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Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Collection is open for research.
Permission to publish material from Anna Keichline Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Anna Keichline Papers, Ms1989-016, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
The Anna Keichline Papers were acquired by Special Collections in 1989.
An image of Keichline, as well as a house she designed and the "k-brick" she invented are available on Virginia Tech's Imagebase: http://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/browse.php?folio_ID=/iawa/keich .
Imagebase also contains photographs from the "Contributions of Women Architects in the Man-Made Environment" exhibit at Virginia Tech in 1997, which featured Keichline, among others. Images are available here: http://imagebase.lib.vt.edu/browse.php?folio_ID=/iawa/exhib .
Architect and inventor. B.A. in Architecture (1911) from Cornell University; first registered woman architect in Pennsylvania. Designer of residences in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Washington, D.C. Inventor of kitchen and home appliances, and the K-brick.
For additional information, see the biographical sketch compiled by Keichline's grand-niece, Nancy Perkins: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa/Keichline/keichline.pdf . A web version is available through the Association of Women Industrial Designers at: http://www.awidweb.com/pages/anna/anna_1.html .
Keichline's entry in the IAWA Biographical Database .
The Anna W. Keichline Papers include her article, "Modern Wall Construction" which appeared in the 1932 Clay-Worker , information about her ideas concerning kitchen design, copies of patents for a compination sink and laundry tub, photographs, and biographical information . Some images of her designs, including the Decker home in Bellefonte, are available in the VT ImageBase .
IAWA Small Collections, Ms2009-054. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database.
