Boise State University Special Collections and Archives
Hummel, Hummel and Jones Collection
MSS 041
5.75 linear feet
12 boxes
1939-1982
Correspondence, specifications, estimates, contracts, construction budgets, materials lists, and other papers, chiefly in photocopy form, relating to projects the architectural firm performed for Boise Junior College and Boise State College (later Boise State University), located in Boise, Idaho, mainly in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.
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Many of the buildings on the Boise State University campus, especially those constructed while it was still Boise Junior College, were designed by the Boise architectural firm of Hummel, Hummel and Jones. In 1982 the firm (by then known as Hummel, Hummel, Jones and Shawver) allowed their files relating to Boise State University to be photocopied by Special Collections Department in conjunction with the university's Fiftieth Anniversary celebration. These files illustrate working relationships between the firm and the university and include correspondence, specifications, estimates, contracts, construction budgets, materials lists, and other papers. Except for a few sketches, no architectural drawings or plans are present. In 1940, the school and the firm remodeled the old Boise airport hangar into a gymnasium. Hummel, Hummel, and Jones designed the early residence halls, the original student union, the assembly building, the heating plant, and other buildings in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. These changes are also documented in the files. The latest changes recorded in these files are upgrades to the old Science Building in 1979.
Correspondence, specifications, estimates, contracts, construction budgets, materials lists, and other papers, chiefly in photocopy form, relating to projects the firm did for Boise Junior College and Boise State College (later Boise State University), mainly in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. No architectural drawings are included. The major buildings constructed on campus during those decades are represented. Earliest records reflect the firm's prior name, Tourtellotte & Hummel; a few later records reflect its later name, Hummel, Hummel, Jones and Shawver. Architects represented include Frank Hummel and Charles F. Hummel.
The files in this collection are arranged chronologically beginning in 1940 with the first structure built on the new Boise Junior College campus, the Administration Building.
Collection is available for research.
Photocopies made from office files of Hummel, Hummel, Jones and Shawver in 1982.
Microfiche of architectural drawings for older campus buildings (1940s-1980s) are found in the University Archives, RG 236 (University Architect), Boxes 10-14.
[item description], Hummel, Hummel, and Jones Collection, Box [number] Folder [number], Boise State University Special Collections and Archives.
Hummel, Charles, 1925-2016
Hummel, Frank
Hummel Architects (Boise, Idaho)
Tourtellotte & Hummel
Boise State University
Boise Junior College
Architectural firms
Boise State University
Public buildings
Historic buildings
Architecture
Universities and Colleges
Architecture
Boise
Idaho
Colleges and Universities
Church architecture
Record of Buildings and Architects
1982
1
1
Insurance Evaluation Statements
1945-1960
1
2
Proposed Construction Budgets
1940-1941
1
3
Administration Building: Proposed Sketch
undated
1
4
Administration Building
1940-1946
1
5
Administration Building: Specifications
1940
1
6
Administration Building (II)
1940-1946
1
7
Administration Building (III)
1940-1946
1
8
Aeroplane Hanger Gym
1926 1940
1
9
Assembly Building
1939-1940
1
10
Health Clinic
1942
2
1
Health Clinic (II)
1942
2
2
Heating Plant
1940
2
3
Heating Plant
1940-1941
2
4
Landscaping
1939-1941
2
5
Student Union
1941-1951
2
6
Dormitory Sketch
1950
2
7
Dormitory Buildings: Specifications
1950
2
8
Dormitory Building
1949-1950
2
9
Dormitory Building
1950-1951
2
10
Bronco Stadium Inc.
1949-1950
2
11
Student Union Building: Addition and Remodeling
1951-1961
3
1
Assembly Building: Organ Installation
1952
3
2
Painting Bronco Stadium
1955
3
3
Campus School
1953
3
4
Campus School
1953
3
5
Assembly Building, Student Union; Re-roofing
1953
3
6
Heating Plant
1953-1955
3
7
Gymnasium
1955-1956
3
8
Gymnasium
1955-1956
3
9
Science Building
1954-1956
3
10
Science Building: Specifications
1953
3
11
Heating Plant
1955-1956
4
1
Heating Plant: Boiler
1957
4
2
Auto Mechanics Building: Welding Shop
1957
4
3
Fire Lines
1958
4
4
College Courts: Specifications
4
5
College Courts: Pre Construction
1959
4
6
College Courts: Housing and Home Finance Agency
1961
4
7
College Courts
1961-1962
4
8
College Courts: Hot Water Mains
1961
4
9
Technical Education Building: Specifications
1963
4
10
Technical Education Building
1963
4
11
Fire Escapes
1964
5
1
Library: Specifications
1963
5
2
Library
1961-1964
5
3
Library (II)
1961-1964
5
4
Library (III)
1961-1964
5
5
Heating Plant
1964
5
7
Science Building: Specifications
1961
6
1
Science Building: Specifications Addendum
1961
6
2
Science Building
1965
6
3
Science Building (II)
1965
6
4
Science Building--Addition: Specifications
1965
6
5
Liberal Arts Building: Specifications
1966
7
1
Liberal Arts Building
1965-1966
7
2
Liberal Arts Building (II)
1965-1966
7
3
Liberal Arts Building
1966
7
4
Liberal Arts Building, January-May
1967
7
5
Liberal Arts Building, June-December
1967
7
6
Liberal Arts Building
1968
7
7
Technical Education Building--Addition: Contracts
1965-1967
8
1
Technical Education Building: Correspondence
1966
8
2
Technical Education Building: Specifications
1965
8
3
Telephone Terminal Building
1966
8
4
Power Distribution System
1966
8
5
New Student Union; Chaffee Hall: Pre Construction
1966
8
6
New Student Union; Chaffee Hall: Payments
1966-1967
8
7
Student Union Building: Specifications
1966
8
8
Student Union Building: Specifications (II)
1966
8
9
New Student Union and Chaffee Hall
1967-1969
9
1
New Student Union and Chaffee Hall (II)
1967-1969
9
2
Water Development Study, Condensing Water Supply System
9
3
Old Student Union--Remodeling Interior for Drama and Music Department
9
4
Old Student Union--Remodeling: Specifications
1967
9
5
Morrison and Driscoll Halls: Repainting and Relighting
9
6
Morrison and Driscoll Halls: Repainting and Relighting
1967
9
7
Paving, Walks and Exterior Lighting
1967
9
8
Information Processing Center
undated
9
9
Administration Building: Specifications
1967
10
1
Administration Building
1968
10
2
Administration Building
1968
10
3
Electrical Distribution System: New Primary Switchgear
10
4
Library
1967
10
5
Administration Building
1968
10
6
Old Student Union: Remodeling
1968
10
7
Old Student Union
1968
10
8
Business Building
1967-1969
10
9
Business Building: Pre-Construction
1968-1969
10
10
Business Building: Meeting Minutes
1970
10
11
Library: Addition
1971
10
12
Library Addition: Pre-Construction
1968-1970
11
1
Library Addition: Correspondence
1970
11
2
Library Addition: Furnishing; General Correspondence
1971
11
3
Library Addition: Change orders
1971-1972
11
4
Library Addition: Correspondence
1972
11
5
Library Addition
1972
11
6
Library Addition: Furnishings
1972
11
7
Library Addition: Minutes
1970-1973
11
8
Library Addition: KAID-TV
1974
11
9
Campus Lighting Plan
1969
12
1
Heating Plant Addition
1968-1970
12
2
Apartment Complex
1977
12
3
Masonry Renovation
1978
12
4
Old Science Building: Elevator
1978-1979
12
5