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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Scope Note: Detailed and exact statements of particulars, especially statements prescribing materials, dimensions, and workmanship for something to be built, installed, or manufactured.

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Arch B. Swank Jr. collection

 Collection
Identifier: SWANK
Abstract Arch B. Swank Jr. (1913-1999) is one of the great innovative figures of Texas architecture, working on such projects as the semiconductor complex in Richardson (1958) for Texas Instruments and the Great Southwest Corporation's industrial park in Arlington (1958). Architectural drawings and reproductions, building specifications, financial documentation, correspondence, legal documentation, reports, photographic material, maps, minutes, creative works, printed material, and material samples...
Dates: 1951-1992
Found in: Alexander Architectural Archives
Found in Subjects:  specifications
Found in Notes: 

Architectural drawings and reproductions, building specifications, financial documentation

Charles Stevens Dilbeck collection

 Collection
Identifier: DILB
Abstract

Charles Stevens Dilbeck (1907-1990) designed hundreds of houses during his long career, contributing significantly to the residential environment in Dallas and the surrounding area. In addition to his single-family homes, he built a number of apartment buildings, hotels, shopping centers, and country clubs. The collection consists of architectural drawings and specifications.

Dates: 1929-1969
Found in: Alexander Architectural Archives
Found in Subjects:  specifications
Found in Notes:  digital scans of Dilbeck's work were donated along with the original drawings. There are specifications

Corneil G. Curtis collection

 Collection
Identifier: CURT
Abstract

Corneil G. Curtis (1890-1963) spent his architectural career in Texas, first in Dallas, then Paris, Houston, and Austin. The collection consists of architectural drawings and specifications that document the work of Corneil Curtis.

Dates: circa 1930s-1950s
Found in: Alexander Architectural Archives
Found in Subjects:  specifications
Found in Notes: 

The collection consists of 134 drawings and .25 linear inches of specifications of architect

Donald S. Nelson collection

 Collection
Identifier: NEL
Abstract Donald S. Nelson (1907-1992) spent the majority of his architectural career working in the Texas firm of Broad and Nelson, specializing in institutional and commercial works and planning. Personal papers, office files, professional association material, job files, specifications, books, visual material, artifacts, and drawings document the activities of the architectural firm of Broad and Nelson, and related firms; Flint and Broad; Thomas D. Broad; Thomas, Jameson and Merrill; and Jack...
Dates: 1910-1975
Found in: Alexander Architectural Archives
Found in Subjects:  specifications
Found in Notes:  material, job files, specifications, printed material, books, visual material, artifacts, and drawings from

Frederick Ernst Ruffini collection

 Collection
Identifier: RUF
Abstract Frederick Ernst Ruffini (1851-1885) was trained in architecture in Cleveland before moving to Austin in 1877 to become a partner to Jasper N. Preston and then continuing architectural practice on his own. His work included courthouses, jails, and buildings for institutions such as the Texas School for the Deaf and the University of Texas, for whom he designed the Old Main Building. The Frederick E. Ruffini collection consists of drawings, specifications, and photographic prints that document...
Dates: circa 1883-1904
Found in: Alexander Architectural Archives
Found in Subjects:  specifications
Found in Notes: 

The Frederick E. Ruffini collection consists of 45 drawings, 1 letterbook, 15 specifications

Jessen and Jessen collection

 Collection
Identifier: JESS
Abstract

Architects Harold E. (Bubi) Jessen (1908-1979) and Wolfe Jessen (1915-1977) were brothers born in Austin, Texas and educated at The University of Texas. They opened Jessen and Jessen in 1938 and continued to practice in Austin with a range of partners for decades. The collection included papers, photographs, and drawings.

Dates: 1938-1974
Found in: Alexander Architectural Archives
Found in Subjects:  specifications

Jim Scoggins collection

 Collection
Identifier: SCOG
Abstract

Jimmy James Harvey Scoggins was a Texas architect who practiced in the North Texas region as well as California. The collection includes architectural drawings, photographs, specifications, brochures, and clippings that document the architectural practice of Jim Scoggins.

Dates: 1889; 1913-1914; 1957-1993
Found in: Alexander Architectural Archives
Found in Subjects:  specifications
Found in Notes: 

The collection includes architectural drawings, photographs, specifications, brochures, and

Francis S. Peabody residence
Francis S. Peabody residence

Marshall and Fox records

 Collection
Identifier: MF
Abstract Marshall and Fox was a Chicago architectural firm (1905-1926), best known for luxury apartment buildings and hotels. After Charles Eli Fox's death in 1926, Benjamin Marshall continued to practice alone until the 1930s. The collection is comprised of drawings, contract ledgers, account books, photographs, project files, specifications, correspondence, plat books and a scrapbook documenting the work of the Chicago architectural firms of Benjamin Marshall, Marshall and Fox, successor firms...
Dates: 1900-1959
Found in: Alexander Architectural Archives
Found in Subjects:  specifications
Found in Notes:  , project files, specifications, correspondence, plat books and a scrapbook documenting the work of the

O'Neil Ford collection

 Collection
Identifier: FORD
Abstract O'Neil Ford (1905-1982) was a prominent architect in the southwestern United States whose work also extended nationally and internationally. The collection demonstrates the origins and practice of Ford's dedication to native architectural forms and hand craft work, historic preservation, innovative design, and his tireless advocacy of education, particularly in the arts. Papers, plans, photographic prints and negatives, slides, exhibit boards, drawings, and sketches reveal the life and...
Dates: 1864-1983
Found in: Alexander Architectural Archives
Found in Subjects:  specifications
Found in Notes:  . Several project lists (1977-1982) of Ford Powell & Carson are present, as well as specifications

Ralph Cameron collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAM
Abstract Ralph Cameron (1892-1970) practiced both commercial and residential architecture in San Antonio and was instrumental in establishing the Texas Society of Architects. Personal papers, day books, office files, job files, specifications (together measuring 3 linear feet), 17 photographs, and 6,500 drawings chronicle the architectural work of Ralph Cameron from 1914-1970. Important buildings documented include: Medical Arts Building, San Antonio (1925-1926); United States Courthouse, San Antonio...
Dates: 1914-1970
Found in: Alexander Architectural Archives
Found in Subjects:  specifications
Found in Notes:  , office files, job files, specifications, photographs, and drawings chronicle the architectural work of

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