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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], Sena Sekulić-Gvozdanović Architectural Collection, Ms1998-009, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to Special Collections in 1998 and 2002.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Sena Sekulić-Gvozdanović Architectural Collection was completed in February 2012.

Biographical Note

Sena Sekulić-Gvozdanović (d. 2002) architect of Zagreb, Republic of Croatia (former Yugoslavia). She graduated from the Faculty of Technology, University of Zegreb, Yugoslavia in 1940. After several years of professional work she became an architecture professor at the University of Zagreb (1946). She attained full professor status in 1975 and became the first female Dean of Architecture (1979-1982). Throughout her career she authored numerous works on medieval architecture and researched women's contributions to the profession. Sekulić-Gvozdanović compiled a list of almost 3000 active women architects from the beginning of their practice to the time of her publication (1996). Sekulić-Gvozdanović was an active leader and member of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA). In 1983, she was awarded the Viktor Kovacic Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Scope and Content

The Sena Sekulić-Gvozdanović Architectural Collection contains publications, personal correspondence, images, and a death announcement. Along with periodical contributions, a manuscript of the unpublished English translation of her book "Zena u arhitekturi" (By Her Order and Design - A Search of Women in Architectural Theory and Practice) can be found here. Two pictures of her design concepts submitted for competition are available, as well as, personal photographs and slides of her work.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into Series I: Personal Papers and Series II: Professional Papers, which are subdivided by type.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Architects
• History of Women in Architecture
• International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
• Women -- History

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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