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Guide to the Facilities Management Department
  • Historic Building Plans and Construction
  • RG 006, Series 08-04

    • Processed and Listed by: Dieter C. Ullrich
    Date: January 28, 2008

    Date Span: 1907-1986 (bulk 1926-1968)

    Size: 2.75 cubic feet.

    Number of Boxes: 4 letter sized document cases, 1 letter half sized document cases and 1 oversized box.

    Type of material: Correspondence, construction plans, building specifications, contracts, agreements, studies and reports.

    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, construction plans, building specifications, contracts, agreements, studies, reports and historical information on buildings and grounds upon the Ellensburg campus of Central Washington University from 1907 to 1986. The majority of the files within the collection are from 1926 to 1968. The collection contains records on building proposals, evaluations, estimates, drawings and repairs. Included in the records are demolition plans, dedications, meeting minutes of the Memorial Committee (1939-1941) and the Student War Memorial Building Committee (1944-1947).

    Research Note: Open to the public for educational research.
    Inventory List:
    Box 1
    1. Antenna System – North and Wilson Halls, 1957
    2. Barge Hall – Modernizing Lighting System, 1953
    3. Barge Hall – Remodel, 1967
    4. Barge Hall – Renovation, 1977
    5. Bassetti Dormitories – Architecture, 1963-1968
    6. Beck Hall – Dedication, 1959
    7. Black Hall – Historical Information, 1959-1961
    8. Building Construction – Newspaper clippings, 1956
    9. Building Construction – Newspaper clippings, 1957
    10. Building Construction – Newspaper clippings, 1958
    11. Building Construction – Newspaper clippings, 1959
    12. Building Construction – Newspaper clippings, 1962
    13. Building and Grounds Staff – Correspondence, 1947-1949
    14. Building and Grounds Staff – Union activities and retirements, 1957-1961
    15. Building Grants, 1933
    16. Building Names
    17. Building Plans, 1973
    18. Campus Buildings – Historic Profiles
    19. Campus Landscape Master Plan, 1970
    20. Campus Landscape Plans, 1948
    21. Campus Maps, ca. 1920-1976
    22. Central Stores Building (Copy Cat Shop), 1960
    23. Classroom Addition – Shaw-Smyer Hall, 1958
    24. Classroom Building – Shaw-Smyser Hall, 1929-1930
    25. College Union Building (Samuelson Union Building) – Loan Application for Remodel, 1959-1960
    26. Commons Building – Correspondence, 1950-1952
    27. Construction Programs – Heating Plant and Science Building, 1942-1946
    28. Dean Hall – Drawings, 1964-1965

    Box 2
    1. Edison Hall – Contracts, 1907
    2. Edison Hall – Demolition, March-August, 1985
    3. Edison Hall – Demolition, September, 1985 – February, 1986
    4. Edison Hall – Evaluations, 1964-1974
    5. Edison Hall – Reports and Recommendations, 1964 to 1985, 1986
    6. Electric Distribution System, 1936-1937
    7. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works – Correspondence from R. H. Corey, 1936
    8. Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works – Correspondence from E. R. Hoffman, 1935-1937
    9. Fine and Applied Arts Building (Moore and Anderson Halls) – Proposals, 1968
    10. General Development Plan, 1969
    11. Gymnasium Addition (Samuelson Union Building), 1935-1936
    12. Gymnasium Addition (Samuelson Union Building), 1937
    13. Heating Plant – Coal to Gas Conversion, 1957-1958

    Box 3
    1. Heating Plant – Drawings, 1943
    2. Heating Plant – Specifications for Gas Conversion, 1960
    3. Hebeler Building – Remodel, 1984
    4. Hertz Hall – Dedication, 1964
    5. Hogue Hall – Drawings and Estimates, 1966-1972
    6. Lind Hall – Correspondence and Contracts, 1947-1948
    7. Lind Hall – Correspondence and Costs, 1940-1941
    8. Lind Hall – Dedication, 1948
    9. Lind Hall – Electrical Work Specifications, 1947
    10. Master Plan, 1986
    11. McConnell Auditorium – Contracts, 1935-1937
    12. McConnell Auditorium – Dedication, 1937
    13. McConnell Auditorium – Specifications, 1935
    14. McConnell Auditorium – Specifications, 1935
    15. McConnell Auditorium – Specifications for Plumbing, Heating and Ventilation, 1935
    16. McConnell Auditorium – Stagecraft Shop – Correspondence, 1936-1937
    17. Memorial Committee – Meeting Minutes, 1939-1941

    Box 4
    1. Robert E. McConnell – Correspondence related to Physical Plant, 1956-1959
    2. Meisner Hall – Dedication, 1966
    3. Perry H. Mitchell – Correspondence related to Physical Plant, 1960-1961
    4. Music Building (Hertz Hall) – Proposal, No date
    5. Nicholson Pavilion – Addition, 1982
    6. Nicholson Pavilion – Bleachers, 1959
    7. Nicholson Pavilion – Dedication, 1959-1960
    8. Nicholson Pavilion – Historical Information and Ephemera
    9. Nicholson Pavilion – Newspaper Clippings, 1960
    10. Nicholson Pavilion – Physical Education Lab Addition, 1975
    11. Platting and Subdivision Regulations, 1937-1941
    12. Power House – Contracts, 1917
    13. President’s Residence – Correspondence, 1946-1947
    14. President’s Residence – Correspondence, 1948-1950

    Box 5
    1. President’s Residence – Repair and Addition, 1967-1968
    2. Roof Repairs – Campus Buildings, 1945
    3. Samuelson Union Building – Historical Information
    4. Shaw-Smyser – Conversion of Library to Classrooms, 1961
    5. Student Activities Building (Samuelson Union Building) – Specifications, 1926
    6. Student Activities Building (Samuelson Union Building) – Correspondence and Contract, 1928
    7. Student Union Building (Samuelson Union Building) – Correspondence, 1947
    8. Student Union Building (Samuelson Union Building) – Correspondence, 1950-1955
    9. Student War Memorial Building – Proposal and Meeting Minutes, 1944-1947
    10. Wilson Hall – Historical Information and Dedication, 1955

    Box 6 (oversized)
    1. Abstract of bids – Building not named
    2. Fred Bassetti and Company – Bouillon Library, 1961
    3. Master Planning Report, 1960
    4. Campus Map, 1970
    5. Campus Site Plan, 1974
    6. Landscape Planting List, 1976
    7. Aerial Photograph, ca. 1965
    8. Buildings since 1961, 1972
    9. Language and Literature Building – Plans and Drawings, 1967
    10. Psychology Building – Plans and Drawings, 1968
    11. Technology Building (Hogue Hall) - Plans and Drawings, 1970
    12. Campus Map, 1968
    13. Campus Site Plan, 1975
    14. Campus Map, 1955
    15. Campus Map, 1964

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