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Dorothee Stelzer King Architectural Collection 6.92 Cubic Feet 6 boxes; 6 oversize folders

King, Dorothée
Born in Berlin, Germany. Dorothee Stelzer King is an architect and professor who has practiced in Germany, the United States, and the Bahamas. The collection consists of material (drawings, presentation boards, photographs, and printed material) created and accumulated by King as a student and during her professional career. Some examples include: her award-winning student project of creating a flexible and transportable exhibition hall and her project work for the Government of the Bahamas. Materials in this collection range in date from 1950-2008.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Dorothy Alexander Architectural Collection 3.1 Cubic Feet 15 boxes

Alexander, Dorothy Baxter
Dorothy Alexander was educated at the McGill University Architectural School in Montreal. She worked for several firms including Wurster, Bernardi, and Emmons Architects before starting her own firm in 1961. The collection consists primarily of drawings, sketches, and building specifications for buildings designed by the architect Dorothy Alexander. Projects include remodeling work for the Arriflex Corporation, Lowel-Light Manufacturing, as well as several houses designed and built in California.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Eleanore Pettersen Architectural Collection, 296 Cubic Feet 219 boxes; 7 map cases

Eleanore K. Pettersen (1916-2003) received a Certificate in Architecture from Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art in 1941, and was an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin from 1941-1943. She was one of the first women licensed as an architect in the state of New Jersey in 1950, and was the first woman in New Jersey to open her own architectural office. She primarily designed residences and was also very active in professional and civic organizations. She became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) in 1991. The collection consists of project files, sketches, blueprints, drawings, models, photographs, and other material relating to over 600 of Pettersen's projects as well as material relating to her participation in various professional and civic organizations. The materials in the collection range in date from 1915-2003 with the bulk of the material dating 1950-2000.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Elisabeth-Charlotte Harling Architectural Collection 5.3 Cubic Feet 1 box, 4 oversize folders

Harling, Elisabeth-Charlotte, 1922-2011
The Elisabeth-Charlotte Harling Architectural Collection consists of architectural drawings, photographs, specifications, correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, and other materials organized in two series, documents and drawings.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Elsa Leviseur Architectural Collection 13.2 Cubic Feet 19 boxes and 10 oversize folders

Leviseur, Elsa, b.1932
Elsa Leviseur was born in 1932 and practiced architecture and landscape architecture in South Africa, England, and California. Her projects include designs for the Hollywood Bowl and the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association in California. Papers consist of files, photographs, specifications, and architectural drawings of designs done mostly in the 1980s.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

E. Maria Roth Architectural Collection 3.6 Cubic Feet 3 boxes

Roth, Maria
The E. Maria Roth Architectural Collection contains the personal papers, professional papers, and project files of a landscape architect working largely in New Jersey, New York, and Virginia. School work from Cooper Union and Rutgers University is included, along with a school notebook from 1940 made during the Hitler era in Germany. Projects largely conform to the following categories: schools, residences/neighborhoods, public and recreation areas, and furniture/structural designs.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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