Kent State University Buildings and Grounds, Subject Files, 1925-[ongoing]

Inventory

Prepared by Barbara Bass, December 20, 1999.
Revised by Rhonda Rinehart, April 2005. Updated by Craig Simpson, June 22, 2007
2 record storage boxes, 1 oversize storage box, 3 cubic feet, 11th floor

Scope and Content

This is a collection of items pertaining to the buildings on campus and their history. Also included are files on campus grounds and landmarks (e.g. Risman Plaza). The files include dedication booklets, correspondence, brochures, news clippings and building plans from the Office of Campus Planning (1969) that have been gathered from the vertical files in Special Collections and Archives and processed as a collection. A separate file for campus development and general buildings and grounds information is included at the end of Box 2. A few oversized files are located in Box 3. Items are arranged alphabetically by the name of the building or campus landmark.

Materials will be added to this collection on an ongoing basis.

Philip Shriver's, Years of Youth published in 1960 and William D. Hildebrand's A Book of Memories also include information about Kent State University buildings. Copies of these books are cataloged in KentLINK. For building photographs, see the separate inventory for Kent State University Buildings, Photographs, 1913-[ongoing].

Additionally, there is information on KSU buildings on file at the Architecture Library which has also prepared an online guide to buildings information.

Box 1

Folder -- Contents

  1. Administration Building
  2. Agassiz House
  3. Airport Buildings
  4. Allyn Hall: 2005--
  5. Architecture Library
  6. Architecture/Urban Library
  7. Art Building
  8. Ashtabula Regional Campus
  9. Auditorium
  10. Barn, [Portage Drive]
  11. Beall-McDowell Residence Halls
  12. Biology House
  13. Bowman Hall
  14. Business Administration Building
  15. Child Development Center
  16. Chimes [located at top of library; installed in 1991]
  17. Cluff Training School, [William A. Cluff]
  18. Cunningham Hall
  19. Cunningham Hall, [new wing]
  20. Curtiss House
  21. Dedication clipping: Van Campen, Munzenmayer, Altmann, McSweeney, Metcalf, Heer, Stewart, Musselman, Apple, Harbourt, Humphrey: Nov. 24, 1969
  22. DeWeese Health Center
  23. Dix Stadium
  24. East Hall, [classroom]
  25. Eastway Center
  26. Education Building
  27. Eells Gallery at Blossom Music Center
  28. Engleman Hall
  29. Field House
  30. Fine and Professional Arts Center - Porthouse Theatre
  31. Franklin Hall
  32. Geauga Campus Academic Center
  33. Golf Course, [club house and maintenance buildings]
  34. Hall Athletic Field
  35. Heating Plant
  36. Henderson Hall, [School of Nursing]
  37. Hillel Building
  38. Honors College
  39. Ice Arena
  40. Information Booth, [Student Center Plaza]
  41. Johnson Hall
  42. Kent Hall
  43. Korb Hall
  44. Lake-Olson Halls
  45. Library, [building proposal]
  46. Library, [dedication booklets, photographs]]
  47. Library, [25th anniversary]
  48. Library, [audio-visual area construction]
  49. Liquid Crystal Institute
  50. Lincoln Research Center
  51. Lowry Hall
  52. Mathematics and Computer Science Building
  53. May 4th Room [library, 1st floor]
  54. McGilvrey Hall
  55. Memorial Gymnasium, [previously Men's Physical Education Building]
  56. Memorial Stadium
  57. Merrill Hall
  58. Michael Schwartz Center
  59. Moulton Hall
  60. Munzenmayer Hall
  61. Murin Gardens, [Judith A. Benzer Murin]
  62. Music and Speech Center
  63. Music Library
  64. Music Listening Center
  65. NEOUCOM
  66. Nixson Hall
  67. North Hall, [classroom]
  68. Patton House
  69. Physiology Lab
  70. Porthouse Theatre
  71. Prentice Hall
  72. President's House, [garage]
  73. Risman Plaza
  74. Ritchie Hall
  75. Rockwell Hall
  76. Rockwell Library
  77. ROTC Buildings

Box 2

Folder -- Contents

  1. Salem Branch Campus, Columbiana county, [groundbreaking ceremony]
  2. Salem Branch Campus, Columbiana county, [dedication programs, floor plans]
  3. Satterfield Hall
  4. Schwebel Garden Room
  5. School of Art Gallery
  6. Small Group Residence Halls
  7. Smith Hall
  8. South Hall, [classroom]
  9. Stark County Branch Campus
  10. Stark County Branch Learning Resource Center
  11. Stopher Hall
  12. Stopher-Johnson Hall
  13. Student Union, [The Hub]
  14. Stump Theatre, [E. Turner Stump]
  15. Taylor Hall
  16. Terrace Hall
  17. Tri-Towers
  18. Trumbull County Branch Campus
  19. Tuscarawas County Branch Campus
  20. University Archway
  21. University Branch House
  22. University Center
  23. University School
  24. University Supply Center
  25. Van Deusen Hall
  26. Verder Hall
  27. West Hall, [classroom]
  28. Ward House
  29. Warehouse, [Portage Drive]
  30. White Hall, [College of Education]
  31. Williams Hall
  32. Williamson Alumni Center
  33. Wills Gym
  34. WKSU Building
  35. Campus Development, [general campus buildings and grounds information]

Box 3 [Oversize Items]

  1. Library, [dedication programs]
  2. Rockwell Hall, [floor plans]
  3. Salem Regional Campus, [drawings]