Architecture--Texas

Abstract Boone Powell (1933-) is a prominent architect and urban planner based in San Antonio, Texas. The collection contains Powell's personal and professional papers created or collected between 1960 and his retirement in 2015. The collection also contains digital recordings and transcripts of a series of oral history interviews that Powell participated in throughout 2018 and 2019. Record types include oral history interviews, personal correspondence, professional office records, architectural...

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Ford, Powell & Carson is an architecture, urban planning, and historic preservation firm based in San Antonio, Texas. This collection contains project files, office records, and drawings related to work undertaken by the firm since 1967, as well as some material from the firm’s predecessor, O’Neil Ford & Associates before 1967. Record types include architectural drawings, project files, sketches, reports, master plans, office records, audiovisual material, and publications.

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Samuel B. Zisman (1908-1970) spent the bulk of his architectural career in private practice in San Antonio, Texas but was also involved in planning projects throughout the U.S. and internationally. The Samuel B. Zisman papers consist of professional logs, correspondence, and postcards that reveal the career of this architect, planner, and author.