Colter, Mary, media collection,, 1996

Containers:
Box 2
Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet
Scope and content:

1869-1958. Chief architect for the Fred Harvey Company. Designed hotels, gift shops, and viewing places throughout the southwestern desert in the United States in the early 1900s. Her most notable designs were the Watchtower, Hopi House, and Hermit's Rest at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Collection includes film entitled "Mary Jane Colter: The Desert View" produced, written, and directed in 1996 by Jennifer Lee of Beverly Hills, California, and narrated by Ellen Burstyn, about Colter's life and work. [Copy of video now shelved in Special Collections Rare Book Room: Video 8650. Also available are National Public Radio program cassettes 526/527, again, in the Rare Book Room.]

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Parent restrictions:
Collection is open to research.
Parent terms of access:
Permission to publish material from the IAWA Small Collections must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.