Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
IAWA: International Archive of Women in Architecture Records
Dunay, Donna
Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010
Ms.1985.021
15.5 Cubic Feet
10 boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 tube box
1967-2013
1985-2008
The records of the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) consist of files created by IAWA founder Milka Bliznakov, various IAWA officers, and Special Collections archivists. Materials include founding documents, meeting minutes, newsletter information, correspondence with supporters and donors, and internal correspondence.
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], International Archive of Women in Architecture Records, 1967-2013 (bulk dates 1985-2008), Ms1985-021, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The International Archive of Women in Architecture records were donated to Special Collections in 1998 and 1999 by Dr. Bliznakov. Other materials have been periodically donated by various IAWA Board Members over the years.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the International Archive of Women in Architecture was completed in November 2011.
Existence and Location of Copies
Some of this collection has been digitized and is available online.
Administrative History
The International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) was established in 1985 as a joint program of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies and the University Libraries at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). The purpose of the program is to document the history of women's involvement in architecture by collecting, preserving, storing, and making available to researchers the professional papers of women architects, landscape architects, designers, architectural historians and critics, and urban planners, and the records of women architectural organizations, from around the world. The IAWA collects this information to fill serious gaps in the availability of primary research materials for architectural, women's history, and social history research.
Scope and Content
The International Archive of Women in Architecture records encompass the founding of and day-to-day operations of the organization. Materials present include administration files (meeting minutes, bylaws, financial information), correspondence (internal and with potential donors), collection development files (policy developments, solicitation efforts), promotional material (newsletters, exhibits, conferences, and visiting speakers), and reference files. The collection ranges in date from 1967-2013 (bulk 1985-2008) and is divided into three series: Founder's Files, IAWA Center Files, and Archivist Files.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series:
Series I. Founding Files, 1985-1996
Series II. IAWA Center Files, 1967-2011 (bulk 1985-2008)
Series III. Archivist Files, 1973-2007 (bulk 1985-2007)
The series retain the original order of the records and organizationally preserves the separate functions provided by each member of the partnership.
Related Archival Materials
See "Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center," selected exhibit panels, Ms2011-075, also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the International Archive of Women in Architecture Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
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Series I. Founder's Files1985-1996Correspondence with potential donors (10 folders)1985-19961Series II. IAWA Center Files
1967-20111985-2008Administrative1985-2007Board of Advisors1985-2007Annual Meeting1988-20072nd Annual Meeting2 October, 198813rd Annual Meeting22 October, 198914th Annual Meeting31 October 199015th Annual Meeting13 November 1991 16th Annual Meeting8 November 199217th Annual Meeting7 November 199318th Annual Meeting6 November 19941[10th] Annual Meeting, [the group's numbering system skips here]22 October 1995111th Annual Meeting10 November 1996112th Annual Meeting6 September 1997113th Annual Meeting 27 September 1998114th Annual Meeting, [see 15th Annual Meeting for minutes of meeting]19 September 1999215th Annual Meeting10 September 2000216th Annual Meeting, (3 folders)21 October 2001217th Annual Meeting 6 October 2002218th Annual Meeting, (2 folders)14 September 2003220th Annual Meeting30 October 2005221st Annual Meeting15 October 2006222nd Annual Meeting20072Executive Committee Minutes (13 folders)1988-20012IAWA Emeritus Advisors and Honorary Status20002IAWA Center2002-20052IAWA Center, Center/University Libraries Partnership20052Nominating Committee (4 folders)1997-20032General Administrative Files (6 folders)1985-1990; 2000-20043IAWA By-laws1989-20003IAWA Letterheads1989-1990, n.d.3IAWA Mailing List19963Bliznakov Prize (5 folders)1999-20033Correspondence1989-20041997-20043Bliznakov, [to/from]1989-20023Collection Development1985-2001Collection development materials3Collection development policy1998-20013Correspondence with potential donors (2 folders)1985-1986, 19973Mailing, typical letters in english, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish (4 folders)1985-1986, 19923Potential donors3Financial Records1989-2006Financial Records, General (3 folders)1989, 2001-20063Appraisal of IAWA Collection2000-20013Center Annual and Financial Reports2000-20033Fundraising Ideas20013Individual Donations (2 folders)1991-1993, 2000-200543Milka Bliznakov Endowment20044Sigrid L. Rupp Endowment (2 folders)1997-20054Grants1967-20021988-2000Proposal manuals/applications1967-19784Core Research Proposal, [to establish a resource center and organize Friends of the IAWA group]19884Diversity Incentive Grants Committee20024Getty Grant Program20004Graham Foundation for Advance studies in the Fine Arts [for conference "Challenges of the Past and Future: And International Conference of the Contribution of Women to the Architecture of the 20th century]19914MB Grant [for computerized central information system of works by women architects and landscape architects]4Newsletters (22 folders)1989-20104Mailing List4Production of Newsletter19904Production of Newsletter, 10th Anniversary of IAWA19954Production of Newsletter (5 folders)1998-2001, 20054Responses (8 folders)1990-1992, 1994-199945Presentations1984-2011Exhibits -- America tours for "History of Women Architects" German Federal Republic and "Women Architects in Austria, 1900-1987" Austrian Cultural Institute1984-19865Audio Recording: "Women in Design," Cowgill Hall (3 cassettes)May 1985Conference -- The Invisible Partner: 2nd symposium on Women in Design and ArchitectureOctober 28-November 3, 19865Conference -- "Challenges of the Past and the Future: An International Conference of the Contribution of women to the Architecture of the 20th Century"19915Exhibit -- "Contribution of Women architects to the Man-Made Environment," Wallace Hall Gallery, brochures17 March-4 April 19975Exhibit -- IAWA Exhibit PlacardsSeptember 19975Exhibit -- "Lois Gottlieb: Continuing the Legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright," Wallace Hall Gallery16 March-3 April 19985Visiting Speaker -- Anne Tyng (2 folders)March 18-22, 19995Exhibit -- IAWA Fall Exhibit19995Visiting Speaker -- Brinda SomayaOctober 18, 20015Visiting Speaker -- Yasmeen LariOctober 5-6, 200215Exhibit -- 20th Anniversary Exhibit20055Exhibit -- "Daredemo Photographer, Exhibition Photographs by the Citizens of the Iwaizumi Town, Japan," presented by UIFA Japan with the IAWA CenterMay 11-13, 20135Symposium -- "Honoring Women in Architecture and the Related Design Fields from last century to 2006"20061Visiting Speaker -- Anna SokolinaOctober 29, 20071Exhibit -- "For the Future: The Pioneering Women in Architecture from Japan and Beyond"20111Poster -- Student Research in the IAWA for Modernistic Architecture: Leanings and Gleanings [featuring Maria Rosaria Piomelli and Maria Auboeck-Karasz]n.d.11Public Relations1985-2015Clippings, Bliznakov1985-1986, n.d.5Clippings, IAWA in publications (4 folders)1987-1991, 1999-2002, 20075IAWA brochure (2 folders)1991-19935IAWA promotional postcards5Various exhibit catalogs, brochures, handouts, related to the IAWA5Reference Files1985-2001Architecture Cybercore Project, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, CDFall 1999 5Compiled address lists, A.I.A., U.I.F.A., and various other organizations (2 folders)1985-1986, n.d.5Literature/Resources about women in architecture, Art + Architecture Library, Virginia Tech20015Newsletters from various organizations1989-19915Taliesin Fellowship Directory, Alumni and membership1932-19875Series III. Archivist Files1973-20071985-2007Administrative Files (16 folders)1985-20076Collection Development1974-19941985-1994BooksBook requisitions about women in architecture19916Books in Special Collection about women in architecture19926Collection inventories1987, 1990, 1994, and n.d.6Compiled collection development materials (2 folders)1974-19906Correspondence with potential donors19886DonorsAIA exhibit "That Exceptional One"6Chadeayne, Olive19926Dows, Wena19906Johnson, Jane C. Hall19906Koller-Buchweiser, Helene19906Leviseur, Elsa1990-19946Pfeiffer, Alberta1987-19926Schroeder, Han1988-19936Torre, Susana19907Torre interview, 3.5" diskette 7Willis, Beverly1988-19927Wilson, Zelma1990-19917Zimbler, Liane1987-19887Mailings/Mailing ListsVirginia Tech, College of Architecture, Alumnae1875-19797Architecture Schools, directory and responses, [mailings sent to architecture schools throughout the United States requesting female alumni directories for their architecture schools] (6 folders)19877State Architectural Registration Boards, directory and responses, [mailings sent to architecture registration boards throughout the United States requesting the names of female architects registered within the state] (7 folders)198787International Architectural Associations, directories and responses, [mailings sent to various international architectural associations requesting the names of female architects registered with the organization]1987-1988Hermandad Nacional de Prevision Social de Arquitectos Superiores H Lista de Arquitectos de Espana1985-19868History of Women Architects Catalog1986-19878Royal Australian Institute of Architects Membership Directory19868United Architects of the Philippines Directory of General Membership19868The Hong Kong Institute of Architects Register of Membership1986-19878Schweizerischer Ingenieur- und Architekten-Verein Offizielles Mitglieder-Verzeichnis1986-19878Union of Hungarian Architects Membership Directory19888Arquitectas de Puerto Rico, El Caribe y la Florida19918Virginia Tech Faculty Roster, College of Architecture and Urban Studies1991-19938Potential donors listing1987-19898Slides and negatives of materials in the IAWA8Correspondence1984-1999General Correspondence1985-19888IAWA Board members1988-19918Incoming mail1984-199989Outgoing mail1987-1993, 1995-199789Grants1988-1990American Institute of Architects Foundation Grant and Account1989-19909General grant material1988-19899IAWA Biographical Database (5 folders)1989, 1994-1996, 2002-2005, 2007 9IAWA Newsletter, production1989-19929IAWA Website19959Publications1991-1992Smith, Laura Katz. "The International Archive of Women in Architecture." Feminist Collections, vol. 12, no.4, Summer 1991March 1991 9Smith, Laura Katz. "The International Archive of Women in Architecture: Preserving the History of the Invisible Partner." Art Reference Services Quarterly, vol. 1(2) 19931991-19929Reference Files1979-20071984-2007Architecture Libraries, information about their collections1988-199010Archival Collections of and about women architects in depositories in the United States198910Biographical Information, Esther McCoy1985-199010Definitions of Architectural Terms1984-198910Frank Lloyd Wright apprentices2004, 200710Lesbian Herstory Archives1979-199110Literature about women in architecture (6 folders)1973-1992, 1994-1996, 1998, n.d.10Research Articles (2 folders)2002-200510Related Professional Organizations1983-2003American Institute of Architects (AIA)1983-199110Canadian Centre for Architecture199910International Union of Women Architects (UIFA), Washington, D.C.198810Society of American Archivists, Architectural Records Roundtable, Survey200310