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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], Abbye A. Gorin Architectural Collection, Ms1997-009, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Abbye A. Gorin Architectural Collection was donated to Special Collections in 1997, 2002, 2008, and 2011.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement and description of the Abbye A. Gorin Architectural Collection commenced and was completed in July 2010. An addition was integrated in March 2011.

Biographical Note

Abbye A. Gorin was born on August 22, 1927. An architectural researcher and writer of Metairie, Louisiana, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin (B.F.A., 1947), University of New Orleans (M.S., Urban Studies, 1985), and Virginia Tech (Ph.D., Environmental Design and Planning, 1989). Gorin died on August 4, 2017, and is buried in the Metaire Cemetery, New Orleans.

Sources:

"Abbye Gorin" obituary, Legacy.com, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/theneworleansadvocate/name/abbye-gorin-obituary?id=10203564 , accessed Feb. 1, 2023.

"Abbye Alexander Gorin" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242282933/abbye-alexander-gorin , accessed Feb. 1, 2023.

Scope and Content

The Abbye A. Gorin Architectural Collection consists of a six-minute film entitled "The Rivergate, 1968-1995," produced by Barbara Coleman and written by Gorin and Betty Moss. The Rivergate was an exhibition center located in downtown New Orleans, Louisiana, designed by Nathaniel Curtis, Jr., in the mid-1960s. It was demolished in 1995 to make way for a gambling casino. The film was created as a tribute to the building and as a protest to its demolition. The collection also includes at 42-page "Catalog of Work" which has a curriculum vitae of Gorin's career achievements and lists her photographic collections located in the Historical New Orleans Collection and the Latin American Library at Tulane University. Various magazines are included with articles about or written by Gorin. Audio tape of an interview with the sculptor Angela Gregory, and a DVD containing 19 reissued audiotapes. In 2011, Gorin submitted a CD entitled "Remembering Milka, 1927-2010" a photojournalism remembrance featuring 25 of Gorin's photographs that have a some connection to Milka Bliznakov as remembered by Gorin.

Related Material

Books written by Abbye Gorin may be found by performing a author search on "Gorin, Abbye" in the library's catalog .

See also the Abbye A. Gorin Collection, 2004.0140 , in the Historic New Orleans Collection and Abbye A. Gorin Collection, Photograph Collection 1, Image Archive , in the the Latin American Library of Tulane University.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Architects and community
• Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010
• International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
• Women -- History

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Abbey A. Gorin Architectural Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).