Brightman, Anna, 1921-1990

Abstract

Colleagues Buie Harwood and Anna Brightman were University of Texas at Austin faculty, researchers, and expert consultants in historic interior design. The collection focuses on Harwood’s research in interior decorative painting and Brightman’s restoration of the Winedale Historic Site in Round Top, Texas. Record types include site surveys, slides, published articles, books, and scans.

Abstract Nancy Kwallek is an interior designer and scholar known for her work with color theory and the history of interior design, and for her development of interior design programs across the United States. The collection contains papers, drawings, and lantern slides created while serving as director of the interior design program at the University of Texas at Austin and includes materials from the 1920s through the 2000s. Record types include notes, drawings, clippings, reports, and lantern...