Research


Scope and Content Note

The series consists of correspondence, memorandums, reports, policy documents, and administrative files of the general manager, who is the chief operating officer of the fund. The files cover issues relating to SUNY's built environment and construction, and document the policies and priorities of the fund, as well as general administrative matters. The series also contains approximately two dozen black and white photographs or photographic renderings of the campuses.

Some subject categories found in the records include: annual reports of the fund and some other corporations or agencies; audit reports, financing, federal grants, and budget cuts; capital, operating, and supplemental budgets; building safety, hazardous materials, and disaster planning; dormitory security, inspections, and off-campus housing; energy conservation and management; enrollment projections; Educational Opportunity Centers; legislation; master plan progress reports; physical plant reports; performance evaluations; personnel search committees; and staff training and development.

15422-98: Among the various topics included in this accretion are affirmative action; budgeting; environmental concerns; faculty housing; presidential housing; and design and construction planning. Types of records include annual reports; audit reports; budgets (1981-1995); capital plans; legislative files; personnel evaluations; and correspondence with architects, legislators, and officials of other state agencies.

15422-99: A large number of files in this accretion pertain to specific construction projects at various state college campuses. These include, but are not limited to, Farmingdale, Puchase, Buffalo, Cornell, Alfred, Delhi, Potsdam, Stony Brook, Binghamton next hit, and Brockport. Also included are budget files (ca. 1971-1983), including information on executive and capital budgets; legal files (primarily labor negotiations); and the files of Morton C. Gassman, who was Manager of Facilities Programming and Planning during 1966-1984.

15422-04: This accretion documents construction projects at various sites including SUNY at Herkimer; SUNY College for Technology at Utica; and Columbia University, School of Public Health; Edinboro State College. Types of documents include self-analysis reports, budget proposals, policy and procedures material, evaluation reports, and general correspondence. Minutes of executive staff meetings (1973-1977) and minutes of SUNY Board of Trustee meetings (1979-1983) are also included. Records documenting the Local Government Assistance Corporation (1997-2002) are also included.

15422-12: This accretion documents construction projects at various state college campuses. Also included are the records of Morton C. Gassman, who was Manager of Facilities Programming and Planning from 1966-1984. These documents consist of project initiation letters and updates, building studies, and program bulletins.