Brooklyn College Midwood Campus Construction, 1935-1939.

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Brooklyn College Midwood Campus Construction, 1935-1939.

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This collection of material consists of items related to the construction of Brooklyn College in the mid-1930's. There are applications for positions of associate architect to contract awards. There is data on the contstruction of the gymnasium, library, heating/chiller plant, electrical inquiries, the iron picket fence, landscaping, furniture and even the pipe lines around the college. There are also letters to and from banks, lawyers, title and mortgage companies, realty associates, from the architect of Brooklyn College Randolph Evans, the director of the budget, contractors, etc. The Board of Higher Education files contains estimates and apportionment information, files on the many meetings and resolutions as well as the minutes of building commitee meetings (1937) in addition to building sketches, contracts regarding the plumbing and assorted reports to the Board of Higher Education. The miscellaneous files contain publicity material, items on the Ditmas Homestead, site maps, floor plans, street changes, and newspaper clippings on the site of the college. There is also an affidavit from the Chief Engineer, correspondence from President William Boylan (1934), Borough Presdient Raymond Ingersoll (1935) and more maps, reports, resolutions, and sketches in addition to plan books on the heating plant, gymnasium and academic buildings with specifications. The floor plans and sketches include items on the Ingersoll Science Hall, LaGuardia Library building, Roosevelt Hall, the sunken garden (named the Lilly Pond), proposed garage, maps and college master plan. In the oversized box there are tactile Braille maps of the campus, drawings of the campus, newspaper clippings describing the history of the construction project and the buildings yet to be constructed on the campus-Ingersoll, Gershwin, James, Plaza, Subo, LaGuardia, and the Alfred North Whitehead Hall.

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