History of UNM's built environment focus of new exhibit

A new exhibit at the University of New Mexico's Zimmerman Library, “Campus Preservation: Balancing our Heritage and Future,” opened Monday, Sept. 19 and will be up through Jan. 1, 2006.

An exhibit area reception is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 21 from 5 –7 p.m. with a slide presentation at 6 p.m. Speakers will be UNM archivist Terry Gugliotta and former university planner Joe McKinney.

“Preservation of the university's irreplaceable architectural heritage is the focus of the J. Paul Getty Campus Heritage Grant. The goals are to survey the campus's historic buildings and landscapes and develop preservation guidelines. The story of the struggle to save UNM's first building, Hodgin Hall, led to current preservation planning,” said Gugliotta, co-PI on the grant and chair of the UNM historic preservation committee.

The exhibit features images of the architectural development of the campus with photographs of key buildings. Among them, the anthropology building that was originally the Student Union Building, the Communication and Journalism building that formerly housed the campus printing plant, and Scholes Hall, that was originally constructed for administration and Arts and Sciences programs.

Campus plans are also featured in the exhibit as well as original sketches of UNM buildings by Steve Borbas, university planner.

Contact: Carolyn Gonzales, (505) 277-5920