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Section I, Series 6. Buildings And Grounds, c.1752-1929.

Accounts of cash paid by David Evans for materials and laborers' wages, etc., for...Hospital. Jan. 1794 - Feb. 1800. In one volume.

Accounts of the Committee on Repairs,1846 - 1847, 1851 - 1852, in one volume.

Minutes on Committee on Alterations and Repairs of East Wing, Feb. 8, 1851 - April 23, 1853, in one volume.

Time Sheets for bricklayers, hod carriers and other laborers, June 1846 - Jan. 15, 1847, and March 20, 1851 - Oct. 28, 1852, in one volume.

Time Sheets for Carpenters, West Wing, May 1846 - Jan. 1847, March 1851 - Sept. 1851, in one volume.

Accounts of plumbing and heating costs for altered Pine Street building, 1851 - 1852. Index at beginning, in one volume.

Miscellaneous papers: receipts and bills for building supplies, estimates for various projects, copies of Committee Reports, etc. Arranged chronologically, in 1 box. At end are papers relating to garden, plants, trees (for material about gardeners, see Steward's Miscellaneous papers). Papers ca. 1752 - 1824. In addition, there are three boxes of miscellaneous papers--two boxes of papers relating to construction, alterations, and repairs, ca. 1768 - 1834, and one box of material relating to building supplies, ca. 1751 - 1823. These papers are roughly sorted into such categories as Carpentry work;. Painting and glazing; Pumps and plumbing; Clocks; Engines; Lumber; Paint Sand, gravel, bricks etc.

Minutes of Committee to consider plans for new buildings and alterations, 1891 - 1904, in one volume and one folder. Kept by Benjamin K. Shoemaker.

Construction Department Notebook on construction of Spruce Building, 1928 - 1929, in one volume. Includes photographs.

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