New Clinical Services and Bed Building, Project #501-051, Index to Drawings Albuquerque, NM, 2/29/1984
File — Stack: 38, Drawer: 5
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This collection contains 183 drawers. Each drawer houses between 20 and 800 drawings and related materials, such as negatives, photographs, paintings, topographical maps and scrapbooks.
This extensive collection documents the career of architect W.C. Kruger and his impact on the architectural heritage of New Mexico. In 1986, W.C. Kruger and Associates, one of New Mexico’s oldest architectural firms, donated architectural drawings, perspectives, photographs and records to the John Gaw Meem Collection of Southwestern Architecture. Spanning five decades, the collection starts in 1937 and includes the Carrie Tingley Hospital in Truth or Consequences, the state capitol complex in Santa Fe, the New Mexico State Penitentiary, the master plan for the City of Los Alamos--then a secret research laboratory known as the Manhattan District Corps of Engineers Facility, Santa Fe Downs Racetrack, UNM’s Humanities Building, T-VI in Albuquerque, The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI), private residences (some for fellow architects) and scores of military installations and hospitals.
This extensive collection documents the career of architect W.C. Kruger and his impact on the architectural heritage of New Mexico. In 1986, W.C. Kruger and Associates, one of New Mexico’s oldest architectural firms, donated architectural drawings, perspectives, photographs and records to the John Gaw Meem Collection of Southwestern Architecture. Spanning five decades, the collection starts in 1937 and includes the Carrie Tingley Hospital in Truth or Consequences, the state capitol complex in Santa Fe, the New Mexico State Penitentiary, the master plan for the City of Los Alamos--then a secret research laboratory known as the Manhattan District Corps of Engineers Facility, Santa Fe Downs Racetrack, UNM’s Humanities Building, T-VI in Albuquerque, The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI), private residences (some for fellow architects) and scores of military installations and hospitals.
Dates
- 2/29/1984
Access Restrictions
The collection is available for research. However, due to security concerns, some access is limited. There are documents in this collection that can only be viewed with written permission from the particular institution. These institutions include the New Mexico State Penitentiary and other correctional facilities; military establishments, such as Kirtland Air Force Base; and banks.
Extent
From the Collection: 183 drawers
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Description
Approx. 15 sheets
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451