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University of Houston. Libraries. Special Collections Department. Architecture & Planning Research Collections

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General Context

The University of Houston Libraries Special Collections Architecture & Planning Research Collections preserve the work of architects, artists, designers, photographers, and others who have shaped and transformed the built environment of the Houston area. This rich group of materials documents the city’s growth, emphasizing the period after the Second World War, when Houston became a center for modern architecture. The collections contain the architectural papers, plans, and photographs of architects and academics as well as architectural drawings of individual buildings and other records of interest.

For more information Architecture & Planning Research Collections in the UH Libraries Special Collections department, please contact archivist Vince Lee at [email protected].

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Burdette Keeland Architectural Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-005
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Burdette Keeland Architectural Papers
Dates: 1926-2000; Majority of material found within 1950-2000
Scope and Contents The Burdette Keeland Papers cover the period 1926 to 2000 and are comprised of his architectural drawings, business and personal files, memorabilia, photographic prints, and negatives, as well as materials from his teaching career. The collection occupies 25 linear feet of shelves and 15 drawers of flat files. It is stored in 40 boxes, 112 oversize folders, and 5 tubes for rolled material. It also includes one oversized construction sign and one piece of framed artwork.The...

Miscellaneous Architecture & Planning Collections

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-019
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Miscellaneous Architecture & Planning Collections
Dates: 1909-2010
Scope and Contents This artificial collection consists of materials transferred from the Architecture, Design, and Art Library in 2018. Ranging in date from 1909 to 2010, collection materials include marked up drawings for campus construction projects, posters from events related to architecture in the city of Houston and the surrounding area, cartographic materials such as Harris County highway planning and census maps, and plans for private and public construction projects by notable Houston-area...

Transco Tower Waterwall Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-003
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Transco Tower Waterwall Drawings
Dates: 1984
Scope and Contents

The Transco Tower Waterwall Drawings consist of one set of twelve drawings used during the 1984 planning and construction of the Transco Waterwall in Houston's Galleria District. The drawings are described at the item-level.

Wilmer Waldo Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1969-039
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Wilmer Waldo Papers
Dates: 1894-1957; Majority of material found within 1894-1920
Scope and Contents Comprised of a Project File and a Subject File, materials in the collection date from 1894-1957 and include project blueprints, correspondence, financials, reports, maps, and field notes. Project File materials document Waldo's professional activities, ranging from construction and site planning to worksite and employee management. These materials document major projects, such as the Beaumont, Sour Lake, and Western Railway and the layout of Rice University, and smaller projects, such as the...

Margo Grant Walsh Papers, Special Collections of the University of Houston Libraries in Partnership with the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-008
Found in: University of Houston Libraries Special Collections / Margo Grant Walsh Papers, Special Collections of the University of Houston Libraries in Partnership with the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design
Dates: 1906-2023, undated
Content Description The personal papers of interior architect Margo Grant Walsh include materials from her career at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Gensler, as well as documentation of her silver collecting activities, other collections, and exhibits, and personal and family materials. These include correspondence, administrative materials, architectural project documents, benchmarking, speeches and presentations, awards, honors, photographs, travel, events, parties, calendars, publicity, publications,...

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