George Englesmith Papers
The collection contains architectural publications, project and personal photographs, correspondence, mortgage and property records, scrapbooks, vital records, newsclippings, Who’s Who in Art (book), drafts and notes of a self-published memoir, and Englesmith portrait by Sir Bernard Hailstone.
This collection is not yet processed. Contact the curator Vince Lee at [email protected] to request access.
Dates
- 1939-1988
Creator
- Englesmith, George, 1914-1998 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
3 linear feet
Additional Description
Biographical Note
Architect and industrial designer George Englesmith was born May 31, 1914 in Liverpool England and died July 27 1998 in Houston, Texas. Englesmith was a Professor of Architecture at the University of Toronto and the University of Houston. He was a project architect for the Manned Spacecraft Center (NASA) and an innovator of hospital design and the atrium office building concept.
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Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the University of Houston Libraries Special Collections Repository
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
MD Anderson Library
4333 University Drive
Houston TX 77204-2000 USA
713-743-9750