Saving University of Illinois School of Architecture Design Project Archives
FAIN: PG-266636-19
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Champaign, IL 61801-3620)
Marci Smith Uihlein (Project Director: January 2019 to September 2023)
The purchase of preservation storage supplies
for a collection of 1,600 architectural drawings representing 775 student projects
dating from the 1890s to the 1980s. The
University of Illinois’ School of Architecture program, founded in 1868, is the
second oldest architecture program in the United States. Projects in the collection include Beaux
Arts Contest winners from the 1920s; a design for an evacuation camp in the
1940s; and a proposal for an experimental theater in 1963. Also represented is work by accomplished
architects such as Mary L. Page, the first female to graduate from an
architecture school; Walter T. Bailey, the first licensed African-American
architect in Illinois; Cesar Pelli, designer of the Petronas Towers; and Jeanne
Gang, designer of the Aqua Tower in Chicago.
This grant award would fund the purchasing of preservation and storage supplies to preserve and arrange and describe an endangered collection of historic architectural drawings currently housed in a store room within the School of Architecture to prepare it to move to the Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This collection, consisting of approximately 1,600 student design projects consisting of architectural plans, drawings, and models dates from the earliest years of architectural education (1890’s) to the 1980s.
Associated Products
Students' Architectural Drawings Record Series Update and Finding Aid (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)Title: Students' Architectural Drawings Record Series Update and Finding Aid
Author: Sarah Harris
Abstract: The Student Architectural Drawings Record Series at the University Archives at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been expanded to include drawings from the 1870s to 1990s. The drawings are found through the updated finding sid, which lists the new collection by the work title, the student(s) name, number of boards, and dates. The Finding Aid can be found through the "Download Box / Folder List (pdf)" link on the Record Series.
Year: 2022
Primary URL:
https://archon.library.illinois.edu/archives/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=2883&q=student+architectural+drawingsPrimary URL Description: This URL points to the record series that identifies and makes accessible the student drawing collection that was preserved. This collection was added to an existing collection that spanned from1870-72 and 1880-93.