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Mary Brown Channel Architectural Collection, 1936/2002, bulk 1936/1950 11 Cubic Feet 10 boxes and 36 oversize folders

Channel, Mary Brown, 1907-2006
After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1929, Mary Ramsay Brown Channel earned her degree in architecture at Cornell University in 1933. She returned to her hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia, and worked at a firm for two years before opening her own office as the first registered woman architect in Virginia. She became known for her residential and church designs. Her collection includes sketches and drawings for about 160 mostly residential projects in the Portsmouth area. Also included are some college drawings and projects.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Milka T. Bliznakov Papers and Architectural Drawings, 1946/2010 32.82 Cubic Feet 37 boxes; 8 oversize; 4 artifacts

Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010
Milka Bliznakov was a Bulgarian architect, architectural historian, and professor who practiced in Bulgaria, France, and the United States. The collection consists of her publications, research, correspondence, professional documentation of her practice, conference participation materials, teaching materials, and documents related to her involvement as the founder of the International Archive of Women in Architecture.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Natalie de Blois Architectural Collection, 1941/2013 2.7 Cubic Feet 2 boxes and 7 oversize folders

De Blois, Natalie, 1921-2013
The Natalie de Blois Architectural Collection includes correspondence; original notes; magazine/journal clippings; finished project photographs, published materials; sketches; water colors; and project records related to a sampling of de Blois' architectural projects.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals Records, 1965/2005 4 Cubic Feet 8 boxes

Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals
The Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals (OWA) is an organization for women architects and designers in the San Francisco bay area. It officially became incorporated in 1973. The collection contains documents, reports, agendas, membership directories, photos, slides, and publications concerning the history and activities of the OWA.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Sally Waldner Bould Stan Architectural Collection, 1940/1997 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

Sarah Pillsbury Harkness Architectural Collection, 1986/2013 2.25 Cubic Feet 1 box, 1 oversize folder

Harkness, Sarah Pillsbury, 1914-2013
The Sarah Pillsbury Harkness Architectural Collection consists of biographical information, a booklet documenting the presentations given on November 21, 1991, and architectural drawings and photographs for her 1996-1997 design of a house in Essex, Massachusetts.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Sena Sekulić-Gvozdanović Architectural Collection, 1963/2002 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

Sekulić-Gvozdanović, Sena
Sena Sekulić-Gvozdanović (d. 2002) architect in Zagreb, Republic of Croatia. She was a professor (1946-1986) and the first female Dean of Architecture (1979-1982) at the University of Zagreb. In 1983, she was awarded the Viktor Kovacic Award for Lifetime Achievement. Sekulić-Gvozdanović's collection contains published and unpublished works, personal correspondence, photographs, slides, and lectures pertaining to her research concerning women in architecture. Materials range in date from 1963-2002.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Susana Torre Architectural Collection, 1830/2003, bulk 1967/2003 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

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