Title
Skidmore College - New Campus - initial construction
Date
ca. 1963-1964
Physical Description
1 film reel (9:27) : color, silent ; 16mm (transferred to mp4)
Contents
1. Delivery of a bulldozer and views of mansion ruins on site
2. Knocking down trees for initial excavations
3. Aerial views of the site from an airplane
4. Corner of Third St. and Broadway with a Wade Lupe Construction Company sign
5. Hanging of Dormitory Authority construction sign on the Third St. entrance to the site
6. View of the site in winter
7. Bulldozer clearing site with snow on the ground
8. Pouring of concrete foundations
9. Overview of Woodlawn site and President Val H. Wilson breaking ground
10. President Val H. Wilson surveying site with an unidentified student and woman
11. Blasting with dynamite
12. Building in progress
13. Remains of a former mansion within the construction site
14. Cement truck
15. Construction of concrete forms
16. Delivery of cement
17. Workers using large wheelbarrows to carry cement during the laying of a floor
18. Aerial view of campus construction taken from an airplane
2. Knocking down trees for initial excavations
3. Aerial views of the site from an airplane
4. Corner of Third St. and Broadway with a Wade Lupe Construction Company sign
5. Hanging of Dormitory Authority construction sign on the Third St. entrance to the site
6. View of the site in winter
7. Bulldozer clearing site with snow on the ground
8. Pouring of concrete foundations
9. Overview of Woodlawn site and President Val H. Wilson breaking ground
10. President Val H. Wilson surveying site with an unidentified student and woman
11. Blasting with dynamite
12. Building in progress
13. Remains of a former mansion within the construction site
14. Cement truck
15. Construction of concrete forms
16. Delivery of cement
17. Workers using large wheelbarrows to carry cement during the laying of a floor
18. Aerial view of campus construction taken from an airplane
Local Note
A short film with various scenes from the initial construction of the New (Jonsson) Campus.
Construction of Skidmore College’s “New Campus,” built on a tract of land donated by Trustee J. Erik Jonsson in 1961, and which was once known as “Woodlawn Park,” commenced in 1963 with a new residence quadrangle and a library which followed in 1964. Though the campus was dedicated in May, 1980 as the Jonsson Campus in honor of Margaret and J. Erik Jonsson, the transition from the downtown campus to the new campus ultimately spanned more than four decades, and was not officially finalized until the closure of Moore Hall, a six-story residence hall fondly known as the “Pink Palace,” in 2006.
(For more information, see both New Skidmore Campus and "Skidmore News," November 1, 1961.)
Construction of Skidmore College’s “New Campus,” built on a tract of land donated by Trustee J. Erik Jonsson in 1961, and which was once known as “Woodlawn Park,” commenced in 1963 with a new residence quadrangle and a library which followed in 1964. Though the campus was dedicated in May, 1980 as the Jonsson Campus in honor of Margaret and J. Erik Jonsson, the transition from the downtown campus to the new campus ultimately spanned more than four decades, and was not officially finalized until the closure of Moore Hall, a six-story residence hall fondly known as the “Pink Palace,” in 2006.
(For more information, see both New Skidmore Campus and "Skidmore News," November 1, 1961.)
Content Type(s)
two-dimensional moving image
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