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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], SAFFA 58 Architectural Drawings, Ms1998-019, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The SAFFA 58 Architectural Drawings were donated to Special Collections in November 1998.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the SAFFA 58 Architectural Drawings was completed in March 2011.

Historical Note

The Swiss Exhibition for Women's Work (SAFFA) was an exhibition organized by the major national women's organizations in Switzerland. The first SAFFA exhibition was in held in Bern, 1928. The theme was to show the importance of female contributions to the social and economic activities in Switzerland at the time. A second exhibition was held in Zurich, 1958 focusing on "women in the family, occupation and state." These exhibitions were organized and produced entirely by women and the exhibition buildings for SAFFA 58 were designed and built by Swiss women architects.

Scope and Content

The Saffa 58 Architectural Drawings consist of sixty-three drawings of the buildings for the 1958 Swiss Exhibition for Women's Work (SAFFA), including the collaborative work of Claire Rufer-Eckmann, Beate Billeter, Verena Fuhrimann, Jetti Judin-Mutzenberg, and Annemarie Hubacher-Constam.

Related Material

See the Claire Rufer-Eckmann Architectural Collection, Ms1998-018 , also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Architects -- Switzerland
• Architectural drawing -- 20th century
• History of Women in Architecture
• International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
• Women -- History

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the SAFFA 58 Architectural Drawings by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).