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This letter is from George M. Sparks to Secretary Siebert of the Georgia Board of Regents. The letter outlines how student tuition will be leveraged to secure additional land to protect ongoing investment in the Ivy Street Garage building. Sparks…

Dr. Sparks writes a thank you letter to Judge A. L. Etheridge for his support towards the purchase of the Ivy Street Garage and provides an update on it's progress.

Dr. Sparks writes to Mr. John H. Landers in this letter to compliment and possibly recommend the work done by Lloyd Preacher and Associates who did a lot of the initial work on Kell Hall.

This letter was written by architect McKendree Tucker of the Tucker and Howell firm. It reflects a contentious exchange between Tucker and George M. Sparks over the construction costs surrounding the Ivy Street building conversion. Tucker is…

A letter from Tucker and Howell to George M. Sparks reporting the progress on architectural plans their firm was creating for the conversion of the Ivy Street Garage (Kell Hall) into a school building.

A letter from M. A. Tucker of Tucker & Howell Architects to Dr. George M. Sparks. The letter concerns the cost of materials for alterations being done to the Ivy Street Garage (Kell Hall). Attached is an itemized list quoting the price for the…

A letter from L.R. Siebert to George M. Sparks informing him that the board of regents has given Sparks permission to look into buying the property adjacent to the Bolling Jones Building (Kell Hall).

George A. Levy responds to Sparks's letter lamenting practices in processing cotton on the sixth floor of the Bolling Jones Building. Levy highlights Sparks's overly grandiose threats of retribution, clarifies that Anderson, Clayton & Company are…

In this letter, George A. Levy responds to Dr. Sparks about Mr. Levy's company "Anderson, Clayton & Co." vacating the Ivy Street Building by Februrary 1st, 1946. Dr. Sparks inquired about a potential fire hazard caused by their use of cotton, but Mr.…

A letter from G. Lloyd Preacher to George M. Sparks confirming a verbal agreement that the Ivy Street Building (Kell Hall) shall be converted into a school building and the details concerning the process of the conversion.

This letter concerns the placing of cotton deliveries, intended for building tenant Anderson-Clayton & Company, in the downstairs lobby or on the sidewalk in front of the Bolling Jones Building. Sparks is clearly agitated with the unsightly packages…

Sparks clarifies his original December 4th letter to George A. Levy of Anderson, Clayton & Company, stating that he never threatened any legal action or consequences against the company. He however doubles down on his ultimatum, restating that the…

George Sparks engages in threatening discourse with George Levy of Anderson-Clayton & Company, who rented space within the Bolling Jones Building for processing cotton. Concerned with the health and fire hazards imposed by the airborne cotton…

In this letter, Director Sparks writes to Mr. George A. Levy of Anderson, Clayton & Co. about a recently renovated state-owned building that Anderson, Clayton & Co. might be able to occupy. The reason Director Sparks is informing them of this is…

This letter from George M. Sparks to G. J. Dye is about the lack of heat in the Ivy Street Building and specifically the floors occupied Mr. Dye's company. The problem ended up being that the heat was turned off for Thanksgiving which cooled the…

This letter from George M. Sparks to Dr. S. V. Sanford, Chancellor of the Board of Regents, discusses a supplementary budget request for the coming year. Dr. Sparks hopes that architects converting the Ivy Street Garage into classrooms will be able…

This letter is written to Vaughan Howard, of the Georgia Industrial and Agricultural Development Board, one of the tenants of the adapted Ivy Street Garage. Sparks requests Howard pay for work done by Lloyd Preacher, Jr. to convert the garage's…

This is a letter to Colonel Ed Green from George M. Sparks requesting assistance with securing building materials for GSU land acquisitions from surplus Army construction. Sparks had established a working relationship the U.S. military based on a…

Dr. Sparks writes to Captain F. A. Sams to solicit a letter to help encourage the Board of Regents to approve the purchase of new facilities. He includes excerpts from editorials discussing the urgent need for more space for the increasing student…

Apparently prompted by C.J. "Jay" Smith's remarks suggesting that there was little importance or even perhaps financial risk in acquiring the Bolling Jones Building, Sparks writes this letter to rather forcefully inform him of how financially sound…