Papers of Edmund S. Campbell

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968

Summary

Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The Edmund S. Campbell papers consist of ca. 20,000 items. They deal primarily with the University of Virginia's School of Architecture and related matters from 1919 to 1930. Much of the material relates to construction at the University, but also to various national architecture societies, institutes, and museums.

All Library folders include correspondence of University Librarian Harry Clemons. All University of Virginia Museum folders contain correspondence of University President John Lloyd Newcomb.

Biographical / historical:

Edmund Schureman Campbell was born in New Jersey October 28, 1884. He received his B.S. (1906) and M.S. (1907) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and spent the year 1911-1912 studying at l'Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. After serving on the faculty of Carnegie Institute of Technology, the Armour Institute of Technology, and as Dean of the Beaux Art Institute of Design in New York, he came to the University of Virginia in 1927 to head the School of Architecture and to be Curator of the Bayly Museum of Fine Arts. He held these positions until his death in 1950.

Acquisition information:
The papers were transfered to the Manuscripts Department from the School of Architecture's office files in July 1950.
Arrangement:

The collection is generally in the order derived by Professor Campbell- alphabetically by his topic headings. Within the folders, the order is chronological. Some four hundred unidentifiable items were placed at the end.

Physical description:
This collection consists of ca. 20,000 items.