A Guide to the Donna V. Robertson Architectural Drawings, 1980
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number Ms2001-048
Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
USA
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Email: specref@vt.edu
URL: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/
© 2009 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
Processed by: Susan Conway, August 2001, Special Collections Staff
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Donna V. Robertson Architectural Drawings must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Donna V. Robertson Architectural Drawings, Ms2001-048 , Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Donna V. Robertson Architectural Drawings were donated in 2000.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Donna V. Robertson Architectural Drawings originally occurred in 2001.
This collection was added to the IAWA Small Collections Ms2009-054 in September 2009.
Biographical Information
Donna Robertson has served as the dean of Tulane University's School of Architecture and the Dean of the Illinois Institute of Technology, College of Architecture. Robertson has also taught at numerous universities including Barnard College and Harvard University.
Robertson's Architectural firm, Robertson McAnulty Architects, has completed projects in New York City, New Orleans, Chicago, renovated and restored the Loring House, a Richard Neutra house in Los Angeles.
Robertson received her Master of Architecture degree from the University of Virginia School of Architecture in 1978, and an undergraduate degree in English from Stanford University.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of two of Donna V. Robertson's ink and pencil drawings, and a plan as well as an exterior elevation of the Bessie Smith Memorial Dance Hall.