Architects

Association for Women in Architecture Records,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1988-022

Abstract The Association for Women in Architecture (AWA) was originally founded in 1922 as Alpha Alpha Gamma, a national sorority for women architecture students. In 1934, the alumnae of the sorority formed the Association of Women in Architecture (AWA) as an organization for professional women architects. Today (2010) the AWA exists only through its Los Angeles chapter, with a membership of approximately 200 women architects and designers in the Los Angeles area, with members-at-large across the...

Dates: 1928 - 1992

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Pearl M. Brickman Architectural Collection,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2013-081

Abstract

Pearl Brickman (1928- ). Collection includes three design projects she developed during her years (1977-1979) at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI Arc), and fifteen projects from her professional career (1982-2002), including project descriptions, drawings,and progress photographs.

Dates: 1977 - 2002

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Olive Chadeayne Architectural Collection,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1990-057

Abstract

The Olive Chadeayne Architectural Collection includes drawings for residences, schools, churches and businesses primarily located in southern California. In addition to Olive Chadeayne’s work, the collection also contains over twenty-five drawings by American architect Lillian Rice.

Dates: 1924 - 1956

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Mary Brown Channel Architectural Collection

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2007-030

Abstract After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1929, Channel earned her degree in architecture at Cornell University in 1933. She returned to her hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia, and worked at a firm for two years before opening her own office as the first registered woman architect in Virginia. She became known for her residential and church designs. Her collection includes sketches and drawings for about 160 mostly residential projects in the Portsmouth area. Also included are...

Dates: 1936 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1936 - 1950

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Krasimira Choneva Architectural Collection

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2007-003

Abstract

The Krasimira Choneva Architectural Collection includes conceptual and working drawings as well as supporting documents for six projects. The projects range in date from 1958-1997 and were all designed and completed in Bulgaria by Krasimina Choneva. The collection also includes one biographical sketch written by Choneva herself as well as an additional biography written by Milka Bliznakov in 2007.

Dates: 1958 - 1997

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Correspondence, Melita Rodeck to Milka Bliznakov, December 31, 2001 (Ms1992-028)

Digital Record

Identifier: Ms1992-028_MelitaRodeck_B1F4_Correspondence_2001_1231

Dates: 1931 - 2003

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Leonard J. Currie Papers,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2007-028

Abstract Please note: this collection is currently being processed. Portions of the collection which are fully processed are listed in this finding aid. This includes photographs and negatives, flat files and oversize drawings from personal and professional projects, and a few artifacts. As more materials are processed, additional series and subseries will be published. Other portions of the collection may be available for research--contact Special Collections...

Dates: 1920 - 2001

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Natalie de Blois Architectural Collection

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2007-017

Abstract

The Natalie de Blois Architectural Collection includes correspondence; original notes; magazine/journal clippings; finished project photographs, published materials; sketches; water colors; and project records related to a sampling of de Blois' architectural projects.

Dates: 1941 - 2013

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech