Biographical and Historical Note

Wake Forest's Board of Trustees Architect's Committee seems to have begun around June 1951, made up on members of the University Board of Trustees, men from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine, and the architect. The group was formed to prepare to move the College's campus from Wake Forest, N.C., to Winston Salem, then home to the Wake Forest College Bowman Gray School of Medicine; this move was often referred to as "the removal."

Members of the committee included Trustees members William Conrad, E. L. Davis, L. D. Long, Stratton Coyner, Charles H. Babcock, Irving Carlyle, Harry O. Parker, and architect Jens F. Larson; his son Nils Larson also appears in meeting documents. Adjacent committees included the Committee on Date of Removal and the Building Committee. The Committee also had joint meetings with other groups and the President and other bodies attended occasionally, as documented in meeting minutes and related correspondence.

The Architect's Committee advised the Board of Trustees and thus President Harold Tribble on campus construction in Winston Salem. The committee also provided recommendation on how to fund building up the campus, such as a 1953 recommendation to propose a Baptist State Convention of North Carolina resolution to borrow funds to building dormitories and faculty apartments. Committee members also met with city, state, and companies that would be involved in setting up sewer, electrical, power, and road services to the new Winston Salem campus.

In December 1955, the Board of Trustees became embroiled in a sort of trial of President Tribble, through a "Special Committee to Investigate the Welfare of Wake Forest College" that had been established the previous month.

Collection Overview

This collection documents the work of Wake Forest College's Architect's Committee in preparing to move the campus to Winston Salem, N.C. Materials include minutes, correspondence, and notes by and about the Committee. Two sets of filled out questionnaires document faculty satisfaction at both the College and School of Medicine. Letters from both pro- and anti-Tribble parties are represented in the collection, as well as the transcripts of interviews with various campus parties in December 1955 conducted by the Special Committee to Investigate the Welfare of Wake Forest College.

Collection Inventory

• Correspondence (Anti-Tribble)  (1955) box 1 folder 6
• Correspondence (Pro-Tribble)  (1955) box 1 folder 5
• Fact-finding Committe and subcommittee reports (circa 1955-1956) box 1 folder 9
• Minutes and related correspondence  (1951-1956) box 1 folder 1-2
• Notes, minutes, and related materials  (1951-1955) box 1 folder 3-4
• "Proceedings held before the Special Committee to Investigate the Welfare of Wake Forest College" transcripts (2 copies)  (1955 December) box 1 folder 10-11
• "Proceedings at Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Before the Special Committee appointed by the Board of Trustees..." A. J. Hutchins, chairman, typescript, parts 1 and 2 (2 copies)  (1955 December 16-17) box 1 folder 12-15
• Questionnaires, College faculty (circa 1950-1955) box 1 folder 7
• Questionnaires, School of Medicine faculty (circa 1950-1955) box 1 folder 8
• Special Committee to Investigate the Welfare of Wake Forest College  (1955-1956) box 2
• "Transmittal of Evidence gathered by Committee to Investigate the Welfare of Wake Forest," submitted by A. J. Hutchins, chairman, report (3 copies)  (1956 January) box 1 folder 16-18

Summary Information

Repository

Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives

Creator

Wake Forest College. Board of Trustees

Title

Board of Trustees. Architect's Committee, Reynolda Campus Records

ID

RG2.5

ID

/repositories/2/resources/337

Date [inclusive]

Quantity

1 record carton

Extent

1.3  Linear Feet

Administrative Information

Publication Information

Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, 2004

Revision Description

Revised by Stephanie Bennett, inventory and notes adjusted to national and local finding aid standards, 2024 July

Access Restrictions

The collection is available for use. 

Copyright Notice

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Preferred Citation

Board of Trustees Architect's Committee, Reynolda Campus Records (RG2.5) Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. 

Controlled Access Headings

Personal Name(s)

• Tribble, Harold Wayland, 1899-1986

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