Campus Buildings collection
Scope and Contents
The Campus Buildings collection documents various building and campus development projects from the old campus of the St. George Stake Academy in the 1910s to Dixie State University in the mid-2010s. Materials include blueprints and drawings, correspondence, dedications and ceremony programs, deeds and titles, development plans, design publications, funding forms and other financial documents, maps, meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, purchase orders, and scrapbooks.
The bulk of the material is from 1960-1979 as the new campus at 700 East and 300 South was developed to accommodate the growing needs of the school, and 2010-2012 with the building of the Holland Centennial Commons. The correspondence is a mixture of letters to and from community stakeholders, with other colleges and universities, financial institutions, lawyers, and government entities. Development plans include building analyses, master plans, proposals, and building and land acquisitions.
Dates
- Creation: 1916 - 2023
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open and freely available to researchers during Special Collections hours or by appointment. Researchers must complete an Application for Use and show a photo ID prior to accessing materials. Some materials are restricted due to their extreme fragility.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright held by Utah Tech University Library Special Collections and Archives. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives.
Biographical / Historical
Construction of the St. George Stake Academy building on the corner of 100 South and Main Street started in 1909, and the building was finished in 1911. It held eleven classrooms and an auditorium. A gymnasium was added to the campus in 1916-1918, and the building was later renovated into the school library in 1956. A science building was built across Main Street in 1927-1928. In the 1930s, under President Smith, many buildings and additions were constructed, including a mechanical arts building, a greenhouse, and tennis courts.
“The Annex” was acquired from U.S. Government surplus in 1949 and held the bookstore, student center, public relations office, and classes in English, industrial arts, journalism, and social science. Construction of a girl’s dorm, Dixiana, began in 1950, with President Snow’s urging. Presidents Himes and Bruhn continued and eventually finished the project.
President Himes pushed for a new, larger campus location that would allow the school to grow. Thirty-two acres of land on the east side of St. George was purchased with help from the Dixie Education Association; the new site was approved by the governor in 1953. The first building constructed on the new campus was a new gymnasium, now the Student Activities Center, in 1956. The Fine Arts Center (1963), Home Economics and Business Building, Science Building (1963), Cafeteria (1963), and Library (1965) followed. From 1967 to 1968, a Liberal Arts Building, Administration Building, Maintenance Building, auto shop, business facilities, Shenandoah dormitory, Dixiana addition, and bookstore expansion were added.
The football field and track were completed in the 1969-1970 academic year, and the Student Union Building was finished in 1972. A Trades and Industry building was completed in 1979. The Hansen Foundation of Salt Lake City (Utah) donated matching funds to construct a new football stadium, which was completed in 1984. The Home Economics and Nursing Building remodel was finished the same year. The ground breaking ceremony for the Val A. Browning Learning Resource Center took place in June 1987, and it was dedicated two years later. A new science building was completed in 1989.
The Presidents’ Grove was dedicated in June 1990, and the Val A. Browning Library was named in November. Construction began on the Kenneth N. Gardner Center in 1992, and the Bruce Hurst Field and Baseball Complex in 1993. The library was officially dedicated in 1994. In 1998, Encampment Mall was dedicated to honor “Dixie Pioneers.”
The Russell Taylor Health Sciences building was built off campus from 2005 to 2008. In the mid-2000s, what would become the Jeffrey R. Holland Centennial Commons was proposed and fundraising began. It’s construction marked the school’s centennial in 2011, and it was finally dedicated in September 2012. The football stadium was renovated around 2017 and again in 2022. New General Education building ground breaking started 2023.
Full Extent
20 Linear Feet (3 tan banker boxes, 2 gray oversize boxes, 3 gray long oversize boxes, 1 tan 11in x 4.5in x 4.5 in box, and 1 roll)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Abstract
The Campus Buildings collection consists of correspondence, architectural drawings, forms, photographs, and other materials created or collected while planning campus development and constructing buildings for Utah Tech University since its founding as the St. George Stake Academy in 1911. Both the original campus on Main Street and the newer campus on 700 East are represented.
Arrangement
The Campus Buildings collection is arranged chronologically into twelve series by decade, further arranged into subseries in alphabetical order by type of document or major topic. The contents of each subseries is arranged chronologically, with the exceptions of the Correspondence subseries, which are arranged by correspondent; and the 2000s series’ Development Plans subseries and 2010s series’ Internal Communications subseries, which were largely kept in their original order. The series and subseries arrangement of the records is as follows:
Series I, 1910s
Subseries A, Blueprints and Drawings, 1916
Subseries B, Scrapbooks and Photographs, 1909-1911
Series II, 1920s
Subseries A, Architects, Contractors, and Vendors, undated
Series III, 1930s
Subseries A, Correspondence, 1932-1937
Subseries B, Deeds and Titles, 1933
Subseries C, Meeting Minutes, Dixie College Executive Committee, 1932
Subseries D, Purchase Orders, 1937
Subseries E, Utah State Building Commission and Board, 1937
Series IV, 1940s
Subseries A, Architects, Contractors, and Vendors, 1948
Subseries B, Correspondence, 1941-1949
Subseries C, Internal Communications, 1945-1949, undated
Subseries D, Utah State Building Commission and Board, 1946-1949
Series V, 1950s
Subseries A, Correspondence, 1950-1959
Subseries B, Dedications and Ceremonies, 1956
Subseries C, Development Plans, 1953
Subseries D, Internal Communications, 1956, undated
Subseries E, Sun Bowl Commission, 1954-1955
Subseries F, Utah State Building Commission and Board, 1950-1958
Subseries G, Water - Sewers, 1955-1956, undated
Series VI, 1960s
Subseries A, Architects, Contractors, and Vendors, 1966-1969, undated
Subseries B, Blueprints and Drawings, 1960-1965
Subseries C, Correspondence, 1964-1969
Subseries D, Dedications and Ceremonies, 1966-1969
Subseries E, Design Publications, 1966-1967
Subseries F, Development Plans, 1963-1968
Subseries G, Internal Communications, 1964-1969, undated
Subseries H, Maps, 1962-1966, undated
Subseries I, Newspapers and Magazines, 1965-1969
Subseries J, Utah State Board of Higher Education, 1966-1969
Subseries K, Utah State Building Commission and Board, 1963-1969, undated
Subseries L, Water - Sewers, 1960-1968
Subseries M, Subject File: Conference table, 1968
Series VII, 1970s
Subseries A, Architects, Contractors, and Vendors, 1970-1976
Subseries B, Blueprints and Drawings, 1971, undated
Subseries C, Correspondence, 1970-1978
Subseries D, Dedications and Ceremonies, 1972, 1975
Subseries E, Deeds and Titles, 1970
Subseries F, Design Publications, undated
Subseries G, Development Plans, 1970-1971, undated
Subseries H, Internal Communications, 1970-1977, undated
Subseries I, Maps, 1973, undated
Subseries J, Physical Plant Operations, 1970-1973, undated
Subseries K, U.S. Department of Interior, 1970-1975
Subseries L, Utah Agency for Surplus Property, 1970, 1974
Subseries M, Utah State Board of Higher Education, 1970-1977, undated
Subseries N, Utah State Building Commission and Board, 1970-1978
Subseries O, Water - Sewers, 1970, 1972
Series VIII, 1980s
Subseries A, Blueprints and Drawings, 1986-1993
Subseries B, Dedications and Ceremonies, 1987-1989
Subseries C, Development Plans, 1980-1987, undated
Subseries D, Internal Communications, 1982-1984, undated
Subseries E, Scrapbooks and Photographs, 1983-1984
Subseries F, Utah Division of Facilities and Construction Management, 1981-1988
Subseries G, Utah State Board of Higher Education, 1985
Subseries H, Utah State Building Commission and Board, 1986-1996
Series IX, 1990s
Subseries A, Blueprints and Drawings, 1992-1997, undated
Subseries B, Dedications and Ceremonies, 1990-1998, undated
Subseries C, Development Plans, 1992-1996
Subseries D, Internal Communications, 1990, undated
Subseries E, Scrapbooks and Photographs, undated
Series X, 2000s
Subseries A, Architects, Contractors, and Vendors, undated
Subseries B, Development Plans, 1991-2009, undated
Series XI, 2010s
Subseries A, Architects, Contractors, and Vendors, 2012, undated
Subseries B, Blueprints and Drawings, 2011-2017
Subseries C, Dedications and Ceremonies, 2011-2012
Subseries D, Internal Communications, 2011-2012
Subseries E, Newspapers and Magazines, 2012
Subseries F, Scrapbooks and Photographs, 2012
Subseries G, Utah Department of Administrative Services, 2012
Series XII, 2020s
Subseries A, Dedications and Ceremonies, 2020-
Subseries B, Maps, 2021, undated
Bibliography
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Caitlinn Grimm, Special Collections Paraprofessional
- Date
- June 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Utah Tech University Special Collections and Archives Repository
330 Holland Centennial Commons
225 South 700 East
Saint George 84770 United States
(435) 634-2087
specialcollections@utahtech.edu