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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 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 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 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 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…

This brief history of the Atlanta Division was prepared by George M. Sparks. It includes information about growth, operations, and facilities, with figures about student population, budget, and incomes.

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…

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 patent describes the novel design for a ramp system to facilitate the movement of vehicles between floors within a building. It provides the description written by the original inventor, Fernand E. d'Humy, and drawings to illustrate the design…

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.

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…

Rod teaching the Physics of Music and Speech in 526 Kell Hall. [Description from Rod Nave's personal photograph website]

Dave Wingert in classroom 519 Kell Hall. [Description from Rod Nave's personal photograph website]

Rod in his office, 514B Kell Hall, which he occupied from 1968 until about 1990 when he moved to an office in the Science Annex which adjoins the Natural Science Center. In 1991 he opened a teaching laboratory in 222 NSC, developed with a grant based…

Rod is adjusting the temperature-control system that lets us control the temperature of the crystal sample in this ESR spectrometer. This is in Bill Nelson's lab and Rod did research on the radiation damage to some biologically related molecules and…

Rod adjusts the microwave frequency electronics for detecting the electron spin resonance signals. The dewar flask hanging over the magnet behind him is to allow data collection as low as liquid nitrogen temperature. The crystal samples are…

Rod preparing to mount a crystal sample in the field of the large magnet. Rod did several years of ESR (electron spin resonance) research after he shut down the microwave spectroscopy lab. This is in Joe Hadley's primary research area. [Description…

Jim Purcell in laboratory 516 Kell Hall. [Description from Rod Nave's personal photograph website]