US-RPB-of1W.D1 Guide to the William N. Davis Plant Business Manager Office filescirca 1946-1974 Finding aid prepared by Brown University Library staff Processing funded by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Brown University Archives
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English 18.0 Linear feet circa 1946-1974 The William N. Davis Plant Business Manager office files contain general office files, minutes and reports related to the management of food services, housing, and the physical plant of Brown University. They include information regarding the budget and unions at Brown as well as files regarding on-campus and off-campus buildings owned by Brown. The files are dated from circa 1946 to 1974. Davis, William N. Davis (William N.) Plant Business Manager office files Biographical note

William Nash Davis (1908-1999) arrived at Brown University in 1947 as manager of the University's dining halls. He was appointed director of plant, housing, and food operations in 1957, assistant business manager in 1969, and business manager of plant operations in 1972. He retired from the last position in 1974. He came to Brown from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he had been manager of Graduate House and supervisor of dormitories. He was graduated from Cornell University (1931) with a degree in hotel management.

Plant, housing and food operations are currently named the Department of Facilities Management, the Office of Residential Life, and Brown Dining Services. The Department of Facilities Management is responsible for ensuring that the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of all University facilities and grounds support the academic, research, and administrative functions of the University, while balancing financial and technical constraints with aesthetic and historical concerns. The Office of Residential Life is responsible for maintaining student residences. The mission of the Brown Dining Services is to provide high quality foods and services to all segments of the University while fostering a sense of community conducive to intellectual and personal growth.

 General files Series I circa 1946-1974 A 1 1 Academic Calendar 1 2 1970-1971 Accounting 1 3 A & E Minutes 1 4 Afro-American Society 1 5 Alarms 1 6 Alumni Center 1 7 Apprenticeship Training--Union 1 8 Art Department 1 9 Associated Alumni Center 1 10 Athletic Department 2 11 Athenaeum 2 12 B 2 13 Benefits and Pensions 2 14 1972-1974 Benefits--Pension Plan Rewrite 2 15 1972 November Bio-Medical Link 2 16 Bio-Medical Sciences Division 2 17 Black situation 2 18 Blue Room 2 19 Boiler Plant--Operation 2 20 Bomb threats 2 21 Bookstore 2 22 Bryant College 2 23 Bryant Studies--Conference 3 24 Bryant Studies Group 3 25 Budget analysis 3 26 B & G General 3 27 Budget--B & G 3 28 1965-1966 Budget--B & G 3 29 1966-1967 Budget--B & G 3 30 1967-1968 Budget--B & G 3 31 1968-1969 Budget--B & G 4 32 1969-1970 Budget--B & G 4 33 1970-1971 Budget--B & G 4 34 1971-1972 Budget--B & G 4 35 1971-1972 Budget--B & G 4 36 1972-1973 Budget--B & G Overtime 4 37 1970 July Budget--B & G Overtime 4 38 1971 September-1972 February Budget Change Requests 4 39 Budget--Dormitory 4 40 1958-1959 Budget--Dormitory 4 41 1959-1960 Budget--Food Services 4 42 1965-1966 Budget--Food Services 5 43 1966-1967 Budget--Food Services 5 44 1967-1968 Budget--Food Services 5 45 1968-1969 Budget--Food Services 5 46 1969-1970 Budget--Food Services 5 47 1970-1971 Budget--Food Services 5 47a 1971-1972 Budget Reserves 5 48 Budget--Residences 5 49 1960-1961 Budget--Residences 5 50 1961-1962 Budget--Residences 5 51 1962-1963 Budget--Residences 5 52 1963-1964 Budget--Residences 5 53 1964-1965 Budget--Residences 5 54 1965-1966 Budget--Residences 5 55 1966-1967 Budget--Residences 5 56 1967-1968 Budget--Residences 5 57 1968-1969 Budget--Residences 5 58 1969-1973 Budget material 5 59 1963-1966 Budget--Security 6 60 1969-1970 Budget--Security 6 61 1970-1971 Budget--Security 6 61a 1972-1973 Business Manager Account 6 62 Business Manager Plant Operations personnel 6 63 C 6 64 Calendar Revision 6 65 Cammarian Club 6 66 Campus Planning Committee 6 67 Capital projects 6 68 1972-1973 Capital projects--Construction 6 69 Carpeting 6 70 The Castle 6 71 Central Heat 6 72 Central Monitoring System 6 73 Chapel dedication of window 7 74 1946 April 23 Charge accounts 7 75 Chapter rental 7 76 Colleges--Other 7 77 Commencement 7 78 1967-1969 Commencement 7 79 1970 Commencement 7 80 1971 Commencement 7 81 1972 Commencement 7 82 1973 Commencement 7 83 1974 Committees 8 84 Committees--Special--Reports of 8 85 Controller 8 86 Copy Center 8 87 Corporation 8 88 Counting House Corporation 8 89 Cranston Historical Society 8 90 Credit Union 8 91 D 8 92 Dean--Brown 8 93 Debt Service 8 94 Development Planning--Minutes and Reports 8 95 Dieffenbach, A. P. 8 96 Dining--Co-ed 8 97 Dining Rooms 8 98 1969 July Dining Service--Brown and Pembroke 8 99 Directory 8 100 Disaster 8 101 Dormitory Costs Studies 8 101a 1946-1951 Dormitory Alterations--Brown 8 102 Dump 8 103 E 9 104 Ecology 9 105 Electrical audit by Brink 9 106 Electric and telephone 9 107 Electrical distribution 9 108 Employee relations 9 109 Endowment funds 9 110 Energy Distribution, Task Force on 9 111 Engineering Department 9 112 English Department 9 113 Enrollment 9 114 Equal Employment Opportunity 9 115 Events 9 116 Events--Future 9 117 Exterior Painting 10 118 F 10 119 F.C.C. 10 120 Faculty Club 10 121 Fair Labor Standards Act 10 122 Fairview, Inc. 10 123 Fast for Freedom 10 124 Fire Protection 10 125 Food Co-op 10 126 1972-1973 Food Purchasing 10 127 Food Services 10 128 Food Services 10 128a 1972 January Food Services--Operating Statements 11 129 Fraternities 11 130 Fraternities--Alterations conversions 11 131 G 11 132 Gatherings 11 133 Geology Department 11 134 Gifts 11 135 Grounds 11 136 Guarantees 11 137 H 11 139 Harris, Louise 11 140 Head Start Program 11 141 Health and safety 11 142 Heat (to others) 12 143 Heat and steam 12 144 Central Heat Plant study 12 145 Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley, and Ketchum 12 146 Hockey rink 12 147 Hockey rink Mmnutes 12 148 Homecoming 12 149 Hornig inauguration 12 150 Hornig, Mr. 12 151 Housing--Brown 12 152 Housing 13 153 1969 July Housing & Home Finance Agency--Units C & D 13 154 Housing--Co-ed 13 156 Housing--Off-campus 13 157 Housing project 13 158 Housing--Refrigerators 13 159 HTHW--Damages and complaints 14 160 HTW--Job meeting minutes 14 161 HTW--Committee 14 162 1972 May HTW 14 163 1964-1967 HTW 14 164 1968-1971 HTW 14 165 1972 HTW--Console Operations 14 166 I 14 167 I.D. Cards 14 168 Improvements--Future 14 169 Inauguration 14 170 Incidents 14 171 Incidents--Bryant 14 172 Insite 14 173 Insurance 15 174 Internal Auditor 15 175 J 15 176 K 15 177 Key System 15 178 L 15 179 Labor Management Committee 15 180 Landscaping 15 181 Landscaping--Elm trees 15 182 Landscaping--Pembroke kitchen 15 183 Landscaping--Ms. Sharpe 15 184 Libraries 16 185 Library--John D. Rockefeller, Jr.--Construction 16 186 Library--John D. Rockefeller, Jr.--Minutes and Reports 16 187 Library--John D. Rockefeller, Jr.--Equipment 16 188 Licenses 16 189 Lighting 16 190 Lindberg, Mr. 16 191 Long range planning 16 192 M 16 193 Mail service 16 194 Management consultants 16 195 Management information systems 16 196 Mathematics Department 16 197 Meader, Mr. 16 198 Medical Program 16 199 Mt. Hope 16 200 Museums 17 201 Music Department 17 202 N 17 203 NACUFS 17 204 N.R.O.T.C. 17 205 NWRO 17 206 New construction 17 207 New England Historical societies 17 208 Newspaper clippings 17 209 No Hope Club 17 210 O 17 211 Office of Women's Concerns 17 212 Organization Chairs for Plant, Housing, and Food Operations 17 213 Outing reservations 17 214 P 17 215 Paging system 17 216 Painting--Exterior 17 217 Parking 18 218 Parking garage 18 219 Parking service 18 220 Pembroke Building Committee--Units A & B 18 221 Pembroke--Dean 18 222 Pembroke--Dining halls 18 223 Pembroke--Director of Residence 18 224 Pembroke--Dormitories--General 18 225 Pembroke--Dormitories--Planning 18 226 Pembroke--Fire 19 227 Pembroke food services 19 228 Pembroke Gate 19 229 Pembroke--General 19 230 Pembroke--Housing 19 231 Pembroke kitchen addition 19 232 Pembroke Library 20 233 Pembroke Record 20 234 Pembroke residences 20 235 Pembroke sprinklers 20 236 Pembroke Student Union 20 237 Personnel--Dining rooms 20 238 Personnel--Roster 20 238a 1970 August Personnel--Miscellaneous 20 239 Personnel policies 20 240 PHT--Job meeting Mmnutes 20 241 Physical Plant 20 242 1970 Physical Plant personnel 20 243 Planning & Building Committee 21 244 Plans & Resources Committee 21 245 Plant funds 21 246 1972 May Plaques 21 247 Plaques in Quad 21 248 Policy regulator 21 249 Political Science 21 250 Polls 21 251 Portraits 21 252 Power, heat and telephone 21 253 President's house 21 254 President's office 21 255 President's staff meetings 22 256 Price, Mr. 22 257 Printing requisitions 22 258 Printing services 22 259 Projects 22 260 Providence Chamber of Commerce 22 261 Providence Preservation Society 22 262 Psychology Department 22 263 Pub--Undergraduate 22 264 Purchasing Department 22 265 Q 22 266 Questionnaires 22 267 R 22 268 Real Estate 22 269 Real Estate--General 22 270 Recycling 22 271 Red Cross 22 272 Refectory 22 273 Refectory Committee 23 274 Survey for Refectory Committee 23 274a Residences--Apartment type dorm 23 275 Residence halls 23 276 Residence--Personnel 23 277 Resident Fellows 23 278 Rhode Island, State of 23 279 Rhode Island Historical Society 23 280 Rhode Island Historical Society Fund Drive 23 281 Rhode Island School of Design 23 282 Room and board rates 23 283 Room and board rates revision 23 284 1966 S 23 285 Safety--Fire Code 23 286 Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission 24 287 Salvage 24 288 S.A.R. Board of Managers 24 289 Savings Bank School 24 289a Sculpture Committee 24 290 Seals and crests 24 291 Secretary's office 24 292 Security 24 293 1970 Service Engineering Associates 24 294 Signs on campus 24 295 Slavic Languages 24 296 Space 24 297 Space study 24 298 Specification form--General 24 299 Spring Weekend 24 300 Stevens, Mr. 24 301 Stockroom, New 25 302 Student Affairs 25 303 Student Agencies, Brown 25 304 Student charges 25 205 Student expenditure--Comparison 25 206 Student service 25 307 Student strike 25 308 Student Union Comm. 25 309 Summer & Special Programs 25 310 Summer moves 25 311 1971 Summer moves 25 312 1973 Summer school 25 313 Supervisory training 25 314 Surplus property 25 315 T 25 316 Telephone 26 317 Telephone--Centrex 26 318 Telephones--Pembroke 26 319 Travel 26 320 Travelers Aid Society of Rhode Island 26 321 U 26 322 Uniforms 26 323 Union--Buildings and Grounds 26 324 Union--Contract proposals 26 325 Union--Grievances 27 326 Union--Library 27 327 Union--Security 27 328 Union 27 328a 1970-1972 University automobile 27 329 University Council on Student Affairs 27 330 University Hall moves 27 331 1971 University Placement Office 27 332 V 27 333 Vandalism 27 334 1972 May Vending 27 335 W 27 336 Wage price freeze 28 337 WBRU--AM and FM 28 338 Wolk, Ronald 28 339 Woonasquatucket Reservoir Co. 28 340 Work sheets 28 341 1967-1968 X-Y-Z 28 342 Yacht Club 28 343 Zoning Board notices 28 344 January-February 28 345 1973 March-April 28 346 1973 May-June 28 347 1973 July-August 28 348 1973 Building files Series II circa 1962-1972 Adams House 29 1 Aldrich Field 29 2 Aldrich-Dexter Field 29 3 Aldrich-Dexter Field House 29 4 Aldrich-Dexter Tennis Courts 29 5 Alumnae Hall 29 6 Alumnae House 29 7 Alumni House 29 8 Andrews House 29 9 Andrews House--Infirmary 29 10 83 Angell Street 29 11 106 Angell Street 29 12 142 Angell Street 29 13 147 Angell Street 29 14 195 Angell Street 29 15 276 Angell Street 29 16 Annmary Brown Library 29 17 Applied Mathematics Building 30 18 Armstrong House 30 19 Arnold Laboratory 30 20 Athletic complex 30 21 Bach 30 22 Barus-Holley building 30 23 Bates House 30 24 Beneficent House 30 25 Bio-Medical Center 30 26 Bond Bread 30 27 120 Bowen Street 31 28 219 Bowen Street 31 29 227 Bowen Street 31 30 251 Bowen Street 31 31 252 Bowen Street 31 32 341 Brook Street 31 34 95 Brown Street 31 35 Brown Alumni House 31 36 Brown Computer building 31 37 BUOB building 31 38 Cabinet 31 39 Carmichael Auditorium 31 40 13 Charlesfield Street 31 41 37 Charlesfield Street 31 42 Churchill House 31 43 271 Cohan Blvd. 31 44 Class fences 31 45 Colgate Hoyt pool 31 46 58 College Street 31 47 Computing Laboratory 32 48 Crystal Room 32 49 East Campus gym 32 50 Emery-Wooley Hall 32 51 Faculty Club 32 52 Fairview properties 32 53 Faunce House 32 54 Fred Read and John Frazier properties 32 55 Gardner House 32 56 The Gate 32 57 Geological Sciences and Mathematical Complex 32 58 71 George Street 32 59 152 George Street 32 60 155 George Street 32 61 159 George Street 32 62 195 George Street 32 63 Goddard Alumni Center 32 64 Graduate Center (2 folders) 33 65 Graduate Center Dining Room 33 66 Graduate Center--Follow up 33 67 Graduate Center--Furnishings 33 68 Hockey Rink--Construction 34 69 128 Hope Street 34 70 129 Hope Street 34 71 134 Hope Street 34 72 150 Hope Street 34 73 190 Hope Street 34 74 Howell House 34 75 Hunter Laboratory 34 76 Iselin House 34 77 Jacobs Dining Hall 34 78 50 John Street 34 79 John Hay Library 34 80 John Hay Library--Addition 34 81 Kilcup Hall 34 82 Ladd Observatory 35 83 List Art Building 35 84 Lyman Hall 35 85 Mailboxes 35 86 Churchill House Basement (Mailroom) 35 87 7 Manning Street 35 88 15 Manning Street 35 89 29 Manning Street 35 90 37 Manning Street 35 91 69 Manning Street 35 92 Manning Chapel and Hall 35 93 Marston Boat House 35 94 Marston Hall 35 95 Marvel Gym 36 96 Maxcy Hall 36 97 Meehan Hockey Rink 36 98 Meehan Auditorium 36 99 144 Meeting Street 36 100 185 Meeting Street 36 101 Meeting Street Church 37 102 Meeting Street School 37 103 Memorial Hall 37 104 Merino Flats 37 105 Metcalf Chemical Laboratory 37 106 Metcalf Hall 37 107 Nicholson House 37 108 48 Olive Street 37 109 Pembroke--Andrews Hall--General 37 110 Pembroke--Andrews Hall--Kitchen 37 111 Pembroke Dorm--Morriss and Champlin Halls 37 112 Pembroke Dorm--New 38 113 Pembroke Dorm--Unit A & B--Construction 38 114 Pembroke Dorm--Unit C & D--Construction 39 115 Pembroke Hall 39 116 Photo Lab 39 117 Plantations House 39 118 Power Street dorm 39 119 55 Power Street 39 120 80 Power Street 39 121 148 Power Street 39 122 Prince Engineering Laboratory 39 123 Prospect House 39 124 Rental Properties 39 125 Robinson Hall 39 126 Rockefeller Library 39 127 Rockefeller Library--List of donors 40 128 Rhode Island Hall 40 129 Rogers Hall 40 130 Sayles Hall 40 131 Sciences Library (2 folders) 40 132 Sciences Library--Furnishings 40 133 Sharpe House 40 134 Slater Hall 40 135 Otis Smith Farm 40 136 Stadium 40 137 Stanton House 40 138 2 Stimson Avenue 40 139 8 Stimson Avenue 41 140 Swimming pool 41 141 New swimming pool 41 141a 1972 April 18 Tennis courts 41 142 97-99 Thayer Street 41 143 195, 199, 203 Thayer Street 41 144 167 Thayer Street 41 145 University Hall 41 146 Van Wickle Gate 41 147 Waterman House 41 148 80-90 Waterman Street 41 149 111-113 Waterman Street 41 150 129 Waterman Street 41 151 West Quadrangle 41 152 Whitehall 41 153 Wilbour Hall 41 154 77-79 Williams Street 41 155 222 Williams Street 41 156 Wilson Hall 41 157 J. Walter Wilson Laboratory 42 158 Young Orchard dormitory 42 159 Additions Series III circa 1962-1972 Reports and meeting minutes 43 1962-1969 Scope and Contents note

Materials include job order reports, plant reports, master plan report (1963), report on long-range planning (1963), and meeting minutes of the Central Congregational Church Board of Deacons.

 Collection information

The William N. Davis Plant Business Manager office files have been organized into three series:

Series I. General files

Series II. Building files

Series III. Additions

The William N. Davis office files have been organized into three series: Series I, General files, is arranged alphabeticall by topic. It includes information regarding the budget, various academic departments, labor and unions, zoning and other issues affecting the operation of food services, housing and plant operations. Series II, Building files, is arranged alphabetically by the name or address of buildings owned by Brown. Series III, Additions, contains various reports and minutes dated from 1962 to 1969.

There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. Some materials may be stored off-site and cannot be produced on the same day on which they are requested.

Although Brown University has physical ownership of the collection and the materials contained therein, it does not claim literary rights. Researchers should note that compliance with copyright law is their responsibility. Researchers must determine the owners of the literary rights and obtain any necessary permissions from them.

William N. Davis Plant Business Manager Office Files, OF-1W-D1, Brown University Archives.

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Names Brown University--Administration. Brown University--Buildings. Brown University--Food service. Brown University--Student housing. Subjects College buildings College buildings--Rhode Island Education Student housing Universities and colleges--Administration Universities and colleges--Food service Occupations

Types of Materials Administrative records Minutes Office files Reports RIAMCO Browsing Term Education