Kent State University Buildings and Grounds photographs

Finding Aid

Prepared by Barbara Bass, April 21, 2002; Updated April 2021; Last updated: June 2023
5 record storage boxes, 5 cubic feet, 11th floor

Scope and Content: This is a collection of selected photographs and photographic slides of Kent State University buildings, arranged alphabetically by building name. Also included are some aerial images of campuses and campus renderings.

Related Material: A large number of buildings and grounds photographs from this collection and other sources have been scanned and are included in our Kent State History: Digital Archive of historical Kent State University photographs and maps. Please search or browse that digital collection for images of Kent State buildings and grounds. If you need assistance in locating images of Kent State buildings not found in this collection or the Kent State University History digital archive, please contact Special Collections and Archives for assistance.

See also the related collection Kent State Univerisity Buildings and Grounds subject files for additional information.

Box 1
Folder -- Contents

1. Administration Building
2. Aerials of campus
3. Aerials of campus
4. Aerials of campus
5. Aerials of campus
6. Aerial drawing (rendering) of campus expansion, oversized poster, circa 1960
   Acquisitions Note: Gift of George M. Dzurik
   Physical Location: 11th floor oversized map case
7. Agassiz House
8. Airport
9. Allyn Hall
10. Allerton Apartments (Married Student Housing)
11. Art Building
12. Art Building construction
13. Athletic Fields, Summit Street
14. Barracks
15. Beall-McDowell (Twin Towers)
16. Blossom: Porthouse Theater
17. Bookstore (located in Student Center)
18. Bowman Hall
19. Business Administration Building
20. Business Administration Building
21. Cunningham Hall
22. Curtiss House (SEE Williamson Alumni Center)
23. Dale Terrace Apartments
24. DeWeese Health Center
25. Dix Stadium
26. Dunbar Hall
27. Eastway Center
28. Eastway Center
29. Eastway Center and Twin Towers
30. Eastway Drive
31. The Ellipse, the walkway between Merrill Hall and the Heating Plant
32. Engleman Hall
33. Engleman Hall construction

Box 2
Folder -- Contents

1. Field House
2. Fletcher and Manchester Halls
3. Franklin Hall
4. Franklin Hall and McGilvrey Halls
5. GlenMorris Student Apartments
6. Gym Annex
7. Gym Annex
8. Heating Plant
9. Henderson Hall
10. Ice Arena
11. Jennings Woods
12. Johnson Hall
13. Johnson and Stopher Halls
14. Kent Hall
15. Koonce Hall (part of Tri-Towers)
16. Korb Hall
17. Lake Hall
18. Lake-Olson Halls
19. Leebrick Hall (part of Tri-Towers)
20. Library Building
21. Library Building
22. Library Building construction
23. Library Building interiors
24. Library Building interiors
25. Lilac Lane (behind Oscar Ritchie and Engleman Halls)
26. Lowry Hall
27. Lowry Hall construction
28. Lowry and Merrill Halls
29. Lowry Hall, Merrill Hall, Administration Building and Kent Hall

Box 3
Folder -- Contents

1. Mathematical Sciences Building
2. MACC (Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center)
3. May 4th Memorial
4. McDowell Hall
5. McGilvrey Hall
6. McSweeney Hall
7. Memorial Field
8. Memorial Gym
9. Memorial Gym interiors
10. Memorial Stadium
11. Merrill Hall
12. Merrill Hall
13. Merrill Hall construction
14. Michael Schwartz Center (formerly University School)
15. Moulton Hall
16. Music and Speech Building
17. Music and Speech Building
18. Musselman Hall
19. Newman Center
20. Nixson Hall
21. Olson Hall
22. Oscar Ritchie Hall (formerly old Student Union)
23. Parking Lots
24. Power Plant
25. Power Plant, Boiler #1 Upgrade Project, 1990
26. Prentice Gate
27. Prentice Gate
28. Prentice Hall
29. Prentice, Dunbar, and Verder Halls
30. Riley Alumni Garden
31. Risman Plaza (including original fountain)
32. Risman Plaza (including original fountain)
33. The Rock (front campus)
34. Rockwell Hall (former library)
35. Rockwell Hall construction of addition, 1957
    Acquisitions Note: These photographs and negatives were donated by Ginnie Browne (Archives No. 2008.45).
36. Rockwell Hall with Addition
37. Rockwell Hall aerials
38. Rockwell Hall renovations for Museum and School of Fashion
39. Rockwell Hall interiors (library interiors)

Box 4
Folder -- Contents

1. Satterfield Hall
2. Scultpure and public Artworks (including Partially Buried Woodshed and Solar Totem)
3. Small Group Housing
4. Smith Hall
5. Stockdale Building
6. Stopher Hall
7. Student Center
8. Student Center construction
9. Student Center interiors (including Schwebel Room restaurant)
10. Summit Street and Hilltop Drive construction
11. Taylor Hall
12. Taylor Hall
13. Tennis Courts
14. Terrace Archway
15. Terrace Hall
16. Terrace Hall
17. Terrace and White Halls
18. Tri-Towers (Koonce, Leebrick and Wright Halls)
19. University Supply Center
20. Van Campen Hall
21. Van Deusen Hall
22. Verder Hall
23. Victory Bell
24. White Hall
25. White Hall
26. Williams Hall
27. Williamson Alumni Center (formerly Curtiss House)
    Scope and Content: Includes several historical photographs of the house before, during and shortly after it was renovated (circa 1940-42) to be the KSU President's residence.
28. WKSU Building

Box 5
Folder -- Contents

Kent State University Regional Campuses

1. Regional Campuses, general
2. Ashtabula Campus
3. East Liverpool Campus
4. Geauga Campus
5. Salem Campus
6. Stark Campus
   Scope and Content: Includes three folders of photographs taken systematically to document the construction of the Stark Campus, dating from 1966 through 1967.
7. Trumbull Campus
8. Tuscarawas Campus