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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The paint on the floor of this lab has worn away to reveal the lines painted for parking spots when the building was still a garage

Man sitting on the patio attached to Kell Hall overlooking the parking lot between Sparks and Kell. The Student Activities Building is visible and under construction.

Dan Witt, Shop Manager and Machinist, in the Physics and Astronomy Shop. Graduate Student Kerry Pullen at bandsaw at left. [Description from Rod Nave's personal photograph website]

Students walking on the upper 1st floor of Kell Hall