Kent State University Buildings and Grounds Subject Files

Finding Aid

Prepared by Barbara Bass, December 20, 1999. Last updated: July 2022

Inclusive Dates: 1910-2022
Extent: 2 cubic feet (2 record storage boxes)
Physical Location: 12th floor

Scope and Content: This is a collection of items pertaining to the buildings on campus and their history. Also included are files on campus grounds and landmarks (e.g. Risman Plaza). The files include dedication booklets, correspondence, brochures, news clippings and building plans from the Office of Campus Planning (1969) that have been gathered from the vertical files in Special Collections and Archives and processed as a collection. A separate file for campus development and general buildings and grounds information is included at the end of Box 2.

Arrangement: Items are arranged alphabetically by the name of the building or campus landmark.

Accruals: Materials will be added to this collection on an ongoing basis.

Related Materials: Philip Shriver's, Years of Youth published in 1960 and William D. Hildebrand's A Book of Memories also include information about Kent State University buildings. Copies of these books are cataloged in KentLINK. For building photographs, see the separate inventory for Kent State University Buildings photographs. There are some building related artifacts in the Kent State University Artifacts collection.

Box 1
Folder -- Contents

1. Administration Building
2. Agassiz House
3. Airport Buildings
4. Allerton Apartments
5. Allyn Hall
6. Altmann Hall
7. Apple Hall
8. Architecture Library
9. Architecture/Urban Library
10. Art Building
11. Ashtabula Regional Campus
12. Auditorium
13. Barn, [Portage Drive]
14. Baseball Facilities
15. Beall-McDowell Residence Halls
16. Biology House
17. Bowman Hall
18. Business Administration Building
19. Campus Sports Facilities
20. Center for Architecture and Environmental Design
21. Child Development Center
22. Chimes, Florek Memorial
23. Chimes [located at top of library; installed in 1991]
24. Clark Hall
25. Cluff Training School, [William A. Cluff]
26. Cunningham Hall
27. Curtiss House [see also Williamson Alumni Center]
28. Dedication clipping: Mass Dedication for 11 KSU Halls, November 24, 1969
    [Van Campen, Munzenmayer, Altmann, McSweeney, Metcalf, Heer, Stewart, Musselman, Apple, Harbourt, Humphrey]
29. DeWeese Health Center
30. Dix Stadium
31. Dunbar Hall
32. East Hall, [classroom]
33. Eastway Center
34. Education Building
35. Eells Gallery at Blossom Music Center
36. Engleman Hall
37. Esplanade [campus to downtown Kent]
38. Field House
39. Fine and Professional Arts Center - Porthouse Theatre
40. Fletcher Hall
41. Franklin Hall
42. Golf Course, [club house and maintenance buildings]
43. Hall Athletic Field
44. Harbourt Hall
45. Heating Plant
46. Heer Hall
47. Henderson Hall, [School of Nursing]
48. Herrick, J. Arthur, Conservatory, Gardens, and Arboretum [behind Cunningham Hall]
49. Hillel Building
50. Honors College
51. Ice Arena
52. Information Booth, [Student Center Plaza]
53. Johnson Hall
54. Kent Hall
55. Koonce Hall
56. Korb Hall
57. Lake-Olson Halls
58. Library
59. Library, [dedication booklets, photographs]
60. Lilac Lane
61. Liquid Crystal Institute
62. Lincoln Research Center
63. Lowry Hall
64. Manchester Field
65. Manchester Hall
66. Mathematics and Computer Science Building
67. May 4th Room [library, 1st floor]
68. McGilvrey Hall
69. McSweeney Hall
70. Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center [MAC Center]
71. Memorial Gymnasium, [previously Men's Physical Education Building]
72. Memorial Stadium
73. Merrill Hall
74. Michael Schwartz Center
75. Moulton Hall
76. Munzenmayer Hall
77. Murin Gardens, [Judith A. Benzer Murin]
78. Music and Speech Center
79. Music Library
80. Music Listening Center
81. Musselman Hall
82. NEOUCOM
83. Nixson Hall
84. North Hall, [classroom]
85. Oscar Ritchie Hall
86. Patton House
87. Physiology Lab
88. Porthouse Theatre
89. Power Plant
90. Prentice Gate
91. Prentice Hall
92. President's House, [garage; see also Curtiss House and Williamson Alumni Center]
93. Risman Plaza
94. Rockwell Hall (including Rockwell Library)
95. Rotarians, List of sites named in honor of Kent Rotarians
96. ROTC Buildings

Box 2
Folder -- Contents

1. Salem Branch Campus, Columbiana county, [groundbreaking ceremony]
2. Salem Branch Campus, Columbiana county, [dedication programs, floor plans]
3. Satterfield Hall
4. Schwebel Garden Room
5. School of Art Gallery
6. Sculpture, "Behind the Brain Plaza," artist Brinsley Tyrrell
7. Sculpture, "The Legend of the Iron Hoop," artist Brinsley Tyrrell
8. Small Group Residence Halls
9. Smith Hall
10. South Hall, [classroom]
11. Stark County Branch Campus
12. Stark County Branch Learning Resource Center
13. Stopher Hall
14. Stopher-Johnson Hall
15. Student Union, [The Hub]
16. Stump Theatre, [E. Turner Stump]
17. Taylor Hall
18. Terrace Hall
19. Tri-Towers
20. Trumbull County Branch Campus
21. Tuscarawas County Branch Campus
22. Underground Tunnel System
23. Unity Walkway
24. University Archway
25. University Branch House
26. University Center
27. University School
28. University Supply Center
29. Van Deusen Hall
30. Verder Hall
31. Victory Bell
32. Victory Bell II [Starner bell]
33. Visual Arts, Center for the (formerly Van Deusen Hall and former heating plant) 
34. West Hall, [classroom]
35. Ward House
36. Warehouse, [Portage Drive]
37. White Hall, [College of Education]
38. Williams Hall
39. Williamson Alumni Center [see also Curtiss House]
    Scope and Content: This file includes a brief survey of trees on the Williamson property prepared in 2018.
40. Wills Gym
41. WKSU Building
42. Campus Development, [general campus buildings and grounds information]