Records, 1892-1932 (inclusive), 1926-1931 (bulk).

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Records, 1892-1932 (inclusive), 1926-1931 (bulk).

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Departmental records of Lyman R. Flook, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, 1919-1953, and Superintendent of Construction, 1927-1932. Contains correspondence, planning and construction reports, financial statements, and specifications of buildings constructed, 1927-1931. Specifications for some earlier buildings are also included. Contains catalogs of buildings suppliers. Also includes some personal papers of Flook. Some of the buildings and structures constructed during this period include Beecher Hall, Blackstone Avenue Power Plant, Billings Hospital, Blaine Hall, Bob Roberts Hospital, Bond Chapel, Botany Laboratory, Burton-Judson Courts, Chicago Lying-in Hospital, Classics Building, Cobb Hall, Culver Hall, Eckhart Hall, Field House, Foster Hall, Gates Hall, Goodspeed Hall, Green Hall, Harper Memorial Library, Haskell Hall, Hull Biological Laboratories, Hutchinson Commons, International House, Jones Laboratory, Judd Hall, Mandell Hall, Mitchell Tower, Morgan Park Academy, Ida Noyes Hall, Oriental Institute, Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School, President's House, Press Building, Quadrangle Club, Reynolds Club, Rockefeller Chapel, Rosenwald Hall, Ryerson Physical Laboratory, Social Science Research Building, Stagg Field, Sunny Gymnasium, Swift Hall, Walker Museum, Wieboldt Hall, Yerkes Observatory, and Zoology Building.

17.5 linear ft.

University of Chicago Library

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University of Chicago Library

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University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...

Flook, Lyman R.

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University of Chicago. Dept. of Buildings and Grounds.

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