Buildings and campus collection

Collection

Identifier: RG-01E

Staff Only

About the collection

This collection consists of materials documenting the development of the Connecticut College campus, including architectural plans, correspondence, financial information, fundraising, grant applications, building specifications, planning records, and press coverage. Of particular note is a series of correspondence between early College administrators, trustees, and architects regarding the planning and opening of the College (see Series I: Campus planning).

This collection is an artificial collection. Some material was collected by Gertrude Noyes in preparation for her manuscript, A History of Connecticut College (1982). Additional material was collected by various College departments over several decades. Significant correspondence was generated by many college presidents and was collected and arranged in this collection.

Dates

Creation: 1915 - 2015

Creator

Connecticut College (Organization)
Connecticut College for Women (Organization)
Noyes, Gertrude E. (Gertrude Elizabeth), 1905- (Person)
Ames, Oakes, 1931- (Person)
Blunt, Katharine, 1876-1954 (Person)
Gaudiani, Claire (Person)
Marshall, Benjamin Tinkham, 1872- (Person)
Park, Rosemary (Person)
Shain, Charles E. (Person)
Plant, Morton F., 1852-1918 (Person)
Sykes, Frederick Henry, 1863-1917 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Please see Archivist for access to the inventories for Series III. Architectual drawings.

Extent

7.5 Linear Feet (18 boxes) : plus oversized architectural drawings

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

An artificial collection of material documenting the development of the Connecticut College campus, including architectural plans, building specifications, correspondence, fundraising material, and planning records.