Kent State University Buildings and Grounds, Subject Files

Finding Aid

Prepared by Barbara Bass, December 20, 1999. Updated January 2012
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. Campus Grounds
  16. Child Development Center
  17. Chimes, Florek Memorial
  18. Chimes [located at top of library; installed in 1991]
  19. Cluff Training School, [William A. Cluff]
  20. Cunningham Hall
  21. Cunningham Hall, [new wing]
  22. Curtiss House
  23. Dedication clipping: Van Campen, Munzenmayer, Altmann, McSweeney, Metcalf, Heer, Stewart, Musselman, Apple, Harbourt, Humphrey: Nov. 24, 1969
  24. DeWeese Health Center
  25. Dix Stadium
  26. East Hall, [classroom]
  27. Eastway Center
  28. Education Building
  29. Eells Gallery at Blossom Music Center
  30. Engleman Hall
  31. Field House
  32. Fine and Professional Arts Center - Porthouse Theatre
  33. Franklin Hall
  34. Geauga Campus Academic Center
  35. Golf Course, [club house and maintenance buildings]
  36. Hall Athletic Field
  37. Heating Plant
  38. Henderson Hall, [School of Nursing]
  39. Hillel Building
  40. Honors College
  41. Ice Arena
  42. Information Booth, [Student Center Plaza]
  43. Johnson Hall
  44. Kent Hall
  45. Koonce Hall
  46. Korb Hall
  47. Lake-Olson Halls
  48. Library, [building proposal]
  49. Library, [dedication booklets, photographs]]
  50. Library, [25th anniversary]
  51. Library, [audio-visual area construction]
  52. Lilac Lane
  53. Liquid Crystal Institute
  54. Lincoln Research Center
  55. Lowry Hall
  56. Manchester Field
  57. Mathematics and Computer Science Building
  58. May 4th Room [library, 1st floor]
  59. McGilvrey Hall
  60. Memorial Gymnasium, [previously Men's Physical Education Building]
  61. Memorial Stadium
  62. Merrill Hall
  63. Michael Schwartz Center
  64. Moulton Hall
  65. Munzenmayer Hall
  66. Murin Gardens, [Judith A. Benzer Murin]
  67. Music and Speech Center
  68. Music Library
  69. Music Listening Center
  70. NEOUCOM
  71. Nixson Hall
  72. North Hall, [classroom]
  73. Oscar Ritchie Hall
  74. Patton House
  75. Physiology Lab
  76. Porthouse Theatre
  77. Power Plant
  78. Prentice Gate
  79. Prentice Hall
  80. President's House, [garage]
  81. Risman Plaza
  82. Rockwell Hall
  83. Rockwell Library
  84. 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. Victory Bell
  28. West Hall, [classroom]
  29. Ward House
  30. Warehouse, [Portage Drive]
  31. White Hall, [College of Education]
  32. Williams Hall
  33. Williamson Alumni Center
  34. Wills Gym
  35. WKSU Building
  36. Campus Development, [general campus buildings and grounds information]

Box 3 [Oversized Items]

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