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Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Business Number: 540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu
URL: http://spec.lib.vt.edu
Harvey Clark, Student Assistant
Administrative Information
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Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to research.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Women Architects in Austria Exhibit Panels, Ms1990-041, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The Women Architects in Austria Exhibit Panels were donated to Special Collections in 1990 and 2006.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Women Architects in Austria Exhibit Panels was completed in July 2010.
Historical Note
The "Women Architects in Austria, 1900-1987" exhibit was a traveling exhibit curated in Vienna, Austria, and sponsored by the Austrian Cultural Institute.
The exhibit was also a part of "The Invisisible Partner, Third Symposium on Women in Design and Architecture," January 26-February 1, 1988, sponsored by the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Scope and Content
The collection contains 28 panels (2.5' x 4') with color and black and white photographs of structures and women architects, architectural drawings, and explanatory text in English and German. Also included are 5 packets of catalogs with approximately 50 catalogs per packet.
Subjects featured on the panels include: Interior design; surroundings; houses; apartment buildings; the fifties; urban and landscape planning; cultural centers; and industry and administration.
Women featured in the exhibit include: Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky; Anna Lulja Praun; Hertha Rottleuthner-Frauneder; Helen Koller-Buchwieser; Annemarie Obermann; Elisabeth Senn; Margarethe Heubacher-Sentobe; Renate Achtsnit; Karla Szyszkowitz-Kowalski; Christine Stigler; Eva Mang; Hedi Wachberger; Eva Maria Gruber; Heide Muhlfellner; Erika Lojen; Ilse Vana-Schiffmann; Meina Schellander; Maria Aubock; Franziska Ullmann; Ingrid Mayr; Ingrid Bauer; Anna Popelka; Barbara Aull; Martina Schoberl + Ursula Licka; Dietlind Erschen; Uta Krenn; Gerda Giebelhauser; Angelika Margesin; Elisabeth Schatzer; and Ortrun Lanznel.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically.
Separated Material
The book New housing in Vienna , written and edited by Dietmar Steiner, translated by Meredith Schneeweiss, 1988 was placed in the Rare Book collection, NA7345.V6 N48 1988.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- History of Women in Architecture
- International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
- Women -- History
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Women Architects in Austria Exhibit Panels by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).