Horton, Inge Architectural Collection Inge Horton Architectural Collection, 1964-1999 Ms.1990.065

Inge Horton Architectural Collection, 1964-1999 Ms.1990.065


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Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.1990.065
Title
Inge S. Horton Architectural Collection, 1964-1999
Quantity
9.3 Cubic Feet, 8 box
Creator
Horton, Inge S.
source
Horton, Inge S.
Language
Material is in English and German.
Abstract
Inge Horton was born in Germany. She was a planner with the Planning Department of the City and County of San Francisco, California, from 1983 to 1998; member of the Board of Advisors for the International Archive of Women in Architecture. Her papers consist of architectural studies written while in Germany; presentations made at various women's architectural organization meetings, including the International Union of Women Architects; a curriculum vitae; and research files on early women architects in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

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Source of Acquisition

The Inge Horton Architectural Collection was donated to Special Collections in 1990.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement and description of the Inge Horton Architectural Collection commenced and was completed in September 2010. Additional files were processed in March 2016.

Biographical Note

Born in Germany. Horton was educated in architecture and city planning. She graduated with a Diplom-Ingenieur from the Technological University of Berlin, Germany, 1965, and with a Master of City and Regional Planning from University of California, Berkeley, 1979. She has work experience in private, institutional and municipal planning departments. She was a planner with the Planning Department of the City and County of San Francisco, California, from 1983 to 1998.

She has held leadership positions in both the Organization of Women Architects and Design Professionals (OWA) and the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA).

Her publications include several articles and two books in collaboration with Monica Hennig-Schefold on "Early Modern Architecture in Berlin" (1967) and "Structure and Decoration: Art Nouveau Architecture in Paris and Brussels" (1971). Horton also published a book on "Early Women Architects of the San Francisco Bay Area: The Lives and Work of Fifty Professionals, 1890-1951" (2010).

Scope and Contents

Papers consist of architectural studies written by Horton while in Germany; presentations made at various women's architectural organization meetings, including the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA); a Historic Structure Report for Julia Morgan building; copies of her books; a curriculum vitae; and files on early women architects in the San Francisco Bay Area for her book "Early Women Architects of the San Francisco Bay Area: The Lives and Work of Fifty Professionals, 1890-1951" (2010).

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by material type.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Inge Horton Architectural Collection 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

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Container List

box-folder 1 folder: 1
Biographical information, curriculum vitae
box-folder 1 folder: 2
Copies of presented papers,
1981-1989
box-folder 1 folder: 3
Historic Structure Report for Julia Morgan's Petrero Hill neighborhood house, San Francisco, CA, prepared by Inge Horton, Horton Architectural Research,
December 1999
box-folder 1 folder: 4
Fruhe Moderne in Berlin [Early Modern Architecture in Berlin], book,
1967
box-folder 1 folder: 5
Proposal for Citizen Review, San Francisco Department of City Planning, book,
1964
box-folder 1 folder: 6
Struktur und Dekoration,[Structure and Decoration: Art Nouveau Architecture in Paris and Brussels], book,
1967
box-folder 1 folder: 7
Werk magazine,
1971
Files of Early Women Architects and A Few Male Architects Who Supported Them
1890-1951
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Contemporary Women Architects
English.
Articles of Women Architects and Other Topics
n.d.English.