PUBLIC "-//Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University::University Libraries::Special Collections//TEXT (US::ViBlbV::viblbv00650::Lutah Maria Riggs Architectural Papers, 1958)//EN" "viblbv00650.xml" A Guide to the Lutah Maria Riggs Architectural Papers, 1958 Riggs, Lutah Maria Architectural Papers Ms2001-034 Special Collections, Virginia Tech © 2013 By Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.

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This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2013-10-04T14:20-0400 Description is in English 2014-01-24 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Lutah Maria Riggs Architectural Papers, 1958 A Collection in Special Collections Ms2001-034

Special Collections, Virginia Tech 2013 Special Collections Special Collections, Virginia Tech Descriptive Summary Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. Lutah Maria Riggs Architectural Papers, 1958 Ms2001-034 0.1 cu. ft. 1 folder. English Riggs, Lutah Marie Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from Lutah Maria Riggs Architectural Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

 Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Lutah Maria Riggs Architectural Papers, Ms2001-034, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

 Processing Information

The Lutah Maria Riggs Architectural Papers were added to the IAWA Small Collections Ms2009-054 in September 2009.

 Biographical Information

Riggs was the first licensed female architect in Santa Barbara, California and the first woman in the state to be elected to The American Institute of Architect's College of Fellows. She is a 1919 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.

 Scope and Content

The collection consists of color prints and slides of her most famous work the Vedanta Temple in Montecito, California.

The majority of Riggs's work is housed in the Architecture & Design Collection, University Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara.

 Arrangement

The collection is arranged by material type.

 Index Terms Subjects: International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) Contents List 3 color slides and 3 color prints of the Vedanta Temple in Montecito, CA,1958 1