The center is constructing a new archives building, with a seed donation given by the estate of Adolph R. Hanslik of Lubbock.
He walked toward the archives building.
The archives building is on Constitution Avenue, N.W., between Seventh and Ninth Streets.
In 1977, he was elected founding president of Friends of Louisiana Archives; that organization's vigorous campaign resulted in the state's first archives building.
The archives building, located at 1150 Chestnut Street, is a semi-underground modern structure in Vanier Park, designed by Bill Leithead.
Currently, the archives building remains the only campus landmark that Wesleyan's Department of Film Studies can call its own.
A national archives building, with total cost of land and construction to be $6.9 million ($1 million appropriated in fiscal 1927).
In a few revs, the platforms, soundstages, archives building, and scores of chapels had begun to take shape.
Additionally, the planning for a new archives building was begun.
A special room will be set aside for studying the documents in the national archives building, Government officials said.