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Guide to the Facilities Management Department
  • Student Housing Records
  • RG 006, Series 08-03

    • Processed and Listed by: Dieter C. Ullrich
    Date: January 22, 2008

    Date Span: 1899-1971

    Size: 1.5 cubic feet.

    Number of Boxes: 3 legal sized document cases.

    Type of material: Correspondence, financial records, reports, contracts and agreements, newspaper clippings, construction plans and ephemera.

    Physical condition: Fair with noticeable aging to some documents caused by improper storage and usage.

    Arrangement: Organized in alphabetical order by subject heading of file folder. Chronological arrangement.

    Historical or Biographical Sketch: The Facilities Management Department was initially established under the supervision of the Washington State Normal School Board of Trustees when the school opened in 1891. In 1910, a Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds was appointed and given the responsibility for facilities management of the campus. During the 1920s, a Business Manager replaced the Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds consolidating departments. The Facilities Management Department was reorganized in 1986 and included the planning division.

    Scope and Content Note: The collection consists of correspondence, contracts and agreements, newspaper clippings and construction plans for student housing at Central Washington University from 1899 to 1971. Contained in the records are correspondence and minutes from the Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation from 1926 to 1939; construction contracts, plans and specifications for dormitories built on the Ellensburg campus from 1913 to 1969; studies, reports and statistics related to student housing and historical information on the naming of dormitory buildings. The collection includes information on financial difficulties that Washington State Normal School experienced during the Great Depression. See also Record Group 043-06-06.

    Research Note: Open to the public for educational research.
    Inventory List:
    Box 1
    1. Administration Building – Newspaper clippings, 1955
    2. Barto Hall – Architects Plan, 1961
    3. Bill for a Legislative Act for Dormitory Financing, 1929
    4. Brooklane Village – Construction Comparison Study, 1969
    5. Buildings, Miscellaneous – Newspaper Clippings, 1950-1965
    6. Centralia Normal School Receipts, 1913
    7. Construction Specifications – Bookstore and Dormitory, 1954
    8. Construction Specifications – Dormitories, 1926
    9. Construction Specifications – Kennedy Hall, 1948
    10. Courson and Muzzall Halls – Historical Information, 1964-1967
    11. Dormitories – Historical Information
    12. Dormitories – Newspaper Clippings, 1948-1965
    13. Dormitory Construction – Contract and Receipts, 1911-1915
    14. Dormitory Occupancy Statistics, 1962-1971
    15. Dormitory Receipts, 1899
    16. Dormitory Receipts, 1906
    17. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – Bonds, 1928
    18. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – Contracts and Agreements, 1926

    Box 2
    1. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – Correspondence, 1926
    2. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – Correspondence, 1927-1931
    3. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – Correspondence, 1932
    4. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – Correspondence, 1933
    5. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – Correspondence, 1934
    6. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – Correspondence, 1935-1936
    7. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – Correspondence, 1937
    8. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – Correspondence, 1938-1939
    9. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – Incorporation, 1926
    10. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – Legal status, 1928
    11. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – Minutes, 1928
    12. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – State Appropriation to pay off bonds, 1939
    13. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – Student Building Expenditures, 1928
    14. Ellensburg Normal School Dormitory Building Corporation – Trust deed, 1926
    15. Expense estimates for Biennium ending March 31, 1917
    16. Floor plans - Dormitories, 1967-1971
    17. Heating Plant – Newspaper clippings, 1948-1955
    18. Kennedy Hall – Historical Information
    19. Komola Hall – Dorm Fire, 1915
    20. Komola and Sue Lombard Halls – Historical Information
    21. Manual Training and Science Building – Construction Contract, 1913-1917
    22. Mill Tax, 1913
    23. Munro Hall – Historical Information
    24. Munson Hall – Historical Information
    25. Normal School Maintenance Estimates, 1910-1913

    Box 3
    1. Physical Education Building – Newspaper clippings, 1947-1955
    2. President’s Home – Newspaper clippings, 1948
    3. Proposal to Concentrate the Three State Normal Schools into One Large School, No date
    4. Remodel Kamola and Sue Lombard Residence Halls, 1969
    5. Report on Education Programs, 1926?
    6. Schedule of Prices of Kamola Hall Rooms, 1926-1927
    7. Science Building – Newspaper clippings, 1948-1955
    8. Student Health Center – Miscellaneous, 1969
    9. Student Health Center – Specifications, 1969
    10. Student Union Building – Newspaper clippings, 1946-1955
    11. Student Village, 1965-1970
    12. Veterans Housing Project, 1946-1947
    13. Veterans Housing – Newspaper clippings, 1945-1946
    14. Design Development Report for Brooklane Village, 1970

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