This image shows the original layout of the first and basement floors in 1932 - note that the radioactivity labs are labelled as the 'Constant Temperature' and 'Low Temperature' rooms since they have not been refurbished into laboratories.
This image provides an aerial view of the college's campus where the construction of the new science building (later to be named Pfahler Hall) can be seen as just the foundations on the leftmost side of the image
Dr. Omwake writes about the finishing touches on the science building and states his anticipation of the educational advantages that will be provided by the construction
This article explains how a committee was gathered in order to select quotations for the two inscriptions to be made on the science building. The winners were words from Kepler and Faraday.
During this speech given at the Founder's Convocation Day of 1942, the wonders of the physical universe and the desire to understand the mystery of life are extolled by Dr. Harry E. Paisley