Archival Buildings File
The Archival Buildings File was established in order to provide a means of organizing information and ephemeral materials relating to University buildings and making them more readily accessible. Many items are received by the Archives concerning the history, architecture, and use of various buildings and structures on campus, which do not have a place in other record groups. Although no attempt has been made to systematically collect such materials, those that come to the Archives have been arranged in a vertical file for the benefit of patrons who wish to consult them.The first part of the file contains materials concerning campus architecture in general, including guides and maps, articles, and souvenir booklets with pictures of buildings and campus scenes. Following these are folders for individual buildings, arranged alphabetically. Among the items that can be found are programs for groundbreaking ceremonies, cornerstone layings, and dedications, as well as promotional brochures, press releases, and articles and reports from various sources. The files sometimes include correspondence and other information concerning the design, construction, remodelling, and architectural decoration of the buildings. Since some buildings have been known by more than one name, patrons should check the listing for all possible headings relating to their subject of inquiry.
Materials are added to the files as they are received. The listing and file arrangement are provisional and subject to change as additions and updates are made. Photographs of University buildings are located in Series II of the Archival Photographic Files. These include not only exterior and interior shots but also photo-reproductions of architects' drawings and photographs of construction sequences. There is a separate Postcard Collection which features images of campus buildings and scenes. The Archives also maintains a substantial collection of architectural drawings and blueprints of many buildings on campus. Other information on buildings can be found in various University publications, and in the records of the Department of Buildings and Grounds, the Presidents' Papers, the Harold Swift Papers, and minutes of the Board of Trustees and its committees. Files on particular buildings can be found in other record groups as well. Please consult a member of the archival staff for more information.
ARCHIVAL BUILDINGS FILE
General
Architectural information and guides, general
_____. "A Prospective Student's Guide to the College of the University of Chicago with a Walking Tour of the Quadrangles," 1990-1991
_____, "An Informational Guide to the University of Chicago," ca. 1966
_____, Architectural Guide, building descriptions, 1967
_____, _____, worksheets, 1967
_____, "The Tour," by Laura Koenig, 1990
_____, "Campus Tour," by Greg Jao, 1990
Articles on campus architecture, general
_____, 1920s building program
_____, property ownership and development
_____, landscaping
_____, "A Review of Planning at the University of Chicago 1891-1978"
_____, Charles E. Jenkins, "The University of Chicago," in Architectural Record 4/1 (1894): 229-46
_____, "The University of Chicago: Its Early Educational and Architectural Ideals," by Chris Drake, History 401 paper, College of Wooster, 1985
Maps
_____, showing property ownership, 1946
National Historic Landmarks, University of Chicago
Parking, "The University of Chicago Parking Structure, Summary of a Feasibility Report from Ralph H. Burke, Inc.," 1968
_____, "Traffic and Parking Plan," 1969
Press Relations Office, sample photos by Capes
Scrapbook of Henry David Hubbard, ca. 1900
Souvenir booklets, general
_____, A. Wittemann, 1898
_____, University of Chicago Weekly, 1899
_____, color, ca. 1907
_____, University of Chicago Press, 1908
_____, _____, 1914
_____, _____, 1916
_____, University of Chicago Bookstore, 1920
_____, _____, 1921
Individual Buildings
Abbott Memorial Hall
Accelerator Building
Administration Building
American Bar Center
American Meat Institute Building
Argonne National Laboratory
Armour Clinical Research Building
Baptist Graduate Student Center (Rosenwald House)
Bartlett Gymnasium
Ben May Laboratory
Billings Hospital
Biological Sciences Learning Center and Jules F. Knapp Medical Research Center Complex
Black Oaks on Campus
Blaine Hall
Bobs Roberts Hospital
Bond Chapel
Burton-Judson Courts
Calvert House
Carlson Animal Research Laboratory
Center for Continuing Education, general
_____, proposal
Chicago Theological Seminary
Classics Building
Cobb Hall
Cochrane-Woods Art Center/Smart Gallery
Council Tree Memorial Bench
Court Theater
Crerar Library
Cummings Life Science Center
D'Evereux Hall
Disciples Divinity House
Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine
East Madison Park
Eckhart Hall
Faculty Houses, 56th and Woodlawn
Field House
Foster Hall
Goldblatt Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center
Goldblatt Memorial Hospital
Goodspeed Hall
Green Hall
Greenwood Hall
Harper Memorial Library, general
_____, cornerstone laying
_____, dedication
_____, PACE Associates study, 1960
_____, Rededication, 1973
Haskell Hall
Hicks Memorial Hospital
Hinds Laboratory
Hitchcock Hall
Hospitals and clinics, general
Hull Court
Hutchinson Commons
Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District
Ida Noyes Hall
Industrial Relations Center (Charles S. Mott Building)
International House
Jackson Park
Jones Chemical Laboratory
Judd Hall
Kelly Hall
Kenwood House
Kersten Physics Teaching Center
Kirsner Center for the Study of Digestive Diseases
Kovler Viral Oncology Laboratories
Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research
Law School, general
_____, Laird Bell Quadrangle
Lexington Hall
Lillie House
Lying-In Hospital
McDonald Observatory
McLean Memorial Research Institute (formerly Argonne Cancer Research Hospital)
Midway Gardens
Midway Plaisance
Midway Studios
Mitchell Hospital and Rubloff Intensive Care Tower
Mitchell Tower
"Nuclear Energy" Sculpture, by Henry Moore
Oriental Institute (Breasted Hall)
Orthogenic School
Phemister Hall
Pick Hall
Pierce Hall
President's House
Quadrangle Club
Rawson Laboratory, general
_____, specifications
Regenstein Library, general
_____, cornerstone laying and dedication
_____, groundbreaking
Research Institutes, general
Residence halls, men, general
Residence halls, women, general
Robie House
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, general
_____, cornerstone laying
_____, decoration
_____, dedication
Rosenwald Hall
Ryerson Physical Laboratory
Shoreland Hall
[Smart Gallery--see Cochrane-Woods Art Center]
Snell Hall
Social Science Research Building
Social Service Administration Building
Social Services Center
South Park (including Jackson Park, Midway Plaisance, and Washington Park)
Stagg Field
Steam Plant
Stuart Hall
Sunny Gymnasium
Surgery-Brain Research Pavilion
Swift Hall
University Church Disciples of Christ
University High School
University of Chicago Press Warehouse, Expansion Plan, 1971-1972
Walker Museum
Whitman Laboratory
Wieboldt Hall
Woodward Court
Wyler Children's Hospital
Yerkes Observatory
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