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Resolution for the Operation of Ivy Street Garage by University System Center

This resolution explains the financial details behind Georgia State University trust funds which were recommended to be reinvested in real estate along Ivy Street. The regents are advised that they can purchase for the use of the University System…

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…

At the request of Director George Sparks, McCutcheon and other visiting administrators surveyed the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia and wrote reports about its physical plant, administration, instructors, curriculum, and other areas.

At the request of Director George Sparks, Brantley and other visiting administrators surveyed the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia and wrote reports about its physical plant, administration, instructors, curriculum, and other areas.

At the request of Director George Sparks, Stamm and other visiting administrators surveyed the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia and wrote reports about its physical plant, administration, instructors, curriculum, and other areas.

This report details the changes needed to make the Ivy Street building an appropriate place to house the science departments of Georgia State University. The report describes the piping and cutting necessary to equip the building both for use by…

This untitled six-page document includes various news about the Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia. It describes numerous tenants in the Ivy Street building, also called the College Building.Tenants included: Southern Association of…

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…

This map was produced by the Southern Map Company. It shows the city of Atlanta in 1921 with ward boundaries indicated by color.

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…

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…

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…

This letter from Secretary L. R. Siebert of the University System of Georgia to Tucker & Howell Architects is regarding the payment for the work done on the Bolling Jones (Kell Hall) building.

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.

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.…

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, 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…

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.

In this letter, VP W. W. Owens asks Mr. Marion Smith, Chairman of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, if the University System requires the space in the Bolling Jones Building (later known as Kell Hall) currently occupied by the…