Blueprint Negatives of University Buildings

Collection

Identifier: UBLU

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Blueprint Negatives of University Buildings consists of eight-by-ten inch transparency copies of original Colorado State University building blueprints. The Facilities Management Department created these copies in the 1990s, and original blueprint dates range from 1881 to 1985. The collection is incomplete in that it does not contain blueprint images for all CSU buildings, Facilities Management may still hold additional blueprints that were not made into transparencies, and no changes after the 1980s are documented in any of the present materials. Most blueprints are for buildings on CSU's main campus, but some satellite facilities are also represented. Also present are blueprints for buildings that have been demolished or sites that CSU no longer owns.

Dates

Creation: 1881-1985

Creator

Colorado State University. Facilities Management Department (Organization)

Restrictions on Access

Patron use for any mechanical, structural, or electrical plans require approval from Facilities Management. Student use may be granted when accompanied by a letter of support from their professor, which must include information about the class and nature of this assignment.

Restrictions on Use

Extent

6.25 linear feet (13 document cases)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

In the 1990s, the Facilities Management Department created eight-by-ten inch negatives from the original building blueprints. The department still maintains the original blueprints in their storage facility. The blueprint negatives were transferred to the University Archive in 2006. This collection consists of modern negatives of University building blueprints and tracings. Note that the dates refer to the date of original creation; copies of materials were made in the 1990s.

Online Materials

Some materials have been scanned or digitally photographed and are available through the Colorado State University Libraries website.

Inventory Note

Note: Title information supplied by the archivist is bracketed. Two identical copies of the same item are indicated by the phrase "2 copies" at the end of the entry, following the number of items of each copy. Starting with Box 4, months were no longer recorded, only years. Starting in Box 7, dates already recorded were not verified. Negatives listed as undated refer only to those that were part of an undated group of materials. The dates refer to the date of original creation; copies of materials were made in the 1990s.