By J. Kaczmarek
Collection Overview
Title: Facilities Drawings, 1912-1965
Predominant Dates:undated, 1912-1965
ID: 37/2/14
Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Facilities and Services
Extent: 2.3 cubic feet
Date Acquired: 02/07/2023
Languages: English [eng]
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Facilities Drawings primarily includes architectural renderings of campus plans and landscape designs, originally housed in flat file folders associated with a larger collection managed collaboratively between Facilities and Services Records Management Division and University Archives. Materials were considered for inclusion in the "Mapping Illinois" project.
Biographical Note
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
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