IAWA: International Archive of Women in Architecture Records IAWA: International Archive of Women in Architecture Records, 1967-2013 (bulk dates 1985-2008) Ms.1985.021

IAWA: International Archive of Women in Architecture Records, 1967-2013 (bulk dates 1985-2008) Ms.1985.021

Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Business Number: 540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu
URL: http://spec.lib.vt.edu

Sherrie A. Bowser

Repository

Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Identification

Ms.1985.021

Title

IAWA: International Archive of Women in Architecture Records, 1967-2013 1985-2008

Quantity

15.5 Cubic Feet, 10 boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 tube box

source

Dunay, Donna

source

Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010

Language

The materials in the collection are in English.

Abstract

The records of the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) consist of files created by IAWA founder Milka Bliznakov, various IAWA officers, and Special Collections archivists. Materials include founding documents, meeting minutes, newsletter information, correspondence with supporters and donors, and internal correspondence.

Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], International Archive of Women in Architecture Records, Ms1985-021, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The International Archive of Women in Architecture records were donated to Special Collections in 1998 and 1999 by Dr. Bliznakov. Other materials have been periodically donated by various IAWA Board Members over the years.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the International Archive of Women in Architecture was completed in November 2011.

Historical Note

The International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) was established in 1985 as a joint program of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies and the University Libraries at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). The purpose of the program is to document the history of women's involvement in architecture by collecting, preserving, storing, and making available to researchers the professional papers of women architects, landscape architects, designers, architectural historians and critics, and urban planners, and the records of women architectural organizations, from around the world. The IAWA collects this information to fill serious gaps in the availability of primary research materials for architectural, women's history, and social history research.

Scope and Contents

The International Archive of Women in Architecture records encompass the founding of and day-to-day operations of the organization. Materials present include administration files (meeting minutes, bylaws, financial information), correspondence (internal and with potential donors), collection development files (policy developments, solicitation efforts), promotional material (newsletters, exhibits, conferences, and visiting speakers), and reference files. The collection ranges in date from 1967-2013 (bulk 1985-2008) and is divided into three series: Founder's Files, IAWA Center Files, and Archivist Files.

Arrangement

The International Archive of Women in Architecture is a joint program of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies (CAUS) and the University Libraries at Virginia Tech. The arrangement of the collection into three unique series: Founding Files, IAWA Center Files, and Archivist Files retains the original order of the records and organizationally preserves the separate functions provided by each member of the partnership.

Related Material

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Architects
Architects and community
Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010
Dunay, Donna
History of Women in Architecture
International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
Women -- History

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the International Archive of Women in Architecture Records 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

Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010
Dunay, Donna

Container List

Founder's Files

1985-1996

box 1
Correspondence with potential donors, (10 folders)
1985-1996

IAWA Center Files

1967-20111985-2008

Administrative
1985-2007
- Board of Advisors
  1985-2007
  - Annual Meeting
    1988-2007
    - box 1
      2nd Annual Meeting,
      2 October, 1988
    - box 1
      3rd Annual Meeting,
      22 October, 1989
    - box 1
      4th Annual Meeting,
      31 October 1990
    - box 1
      5th Annual Meeting,
      13 November 1991
    - box 1
      6th Annual Meeting,
      8 November 1992
    - box 1
      7th Annual Meeting,
      7 November 1993
    - box 1
      8th Annual Meeting,
      6 November 1994
    - box 1
      [10th] Annual Meeting, [the group's numbering system skips here]
      22 October 1995
    - box 1
      11th Annual Meeting,
      10 November 1996
    - box 1
      12th Annual Meeting,
      6 September 1997
    - box 1
      13th Annual Meeting,
      27 September 1998
    - box 2
      14th Annual Meeting, [see 15th Annual Meeting for minutes of meeting]
      19 September 1999
    - box 2
      15th Annual Meeting,
      10 September 2000
    - box 2
      16th Annual Meeting, (3 folders),
      21 October 2001
    - box 2
      17th Annual Meeting,
      6 October 2002
    - box 2
      18th Annual Meeting, (2 folders),
      14 September 2003
    - box 2
      20th Annual Meeting,
      30 October 2005
    - box 2
      21st Annual Meeting,
      15 October 2006
    - box 2
      22nd Annual Meeting,
      2007
  - box 2
    Executive Committee Minutes, (13 folders)
    1988-2001
  - box 2
    IAWA Emeritus Advisors and Honorary Status,
    2000
  - box 2
    IAWA Center
    2002-2005
    - box 2
      IAWA Center, Center/University Libraries Partnership,
      2005
  - box 2
    Nominating Committee, (4 folders)
    1997-2003
  - box 3
    General Administrative Files, (6 folders)
    1985-1990; 2000-2004
- box 3
  IAWA By-laws,
  1989-2000
- box 3
  IAWA Letterheads,
  1989-1990, and undated
- box 3
  IAWA Mailing List,
  1996
box 3
Bliznakov Prize, (5 folders)
1999-2003
Correspondence
1989-2004
- box 3
  1997-2004
- box 3
  Bliznakov, [to/from]
  1989-2002
Collection Development
1985-2001
- box 3
  Collection development materials,
- box 3
  Collection development policy,
  1998-2001
- box 3
  Correspondence with potential donors, (2 folders),
  1985-1986, 1997
- box 3
  Mailing, typical letters in english, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish, (4 folders)
  1985-1986, 1992
- box 3
  Potential donors
Financial Records
1989-2006
- box 3
  Financial Records, General, (3 folders)
  1989; 2001-2006
- box 3
  Appraisal of IAWA Collection,
  2000-2001
- box 3
  Center Annual and Financial Reports,
  2000-2003
- box 3
  Fundraising Ideas,
  2001
- box 4 box 3
  Individual Donations, (2 folders),
  1991-1993, 2000-2005
- box 4
  Milka Bliznakov Endowment,
  2004
- box 4
  Sigrid L. Rupp Endowment, (2 folders),
  1997-2005
Grants
1967-20021988-2000
- box 4
  Proposal manuals/applications,
  1967-1978
- box 4
  Core Research Proposal, [to establish a resource center and organize Friends of the IAWA group]
  1988
- box 4
  Diversity Incentive Grants Committee,
  2002
- box 4
  Getty Grant Program,
  2000
- box 4
  Graham Foundation for Advance studies in the Fine Arts [for conference "Challenges of the Past and Future: And International Conference of the Contribution of Women to the Architecture of the 20th century],
  1991
- box 4
  MB Grant [for computerized central information system of works by women architects and landscape architects]
box 4
Newsletters, (22 folders)
1989-2010
- box 4
  Mailing List,
- box 4
  Production of Newsletter,
  1990
- box 4
  Production of Newsletter, 10th Anniversary of IAWA,
  1995
- box 4
  Production of Newsletter, (5 folders),
  1998-2001, 2005
- box 4 box 5
  Responses, (8 folders),
  1990-1992, 1994-1999
Presentations
1984-2011
- box 5
  Exhibits -- America tours for "History of Women Architects" German Federal Republic and "Women Architects in Austria, 1900-1987" Austrian Cultural Institute,
  1984-1986
- Audio Recording: "Women in Design," Cowgill Hall, (3 cassettes),
  May 1985
- box 5
  Conference -- The Invisible Partner: 2nd symposium on Women in Design and Architecture,
  October 28-November 3, 1986
- box 5
  Conference -- "Challenges of the Past and the Future: An International Conference of the Contribution of women to the Architecture of the 20th Century,"
  1991
- box 5
  Exhibit -- "Contribution of Women architects to the Man-Made Environment," Wallace Hall Gallery, brochures,
  17 March-4 April 1997
- box 5
  Exhibit -- IAWA Exhibit Placards,
  September 1997
- box 5
  Exhibit -- "Lois Gottlieb: Continuing the Legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright," Wallace Hall Gallery,
  16 March-3 April 1998
- box 5
  Visiting Speaker -- Anne Tyng, (2 folders),
  March 18-22, 1999
- box 5
  Exhibit -- IAWA Fall Exhibit,
  1999
- box 5
  Visiting Speaker -- Brinda Somaya
  October 18, 2001
- oversize folder: 1 box 5
  Visiting Speaker -- Yasmeen Lari,
  October 5-6, 2002
- box 5
  Exhibit -- 20th Anniversary Exhibit,
  2005
- box 5
  Exhibit -- "Daredemo Photographer, Exhibition Photographs by the Citizens of the Iwaizumi Town, Japan," presented by UIFA Japan with the IAWA Center,
  May 11-13, 2013
- oversize folder: 1
  Symposium -- "Honoring Women in Architecture and the Related Design Fields from last century to 2006,
  2006
- oversize folder: 1
  Visiting Speaker -- Anna Sokolina,
  October 29, 2007
- oversize folder: 1
  Exhibit -- "For the Future: The Pioneering Women in Architecture from Japan and Beyond,"
  2011
- box 11
  Poster -- Student Research in the IAWA for Modernistic Architecture: Leanings and Gleanings [featuring Maria Rosaria Piomelli and Maria Auboeck-Karasz],
  undated
Public Relations
1985-2015
- box 5
  Clippings, Bliznakov
  1985-1986, undated
- box 5
  Clippings, IAWA in publications, (4 folders)
  1987-1991, 1999-2002, 2007
- box 5
  IAWA brochure, (2 folders)
  1991-1993
- box 5
  IAWA promotional postcards
- box 5
  Various exhibit catalogs, brochures, handouts, related to the IAWA
Reference Files
1985-2001
- box 5
  Architecture Cybercore Project, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, CD
  Fall 1999
- box 5
  Compiled address lists, A.I.A., U.I.F.A., and various other organizations, (2 folders),
  1985-1986, and undated
- box 5
  Literature/Resources about women in architecture, Art + Architecture Library, Virginia Tech,
  2001
- box 5
  Newsletters from various organizations,
  1989-1991
- box 5
  Taliesin Fellowship Directory, Alumni and membership,
  1932-1987

Archivist Files

1973-20071985-2007

box 6
Administrative Files, (16 folders),
1985-2007
Collection Development,
1974-19941985-1994
- Books
  - box 6
    Book requisitions about women in architecture,
    1991
  - box 6
    Books in Special Collection about women in architecture,
    1992
- box 6
  Collection inventories,
  1987, 1990, 1994, and undated
- box 6
  Compiled collection development materials (2 folders),
  1974-1990
- box 6
  Correspondence with potential donors,
  1988
- Donors
  - box 6
    AIA exhibit "That Exceptional One"
  - box 6
    Chadeayne, Olive,
    1992
  - box 6
    Dows, Wena, 1990
  - box 6
    Johnson, Jane C. Hall, 1990
  - box 6
    Koller-Buchweiser, Helene, 1990
  - box 6
    Leviseur, Elsa,
    1990-1994
  - box 6
    Pfeiffer, Alberta,
    1987-1992
  - box 6
    Schroeder, Han,
    1988-1993
  - box 7
    Torre, Susana,
    1990
    - box 7
      Torre interview, 3.5" diskette
  - box 7
    Willis, Beverly,
    1988-1992
  - box 7
    Wilson, Zelma,
    1990-1991
  - box 7
    Zimbler, Liane,
    1987-1988
- Mailings/Mailing Lists
  - box 7
    Virginia Tech, College of Architecture, Alumnae, 1875-1979
  - box 7
    Architecture Schools, directory and responses, [mailings sent to architecture schools throughout the United States requesting female alumni directories for their architecture schools] (6 folders),
    1987
  - box 8 box 7
    State Architectural Registration Boards, directory and responses, [mailings sent to architecture registration boards throughout the United States requesting the names of female architects registered within the state] (7 folders),
    1987
  - International Architectural Associations, directories and responses, [mailings sent to various international architectural associations requesting the names of female architects registered with the organization],
    1987-1988
    - box 8
      Hermandad Nacional de Prevision Social de Arquitectos Superiores H Lista de Arquitectos de Espana, 1985-1986
    - box 8
      History of Women Architects Catalog,
      1986-1987
    - box 8
      Royal Australian Institute of Architects Membership Directory,
      1986
    - box 8
      United Architects of the Philippines Directory of General Membership,
      1986
    - box 8
      The Hong Kong Institute of Architects Register of Membership,
      1986-1987
    - box 8
      Schweizerischer Ingenieur- und Architekten-Verein Offizielles Mitglieder-Verzeichnis,
      1986-1987
    - box 8
      Union of Hungarian Architects Membership Directory,
      1988
    - box 8
      Arquitectas de Puerto Rico, El Caribe y la Florida,
      1991
  - box 8
    Virginia Tech Faculty Roster, College of Architecture and Urban Studies,
    1991-1993
- box 8
  Potential donors listing,
  1987-1989
- box 8
  Slides and negatives of materials in the IAWA
Correspondence,
1984-1999
- box 8
  General Correspondence,
  1985-1988
- box 8
  IAWA Board members,
  1988-1991
- box 8 box 9
  Incoming mail,
  1984-1999
- box 8 box 9
  Outgoing mail,
  1987-1993, 1995-1997
Grants,
1988-1990
- box 9
  American Institute of Architects Foundation Grant and Account,
  1989-1990
- box 9
  General grant material,
  1988-1989
box 9
IAWA Biographical Database, (5 folders),
1989, 1994-1996, 2002-2005, 2007
box 9
IAWA Newsletter, production,
1989-1992
box 9
IAWA Website,
1995
Publications,
1991-1992
- box 9
  Smith, Laura Katz. "The International Archive of Women in Architecture." Feminist Collections, vol. 12, no.4, Summer 1991,
  March 1991
- box 9
  Smith, Laura Katz. "The International Archive of Women in Architecture: Preserving the History of the Invisible Partner." Art Reference Services Quarterly, vol. 1(2) 1993.,
  1991-1992
Reference Files,
1979-20071984-2007
- box 10
  Architecture Libraries, information about their collections,
  1988-1990
- box 10
  Archival Collections of and about women architects in depositories in the United States,
  1989
- box 10
  Biographical Information, Esther McCoy,
  1985-1990
- box 10
  Definitions of Architectural Terms,
  1984-1989
- box 10
  Frank Lloyd Wright apprentices,
  2004, 2007
- box 10
  Lesbian Herstory Archives,
  1979-1991
- box 10
  Literature about women in architecture, (6 folders),
  1973-1992, 1994-1996, 1998, and undated
- box 10
  Research Articles, (2 folders),
  2002-2005
Related Professional Organizations,
1983-2003
- box 10
  American Institute of Architects (AIA),
  1983-1991
- box 10
  Canadian Centre for Architecture,
  1999
- box 10
  International Union of Women Architects (UIFA), Washington, D.C.,
  1988
- box 10
  Society of American Archivists, Architectural Records Roundtable, Survey,
  2003