The History of Arizona State University
Arizona State University was founded as the territorial normal school in 1885. This collection features photographs, documents, and audio and visual materials that chronicle the history of the institution. Additional materials include statistical lists and compilations of data for enrollment and building data.
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Promotional film for the university originally on 16mm film. Color and sound with narration.
Selected pages from the 1984-1985 Centennial Edition of the university Statistical Summary published by Office of Management and Financial Analysis. Most data in these selections are historical rather than statistical, offering lists of board and university presidents, endowed chairs, college and school names over time, etc.
Audio recording of Fred Waring's Chesterfield Pleasure Time Orchestra featuring a fight song Waring composed for the Arizona State College in 1940.
The Geographical Distribution file presents pages scanned from ASU Enrollment Reports annually compiled by the Office of the Registrar and Director of Admissions from 1946-1970. This file presents statistics for male and female students by Arizona county of origin, U.S. "Possessions" or foreign countries.
This survey covers all buildings commissioned by Arizona State University at the Downtown
Phoenix, Polytechnic and West campuses. Within each campus, building data is arranged alphabetically by current building name. The
survey provides data points including current and prior building names, a photograph, date
of construction or dedication, architect, contractor, street address, construction costs, LEED certification (where applicable) and references. This survey was compiled in 2014 by Raymie Humbert as a companion to the ASU Tempe Campus Buildings Survey.
This page from the 1985 Arizona State University Statistical Summary lists the distinguished faculty chairs between 1957-1984.