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Rebecca Wood Watkin Architectural Drawings 6.6 Cubic Feet 2 boxes, 14 oversize folders

Watkin, Rebecca Wood, 1913-2010
Rebecca Wood Watkin was born in 1913 in Portland, Oregon. She earned a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in 1933, and a B. Arch. from the Architecture School of the University of Pennsylvania. She returned to the west coast, and worked in other architects' offices during the 1930s and 1940s. She earned her California Architectural license in 1944 and opened her own practice in 1951. The collection consists of architectural drawings of remodelings, alterations, additions, and new designs of buildings, mostly residences, that Watkin worked on from 1940 to 1989.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Sally Waldner Bould Stan Architectural Collection 2 Cubic Feet 5 folders of 42x30 inches and one folder of 14.75x9.5 inches

Stan, Sally Waldner Bould, b.1917
This collection documents the architect Sally Waldner Bould Stan. She lived from 1917 to 2008, spending most of her life in Lafayette, California. Over the course of her life, Sally designed around 2000 homes as well as numerous notable commercial projects before retiring in 1998. Her collection is comprised of biographical notes as well as drawings for 55 of her professional projects. One standard and five oversized folders.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Sigrid L. Rupp Architectural Collection 219 Cubic Feet 337 boxes; 2 map drawers

Rupp, Sigrid Lorenzen, 1943-2004
Sigrid L. Rupp (1943-2004) was principal architect of her own firm, SLR/Architects in Palo Alto, California from 1976 to 1998. Born in Germany in 1943, she relocated to California with her family in 1953. She earned a B. Arch. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1966. SLR/Architects specialized in technical facilities and industrial work providing architectural services for many of the pre-eminent Silicon Valley firms in the 1980s and 1990s. The collection consists of architectural drawings, photographs, administrative and job files, contracts, and other material relating to over 700 of Rupp's projects, as well as material relating to Rupp's personal travel and artistic endeavors. The materials in the collection range in date from 1950-2004 with the bulk of the material dating 1976-2004.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Susana Torre Architectural Collection 26.4 Cubic Feet 23 boxes, 28 oversize folders, 3 framed drawings, and 1 model

Torre, Susana, 1944-
After earning her degree in architecture in Buenos Aires, Argentinean Susana Torre arrived in New York in 1968 to study and practice architecture. Women's place in architecture and renovation of buildings are topics of particular interest to her. The Susana Torre collection consists of professional correspondence, project files, architectural drawings and sketches of some of her works, research notes, published articles about and by Torre, and teaching notes.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Wena Dows Architectural Collection, 21.1 Cubic Feet 1 box; 86 oversize folders

Dows, Wena W., 1928-
Architect Wena Dows earned her B.A. in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1950 and began working independently, specializing in residential remodeling, in 1954. Along with her architectural commitments she also worked as a nutritionist. The Wena Dows Architectural Collection contains drawings, supporting text documents, photographs and slides of Dows' addition and renovation projects for residences in California from 1952 to 2005, along with information about a few commercial projects.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Zelma Wilson Architectural Collection 115.5 Cubic Feet 24 record cartons; 177 rolled drawings; 5 map-case drawers

Wilson, Zelma, 1918-1996
Wilson (1918-1996) an architect in Ojai, CA was born in New York City but later relocated to Southern California. She studied at the University of California, Berkeley, 1937-1940; later the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1941; and graduated with a B. Arch from University of Southern California in 1947. Wilson's collection encompasses three decades of work that range from her academic through professional career—including her experience of operating her own firm. Her collection contains biographical material, professional committee and association work, school work, client correspondence, office promotional materials, time logs, drawings, photographs and manuscript material relating to projects. Materials range in date from 1940-1995 (bulk 1969-1991).
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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