ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT FOR FACILITIES ARCHIVES

COLLECTION: UA #75

DATES: 1898-1984

SIZE: 5.5 Linear feet and 80 Oversized Photographs

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: This collection was donated as a gift to the University Archives by Gordon Kroeber (Assistant to the President for Facilities - Retired) June 1989.

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Gordon Kroeber was born in 1924 in Napoleon, North Dakota. He went to high school in Napoleon and entered the University of North Dakota in the fall of 1942. In February of 1943 he enlisted in the service and had to put his education on hold. In 1945 he returned to the University of North Dakota to resume his schooling and received a degree in accounting in 1948, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy in 1949, and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering in 1950. In the summer of 1950 he was employed by the North Dakota Bridge and Highway Department. In 1951 he began full time work for the Adjutant General's Office of the North Dakota Air Guard (in which he held membership for seventeen years). On July 1st 1957 he began his employment at the University of North Dakota. During his years at the University, he was Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds for fourteen years and the Assistant to the President for Facilities for eighteen years. In his position as Assistant to the President for Facilities and representing the President, he coordinated the construction and design of University buildings with contractors, architects, and University personnel. Gordon Kroeber retired from the University of North Dakota on June 30, 1989.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Assistant to the President for Facilities Archive contains materials concerning the construction of buildings on the University of North Dakota campus, appraisals of the value of University buildings and equipment, general information regarding the Columbia Road Overpass project in the 1970's, and various oversized photographs of the University of North Dakota. Also included are a variety of maps and plans of the University.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box I
Folder

  1. Labor and Material Specifications for the Chemistry Building.
  2. Blueprints of the Chemistry Building. Labor and Material Specifications for the Gymnasium Building. (Wiring, Fixtures, Painting, Varnishing, and Glazing)
  3. Labor and Material Specifications for the Liberal Arts Building. (Plumbing, Heating, & Ventilation)
  4. Labor and Material Specifications for the Merrifield Hall Building. (Plumbing, Heating, & Ventilation)
  5. Labor and Material Specifications for the School of Mines Building.
  6. Labor and Material Specifications for the Roof construction of the Science Hall Building.
  7. "Old Main" reference material from the 1920's. (Primarily concerning problems of deterioration and settling)
  8. "Old Main" reference material from the 1960's. (Primarily concerning the demolition and reconstruction)
  9. Report on settling of buildings on the University of North Dakota campus. E.F. Chandler, Nov 30 1937
  10. Detailed Summary and Appraisal of the total value of all buildings, fixtures, and equipment located on the premises of the University of North Dakota. Part I pp.1-274. (December 12, 1922)
  11. Part II of December 12, 1922 Appraisal, pp.275-557.
  12. Sound Value Summary. (December 12, 1922)
  13. Summary appraisal of value of buildings and equipment located at UND. (June 19, 1924)
  14. Correspondence between UND and the Lloyd Thomas Company. (May 9-August 4, 1925)
  15. Summary appraisal of value of buildings and equipment located at UND. (June 30, 1926)
  16. Summary appraisal of value of buildings and equipment located at UND. (July 29, 1927)
  17. Summary appraisal of value of buildings and equipment located at UND. (June 30, 1928)
  18. Summary appraisal of value of buildings and equipment located at UND. (June 30, 1930)
  19. Summary appraisal of value of buildings and equipment located at UND. (June 30, 1931)
  20. Summary appraisal of value of buildings and equipment located at UND. (October 24, 1932)
  21. Summary appraisal of value of buildings and equipment located at UND. (April 19, 1939)
  22. Summary appraisal of value of buildings and equipment located at UND. (January 1947)
  23. Summary appraisal of value of buildings and equipment located at UND. (February 28, 1953)
  24. Report covering the buildings of the Colleges and Universities under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Higher Education, Bismarck, North Dakota. (July 30, 1973)
  25. General Information on the Columbia Road Overpass Project. (1973)
  26. Plat of University Place. (1898)

Box 2
Folder

  1. UND Insurance Report. (June 30, 1980)
  2. UND Master File Report. (June 30, 1980)

OVERSIZED PHOTOGRAPHS OF UND

UA-75-1 Aerial Photo of UND. (Winter 1954-1955)
UA-75-2 Aerial Photo of UND Housing. (1960-1961)
UA-75-3 Aerial Photo of UND parking lot construction. (1965)
UA-75-4 Aerial Photo of Golf Course construction. (1965)
UA-75-5 Aerial Photo of Princeton parking lot construction. (1965)
UA-75-6 Aerial Photo of West, McVey, Brannon. (1965)
UA-75-7 Aerial Photo of West UND area. (1965)
UA-75-8 Aerial Photo of South UND coulee area. (1965)
UA-75-9 Aerial Photo of UND Housing. (1965)
UA-75-10 Aerial Photo of UND Housing. (1965)
UA-75-11 Aerial Photo of UND Stadium. (1965)
UA-75-12 Aerial Photo of East UND. (1966)
UA-75-13 Aerial Photo of East UND. (1966)
UA-75-14 Aerial Photo of East UND. (1966)
UA-75-15 Aerial Photo of East UND. (1966)
UA-75-16 Aerial Photo of Geology Building. (1966)
UA-75-17 Aerial Photo of Abbott Hall, Student Union, and surrounding buildings. (1966)
UA-75-18 Aerial Photo of Abbott Hall, surrounding buildings. (1966)
UA-75-19 Aerial Photo of Abbott Hall. (1966)
UA-75-20 Aerial Photo of Abbott Hall, surrounding buildings. (May 1966)
UA-75-21 Aerial Photo of Abbott Hall, surrounding buildings. (May 1966)
UA-75-22 Aerial Photo of Gymnasium, Abbott Hall. (May 1966)
UA-75-23 Aerial Photo of McCannell Hall, surrounding buildings. (1966)

OVERSIZED PHOTOGRAPHS OF UND

UA-75-24 Aerial Photo of the front of McCannell, surrounding buildings. (1966)
UA-75-25 Aerial Photo of Center of UND. (May 1966)
UA-75-26 Aerial Photo of Student Union, surrounding buildings. (May 1966)
UA-75-27 Aerial Photo of UND Dormitories. (1966)
UA-75-28 Aerial Photo of UND Dormitories, surrounding buildings. (May 1966)
UA-75-29 Aerial Photo of Harrington and the Education Building. (1966)
UA-75-30 Aerial Photo of UND coulee area. (May 1966)
UA-75-31 Aerial Photo of south UND coulee area. (May 1966)
UA-75-32 Aerial Photo of south UND coulee area. (May 1966)
UA-75-33 Aerial Photo of south UND coulee area. (May 1966)
UA-75-34 Aerial Photo of UND from coulee fountain-north. (May 1966)
UA-75-35 Aerial Photo of residences north-east of UND coulee. (May 1966)
UA-75-36 Aerial Photo of UND from south coulee area-east. (May 1966)
UA-75-37 Aerial Photo of UND south of University Avenue. (May 1966)
UA-75-38 Aerial Photo of UND south of University Avenue. (May 1966)
UA-75-39 Aerial Photo of UND south of University Avenue. (May 1966)
UA-75-40 Aerial Photo of north-west UND. (May 1966)
UA-75-41 Aerial Photo of north-west UND. (May 1966)
UA-75-42 Aerial Photo of west UND. (May 1966)
UA-75-43 Aerial Photo of entire UND area. (May 1966)
UA-75-44 Aerial Photo of entire UND area. (May 1966)

OVERSIZED PHOTOGRAPHS OF UND

UA-75-45 Aerial Photo of UND proper. (May 1966)
UA-75-46 Aerial Photo of UND proper. (May 1966)
UA-75-47 Aerial Photo of UND proper. (May 1966)
UA-75-48 Aerial Photo of UND from east to west. (May 1966)
UA-75-49 Aerial Photo of UND from west to east. (May 1966)
UA-75-50 Aerial Photo of UND from north to south. (May 1966)
UA-75-51 Aerial Photo of UND Housing. (May 1966)
UA-75-52 Aerial Photo of ball diamond near Housing area. (May 1966)
UA-75-53 Aerial Photo of land south-west of UND. (May 1966)
UA-75-54 Aerial Photo of land south-west of UND. (May 1966)
UA-75-55 Aerial Photo of land south-west of UND. (May 1966)
UA-75-56 Color Photo aerial view of UND Housing and Dorms. (1966)
UA-75-57 Color Photo aerial view of UND Housing and Dorms. (1966)
UA-75-58 Color Photo aerial view of UND Housing and Dorms. (1966)
UA-75-59 Architects conception of Physics/Math Building.
UA-75-60 Architects conception of Geology Building. (1963)
UA-75-61 Architects conception of University Center.
UA-75-62 Architects conception of Fine Arts Building.
UA-75-63 6 aerial views of UND, 5 from 1988, 1 from 1948.
UA-75-64 6 aerial views of UND, 5 from 1988, 1 from 1948.
UA-75-65 6 aerial views of UND, 5 from 1988, 1 from 1948.
UA-75-66 6 aerial views of UND, 5 from 1988, 1 from 1948.
UA-75-67 6 aerial views of UND, 5 from 1988, 1 from 1948.
UA-75-68 6 aerial views of UND, 5 from 1988, 1 from 1948.
UA-75-69 Panoramic Photo of UND. (1912) UA-75-70 Panoramic Photo of UND. (1912)

OVERSIZED PHOTOGRAPHS OF UND

UA-75-72 Framed Oversized aerial photo of UND. (April 15, 1959)
UA-75-73 Framed Oversized aerial photo of UND. (June 12, 1962)
UA-75-74 Framed Oversized aerial photo of UND. (November 22, 1964)
UA-75-75 Framed Oversized aerial photo of UND. (June 29, 1966)
UA-75-76 Framed Oversized aerial photo of UND. (May 9, 1968)
UA-75-77 Framed Oversized aerial photo of UND. (November 10, 1969)
UA-75-78 Framed Oversized aerial photo of UND. (October 28, 1970)
UA-75-79 Framed Oversized aerial photo of UND. (May 15, 1972)
UA-75-80 Framed Oversized aerial photo of UND. (May 5, 1976)
UA-75-81 Framed Oversized aerial photo of UND. (June 11, 1979)
UA-75-82 Framed Oversized aerial photo of UND. (March 18, 1981)
UA-75-83 Framed Oversized aerial photo of UND. (May 3, 1983)
UA-75-84 Framed Oversized aerial photo of UND. (April 8, 1985)

BLUEPRINT CABINETS

CABINET #1
Tube#

A1 Woodworth Hall blueprints.

B1 Old Winter-Sports Building blueprints.

C1 Budge Hall blueprints.

A2 --Old sewer plans. [north of University Avenue]
--Plans of Fair Lawn Addition. [west end of campus]

B2 Davis Hall blueprints.

C2 University Water Main Plan. (1885) (Tracing cloths numbered from outside of tube to inside)
--Planting plan for campus, shows buildings. A.Phelps Wyman, Landscape Architect, Chicago Illinois, March 1910.
--Topographic map near coulee, June 1955.
--Campus and Master Plan, 1889.
--Campus Plan. [Nov.7, 1936] [Revised March 18, 1947]
--University Housing.[1954-1955?] [Layout for hutments, last huts [8or9] on southwest corner were never located there, kept clear for the airport approach area]
--Panhellenic Place- by Stanley S. Johnson, consulting Engineer [1959-1961?]
--Campus Plan.[1903?]

A3 1898 maps of the United States, published in 1890.

B3--Old Occupational Therapy Building blueprints.
--Old Industrial Arts Building blueprints.
--Sioux Hall blueprints, was originally the dispensary-moved before Fulton Hall was built.
--"Old Main" blueprints.
--Old Transmitter Building blueprints.

C3 Various Campus maps and plans(listed from outside to inside)
--Morell & Nichols- Campus Plan, January 1958.
--Morell & Nichols- Campus Plan, February 1958.
--Morell & Nichols- Campus Plan, 1949.
--Morell & Nichols- Campus Plan, 1957.
--Morell & Nichols- Campus Plan, 1922.
--Site Plan [stadium] 1927.
--Campus Plan, 1908.
--Campus Plan, 1941 [Topographic map made by the NDT class of 1941] This shows the location of the old mine Lab[tunnel and shaft] extending slightly northwest from the west bank of the coulee. Now partially covered by the Hughes Fine Arts building.
--Drawings for McVey Addition to the city of Grand Forks-1919. Shows platted area west of Princeton, next to coulee.

CABINET #2
Tube#

A1 UND topographic maps, 1955. Area along coulee [north and south of University Avenue]

B1 Area map of UND from coulee-west to 42nd street N.1956.

C1 Stan Johnson's Composite Campus Plan, 1956. Revision, 1957.

B1 Tracings- Originals on tracing cloth 38"x 41" width.
--Tracing- campus from State street east to N.23rd street.[size-38"x108",date-January,1956] Stanley S. Johnson, Consulting Engineer.
--Campus Map- tracing cloth[size-40"x80"] Campus Map with utilities shown along with buildings and streets from Yale Drive west of the coulee, then east to N.23rd street. Retraced by M.B. Foss, June 1951.
--University of North Dakota- holdings west of the English coulee [size-38"x55"] by Stanley S. Johnson, Registered Professional Engineer, June 23, 1956. --Tracing- University of North Dakota, dated August 1947. Shown as revised and traced by C.J. Knoll. Shows western half of campus between University Avenue and railroad tracks. Shows utilities and buildings [size-38"x50"].
--Eastern section of campus- from steam tunnel west of Home Economics Building, Commons at that time, east to corner of proposed new "Men's Gym". Shows Woodworth Hall and proposed "Medical Center"[Medical Science]. Contract was awarded for Medical Science April 27th, 1948, but Tennis Village and Old Barracks dorms and Vets apartments were shown.[Probably drawn in 1946 or 1947, size 38"x50"] (All wrapped in mailing tube from outside to inside)

B2 Traced cloth Drawings- University of North Dakota. Wrapped on mailing tube and numbered from outside to inside drawing.
--Campus Plan- 1928, shows existing buildings.
--Campus Plan- November 2, 1937, compiled by WPA Survey Project [approximate acreage 137.3] Scale is one inch equals four hundred & thirty feet. --Grounds of the University of North Dakota, plan certified by W.S. Russel- April 30, 1888.
--Plat of University grounds, scale is one inch equals two hundred feet, dated May 1883, by Lamb & Streichenberg, surveyors.
--University of North Dakota- model for shrub planting near all buildings [shows Science Hall as a typical building]. Drawn by A. Phelps Wyman, [landscape artist] Chicago, Ill. February, 1910.

B3--Potential building sites evaluated December 15th & 16th, 1983- by Perkins and Will, Architects, Engineers, Planners.
--Suggested new facilities- April 30, 1968. The Perkins and Will Partnership [Chicago, Ill.]
--Campus and buildings, original drawing dated November 7, 1936, revised March 18, 1947.
--Campus and buildings- November 7, 1936.
--University of North Dakota- housing site "A", May 22, 1946[shows six hutments north of University Avenue adjacent to Princeton Street also shows trailers located east of the hutments].
--Campus General Plan- January, 1958, prepared by Morell & Nichols, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
--Campus Plan for the arrangement of buildings-September, 1922, by Morell & Nichols, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
--Campus- same as #7, smaller scale.
--Camp Depression and Power Plant area, November17, 1943[shows research area for U.S. Bureau of Mines].
--Campus- general plan for arrangement of buildings and grounds, 1949, Morell & Nichols, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Wrapped on mailing tube from outside to inside)

 Original Donation  First Addition: 1928-1900
 Second Addition: 1926-1996

Return to: University Archives Collections

Special Collections Home Page Contact Special Collections Chester Fritz Library Home Page