Buildings and Places on the UNCG Campus: An Archival Research Guide The main dormitory of the State Normal and Industrial College was burned this morning about four o clock. No student was injured in any way though a number of them lost their trunks and all of their clothing. The citizens of Greensboro have opened their homes to the students, and comfortable temporary arrangements have been made. There will be no suspension of the college. President Charles D. McIver, January 21, 1904 OVERVIEW The University Archives and Manuscripts department at UNCG serves as the primary resource for information related to the history and construction of buildings and places on the UNCG campus. In 1892, when the school first opened as the State Normal and Industrial School, there were only four buildings: the Main Building (later called Administration Building and then officially named in honor of Dr. Julius I. Foust in 1960), Brick Dormitory, Wooden Dormitory, and the McIver House. Over the last century, the campus has grown extensively to now include over 80 different types of buildings. The following is an attempt to aid researchers in learning about the rich history of the various buildings and places on the UNCG campus by providing a selected list of available resources in the Archives. ARCHIVAL RESOURCES Individual Collections Chancellors Papers: McIver, Charles Duncan University Archives, 1855-1906 UA 2.1 The records of President Charles D. McIver contain letters and correspondence related to the construction of the first buildings on campus (Box 1) as well as materials related to the 1904 fire that destroyed the Brick Dormitory (Box 28). University Archives & Manuscripts 320 College Ave. Greensboro, NC 27412 336/334-4045 http://library.uncg.edu/
Chancellors Papers: Foust, Julius I. University Archives, 1903-1970 UA 2.2 The records of President Julius I. Foust contain several references to the construction and design of buildings on campus from 1919 to 1925. Included in the collection is Building Committee correspondence (Boxes 31, 34, 38, 42) and letters between Foust and the State Building Commission (Boxes 23, 25, 28). This collection also contains correspondence between Foust and Harry Barton, the architect for several of the buildings on campus. Board of Directors: Minutes of the Building Committee of the North Carolina College for Women University Archives, 1922-1932 UA 1.1 This collection contains the minutes and correspondence from the Board of Directors Building Committee that met from 1922 to 1932. It includes information about building costs, construction details, and the history of various buildings. Byrd, Clara Booth Papers Manuscripts Mss 020 Clara Booth Byrd was an alumna of UNCG and spent several decades working on behalf of the Alumnae Association, eventually serving as director of the Alumnae House. This collection contains correspondence, drawings, photographs, blueprints, construction contracts and specifications, speeches, and talks. Among the Alumnae Association materials in the collection are papers dealing with the construction of the Alumnae House. Topics covered include finances, design, construction and decoration. Former college President Dr. Julius I. Foust is represented in the correspondence about the Alumnae House. Maness, Carolyn and Jean Gordon Papers, 1999-2004 Manuscripts Mss 234 This collection contains research materials, correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs that document the efforts to save the Chancellor's House from demolition in 1999.
Vertical Files Buildings on Campus This file contains general information about campus buildings including their construction dates, naming origin and history. It includes an excel spreadsheet with building information, newspaper clippings, correspondence, memorandums, lists, and maps. Maps This file contains information related to the location of buildings on the UNCG campus. It includes campus maps, rough drawings of the campus, and walking tour brochures dating from 1913 to 2009. Specific Buildings The following buildings have individual vertical files containing information related to their history and construction: Aladdin Houses Alumni House (formerly known as the Alumnae House) Armfield-Preyer Admissions and Visitor Center Aycock Auditorium Bailey Residence Hall Baseball Stadium Beacher-Weaver Research & Development Center (Northridge Warehouse) Brown Building Bryan Building Carmichael Building Carter Child Care Center Chancellor s Residence Coleman Gymnasium Commencement Home Cone Building Cotten Residence Hall Curry Building (School of Education) Dining Hall Complex Dixon Building Eberhart Building Education Building Elliott University Center Ferguson Building Fleming Gymnasium Forney Building Foust Building Gatewood Studio Arts Building Gove Student Health Center Graham Building Gray Residence Hall Guilford Residence Hall Home Economics Building Home Management Houses Jackson Library (see Library- Building) Jamison Residence Hall Kirkland Residence Hall Mary Foust Residence Hall McIver Building McIver House McNutt Building Moore (Margaret C.) Building (School of Nursing) Moore Humanities and Research Administration Building Moore-Strong Residence Hall Mossman Administration Building Music Building Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Building (Joint School of) Nursery School Parking Decks (McIver /Oakland) Park Gymnasium Petty Building Phillips-Hawkins Residence Halls Physical plant Quadrangle Ragsdale-Mendenhall Residence Halls Residence Halls Reynolds-Grogan Residence Halls Rosenthal Gymnasium Shaw Residence Hall Sink Maintenance Building Smith Associated Campus Ministries Center Soccer Stadium Softball Stadium Spencer Residence Hall Spring Garden Street Apartments Stone Building Student s Building Student Recreation Center Sullivan Science Building Taylor Building (Taylor Theatre) Teague House Vic Bell Tower Weil-Winfield Residence Halls Woman s Residence Hall
Specific Locations The following locations around the UNCG campus have individual vertical files containing information related to their history and construction: Charlie s Yard Foust Park Kaplan Commons Minerva Statue Peabody Park Taylor Garden Walker Avenue Yum-Yum s Restaurant Articles Alumni News Magazine This alumni publication has several articles and paragraphs from 1912 to 2003 focusing on various buildings including but not limited to: Alumni House Aycock Auditorium Curry Building Dining Halls Dormitories Elliott Hall-Student Union Libraries on campus McIver House Weatherspoon Art Gallery The UNCG Campus and How it Grew The Alumni News Spring 1975 This article, written by Trudy Walton Atkins, discusses the history of the construction and architecture of various buildings on the UNCG campus from 1892 to 1975. Books Bowles, Elisabeth Ann. A Good Beginning: The First Four Decades of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1967. This book covers the history of UNCG from 1891 until 1931 and includes information related to the history and constructions of various buildings on campus.
Schumann, Marguerite and Virginia Terrell Lathrop. Bricks and People: A Walking Guide to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Greensboro: The Alumni Association of UNCG, 1973. This short book (56 pages) was published by the UNCG Alumni Association to provide brief historical information about each building on campus. It contains photographs of each building and also a map of the campus in 1973. Trelease, Allen W. Making North Carolina Literate: The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, from Normal School to Metropolitan University. Durham: Carolina Academic Press, 2004. This book provides an extensive history of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro from its founding in 1891 up through 1994. It includes information on the history and construction of campus buildings. Also included are simple maps noting the location of buildings during various years from 1893 to 1994. Trelease, Allen W. Changing Assignments: A Pictorial History of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Japan: Dai Nippon Printing Company, 1991. Using photographs from the University Archives, Trelease offers a published pictorial history of UNCG. Areas of focus include the construction and growth of the campus, academic life and campus and student life from 1892 to 1991. There are multiple photographs of buildings on campus. Photographs The UNCG University Archives contains a large photographic collection related to buildings on the UNCG campus dating from 1892 to 2008. Please contact the Archives for more information about specific buildings. Architectural Drawings/Blueprints The University Archives houses large, oversized old and out-of-date blueprints and architectural drawings of various buildings on campus. Current blueprints are housed by Facility Management where they are still in use today. Blueprints of Buildings Alumni House, 1932 Chancellor s House, 1957 Dining Halls, 1919-1924 Library, 1922-1933 and 1940-1994 Mossman Administration Building, 1972 Outdoor Gymnasium, 1922 Residence Halls, 1919 &1927 Science Building, 1938, 1939, 1949 School of Home Economics, 1950 & 1969 Topographical Survey of the College, 1949 Campus Drawings/Maps Aerial view of Campus, 1980 s Map of the City of Greensboro, 1879 Map of UNCG, 1909 Warren Henry Manning Drawings of the UNCG Campus, 1902-1920
Online Exhibits and Resources UNCG Timeline <http://library.uncg.edu/depts/archives/universityrecords/timeline/pages/ > The Timeline of UNCG is an online exhibit that maps out significant historical events- from the founding of the institution in 1891 as a women s normal school designed to train teachers, to its present day status as one of the country's major research universities. It contains over 100 photographs and other images from the Archives' collections. Campus Views: 1892-1995 < http://library.uncg.edu/depts/archives/exhibits/views/> Campus Views is an online exhibit that traces the changing landscape and buildings of the UNCG campus from 1892 to 1995 through photographs. Sean Mulligan November 2009