Wyoming Union
National Archives Record Group 135-SAR:
Prints: Photographs rejected for use in the Photographic Report to the President: “Survey of the Architecture of Completed Projects of the PWA, 1939”; Box 23: Wyoming; Folder 2: Colleges & Universities. Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish. Wyoming Union
Photo: Frank I. Jones Public domain 1939Wyoming Union
Wyoming Union
Description
The Wyoming Union [student union] building on the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie was constructed as a federal Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project during the Great Depression. The P.W.A. provided a $128,250 grant toward the project, whose total cost was $295,955. Construction occurred between Nov. 1937 and Feb. 1939.
PWA Docket No. WY 1059-DS
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wyoming_union_4-scaled
wyoming_union_4-scaled
Photo: Aubrey Edwards © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2022-03-07wyoming_union_4-scaled
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UWYO union plaque
UWYO union plaque
Photo: Aubrey Edwards © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2022-03-07UWYO union plaque
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Wyoming Union Ballroom
National Archives Record Group 135-SAR:
Prints: Photographs rejected for use in the Photographic Report to the President: “Survey of the Architecture of Completed Projects of the PWA, 1939”; Box 23: Wyoming; Folder 2: Colleges & Universities. Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish.
Wyoming Union Ballroom
Photo: Frank I. Jones Public domain 1939Wyoming Union Ballroom
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UWYO union exterior
UWYO union exterior
Photo: Aubrey Edwards © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2022-03-07UWYO union exterior
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Wyoming Union Lobby
National Archives Record Group 135-SAR:
Prints: Photographs rejected for use in the Photographic Report to the President: “Survey of the Architecture of Completed Projects of the PWA, 1939”; Box 23: Wyoming; Folder 2: Colleges & Universities. Scanned and processed by Evan Kalish.
Wyoming Union Lobby
Photo: Frank I. Jones Public domain 1939Wyoming Union Lobby
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wyoming_union_5-scaled
wyoming_union_5-scaled
Photo: Aubrey Edwards © Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2022-03-07wyoming_union_5-scaled
Source notes
National Archives Record Group 135-SAR: Prints: Photographs rejected for use in the Photographic Report to the President: “Survey of the Architecture of Completed Projects of the PWA, 1939”; Box 23: Wyoming file; Folder 2: Colleges & Universities.
National Archives: Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 157.
Project originally submitted by Evan Kalish on April 17, 2017.
Additional contributions by Aubrey Edwards.
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