Research

Scope and Content Note

The series consists of General Manager Oscar E. Lanford's files dealing with various design and construction projects on the state-operated campuses of the State University of New York (SUNY) system.

The series contains: master plans for campus construction; project specifications and work plans; project cost reports; contract proposals and evaluations; correspondence (both incoming and outgoing); memorandums, reports (published and unpublished) and printed materials (brochures, booklets); newspaper clippings and press releases; speeches and hearing testimony; annual reports of SUNY campuses; and excerpts from minutes of the Board of Trustees of SUNY.

The series also contains non-textual material including photographs, transparencies, maps, plans, sectional drawings, designs, and floor plans. There are about 190 maps scattered throughout the files, mostly found as part of bound reports, plans, site analyses, or master plan reports. They are not uniform in type, but range from manuscript drawings to annotated print maps and blueprints of site plans. They are predominantly maps of campuses showing locations of existing and potential projects, and development projects currently under construction. Maps are also found with memorandums on conveyance of property (for construction purposes), within feasibility studies and reports, as appendices to budget requests for capital improvement projects, with memorandums indicating possible placement for specific planned building components (lecture halls, pedestrian walkways), and as part of preliminary schematics and site designs for building expansion. Some have title, legend, scale, and preparer information. Sizes range from 28 x 22 cm to 66 x 97 cm.