Furnishing and fitting |
| Box 51 Folder 2 | Graduate Student Residence, Groundbreaking and dedication |
| Box 51 Folder 3 | Graduate Student Residence, Landscaping |
| Box 51 Folder 4 | Graduate Student Residence, Publicity |
| Box 51 Folder 5 | Married Student Housing, Proposal by Harry Weese and Associates, 1956 |
| Box 51 Folder 6 | Phemister Hall (Burnham and Hammond, 1959), Planning, 1955-1960 |
| Box 51 Folder 7 | Phemister Hall, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 51 Folder 8 | Phemister Hall, Progress reports, 1958-1959 |
| Box 51 Folder 9 | Phemister Hall, Plaque |
| Box 51 Folder 10 | Pierce Hall (Harry Weese and Associates, 1960), Planning, 1957-1962 |
| Box 51 Folder 11 | Pierce Hall, Progress reports, 1958-1960 |
| Box 51 Folder 12 | Pierce Hall, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 51 Folder 13 | Pierce Hall, Housing and Home Finance Agency correspondence, 1957-1960 |
| Box 52 Folder 1 | Pierce Hall, Furnishing, equipping, decorating |
| Box 52 Folder 2 | Pierce Hall, Landscaping |
| Box 52 Folder 3 | Pierce Hall, Publicity |
| Box 52 Folder 4 | Pierce Hall, Groundbreaking |
| Box 52 Folder 5 | Women’s Residence (Zantzinger, Borie and Medary, 1932, never built), Planning, 1928-1932 |
| Box 52 Folder 6 | Women’s Residence, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 52 Folder 7 | Woodward Court (Women’s Residence, Eero Saarinen and Associates, 1958), Planning, 1954 |
| Box 52 Folder 8 | Woodward Court, Planning, Holabird, Root and Burgee, 1954 |
| Box 52 Folder 9-10 | Woodward Court, Planning, Eero Saarinen and Associates, 1954-1956 |
| Box 52 Folder 11 | Woodward Court, Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 53 Folder 1 | Woodward Court, Furnishing, specifications |
| Box 53 Folder 2 | Woodward Court, Furnishing, Saarinen schedule |
| Box 53 Folder 3 | Woodward Court, Furnishing, 1956-1965 |
| Box 53 Folder 4 | Woodward Court, Landscaping |
| Box 53 Folder 5 | Woodward Court, Dining halls (Woodward Commons) |
| Box 53 Folder 6 | Woodward Court, Dining halls (Woodward Commons) furnishing |
| Box 53 Folder 7 | Woodward Court, Lounge and head suite alterations, 1966 |
| Box 53 Folder 8 | Woodward Court, Publicity |
| Box 53 Folder 9 | Woodward Court, 1956 |
Subseries 5: Buildings, S-Y |
| Box 54 Folder 1 | Social Service Administration Building (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1964), Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 54 Folder 2 | Social Service Administration Building, Furnishing |
| Box 54 Folder 3 | Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School (Coolidge and Hodgdon, 1917: alterations, Shaw, Metz and Dolio, 1951), Planning, 1950 |
| Box 54 Folder 4 | Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School, Costs |
| Box 54 Folder 5 | Sonia Shankman Orthogenic Schoo,l Furnishing and decorating |
| Box 54 Folder 6 | Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School, Cornerstone
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| Box 54 Folder 7 | Temporary Buildings, Arrangements for, 1947 |
| Box 54 Folder 8 | Tower Group (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1901), Remodeling (Harry Weese and Associates, 1965) |
| Box 54 Folder 9-11 | University High School (Perkins and Will, 1960), Planning, 1955-1957 |
| Box 55 Folder 1 | University High School, Planning, 1958-1960 |
| Box 55 Folder 2 | University High School, Estimates, costs |
| Box 55 Folder 3 | University High School, Furnishing and equipping |
| Box 55 Folder 4 | University High School, Landscaping |
| Box 55 Folder 5 | University High School, Scammon Court |
| Box 55 Folder 6 | University High School, Temporary Gymnasium (James Gamble Rogers, 1903), demolition, 1959 |
| Box 55 Folder 7 | University High School, Plaques |
| Box 55 Folder 8 | University High School, Dedication |
| Box 55 Folder 9 | University High School, Publicity |
| Box 55 Folder 10 | University High School, Architects’ statement of purpose |
| Box 55 Folder 11 | University High School, Architects award |
| Box 55 Folder 12 | Walker Museum (Henry Ives Cobb, 1893), Alterations, 1956, 1963, planning |
| Box 55 Folder 13 | Estimates, costs, funding |
| Box 55 Folder 14 | West Stands (Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, 1913), Alterations for Institute of Metals, 1946 |
| Box 55 Folder 15 | West Stands, Demolition, 1954 |
| Box 55 Folder 16 | Young Memorial Building (Chicago Home for Incurables, Burling and Whitehouse, 1888), Plans for future use, 1960 |
Subseries 6: Building Trades, Furniture and Equipment Brochures |
| Box 56 Folder 1 | Blinds |
| Box 56 Folder 2 | Clocks |
| Box 56 Folder 3 | Dispensers and vendors |
| Box 56 Folder 4 | Electrical equipment |
| Box 56 Folder 5 | Elevators |
| Box 56 Folder 6 | Fences |
| Box 56 Folder 7 | Filters |
| Box 56 Folder 8 | Floors |
| Box 56 Folder 9 | Furniture |
| Box 56 Folder 10 | Kitchen equipment |
| Box 57 Folder 1 | Laboratory equipment |
| Box 57 Folder 2 | Lettering |
| Box 57 Folder 3 | Lighting |
| Box 57 Folder 4 | Plaques |
| Box 57 Folder 5 | Plumbing |
| Box 57 Folder 6 | Pumps |
| Box 57 Folder 7 | Roofing |
| Box 57 Folder 8 | Smoking equipment |
| Box 57 Folder 9 | Sterilizers |
| Box 57 Folder 10 | Temperature control |
| Box 57 Folder 11 | Trucking and lifting |
| Box 57 Folder 12 | Ventilation |
| Box 57 Folder 13 | Walls, doors, partitions |
| Box 57 Folder 14 | Windows |