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In this letter to Director George Sparks, Lt. Colonel Joseph B. Spitzer, Adjutant, requested additional storage space for the Military Department. He described the need to store large weapons for training purposes in the General Military Science…

Although the content of this letter regards the construction of the Classroom and Administration Building (later named Sparks Hall), the address shows that the University System Building Authority had offices on the fourth floor of the Ivy Street…

This set of two letters document the bids, engineering, and acceptance of a bid to install an elevator in a vacant shaft in the Ivy Street building.The third letter also demonstrates that the University System of Georgia Office of Consulting Engineer…

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…

Dr. Sparks writes to C. J. Smith, banker and member of the Board of Regents, to persuade him to approve of the proposed purchase of the Ivy Street Garage. He discusses the value of the building, comparisons to their current facilities, and the…

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…

Dr. Sparks writes the chairman of the Board of Regents Marion Smith an update on the financials involved in the proposed purchase of the Bolling Jones and Ivy Street Garage building.

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 C. J. Smith , banker and member of the Board of Regents, in thanks for his support on the purchase of the Ivy Street garage and Bolling Jones building and to assure him that the new building will be sustainable and not require…

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.

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…

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…

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 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…

A letter from George M. Sparks to Bill Clemence of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Surplus Property Division. The letter seems to be a follow up to a telephone conversation between the two, and concerns the ongoing search for building…

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.

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 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).

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.