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Series I: Office of the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds records, 1890-1943

Office of the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds records, 1875-1926

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Series I: Office of the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds records, 1890-1943

Ledger Books


Box 2 Folder 1 Columbia College Order Book, 1875-1884

Ledger book with list of repairs to buildings and property and requests for furniture and equipments and which budgets to charge for orders, all for the 49th Street and Madison campus. This includes, for example, chairs for President Barnard's office and construction fixes in the classrooms.

Box 2 Folder 2 Edward A. Darling's expenditures, 1898

This book includes the different budget lines on the new campus on Morningside. Each page starts with the President's authorized budget followed by the expenses incurred and the names of the contractors paid.

Contracts and Permits


Box 1 Folder 1 General, 1891-1908

Box 1 Folder 2 Barnard College, 1902-1910

Box 1 Folder 3 College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1895-1902

Box 1 Folder 4 Teachers College, 1899-1907

Box 1 Folder 5 Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, 1903-1910

Box 1 Folder 6 New York Board of Fire Underwriters, 1901-1908

Box 1 Folder 7 Telephone Service, 1890-1910

Box 1 Folder 8 Receipts, 1894-1908

Construction Contracts by Building

These are construction contracts approved by the different Superintendents on the Morningside campus. They include contracts for excavation work, structural steel and iron, steam heating, plumbing, electrical, capentry, masonry, furniture, windows, doors, finishing hardware and, for St. Paul's Chapel, organ maintenance. Contracts are organized by building name or address.


Box 2 Folder 3 620 Fifth Avenue, 1917

Box 2 Folder 4 Avery Hall, 1911

Box 2 Folder 5 Campus features, 1905-1918

Campus plaster model; exedra of the God Pan; tunnel work; pylon statue (SE coener of 116th & Broadway); South Field fence.

Box 2 Folder 6 East Hall, 1905

The move of the building from 116th Street and Amsterdam to a new foundation. Includes bond. Later, Buell Hall.

Box 2 Folder 7 Faculty House, 1921-1922

Box 2 Folder 8 Fayerweather Hall, 1926

Box 2 Folder 9 Furnald Hall, 1912-1913

Box 2 Folder 10 Hamilton Hall, 1905

Box 2 Folder 11 Hartley Hall, 1904-1905

Box 2 Folder 12 Havemeyer Annex, 1924-1925

Also known as Chemistry Building.

Box 2 Folder 13 Journalism, 1911-1913

Includes specifications for the steam heating and ventillation apparatus

Box 2 Folder 14 Kent Hall, 1909-1926

Box 2 Folder 15 Livingston Hall, 1904-1905

Also known as "Dormitory B." Later, Wallach Hall.

Box 2 Folder 16 Philosophy Hall, 1910-1911

Box 2 Folder 17 Physics Building, 1924-1925

Later, Pupin Laboratory.

Box 2 Folder 18 Power House, 1905-1906

Box 2 Folder 19 President's House, 1911-1912

Box 2 Folder 20 Schermerhorn Extension, 1928

Box 2 Folder 21 School of Business, 1923

Later, Dodge Hall.

Box 2 Folder 22 School of Mines, 1904-1905

Later, Lewisohn Hall.

Box 2 Folder 23 St. Paul's Chapel, 1904-1922

Box 2 Folder 24 Students' Hall, 1925

Later, John Jay Hall.

Box 2 Folder 25 University Hall alterations, 1915

Later, the foundation to Uris Hall.

Box 2 Folder 26 Women's Residence Hall, 1922-1923

Later, Johnson Hall.