M. L. Brittain Dining Hall, 1927-1951 and undated

This collection contains sketches, presentation, and construction drawings, showing existing and demolished buildings at the Georgia Institute of Technology campus. The collection extensively documents design processes and final versions of projects. Most, if not all, of the design work found in this collection is done by Harold Bush-Brown, James “Doc” Gailey, Paul Heffernan, and other architects associated them over the years.

In addition to designs for new construction, the collection also includes designs for proposed buildings that were never built, renovation work to existing buildings, temporary buildings, landscaping and site plans, and Federal Works Agency projects. Of note are alteration and reuse plans for some of the houses still extant on the campus in the 1940s but since razed.

Because the drawings were done mostly before the residence halls received their official names, generic labels were used. North Dorm = Harrison; South Dorm = Howell; Dorm A = Smith; Dorm B = Glenn; Dorm C = Towers.

Although the majority of material in this collection documents projects on Georgia Tech's campus, there are a few related off-campus projects as well. The most notable of these projects is the Naval Air Station in Atlanta, now the DeKalb Peachtree Airport.