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Box 1- UMLD1
OSB 1- Ellis

Record Group: 0 C
Record Sub-Group: 37
Records Title: UMC; University General; Physical Plant; Photographs and Negatives
Dates: 1880-1940, bulk 1898-1926
Volume: 1 and 1/2 cubic feet, 2 linear feet

Scope and Content Note

(A81-33; A81-34)
This Record Sub-Group contains photographs and negatives (many of which are mounted for publication) of buildings and people at the University of Missouri-Columbia, (1880-1940). Many of the early photographs were originally published in view books in the early 1900's. These are booklets advertising programs and facilities available to prospective students and show the equipment and facilities in the laboratories and classrooms, the work of agriculture and horticulture students, and the early buildings on campus. There are photographs that document the construction of Memorial Tower, (1921-1926), and construction of Memorial Stadium, (1925-1926). Another small group includes copies of letters and diagrams that explain the construction and design of the original buildings. Other items in this Sub-Group include a photograph of Dr. Walter Williams at a dinner in Mexico City, and engravings of John C. Breckinridge, Jefferson Davis, and Joseph E. Johnston.
Note to Researcher: See the Vertical File, "Buildings, Agricultural Buildings" for a description of the history of the buildings in the College of Agriculture.

Historical Note:

The earliest buildings on the University campus are now what is called the "Red Campus". They are the buildings surrounding Francis Quadrangle. These buildings were built after the original Academic Hall burned in 1892. Parker Memorial Hospital and the Medical Laboratories were built on the northwest side of the Red Campus in the early 1900's.

Around the turn of the century, the College of Agriculture began a period of expansion. New buildings were erected to accommodate the growing program and student body. Built in native Missouri limestone and located to the east of the Red Campus, they make up the "White Campus". There were also new buildings on University Farm, located on the southeast corner of campus.

Series Descriptions:

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into separate record series. The order of the materials in the Sub-Group is alphabetical. The names of the building, both as it was named originally and its current name, are provided when appropriate.

Inventory

Box 1

FF 1 - Agriculture: Animal Husbandry, n.d.

FF 2 - Agriculture: Beef Cattle Barn, ca. 1922-1923

FF 3 - Agriculture: College Farm, before 1902

FF 4 - Agriculture: Dairy Building, n.d.

FF 5 - Agriculture: Dairy Room, ca. 1898

FF 6 - Agriculture: Dean's House (Hudson Mansion), n.d.

FF 7 - Agriculture: Entomology Lab, ca. 1898

FF 8 - Agriculture: Field Crops, n.d.

FF 9 - Agriculture: Horticulture Building (Whitten Hall) ca. 1901

FF 10 - Agriculture: Horticulture Department. Class Pruning Trees, ca. 1902-1904

FF 11 - Agriculture: Horticultural Grounds, n.d.

FF 12 - Agriculture: Horticulture Laboratories and Classroom, ca. 1900

FF 13 - Agriculture: Livestock Building, n.d.

FF 14 - Agriculture: Old Horticultural Buildings, Greenhouse, and Cottage, ca. 1900

FF 15 - Agriculture: "New" Agriculture Building (Waters Hall), ca. 1907-1909

FF 16 - Agriculture: Sheep Barn, n.d.

FF 17 - Agriculture: Student Housing, n.d.

FF 18 - Agriculture: University Farm, n.d.

FF 19 - Art Gallery, ca. 1901

FF 20 - Biology/Zoology Laboratory, (Swallow Hall), n.d.

FF 21 - Boarding Club and Matron, ca. 1899

FF 22 - Buildings: Academic Hall (Jesse Hall), n.d.

FF 23 - Buildings: Agriculture (Switzler Hall, n.d.)

FF 24 - Buildings: Chemistry (Pickard Hall), n.d.

FF 25 - Buildings: Physics & Engineering (Engineering East), n.d.

FF 26 - Buildings: University Laboratory School (Townsend), ca. 1937

FF 27 - Buildings: Law (Sociology), n.d.

FF 28 - Buildings: McKee Gymnasium, n.d.

FF 29 - Buildings: Mechanic Arts (Engineering East), n.d.

FF 30 - Buildings: Museum, Zoology, and Geology (Swallow Hall), n.d.

FF 31 - Buildings: Power Plan, ca. 1895

FF 32 - Buildings: President's House, n.d.

FF 33 - Campus Planning/Overview: 1892

FF 34 - Campus Planning/Overview: 1907, George Kessler

FF 35 - Campus Planning/Overview: 1910

FF 36 - Chemistry Laboratory, n.d.

FF 37 - Civil Engineering Laboratory, n.d.

FF 38 - Columbia Churches, n.d.

FF 39 - Delivery/Milkman (possibly Nowell's), n.d.

FF 39A - Dynamo Room (possibly Jesse Hall), n.d.

FF 39B - Drawing Room ca.1901

FF 40 - Electrical Engineering Laboratory, n.d.

FF 41 - Engravings: John C. Breckinridge, Jefferson Davis, and Joseph E. Johnston, n.d.

FF 42 - Jefferson Monument, n.d.

FF 43 - Letter: C.M. Woodward to Rothwell, 1892. Includes sketches of campus

FF 44 - Letter: James Shannon to Henry Wise, n.d.

FF 45 - Library of Classical Archaeology, n.d.

FF 46 - Machine Shop, n.d.

FF 47 - Maintenance Men, n.d.

FF 48 - Map Room, n.d.

FF 49 - Medical Building (Parker Hall/Student Health Center), n.d.

FF 50 - Medical Laboratories (McAlester Hall), n.d.

FF 51 - Memorial Stadium, Construction, 12/09/1925 - 01/06/1926

FF 52 - Memorial Tower, ca. 1940

FF 53 - Memorial Tower, Construction, 1921-1926

FF 54 - Ore Dressing Laboratory, Rolla, n.d.

FF 55 - Parker Memorial Hospital, ca.1901

FF 56 - Physical Laboratory, n.d.

FF 57 - Residence Halls, n.d.

FF 58 - Scenery: Campus, n.d.

FF 59 - Students and Faculty, ca. 1880-1890

FF 60 - University Battalion and Dormitory (Benton Hall), n.d.

FF 61 - Surveying Equipment and Drawing Room (Engineering), n.d.

FF 62 - Walter Williams at Dinner in Mexico City while attending the World Press Congress, 1931

FF 63 - YMCA Student Building, n.d.

FF 64 - Groundbreaking: Memorial Tower, 1921

OSB 1

FF 1 - Buildings: Blueprint design for Natural History, July 3, 1922

FF 2 - Buildings: Engineering East, July 3, 1922

FF 3 - Buildings: Old Power House (present location of Townsend Hall), July 3, 1922

FF 4 - Buildings: Red Campus Groundbreaking, July 3, 1922

FF 5 - Buildings: Red Campus Groundbreaking July 3, 1922

FF 6 - Buildings: White Campus under Construction, July 3, 1922

FF 7 - Buildings: White Campus under Construction, July 3, 1922

FF 8 - Buildings: White Campus under Construction, July 3, 1922

FF 9 - Buildings: White Campus under Construction, July 3, 1922

FF 10 - Buildings: White Campus under Construction, July 3, 1922

FF 11 - Buildings: White Campus under Construction, July 3, 1922

FF 12 - Drawing Room, n.d.

FF 13 - Engineering Laboratory, n.d.

FF 14 - Laboratory, n.d.

FF 15 - Library Study Room, n.d.

FF 16 - Memorial Union, n.d.

FF 17 - New Power Plant Construction, July 3, 1922

FF 18 - New Power Plant Construction, July 3, 1922

FF 19 - Parker Hospital Amphitheater with Negative, n.d.

FF 20 - Parker Hospital Eye and Ear Clinic with Negative, n.d.

FF 21 - Parker Hospital Laboratory of Internal Medicine, n.d.

FF 22 - Parker Hospital Pharmacy with Negative, n.d.

FF 23 - Parker Hospital Preparation Room with Negative, n.d.

FF 24 - Parker, William S.

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