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Collection Overview
Title: Campus Development, 1943-1993
Predominant Dates:1967-1989
ID: RHC/UA/48/
Extent: 4.25 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 00/00/1992
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Campus Development records date from 1943 and contain building, remodeling and renovation records for various campus buildings. Also included are long range building and land acquisition plans for DeKalb and NIU. Records are arranged alphabetically according to the building or specific project. Researchers interested in the development of the NIU campus should also see the building files held in the Quick Reference Collection. The University Archives also holds a number of blueprints and plans in its Audio-Visual Collection [UA 11], and an inventory to those materials is available. Additional campus development records may be found in the President’s Papers [UA 4]. The Oral History Series “Town-Gown Relations” in Collection [UA 53] also contains some insights on the development and growth of the campus. Photographs of the campus and buildings are also available, which may be located through a subject index.
Administrative Information
Repository:
Northern Illinois University
Access Restrictions:
There are no restrictions on access to the records.
Acquisition Source:
Personnel from the Office of the Vice-President for Finance and Planning
Acquisition Method:
Personnel from the Office of the Vice-President for Finance and Planning donated the Campus Development Records to the University Archives in 1992.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: A & P Store, 1981-1983
- Folder 2: Altgeld Auditorium, 1986-1989
- Folder 3: Altgeld Hall, 1986-1989
- Folder 4: Anderson Hall, 1984-1985
- Folder 5: Anderson Tennis Courts, 1985
- Folder 6: Burch House, 630 Lincoln Terrace, 1975
- Folder 7-8: Business Building, 1989-91
- Folder 9: Campus Tours, 1989
- Folder 10: Capital Projects; ISL forms, Build Illinois, Board of Regents (B.O.R.), Fiscal Year 1989-Fiscal Year 1991
- Folder 11: DeKalb, City of, 1981-1991
- Folder 12: DeKalb, City of: Planning, 1972, 1989-1990
- Folder 13: Dorland Building, 1986
- Folder 14: DuSable Hall, 1980-1981
- Folder 15: Eagle Food Store, 1987
- Folder 16: Engineering School, Sycamore, 1983-1986, 1991
- Box 2
- Folder 1: Evans Field House, 1959, 1980-81, 1985-86
- Folder 2: Fitzgerald House, 620 Locust Street, 1978
- Folder 3: Floor to Ceiling, 1990
- Folder 4: Folgate House, 146 Carroll Avenue, no date
- Folder 5-6: Gabel Hall, 1973-1986
- Folder 7: Gilbert Hall, 1981
- Folder 8: Graham Hall, 1981-1985
- Folder 9: Grant Towers Residence Hall-North, 1981
- Folder 10: Grant Towers Residence Hall-South, 1981-1982
- Folder 11: Hazardous Waste, 1986-1987
- Folder 12: Holmes Student Center: Rehabilitation, 1988-1989
- Folder 13: Holmes Student Center: Remodeling, 1978-1988
- Folder 14: Huskie Stadium, 1977-1986
- Folder 15: Huskie Stadium: Console Relocation, 1979-1983
- Folder 16: Huskie Stadium: University Box, 1983
- Folder 17: Jacobs House, 429 Garden Road, 1977-1981
- Folder 18: Jensen Apartments, 140 Carroll Avenue, 1980-1984
- Box 3A
- Folder 1: King Commons, 1989-1991
- Folder 2: Kishwaukee Hall, 1977-1990
- Folder 3: Knetsch Building, 2201 Number First Street, 1986-1987
- Folder 4: Knetsch House, 515 Garden Road, 1981
- Folder 5: Land Acquisition, 1985-1987
- Folder 6: Lease Project, 1988-1989
- Folder 7: Library Facilities Planning Committee I, 1984-1986
- Folder 8: Library Facilities Planning Committee II, 1986-1987
- Folder 9: Library, Proposal, Master Plan, 1970-1982
- Folder 10: Lincoln Residence Hall, 1982, 1987
- Folder 11: Long Range Planning, 5 year plans, 1980
- Box 3B
- Folder 1: Campus Development Plans, (1943-1993)
- Folder 2-3: Chamber of Commerce - College Expansion Committee, 1954-1956
- Box 4
- Folder 1: Long Range Planning, 1964-1983
- Folder 2: Lowden Hall, 1977-1986
- Folder 3: Lowden Hall Moves, 1982
- Folder 4: Market Survey, 1985
- Folder 5: McMurry Hall, 1975-1982
- Folder 6: Montgomery Hall, 1956-1986
- Folder 7: Music Building, 1972-1987
- Folder 8: Neptune Central Residence Hall, 1980, 1982
- Folder 9: Neptune North Residence Hall, 1982-1985
- Folder 10: Nursing School, 1987
- Folder 11: Physical Plant Building, no date
- Folder 12: Pottenger House, 520 College View Court, 1984
- Folder 13: Psych-Math Building, 1966, 1980-1987
- Folder 14: Recreation Building, 1982
- Folder 15: Research Parks, 1961-1985
- Box 5
- Folder 1: Sasaki Master Planning Effort, 1964, 1986
- Folder 2: Security and Communications Building, 1979-1984
- Folder 3: Space Utilization, 1967-1988
- Folder 4: Speech and Hearing Clinic, 1978-1980
- Folder 5: Stevenson Food Service Building, Fire Damage, 1982
- Folder 6: Stevenson Towers Residence Hall-North, 1981-1983
- Folder 7: Stevenson Towers Residence Hall-South, 1981
- Folder 8: Still Gymnasium, 1977, 1980
- Folder 9: Still Hall, 1978
- Folder 10: Superior Street, Chicago, Art Gallery, (includes photos & slides), 1984
- Folder 11-12: Swen Parson Library/Hall, 1969-1984
- Folder 13: College of Law Equipment, 1981-1982
- Folder 14: College of Law Equipment: College of Law Remodeling, 1979-1982, 1990
- Folder 15: College of Law Equipment: Drapes, 1981-1982
- Folder 16: College of Law Equipment: Signs, 1981-1983
- Box 6
- Folder 1: Technology Commercialization Center, 1985-1986
- Folder 2: Telephone/Security Bldg., Remodeling I, 1986-1987
- Folder 3: Transportation Study, City of DeKalb and NIU, 1979
- Folder 4: University Apartments, 1983-1986
- Folder 5: University Plaza Dormitories, 900 Crane Drive, Appraisal, 1968
- Folder 6: Visual Arts Building, 1976-1986
- Folder 7: Watson Hall, 1980-1981
- Folder 8-9: Williston Hall, 1974-1980
- Folder 10-11: Wirtz Hall, 1975-1987
- Folder 12: Wirtz House, 305 Normal Road, 1980-1990
- Folder 13: Wirtz/McMurry Bridges, 1980
- Folder 14: Women's Center, 1989-1990
- Folder 15: Zulauf Hall (Watson East), 1976, 1984
- Box 7
- Oversize 1: Montgomery Arboretum, Scrapbooks, 1959-1966
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