Law Quadrangle and William W. Cook 1919-1938 [series]
The Law Quadrangle and William W. Cook, 1919-1938 [Pre-1985 Accessions] series (3 linear feet), contains papers concerning the construction and management of the Law Quadrangle: the Lawyers' Club Building, the Legal Research Building, the John P. Cook Dormitory and Hutchins Hall. The series also contains some papers of William W. Cook, law school alumnus and donor of the funding to build the Law Quadrangle.
Law Quadrangle Buildings [subseries]
Design and Construction
The subseries relating to the design and construction of the buildings includes chronological correspondence, in reverse order, between the parties involved in the construction: the architectural firm of York and Sawyer, subcontractors, the law school administration, University of Michigan administration, and William W. Cook. The subseries also contains topical correspondence specifically related to the two major construction projects: the Lawyers' Club building and Hutchins Hall. This correspondence was originally arranged topically and that arrangement was preserved. The subseries also includes the budgets and contracts for the original construction, as well as plans and specifications for the buildings. The subseries contains architectural drawings for the Lawyers' Club and Dormitory, the Legal Research Building, plot plans for the entire law quadrangle, and reproductions of renderings of the exterior of the law quadrangle. The most extensive collection of drawings are for Hutchins Hall, detailing both interior and exterior construction and finishing.
Set of measured drawings August 1930-February 1932
(14 blueprints)
(Possibly complete set, includes floor plans, elevations, interior and exterior details, lecture and class rooms, fixtures)
Oversize Folder 4
Set of measured drawings, August 1930-February 1932
(56 blueprints)
Budget and Receipts
Box 65
1923-1924
Box 65
1929-1932
Box 65
Bank Correspondence
Box 65
Hayden Company 1923-1925
Box 65
York and Sawyer 1923-1924
Box 65
Construction Daily Report 1930
Box 65
Contracts 1923, 1929-1930
Correspondence
Box 65
Marion L. Burton (President) 1922-1924
Box 65
Hayden Company 1919-1930
(3 folders)
Box 65
Law School Administration 1921-1938
(6 folders)
Box 65
James O. Murfin (Regent) 1927-1930
Box 65
Walter Sawyer (Regent) 1925-1929
Box 65
York and Sawyer 1919-1929
(8 folders)
Box 65
Estimates 1920-1923
Hutchins Hall
Box 65
Correspondence 1930-1933
(6 folders)
Box 66
Furniture and Equipment
Box 66
Preliminary Plans
Box 66
Landscaping 1924-1925
Box 66
Law Library, ca. 1927
Lawyers' Club
Box 66
Automobiles
Box 66
Correspondence 1921-1929
(5 folders)
Box 66
Dedication 1921-1925
Box 66
Newspaper Clippings
Specifications
Box 66
John P. Cook Dormitory 1929
Box 66
Hutchins Hall 1931-1932
(2 folders)
Box 66
Lawyers' Club and Dormitory 1923
Box 66
Legal Research 1929
(2 folders)
Box 66
Miscellaneous 1920, 1930
Management
The subseries of documents relating to the management of the buildings focuses on the Lawyers' Club and law school reorganization. The Lawyers' Club papers include general correspondence about its management, organization, and genesis, as well as the correspondence of Professor Grismore, first secretary of the Lawyers' Club, documenting it as an organization within the law school. The subseries also includes the correspondence of John T. Creighton, William W. Cook's attorney, member of the Lawyers' Club Board of Governors. He frequently served as a liaison for Cook in the management of the gift to the law school and the Lawyers' Club. There is also correspondence and reports that relate to a proposed reorganization of the law school as a result of Mr. Cook's gift to the school.
Box 66
John T. Creighton correspondence 1922-1926
(9 folders)
Box 67
John T. Creighton correspondence 1927-1928
(2 folders)
Box 67
Law School Reorganization 1929-1930
(2 folders)
Lawyers' Club
Box 67
General correspondence 1923-1930
(4 folders)
Box 67
Grismore correspondence 1925-1930
(3 folders)
Box 67
Non-Residents 1925
Box 67
Organization 1924
Box 67
Report 1929
William W. Cook [subseries]
The William W. Cook series of documents contains some personal papers of William W. Cook and papers which relate to his gift to the law school, outside of the construction of the law quadrangle. This subseries includes correspondence and copies of his publications, personal correspondence, the litigation surrounding his estate and his bequest to the university, and financial arrangements concerning additional gifts to the university.
