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Rebecca Wood Watkin Architectural Drawings, 1940/2011 6.6 Cubic Feet 2 boxes, 14 oversize folders

Watkin, Rebecca Wood, 1913-2010
Rebecca Wood Watkin was born in 1913 in Portland, Oregon. She earned a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in 1933, and a B. Arch. from the Architecture School of the University of Pennsylvania. She returned to the west coast, and worked in other architects' offices during the 1930s and 1940s. She earned her California Architectural license in 1944 and opened her own practice in 1951. The collection consists of architectural drawings of remodelings, alterations, additions, and new designs of buildings, mostly residences, that Watkin worked on from 1940 to 1989.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Sarah Pillsbury Harkness Architectural Collection, 1986/2013 2.25 Cubic Feet 1 box, 1 oversize folder

Harkness, Sarah Pillsbury, 1914-2013
The Sarah Pillsbury Harkness Architectural Collection consists of biographical information, a booklet documenting the presentations given on November 21, 1991, and architectural drawings and photographs for her 1996-1997 design of a house in Essex, Massachusetts.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Sigrid L. Rupp Architectural Collection, 1950/2004 219 Cubic Feet 337 boxes; 2 map drawers

Rupp, Sigrid Lorenzen, 1943-2004
Sigrid L. Rupp (1943-2004) was principal architect of her own firm, SLR/Architects in Palo Alto, California from 1976 to 1998. Born in Germany in 1943, she relocated to California with her family in 1953. She earned a B. Arch. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1966. SLR/Architects specialized in technical facilities and industrial work providing architectural services for many of the pre-eminent Silicon Valley firms in the 1980s and 1990s. The collection consists of architectural drawings, photographs, administrative and job files, contracts, and other material relating to over 700 of Rupp's projects, as well as material relating to Rupp's personal travel and artistic endeavors. The materials in the collection range in date from 1950-2004 with the bulk of the material dating 1976-2004.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Steven and Cathi House Architectural Collection, 1975/2020 37.5 Cubic Feet 33 boxes; 55 oversize folders

House and House Architects
Steven and Cathi House are Virginia Tech alumni and award winning architects. Their firm House + House is located in San Francisco, California. This collection includes materials for over 200 residential, institutional, and commercial projects scattered throughout the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Wena Dows Architectural Collection,, 1952/2005 21.1 Cubic Feet 1 box; 86 oversize folders

Dows, Wena W., 1928-
Architect Wena Dows earned her B.A. in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1950 and began working independently, specializing in residential remodeling, in 1954. Along with her architectural commitments she also worked as a nutritionist. The Wena Dows Architectural Collection contains drawings, supporting text documents, photographs and slides of Dows' addition and renovation projects for residences in California from 1952 to 2005, along with information about a few commercial projects.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Wendy Scott Bertrand Architectural Collection, 1954/2012 15.73 Cubic Feet

Bertrand, Wendy
Wendy Bertrand is a registered architect, rug weaver, self-described feminist and author living in Northern California since 1967. This collection documents her personal and professional activism and activities between 1954-2012, including her architectural studies, organizational activities, family life, travel, professional writing, textile projects, and career with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Forest Service.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Women's Development Corporation Records, 1979/2015 8.5 Cubic Feet Three records boxes, three small flat boxes, one large flat box, one roll of drawings, one large flat folder of drawings, 16 foam board presentation panels.

Women's Development Corporation (R.I.)
The Women's Development Corporation (WDC) is a Rhode Island based housing developer and non-profit founded by a group of architects, designers, community planners, and historic preservation professionals. These records document select activities of the WDC from 1979-2015.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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