Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® WKU Archives Collection Inventories WKU Archives 2015 UA11/3 Public Affairs Building & Construction File WKU Archives Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid Part of the Construction Engineering Commons, Higher Education Administration Commons, Journalism Studies Commons, Mass Communication Commons, and the Organizational Communication Commons Recommended Citation WKU Archives, "UA11/3 Public Affairs Building & Construction File" (2015). WKU Archives Collection Inventories. Paper 462. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_fin_aid/462 This Finding Aid is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in WKU Archives Collection Inventories by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Western Kentucky University UA11 Public Affairs Series 3 Building & Construction File Contact information: WKU Archives 1906 College Heights Blvd.#11092 Bowling Green, KY 42101-1092 Phone: 270-745-4793 Email: [email protected] Home page: https://wku.edu/library/archive © 2015 WKU Archives, Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Description: Records regarding campus buildings and construction projects used for writing press releases. Includes construction information sheets, press releases and clippings from newspapers around the state. Dates: 1933-present Extent: 1 cu. ft. Subject Analytics: Academic Complex (WKU) Home Economics Building (WKU) Agricultural Exposition Center (WKU) Home Management House (WKU) Barnes-Campbell Hall (WKU) Industrial Education Building (WKU) Bemis Lawrence Hall (WKU) Jones-Jaggers School (Bowling Green, KY) Cherry, Henry Hardin, 1864-1937 Keen Hall (WKU) College Heights Foundation Building (WKU) Kentucky Building (WKU) College High (WKU) Maintenance Service Building (WKU) Construction McCormack Hall (WKU) Diddle Arena (WKU) McLean Hall (WKU) Dormitories Minton Hall (WKU) Downing University Center (WKU) Music Hall (WKU) Downing, Dero Goodman, 1921-2011 Ogden Hall (WKU) East Hall (WKU) Parking garages Environmental Sciences & Technology Building Pearce-Ford Tower (WKU) (WKU) Pioneer Log Cabin (WKU) Garrett Conference Center (WKU) Poland Hall (WKU) Garrett, Paul Loos, 1893-1955 Potter Hall (WKU) Gilbert Hall (WKU) President's Home (WKU) Gordon Wilson Hall (WKU) Public Affairs (WKU) Grise Hall (WKU) Pylon (WKU) Guest Houses (WKU) Residential facilities Hardin Planetarium (WKU) Rodes-Harlin Hall (WKU) Heating Plant (WKU) Schneider Hall (WKU) Helm-Cravens Library (WKU) Snell Hall (WKU) Stadium (WKU) Water Tower (WKU) Taylor Agricultural Center (WKU) West Hall (WKU) Thompson Science Complex (WKU) Western Kentucky University Thompson, Kelly, 1909-1993 Wetherby Hall (WKU) University Relations (WKU) Zacharias, Donald Wayne, 1935-2013 Van Meter Hall (WKU) Digital Commons: Architecture Journalism Studies Construction Engineering Mass Communication Higher Education Administration Organizational Communication Accession Information: These records transferred to WKU Archives upon its creation. Access Restrictions: none Allied Materials: Preferred Citation: UA11/3 Public Affairs Building & Construction File, WKU Archives, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA. Processing Information: Records processed and collection inventory created 2015, revised 2019. Finding Aid Report 05/23/2019 UA11.3 Records Date Level Series Linked toUA11 Title UA11 Public Affairs Series 3 Building & Construction File Collection Scope & Content WKU Archives Records regarding campus buildings and construction projects used for writing press releases. Includes construction information sheets, press releases and clippings from newspapers around the state. Container List Container Folder Creator Date Title Public Affairs (WKU) 1939 Electronic Records Description McLean, Mattie. College Tops Hill Where Old Fort Once Stood, Park City Daily News, Jan. 1, 1931 - Subjects Western Kentucky University https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/1882 Construction Clippings Thompson, Kelly. A Village Peopled by Athletes, The Nashville Tennesseean, ca. 1939 - Veterans https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/1866/ Veterans' organizations Forts & fortifications Fort Albert Sidney Johnston Veterans Village (WKU) Box 1 1 Public Affairs (WKU) 1961 Campus Construction & Improvements Description Cochran, Robert. Campus Construction & Improvements 1955-1961 D1532 - Subjects Construction https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_ua_records/1837 Plumbing systems List of Construction Jobs, nd Tennis courts Jobs in Process or Anticipated, nd Telephone lines Report on Physical Plant Improvement Since 1955 Swimming pools Sidewalks Cedar House (WKU) Parking lots Cherry Hall (WKU) Walls Diddle Dormitory (WKU) Lighting East Hall (WKU) Landscaping plans Garrett Student Center (WKU) Gordon Wilson Hall (WKU) Health & Physical Education Building (WKU) Heating Plant (WKU) Home Economics Building (WKU) Home Management House (WKU) Industrial Arts Building (WKU) Kentucky Building (WKU) Maintenance Service Building (WKU) McLean Hall (WKU) Music Building (WKU) North Hall (WKU) Pylon (WKU) Ogden Hall (WKU) Potter Hall (WKU) President's Home (WKU) Rock House (WKU) Rock walls Snell Hall (WKU) South Hall (WKU) Stadium (WKU) Swimming Pool (WKU) Thompson Science Complex (WKU) Training School (WKU) Van Meter Hall (WKU) Veteran's Village (WKU) Water lines West Hall (WKU) WKU Farm Box 1 2 Public Affairs (WKU) Academic Athletic Building 1 - Diddle Arena Description Athletic Complex, A.B. Ryan Partnership, Louisville, KY, nd, 6 drawings, 1, 10 ½ x 24 Subjects Construction Site Plan Advertisements Plan of Lower Concourse Level Photographs Plan of Upper Concourse & Seating Blueprints Campus Elevation Plans Cross Section Drawings Mezzanine and Press Box Service Floor Bethlehem Steel Corporation Blueprints Cochran, Bob Giles, Lee. Western Kentucky Builds New Arena, Coach & Athlete, June 1962 Given, Ed Hornback, Ted International Steel Company Jonesville, KY Kentucky Regional School Boards Photographs Press releases Seating chart Stadium Research Committee Stuart, RonnieNew A-A Building on Schedule, CHH, 10/24/1962 Thompson's Community Service Western's Diddle Arena Capacity to go to 13,508 Box 1 3 Public Affairs (WKU) 1964-1967 Academic Athletic Building 2 - L.T. Smith Stadium Description 6 Major Construction Projects Now Underway at Western University, Times-Argus, 7/14/1966 Subjects Caudill, William. What Makes a Campus More Than Its Buildings, College & University Business, nd Contract for Stadium Let for $2.6 Million, News Democrat, 7/5/1967 Contractor's Project Control Theorem - Do It Yourself, Construction Digest, 9/28/1967 New Stadium for Western, Hardin County Enterprise, 1/5/1967 Stadium Complex Gives WKU Space for Sports, Franklin Favorite, 7/1/1/168 UERC Conveys Land to WKU, PCDN, nd Western Stadium to be Completed in July 1968, Times Journal , 1/5/1967 Western's New Football Stadium, photo, Nashville Tennessean, 2/16/1964 Work is Starting on New Stadium at Western Kentucky, Elizabethtown News, 1/5/1967 Box 1 4 Public Affairs (WKU) 1965-1968 Academic Athletic Building 2 - L.T. Smith Stadium Description A.B. Ryan Partnership. Athletic Complex, WKSC, Site Concept, Report A, 1965 Subjects Construction Anderson, Charles Drawings Athletic Subcommittee (WKU) Telephones Barber, Carlyse Building Committee (WKU) Clark Construction Company Cochran, Robert Coliseum Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center Construction Digest Magazine Downing, Dero E.R. Ronald & Associates Feix, Jimmy Given, Ed Hornback, Ted Kentucky Society of Architects Kentucky. Dept. of Finance Lawson, Owen Louisville Courier-Journal Press Box Press releases Public address system Ryan, A.B. Seating charts Six Firms Receive Honor Awards for Distinguished Achievement in Architecture Thompson, Kelly Box 1 5 Public Affairs (WKU) 1971-1981 Academic Athletic Building 2 - L.T. Smith Stadium Description Aircraft to Fly Over Stadium Wednesday, 1971 Subjects Construction Press releases The L.T. Smith Stadium Lighting Project, 1987 Box 1 6 Public Affairs (WKU) 1965-1967 Academic Complex Description Bid Submitted for WKU Project, Richmond Daily Register, 7/24/1967 Subjects Construction Bids Clippings Cochran, Robert Downing, Dero Kentucky. Dept. of Public Information Lexington Firm Gets Western Bid, Glasgow Daily Times, 7/25/1967 Box 1 7 Public Affairs (WKU) 1975-1977 Agriculture Exposition Center Description Downing, Dero Subjects Construction Lawson, Owen Drawings Ryan, Cooke & Zuern. Agriculture Exposition Center, Program, 1976 Blueprints Box 1 8 Public Affairs (WKU) 1966-1971 Barnes-Campbell & Bemis Lawrence Halls Description 1 Out of Every 8 Western Students Have Part-Time Job While in School, Times-Argus, 7/14/1966 Subjects Construction 6 Major Construction Projects Now Underway at Western University, Times-Argus, 7/14/1966 Going Up at Western, Times Argus, 7/14/1966 New Western Building, Times-Argus 7/14/1966 Press Releases Residence Hall capacity list Western Dormitories Planned, Princeton Leader, 8/26/1965 Box 1 9 Public Affairs (WKU) 1962 Central Hall Description Cochran, Robert Subjects Construction Construction Begun on "Skyscraper" Dormitory, np, 9/26/1962 Clippings May Award Contract Today, np, 8/24/1962 'Skyscraper' Men's Dormitory, np, nd Smith, Billy Western Dormitory Going Up, np, nd Box 1 10 Public Affairs (WKU) 1970 College Heights Foundation & Craig Alumni Center Description Homecoming Program, 1970 Subjects Construction Master Plan Being Formulated