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Alexander Mahood, Architect, Drawings for West Virginia University Building Projects A&M 3807

Alexander Mahood, Architect, Drawings for West Virginia University Building Projects A&M 3807


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Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 3807
Title
Alexander Mahood, Architect, Drawings for West Virginia University Building Projects ca. 1955-1979
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/208329
Quantity
48.75 Linear Feet, 48 ft. 9 in. (39 records cartons, 15 in. each); 16 bundles of rolled items
Creator
Mahood, Alexander
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Records from the office of architect Alexander Mahood (1888-1970) of Bluefield, West Virginia. Includes correspondence, specifications, and architectural drawings for West Virginia University building projects, such as the Creative Arts Center, Parkersburg Center, and the Towers residence halls, among others.

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Alexander Mahood, Architect, Drawings for West Virginia University Building Projects, A&M 3807, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Biographical / Historical

Alexander Blount Mahood (March 17, 1888 - December 25, 1970) was a Bluefield, West Virginia-based architect. Born in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1888, he attended the École des Beaux-Arts, and then came to Bluefield in 1912 to set up his office. He was the architect for the West Virginia Hotel (1923), and for many major residential buildings in the south Bluefield area, including the Country Club and the Country Club Hill section. He also designed many of the buildings on the Evansdale Campus at West Virginia University in the 1960s, including the Towers residence halls and the Creative Arts Center. He died in Bluefield, West Virginia in 1970.

Scope and Contents

Records from the office of architect Alexander Mahood (1888-1970) of Bluefield, West Virginia. Includes correspondence, specifications, and architectural drawings for West Virginia University building projects.

Related Material

3632, 3807

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Mahood, Alexander, 1888-1970.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Mahood, Alexander
  • Mahood, Alexander, 1888-1970.
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Container List

Mixed Materials Small Collection Folder
Historical Information (Includes obituaries, clippings, and other material regarding Alexander Mahood. Also include WVU Creative Arts Center dedication program [1969].)
ca. 1966-2002
Mixed Materials Box: 1
WVU Women's Dormitory -- Reports (in case)
ca. 1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 1
WVU Dormitory for Women -- Specifications
1954
Mixed Materials Box: 1
WVU Student Center Building -- Specifications
1961
Mixed Materials Box: 1
WVU Evansdale Campus Residence Hall -- Specifications
1963
Mixed Materials Box: 1
WVU Parkersburg Center -- Specifications
1967
Mixed Materials Box: 1
WVU Library Computer Building -- Specifications
1972
Mixed Materials Box: 2
WVU Dormitory for Women
1954-1956
Mixed Materials Box: 2
WVU Creative Arts Center -- Reports (in manuscript)
ca. 1967-1969
Mixed Materials Box: 3
WVU Creative Arts Center (CAC) -- Job Superintendents Weekly Reports
ca. 1967-1969
Mixed Materials Box: 3
WVU CAC -- Concrete Cylinder Reports
1966-1967
Mixed Materials Box: 3
WVU CAC -- Records of Concrete Pours
ca. 1966-1967
Mixed Materials Box: 3
WVU CAC -- Concrete Cylinder Tests
ca. 1966-1967
Mixed Materials Box: 3
WVU CAC -- Design Awards Material
ca. 1966-1967
Mixed Materials Box: 4
WVU CAC -- General Files (includes records regarding sound system, pipe organ, parking, furniture, etc.)
1965-1969
Mixed Materials Box: 5
WVU CAC -- General (includes records regarding sprinklers, caissons, Otis elevator contract, Honeywell, duct work, etc.)
ca. 1967-1969
Mixed Materials Box: 6
WVU Parkersburg Center -- General (includes correspondence, blueprints, and photographs)
1969
Mixed Materials Box: 7
WVU Parkersburg Center -- General
ca. 1967-1979
Mixed Materials Box: 8
WVU Parkersburg Center -- General
ca. 1967-1979
Mixed Materials Box: 9
WVU Dormitory for Men -- General (includes structural calculations, electrical, heating, concrete, etc.)
ca. 1958-1959
Mixed Materials Box: 10
WVU Evansdale Campus Residence Hall (includes kitchen equipment file, etc.)
ca. 1963-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 11
WVU Evansdale Campus Residence Hall -- Specifications
ca. 1960s
Mixed Materials Box: 11
WVU CAC -- Specifications
1965
Mixed Materials Box: 11
WVU Library Computer Building -- Specifications
1972
Mixed Materials Box: 11
WVU Evansdale Campus Residence Hall -- Specifications
1963, 1966
Mixed Materials Box: 11
WVU Student Center Building -- Specifications
1961
Mixed Materials Box: 11
WVU Parkersburg Center -- Specifications
1967
Mixed Materials Box: 12
WVU Communication Arts Center (includes reports, blueprints, etc.)
1961-1962
Mixed Materials Box: 13
WVU Arnold Hall and WVU Terrace Hall -- Addition (includes photos of Arnold Hall, among other material)
1959-1962
Mixed Materials Box: 14
WVU Terrace Hall -- Calculations
ca. 1959-1962
Mixed Materials Box: 14
WVU Parkersburg Center -- Equipment Files
1968-1969
Mixed Materials Box: 15
WVU Towers 1 and 2 (includes blueprints, manuscript reports, interior decoration)
ca. 1964
Mixed Materials Box: 16
WVU Dormitory for Women (includes blueprints, correspondence, etc.)
1955-1956
Mixed Materials Box: 17 Mixed Materials Box: 18
WVU Towers 1 and 2
1963-1967
Mixed Materials Box: 19
WVU Arnold Hall and WVU Terrace Hall (includes mostly blueprints; also includes some letters; a few items are on top of the folders in the box)
1960-1961
Mixed Materials Box: 20 Mixed Materials Box: 21
WVU CAC -- Addition (includes blueprints, letters, and product samples)
1970-1973
Mixed Materials Box: 22
WVU CAC -- Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC)
1966-1970
Mixed Materials Box: 23
WVU CAC -- General (includes construction photographs, electrical work, interior decoration, etc.)
ca. 1966-1970
Mixed Materials Box: 24
WVU Dormitory for Men (includes mostly blueprints)
1958-1959
Mixed Materials Box: 25
WVU CAC (includes many blueprints)
1966
Mixed Materials Box: 25
WVU Towers 3 and 4 (one envelope of material)
ca. 1967-1969
Mixed Materials Box: 26
WVU CAC (includes blueprints, reports, etc.)
ca. 1965-1969
Mixed Materials Box: 27
WVU Towers 3 and 4 (includes manuscript construction reports, daily reports, etc.)
1967-1969
Mixed Materials Box: 28
WVU CAC (includes correspondence, stage rigging, acoustics, etc.)
1962-1969
Mixed Materials Box: 29
WVU CAC (includes mostly change orders; also includes material on "new beam in stage house")
ca. 1965-1969
Mixed Materials Box: 30
WVU CAC (includes specifications and other material regarding Towers and Parkersburg Center; there are also photographs of Towers and the CAC)
ca. 1965-1971
Mixed Materials Box: 31
WVU Towers 3 and 4
1966-1971
Mixed Materials Box: 32
WVU Library Computer Building -- Specifications
1972
Mixed Materials Box: 32
WVU Student Housing -- Proposal
1959
Mixed Materials Box: 32
WVU Evansdale Campus -- Residence Hall -- Specifications
1963
Mixed Materials Box: 32
WVU CAC -- Specifications
1969
Mixed Materials Box: 32
WVU CAC -- Proposal
1964
Mixed Materials Box: 32
WVU Towers -- Renderings
ca. 1960s
Mixed Materials Box: 32
WVU Dormitory for Women -- Guarantees
ca. 1960s
Mixed Materials Box: 32
WVU Evansdale Campus -- Residence Hall -- HVAC
ca. 1960s
Mixed Materials Box: 33
WVU Women's Dormitory (letter case 2 of 2)
ca. 1955-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 33
WVU Women's Dormitory (letter case 4 of 4)
ca. 1955-1965
Mixed Materials Box: 33
WVU Men's Dormitory -- Proposal
ca. 1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 34
WVU Towers 3 and 4
ca. 1960s
Mixed Materials Box: 34
WVU TV -- Transmitter Building
ca. 1960s
Mixed Materials Box: 35
WVU CAC -- Blueprints
ca. 1965-1969
Mixed Materials Box: 36
WVU CAC -- Blueprints (resubmittal)
ca. 1965-1969
Mixed Materials Box: 37
Specifications (includes many of the buildings in this listing)
ca. 1955-1970
Mixed Materials Box: 38
WVU CAC -- Additions and "Phase 2"
1970-1974
Mixed Materials Box: 38
WVU CAC -- Specifications Committee for Phase 2
ca. 1970s
Mixed Materials Box: 39
WVU Administration Building -- Addition (includes records and snapshot photographs)
1960
Mixed Materials Box: 39
WVU CAC -- Specifications
ca. 1960s
Mixed Materials Box: 39
WVU Dormitory for Men -- Cost Outline Estimate
ca. 1950s
Mixed Materials Box: 39
WVU Parkersburg Center -- Specifications
ca. 1960s
Mixed Materials Box: 39
WVU CAC -- Specifications
1962
Mixed Materials Box: 39
WVU Evansdale Campus -- Electrical Specifications
1965
Mixed Materials Box: 39
WVU Arnold and Terrace Halls
1959
Mixed Materials unboxed
Miscellaneous Rolled Drawings
undated