Abbye A. Gorin Architectural Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Abbye A. Gorin Architectural Collection, Ms1997-009, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.42 Cubic Feet 1 box
Creator:
Gorin, Abbye A.
Abstract:
Abbye A. Gorin is an architectural researcher and writer of Metairie, Louisiana. Her collection contains a six-minute film entitled "The Rivergate, 1968-1995," produced by Barbara Coleman and written by Gorin and Betty Moss. The film was created as a tribute to the building and as a protest to its demolition. Also present are a 42-page "Catalog of Work," various magazines with articles about or written by Gorin, an audiocassette interview with the sculptor Angela Gregory, and a DVD containing 19 reissued interviews with Abraham Guillen and Samuel Wilson, Jr.
Language:
The materials in the colletion are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Abbye A. Gorin Architectural Collection, Ms1997-009, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Abbye A. Gorin Architectural Collection consists of a six-minute film entitled "The Rivergate, 1968-1995," produced by Barbara Coleman and written by Gorin and Betty Moss. The Rivergate was an exhibition center located in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, designed by Nathaniel Curtis, Jr., in the mid-1960s. It was demolished in 1995 to make way for a gambling casino. The film was created as a tribute to the building and as a protest to its demolition. The collection also includes at 42-page "Catalog of Work" which has a curriculum vitae of Gorin's career achievements and lists her photographic collections located in the Historical New Orleans Collection and the Latin American Library at Tulane University. Various magazines are included with articles about or written by Gorin. Audio tape of an interview with the sculptor Angela Gregory, and a DVD containing 19 reissued audiotapes. In 2011, Gorin submitted a CD entitled "Remembering Milka, 1927-2010" a photojournalism remembrance featuring 25 of Gorin's photographs that have a some connection to Milka Bliznakov as remembered by Gorin.

Biographical / historical:

Abbye A. Gorin was born on August 22, 1927. An architectural researcher and writer of Metairie, Louisiana, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin (B.F.A., 1947), University of New Orleans (M.S., Urban Studies, 1985), and Virginia Tech (Ph.D., Environmental Design and Planning, 1989). Gorin died on August 4, 2017, and is buried in the Metaire Cemetery, New Orleans.

Sources:

"Abbye Gorin" obituary, Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/name/abbye-gorin-obituary?id=10203564, accessed Feb. 1, 2023.

"Abbye Alexander Gorin" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242282933/abbye-alexander-gorin, accessed Feb. 1, 2023.

Acquisition information:
The Abbye A. Gorin Architectural Collection was donated to Special Collections in 1997, 2002, 2008, and 2011.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement and description of the Abbye A. Gorin Architectural Collection commenced and was completed in July 2010. An addition was integrated in March 2011.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard