Walter O. Briggs Building records
Abstract
The Walter O. Briggs Building records include papers pertaining to the construction, dedication, and renovations of Briggs Field and Briggs Field House at Michigan State Normal College in 1938. This is valuable to insights on the dedication and construction of buildings.
Dates
- 1937 - 2002
Creator
- Eastern Michigan University (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Researchers are asked to request materials 24 hours prior to visiting the the University Archives.
Administrative History Note
Built in 1937 to provide athletic fields and an indoor baseball field and fieldhouse. It was dedicated to Walter O. Briggs in 1938, owner of the Detroit Tigers and the only non-alumni or faculty member with a buidling dedicated to them at the university. It was renovated from 1959-1961 to hold classrooms after Bowen Field House was built, and again in 1989.
Extent
0.2 Linear Feet (1 halfsize archive box)
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Eastern Michigan University (Organization)
- Title
- Walter O. Briggs Building records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Mia Colavito
- Date
- 10 January 2019
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Eastern Michigan University Archives Repository
Bruce T. Halle Library, Room 310
955 West Circle Drive
Ypsilanti Michigan 48197
734-487-2673
lib_archives@emich.edu