Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

RS 4/8/6
Iowa State University

Vice President for Business and Finance

Facilities Planning and Management

Buildings and Grounds Division
Field Books, 1875-1923


Descriptive summary

creator:

Iowa State University, Vice President for Business and Finance, Facilities Planning and Management, Buildings and Grounds Division

title:

Field Books

dates:

1875-1923

extent:

3.36 linear feet (8 document boxes)

collection number:

RS 4/8/6

repository:

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

 

Administrative information

access:

Open for research.

 

This collection is stored offsite. Please contact the Special Collections Department at least two working days in advance.

publication rights:

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

preferred citation:

Iowa State University, Facilities Planning and Management, Buildings and Grounds Division Field Books, RS 4/8/6, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

 

Historical note

The Vice President for Business and Finance manages the fiscal operations of the University and is responsible for the general supervision of the business operations of all University activities. The Office was established in 1958 as a replacement for the Business Manager position. The Vice President for Business and Finance oversees the operation of the Facilities Planning and Management Department.

In 1987 the name of the Physical Plant was changed to the Facilities Planning and Management Department. The Facilities Planning and Management Department is responsible for the maintenance of the campus grounds and buildings, the campus utilities system, and campus planning.

 

Collection description

The field books comprising this collection document facilities work across the Iowa State campus during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They were notebooks compiled by college faculty and staff serving as surveyors and engineers for construction and maintenance of college buildings and grounds. College faculty and staff such as Anson Marston, Ole Davidson, J. B. Ryan, V. V. Makom, R. V. Newcomb, L. E. Carter, G. C. Petersen, R. W. Grum, C. S. Nichols, O. H. Kumler, H. S. Doty, F. A. Hagen, and W. F. Reed recorded entries in these notebooks. Railroad survey data is also recorded in these journals. Campus farms, sewer systems, general campus surveys, depression measurements, squad surveys, railroad surveying, dimensions of halls and houses, the President's house, bridge surveys, Main Hall, Agricultural Hall, the Engineering Annex, water supply improvement surveys, athletic fields, and several other projects and campus areas are documented in these early field books.

 

Organization

This collection is arranged chronologically.

 

Container list

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Gorn transition and Level notes

1875-1924

1

2

Notes of field survey and ISC farm survey

1891-1894

1

5

ISC campus

1892

1

3

Levels for preliminary server line, No.1 Plumbing and Lighting

1892

2

5

Railroad surveying: level notes; angle measurement

1892-1894

1

6

Party No. 9: J. B. Ryan Captain B. M. measurement

1892-1895

1

4

A. Marston's survey journal

1892-1896

2

1

I. A. C. sewers; B & B transit

1893

2

4

Final survey of 18" sewer; railroad surveying: office notes

1893-1894

1

7

H. R. surveying, No. 93

1893-1921

3

1

Squad surveys

1895-1896

3

4

Professor A. Marson's journal; railroad surveying

1895-1897

3

2

Stadia survey; depression measurement

1896-1898

3

3

Level book from spring term 1901

1897-1907

8

5

No. 98: tunnel book; railroad notes

1897-1923

4

1

Records of ISC sewage tank; Mahlon J. Hammer's record

1898-1903

3

5

Bills, measurement, and journal; sewer survey: L. E. Carter

1898-1983

4

2

Measurement of bench marks; dimensions of halls and houses

1899

4

3

Civil Engineering Department, IAC; Evinger Douglass Adamson's measurement

1899-1905

4

4

Azimuth measurement; hydraulic lab sewer

1900

4

6

Readings on Weir in packing house sewer; No. 94 journal: Mathews

1900

4

5

Level measurements; journal of campus drawing

1900-1915

5

1

Final estimates on president's house; notes on engineering hall

1901-1902

5

3

Line calculations; re-survey of Lin A&C Railway journal

1903

5

2

Sewage plant; extension of Ames and college railways; culvert site surveys

1903

5

4

G. C. Petersen; tests on bridge

1903-1913

5

5

YMCA and Alumni Hall; monthly estimates for Agriculture Hall

1904-1907

5

6

Monthly estimates for central building; No. 36: campus survey - location of sewers, drains, water pipes

1904-1915

6

1

Agriculture Hall surveys and force account

1905-1909

6

2

No. 5: R.W. Grum's journal; No. 43: ISC campus - C. S. Nichols

1905-1916

6

3

New Agriculture Hall: quantities; quantities for Engineering Annex and check of steel section

1907

6

4

ISC water supply improvement; new Agriculture Hall materials

1908

6

6

Elevation measures; new Agriculture Hall grading; borrow pit – H.S. Doty

1909

6

5

Quantities for Auditorium Annex; athletic field: O.H. Kumler

1909

7

1

No. 29: ISC campus - F. A. Hagen; campus records and surveys

1911-1912

7

2

No. 40: ISC campus; No. 31: ISC campus - W. F. Reed

1913-1914

7

4

No. 32: dimensions and location of campus building; No. 33: coordinates

1914-1915

7

3

Ole Davidson's journal; campus surveys

1914-1915

7

6

Campus map and diary; No. 37: ISC campus

1915

7

5

No. 35 and No. 39: ISC campus

1915

8

1

Dairy farm ISC; No. 41: ISC campus

1916

8

2

Level measurements

1921

2

2

No. 91: Ring and Ball method (V. V. Makom); R. V. Newcomb - civil engineering department

1921, undated

8

3

No. 92: utility survey - water and sewers; No. 95: transit and level notes

1922

2

3

Measurements in Mason City, No. 99: sewer notes

1922, undated

8

4

No. 96 and No. 97: measurements of ISC buildings and halls

1923

8

6

Maurice Paving; topographical survey of north farm

undated