Buildings and Grounds, 1840-2022 | Denison University Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Buildings and Grounds, 1840-2022

ID: UA/RG-01/K

Extent: 20.0 Boxes

Administrative Information

Repository: Denison University Archives

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Preferred Citation: RG 01 The University, Series K Buildings and Grounds, Denison University Archives. Granville, Ohio.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Chronology, Maps, Views],
[Box 1A: Campus Views, Buildings A-B],
[Box 1B: Campus Drawings- Lisa Drake],
[Box 2: Buildings: C],
[Box 2A: Barney Davis Hall Renovation, 1993-1999],
[Box 2B: William Howard Doane Library, 1878-1936; 1936-],
[Box 2C: Buildings: Deeds - Dustin],
[Box 2D: E-F],
[Box 3: Buildings: G-H],
[Box 3A: Buildings: K-N],
[Box 3B: Buildings: O-S],
[Box 4: Slayter Hall],
[Box 5: Slayter Hall: S-St],
[Box 5A: Buildings: Su-Sw],
[Box 6: Buildings: T-Z],
[Box 7: "Flora"],
[Box 8: Buildings and Grounds: Proposed Plans],
[Box 9: Buildings and Grounds Proposed Plans],
[Box 10: Proposed Plans],
[Box 11: Property Records and Specifications],
[Box 12: Miscellaneous Plaques removed from buildings and rooms],
[Box 13: Miscellaneous Building Related Objects],
[Box 14: Mitchell Recreation and Athletic Center, 1994],
[Box 15: Olin Hall, 1995],
[Box 16: Slayter Hall: Bowling Ball],
[Box 17: Miscellaneous Panoramas, c. 1910-1930],
[Box 18: Proposed Plans, 1930],
[Box 19: Scrapbooks, 2003, 2020],
[Box 20: Slayter Mail Box],
[Box 21: Recreation and Athletic Center: Dumbbells],
[Item 23: Campus Views - Chapel Walkway Painting],
[Item 24: Campus Views - Aerial Photo Framed, Circa 1970's],
[Drawer 1: Oversized Proposals: All Campus],
[Drawer 2: Oversized Proposals: Athletic Center - Doane],
[Drawer 3: Oversized Proposals: Dorms],
[Drawer 4: Oversized Proposals: Fellows - Slayter],
[Drawer 5: Oversized Proposals: Swasey - Whisler],
[Drawer 6: Oversized Materials: All Campus - Chemistry Cottage],
[Drawer 7: Oversized Materials: Cleveland Hall - Doane Gym],
[Drawer 8: Oversized Materials: William Howard Doane Library],
[Drawer 9: Oversized Materials: "Dormitories" - Physical Education Center],
[Drawer 10: Oversized Materials: Shaw Hall - Whisler],
[Drawer 11: Oversized Materials: Maps, Miscellaneous],
[Digital Asset 01/K/01: Slayter images from Joseph Baker and Associates (JBA Architecture firm), circa 1962],
[Item 25: Herrick Hall Information Poster, 2006],
[Item 26: Arts House Framed Drawing, 1989],
[All]

Box 1: Chronology, Maps, Views

Folder 1: Chronological List of Buildings
Folder 2: Drawings of Details of Campus Buildings by Randy Rose
Folder 3: Maps of Campus
Folder 4: Buildings, Grounds Misc.: Ohio Historic Inventory Forms
Folder 5: Buildings and Grounds (Miscellany)
Folder 6: Campus Views, 1840s
Folder 7: Campus Views, 1860-1880
Folder 8: Campus Views, 1890s
Folder 9: Campus Views, 1900-1910
Folder 10: Campus Views, 1910s
Folder 11: Campus Views, 1920s
Folder 12: Campus Views, 1930s

Box 1A: Campus Views, Buildings A-B

Folder 1: Campus Views, 1940s
Folder 2: Campus Views, 1950s
Folder 3: Campus Views, 1960s
Folder 4: Campus Views, 1970s
Folder 5: Campus Views, 1980s
Folder 6: Campus Views, undated
Folder 7: Alumni Building, former Granville Bank Building
Folder 8: Bancroft House
Folder 9: Barney Science/ Barney Davis
Folder 10: Beaver Hall And Sawyer
Folder 11: Beth Eden
Folder 12: Biological Pool
Folder 13: Biological Reserve
Folder 14: Boiler Plant
Folder 15: Brownstones: Hayes Hall, Wright Hall, Upper+Lower Elm
Folder 16: Burke Hall: Schematics, 1971
Folder 17: Burke Hall
Folder 18: Burton Hall

Box 1B: Campus Drawings- Lisa Drake

Location: Oversized -UA18, Row 1, Shelf 2

Folder 1: Mulberry House
Folder 2: Swasey Chapel
Folder 3: Beth Eden House
Folder 4: Sweatshirt
Folder 5: Gilpatrick House
Folder 6: Doane Library
Folder 7: Swasey Observatory
Folder 8: Chapel Walk
Folder 9: Doane Administration Building
Folder 10: Monomoy Place
Folder 11: Gateways

Box 2: Buildings: C

Previous box title- Doane Dance

Folder 1: Campus Common Project w/ Underground Parking Facility, 2001-2003
Folder 2: Chapel Walk and Bridge
Folder 3: Chemistry Cottage
Folder 4: Cleveland Hall / Bryant Arts Center
Folder 5: College Cemetery
Folder 6: College Cemetery: Investigation of Going Monument, 1996
Folder 7: College Cemetery: Letters Sent Confirming Plot Assignment
Folder 8: College Cemetery: Policies
Folder 9: College Cemetery: Restoration and Conservation Efforts
Folder 10: College Town House
Folder 11: Colwell House
Folder 12: Cooperative (Co-op) Housing, 1932-1960: See also: Subject File
Folder 13: Cottages, Women's
Folder 14: Crawford Hall
Folder 15: Curtis Hall

Box 2A: Barney Davis Hall Renovation, 1993-1999

Folder 1: Barney Hall Restoration: The Next 100 Years, Report to Trustees, 1996
Folder 2: Barney Hall Restoration: Archives Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning
Folder 3: Barney Hall Restoration: Archives Lighting
Folder 4: Barney Hall Restoration: Archives Summary
Folder 5: Barney Hall Restoration: Bids, Analysis, Quotes Folder 1 of 2
Folder 6: Barney Hall Restoration: Bids, Analysis, Quotes Folder 2 of 2
Folder 7: Barney Hall Restoration: Floor Plans
Folder 8: Barney Hall Restoration: Memos, 1998
Folder 9: Barney Hall Restoration: Miscellaneous
Folder 10: Barney Hall Restoration: Plans Library Space, 1993-1994
Folder 11: Barney Hall Restoration: Notes
Folder 12: Barney Hall Restoration: Memos, 1996-1997

Box 2B: William Howard Doane Library, 1878-1936; 1936-

Folder 1: Doane Hall (Library), 1878
Folder 2: William Howard Doane Library, 1937
Folder 3: Doane Hall Specifications
Folder 4: Doane Library: Donor Facts
Folder 5: Library Edition: 1977 Analysis of Needs, 1981
Folder 6: William Howard Doane Library: Seeley G. Mudd Learning Center
Folder 7: Seeley G. Mudd Learning Center: Contracts: Agreements
Folder 8: Seeley G. Mudd Learning Center: Construction
Folder 9: Seeley G. Mudd Learning Center: Finances
Item 1: Hanley College and University Library Buildings: Doane on page 95

Box 2C: Buildings: Deeds - Dustin

Note: Formerly part of Box 2

Folder 1: Deeds' Field
Folder 2: Deeds Hall/East Hall
Folder 3: Deeds-Knapp House
Folder 4: Doane Administration
Folder 5: Doane Gymnasium/Art/Dance Building
Folder 6: Dustin Cabin

Box 2D: E-F

Folder 1: Ebaugh Laboratories: Herrick Hall

Folder 2: Ebaugh Pond

Folder 10: Eisner Center for the Performing Arts

Folder 3: Fannie Doane Home

Folder 4: Re: Fannie Doane Home, From Eleanor Oatman, October, 2001

Folder 5: Faculty Housing

Folder 6: Federal Housing Units, 1946-1959

Folder 7: Denison Fellows Hall: Computer Center

Folder 8: Denison Fellows Hall

Folder 9: Fraternity Houses

Folder 1: Alpha Tau Omega - ASH House
Folder 2: America Commons Club / Delta Chi - Sunset House
Folder 3: Beta Theta Pi - Beta House
Folder 4: Delta Upsilon - Taylor House
Folder 5: Kappa Phi House
Folder 6: Kappa Sigma - Language House
Folder 7: Lamdba Chi Alpha - Morrow House
Folder 8: Phi Delta Theta - Preston House
Folder 9: Phi Gamma Delta - Chamberlin
Folder 10: Sigma Alpha Epsilon - Moshier-Huchison House and Sigma Alpha Epsilon (S.A.E.) House
Folder 11: Sigma Chi House

Box 3: Buildings: G-H

Folder 1: Gateways
Folder 2: Gilpatrick House
Folder 3: Granville Inn DU Purchase, 2013
Folder 4: Heating Plant
Folder 7: Hoaglin Wellness Center
Folder 5: Huffman Hall
Folder 6: N.O.C.

Box 3A: Buildings: K-N

Folder 1: King Hall
Folder 2: Knapp Hall
Folder 3: Lamson Lodge
Folder 4: Life Science Building/ Higley Hall, Lindsey Memorial Laboratories
Folder 5: Lower Campus
Folder 6: Main Entrance & The "Drag"
Folder 7: Marsh Hall "Old Brick" West Dorm"
Folder 8: Middleton House
Folder 9: Monomoy Place
Folder 10: Monomoy Place Renovations
Folder 11: List of Monomoy Residents
Folder 12: Henderson Memorial Gardens (At Monomoy)
Folder 13: Monomoy Place
Folder 14: Burton D. Morgan Center
Folder 15: Nursery Cottage

Box 3B: Buildings: O-S

Folder 1: Old Frame
Folder 2: Olin Science Building
Folder 3: Parsons Hall
Folder 4: Gregory Pool
Folder 5: Mitchell Recreation and Athletic Center, 1994
Folder 6: Mitchell Center, 2010-
Folder 7: Physical Education Center (Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse; Livingston Gymnasium; Gregory Swimming Pool)
Folder 8: Physical Plant Building
Folder 9: Recital Hall
Folder 10: Levi Rose House
Folder 11: Samson Place and Nearby Faculty Housing
Folder 12: Sawyer Hall
Folder 13: Senior Bench
Folder 14: Shaw Hall
Folder 15: Shepardson Dining Hall
Folder 16: Sheppard Place
Folder 17: Shepardson Hall
Folder 18: Shorney Hall
Folder 19: Residence Halls
Folder 20: Slayter Hall
Folder 21: Reese-Shackelford Common

Box 4: Slayter Hall

Folder 1: Slayter Hall: The Roost
Folder 2: Slayter Hall: Third Floor Renovations
Folder 3: Slayter Hall: Renovations, 1977-1982
Folder 4: Slayter Hall: Renovations, 1987-1993
Folder 5: Slayter Hall: Third Floor Proposal, 1991
Folder 6: Slayter Hall: 2nd Floor and Information Desk
Folder 7: Slayter Hall: Third Floor Review, 1993-1994
Folder 8: Slayter Hall: Design Collective Inc. Questions and Suggestions
Folder 9: Slayter Hall: Renovations and Correspondence with Design Collective Inc.
Folder 10: Slayter Hall Bowling Lanes

Box 5: Slayter Hall: S-St

Folder 1: Slayter Hall Construction

Folder 2: Slayter Hall Furnishings

Folder 3: Slayter Hall: Third Floor Interior Design

Folder 4: Slayter Hall: Operating Procedures

Folder 5: Slayter Hall: Construction Progress Reports

Folder 6: Smith Hall

Folder 7: Sorority Houses (1)

Folder 7a: Cinema Annex (Formerly Alpha Chi Omega)
Folder 7b: Art Annex (Formerly Alpha Omicron Pi)
Folder 7c: Alpha Chi Omega (Formerly Alpha Phi)
Folder 7d: Delta Delta Delta (Tri Delt)

Folder 8: Sorority Houses (2)

Folder 8a: Delta Gamma
Folder 8b: Kappa Alpha Theta
Folder 8c: Kappa Kappa Gamma
Folder 8d: Mulberry House (Formerly Chi Omega)
Folder 8e: Pi Beta Phi
Folder 8f: Alpha Xi Delta

Folder 9: South Plaza / Davis South Plaza

Folder 10: Stillwell Sundial

Folder 11: Stone Hall

Box 5A: Buildings: Su-Sw

Folder 1: Summerland Beach (Denison Summer School), 1912, 1913
Folder 2: Swasey Chapel
Folder 3: Swasey Chapel: Invoices, Financial Statements
Folder 4: Swasey Chapel Renovations
Folder 5: Swasey Chapel: Selected Correspondence
Folder 6: Swasey Chapel Sound System
Folder 7: Swasey Chapel: Correspondence, 1941-1942
Folder 8: Swasey Chapel: Correspondence
Folder 9: Swasey Chapel: Correspondence, Construction, 1921-1928
Folder 10: Swasey Observatory

Box 6: Buildings: T-Z

Folder 1: Talbot Hall (Demolished), 1871-1967
Folder 2: Samson Talbot Hall of Biological Science, 2003-
Folder 3: Theatre Arts Building / Ace Morgan
Folder 4: Thresher Hall
Folder 5: West Hall (Formerly Delta Upsilon) / Global Studies Center, 1929-
Folder 6: Wigwam, 1925-1952

Box 7: "Flora"

Folder 1: Arboretum
Folder 2: "Botanical Record" by William L. Clouse, 1877
Folder 3: "A Botanical Survey of the Campus" Dwight Moore, 1923
Folder 4: Landscaping: Townsend and Fleming; Olmsted Brothers, 1902-1928
Folder 5: Trees Planted (Centennial), 1931
Folder 6: Planting Plan for Fraternity Hill, 1936
Folder 7: "Trees Growing on the Denison University Campus" R. Maurice Myers, 1944
Folder 8: "Plant Lists" Denison Campus, by Myers, 1944
Folder 9: "Plant Lists" Denison Campus, by Myers, 1944

Box 8: Buildings and Grounds: Proposed Plans

Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47

Folder 1: Proposed Buildings, 1903: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 2: General Plan "Revised Preliminary Plan" Map, 1916: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 3: Denison Alumni Bulletin, June 1917, November 1923: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 4: The American Architect and the Architectural Review, 1973: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 5: Pencil Points, July 1929: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 6: Campus Plans: Drawings Or Photographs (Copied from Olmsted National Historic Site): Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 7: Brunner Drawings, 1917-1930s: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 8: The Architectural Record, October 1923: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 9: Tunnel + Aerial Tramway, 1920s: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 10: Campus Master Plan, 1999: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 11: The Story of the Development of the New Denison: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 12: William Gehron Drawings, 1938-1945: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 13: William Gehron Drawings, 1938-1945: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 14: General Plan of Denison University, 1929, 1938, December 1940: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 15: Gehron Drawings, 1941-1960: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 16: Women's Grouping / Men's Grouping General Plan: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 17: Proposed Plan: Music and Arts Center, 1941: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 18: Opera House (Proposed), 1940s: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 19: Blueprints for the Future, 1955: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 20: Proposed Buildings: Center for Environmental Studies, 1967: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 21: Proposed Fine Arts Center, 1968: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 22: Proposed Plan for a President's Home on Sunset Hill, 1969: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 23: Proposed Building, 1930s-1940s; 1950: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47
Folder 24: Proposed Plan - Athletic and Recreational Facilities, 1987
Folder 25: Proposed Plans - NOC: Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47

Box 9: Buildings and Grounds Proposed Plans

Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47

Folder 1: Gehron Drawings, 1938-1945
Folder 2: Gehron Drawings, 1938-1945
Folder 3: Gehron Drawings, 1938-1945
Folder 4: Gehron Drawings, 1938-1945
Folder 5: Gehron Drawings, 1938-1945
Folder 6: Marsh Hall, Proposed Marker

Box 10: Proposed Plans

Arrangement: Previously coded as K-47

Box 11: Property Records and Specifications

Arrangement: Previously coded as K-74, K-79

Folder 1: Monomoy Place - Abstract of Title
Folder 2: Monomoy Place - Renovation, 1978-1979
Folder 3: Beta Theta Pi House - Abstract of Title, 1927
Folder 4: Doane Library - Specifications, 1937

Box 12: Miscellaneous Plaques removed from buildings and rooms

Arrangement: Previously coded as K-61

Item 1: "Majesty of the Night" Plaque

Majesty of the Night

Ralph Albert Blakelock, 1847-1919, American

Gift of Edmund G. Burke

Item 2: "Presented by Class of 1938" Plaque

From Swasey Chapel - printed email and bag of fastening hardware also enclosed

Item 3: Professor Lionel Crocker Plaque

Plaque seems to have been used to dedicate a room to him. Hardware included.

Box 13: Miscellaneous Building Related Objects

Arrangement: Previously coded as K-61

Item 1: Cleveland Hall Spoon
Item 2: Samson Talbot Hall - Wooden knick knack
Item 3: Denison Entrance - Wooden knick knack
Item 4: Framed "The Builders" Poem, October 17, 2003: Written by Professor Ann Townsend, Class of 1985, for the Dedication of the Burton D. Morgan Center

Box 14: Mitchell Recreation and Athletic Center, 1994

Arrangement: Previously coded as K-61

Item 1: Scissors Used at Ribbon Cutting at Mitchell, October 15, 1994
Item 2: Mitchell T-Shirt

Box 15: Olin Hall, 1995

Arrangement: Previously coded as K-61

Item 1: 2 Pairs of Scissors used for Olin Hall Ribbon Cutting, April 21, 1995

Box 16: Slayter Hall: Bowling Ball

Arrangement: Previously coded as K-61

Box 17: Miscellaneous Panoramas, c. 1910-1930

Location: Range 18, Bay, 1, Shelf 1

Note: Formerly 1K-90

Item 1: Aerial View, 1930
Item 2: Panorama of Campus from Sugar Loaf, c.1910
Item 3: Panorama from Sugar Loaf, c. 1910s before 1924
Item 4: Shepardson Campus, c. 1910
Item 5: Shepardson Campus - Copy 2, c. 1910
Item 6: Composite of Buildings, c. 1910
Item 7: Denison University Drawing, c. 1910
Item 8: Denison Campus from Flower-pet Hall, c. 1910
Item 9: Denison University Panorama from South Plaza, c. 1910

Box 18: Proposed Plans, 1930

Note: Previously coded as K-47

Item 1: Bound drawings showing proposed plans for Music & Dramatics Building by William Gehron.
Item 2: Bound drawings showing proposed plans for the Library by William Gehron.

Box 19: Scrapbooks, 2003, 2020

Scrapbook of Burton Morgan dedication

Photobook presented to Jonathan Silverstein upon opening of Silverstein Hall (1 of 2 copies published)

Box 20: Slayter Mail Box

Front of Slayter Box #451

Box 21: Recreation and Athletic Center: Dumbbells

Set of one pound dumbbells made of wood.

Item 23: Campus Views - Chapel Walkway Painting

Matted and framed painting depicting Swasey Chapel. Beth Eden, Swasey Observatory and chapel walkway.

Gift: Gift from Matt Smith - 2018

Location: Located in Framed Inventory Bay 8-8

Size: 22x14

Item 24: Campus Views - Aerial Photo Framed, Circa 1970's

Matted and framed aerial photo of Denison University and surrounding area of Granville. Signatures on back of staff members from early 1980's.

Gift: Gift of Rick Brewer '16

Location: Located in Framed Inventory - Bay 8-9

Size: 10.5"x13"

Drawer 1: Oversized Proposals: All Campus

Processing Information: Coded as 1K-47m

Folder 1: Residence Halls & Dining Facilities, 1966: Also contains blueprints specific to Curtis Hall alterations in the same 1966 program
Folder 2: Olmsted Firm: Campus General Plan, 1918: Athletic Field, Girls Dorm Quad, and Preliminary General Plan
Folder 3: General Plan for Campus, 1949
Folder 4: Land Use Study, 1966
Folder 5: Proposed Electrical System Upgrade, 2001
Folder 6: Plaques: Curtis Hall, Life Sciences, Marsh Memorial, Fellows Hall, Ebaugh Labratories, Herrick Hall
Folder 7: Gehron Drawings: Proposed Lake Area

Drawer 2: Oversized Proposals: Athletic Center - Doane

Processing Information: Coded as 1K-47m

Folder 1: Proposed Plans: Athletic Center
Folder 2: Gehron: Proposed Plans for Swimming Pool Addition
Folder 3: Cleveland Hall
Folder 4: Colwell House & Bandersnatch, 1988
Folder 5: Colwell House
Folder 6: Proposed Deeds Memorial
Folder 7: Proposed Deeds Stadium Stands
Folder 8: Proposed Deeds Field (Football)
Folder 9: Gehron: Dining Hall and Student Union drawing
Folder 10: Doane Academy / Adminstration
Folder 11: Brunner: Administration Building (Doane)
Folder 12: William Howard Doane Library 1981 Addition Sketch, May 1977
Folder 13: William Howard Doane Architectural Drawing, 1937: William Gehron

Drawer 3: Oversized Proposals: Dorms

Processing Information: Coded as 1K-47m

Folder 1: Gehron: Propsed Plans Deeds and Smith
Folder 2: Brunner: Proposed Men's Dorms: Drawing of a proposed dorm
Folder 3: Brunner: Proposed Men's Dorms: Drawing of an entire quad of dorms
Folder 4: Brunner: Proposed Women's Dorms
Folder 5: Gehron: Women's Dorms

Drawer 4: Oversized Proposals: Fellows - Slayter

Processing Information: Coded as 1K-47m

Folder 1: Proposed Fellows Hall / Classroom Building

Folder 2: Proposed Fine Arts Center

Folder 3: Proposed Fine Arts Center, 1968

Folder 4: Proposed Women's Shelter House (Lamson Lodge)

Folder 5: Proposed Library Building, 1931

Folder 6: Gehron: Proposed Library Addition, 1950s

Folder 7: Brunner: Proposed Library drawings

Folder 8: Gehron: Life Science drawing

Higley Hall was orginally the Life Science building.

The drawing is labeled Biology Building

Folder 9: Monomy and Henderson Garden

Includes The Henderson Garden designed in 1980

Folder 10: Gehron: Proposed Music Building and Little Theatre

Folder 11: Proposed Plans: Power House, 1903

Folder 12: Proposed Plans: President's House, 1958

Folder 13: Proposed Plans for Remodeling Slayter Hall, 1985

Drawer 5: Oversized Proposals: Swasey - Whisler

Processing Information: Coded as 1K-47m

Folder 1: Brunner: Swasey Chapel drawings: Exterior
Folder 2: Brunner: Swasey Chapel drawings: Interior
Folder 3: Swasey Chapel: Lighting Designs
Folder 4: Stillwell Memorial Sundial
Folder 5: Sunset House
Folder 6: Proposed Talbot Hall Memorial
Folder 7: Gehron: Proposed Theater Arts Building
Folder 8: Proposed Whisler and Academic Quadrangle
Folder 9: Women's Gymnasium

Drawer 6: Oversized Materials: All Campus - Chemistry Cottage