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Abbye A. Gorin Architectural Collection 0.42 Cubic Feet 1 box

Gorin, Abbye A.
Abbye A. Gorin is an architectural researcher and writer of Metairie, Louisiana. Her collection contains a six-minute film entitled "The Rivergate, 1968-1995," produced by Barbara Coleman and written by Gorin and Betty Moss. The film was created as a tribute to the building and as a protest to its demolition. Also present are a 42-page "Catalog of Work," various magazines with articles about or written by Gorin, an audiocassette interview with the sculptor Angela Gregory, and a DVD containing 19 reissued interviews with Abraham Guillen and Samuel Wilson, Jr.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

A. Jane Duncombe Architectural Papers 2 Cubic Feet

Duncombe, A. Jane, 1925-

The A. Jane Duncombe Architectural Papers span the years 1952 to 2002. The papers consist primarily of architectural drawings, as well as some printed material including plan sheets, articles, and printouts of digital images. The collection documents various residential and other projects upon which Duncombe worked, one in Illinois and the rest in California.

  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Alleghany Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records, 10.5 Cubic Feet 14 boxes; 1 folder

Daughters of the American Revolution. Alleghany Chapter (Blacksburg, Va.)
The Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) was formed in 1890 as an organization to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American Indepedence, to encourage historical research in relation to the Revolution, and to promote the celebration of all patriotic anniversaries. The records consist of rosters, D.A.R. magazines, contitutions and by–laws, minutes and membership ledgers, yearbooks, scrapbooks, news bulletins, obituaries of members, and the original charter of the Alleghany Chapter.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Anna P. Sokolina Architectural Collection 5.2 Cubic Feet 6 boxes; 2 oversize folders

Sokolina, Anna P.
Anna P. Sokolina is an architectural historian. The majority of the collection consists of her publications, professional documentation, conferences participation, exhibit catalogs, teaching materials, and materials related to her involvement in the International Archive of Women in Architecture.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Anne Griswold Tyng Architectural Collection 1.5 Cubic Feet

Tyng, Anne Griswold, 1920-2011
Anne Griswold Tyng was born in 1920 in Lushan, Jiangxi province, China where her parents were living as missionaries, Tyng was an architect, professor, and design theorist best known for her collaborations with Louis I. Kahn. She studied at Radcliffe-Harvard (1942), received her Masters at Harvard Graduate School of Design (1944), and PhD in Architecture from University of Pennsylvania (1975). She specialized in space frame architecture and mathematics. Tyng designed and built the first totally triangulated space-frame house for hollowed out living space. The collection consists of publications, exhibit materials, and biographical material.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Audrey Emmons Architectural Collection 1.5 Cubic Feet 3 boxes, 1 oversize folder

Emmons, Audrey, 1921-1997
The Audrey Emmons Architectural Collection consists of architectural drawings, photographs and slides, and job files of designs Emmons did in San Francisco, Sausalito, and other Northern California locations from the mid-1970s until 1996.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection 9.5 Cubic Feet 18 boxes

Withrow family
The Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection contains the personal papers and financial records of members of four prominent families. Included are members of the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, and Withrow families, as well as, materials from related families and acquaintances. This is a diverse collection containing materials dating from 1780 to 1998. Items of interest include several Land Deeds and Warrant from the late 18th Century, including one signed by Benjamin Harrison, then Governor of Virginia; American Civil War correspondence from Confederate POW, Edgar Withrow; Regimental listings from the 19th Brigade of the Virginia Militia; and correspondence and military documents dating from World War II. The main collection contains materials from Gen. Gordon Cloyd, James Randal Kent, David Fenton Kent, Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr., David Kent Bell, James and Edgar Withrow, and many others.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Betty L. Moss Architectural Collection 56.5 Cubic Feet 255 boxes, 6 oversize folders

Moss, Betty
The Betty L. Moss Architectural Collection contains the architectural renderings, business correspondence, and notes of Betty Moss, an architect from New Orleans, Louisiana. Types of structures included in drawings are houses, apartment buildings, condominiums, religious centers, businesses, antique shops, offices, hospitals, and centers for convalescence.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Beverly Willis Architectural Collection 100 Linear Feet

Willis, Beverly, 1928-

The Beverly Willis Architectural Collection span the years 1954 to 1999 and are comprised primarily of records documenting Willis' work as an architect in San Francisco between 1960 and 1990. The collection documents the application of computers to architectural design and land analysis, the development of CARLA (Computerized Approach to Residential Land Analysis) in the 1970s, the history of twentieth-century urban planning, particularly in San Francisco; and the contribution of women to twentieth-century American architecture. Willis, a noted artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, employed the full range of visual arts and design skills to influence and guide architectural projects of major significance.

  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project Records 0.8 Cubic Feet 4 boxes

Blackwell, Jacquelyn Butler
The Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project was a multi-phase research and educational collaborative program of the Virginia Tech University Libraries and the Women's Center at Virginia Tech. The collection includes audiocassette tapes, DAT tapes, floppy disks, background and biographical information, and transcripts of interviews with some of the first Black female students and employees at Virginia Tech. The interviews focus on the entry experience of the individual into the Virginia Tech community and the interviewees' perceptions of the climate and attitudes within the university community, particularly as pertains to race and gender.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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