Torre, Susana, Architectural Collection Susana Torre Architectural Collection, 1830-2003, bulk dates 1967-2003 Ms.1990.016

Susana Torre Architectural Collection, 1830-2003, bulk dates 1967-2003 Ms.1990.016


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Vidya Subramanian, Student Assistant; Amy Shaffer Vilelle, Archivist; and Elena Herrero, Graduate Student Assistant

Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.1990.016
Title
Susana Torre Architectural Collection 1830-2003 1967-2003
Quantity
26.4 Cubic Feet, 23 boxes, 28 oversize folders, 3 framed drawings, and 1 model
Creator
Torre, Susana, 1944-
Language
The materials in the collection are in English.
Abstract
After earning her degree in architecture in Buenos Aires, Argentinean Susana Torre arrived in New York in 1968 to study and practice architecture. Women's place in architecture and renovation of buildings are topics of particular interest to her. The Susana Torre collection consists of professional correspondence, project files, architectural drawings and sketches of some of her works, research notes, published articles about and by Torre, and teaching notes.

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

Permission to publish material from the Susana Torre Architectural Collection must be obtained from the Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Torre retains all literary rights to her work, and permission to quote from it must come from her. Researchers may not reveal the names, addresses, or telephone numbers of Torre's clients until her death.

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Existence and Location of Copies

Selected images of work by Susana Torre has been digitized and is available online.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Susana Torre Architectural Collection, Ms1990-016, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Susana Torre Architectural Collection was donated to the International Archive of Women in Architecture in 1990. Additional material was donated in 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2008.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Susana Torre Architectural Collection was completed in January 2005. Initial processing, arrangement, and description was completed in 1990. Additions were integrated in 2007, 2012, and 2013.


Biographical Note

Susana Torre was born in 1944 in Argentina and graduated from the University of Buenos Aires with a degree in architecture and additional course work in urban planning in 1967. In 1968 she moved to the United States to pursue post-graduate studies in urban planning at Columbia University. Her career following the completion of her studies was based in New York City. Susana Torre was a principal of the Architectural Studio in New York from 1978 to 1984. She also worked as a partner at Wank Adams Slavin Associates and Torre Beeler Associates before starting an independent practice, Susana Torre and Associates of New York, in 1989. She has been associated with the Museum of Modern Art's Department of Architecture and Design and served as the coordinator of a research study on six new towns for the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies. Torre also has held academic appointments at Columbia University, SUNY at Old Westbury, Barnard College Architecture Program, and New Jersey Institute of Technology as well as serving as a visiting critic and adjunct professor at other schools in the New York area.

Throughout her career, Torre has been concerned with the status of women in architecture, studying the history of the subject and advocating fuller participation of women in the field. Her work is strongly engaged in a dialogue of Modernist and Post-modernist forms. Susana Torre has received several awards, including recognition from the Edgar Kaufman Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Torre has served on national juries for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) as well as other educational institutions. She is well known for her renovation and remodeling projects such as the master plan for the restoration of Ellis Island in New York Harbor (1981); renovation of Clark House, a turn-of-the-century carriage house in South Hampton, New York (1982) which received an Award of Excellence of Design from Architectural Record ; the renovation of Schermerhorn Hall at Columbia University (1985); and Fire Station Five in Columbus, Indiana (1987).

Torre has published many articles in journals, newspapers, and magazines and has exhibited works at the Museum of Modern Art, The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, The Otis Art Institute, MIT's Hayden Gallery, and the Cooper Hewitt Museum. Ms. Torre was the editor, curator and designer of the exhibit "Women in Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective," that toured United States in 1977 and the complementary book of essays (1977) that accompanied it.

Scope and Content

The Susana Torre Architectural Collection consist of twenty-four cubic feet of material including professional correspondence, project files, research notes, published articles, office files about and by Torre, and teaching notes amassed by Torre, as well as twenty folders of architectural drawings and sketches, and photographs of projects taken before, during and after construction, mostly during the period from 1968 to 1991. The collection also includes three framed drawings and a model of the Garvey residence at Amagansett, Long Island. The information focuses on Torre's professional career, with the bulk of the material covering architectural projects and publishing and teaching efforts.

The project files include contracts, bids and proposals, project notes, feasibility studies, correspondence with clients and builders, specifications, product information, and clippings of articles about the projects. There are also seventeen sets of project drawings. The most important and best-documented projects of this collection are the renovation of a law office for Harry Torcyzner, New York; the Clark's residence at South Hampton, New York; the Chamber's Street Restaurant, New York; the Embassy of the Ivory Coast; the Robert Panero Associates office renovation project; a feasibility study for "Suitables" (a chain of women's clothing stores); the renovation of Schemerhorn Hall at Columbia University, New York; the Fire Station Five at Columbus, Indiana; the Montauk Public Library, New York; a fire station in Jersey City, New Jersey; a feasibility study for the Ruppert Green Project (a multi-family residential complex in New Jersey); the Garvey residence; the Feinberg residence in Chillmark, Massachusetts; Columbia University's Law Library renovation; and the Jewett Arts Center at Wellesley College, MA.

Professional papers include information about associations and organizations in which Torre participated; organizational correspondence regarding meetings, objectives and proceedings, invitations, brochures and articles about speakers and organization events; publications by and about Torre and architecture; and Torre's notes about women in architecture that she used to prepare the 1977 exhibition and its companion book, Women in American Architecture. Organizations to which Torre belonged include the Architectural League of New York, the Heresies (a feminist publication on art and politics), Networks: Women in Architecture, the Journal of Architectural Education (JAE), the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA), the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ASCA): Task Force on the Status of Women in Architecture Schools, and Architects Designers Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR). The publications span the dates 1967-1992 and include early Spanish-language and later English material written by Torre, as well as magazine and newspaper clippings, invitations to conferences and technical paper presentations, outlines of articles and comments on other author's publications, correspondence with publishers and organizations, and Torre's hand-written notes from meetings and conferences.

There are also accumulated research notes about women architects in America that Torre compiled to write the introduction and several segments of the book Women in American Architecture: a Historic and Contemporary Perspective that received support from the Architectural League of New York and was published by Whitney Library of Design. The exhibition opened at the Brooklyn Museum in 1977 and then toured around the United States. The research files include information about specific architects, general notes and photographs, and articles and papers published by American women architects.

Faculty papers include lecture notes, student projects, newspaper clippings and theses from lecture and teaching positions that Torre held at schools such as State University of New York (SUNY) at Old Westbury, the Pratt Institute, Syracuse University, Miami University in Ohio, Columbia University and its Graduate School of Architecture Planning and preservation program, University of Pennsylvania, Escula Technica Superior De Architectura in Spain, Barnard Architecture College, University of Sydney, New Jersey Institute of Technology, and New Jersey School of Architecture.

Office Files include correspondence documents, notes, brochures and invitations for lectures, conference and symposia attended and participated in by Torre spanning from 1967 to 1994. The collection also includes information about the various exhibitions, juries, and advisory boards in which Torre participated, helped organize, and presided over during her professional career. The Awards and Fellowships files include documentation and information regarding the various awards, honors, and fellowships that Torre received from 1979 to 1990.

Arrangement

The Susana Torre Collection is arranged in four series reflecting architectural projects, work with professional organizations, teaching, and office work.

Series I: Project Files, 1961-1990, consists of project files and some sets of architectural drawings. The project information is arranged chronologically. Some projects have been assigned circa dates, reflecting the fact that although they do not have specific dates, they were filed in the order that Torre worked on them.

Series II: Professional Papers, 1830, 1941-2003, contains three subseries of material: (A) Professional and Cultural Organizations, (B) Publications, and (C) Research Files. Subseries A and C are arranged chronologically, and subseries B is grouped by topic and arranged alphabetically.

Series III: Faculty Papers, 1971-1992, contains material Torre used and collected while teaching at universities. The material is arranged by the name of the school with which it is associated, and chronologically within each school grouping.

Series IV: Office Files, 1967-1994, contains five subseries: (A) Lectures, (B) Conferences and Symposia, (C) Juries and Advisory Boards, (D) Exhibitions, and (E) Awards and Fellowships. All are arranged chronologically.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Architects
  • Architectural drawings (visual works)
  • Architecture (discipline)
  • Architecture -- Study and teaching
  • History of Women in Architecture
  • International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
  • Women -- History

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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

Container List

Series I: Project Records
1961-1990
  • Commercial and Residential Projects
    1961-1990
    • oversize folder: 27
      First Year Student Project: Canoe Landing and Storage Recreational Facility, Pereira Iraola Park, La Plata, Argentina
      1961
    • oversize folder: 27
      Apartment Building, La Plata, Argentina
      1961
    • box-folder 1 folder: 1
      Circulo Condominium Apartments
      n.d.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 2
      Natalio Schwartz, Office, Washington Heights, New York, NY
      n.d.
    • Natalio Schwartz, "The House of Meanings," Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
      1971-1973
      • box-folder 1 folder: 4
        Project Records
      • oversize folder: 25
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 1 folder: 6
      Simone Sman, "House of Meanings in Rincon, Puerto Rico"
      1972
    • oversize folder: 27
      Two Houses for Relocation, Rincon, Puerto Rico
      1971
    • The Women's Interart Center Gallery and Performance Space, New York, NY
      1972, 1977
      • box-folder 1 folder: 7
        Project Records
        1972
      • oversize folder: 25
        Architectural Drawings
        1977
    • box-folder 1 folder: 10
      Danjedon Corporation, Building Condition Assessment
      1973
    • Children's Storefront School, Harlem, NY
      [1973]
      • box-folder 1 folder: 34
        Project Records
      • oversize folder: 27
        Architectural Drawings
    • Roosevelt Island Housing Competition
      1975
      • box-folder 1 folder: 13
        Project Records
      • box 22
        Architectural Drawings
    • Harry Torcyzner, Law Office Renovation, NY
      1976, 1987
      • box-folder 1 folder: 14 box-folder 9 folder: 16
        Project records
      • oversize folder: 1 oversize folder: 16 oversize folder: 25
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 1 folder: 15-18
      Kuchin House, Alterations
      1977-1978
    • Clark Residence
      1977-1981
      • box-folder 1 folder: 19-24
        Project Records
      • oversize folder: 2 oversize folder: 28
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 1 folder: 25
      Mental Health Clinics (4), Dominican Republic (with Roger Ferri), Proposal
      1977
    • Susana Torre Office: The Architectural Studio, 39 W 54th St., New York City
      1978
      • box-folder 1 folder: 11
        Article, "A Space Without a Function"
        1974-1976
      • box-folder 1 folder: 12
        Stationary Design, Architectural Studio
        1974-1976
      • oversize folder: 28
        Architectural Drawings
    • Bach House
      1977-1978
      • box-folder 1 folder: 26-28
        Project Records
      • oversize folder: 26
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 1 folder: 30
      Puglia Competition
      1977
    • box-folder 1 folder: 31
      Wedding House
      n.d.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 32
      Walter Barley Griffin Memorial Competition
      n.d.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 33
      Lucy Uppdro, Deck, Georgetown, ME
      n.d.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 35
      Kyanstan Meshine, Condo Renovations
      n.d.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 36
      Susanne Stephen, Residence
      n.d.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 37-38
      4th Federal Design Assembly,Editors and Graphic Designers Lounges, Pension Building, Washington, DC
      1978
      • box-folder 9a folder: 1
        Federal Design Improvement Plan
      • oversize folder: 25
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 1 folder: 39
      Chris McNeur, Standards for Office Construction
      1978
    • Dragon Inn Restaurant/Shopping Mall, Mannahawkin, NJ
      1978
      • box-folder 1 folder: 41-44
        Project Records
      • box-folder 2 folder: 32
        New Jersey Bylaws and Regulations
        c.1980
      • oversize folder: 22
        Architectural Drawings
    • Embassy of the Ivory Coast
      1972, 1977-1981
      • box-folder 1 folder: 8
        Building Condition Assessment, Embassy of the Ivory Coast
        1972
      • box-folder 1 folder: 40
        Mr. Dwoughi, Ivory Coast, Preliminary Property Assessment
        n.d.
      • box-folder 1 folder: 29 box-folder 2 folder: 1-8
        Project Records
        1977-1980
      • oversize folder: 3 oversize folder: 22
        Architectural Drawings
        1981
    • Chambers Street Restaurant (Laughing Mountain), New York City
      1978-1980
      • box-folder 2 folder: 9-14
        Project Records
      • oversize folder: 4 oversize folder: 5 oversize folder: 25
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 2 folder: 15-19
      Eugenia Rendon de Olazabal, Residence, NY
      1979-1980
    • box-folder 2 folder: 20-21
      Cherio Corporation, Alterations, NY
      1979
    • box-folder 2 folder: 22
      Curbelo Kitchen
      c.1979
    • box-folder 2 folder: 24
      Center for Inter-American Relations
      1979-1980
    • box-folder 2 folder: 25
      The Women's Studio Workshop
      1979
    • box-folder 2 folder: 26
      Muniak House, NY
      1979
    • box-folder 2 folder: 27
      Feasibility Study, Chelsea, NY
      1979
    • box-folder 2 folder: 30
      PSI Room, Institute of Art and Urban Resources
      c.1980
    • box-folder 2 folder: 31
      Illinois Regional Library for The Blind and Physically Handicapped
      c.1980
    • Robert Panero Associates Offices, New York City
      1980-1981
      • box-folder 2 folder: 33-37
        Project Records
      • oversize folder: 6 oversize folder: 25
        Architectural Drawings
    • Ruppert Green
      c.1980
      • box-folder 3 folder: 1-2
        Project Records
      • oversize folder: 7
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 3 folder: 3
      Union Square Manhattan, Feasibility study
      c.1980
    • box-folder 3 folder: 5
      Vassar College, NY
      1980
    • "Suitables" Store
      1980
      • box-folder 3 folder: 4
        Feasibility study
      • oversize folder: 8
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 3 folder: 6
      Laura Eastman, Apartment
      c.1980
    • box-folder 3 folder: 8-10
      Pelham Parkway Mall
      1981
    • box-folder 3 folder: 11
      Larrisa, Loft Renovation
      c.1981
    • box-folder 3 folder: 12
      Bus Garage, West Side Highway Project (with Bend Ryder Associates)
      1981
    • box-folder 3 folder: 13
      Sol-Lewitt Wall, Excavation Estimates, Chicago, IL
      1981
    • box-folder 3 folder: 14
      Geoffrey Fox's Parents, Retirement Home, Arizona
      1981
    • box-folder 3 folder: 15
      Eastern Office Park Consulting, Puerto Rico
      1981
    • box-folder 3 folder: 16
      Susana Torre's New Office, Studies for
      n.d.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 17
      Astoria Studio Proposal
      1981
    • box-folder 3 folder: 18
      Caracas Night Club Project, Venezuela
      1981
    • box-folder 3 folder: 19
      Stanley Harn, Retirement Home Advice
      1982
    • Ellis Island Proposal, Leading Edge Products, Canton, MA
      1980-1982
      • box-folder 3 folder: 20
        Project Records
      • oversize folder: 25
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 3 folder: 21-23
      Frenkel Residence, Alterations, New Preston, CT
      1982
    • Schermerhorn Hall, Colombia University, New York, NY
      1982-1986
      • box-folder 3 folder: 24-32 box-folder 4 folder: 1-35
        Project Records
      • box 21 oversize folder: 9 oversize folder: 10
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 5 folder: 1-3
      Monroeville Civic Center, Pittsburgh, PA
      1982
    • box-folder 5 folder: 4
      Susana Torre, Residence, Preliminary Sketches, Carbonerras, Spain
      n.d.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 5
      Cornubia Hall, Alterations
      1982
    • box-folder 5 folder: 6
      Artist's Co-op, Interior Layout, Forsyth Street, New York, NY
      n.d.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 7
      River Front Plaza Design Competition, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
      n.d.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 8
      Heresies, A Feminist Publication, Office Layout
      n.d.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 9
      Meadowlands Park, Consulting, NJ
      1983
    • box-folder 5 folder: 10
      Sir George University Shop, Proposal
      n.d.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 11
      House Addition, Proposal, Weiselblat, NY
      1983
    • box-folder 5 folder: 12
      Spectacle Island Design Competition, Boston Harbor
      1983
    • box-folder 5 folder: 13
      APERTURE Magazine, Office Renovation, New York, NY
      1983
    • box-folder 5 folder: 14
      Harry Torczyner, Gazebo Retreat, Peekskill, NY
      1983-1984
    • box-folder 5 folder: 15
      New York Law School
      1983
    • box-folder 5 folder: 16
      Recording Studio Survey, New York, NY
      1983
    • box-folder 5 folder: 17
      Chemical Bank Gallery, NY
      1983-1984
    • box-folder 5 folder: 18
      The Smithsonian Design Charrette, Washington DC
      1983-1984
    • box-folder 5 folder: 20
      Stett Heimer Exhibit, Lighting for, Avery Library, New York, NY
      1983
    • box-folder 5 folder: 19
      Harlem Housing Charrette
      1983-1984
    • Fire Station Five, Columbus, IN
      1983-1988
      • box-folder 5 folder: 21-33
        Project Records
      • oversize folder: 11 oversize folder: 23
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 6 folder: 1
      Fordham University Dormitory
      1984
    • box-folder 6 folder: 2
      Sam P. Harn Museum of Fine Arts, Gainesville, FL
      1984
    • oversize folder: 22
      Ronald Feldman Gallery Installation "On Post Modern Space"
      1984-1985
      • box-folder 6 folder: 3-4
        Project Records
      • oversize folder: 22
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 6 folder: 5-7
      Franklin Funds Office Renovation
      1984-1985
    • box-folder 6 folder: 8
      Metairie Park Country Day School, LA
      1984-1985
    • box-folder 6 folder: 9
      Battery Park City, New York, NY
      1984
    • box 22
      Jacobs' Pillow Design Festival Competition
      1984
      • box-folder 6 folder: 10
        Project Records
      • box 22
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 7 folder: 12
      LaGuardia Community College
      1984
    • oversize folder: 24
      Duffin House, Quaker Hill, NY
      1984
    • Residence for Garvey, Amagansett, NY
      1984-1988
      • box-folder 6 folder: 13
        Garvey Residence, Article "Family Circles" by Scott Guttermann in Architectural Record Houses
        1988
      • box-folder 6 folder: 14-33
        Project Records
      • Graphic Materials 3 Framed Watercolors
        Three framed colored architectural drawings - Site Plan, Floor Plan, Elevations,
      • model object: 1 architectural model
        Model of Residence for Garvey
      • oversize folder: 26
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 6 folder: 34
      UC Berkley-Urban Design Charrette
      n.d.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 35
      Columbia Law School
      1984
    • Feinberg Residence, Chillmark Pond, Martha's Vineyard, MA
      1985-1986, 1989
      • box-folder 6 folder: 36-50
        Project Records
        1985-1986
      • oversize folder: 27
        Architectural Drawings
        1989
    • Montauk Public Library, Montauk, NY
      1985-1989
      • box-folder 7 folder: 1-35 box-folder 8 folder: 1-24
        Project Records
      • box 23 oversize folder: 12 oversize folder: 13
        Architectural Drawings
    • CW Post Campus Dormitories, Long Island University, NY
      1985
      • box-folder 8 folder: 25
        Drawings
      • box-folder 8 folder: 26-27
        Research
    • box-folder 8 folder: 28-32
      Carpenter and Simpkins, Residence, NY
      1985-1986
    • Fire Station, Jersey City, NJ
      1985-1986
      • box-folder 8 folder: 33-34
        Project Records
      • oversize folder: 14
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 8 folder: 35
      Arthur Danto's Office, Columbia University, New York, NY
      1985
    • box-folder 9 folder: 1-2
      Hostos Community College, NY
      1985
    • box-folder 9 folder: 3
      WASA Office Renovation
      1985
    • Hand of Mann Condominiums, NJ
      1985-1986
      • box-folder 9 folder: 4
        Correspondence
      • box-folder 9 folder: 5
        Drawings
    • University Press Bookstore, New School, NY
      1985-1986
      • box-folder 9 folder: 6-12
        Project Records
      • oversize folder: 15
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 9 folder: 13-14
      Columbia University, Law Library Renovation, New York, NY
      1985-1987
    • box-folder 9 folder: 15
      Iron Workers Headquarters, Addition, NY
      1985-1986
    • box-folder 9 folder: 18
      Clark House, Furniture, NY
      1988
    • box-folder 9 folder: 19
      D'Agostino Development, NY
      1988
    • Miller Residence, Addition
      1987-1988
      • box-folder 9 folder: 17
        Project Documents
      • oversize folder: 17
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 9 folder: 20
      Hampton Medical Center, NY
      1988
    • box-folder 9 folder: 21
      Shepler Apartment Renovation
      1988
    • box-folder 9 folder: 22
      Olympic Boulevard Competition
      1988
    • oversize folder: 28
      Torre-Beeler Associates, New York City
      1988
    • box 22
      Civic Center City of Hemet, CA. Stage 1 and 2
      1986
    • box-folder 9 folder: 23-24
      Middle School Competition, OH
      1988
    • box-folder 9 folder: 25
      Gurley Apartment, Renovation
      1988
    • box-folder 9 folder: 26
      Tapper Wood Deck, NY
      1988-1989
    • box-folder 9 folder: 27-28
      Wellesley College, Jewett Arts Center, MA
      1988-1989
    • box-folder 9 folder: 29-30
      Pratt Institute Renovation Competition
      1988
    • box-folder 9 folder: 31-32
      U.S. Pavilion Expo, Seville, Spain
      1988
    • box-folder 9 folder: 33
      Walter Reed Army Medical Center, MD
      1989
    • Bard College, Library Addition, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
      1989
      • box-folder 9 folder: 34-36
        Project Records
      • oversize folder: 22
        Architectural Drawings
    • box-folder 9 folder: 37
      Wencelblat Apartments, Argentina
      1989
    • oversize folder: 27
      House for a Couple, Southampton, NY
      1990
    • oversize folder: 18
      Photographs of unidentified project sites and of a model, n.d.
  • Design Projects
    1971-1989
    • box-folder 1 folder: 3
      "Nature Series" Design for Bedsheets
      1971
    • box-folder 1 folder: 5
      Tuten's "The Adventures of Mao on the Long March," Book design
      1971-1972
    • box-folder 1 folder: 9
      "Courage: My Love - A Restaurant Gallery," Pre-Schematics, New York, NY
      1972-1973
    • box-folder 2 folder: 23
      Brenda Miller Book Design
      c.1979
    • box-folder 2 folder: 28
      Sculpture Project, Sol Lewitt
      1980
    • box-folder 3 folder: 7
      Blackwood Films Consulting
      1980
    • box-folder 2 folder: 29
      "Wire Ponies"
      c.1980
    • oversize folder: 21
      Rug Design: On the Paint (1984) and Alphabet (1986)
    • Herman Miller, CouchAir
      1984, 1989
      • box-folder 6 folder: 11
        Project Records
        1984
      • oversize folder: 21
        Drawings
        1989
Series II: Professional Papers
1830, 1941-2003
  • Subseries A: Professional and Cultural Organizations
    1974-2003
    • Architectural League of New York (ALNY)
      1974-1994
      • box-folder 10 folder: 1
        General file
      • box-folder 10 folder: 2
        Arts and architecture projects
      • box-folder 10 folder: 3
        Correspondence
      • box-folder 10 folder: 4
        School project
    • Commons
      1976
      • box-folder 10 folder: 5
        Documents
      • box-folder 10 folder: 6-7
        Prospectus
    • Heresies
      1976-1989
      • box-folder 10 folder: 8-9
        General files
      • box-folder 10 folder: 10
        Notes
      • box-folder 10 folder: 11-12
        Women in Architecture
        1976-1980
    • box-folder 10 folder: 13
      Chrysalis
      1977-1978
    • Networks: Women in Architecture
      1977-1979
      • box-folder 10 folder: 14
        Documents
      • box-folder 10 folder: 15
        Contacts
      • box-folder 10 folder: 16
        Correspondence
    • box-folder 10 folder: 17
      Regional Health Planning Committee
      1977-1978
    • box-folder 10 folder: 18
      Terrible 12
      1979
    • box-folder 10 folder: 19
      Judy Chicago's Dinner Party
      1979
    • box-folder 10 folder: 20
      EFL: Architectural Fellowships
      1979
    • box-folder 10 folder: 21
      Architects for Social Responsibility (ASR)
      1982-1984
    • JAE: Journal of Architectural Education
      1982-1985
      • box-folder 10 folder: 22
        Documents
      • box-folder 10 folder: 23
        Correspondence
    • box-folder 10 folder: 24
      Circulo De Cultura Cubana, Inc.
      1983
    • box-folder 10 folder: 25
      Alliance of Women in Architecture
      1985
    • box-folder 10 folder: 26
      International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
      1987-1990, 2003
    • box-folder 10 folder: 27
      City College of New York, School of Architecture
      1989
    • box-folder 10 folder: 28
      Alliance of the Building Community
      1989-1990
    • box-folder 10 folder: 29
      ASCA Task Force on the Status of Women in Architecture Schools
      1989-1991
    • Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR), New York
      1990-1991
      • box-folder 10 folder: 30
        Clippings
      • box-folder 10 folder: 31
        Documents
      • box-folder 10 folder: 32
        Forum correspondence
      • box-folder 10 folder: 33
        Forum documents
      • box-folder 10 folder: 34
        Forum papers
      • box-folder 10 folder: 35
        Notes and correspondence
    • box-folder 10 folder: 36
      Ferri-Torre Non-profit Corporation
      n.d.
  • Subseries B: Publications
    1941-2003
    • box-folder 11 folder: 1
      Art Criticism in Argentina
      1967-1969
    • box-folder 12 folder: 9
      Biographical Information
      1985-2002
    • box-folder 12 folder: 12
      Curriculum Vitae
      n.d.
    • box-folder 11 folder: 2-4
      Publications
      1970-1973
    • box-folder 11 folder: 5-6
      Publications, Cuban Article
      1974
    • box-folder 11 folder: 7
      Publications
      1975
    • box-folder 11 folder: 8
      Publications, Women in Architecture
      1977
    • box-folder 11 folder: 9-10
      Publications
      1977
    • box-folder 11 folder: 11
      "A Selection of Project Reviews and Writings"
      1977-1988
    • box-folder 11 folder: 12
      Misc. Selection of Project Reviews and Writing
      1989-1996
    • box-folder 11 folder: 13-23
      Publications
      1978-1983
    • box-folder 11 folder: 24
      Ideas for Publications
      n.d.
    • box-folder 11 folder: 25
      Publications, "W our name is Women"
      1983
    • box-folder 11 folder: 26-30
      Publications
      1985-1987
    • box-folder 11 folder: 31
      Publications, Room in the City
      1987
    • box-folder 12 folder: 1-2
      Publications
      1988-1989
    • box-folder 12 folder: 3
      Borderlands Sourcebook
      1988
    • box-folder 12 folder: 4
      Lecture at Virginia Tech (VPI), Videotape
      October 23, 1989
    • box-folder 12 folder: 5
      Publications, Women in Architecture
      1990
    • box-folder 12 folder: 6-7
      Publications
      1990-1992
    • box-folder 12 folder: 7a
      Book chapter, Mary Otis Stevens
      2003
    • box-folder 12 folder: 8
      Notes for New Journal: "PRO-JECT"
      n.d.
    • box-folder 12 folder: 10
      Exhibition catalog of Charlotte Perriand's "Interior Equipment"
      n.d.
    • box-folder 12 folder: 11
      Newspaper Clippings, (2) AIA Journals, and Correspondence
      1941, n.d.
  • Subseries C: Research Files about Women in Architecture
    1830, 1950-2000
    • Materials for Exhibit and Book, Women in American Architecture,
      1973-1977
      • box-folder 13 folder: 1-7
        Research Materials
      • box-folder 13 folder: 8-9
        Correspondence for Traveling Exhibition and Book
        1973-1978
      • box-folder 13 folder: 10-11
        Photographs and Negatives Gathered for Book
        1977
      • oversize folder: 19
        Blueprints of exhibit panels
    • Materials about Specific Women
      1830; 1968-2000
      • box-folder 13 folder: 12
        Adams, Ruth
        1977
      • box-folder 13 folder: 13
        Fisher, Karen
        1975
      • box-folder 13 folder: 14
        Gray, Ellen and Badovici, J.
        1968, n.d.
      • box-folder 13 folder: 15-16
        Hayden, Dolores, Essays
        1975-1982
      • box-folder 13 folder: 17
        Hommann, Mary
        1969
      • box-folder 13 folder: 18
        Lobell, Mimi
        1975-1983
      • box-folder 13 folder: 19
        Mahoney Griffin, Marion, Report on Her Life and Work by Dr. Anna Rubbo
        1993
      • box-folder 13 folder: 20
        Pignatelli, Paola
        1993
      • box-folder 13 folder: 21
        Pontalba, (The Baroness)
        1977-1980
      • box-folder 13 folder: 22
        Prisbrey, ("Grandma")
        n.d.
      • box-folder 13 folder: 23-24
        Spiegel, Susan
        n.d.
      • box-folder 13 folder: 25
        Stevens, Mary Otis
        2000
      • box-folder 13 folder: 26
        Tacha, Athena, one sketch
        1975
      • oversize folder: 20
        Taylenius, (Mrs.), Original Ink and Watercolor Drawing of Rome
        1830
      • box-folder 13 folder: 27-28
        Tyng, Anne Grisworld
        1975
      • box-folder 14 folder: 1
        Vinciarelli, Lauretta
        1973-1978
      • box-folder 14 folder: 2
        Wekerle, Gerda
        1976-1979
      • box-folder 14 folder: 3
        Winchester, Sarah (Mystery House)
        1974
      • box-folder 14 folder: 4
        Wright, Gwendolyn
        1976
      • oversize folder: 20
        Unidentified copy photograph of portrait of a woman and girl
        n.d.
    • General Materials about Women in Architecture
      1950-1995
      • box-folder 14 folder: 5
        Women in Architectural Reviews in Magazine of Art, Architecture Plus, and Architectural Design
        1950, 1973, 1975
      • box-folder 14 folder: 6
        Booklet and Brochure, Women's Buildings
        1973
      • box-folder 14 folder: 7
        Article, "Factors in the Career Choices of Women in Environmental Design," by Rosaria F. Hogden, University of Oregon
        1977
      • box-folder 14 folder: 8
        Report, "Status of Women in the Architectural Profession," American Institute of Architects (AIA)
        1975
      • box-folder 14 folder: 9
        Essay, "Art Education and Art Making From a Feminist Perspective" by Maria Karras
        1976
      • box-folder 14 folder: 10
        Association of Women Architects (AWA), Newsletter and Directory
        1979
      • box-folder 14 folder: 11
        Recent Documents about Women in Architecture (not in original research files)
        1988-1995
      • box-folder 14 folder: 12
        Paper about First Black Women Architects
        n.d.
      • box-folder 14 folder: 13
        Women's Cultural Building in Toronto, Judging and Panel Discussion
        n.d.
Series III: Faculty Papers
1971-1992
  • box-folder 15 folder: 1
    Teaching contracts, correspondence, drawings
    1972-1988
  • SUNY-Old Westbury
    1971-1976
    • box-folder 15 folder: 2-3
      Student work
      1971-1975
    • box-folder 15 folder: 4
      College catalogs
      1972-1973
    • box-folder 15 folder: 5
      College catalogs, clippings
      1973-1976
    • box-folder 15 folder: 6
      Course descriptions and proposals
      1973-1975
    • box-folder 15 folder: 7
      Political appropriation of space
      Fall 1973
    • box-folder 15 folder: 8
      Consultantship
      1972-1974
  • box-folder 15 folder: 9
    College of Old Westbury, Papers
    1972-1973
  • Pratt Institute
    1972-1974, n.d.
    • box-folder 15 folder: 10
      Concepts of Design, Student evaluations
      1972-1973
    • box-folder 15 folder: 11
      Concepts of Design, Course outline
      1973-1974
    • box-folder 15 folder: 12
      Lectures and notes
      n.d.
  • New Jersey School of Architecture
    1977-1978, n.d.
    • box-folder 15 folder: 13
      Correspondence and course description
      1977-1978
    • box-folder 15 folder: 14
      Notes
      1977
    • box-folder 15 folder: 15
      Correspondence and clippings
      n.d.
    • box-folder 15 folder: 16
      Magazine clippings and notes
      n.d.
  • box-folder 15 folder: 17
    Nova Scotia Technical College, Halifax, Correspondence
    1977
  • box-folder 15 folder: 18
    University of California, Cooper Union, NY, Teaching documents
    1977-1978
  • Syracuse University
    1978-1979
    • box-folder 15 folder: 19
      Studio documents
      1978-1979
    • box-folder 15 folder: 20
      Seminar, Architectural Typologies
      1979
    • box-folder 15 folder: 21
      Student works
      1979
  • box-folder 15 folder: 22
    Miami University, Oxford, OH, Teaching papers and student works
    1979
  • Columbia University and Barnard Architecture College
    1980-1987
    • box-folder 15 folder: 23
      Undergraduate program
      1980-1982
    • box-folder 15 folder: 24
      Program agenda
      1982
    • box-folder 15 folder: 25
      Miscellaneous
      1982
    • box-folder 15 folder: 26
      GSAP and Junior Studio
      1984-1985
    • box-folder 15 folder: 27
      Precis, Journal of the Graduate School of Architecture and Planning
      1984-1985
    • box-folder 15 folder: 28
      General
      1987
  • Columbia University
    1980-1989
    • box-folder 15 folder: 29
      Fall studio documents
      1980
    • box-folder 15 folder: 30
      Graduate studios
      1981
    • box-folder 15 folder: 31
      Women's Exhibition
      1981-1982
    • box-folder 15 folder: 32
      Pat Morton Master Thesis
      1982
    • box-folder 15 folder: 33
      Thesis seminar
      1982
    • box-folder 16 folder: 2
      Notes and correspondence
      1984-1985
    • box-folder 16 folder: 1
      Graduate studios, Factory in Lawrence, MA
      1983
    • box-folder 16 folder: 3
      Photographs
      1984-1985
    • box-folder 16 folder: 4
      Alumni directory
      1984
    • box-folder 16 folder: 5-6
      Graduate Studio
      1987
    • box-folder 16 folder: 7-9
      Columbia University, GSAP, Third-year studio
      Spring 1988
    • box-folder 16 folder: 10
      GSAP, Urban Design Studio
      1988-1989
    • box-folder 16 folder: 11
      GSAP, Urban Design Studio, Bryant Park Design Proposal
      1988-1989
    • box-folder 16 folder: 12
      GSAP, Urban Design Studio, Newspaper Clippings
      1988-1989
    • box-folder 16 folder: 13
      GSAP, Urban Design Studio
      1988-1989
    • box-folder 16 folder: 14
      Columbia University, Building Design Studio
      1988-1989
    • box-folder 16 folder: 15
      Building Design Studio, Slides
      1988-1989
  • box-folder 16 folder: 16
    University of Pennsylvania, Miscellaneous
    1980-1981
  • box-folder 16 folder: 17
    Escuela Technica Superior De Architectura, Barcelona, Spain, Correspondence
    1982
  • box-folder 16 folder: 18
    University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    1984
  • box-folder 16 folder: 19
    University of Sydney, Lecture
    1990
  • box-folder 16 folder: 20
    New Jersey Institute of Technology, Dean Search
    1990
  • box-folder 16 folder: 21-22 oversize folder: 21
    University of Cincinnati
    1991
  • box-folder 16 folder: 23
    University of Buenos Aires
    1991
  • box-folder 16 folder: 24
    Untitled Travel Sketches, Toby Levy
    1987-1992
  • box-folder 16 folder: 25
    Studio for Newark, Childbirth
    1977
  • box-folder 16 folder: 26
    Child Birth Research, Newspaper clippings and notes
    n.d.
Series IV: Office Files
1967-1994
  • box-folder 17 folder: 1-20
    Subseries A: Lectures
    1972-1994
  • box-folder 17 folder: 21-33
    Subseries B: Conferences and Symposia
    1967-1990
  • box-folder 18 folder: 1-15
    Subseries C: Juries and Advisory Boards
    1977-1991
  • Subseries D: Exhibitions
    1972-1990
    • box-folder 18 folder: 17
      Traveling Arrangements and Planning: "Women in American Architecture" Exhibition
      1973-1979
    • box-folder 18 folder: 21
      "Women in American Architecture: A Contemporary Perspective," at Brooklyn Museum, NY
      1977
    • box-folder 18 folder: 22
      "Women in American Architecture" exhibition installation in other cities
      1977-1978
    • box-folder 19 folder: 2
      Collections
      1980-1990
    • box-folder 18 folder: 16-24 box-folder 19 folder: 1 box-folder 19 folder: 3-10
      Exhibitions
      1972, 1975-1980, 1982-1990
    • box-folder 19 folder: 11
      Projected exhibition of diorama, drawings and models
      n.d.
    • box-folder 19 folder: 12
      20th Century Design and Traveling Exhibition for Latin America
      n.d.
    • oversize folder: 21
      Posters designed by Sheila De Bretteville (5)
      Scope and Content

      1. "Women in American Architecture," exhibition curated by Susana Torre 2. Timeline of Women in American Architecture, compiled and designed by Naomi Leff for the exhibition "Women in American Architecture 3. Eileen Gray Exhibition 4. Women in Design Conference 5. Opening of the Women's Building in Los Angeles

  • Subseries E: Awards and Fellowships
    1979-1990
    • box-folder 20 folder: 1-3 1979-1982
    • box-folder 20 folder: 4 1986
    • box-folder 20 folder: 5
      Portfolio Illustrations
      1986
    • box-folder 20 folder: 6 1988
    • box-folder 20 folder: 7 1990