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Start Over Date range 1917 Subjects History of Women in Architecture
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Architectural League of New York: Archive of Women in Architecture Records, 1892/1976

5.2 Cubic Feet 4 boxes and 4 oversize folders
The Architectural League of New York created the Archive of Women in Architecture Records in 1973 to gather biographical and project data about women professionals in the field of architecture and other related disciplines. This information was used to create a 1977 exhibition and the book, Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, edited by Susana Torre.
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Architectural League of New York: Archive of Women in Architecture Records, 1892/1976 5.2 Cubic Feet 4 boxes and 4 oversize folders

Architectural League of New York
The Architectural League of New York created the Archive of Women in Architecture Records in 1973 to gather biographical and project data about women professionals in the field of architecture and other related disciplines. This information was used to create a 1977 exhibition and the book, Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, edited by Susana Torre.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

H. May Steinmesch Papers, 1915 - 1975 (bulk 1915-1950), 1915/1975

2.5 Cubic Feet
Henrietta May Steinmesch was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1893. After graduating from the University of Washington in St. Louis, she worked on local governmental and residential projects; during World War II she worked for the Army of Engineers and Air Force, drafting maps and plotting airfields. In 1943, she moved West to California, where she remained until her death in 1979. Materials in the collection consist of watercolors, sketches, block prints, photographs, taped interviews, clippings, and several architectural drawings.
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H. May Steinmesch Papers, 1915 - 1975 (bulk 1915-1950), 1915/1975 2.5 Cubic Feet

Steinmesch, H. May, 1893-1979
Henrietta May Steinmesch was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1893. After graduating from the University of Washington in St. Louis, she worked on local governmental and residential projects; during World War II she worked for the Army of Engineers and Air Force, drafting maps and plotting airfields. In 1943, she moved West to California, where she remained until her death in 1979. Materials in the collection consist of watercolors, sketches, block prints, photographs, taped interviews, clippings, and several architectural drawings.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Louise Hall Collection, 1893/1990

102 Cubic Feet 67 boxes
Louise Hall (1905-1990) was an American architect, who taught art and architectural history at Duke University from 1931 to 1975. Her papers document her teaching career, architecture career, and personal life.
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Louise Hall Collection, 1893/1990 102 Cubic Feet 67 boxes

Hall, Louise
Louise Hall (1905-1990) was an American architect, who taught art and architectural history at Duke University from 1931 to 1975. Her papers document her teaching career, architecture career, and personal life.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Susana Torre Architectural Collection, 1830/2003, bulk 1967/2003

26.4 Cubic Feet 23 boxes, 28 oversize folders, 3 framed drawings, and 1 model
After earning her degree in architecture in Buenos Aires, Argentinean Susana Torre arrived in New York in 1968 to study and practice architecture. Women's place in architecture and renovation of buildings are topics of particular interest to her. The Susana Torre collection consists of professional correspondence, project files, architectural drawings and sketches of some of her works, research notes, published articles about and by Torre, and teaching notes.
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Susana Torre Architectural Collection, 1830/2003, bulk 1967/2003 26.4 Cubic Feet 23 boxes, 28 oversize folders, 3 framed drawings, and 1 model

Torre, Susana, 1944-
After earning her degree in architecture in Buenos Aires, Argentinean Susana Torre arrived in New York in 1968 to study and practice architecture. Women's place in architecture and renovation of buildings are topics of particular interest to her. The Susana Torre collection consists of professional correspondence, project files, architectural drawings and sketches of some of her works, research notes, published articles about and by Torre, and teaching notes.

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