architecture. Architecture
Record Group
Identifier: architecture
Archival collections including architectural drawings, photographic images, models, notes, correspondence, and more.
Found in 43 Collections and/or Records:
William Ward Watkin family papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0508
Overview
Correspondence, photographs, family trees, vital records and other genealogical material related to the Watkin family of Houston, TX (1910s-current) and of Danville, Pennsylvania (late 19th century). William Ward Watkin (1886-1952) was the first Supervising Architect of Rice Institute and the first chair of the Dept. of Architecture at Rice Institute. His daughter, Ray Watkin Strange, is a Rice graduate and significant supporter of Rice University and the Fondren Library.
Dates:
1899-1999
William Ward Watkin papers
Collection
Identifier: MS 0352
Overview
The papers detail the academic and architectural career of William Ward Watkin. Included in the collection are personal information, business correspondence, construction photographs and architectural drawings of the early Rice Institute, and drawings of projects from his private architectural career.
Dates:
1903 - 1956; Majority of material found within
Wylie Vale architecture collection
Collection
Identifier: MS 0625
Overview
Architectural drawings and related records for residential architecture projects by Wylie Vale, Jr.
Dates:
1950 - 1951