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Case Western Reserve University Archives

Buildings Compendium

The staff of the University Archives has compiled summaries of buildings and grounds used by Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University, 1882-1949.

Information includes:

People associated with the buildings (architects, general contractors, donors, occupants)
Dates of significant events (construction, alterations, demolition, purchase, sale, ceremonies)
Formal and popular names
Descriptions (images, locations, size, architectural style)
Uses
Finances (costs and funding sources)

Information is included only during the time period that a particular building/space was under University control. Investment properties are not included.
Some information about some buildings is not available.
Unknown data is indicated by a question mark (?).

There are two indexes: alphabetical (arranged by building identifier) and chronological (arranged by date of first use). The building identifiers are derived from a controlled vocabulary created and used by the University Archives. Both lists link to detailed descriptions of the buildings.

All sources used are in the Archives and may be consulted in the Archives. We used:

These Kinds of Records	annual reports architectural drawings brochures catalogs commencement programs contracts correspondence faculty/staff directories maps minutes newspaper clippings press releases reports student yearbooks
That Were Created By	Case Astronomy Case Camp Case Case Chemical Engineering Case Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Case Civil Engineering Case Dean Case Development Case Electrical Engineering Case Engineering Case Faculty Case Geology and Mineralogy Case Graduate Program Case Humanities and Social Sciences Case Industrial Liaison Office Case Mathematics Case Mechanical Engineering Case Metallurgy Case Organizational Sciences Case Physics Case Plant Operations Case President Case Public Relations Case Students Case Trustees Case Trustees Secretary CWRU Attorney WRU Attorney WRU Medicine Faculty WRU Plant Services WRU President WRU Secretary WRU Students WRU Trustees WRU Vice President for Development
Organized in These Series	ID	School	Records
			University-wide Publications
	20AA	Case	Catalogs, 1881-1983 [searched only 1881-1949]
	1AA	WRU/CWRU	Catalogs, 1830-2003 [searched only 1880-1949]
	24AA	WRU	Medicine Catalogs, 1843-1995 [searched only box 1]
	19DA1	Case	Annual Reports, 1886-1967 [searched only 1886-1949]
	1DA	WRU/CWRU	Annual Reports, 1886-2002 [searched only 1886-1949]
	20PY	Case	Student Yearbooks, 1896-1972 [searched only 1896-1949]
	4PY	WRU/CWRU	Student Yearbooks, 1884-2001 [searched only 1884-1949]
	22PY	WRU	Mather Student Yearbooks, 1897-1954
	19H	Case	Histories, 1877-1963 [searched only box 1 folders 2, 3]
	19AD	Case	Faculty/Staff Directory, 1939-1969 [searched only 1939-1949]
	7PA6	WRU/CWRU	Faculty/Staff Directory, 1922-2003 [searched only 1922-1949]
	1VC1	WRU/Case	Commencement Programs, 1883-2002 [searched only 1883-1949]
			University-wide Governing Bodies
	19BE	Case	Trustee Minutes, 1880-1967 [searched only 1880-1949]
	2JD	WRU	Trustee Minutes, 1826-1941 [searched only 1880-1941]
	2JE	WRU	Prudential Committee, 1912-1932
	2JG	WRU	Trustee Facilities and Endowment Committee, 1928
	2KD	WRU	Trustees Minutes, 1884-1941
	2KE	WRU	Trustee Executive Committee, 1885-1939
	2KP	WRU	Trustee Budget Committee, 1931
	2LD	WRU	Trustees Minutes, 1941-1957
	2LE	WRU	Trustee Executive Committee, 1939-1957
			Senior Administrators
	19DB1	Case	President Cady Staley, 1881-1911*
	19DB2	Case	President Charles Howe, 1902-1932*
	19DB3	Case	President William Wickenden, 1929-1947*
	19DB4	Case	President T. Keith Glennan, 1932-1965* [searched only box 3]
	1DB6	WRU	President Charles Thwing, 1883-1937*
	1DB7	WRU	President Robert Vinson, 1919-1933*
	1DB8	WRU	President Winfred Leutner, 1923-1956*
	19BB2	Case	Trustees Secretary, 1879-1934 [searched only boxes 1, 2]
	19ND	Case	Treasurer and Vice President of Administration and Finance, 1917-1973 [searched only boxes 5, 7, 8, 11, 12]
	2DB	WRU	Secretary/Treasurer, 1833-1959
	20DB2	Case	Dean Elmer Hutchisson, 1946-1956* [searched only box 28]
	20DB3	Case	Dean Karl McEachron, 1956-1974* [searched only box 2]
			Administrative Departments
	6LP	WRU/CWRU	Attorney Property Files, 1917-1989
	19KD	Case	Plant Operations, 1954-1964 [searched only boxes 2, 3, 4]
	6PD	WRU/CWRU	Plant Services, 1929-1971 [searched only records dated before 1949]
	19PD	Case	Public Relations, 1941-1969 [searched only boxes 1, 4, 5]
	7DB1	WRU	Vice President for Development, 1947-1950
	19JF	Case	Fundraising Campaigns, 1926-1970 [searched only box 1]
	7FK1	WRU	Fundraising Campaigns, 1941
	7FS21	WRU	Adelbert College Fundraising Campaigns, 1930-1931
	7FS22	WRU	Flora Stone Mather College Fundraising Campaigns, 1906
	19PI	Case	Industrial Liaison Office, 1949-1955 [searched only box 2]
	19ZA	Case	Archives, 1949-1969 [searched only box 2 folder 1]
			Faculty/Academic Departments/Programs
	19FF	Case	Faculty, 1887-1967 [searched only 1887-1949]
	24FJ	WRU/CWRU	Medicine Faculty, 1843-1982 [searched only box 1]
	19FH	Case	Astronomy, 1930-1965 [searched only boxes 1, 2, 3 and combination box 2]
	19FI	Case	Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 1889-1967
	19FJ	Case	Mathematics, 1944-1967
	19FK	Case	Physics, 1899-1964
	19FL	Case	Engineering, 1944-1967 [searched only boxes 1, 3, 4 and combination box 2]
	19FM	Case	Chemical Engineering, n.d. [searched only combination box 2]
	19FN	Case	Civil Engineering, 1942-1964 [searched only box 1]
	19FP	Case	Electrical Engineering, n.d.
	19FQ	Case	Mechanical Engineering, 1887-1961
	19FR	Case	Metallurgy, 1905-1960
	19FS	Case	Organizational Sciences, n.d. [searched only combination box 2]
	19FT	Case	Humanities and Social Science, n.d. [searched only combination box 2]
	19FZ3	Case	Geology and Mineralogy, n.d.
	19GH	Case	Graduate Program Histories, n.d.
	19GL	Case	Graduate Program Lecture Series, n.d.
	19ZC	Case	Camp Case, 1919-1946 [searched only box 2]
	20MN	Case	Navy V-12 Program, n.d.
	20MW	Case	World War I Training Program, n.d.
			Personal Papers
	19BI77	Case	Frank Quail, 1911-1973*
	19IN2	Case	Jason J. Nassau, 1919-1977* [searched only box 2]
	19IT2	Case	Karl Thompson, n.d.
	19IY1	Case	Herbert Young, n.d.
			Other
	24X	WRU	Medicine Predecessor Schools, 1864-1910 [searched only box 3]
	61B	WRU	Pharmacy By-laws and Charters, n.d. [searched only box 1]
	19DC	Case	Central Files, [searched only boxes 52, 78, 81]
	1K	Case/WRU/CWRU	Buildings, 1826-2003+ [searched only 1880-1949]
	1KB	Case/WRU/CWRU	Architectural Drawings, 1826-2003+ [searched only 1880-1949]
	1KI	WRU	Building Inventories, 1921-1964
	24KM	WRU/CWRU	Medicine Buildings, 1885-1967 [searched only box 1]
	1KM	Case/WRU/CWRU	Maps, 1880-1990s [searched only 1880-1949]
	19ZY	Case	Reference File, 1851-1965 [searched only box 4 folder 9]
	QuikRef	Case	Ms. Pinches' Case Firsts, 1877-?
	QuikRef	Case/WRU/CWRU	Buildings, n.d.

* These dates are the span of the record series, not the individual's tenure in office. For personal papers, these dates are the span of the record series, not the individual's life span.