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Dr. Sparks writes the chairman of the Board of Regents Marion Smith to detail his attempts to sell his current facilities to the Baptist Tabernacle church. At the time the church is offering less than the university wants, but is still the most…

A letter from George M. Sparks to Marion Smith, Chairman of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents. The letter is a report telling that the materials and funds needed to move forward with alterations to the Ivy Street Garage (Kell Hall)…

A letter from George M. Sparks to Marion Smith, the chairman of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents. The letter is a progress report in the search for building materials to use in alterations to the Ivy Street Garage (Kell Hall). Sparks…

George M. Sparks wrote this letter to the chairman of the Georgia Board of Regents. The letter explains that the U.S. military has surplus laboratory equipment leftover from the technological buildup catalyzed by the war effort. Sparks outlines plans…

This correspondence is a progress report on the conversion of the Ivy Street Garage into a building for use by Georgia State University. The report details both the prices for the construction materials used and the place from which these materials…

This letter is a record of correspondence between George M. Sparks and the Board of Regents, it explains ongoing delays with real estate improvements being made to university properties on Ivy Street. Sparks is explaining the circumstances behind his…

This letter was written by George McIntosh Sparks, and intended to relate the budgeting projections for the purchase of land adjacent to the Ivy Street Garage. The letter was addressed to the Board of Regents and references the financial impact of…

This letter is a progress report on the prospective work to be done on the Bolling Jones (Kell Hall) building. Dr. Sparks states what the $35,000 budget will go towards including the heating, air-circulation, electrical, and lab equipment for the…

This letter is from Dr. George M. Sparks to Mr. Marion Smith, the Chairman of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
In the letter, Dr. Sparks is outlining the financial standing of the college in regards to the purchasing of a…

Governor Arnall and George M. Sparks write to Mutual Life Insurance to thank them for being lenient with a repayment of a loan while the university gets up to speed.

This letter, in response to queries from the National Education Association of the United States, clarifies the number of students at the downtown division (about 2500 at the time) and the accommodations for the students, comprised solely of the…

A letter from George M. Sparks to Tucker and Howell informing them that the school with be contracting with a different construction company for the conversion of the Ivy Street Garage (Kell Hall) to a suitable school building.

This letter from Georgia State University to architect firm Tucker and Howell, was intended to express the budgeting limitations of the Ivy Street Building conversion after it became evident some parties wanted quote a construction cost of $216,000.…

This letter to the firm directing the Ivy Street Garage renovations requests three copies of the new ventilation plans as well as an architect's plan.

Sparks writes this letter to a representative of the Railway Express Agency, one of the Bolling Jones Building's tenants, in hopes of assuaging fears of the school growing to crowd out office space. He further consoles the tenants by informing them…

Dr. Sparks writes William Freeman to thank him for his committee report to the Governor about the purchase of Ivy Street garage. He also provides additional information and a letter of support from Captain F. A. Sams in hopes they can further…

A collection of 18 identical letters from George M. Sparks to different local patrons requesting donations to assist with the construction costs of the Ivy Street Garage (Kell Hall). The people contacted are:
Mr. Faber A Bollinger
Mr. T. W. Clift…

This is a report written by Dr. Sparks for Acting-Chancellor Marion Smith of the University System of Georgia. It is regarding the enrollment of veterans and the affects it will have in the coming years. Dr. Sparks leads with this in order to make a…