University of Massachusetts Amherst. Physical Plant
1884-2007
30 linear feet
Call no.: RG 036
The Physical Plant at UMass Amherst is responsible for the custodial, grounds, utilities, and building maintenance for nearly six million square feet of administrative, academic, and recreational space.
Record Group 36 documents the varied aspects of the built environment on campus, from public art through maintenance work, and an extensive series relating to the design, construction, and maintenance of individual campus buildings.
| 00. Publications (except as noted below) | |||
| 1. Director, Physical Plant Department | |||
| 2. Asbestos Control Office | |||
| 5. Maintenance | |||
| 10. Office of Solid Waste Management | 1990-2007 | ||
| Formerly Waste Management and Moving Services | |||
| 21. Building Authority | |||
| 22. Building Association | |||
| 23. Massachusetts Commission on Corruption (Ward Commission) | |||
| 50. Subject files (other than specific buildings or parts of campus) | |||
| B3. Coed Bathrooms | 1981 | ||
| C4. Cellular Tower | 1993 | ||
| C6. Cornerstones | 1884-2007 | ||
| D5. Distinguished Architecture | 1966 | ||
| E4. Ellis Drive | 1939 | ||
| F3. Fire Insurance | 1909 | ||
| F4. Flag Staff | 1908 | ||
| F5. Class of 1882 Fountain | |||
| G2. Galleries and Public Art Sites | |||
| L5. Lighting | 1965 | ||
| M3. Chain Link Mazes | 1983-2007 | ||
| M4. Memorial Stones and Plaques | |||
| M5. Metawampe | |||
| O6. Olmsted Drive | 1939 | ||
| Q8. Pelham Quarry | 1866 | ||
| R3. Ravine | 1933 | ||
| R4. Rifle Range | 1942 | ||
| S8. Sculptures | |||
| S8.5. Senior Fence | |||
| S8.75. Sewer Lines | 1913 | ||
| S9. Sidewalks | 1984 | ||
| S10. Solar Habitat | 1984 | ||
| T6. Tree Planting On Campus | 1961 | ||
| T7. Trees (including Japanese trees) | |||
| T8. Tunnels | |||
| W3. Water Crisis | 1980-1989 | ||
| W4. Water Supply | |||
| 100. Campus Maps | |||
| 101-104. Specific buildings or parts of campus | |||
| 101. Specific Buildings (except residential) | |||
| This extensive series contains information regarding many of the buildings, including academic, residential, administrative and auxiliary services, on the Amherst campus. Also found in this series are materials about some of the outlying University facilities. The files include histories, correspondence, reports, dedications, descriptions, floor plans, newsclippings, inventory lists of furnishings, artifacts and other related items. | |||
| 102. Residential buildings | |||
| C4. Central Area | |||
| N5. North Village Apartments | |||
| N6. Northeast | |||
| 07. Orchard Hill | |||
| S6. Southwest | |||
| S9. Sylvan | |||
| 103. Buildings proposed but not built | |||
| 104. Segments of Campus | |||
| B6. Botanic Garden | |||
| C4. William Smith Clark Memorial | 1990 | ||
| C6. Commemorative Gardens | |||
| D8. Durfee Garden | 1993-2007 | ||
| H5. Hadley Farm | |||
| H6. Haigis Mall | |||
| M5. Metawampe Lawn | |||
| N6. North Pleasant Street | |||
| 1968 Joint Town-University Task Force | |||
| P6. Campus Pond and Isle of View | |||
| R5. Rhododendron Garden | |||
| W3. Waugh Arboretum | 1944 | ||
| W4. West Campus (A design proposal) | 1993 | ||