Campus plans, 1910-<19-->

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Campus plans, 1910-<19-->

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63314381

Cass Gilbert entered the plans and drawings in this collection in the University of Minnesota contest to select a plan for the buildings and grounds of the campus. The collection includes plans, architectural renderings,clippings, one blueprint, negatives and glass negatives. Included with the collection are two studies by James H. Forsythe (University of Minnesota Advisory Architect) which are a sketch of the entire campus corresponding to Gilbert's plan and an architectural rendering of the campanile.

[1 v.]

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7886205

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

University of Minnesota

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65n6zn9 (corporateBody)

The West Bank Union at the University of Minnesota was established in 1967 to offer services to students. It took until 1980 for the union to have its own space in Willey Hall, including an auditorium and lounge spaces for students. Student services and facilities were established in the newly constructed West Bank Union skyway, which connected Willey and Blegen Halls. From the guide to the West Bank Union papers, circa 1970s-1980s, (University of Minnesota Libraries. University Arch...

Forsythe, James H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68q0crz (person)

Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67p8xc1 (person)

Cass Gilbert was born on November 24, 1859, in Zanesville, Ohio, the son of General and Mrs. Samuel Augustus Gilbert. He received his education at MacAlester College, St. Paul, Minnesota and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge after working in a St. Paul architect's office. Following graduation, he traveled throughout Europe and upon his return, entered the office of McKim, Mead, and White, Architects in New York City. A year later, in 1882, he established his own off...