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G1973-05_06_065-p47-48.pdf
The Bolling Jones Building manager sent this list of tenants in the building to George M. Sparks. Tenants include: American Telephone Company Mrs. Grady F. York Franklin Tire Company Railway Express Agency Ditto, Inc. Southern Rotoprint…

G1973-05_06_065-p149-150.pdf
In this letter from Director Sparks to the Tax Assessors and Receivers of Atlanta, he explains the error in regards to his ownership of a 1942 Ford. The address for the tag was incorrect in that it showed his business address instead of his personal…

G1973-05_06_064_27.pdf
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…

G1973-05_06_065-p93-34.pdf
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…

G1973-05_06_065-p32-33.pdf
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…

G1973-05_06_065-p45.pdf
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…

G1973-05_06_065-p177-178.pdf
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…

G1973-05_06_065-p15-17.pdf
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…

The Troops Come Home to Ivy Street
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…

G1973-05_06_065-p175.pdf
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…

G1973-05_06_065-p60.pdf
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…

G1973-05_06_065-p156.pdf
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…

G1973-05_06_065-p136-137.pdf
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…

G1973-05_06_065-p158-160.pdf
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…

G1973-05_06_065-p161.pdf
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…

G1973-05_06_065-p176.pdf
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…

G1973-05_06_065-p99.pdf
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.

G1973-05_06_065-p154-155.pdf
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.…

G1973-05_06_065-p162.pdf
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…

G1973-05_06_065-p98.pdf
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).
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