Faris, Faris, and Stephens, Architects, Records

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Faris, Faris, and Stephens, Architects, Records, A&M 3330, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Collection context

Summary

Extent:
449.67 Linear Feet 185 roll boxes, 6 in. each; 161 roll boxes, 4 in. each; 1 document case, 5 in.; 2 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 2 flat boxes, 1.5 in. each; 1 flat box, 1 in.; 13 flat boxes, 3 in. each; 2 roll boxes, 9 in. each; 3 flat boxes, 4 in. each; 4 roll boxes, 5 in. each; 3 unboxed rolls, 2.5 in. each; 1 unboxed roll, 8.5 in.; 2 unboxed rolls, 8 in. each; 2 unboxed rolls, 4.5 in. each; 232 record cartons, 15 in. each; 7 map drawers, 2 in. each
Creator:
Stephens, Tracy R., Faris, Frederic P., Faris, Frederick F., and Stephens, Tracy R.
Abstract:
Includes drawings by architects Frederick F. Faris and Frederic P. Faris of Wheeling, West Virginia, as well as Tracy R. Stephens. There are three series in the collection. Series 1 includes architectural drawings documenting public and private building projects in Wheeling and the surrounding area. Series 2 includes correspondence, reports, and other documents regarding those architectural projects. Series 3 is an addendum to the collection that includes architectural drawings and project details as well as materials regarding the accomplishments of Stephens and commemoration of his work in Wheeling, WV. Series 4 includes assorted architectural books.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Faris, Faris, and Stephens, Architects, Records, A&M 3330, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The Faris, Faris, and Stephens, Architects, Records consists of the records of approximately 300 to 350 architectural design projects dating from circa 1890 through 1990. This collection represents the architectural design work of three prominent West Virginia architects: Frederick F. Faris (1870-1927), Federic P. Faris (1901-1964), and Tracy R. Stephens (1901-2003). Faris, Faris, and Stephens were collectively responsible for a broad range of architectural designs including private residences, banks, churches, schools, public housing, and recreational and industrial buildings. Additionally, these architects also designed furnishings, hardware, and signage for several of these design projects. Geographically, this collection is centered on Wheeling, but also includes projects from West Virginia's Northern Panhandle and regionally including Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Series 1 consists of architectural drawings, including tracings (pencil drawings) and ink on vellum drawings of plan, elevation, and sections; structural, masonry, hardware, and furnishings detail drawings; structural steel drawings; construction drawings; and preliminary design sketches. There are also white prints and blueprints, often used for field measurements, as well as bound presentation set drawings for public and client perusal and approval. Additionally, there are sub-contractors' blueprints, mostly from local Wheeling ornamental and structural iron works. Lastly, there are architectural renderings for a number of projects, most in color. This series also includes original measured drawings prepared by other Wheeling architects including Charles W. Bates and Edward B. Franzheim. How these drawings became part of this collection is unclear, but they were probably loaned to Frederick F. Faris for use in remodeling projects and never returned.

Series 2 includes textual records, such as correspondence, reports, price quotations for material and other services, specifications, contracts, prints/drawings, and other documents regarding architectural projects. Rough contents list is available upon request.

Series 3. Addendum of 2015 October 12 includes materials regarding the accomplishments of architect Tracy Stephens and commemoration of his work in Wheeling, WV. Featured projects include Alterations to the West Virginia Independence Hall and the Paul M. McKay Residence, with drawings, notes, and specifications included. There are also project-specific financial records spanning several years of Stephens's career; newspaper clippings featuring articles about his work, brief correspondence from the American Institute of Architects about historical research being conducted on Stephens, and materials from Frederic Faris's education at Cornell University.

Series 4 includes architectural books collected by Faris, Faris, and Stephens throughout their careers. There are guidebooks for designing various kinds of buildings, like schools, hospitals, and residences; biographies of prominent architects; and task-specific manuals for projects like floodproofing and modernizing buildings. The majority of the books were published from 1921-1991, so they demonstrate some of the ways that best practices and design choices evolved throughout the 20th century. Additionally, these books provide insight into the influences behind Faris, Faris, and Stephens's work. A list of book titles is provided in each box's scope and contents note.

Includes tracings (pencil drawings) and ink on vellum drawings of plans, elevations and sections; structural, masonry, hardware, and furnishings detail drawings; structural steel drawings; construction drawings; and preliminary design sketches. There are also white prints and blueprints, often used for field measurements, as well as bound presentation set drawings for public and client perusal and approval. Additionally, there are sub-contractors' blueprints, mostly from local Wheeling ornamental and structural iron works. Lastly, there are architectural renderings for a number of projects, most in color. This series also includes original measured drawings prepared by other Wheeling architects including Charles W. Bates and Edward B. Franzheim. How these drawings became part of this collection is unclear, but they were probably loaned to Frederick F. Faris for use in remodeling projects and never returned. The drawings have been arranged into subseries according to the purpose of the building or property represented. There is likely crossover between projects represented in this series and those represented in series 2.

location: Moundsville, WV

project no: 1499; architect: Faris Associates; location: 324 Main Street, Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Flushing, Ohio

location: Wheeling, WV

architect: Stevens, W. A.

location: Wheeling, WV

vellum

architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Fifth Street and Hanover, Martins Ferry, Ohio

architect: Bates, Charles W.

project no: A-132

architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Ohio County, West Virginia

project no: 1178; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: 1129 Market Street, Wheeling, West Virginia

project no: 1227; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: 2060 National Road, Wheeling, West Virginia

location: Wheeling, WV

location: Wheeling, WV

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Intersection of Barnesville and National Road, Wheeling, West Virginia

location: Steubenville, OH

architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Wheeling, West Virginia

location: Wheeling, WV

blueprints

project no: 1077; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Nineteenth Street, Wheeling, West Virginia

project no: 1077; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Wheeling, West Virginia

location: Akron, OH

architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: North Main Street, Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Market Street, Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Faris, Frederick

architect: Faris, Frederick

architect: Faris, Frederick

architect: Faris, Frederick

For additional drawings see A&M 3330 Series 1 Boxes 16, 65, 76, 207

For additional drawings see A&M 3330 Series 1 Boxes 16, 65, 76, 207

rolled

architect: Faris, Frederick

architect: Faris, Frederick

location: St. Clairsville, OH

location: Wheeling, WV

architect: Bates, Charles W.

architect: Bates, Charles W. (?)

location: Wheeling, West Virginia

project no: 312; architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Bellaire, Ohio

architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: 1196 Market Street, Wheeling, West Virginia

Bloch Brothers Tobacco Co.

architect: Faris, Franzheim, and Giesey

mounted prints

project no: 1207; architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Wheeling, West Virginia

rolled

project no: Com A 131; architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Seventeenth Street, Wheeling, West Virginia

warehouse is entirely of poured concrete construction

project no: 1078; architect: Van Alstyne, R.E.; location: Wheeling, West Virginia

rolled

rolled

rolled

location: Moundsville, WV

location: Moundsville, WV

project no: 1452; architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Hazlett Avenue, Wheeling, West Virginia

location: WV

project no: 1200; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Ohio County, West Virginia

location: Bridgeport, OH

architect: Edward J. Wood and Son Associates; Stephens, Tracy; location: Clarksburg, West Virginia

project no: 1167; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Dayton, Albert F.; location: Marshall County, West Virginia

rolled

rolled

project no: 1439; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: WV Route 7, Marshall County, West Virginia

project no: 1002; architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Wheeling, West Virginia

location: Wheeling, WV

rolled, ink on vellum

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Folsom, West Virginia

architect: Cellarius & Hilmer; location: Cincinnati, Ohio

architect: Dayton, Albert F.

project no: Pi-8562; architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Wheeling, West Virginia

project no: 1046; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Dayton, Albert F.

architect: Bates, Charles W.

location: West Liberty, WV

project no: 1109; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: West Liberty, West Virginia

project no: 1463; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: West Liberty, West Virginia

location: West Liberty, WV

rolled

rolled

rolled

Robert J. Bennett title block

rolled

project no: 1409; architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Wheeling, West Virginia

opened 1911, burned 1914, reopened 1915

rolled, Fred Faris with Charles Bates title block

project no: 1443; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Wheeling, West Virginia

mounted blue prints

location: Wheeling, WV

location: Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Bates, Charles W.

mounted blue prints

mounted blue prints

mounted blue prints

mounted blue prints

mounted blue prints

mounted blue prints

project no: 1076; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Roney's Point, West Virginia

location: Moundsville, WV

architect: Bates, Charles W.

project no: 1288; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Kruger Street, Elm Grove, West Virginia

rolled

architect: Faris, Frederick

architect: Faris, Frederick (?)

architect: Faris, Frederic

likely for 1929 renovation of WV State Prison

rolled

location: Wheeling, WV

location: Wheeling, WV

location: Wheeling, WV

location: Wheeling, WV

architect: CC Smith and Son; location: New Martinsville, West Virginia

architect: Stephens, Tracy; location: West Virginia

project no: 1127; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Roney's Point, West Virginia

rolled

location: WV

location: WV

location: WV

rolled

Rolled

location: Wheeling, WV

location: Wheeling, WV

location: Wheeling, WV

originally designed by Frederick F. Faris 1905

project no: WPCR-359; location: 57 Fourteenth Street, Wheeling, West Virginia

project no: 1235; architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Wheeling, West Virginia

location: Wheeling, WV

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Wheeling, West Virginia

location: Cumberland, MD

architect: Faris, Frederic

architect: Faris, Frederic

rolled

rolled, dedicated 1918

architect: Schmertz and Erwin; location: Table Rock Lane, Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Haag and Assoc.

project no: 1024; architect: Faris, Frederic; location: St. Clairesville, Ohio

project no: 1049; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: McMechen, West Virginia

mounted print

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Bellaire, Ohio

architect: Faris, Frederick

architect: Faris, Frederick

architect: Faris, Frederic

architect: Faris, Frederick and Millard Fillmore Giesey (?)

location: Martin's Ferry, Ohio

location: Martin's Ferry, Ohio

mounted prints

project no: 1242; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Edgington Lane, Wheeling, West Virginia

location: Bellaire, OH

architect: Franzheim, Edward

architect: Franzheim, Edward

project no: 1225; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Wetzel County, West Virginia

project no: 1237; architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Faris, Frederic

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: 41 Fifteenth Street, Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Woodsdale, Wheeling, West Virginia

location: Miltonsburg, OH

architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: North Main Street, Wheeling, West Virginia

project no: 418; architect: M.R. Johnke, W.F. McCulloch

project no: 1094; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: 745 North Main Street, Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Wheeling, West Virginia

location: Barnesville, OH

rolled

project no: 1165; architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Wheeling, West Virginia

project no: 1053; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Water Street, Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Franzheim, Edward

architect: Franzheim, Edward

rolled, designed by F.F. Faris 1903-1906

project no: 1281; architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Wetzel County, West Virginia

architect: James Barbitta and Assoc.

location: West Liberty, WV

project no: 1280; architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Bethlehem, West Virginia

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: 719 North Main Street, Wheeling, West Virginia

project no: 1166; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Cecil Place, Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Gandee, Thomas and Sprouse

rolled, last building designed by F.F. Faris

ink on vellum

rolled

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: 36 Belmont Street, Bellaire, Ohio

architect: Engstrom and Wynn

location: Wheeling, WV

location: Wheeling, WV

location: Wheeling,

location: Wheeling, WV

location: Wheeling, WV

location: New Martinsville, WV

project no: 1096 A; architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Hawthorne Court, Wheeling, West Virginia

rolled

rolled

architect: Franzheim, Edward

architect: Franzheim, Edward

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Hawthorne Court, Wheeling, West Virginia

rolled, Elmhurst Mansion

architect: Hecky-Yee / The Dillon Company

architect: Faris, Frederic

architect: Bates, Charles W.

architect: Franzheim, Edward (?); location: Wheeling, WV

architect: Franzheim, Edward (?); location: Wheeling, WV

architect: Faris, Franzheim, and Giesey; location: Wheeling, WV

Theater restoration following fire

location: 1112 Market St., Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: St. Clairesville, Ohio

rolled, ink on vellum

Includes drawings of mixed use spaces, unidentified drawings, maps, and other material that did not fit into other categories.

architect: Faris, Frederic (nephew); location: Martins Ferry, Ohio

location: Ohio County, West Virginia

ink on mylar

architect: Stone and Thomas

architect: Stone and Thomas

architect: Stone and Thomas

architect: Stone and Thomas

architect: Faris, Frederic; location: Wheeling, West Virginia

architect: Faris, Frederick and Millard Fillmore Giesey

Includes textual records, such as correspondence, reports, price quotations for material and other services, specifications, contracts, prints/drawings, and other documents regarding architectural projects. Many boxes contain records for multiple projects. There is likely crossover with projects represented in series 1.

Includes materials regarding the accomplishments of architect Tracy Stephens and commemoration of his work in Wheeling, WV. Featured projects include Alterations to the West Virginia Independence Hall and the Paul M. McKay Residence. There are also project-specific financial records spanning several years of Stephens's career; newspaper clippings featuring articles about his work, brief correspondence from the American Institute of Architects about historical research being conducted on Stephens, and materials from Frederic Faris's education at Cornell University.

Includes materials developed near the end of Stephens's career and after his death commemorating his work. This includes newspaper clippings featuring articles about Stephens and his projects in Wheeling, WV; brief correspondence from the American Institute of Architects about historical research being conducted on Stephens; and a copy of In Wheeling magazine featuring an article about the city's architectural history.

Includes materials used and created in daily activities at the Faris Associates/Tracy R. Stephens, AIA, Architect firm. This is comprised of the firm's financial records from periods in the late 1940s and early 1950s; notes, drawings, and specifications for the West Virginia Independence Hall (also known as the Wheeling Custom House) and Paul M. McKay Residence projects; notes from a Civil Engineering Mechanics course taken by Frederic Faris; and the Thirty-Third Architectural Exhibition Yearbook (1930).

Includes architectural books collected by Faris, Faris, and Stephens throughout their careers. There are guidebooks for designing various kinds of buildings, like schools, hospitals, and residences; biographies of prominent architects; and task-specific manuals for projects like floodproofing and modernizing buildings. The majority of the books were published from 1921-1991, so they demonstrate some of the ways that best practices and design choices evolved throughout the 20th century. Additionally, these books provide insight into the influences behind Faris, Faris, and Stephens's work. A list of book titles is provided in each box's scope and contents note.

Books included: A Treasury of Contemporary Houses; The Second Treasury of Contemporary Houses; Planning School Buildings; Planning Guide for Radiologic Installations; Housing Design; Cities of Latin America; On Hospitals; Lettering on Buildings; The Eighth Wonder; Fascinating Spirited Cincinnati; Materials for Architecture; Progressive Architecture; Architectural Construction Volume 2; American Building Art 19th Century; American Building Art 20th Century

Books included: Toward Better School Design; Restaurants, Lounges, Bars; School Planning; Airports; Music, Acoustics & Architecture; Financial Survey of Urban Housing; American Architects Directory; Specifications for a Hospital; Floodproofing Non-Residential Structures; Design Guidelines for Flood Damage Reduction; Retrofitting Flood-prone Residential Structures; Manufactured Home Installation in Flood Hazard Areas; Lighting in Architecture

Books included: Biographies on Gropius, Neutra, Mendelson, Sullivan, Niemeyer, Gaudi, Nervi, Wright, Corbusier, Aalto, and Van Der Rohe; Planning and Building the Modern Church; Minimum Property Standards; U.S. Industrial Design; Landscape Architecture; Architectural Detailing; Living Spaces; Pencil Techniques in Modern Design; Shops & Stores; Urban Landscape Design

Books included: Landscape for Living; Makers of Contemporary Architecture; Metal Plate Lithography; The New World Architecture; The Effective Architect; Early American Homes

Books included: The New Style; Classical Greece; Planning Elementary School Buildings; Schoolhouse; Planning Secondary School Buildings; The Business of Architecture; Architectural Practice; The American Courthouse; The Practical Requirements of Modern Buildings

Books included: Houses for Good Living; Decorative Ornament; School Architecture; Display; Prado Madrid; Standard Plumbing Details; Architectural Engineering; Ticket to Paradise; Railroad and Bus Terminal Station Layout; Eero Saarinen on His Work

Books included: Hospitals, Clinics, and Health Centers; Design for Modern Living; An American Synagogue for Today and Tomorrow; The Writings and Sketches of Matthew Nowicki; Modern Physics Buildings; Designs for Outdoor Living; Stained Glass for Amateurs; Your Dream Home -- How to Build It for Less than $3500; Hospital Color and Decorations; Plan Reading for Home Builders; Manual Design & Construction; Structural Shop Drafting Textbook Volume 1; Design and Construction of General Hospitals; Aluminum in Modern Architecture Volume 1 and Volume 2

Books included: Modernizing Buildings for Profit; Modern Interiors; Curtain Wall Construction; Schools; Apartments and Dormitories; Modern Architecture in Mexico; Manual of Design; Repairing and Remodeling Guide for Home Interiors; Acoustical Design; Communities for Better Living; Guide for Planning School Plants; Hospital Planning

Books included: Perspective Projection; Smaller Retail Shops; Buildings for the Elderly; With Heritage So Rich; Shops and Stores; Three Centuries of Notable American Cities; Modern Furniture; Hospitals -- Integrated Design; Doctor's Offices and Clinics; Bridges

Books included: Builders of West Virginia; Your Solar House; Industrial Architecture; Good Practice in Construction; Airport Engineering; Strength of Houses; Eliel Saarinen; Architects' Specifications -- How to Write Them; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Knowledge; The Modern Small Hospital; Nicholson's Building Director, Volume I and Volume II

Books included: Architectural Design Collaborators 1; Architectural Design Collaborators 2; Persien 1; Masters of Modern Architecture; Building Design Handbook; Building Insulation; Foundation Engineering; Changing the Skyline; The Construction of Small Houses; Architecture for the New Theatre; The Practical Application of Acoustic Principles; School Planning Handbook; Elliot 7: Drawing Materials, Surveyors, Supplies; Standards for Schoolhouse Construction; Building Practice Manual

Biographical / historical:

Frederick Fisher Faris

Frederick F. Faris was born in St. Clairsville, Ohio on August 1, 1870. His family moved to Wheeling, West Virginia two years later. Faris was educated in Wheeling public schools. He worked as a draftsman for Edgar Wells in the Wheeling firm of Klieves, Kraft and Company (a Wheeling architectural and building contractor company), before he left the city to work for architects in Chicago and New York City. Faris returned to Wheeling in 1892, where he entered into a partnership with Joseph Leiner forming Leiner & Faris. In 1894, Faris left that partnership and formed the partnership of Franzheim, Giesey & Faris, with Edward B. Franzheim and Millard Fillmore Geisey. Franzheim left the partnership in 1899, and the pair continued as Geisey & Faris. In 1911, he entered private practice as F.F. Faris Architect. Faris died June 27, 1927, at 56, from complication resulting from strep throat and is buried in Wheeling's Greenwood Cemetery. Faris married Nellie Egerter Faris (1876-1973) in 1897. The couple had no children. Following his death, Faris' nephews Frederic P. Faris and Philip V. Faris took over the practice.

Frederic P. Faris

Frederic P. Faris was born February 14, 1901, in Wheeling, West Virginia. He was likely educated in Wheeling public schools. He attended Cornell University, graduating with a BA in Architecture in 1923 and an MA in Architecture in 1924. Faris worked along with his older brother Philip Faris (1899-1974), an engineer, in his uncle's practice prior to his death. After Frederick Faris' death, the practice was styled as Faris Associates. In the early 1950s, the firm was known as Frederic Faris AIA. Faris died July 14, 1964. He is buried in Wheeling's Greenwood Cemetery. Faris married Mary Elizabeth Steinbicker in 1947. The couple had no children. The practice passed to Tracy R. Stephens.

Tracy Ralston Stephens

Tracy R. Stephens was born in Cameron, West Virginia on November 14, 1901, but lived in Western Pennsylvania prior to the family relocating to Morgantown in the late 1910s. Stephens initially attended West Virginia University, but since WVU has no architecture program he transferred to Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, where he completed his architecture studies. He graduated in 1930. Stephen had worked for the Clarksburg firm of Edward J. Wood & Son Licensed Architects while at Carnegie Tech. Following his graduation, he became a member of the practice where he worked from the early 1930s until World War II. He left the practice during the war to work at Fairchild Aircraft in Hagerstown, Maryland. After the war, he returned to Clarksburg and started his own practice, Tracy R. Stephens Architect in 1947. In the early 1960s, Frederic Faris persuaded Stephens to join his practice to help with an abundance of commissions with West Liberty State College (now West Liberty University) in West Liberty, West Virginia, especially the Hall of Fine Arts. Upon the death of Frederic Faris, the architectural firm's name changed again, this time back to Faris Associates, and was comprised of Tracy Stephens, Philip Faris, and Merle Peterson (Peterson later became the West Virginia University Campus Architect). After Philip Faris retired in 1972, the firm became Tracy R. Stephens, AIA, Architect. Stephens died in Cumming, Georgia on November 4, 2003, and is buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Mount Morris, Pennsylvania. Stephens never married.

Acquisition information:

Gift from Stephens, Tracy, 1999 April 28

Gift from Stephens, Tracy, circa 2015 October 12

Processing information:

The A&M 3330 Faris, Faris, and Stephens, Architects, Records card index binder ("A&M 3330 FARIS DRAWINGS--INDEX") is a photocopied card index that includes an inventory of the architectural drawings and related documents and specifications regarding the architectural projects of Frederick Faris, Frederic Faris, and Tracy Stephens. This inventory dates to the late 1960s with subsequent updates. This binder is housed with the control folders.
The A&M 3330 card index provides an alphabetic listing of Faris, Faris, and Stephens' individual architectural design projects. The list includes information on the project name; type of project and geographical location; type of drawings, such as tracings and prints; and correspondence and specifications, with occasional project dates and particular individuals' involvement. Also, there are notes related to the design projects, such as client and property names and subsequent property ownership. However, some projects' index cards simply list the project/building name and the legacy storage location of the related materials. This information may be useful to a researcher who is looking for details of a particular design project or as a compendium of design project materials. Please note that the locational information for drawings, files, and drawer numbers enumerated in the index is now obsolete, and the photocopied card index itself is at least partially obsolete due to the later creation of a spreadsheet inventory for the collection.

Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Architects and architecture
Names:
Stephens, Tracy R.