The University of Michigan

by Wilfred Byron Shaw

Alumni (Graduates and Former Students) whose addresses are known			Students in University
	Men	Women
Alabama	90	12	9
Arizona	102	18	11
Arkansas	108	12	15
California	1,242	182	24
Colorado	480	72	31
Connecticut	132	42	49
Delaware	12	1	3
District of Columbia	372	84	50
Florida	132	18	11
Georgia	72	7	13
Idaho	168	30	11
Illinois	3,108	564	373
Indiana	1,422	210	322
Iowa	664	120	96
Kansas	402	54	55
Kentucky	334	24	58
Louisiana	72	6	10
Maine	54	12	6
Maryland	84	24	15
Massachusetts	318	138	53
Michigan	13,548	3,558	5,793
Minnesota	660	114	37
Mississippi	48	9	12
Missouri	768	102	78
Montana	336	60	36
Nebraska	330	30	27
Nevada	42	10	4
New Hampshire	42	12	5
New Jersey	270	54	89
New Mexico	78	9	9
New York	2,358	420	414
North Carolina	48	8	9
North Dakota	120	24	22
Ohio	3,054	420	778
Oklahoma	294	36	45
Oregon	372	60	4
Pennsylvania	1,374	198	298
Rhode Island	48	8	7
South Carolina	30	36	9
South Dakota	186	18	20
Tennessee	138	18	15
Texas	246	30	29
Utah	186	24	9
Vermont	60	8	3
Virginia	78	24	16
Washington	684	120	29
West Virginia	126	12	36
Wisconsin	576	78	47
Wyoming	84	8	9
Total number in United States 35,552	7,138	9,104
American Dependencies	166	23	41
Canada	280	38	79
Foreign Countries	494	92	177
Total	36,492	7,291	9,401
Total (men and women)	43,783
Total number given degrees, June, 1920	35,959
Total number living graduates, June, 1920	29,043

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TABLE IV

The Buildings of the University

Building	When Completed	Approximate Original Cost	Additions		Remarks
			Date	Cost
University Hall
North Wing, "Mason Hall"	1841	$16,000.00			Originally contained dormitory, as well as classrooms, Chapel, Library, and Museum.
South Wing, "South College"	1849	12,755.25			Contained dormitory at first, as well as classrooms.
Main or central part and auditorium	1873	100,000.00
Four original faculty residences
On South University Avenue:
West Residence	1841	32,550.00 (Total cost of the four buildings)	1920	$35,000	Occupied by every President except President Hutchins.
East Residence	1841		1895		Became Dental College in 1877, taken over by Engineering College in 1895; now known as Old Engineering Building.
On North University Avenue:
West Residence	1841		1879		Became Homeopathic College in 1875. Removed in 1914.
East Residence	1841				Became University Hospital in 1868, with subsequent additions. Taken over by Dental College in 1891. Removed in 1908.
Old Medical Building	1850	8,981.00	1864	20,000	Half of cost of addition in 1864 borne by citizens of Ann Arbor. Razed in 1914.
Observatory	1854	22,000.00	1867	6,000	Costs given include the cost of instruments. The cost of the original observatory includes $15,000 given by Detroit, while the cost of the improvements in 1867 was borne by citizens of Detroit and Ann Arbor.
			1905 1911	6,000
Old Chemistry Laboratory	1857	3,450.00	1861 1866 1868 1874 1880 1889	56,000	Original structure lost in subsequent additions. Now used by Departments of Physiology, Pharmacology, Economics, and Pharmacology, Economics, and Political Science.
Law Building	1863	15,000.00	1893 1898	30,000 65,000	Housed University Library until 1883. Now contains Law Library of 41,000 volumes and also the Regents' Room.
Museum	1879	41,400.00
Engineering Shops	1882	2,500.00	1886 1889	15,000 8,750	Tower now contains University Clock and Chimes.
Physical Laboratory	1887		1905	45,000	Contained Department of Hygiene until 1903.
Old Library	1883	100,000.00			Torn down in 1918.
Old University Hospitals
Main Buildings	1891	116,000.00[11]			To be superseded by the New Hospital, 1922.
Office Buildings	1896	3,000.00[11]
Palmer Ward	1903	28,000.00			Palmer Ward bequest of Mrs. A.B. Palmer (with $15,000 endowment).
Psychopathic Ward	1906	64,000.00	1914	14,000	Controlled by Board appointed jointly by State and Regents.
Eye and Ear Ward	1917	33,000.00
Contagious Ward	1918	25,000.00
Gymnasiums
Waterman (Men)	1894	61,876.49	1916	68,000	$20,000 given by Josiah Waterman.
Barbour (Women)	1897	41,341.76			$25,000 given by Ex-Regent Levi L. Barbour, '63.
Tappan Hall	1895	49,000.00[12]			Contains classrooms, and offices of Department of Education
Homeopathic Hospital	1900	85,000.00	1918	33,000	Original site of five acres, valued at $17,000, given by City of Ann Arbor. 1918 addition a separate Children's Ward.
Medical Building	1903	160,000.00
Engineering Building	1904	200,000.00	1909	105,000
Dental Building	1908	115,000.00
Alumni Memorial Hall	1909	195,000.00			Art Galleries and Reading Room. Headquarters of Alumni Association. $145,000 contributed by Alumni Association.
Chemistry Building	1910	271,000.00			Includes Department of Pharmacy.
Ferry Field Club House	1912	38,000.00
Hill Auditorium	1913	270,000.00			Bequest of $200,000, of Regent Arthur Hill, '65e. Seating capacity approximately 5,000.
Power Plant	1914	422,000.00			Cost includes complete equipment.
Natural Science Building	1916	408,000.00			Contains Departments of Botany, Forestry, Geology, Mineralogy, Psychology, and Zoölogy.
University Library	1919	615,000.00			Contains 335,000 volumes.
The Michigan Union	1919	1,200,000.00			Gift of Alumni Members (14,000).
The New University Hospital	1922	3,000,000.00			Now in course of construction.
The Women's Dormitories
Martha Cook Building	1916	350,000.00			Gift of the Cook family.
Helen Handy Newberry Hall of Residence	1916	75,000.00			Gift of the Newberry family.
Betsy Barbour Hall of Residence	1920	125,000.00			Gift of Levi L. Barbour, '63.
Alumnae House	1920	18,000.00			Gift of the Alumnae of the University.

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Footnotes:

[1] No one of the old states had what we would now call a State University, although two or three states had institutions that bore that name, while several of the states had voted money or wild lands to promote higher education; nor had any of the new states, aided by the bounty of Congress, established such an institution that was worthy of the name, University.—Hinsdale, History of the University of Michigan, p. 16.

[2] From Hinsdale, History of the University of Michigan, p. 143.