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Lilly Hall of Life Sciences records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 115

Scope and Contents

The Lilly Hall of Life Sciences records document the planning, development, and construction of Lilly Hall. It consists of correspondence, technical drawings, floor plans, maps, architect construction specifications, photographs and negatives, reviews of life science buildings at other institutions, and reports of departmental needs for the new building. Also included are two booklets advertising the building following its completion.

Dates

  • Creation: 1939 - 1963
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1948 - 1957

Creator

Access Information

The collection is open for research.

Copyright and Use Information

Copyright held by Purdue University. Consult with Purdue University Archives and Special Collections prior to reproduction of materials.

Historical Information

President Frederick Hovde conceived of a life sciences building for Purdue in 1947, to meet the space needs of several science departments and integrate multiple disciplines into a single building. Planning for the building, then called the “Life Science Building,” began in 1948, with construction initiated in 1951. The finished building was dedicated on September 18, 1959, containing at the time 750 rooms used for classroom instruction, laboratories, and staff offices. Four departments were housed in the building at launch, consisting of Animals Sciences, Agronomy, Biological Sciences, and Botany and Plant Pathology.

On December 14, 1960, following approval from the Board of Trustees, the Life Science Building was renamed to the Lilly Hall of Life Sciences, in honor of the decades of support from the Lilly family of Indianapolis.

Extent

1.98 Cubic Feet (One cubic foot box, one letter-size full-width manuscript box, four folders, and 19 flat folders)

Language of Materials

English

Title
Lilly Hall of Life Sciences records
Status
Completed
Author
Jon Hathaway, Adelle Rogers, and William Niner
Date
2025-03-18
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English
Edition statement
Third edition. Collection description was first completed 2017-09-08.

Revision Statements

  • 2020-05-15: Collection description updated by Adelle Rogers.
  • 2025-03-18: Collection reprocessed and description updated by William Niner.

Repository Details

Part of the Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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