"Programme of a Competition for the Selection of an Architect for the Carnegie Technical School in the City of Pittsburgh, Penna", 1904

The Physical Plant Collection contains materials related to the planning, construction, and maintenance of the campus of Carnegie Mellon University, as well as of other properties owned by the university, but not connected to the main campus. These materials include correspondence, financial records, construction reports, blueprints, photographs, maps, and proposals. Most of the items are in good physical shape, in addition to papers and blueprints stored in file folders, there are also a number of photographs housed in albums, as well as books and large construction reports that also are not in folders.

Where applicable, photo series have been removed and relocated to the general photograph collection.

The collection is divided into two series, building and general. The building series relates to specific buildings and their correspondence, blueprints, and records. The general series contains the records regarding campus properties, camps, and other not central areas. It also contains a subseries relating to the establishment of Carnegie Tecnhical Schools and the original proposal of Palmer and Hornbostel.