Keichline, Anna Wagener, papers,

Containers:
Box 18
Extent:
0.2 Cubic Feet
Scope and content:

1889-1943. Architect and inventor from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. First registered woman architect in Pennsylvania and inventor of the K-brick. Designed the Decker Home in Bellefonte. Papers include a copy of an article by her, "Modern Wall Construction" from the 1932 issue of The Clay-Worker, information about her ideas concerning kitchen design, copies of patents for a combination sink and laundry tub, photographs, and biographical information. Added in 2002 biographical materials authored, or collected by, her niece Nancy Perkins. Includes a CD-ROM documenting her life in application for state marker, articles and exhibit programs. Also has material on VT Imagebase. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database.

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
Parent restrictions:
Collection is open to research.
Parent terms of access:
Permission to publish material from the IAWA Small Collections must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.