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
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Sherrie A. Bowser
Administrative Information
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Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], International Archive of Women in Architecture Records, Ms1985-021, Special Collections and University Archives , Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The International Archive of Women in Architecture records were donated to Special Collections in 1998 and 1999 by Dr. Bliznakov. Other materials have been periodically donated by various IAWA Board Members over the years.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the International Archive of Women in Architecture was completed in November 2011.
Historical Note
The International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) was established in 1985 as a joint program of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies and the University Libraries at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). The purpose of the program is to document the history of women's involvement in architecture by collecting, preserving, storing, and making available to researchers the professional papers of women architects, landscape architects, designers, architectural historians and critics, and urban planners, and the records of women architectural organizations, from around the world. The IAWA collects this information to fill serious gaps in the availability of primary research materials for architectural, women's history, and social history research.
Scope and Contents
The International Archive of Women in Architecture records encompass the founding of and day-to-day operations of the organization. Materials present include administration files (meeting minutes, bylaws, financial information), correspondence (internal and with potential donors), collection development files (policy developments, solicitation efforts), promotional material (newsletters, exhibits, conferences, and visiting speakers), and reference files. The collection ranges in date from 1967-2013 (bulk 1985-2008) and is divided into three series: Founder's Files, IAWA Center Files, and Archivist Files.
Arrangement
The International Archive of Women in Architecture is a joint program of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies (CAUS) and the University Libraries at Virginia Tech. The arrangement of the collection into three unique series: Founding Files, IAWA Center Files, and Archivist Files retains the original order of the records and organizationally preserves the separate functions provided by each member of the partnership.
Related Material
See also Ms2011-075 " Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center," selected exhibit panels, 2010 .
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the International Archive of Women in Architecture Records by Special Collections and University Archives , Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010
- Dunay, Donna
Container List
- Administrative1985-2007
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Board of Advisors1985-2007
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Annual Meeting1988-2007
- box 1
2nd Annual Meeting,2 October, 1988
- box 1
3rd Annual Meeting,22 October, 1989
- box 1
4th Annual Meeting,31 October 1990
- box 1
5th Annual Meeting,13 November 1991
- box 1
6th Annual Meeting,8 November 1992
- box 1
7th Annual Meeting,7 November 1993
- box 1
8th Annual Meeting,6 November 1994
- box 1
[10th] Annual Meeting, [the group's numbering system skips here]22 October 1995
- box 1
11th Annual Meeting,10 November 1996
- box 1
12th Annual Meeting,6 September 1997
- box 1
13th Annual Meeting,27 September 1998
- box 2
14th Annual Meeting, [see 15th Annual Meeting for minutes of meeting]19 September 1999
- box 2
15th Annual Meeting,10 September 2000
- box 2
16th Annual Meeting, (3 folders),21 October 2001
- box 2
17th Annual Meeting,6 October 2002
- box 2
18th Annual Meeting, (2 folders),14 September 2003
- box 2
20th Annual Meeting,30 October 2005
- box 2
21st Annual Meeting,15 October 2006
- box 2
22nd Annual Meeting,2007
- box 1
- box 2
Executive Committee Minutes, (13 folders)1988-2001
- box 2
IAWA Emeritus Advisors and Honorary Status,2000
- box 2
IAWA Center2002-2005
- box 2
IAWA Center, Center/University Libraries Partnership,2005
- box 2
- box 2
Nominating Committee, (4 folders)1997-2003
- box 3
General Administrative Files, (6 folders)1985-1990; 2000-2004
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- box 3
IAWA By-laws,1989-2000
- box 3
IAWA Letterheads,1989-1990, and undated
- box 3
IAWA Mailing List,1996
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- box 3
Bliznakov Prize, (5 folders)1999-2003
- Correspondence1989-2004
- box 3
1997-2004
- box 3
Bliznakov, [to/from]1989-2002
- box 3
- Collection Development1985-2001
- box 3
Collection development materials,
- box 3
Collection development policy,1998-2001
- box 3
Correspondence with potential donors, (2 folders),1985-1986, 1997
- box 3
Mailing, typical letters in english, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish, (4 folders)1985-1986, 1992
- box 3
Potential donors
- box 3
- Financial Records1989-2006
- box 3
Financial Records, General, (3 folders)1989; 2001-2006
- box 3
Appraisal of IAWA Collection,2000-2001
- box 3
Center Annual and Financial Reports,2000-2003
- box 3
Fundraising Ideas,2001
- box 4 box 3
Individual Donations, (2 folders),1991-1993, 2000-2005
- box 4
Milka Bliznakov Endowment,2004
- box 4
Sigrid L. Rupp Endowment, (2 folders),1997-2005
- box 3
- Grants1967-20021988-2000
- box 4
Proposal manuals/applications,1967-1978
- box 4
Core Research Proposal, [to establish a resource center and organize Friends of the IAWA group]1988
- box 4
Diversity Incentive Grants Committee,2002
- box 4
Getty Grant Program,2000
- box 4 1991
- box 4
- box 4
- box 4
Newsletters, (22 folders)1989-2010
- box 4
Mailing List,
- box 4
Production of Newsletter,1990
- box 4
Production of Newsletter, 10th Anniversary of IAWA,1995
- box 4
Production of Newsletter, (5 folders),1998-2001, 2005
- box 4 box 5
Responses, (8 folders),1990-1992, 1994-1999
- box 4
- Presentations1984-2011
- box 5 1984-1986
- May 1985
- box 5 October 28-November 3, 1986
- box 5 1991
- box 5 17 March-4 April 1997
- box 5
Exhibit -- IAWA Exhibit Placards,September 1997
- box 5
Exhibit -- "Lois Gottlieb: Continuing the Legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright," Wallace Hall Gallery,16 March-3 April 1998
- box 5
Visiting Speaker -- Anne Tyng, (2 folders),March 18-22, 1999
- box 5
Exhibit -- IAWA Fall Exhibit,1999
- box 5
Visiting Speaker -- Brinda SomayaOctober 18, 2001
- oversize folder: 1 box 5
Visiting Speaker -- Yasmeen Lari,October 5-6, 2002
- box 5
Exhibit -- 20th Anniversary Exhibit,2005
- box 5
Exhibit -- "Daredemo Photographer, Exhibition Photographs by the Citizens of the Iwaizumi Town, Japan," presented by UIFA Japan with the IAWA Center,May 11-13, 2013
- oversize folder: 1 2006
- oversize folder: 1
Visiting Speaker -- Anna Sokolina,October 29, 2007
- oversize folder: 1 2011
- box 11 undated
- Public Relations1985-2015
- box 5
Clippings, Bliznakov1985-1986, undated
- box 5
Clippings, IAWA in publications, (4 folders)1987-1991, 1999-2002, 2007
- box 5
IAWA brochure, (2 folders)1991-1993
- box 5
IAWA promotional postcards
- box 5
Various exhibit catalogs, brochures, handouts, related to the IAWA
- box 5
- Reference Files1985-2001
- box 5 Fall 1999
- box 5
Compiled address lists, A.I.A., U.I.F.A., and various other organizations, (2 folders),1985-1986, and undated
- box 5 2001
- box 5
Newsletters from various organizations,1989-1991
- box 5
Taliesin Fellowship Directory, Alumni and membership,1932-1987
- box 6
Administrative Files, (16 folders),1985-2007
- Collection Development,1974-19941985-1994
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Books
- box 6 1991
- box 6 1992
- box 6
Collection inventories,1987, 1990, 1994, and undated
- box 6
Compiled collection development materials (2 folders),1974-1990
- box 6
Correspondence with potential donors,1988
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Donors
- box 6
AIA exhibit "That Exceptional One"
- box 6
Chadeayne, Olive,1992
- box 6
Dows, Wena, 1990
- box 6
Johnson, Jane C. Hall, 1990
- box 6
Koller-Buchweiser, Helene, 1990
- box 6
Leviseur, Elsa,1990-1994
- box 6
Pfeiffer, Alberta,1987-1992
- box 6
Schroeder, Han,1988-1993
- box 7
Torre, Susana,1990
- box 7
Torre interview, 3.5" diskette
- box 7
- box 7
Willis, Beverly,1988-1992
- box 7
Wilson, Zelma,1990-1991
- box 7
Zimbler, Liane,1987-1988
- box 6
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Mailings/Mailing Lists
- box 7
- box 7 1987
- box 8 box 7 1987
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International Architectural Associations, directories and responses, [mailings sent to various international architectural associations requesting the names of female architects registered with the organization],1987-1988
- box 8
Hermandad Nacional de Prevision Social de Arquitectos Superiores H Lista de Arquitectos de Espana, 1985-1986
- box 8 1986-1987
- box 8
Royal Australian Institute of Architects Membership Directory,1986
- box 8
United Architects of the Philippines Directory of General Membership,1986
- box 8
The Hong Kong Institute of Architects Register of Membership,1986-1987
- box 8
Schweizerischer Ingenieur- und Architekten-Verein Offizielles Mitglieder-Verzeichnis,1986-1987
- box 8
Union of Hungarian Architects Membership Directory,1988
- box 8
Arquitectas de Puerto Rico, El Caribe y la Florida,1991
- box 8
- box 8 1991-1993
- box 8
Potential donors listing,1987-1989
- box 8
Slides and negatives of materials in the IAWA
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- Correspondence,1984-1999
- box 8
General Correspondence,1985-1988
- box 8
IAWA Board members,1988-1991
- box 8 box 9
Incoming mail,1984-1999
- box 8 box 9
Outgoing mail,1987-1993, 1995-1997
- box 8
- Grants,1988-1990
- box 9
American Institute of Architects Foundation Grant and Account,1989-1990
- box 9
General grant material,1988-1989
- box 9
- box 9
IAWA Biographical Database, (5 folders),1989, 1994-1996, 2002-2005, 2007
- box 9
IAWA Newsletter, production,1989-1992
- box 9
IAWA Website,1995
- Publications,1991-1992
- box 9 March 1991
- box 9 1991-1992
- Reference Files,1979-20071984-2007
- box 10 1988-1990
- box 10 1989
- box 10
Biographical Information, Esther McCoy,1985-1990
- box 10
Definitions of Architectural Terms,1984-1989
- box 10
Frank Lloyd Wright apprentices,2004, 2007
- box 10 1979-1991
- box 10 1973-1992, 1994-1996, 1998, and undated
- box 10
Research Articles, (2 folders),2002-2005
- Related Professional Organizations,1983-2003
- box 10
American Institute of Architects (AIA),1983-1991
- box 10 1999
- box 10 1988
- box 10
Society of American Archivists, Architectural Records Roundtable, Survey,2003
- box 10