Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from SAFFA 58 Architectural Drawings must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: SAFFA 58 Architectural Drawings, Ms1998-019, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

Acquisition Information

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

Collection consists of sixty-three drawings of the buildings for the Swiss fair including the collaborative work of Claire Rufer-Eckmann, Beate Billeter, Verena Fuhrimann, Jetti Judin-Mutzenberg, and Annemarie Hubacher-Constam.

Related Material

See also Claire Rufer-Eckman Architectural Collection, Ms1998-018

Index Terms

Subjects:

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

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