Finding Aid: RG 138 David Allen Reed Hall Records

Item Information

Title:
Finding Aid: RG 138 David Allen Reed Hall Records
Description:
This collection documents the planning, construction, and significance of David Allan Reed Hall. The collection includes general information, a dedication program, floor plans, and an outside newspaper article regarding the dormitory’s completed construction and dedication. Visual images of the dormitory include undated exterior photographs of the front, east, west, and south sides of the dormitory, as well as slides. Construction began on David Allen Reed Hall on August 1st, 1961 and was completed in a little over a year on September 1st, 1962. The dedication took place on October 20th, 1962. The building was originally to be named Massasoit Hall, but was changed to Reed Hall on June 10th, 1961, when the trustees decided that the last dormitory constructed in the tri-pod of dormitories should be named after the College’s founder in order to allow time to collect proper funds in his name. David Allen Reed founded Springfield College in 1885 and at the dedication of the dormitory it was said: “today 77 years after a dream come true it is fitting that tribute to this pioneering educator and religious leader be given at the college he founded.” Today it is also fitting that the dormitory houses freshmen, the visionaries of the future in the world as well as visionaries of future in the college. Each year the freshmen give new life and see new possibilities for the college in the same way that David Allen Reed saw the possibility of a beautiful location for a school from the unpromising track of land which in 1885 was covered in sand dunes and scrub pines, and a city dump was located where some of the newest, most beautiful buildings now stand.
Creator:
Springfield College
Date:
December 2009
Format:
Documents
Location:
Springfield College Archives and Special Collections
Collection (local):
College Archives Digital Collections
Subjects:
Finding aids
Reed Hall
Springfield College
Springfield College--Buildings
Reed, David Allen
Springfield (Mass.)
Dormitories
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampden (county) > Springfield
Link to Item:
http://cdm16122.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15370coll2/id/27634
Terms of Use:
Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Archives and Special Collections. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.
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Publisher:
Springfield College
Language:
English
Identifier:
196_76_123_92_2022-9-1_163618385-18468128143