Plant Extension Services (University of Michigan) records 1907-1996

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Plant Extension Services (University of Michigan) records 1907-1996

Records, 1907-1996, of Plant Extension Services, liaison unit concerned with the monitoring of new construction projects and the expansion and renovation of existing buildings at the University of Michigan.. Minutes of construction meetings, summary financial statements, site and building plans and proposals, blueprints, and visual materials; including files relating to the Detroit Observatory and the Natural Science Building; include undated sketch of North Campus, unsigned, but attributed to Eero Saarinen.

3 linear feet and 20 blueprint tubes.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6390176

Bentley Historical Library

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University of Michigan. Plant Extension Services.

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Liaison unit concerned with the monitoring of new construction projects and the expansion and renovation of existing buildings at the University of Michigan. From the description of Plant Extension Services (University of Michigan) records, 1907-1980, and 1991. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419871 Established in 1929/1930, the Plant Extension Services serves as a liaison between university units responsible for financial accountability and Construction Engi...

Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961

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Eero Saarinen was born in Kirkkonummi, Finland, on August 20, 1910. His father, the architect Eliel Saarinen, and his family moved to Michigan in 1921. After receiving a B.F.A. in Architecture from Yale University in 1934, Saarinen joined his father's firm (Saarinen, Saarinen and Swanson) and began work as an architect. After his father's death in 1950, Saarinen began to make a name for himself as an architect, started his own firm (Eero Saarinen and Associates), and established a reputation as ...

University of Michigan.

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Outside of museum holdings, no comprehensive survey and inventory of campus artwork had been attempted since 1937. With support from the Michigan Commission on Art in Public Places, 1,076 items were inventoried during 1988-1990. Additional inventory work was undertaken in 1997-1998 for risk management purposed, but generated little new information. From the description of Inventory of University of Michigan-owned art, 1988-1990, 1997-1998. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id...

University of Michigan. Detroit Observatory

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Astronomical observatory on the campus of the University of Michigan. Built in 1854, it was named to recognize the Detroit citizens who helped finance its building. No longer an active observatory, a major restoration was completed in 1999. From the description of Detroit Observatory (University of Michigan) records, 1860-2004. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 82180445 In his inaugural speech of 1852, University of Michigan President Henry Philip Ta...

Natural Science Building (University of Michigan)

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