Architecture and Design Collections in the University Archives: Collections

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Collections and Additional Resources

The following collections contain materials related to architecture, planning and design. Click on the highlighted collection title to see that collection's online finding aid. Tips for locating and using online finding aids can be found on the Searching page of this guide. All of the University Archives' online finding aids can be searched here. Paper finding aids are available in the University Archives for collections that are not highlighted.

For assistance, please contact the University Archives at lib-archives@buffalo.edu or (716) 645-2916.

Collections

MS-0022-0001: Frank Lloyd Wright correspondence with Michael Meredith Hare, 1933, 1940.
MS-0022-0004: Blueprints of the W.W. Davies Residence, Louisville, Kentucky.
MS-0022-0095: Frank Lloyd Wright on Record, lp record, 1956.
MS-0022-0096: Schumacher's Taliesin Line of Decorative Fabrics Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright [fabric sample], circa 1955.
MS-0048: Jaroslav J. Polivka papers, 1945-1959.
MS-0052: Audubon New Community records, 1964-1987 (bulk 1975-1987.
MS-0067: Parkwyn Village Blueprint, 1947.
MS-0093: Buffalo and Western New York Building Codes, Reports and Planning Documents, 1953-1994
MS-0097: Milstein, Wittek and Davis Associates records.
MS-0099: Buffalo and Western New York Building Codes and Zoning Ordinances collection, 1936-2004.
MS-0101: Charles R. Dawson Planning Consultant records, 1949-2008.
MS-0108: Applied Structural Design typescript, circa 1941.
MS-0139: The William S. Huff collection on the Hochschule fur Gestaltung (HfG) Ulm, 1953-2012.
MS-0139-0001: The William S. Huff collection on Louis I. Kahn, 1949-2012.
MS-0139-0002: The William S. Huff papers, 1952-1988.
MS-0154: Walter Bird papers, 1912-2006.
MS-0156: Temple Beth Zion records, 1890-1995.
MS-0229: Rudy Buner Awards, records, 1991-2009.
MS-0231: Joan Bozer papers, 1876-2003.
MS-0258: Conversations Regarding the Future of Architecture lp record, 1956.
MS-0262: The Zina Bethune collection on Louise Bethune, circa 1860-1962.
- See also Louise Blanchard Bethune: Every Woman Her Own Architect research guide.
MS-0271: Architectural Fragments from the Imperial Hotel (Tokyo, Japan), 1968.
The Little Journal, 1975-1982. Non-UB Periodicals, shelved by title.

Collections

University Archives Historical Film collection.
3-2-1340: Ivan Chermayeff stationery and place card die set, 1967.
8-8-1253: Hayes Hall Historic District architectural plans and drawings, 1856-1989.
44-F-1013: Gunter R. Schmitz student theses collection, 1991-1997.
44-G-848: School of Architecture and Planning records, 1977-2002.
44-1-1379: School of Architecture and Environmental Design accreditation records, 1973.
44-2-1158: Student Projects School of Architecture and Planning collection, circa 1990.
44-3-1301: Harold and Mary Cohen papers, 1939-2018.
44-5-1133: Reyner Banham "Buffalo: The industrial Heritage" course records, 1904-1986.

School of Architecture and Planning Periodicals

44-0-00-1: Notes, 1972-1976
44-0-00-1: Milieu magazine, 1979-1980
44-0-00-1: Techne, 1990-1991
44-0-00-2: Intersight, 1990-2010
44-0-00-3: Newsletter, 1987-1988
44-0-00-4: Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, 2004-2008
44-0-00-5: Projects, 1990-1994
46-0-00-6: B/a+p, 2012-2016