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Architecture Address Delivered By Brinton B. Davis, Kentucky Library Research Collections

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Ua1c7/313 Kentucky County Map, Orion Covington, Wku College Heights Foundation

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Drawing of Kentucky County Map with inscription: The foundation has made 5002 distinct student loans from 1923-1937 (inclusive) amounting to $178,749.96. Each dot represents an average loan of $35.00+. See accompanying map for distribution by counties.

Includes insets: The Kentucky Building A few items included in the Kentucky Museum The Pioneer Log Cabin Rare books abound in the Kentucky Library An inviting spot in the colonial gardens. The College Heights Book Store.

Drawn by Orion K. Covington, 215 Woodford Street, Bowling Green, KY.

Ua30/1/1 A New Rotc Building, Wku Planning, Design & Construction, J. M. Ingram

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A New ROTC Building for Western Kentucky State Teachers College, J.M. Ingram, no #, no date, 4 sheets, 23 ½ x 18, Scale 1/8”=1”. Set includes a front elevation and floor plans for ground floor, first and second floors.

The Library And Halls Of Residence: Plans And Descriptions, Bryn Mawr College

Architecture, Grounds, and History

No abstract provided.

Ua11/1 Teachers College Heights Vol. 15, No. 6, Western Kentucky University

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Teachers College Heights monthly magazine promoting WKU and documenting campus events and courses offered. This issue includes:

• Western's KEA Breakfast
• Western Headquarters at KEA
• The Cedar House
• Summer Term Brings Summer Tours
• Mother's Day at Western Will be Observed May 8
• The Colonial Garden
• The Italian Garden - A Touch of the Renaissance
• Snell Art Collection
• Kentuckiana
• Commencement
• Complete Weather Station Maintained on Western Campus
• Study Centers Will be Organized in Many Counties this Summer
• Home Management House is Home Economics Laboratory
• Dramatics
• Smith, Bert. 1535 - The English Bible - 1935
• Potter College Building Served a Most Useful Life …

Ua30/1/1 Landscape Work, Classroom Building, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

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Landscape Work, Classroom Building, PWA KY-1043-R, UA30/1/1 Includes plan with details and sections for area surrounding Cherry Hall and Cedar House.

Ua1b3/5 Cherry Statue Plaza Drawing, Wku Cherry Statue Committee

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Undated drawings of the Cherry Statue Plaza by unidentified architect.

Ua30/1/1 Wku Music Hall, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

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Floor plans for Music Hall opened in 1937 and razed in 1975.

Dedicatory Exercises Of The Law Quadrangle

About the Buildings

We have met here today specifically to dedicate Hutchins Hall, the last unit to be erected of a splendid group of buildings presented to the University by Mr. W. W. Cook. The buildings are beautiful, useful, and enduring, but taken altogether, with all that they are in themselves and all that they signify, they represent only one part of a comprehensive contribution to the educational resources of the University of Michigan. It is, therefore, both fitting and imperative that we should on this occasion consider carefully the significance of our whole heritage. Other persons today will speak of Mr. Cook's …

Ua1e Souvenir Folder Of Western Kentucky State Teachers College, Curt Teich & Company

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Booklet of postcards showing buildings on the campus of Western Kentucky University and the proposed memorial tower.

A Book Of The Law Quadrangle At The University Of Michigan, Fred Nathan

About the Buildings

William Wilson Cook ardently believed that the future of democratic institutions must depend in large measure upon the ability and integrity of the members of the legal profession. He hoped to improve the quality of the leadership provided by that profession by improving the law schools. As the immediate object of his philanthropy he chose his Alma Mater, The University of Michigan Law School. The Law Quadrangle is the physical embodiment of one aspect of his idea and marks a milestone in legal education. In making possible a close fellowship between lawyers, teachers, and students in an inspiring environment he …

The Nebraska State Capitol, Charles Harris Whitaker, John Edward, Harry F. Cunningham A.I.A., Hartley B. Alexander Hon. A.I.A., Oscar H. Murray A.I.A., Meyer, Strong & Jones, Engineers, Emile H. Praeger, Ernest Born

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

A High Peak of Architectural Progress

Some little while ago there appeared on this page a saying to the effect that progress is a blind succession of events fully exposed only through the agency of a capable interpreter. This issue of American Architect is proof of that contention. The Nebraska State Capitol—to which the issue is entirely devoted—is much more than an excellent example of unusual monumental design or even a symbol of democratic government. It marks an important period in the history of building progress. In many ways the architectural genius of Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue dramatized in this design …

Ua99/1 Scrapbook 7, Bgbu President's Office

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Scrapbook created by BGBU president J. Lewie Harman of speeches, photographs, postcards, poetry, correspondence and political cartoons on a variety of topics. Many items are not dated. The earliest dated item is from 1923 and the latest is from 1933.

The Law Quadrangle Of The University Of Michigan, Hobart Coffey

About the Buildings

I have been asked to speak to you today about the Win. W. Cook Legal Research Library at the University of Michigan. Instead of attempting to describe in words our library building I have chosen to show you some slides, to let you see the building for yourself; and I have decided to-show you pictures not only of the Legal Research Building, but also of the other buildings which form part of the Law Quadrangle, and which are all due to the generosity of 'Wm. W. Cook.

Ua30/1/1 Views Of Western Gymnasium, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

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Views of Western gymnasium, now Helm Library, unknown architect, no date, 3 sheets, paper, 37 x 21. First floor plan, second floor plan, sketch with numeric notations.

Chart Of Subjects Of The Stained Glass: Legal Research Building, University Of Michigan, York & Sawyer, Architects

About the Buildings

A chart of the stained glass seal windows in the Legal Research Building Reading Room, University of Michigan Law Library.

The Library And Halls Of Residence: Plans And Descriptions, Bryn Mawr College

Architecture, Grounds, and History

No abstract provided.

1931-10-22, Joseph & Joseph Architecture Company

Olmsted Brothers Correspondence

Handwritten copy of a letter written by Joseph & Joseph on October 22, 1931 to Hattie Button on the completion dates of buildings on campus.

An Artisan Is Inspired By His Task

About the Buildings

In this modem age of speed and dehumanised American industry, it is not usual to find, even in the artistic side of architectural design, a work created and evolved out of an intense love of the task itself, a burning desire which is so strong that it completely overshadows any purely commercial considerations. Quite by accident, a case of this type has been revealed in connection with the design and completion of the stained glass university and college seals which are a vital part of the effective color scheme of the recently completed William W. Cook Legal Research Building.

A Book Of The Lawyers Quadrangle At The University Of Michigan

About the Buildings

William W. Cook of the Class of '82, had a dream, and he lived in this dream from its inception until his death. It was to develop a great law school, housed in the most inspiring of buildings and devoted to the ideal of creating leaders of men. He often said, "Intellectual leadership is the greatest problem which faces America today; without leaders we perish." This he placed above all else. With these ideals in mind he proceeded with his work. Architects and artists were dispatched to centers of learning both here and abroad in order that the law school …

Yale University Library Gazette Special Issue On The Sterling Memorial Library, Volume V, Number 4 (April 1931), Yale University Library

Publications on Yale History

The essence of a library is the bookstack, tier upon tier of self-supporting shelves with long slits of windows lighting narrow aisles. In the evolution of the modern library, it has become almost a matter of course to treat this structure as something to be subordinated in the exterior design. Not infrequently it becomes the rear facade, obscured behind a screen of monumental rooms. In the design of the Sterling Memorial Library, one of the first principles was the placing of the stack in the most accessible and important position on the site and its direct expression as the dominating …

Ua1b1/7 Physical Education Building Dedication, Western Kentucky University

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Dedication program for the WKU Health & Physical Education Building which is now the Helm-Cravens Library building. The building was designed by Brinton Davis and cost $250,000 to build. The gymnasium could hold up to 5,000 people for which purpose it was used until the completion of Diddle Arena in 1963.

Ua1a College Tops Hill Where Old Fort Once Stood, Mattie Mclean

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Supplement to the Park City Daily News promoting Western Kentucky University through the announcement of the completion of the Physical Education Building in 1931 which became Helm Library in 1965. Includes articles: Captain Brinton Davis Now Known as Hill Builder, Moore Brothers Completed Work Here with Ease, Physical Ed Building One of Prettiest, Mills Partitions Used in Physical Education Hall, Local Companies Sold Materials in New Building and New Building is Fitted with Safe Stairway Treads.

World's Finest Educational Building: William W. Cook Legal Research Library Nears Completion As Unit Of Law Quadrangle, The Michigan Alumnus

About the Buildings

As the finishing touches are applied, the nearly completed William W. Cook Legal Research Library looms upward impressively from its position at the southern border of the Law Quadrangle.

Ua30/1/1 State Normal Farm Near Bowling Green, Kentucky, H. M. Yarbrough, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

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Map by surveyor H.M. Yarbrough showing location of 81 acres of WKU Farm. Scale is 1 inch = 15 poles, northwest orientation, 22" x 10". Includes location of Jonesville. The map is undated, 1930 is a circa date.

Ua30/1/1 Refrigerator & Storage Basement, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

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Architectural drawings of refrigeration and storage basement, probably part of the Agricultural Pavilion which was on main campus from 1931-1962. There is no date on the drawings. There is an entry way into the cattle barn.

Ua3/1/5/3 Airplane View College Heights / An Interpretation, Western Kentucky University, J. R. Alexander

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Broadside printed as fund raiser for construction of the Kentucky Building.

Ua3/1/1 Departmental Reports, Wku President's Office - Cherry

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Reports by various WKU department heads to the president:

• Canon, E.H. Graduates 1924-1929
• Johnson, Lowe. Training School
• Pearce, W.M. Extension Department
• Diddle, E.A. & Carl Anderson. Health Education & Athletics
• Seward, R.H. College Heights Foundation
• Craig, W.J. Personnel Department [Placement Services]
• Yates, Charleen. Library
• Burton, A.C. Rural Demonstration School & Rural Education
• Smith, L.T. Industrial Arts Department
• College Heights Post Office
• College Heights Herald
• Bookstore
• Art Museum
• Kentucky Museum
• Three Hundred Thousand Dollar Campaign
• Taylor, Charles. Agriculture
• Strahm, Franz. Music
• Home Economics
• ROTC
• Hill, Will. All Star & Lecture Program & Publicity
• Woodward, R.C. Grounds
• Hines, J. Porter. Mechanical Department …

Ua30/1/1 Italianate Garden, Wku Planning, Design & Construction

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Plan of the Italianate Garden sponsored by Ogden College graduate Perry Snell in 1929. The drawing is in poor condition and the name of the landscape architect has been torn away. This garden was situated between Snell & Ogden Halls on the old Ogden College campus. The four season statues are now housed in Van Meter Hall.

Ua1c1/101 Panoramic View Of Wku Campus, Western Kentucky University

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Panoramic view of campus left to right, Cherryton, Schneider Hall, Potter Hall, Colonnade and Stadium, Van Meter, Recitation Hall and College High. Original is broken in two pieces. The photo was taken circa 1929.