Holdings Facilities and Services Director's Office National Defense Program Files Finding Aid Holdings Facilities and Services Director's Office National Defense Program Files Finding Aid Title: National Defense Program Files, 1940-1956
ID: 37/1/16
Primary Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Facilities and Services
Extent: 5.0 cubic feet
Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject and chronological thereunder
Subjects: Army Student Training Program, Draft, Housing, Navy Training, Sabotage, World War II - Service and Training
Formats/Genres: Papers
Languages: English
Files of the Physical Plant National Defense Program, consisting of correspondence relating to the military training programs at the University in World War II, including conservation of war materials and commodities; housing of Army, Naval ROTC, Navy Diesel School, Navy Signal School and Navy V-12 School units; training facilities, equipment and procedures; sabotage protection; remodeling of university buildings and financing of the programs.
In 1868, a Board of Trustees committee of five members was given the responsibility for buildings and grounds.1 In 1897,2 this standing committee was reduced to four members. In the following year, the position of superintendent of buildings and grounds was established by this committee.3 In 1901, the University established positions of superintendents of Buildings, Grounds and Utilities.4 In 1907, the superintendents were placed in the office of the supervising architect,5 which became the physical plant department on May 22, 1934.6 In 1967, the director was made University Director of Physical Plant Planning and construction.7 In September, 1972, the office was renamed the University Office for Capital Programs.8 As part of campus reorganization, the Facilities and Services Division was created in 2003. The director of this office is responsible for Physical Plant planning; planning and construction of new buildings and additions to existing buildings; landscape and site development related to these projects; and land acquisition (excluding the airport, Robert Allerton Park, experimental farms, and properties maintained by the Athletic Association), in addition to the coordination of other campus services.9
URL: https://files.archon.library.illinois.edu/uasfa/3701016.pdf
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