Bliznakov, Milka T. Papers and Architectural Drawings, Milka T. Bliznakov Papers and Architectural Drawings, Ms.1991.025

Milka T. Bliznakov Papers and Architectural Drawings, Ms.1991.025


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Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.1991.025
Title
Milka T. Bliznakov Papers and Architectural Drawings 1946-2010
Quantity
32.82 Cubic Feet, 37 boxes; 8 oversize; 4 artifacts
Creator
Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010
Language
The majority of materials in this collection are written in English and Bulgarian. Additional materials are in German, French, Russian, Spanish, and Japanese.
Abstract
Milka Bliznakov was a Bulgarian architect, architectural historian, and professor who practiced in Bulgaria, France, and the United States. The collection consists of her publications, research, correspondence, professional documentation of her practice, conference participation materials, teaching materials, and documents related to her involvement as the founder of the International Archive of Women in Architecture.

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Preferred Citation

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Source of Acquisition

The Milka T. Bliznakov Papers and Architectural Drawings Collection was donated to the IAWA at Special Collections in 2002 by Dr. Milka Bliznakov. Additions were made to the collection by Milka Bliznakov and Donna Dunay in 2006, 2007, 2011, and 2015.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Milka T. Bliznakov Papers and Architectural Drawings was completed in February 2016.


Biographical Note

Milka Bliznakov was born in Varna, Bulgaria in 1927. She attended the State Polytechnic Institute of Sofia and graduated with a master's degree in architecture in 1951. Bliznakov began practicing architecture in Bulgaria in 1952. In 1959, Bliznakov moved her practice to France. Two years later, Bliznakov emigrated to the United States.

During her first years in the United States, Bliznakov worked as an architect and studied Soviet architecture. She earned her Ph.D in architectural history from Columbia University in 1971. She taught at the University of Texas from 1972-1974, where she co-founded the Institute of Modern Russian Culture.

In 1974, Milka Bliznakov became a professor at Virginia Polytechnic Insitute and State University's College of Architecture and Urban Planning, where she taught in the urban design program. Bliznakov became an authority on the Russian avante-garde and constructivism movements. In 1985, Bliznakov worked with the Virginia Tech University Libraries and the College of Architecture and Urban Studies to establish the International Archive of Women in Architecture. She served as the chair of the IAWA Board of Advisors from 1985-1993.

Milka Bliznakov retired in 1998 in conjunction with the establishment of the Milka Bliznakov Prize. The Milka Bliznakov Prize is awarded annually to those whose research furthers the knowledge of women's contributions to architecture and design.

Bliznakov continued to acquire and donate works to the IAWA until her death on November 4, 2010.

Scope and Contents

This collection documents the activities of Milka Bliznakov (1927-2010), the founder of the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) and former chair of its board of advisors (1985-1993). It contains personal materials, including biographical information and personal correspondence. This collection also contains materials documenting Milka's prolific career as an architect and a professor emerita at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Some significant topics represented in these files are avante-garde architecture; Russian constructivism; futurist architecture in the Soviet Union; the history of Bulgaria and Bulgarian architecture; and women in art and architecture. In addition, this collection contains unique documents about the destruction of architectural structures in Croatia during the Bosnian war; Federal Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) reports on Soviet concentration camps; and detailed drawings and and project plans for Soviet infastructure. This collection also documentsd the proceedings of organizations and conferences attended by Milka Bliznakov such as L'Union Internationale des Femmes Architectes (UIFA), the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA), and the Association for Slavic, Eastern European, and Eurasian Studies (AAASS). Materials are largely textual, comprising of correspondence, memoranda, minutes and agendas, legal materials, clippings, publications, reference files, blueprints, and maps. Among other formats scattered throughout the collection are photographs, negatives, and artifacts such as plaques. This collection also includes detailed drawings and specifications from Milka Bliznakov's architecture practice.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into five broad series: Personal Papers, Professional Papers, Faculty Papers, Major Projects, and Art & Artifacts. Within each of series, materials are arranged according to original order and chronology. Where original order was not clear, processing staff used the Standard Series for Architecture and Landscape Design Records as guidance.

Separated Material

Two volumes were returned to the Library of Columbia University. The following books were separated from the collection to be cataloged for the Rare Book Collection:

Watkins, R.N. The Ideal Communist City . New York: Braziller, 1968.
Lloyd, P. & Collie, K. San Francisco: a guide to recent architecture . London: Ellipsis, 1997.
Markelin, U. Profiles: Pioneering Women Architects from Finland . Museum of Finnish Architecture, 1983.
Use of Tradition in Russian & Soviet Architecture , guest edited by Cooke, C. & Kudriavtsev, A. Architectural Design journal, v. 57, no. 7/8. London: Architectural Design, 1987.
Brumfield, W.C. Reshaping Russian Architecture: Western Technology, Utopian Dreams . New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Somaya, B., Mehta, U., & Hecar Foundation An Emancipated Place: the proceedings of the conference and exhibitino held in mumbai, February 2000 . Mumbai : Hecar Foundation, 2000.
Kuperus, M., & Meinsma, H.C. Architectes . Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Thoth, 1990.
Boutelle, S.H. & Morgan, J. Julia Morgan, Architect . New York : Abbeville Press, 1988.
Poem about Trees . (ISBN: 9785090245890),
The American Glossary of Architectural Terms .
Illustrated Garnsey .
La Realidad Sovietica .
Construction and Reconstruction of Towns .
Working Architectural Studios I-Design Department of the Moscow Soviet .
Working Architectural Studios II-Design Department of the Moscow Soviet .
Russian Formalism .


Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Blacksburg (Va.)
  • Faculty
  • History of Women in Architecture
  • International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)
  • Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
  • Montgomery County (Va.)
  • University History
  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-)
  • Women -- History
  • Women architects -- Bulgaria

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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Container List

Series I. Personal Papers
1951-2011
Box
Scope and Content

This series includes Milka Bliznakov's biographical information, personal correspondence, travel, photographs, and other personal documents. Noteworthy objects include a video cassette on Milka Bliznakov, a stock certificate, and correspondence regarding the destruction of Croatian architecture during the Yugoslav Wars.

  • box-folder 1 folder: 1
    Bliznakov, M. Citizen Forum - Panel Video Casette
    n.d.English.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 2
    Biographical Information
    1995-2011This file consists of Bliznakov's resumes, curriculum vitae, biographies, and obituaries. In addition, this file contains a memorial written by Anna Sokolina in both Russian and English.This file contains documents in both English and Russian.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 3
    Correspondence
    1975-2006Christmas cards, postcards, and letters from Milka's friends, family, and colleagues.English, Bulgarian, and German.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 4
    Travel
    1973-n.d.File contains post cards from Milka Bliznakov's travel and a booklet from the Mongolian National Tourist Organization.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 5 box-folder 1 folder: 6
    Photographs
    1951-2000Photographs and film negatives from Bliznakov's graduation from the State Polytechnic University in Sofia (1951), a wedding in Bulgaria, a trip to Romania (1998), and the Hilde Westrom Exhibit photographs (2000).
  • box-folder 1 folder: 35
    Pacific American Group, Inc. Stock Certificate
    1981English.
Series II. Professional Papers
1926, 1960-2009
Box
Scope and Content

This series consists of correspondence, writings, presentations, associations and committees, awards, research notes, reference files, and other professional works by Milka Bliznakov. These materials reflect Milka's work as a professor and architectural historian at Virginia Tech, as well as her broader network of women in architecture through the IAWA. Other noteworthy items include Milka's portfolio of work and exhibition posters collected from events.

  • Subseries a. Correspondence
    1973-2005
    • box-folder 1 folder: 7
      Correspondence re: The Destructuon of Croatian Monuments
      1991This file contains two letters from Dr. Sena Sekulic-Gvozdanovic, a professor at the University of Zagreb in Croatia. This file contains documentation of Croatian architecture and its destruction. In addition, the file contains a letter from the University of Zagreb's architecture faculty.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 8
      Professional Correspondence (1999-2002)
      1999-2002
    • box-folder 1 folder: 9
      Professional Correspondence (1979-1987)
      1979-1987
    • box-folder 1 folder: 10
      Alonso, Carmen Espegel
      2003English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 11
      Brians, Audrey L. - Milka (1977-2002)
      1977-2002This file contains correspondence between Brians and Bliznakov. In addition, this file contains pamphlets entitled "Women in American Architecture: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective" and "Architecture: Women in the Profession", postcards, and photographs of Brians.English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 12
      Bulant-Kamenova, Aneta - Milka (2003)
      2003This file contains a curriculum vitae for Aneta Bulant-Kamenova and a letter in Bulgarian to Milka.This file contains German and Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 13
      Galster, Gertrud Klinge - Milka
      2002This file contains a letter and photographs.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 14
      Gottlieb, Lois D. - Milka (2003)
      2003This file contains photographs from Gotlieb.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 15
      Hansen, Fani - Milka
      n.d.This file contains a postcard from Hansen to Bliznakov.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 16
      Hastings, L. Jane - Milka (2002-2003)
      2002-2003This file contains a Christmas card from the Hastings family.English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 17
      Higashi, Yumiko Osawa - Milka (2001)
      2001
    • box-folder 1 folder: 18
      Perkins, Nancy - Milka (2003)
      2003This file contains correspondence with Nancy Perkins regarding Anna W. Keichline.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 19
      Kruger, Eva - Milka
      2002German.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 20
      Nation, Shelagh - Milka (2002)
      2002English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 21
      Roth, Maria - Milka (2003)
      2003English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 22
      Stratigakos, Despina - Milka (2003)
      2003English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 23
      Von Der Weppen, Maria - Milka
      2003This file contains a letter from Vonder Weppen and photographs.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 24
      Willis, Beverly- Milka (2001-2002)
      2001-2002English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 25
      Van Hook
      1982English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 26
      Balke, Thomas
      2005German.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 27
      Schmidt-Thomsen, Helga
      1990English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 28
      van Ginkel, Blanche Lemco
      1989English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 29
      Lang, Evelyn - Milka
      1993
    • box-folder 1 folder: 30
      McDonald, Roxana
      1992English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 31
      The Boston Society of Architects (1990)
      1990English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 32
      Society of Architectural Historians (1975)
      1975English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 33
      Slavic Review (1973)
      1973English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 34
      Ojai House Plans
      2004English.
  • Subseries b. Writings
    1967-1998
    • box-folder 1 folder: 37
      From Theory to Practice in Constructivist Architecture (1979)
      1979English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 37
      Women in Architectural Profession (1985)
      1985English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 38
      Soviet Women Architects (1917-1967)
      1967Biographical guide to Soviet women in architecture.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 39
      Space is the Medium of Architecture (1990)
      1990English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 40
      Futurist Architecture-Russia
      n.d.This file contains Soviet architectural papers and city planning projects such as the flying city project. In addition, this file contains Milka Bliznakov's academic papers entitled "The City of Futurists" and "Design Plans for Moscow".This file contains documents in Russian and English.
    • box-folder 1 folder: 41
      Western Technology and Soviet Avante-garde Architecture
      1989This file contains documents in Russian and English.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 1
      Bibliography of Bulgarian Architects
      n.d.This file contains a bibliographic aid compiled by Milka Bliznakov on Bulgarian architects. The aid was requested by the Library of Congress on slavic architects.English.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 2
      Styles and Techniques in Bulgarian Folk Architecture
      1979English.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 3
      Bulgarian Urbanization
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 4
      National Aspects of Bulgarian Architecture
      n.d.This file contains two academic papers written by Milka Bliznakov: "National Aspects of Bulgarian Architecture" and "New Towns in Soviet Asia: A Method for Industrialization and Population Resettlement".This file contains documents in English and German.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 5
      Vision, Art, and Architecture
      n.d.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 6
      From Theory to Practice in Constructivist Architecture (1979)
      1979English.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 7
      The Constructivist Movement in Architecture
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 8
      Exhibition Reviews on Structurism
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 9
      Urban Planning Theories in the USSR
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 10
      Geometry in Modern Architecture
      n.d.This file contains a pamphlet and academic paper on geometry in modern architecture.English.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 11
      Geometric Abstraction
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 12
      Architecture and Technology
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 13
      Soviet Formalism
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 14
      Ladovski Paper
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 15
      Malevich Paper
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 18 box-folder 2 folder: 19 box-folder 2 folder: 16 box-folder 2 folder: 17
      Bulgarian Art & Architecture of the 20th Century: the Development of a Regional Culture (folder 1 of 4)
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 2 folder: 20
      Negatives for Bulgarian Art & Architecture
      n.d.This file contains negatives for Milka Bliznakov's paper entitled "Bulgarian Art & Architecture of the 20th Century: the Development of a Regional Culture".
    • box-folder 3 folder: 1
      Ladovski Drafts
      1977
    • box-folder 3 folder: 2
      Three Makers of Modern Architecture and the Thoughts that Shaped Them
      n.d.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 3
      Art, Perception, and the Education of Vision
      n.d.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 5 box-folder 3 folder: 4
      From Theory to Practice in Constructivist Architecture (folder 1 of 2)
      1979English.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 6 box-folder 3 folder: 7
      Part IV: The Culture of Technocracy (folder 1 of 2)
      1979English.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 8 box-folder 3 folder: 9
      Part III: A Post Modernism Named Socialist Realism (folder 1 of 2)
      1979English.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 10
      Review of Profession, Cadre, or Academy
      1973English.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 11
      Modern Architecture in the USSR
      1970English.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 12
      Science & Technology
      1990-1991
    • box-folder 3 folder: 14 box-folder 3 folder: 13
      Soviet Women Architects
      n.d.This file contains a bibliographical guide to Soviet women architects from 1917-1937.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 16 box-folder 3 folder: 15
      New Towns in Soviet Asia
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 17
      City of the Russian Futurists
      1983English.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 18
      The Contributions of Women to the Avante-garde Architecture in Russia
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 19
      Women in the Architectural Profession
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 20
      Women Architects from Eastern Europe
      n.d.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 21
      Ladovski Publication
      1980English.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 22
      From Theory to Practice in Constructivist Architecture
      1979English.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 23
      Postscript
      1998English.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 24
      New Towns on the Baykal-Amur Mainline
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 25
      Women Architects in Eastern Europe
      n.d.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 26
      Soviet Housing During the Experimental Years (1918-1933)
      1992English.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 27
      Soviet Avante-garde Architecture: New York Exhibitions of the Twenties
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 3 folder: 28
      Publications
      1978-1996English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 1
      Zinaida Fedorovna Zhuchenko Gerngross
      1993This file contains a paper written by Milka Bliznakov on Zinaida Fedorovna Zhuchenko-Gerngross, a female tsarist spy from (1880-1903). Zinaida infiltrated revolutionary groups for the tsar's royal police force.English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 2
      Urban Planning in the USSR: Integrative Theories
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 3
      Ladovskii: The Search for Rational Science of Architecture
      1980English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 4
      Suprematism in Architecture
      1978English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 5
      The City of Russian Futurists
      1986
    • box-folder 4 folder: 6
      New Towns on the BAM
      1987English.
  • Subseries c. Presentations
    1983-1999
    • box-folder 4 folder: 7
      Yale Lectures
      1983English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 8
      Architecture of a Totalitarian State
      1987
    • box-folder 4 folder: 9 box-folder 4 folder: 8
      Virginia Tech Symposium on Women in Design and Architecture
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 10
      Modern Architecture in the Twenties in Russia
      n.d.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 11
      Research and Presentations
      1988-1999This file contains various reports, pamphlets, and flyers for Milka Bliznakov's presentations spanning from 1988-1999.This file contains documents in English and Spanish.
  • Subseries d. Associations and Committees
    1963-2009
    • box-folder 4 folder: 13 box-folder 4 folder: 14 box-folder 4 folder: 12
      1988-UIFA Congress, Washington D.C.
      1988This file contains information from the 8th UIFA Congress. In addition, this file contains reports written by female architects on significant architectural topics and Milka Bliznakov's correspondence with colleagues.This file contains documents written in English, Spanish, and French.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 15
      1991-UIFA Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark
      1991English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 16 box-folder 4 folder: 17
      1993-UIFA Congress, South Africa
      1993
    • box-folder 4 folder: 18
      1996-UIFA Congress, Budapest, Hungary
      1996English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 19
      UIFA Miscellaneous
      1994English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 27 box-folder 4 folder: 20 box-folder 4 folder: 21
      Miscellaneous
      1963-2005This file contains records, brochures, and newsletters from various conferences. In addition, this file contains correspondence regarding the IAWA (1989). This file also contains information on the Beverly Willis Foundation.This file contains documents in both English and Spanish.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 22
      IAWA: Administrative Notes
      2005-2007This file contains correspondence with the association, donor information, and member information.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 23
      IAWA: Financial Information
      2004-2009This file contains information on the Bliznakov award and information on IAWA stakeholders.English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 23
      IAWA: Proposal
      1988
    • box-folder 4 folder: 24
      International Community Development Associates
      1979English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 25
      Second World Congress on Soviet East European Studies
      1980This file contains both English and German.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 26
      1988 National Convention-AAASS
      1988English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 28
      Architectural Societies
      1972-1981
    • box-folder 4 folder: 29
      Women East-West
      1996English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 30
      International Club
      1992English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 31
      1994 Conference Leadership Through Design
      1994English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 32
      Ferrari Symposium II Convergence
      1999English.
  • Subseries e. Awards
    1960-2003
    • box-folder 4 folder: 33
      Virginia Tech Ten Year Service Award
      1985English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 34
      Virginia Tech Twenty Year Service Award
      1995English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 35
      The Marquis Who's Who Awards
      1979-2001English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 36
      Institute for Urban Design
      1986-1988English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 37
      The Parthena Award (1994)
      1994English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 38
      The New York Academy of Sciences (1994)
      1994English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 39
      National Geographic Society
      1988English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 40
      Union of Bulgarian Architects
      1991Russian.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 41
      Sixth International DOCOMOMO Conference
      2000Portuguese.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 42
      Professional Seminar Consultants
      1989
    • box-folder 4 folder: 43
      International Academy of Architecture
      1994
    • box-folder 4 folder: 44
      Wall of Tolerance
      2002-2003
    • box-folder 4 folder: 45
      Planned Parenthood Certificate of Appreciation
      2002
    • box-folder 4 folder: 46
      CAB-membership
      1997Russian.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 47
      Republican National Committee: Presidebtial Achievement Award
      1982English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 48
      International Research & Exchanges Board
      1984English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 49
      Certificate to Practice Architecture
      1972English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 50
      William Kinne Fellows Memorial Scholarship
      1970English.
    • box-folder 4 folder: 51
      Professor Emeritus of Architecture
      1996-1997
    • box-folder 4 folder: 52
      Tau Sigma Delta
      1996English.
    • oversize folder: 4
      Woman of the Year (2001)
      2001English.
    • oversize folder: 4
      Advisor Emerita of the IAWA (2001)
      2001English.
    • oversize folder: 4
      Awards and Certificates from Columbia
      1968-1971This file contains a certificate of Milka's recommendation for a doctorate of philosophy (1969), a commencement reception invitation (1971), Milka Blizankov's New York license to practice architecture (1968, 1972), commencement program (1971), William Kline Fellows summer scholarship (1970), and commencement certificates from Colombia (1971).English.
    • oversize folder: 4
      Sofia Graduation Certificate (1960)
      1960French.
    • oversize folder: 4
      Virginia Tech Awards (1990-1997)
      1990, 1996-1997This file contains Milka Blizankov's 15 years of service award (1990) and Milka Bliznakov's retirement certificate (1996).English.
  • Subseries f. Research Notes
    1984-1990
    • box-folder 5 folder: 1
      Bulgarian Chronology
      1984This file contains Milka Bliznakov's handwritten and typed notes on the chronology of Bulgaria. In addition, this file contains articles that were included with Milka's notes.This file contains documents in English, German, and Russian.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 2
      Bulgarian Architecture
      1990English.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 3
      Bulgarian Palaces
      n.d.This file contains documents in English, German, and French.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 4
      Bulgarian Folklore
      n.d.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 5
      Hotel de Soubise
      n.d.This file includes Milka's manuscript on French architecture and an article written on French architecture.This file contains documents written in English, French, and German.
  • Subseries g. Reference Files
    1926-1998
    • box-folder 5 folder: 6
      Intermediate Zones in Modern Architecture
      n.d.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 7
      Newsletters on Women in Art
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 8
      Dumont A. Paintures
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 9
      Bulgaria-Urban Development
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 10
      Photographs of Soviet Urban Design
      n.d.This file contains negative on urban desing in the Soviet Union.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 11
      Utopian Dreams
      n.d.This file contains photographs depicting site plans.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 12
      For Housing Book
      n.d.This file contains photographs depicting city design plans for the USSR.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 13
      Soviet Women Architects
      1975-1980Russian.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 14
      Bulgarian Papers
      1984This file contains documents written in Bulgarian and German.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 15
      Tsarist Russia and Balkan Nationalism
      1984This file contains an article on Russian influence on the affairs of Bulgaria and Serbia (1879-1886).English.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 16
      Impressions from Palestine
      1926This file includes an article entitled "Impressions from Palestine" written in Buglarian.Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 17
      Collection of Folklore and Ethnography
      1936This file contains an article on folklore and ethnography from a Bulgarian academic journal.Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 18 box-folder 5 folder: 19
      Newspaper Clippings
      1983-1988English.
    • box-folder 5 folder: 20 box-folder 5 folder: 22 box-folder 5 folder: 21 box-folder 5 folder: 24 box-folder 5 folder: 23 box-folder 5 folder: 25
      Women in the Arts
      1927-1996This file contains documents in English and German.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 1
      Soviet Concentration Camps
      1955-1981This file contains documents documents regarding Soviet concentration camps. It contains reports from the Foreign Broadcast Information Broadcast (FBIS) and additional reports in both English and Russian.This file contains documents in English and Russian.
    • Photos of Bulgarian Architecture (color)
      n.d.
    • Photos of Bulgarian Architecture (black & white)
      n.d.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 5 box-folder 6 folder: 4
      AAASS 1988 Meeting Hawaii
      1988This file contains newsletters and articles regarding the AAASS 1998 meeting.English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 6
      Articles on Soviet Design
      1927-1973This file contains articles and photographs on Soviet design.This file contains documents in English and Russian.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 7
      Andrei Ikonnikov
      1990English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 8
      The City and Architecture of Sofia, Bulgaria
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 9
      Land Commune and Peasant Community in Russia
      1990English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 10
      Architects of Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and Florida and their Work
      1992This file contains both English and Spanish.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 11
      Factors in the Career Choices of Women in Environmental Design
      1977This file contains a working paper written by Alan G. Winslow.English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 12
      The Structurist
      1981-1982English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 13
      Soviet Union Vol 5, Part 2 1978
      1978English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 14
      Supplemental Curriculum for Urban Design: The UCLA Experiment
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 15
      The Blacksburg Town Zoning Orginance
      1976English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 16
      Lanthrop Douglass F.A.I.A. Architect
      1968This file contains copies of photographs and sketches of architectural plans.English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 17
      From Chaos to Creation (1972-1992)
      1972-1992English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 18
      Women Architects in Austria (1900-1987)
      1987-1988German.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 19
      The 'New Build' of the Twenties and the Development of a Functionalist Kitchen
      1981-1982German.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 20
      Women and Architecture
      1991English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 21
      Change of Profession?
      1993
    • box-folder 6 folder: 22
      White Collar
      1998German.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 23
      Virginia Women Artists: Female Experience in Art
      1985English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 24
      "Issues of Historical Preservation in Central Europe and Russia" Conference Proceedings
      1994English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 25
      Civil Engineers
      n.d.German.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 26
      Soviet Union Vol. 3 Part 2 1976
      1976English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 27
      Soviet Union Vol. 5 Part 2 1978
      1978English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 28
      Soviet Union Vol. 7 Parts 1-2 1980
      1980English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 29
      Studies Made on Six World Reports at the Request of U.N.E.S.C.O. (1975)
      1975This file contains both English and French.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 30
      Bulgarian Architecture
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 31
      Historic Wisconsin Architecture
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 32
      Building Moscow
      1936Russian.
    • box-folder 6 folder: 33
      Seventh Congress of International Union of architects (1963)
      1963English.
    • box-folder 7 folder: 17 box-folder 7 folder: 16 box-folder 7 folder: 19
      Places & Settings
      1972This file contains a publication called "Places & Settings" on architecture, landscape, and interior design.English.
  • box 14
    Subseries h. Portfolio
    1965, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975This file contains a compilation of Milka Bliznakov's architectural projects. The documents were originally kept in a cowhide briefcase. The portfolio remains in its original order and contains sketches, floor plans, landscaping plans, etc.
    Box
    English.
  • Subseries i. Exhibition Posters
    1977-1980
    • Anna Luja Paun Exhibition Poster
      n.d.German.
    • Dallas Musuem of Fine Arts Exhibition Poster
      1980
    • box-folder 7 folder: 15
      Society of Architectural Historians: "Soviet Avant-Garde Art & Architecture in the 1920s"
      1977English.
Series III. Faculty Papers
1974-1996
Scope and Content

This series consists of faculy papers such as administrative materials, course materials, research notes, and reference files. While most of the series consists of materials from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, there are some materials from the University of Colombia. The content in this series expands from 1974-1996.

  • Subseries a. Administrative
    1980-1996
    • box-folder 7 folder: 1
      Title IX
      1980English.
    • box-folder 7 folder: 2
      Tour to Moscow-Leningrad (October-Novemner 1989)
      1989English.
    • box-folder 7 folder: 3
      College of Architecture and Urban Studies Journal
      1987English.
    • box-folder 7 folder: 4
      Correspondence Regarding LAR Studie
      1987English.
    • box-folder 7 folder: 5
      Positions Available (1996)
      1996English.
  • Subseries b. Course Materials
    1974
    • box-folder 7 folder: 7
      Syllabus
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 7 folder: 6
      History of Architecture: Vienna
      1974English.
    • box-folder 7 folder: 8
      History of Architecture: Greek and Roman
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 7 folder: 9
      History of Architecture: Early Christian and Byzantine
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 7 folder: 10
      History of Architecture: Renaissance
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 7 folder: 11
      History of Architecture: Egypt
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 7 folder: 12
      Egyptian and Minoan-Mycenaean
      n.d.English.
  • Subseries c. Reference Files
    1991
    • box-folder 7 folder: 13
      Architecture Team Places Nationally
      1991English.
Series IV. Major Projects
1946-1983
Scope and Content

This series consists of Milka Bliznakov's architectural records for various residential projects. Content in this series extends from 1946-1983.

  • 2813 Tall Oaks Drive Project Records
    n.d.
    • box-folder 7 folder: 14
      Milka Bliznakov's Residence Files
      1978-1979English.
    • box-folder 7 folder: 15
      Photos of Milka's House
      n.d.
    • box 8
      2813 Tall Oaks Drive, #1-2 of 18
      1978-1979
    • box 9
      2813 Tall Oaks Drive, #3-5 of 18
      1978-1979
    • box 10
      2813 Tall Oaks Drive, #6-8 of 18
      1978-1979
    • box 11
      2813 Tall Oaks Drive, #9-11 of 18
      1978-1979
    • box 12
      2813 Tall Oaks Drive, #12-14 of 18
      1978-1979
    • box 13
      2813 Tall Oaks Drive, #14-18 of 18
      1978-1979
    • box 15
      2813 Tall Oaks Drive, interior detail drawings
    • box 16
      2813 Tall Oaks Drive, additions and renovations after 1987
  • Barranco Residence Project Records
    1981-1983
    • box-folder 7 folder: 16
      Barranco Residence Files
      1981-1983This file contains advertisements, business correspondence, and other documents regarding the Barranco residence.English.
    • oversize folder: 1
      Barranco Residence Drawings
      1981-1983This file contains 16 sketches and plans for the Barranco residence. In addition, it contains preliminary landscape master plan concept. Summary: Proposed Pool Plan Preliminary Landscape Master Plan Concept Drawing 1: site plan and schedule of drawings. Drawing 2: exterior axometric Drawing 3: foundation plan and retaining wall detail Drawing 4: ground floor plan Drawing 5: main floor plan Drawing 6: front and north-east elevations Drawing 7: 7-rear and south-west elevations Drawing 8: cross-section AA, BB, and details Drawing 9: cross-section CC and DD Drawing 10: finish schedule, door types and lighting and electrical fixture schedule Drawing 11: interior elevations and details Drawing 12: interior elevations and details Drawing 13: floor framing plan Drawing 14: roof framing plan Drawing 15: ground floor electrical and mechanical plan Drawing 16: main floor and electrical and mechanical planEnglish.
    • oversize folder: 2
      Barranco Residence Pool Plans
      1981-1983English.
    • box-folder 7 folder: 17
      Interior Design Plans
      1983English.
  • box-folder 7 folder: 17
    518 Buckeye Trail Project Records
    1973-1974English.
    • box-folder 7 folder: 18
      518 Buckeye Trail Files
      1973-1974English.
  • 2009 Bergman
    1946-1973
    • box-folder 7 folder: 19
      Warranty Deeds Goode - 2009 Bergman
      1946-1947, 1973English.
    • oversize folder: 3
      House Remodeling: 2009 Bergman Street - Austin, Texas
      n.d.English.
    • box 19
      2009 Bergman Street - Austin, Texas
      n.d.English.
  • Phillips/Karazim Residence
    • box 20
      Phillips/Karazim Drawings
      n.d.
  • box-folder 7 folder: 21 box 17
    Murphy's Residence
    n.d.This file includes remodeling plans for the Murphy residence.English.
  • oversize folder: 6 box 18
    Anderson & Associates Inc. - Blacksburg, Virginia
    n.d.This file contains drawings for a residential house in Blacksburg, Virginia. It includes landscapes, elevations, gazebo plans, and deck plans.English.
  • box-folder 7 folder: 20
    Tony's House
    n.d.This file contains architectural drawings on transparent paper.English.
Series V. Art & Artifacts
n.d., 2007
Scope and Content

This series consists of art and artifacts donated to the Milka Bliznakov collection. Within this series, there is a metal file cabinet containing contact information. The cabinet contains contact information of Milka's friends, family, acquaintances, and colleagues. In addition, there are two large, framed awards and a t-shaped wooden utensil for drawing purposes. One of the awards is dated in 2007, but the other awards are not dated.

  • T-Square
    n.d.
  • A Gift to Milka Bliznakov from the College of Architecture and Urban Studies
    n.d.English.
  • Diversity Award
    2007English.
  • artifact item: 1
    Milka's Filing Cabinet
    n.d.This filing cabinet consists of contact information. The left drawer, which includes IAWA board members, is organized by last name. The right drawer is organized by region. It includes contacts from Iceland, Great Britain, West Germany, Switzerland, France, Portugal, Spain, and South America.English.
  • box 30 box 31
    Posters
Series VI. Additional Donations: Research files donated by Anna P. Sokolina
This series comprises research files, correspondence, and articles sent by Dr. Milka Bliznakov to Dr. Anna P. Sokolina, IAWA honory advisor and 2017 Bliznakov Scholar. Sokolina donated these materials to the IAWA in March 2016.
  • Reference Files
    • box-folder 21 folder: 1
      House of the Government of Georgia
      1939Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 2
      To Erect a Monument in Memory of the Polar Trek "Chelyuskina"
      1934Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 3
      Windows on the Russian Past: Essays on Soviet Historiography Since Stalin
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 4
      Second World Congress on Soviet and East European Studies: The Emigre Artists in the West (USA)
      n.d.English.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 5
      Cultural Life in the USSR (1928-1941)
      1978Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 6
      50th Anniversary of the Electrification Plan and the Development of Architecture Hydropower Facilities (1970)
      1970Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 7
      Soviet Art Studies
      1981Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 8
      Prominent Architect
      1928Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 9
      Architect N.Y. Kolli
      1964Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 10
      Architect Pantelimon Golosov
      1968Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 11
      Kondrat Pantelimon Golosov
      1970
    • box-folder 21 folder: 12
      Vladimir Fedrovich Krinski
      1971Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 13
      Ivan Alexandrovich Fomin
      1972Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 14
      A.P. Ivanitski
      n.d.Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 15
      Architect Lydia Constantinovna Komarova
      1977Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 16
      Mentoring Nechemnozemyu
      1981Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 17
      In Context Modernity and History
      1981Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 18
      P.A. Golosov
      1982Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 19
      Architect Victor Alexandrovich Vesni
      1982Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 20
      Construction Industry
      1924-1931Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 23
      Blokhin Layout of Residential Quarters of the City Sogu
      1933Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 24
      Architecture and Urban Design
      1933Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 25
      Socialist City and its Architecture
      1934Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 26
      Socialist Kharov
      1934Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 27
      Lived in the House of the Leningrad Council
      1934Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 28
      Architecture and Technology
      1934Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 29
      Sanatorium Construction in the USSR
      1934Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 30
      May the Lessons of Architecture Exhibitions Creative Discussions in the Union of Soviet Architects
      1934Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 31
      Interior Problem
      1934Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 32
      Oven - On Proletarian Architecture
      1934Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 33
      From Work
      1934Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 34
      Fur House Design Competition People's Commissariat in Moscow
      1934Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 35
      What Architecture We Need
      1934Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 36
      Architecture in the USSR: Systematic Index of Articles and Materials for 5 Years
      July 1933-June 1938Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 37
      Department Store and Residential Building on the Street of Dzerzhinsky, Moscow
      1933Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 38
      Book House Orlikov, Architect B.M. Velikovski
      1933Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 39
      Creative Discussion of the Soviet Union Architects
      1933Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 40
      Practice: Power Architecture
      1933Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 41
      Architecture in the USSR
      1985Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 42
      Igor V. Ryazantsev: Soviet Exhibition Ensemble
      1976Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 43
      At the Front of the Iranian Architecture
      1929Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 44
      Construction and Architecture
      1982Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 45
      Construction of Moscow
      1926Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 46
      Moscow Building: Labor Communes Kostino Draft Plan
      1929Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 47
      AVTOSTROY-Socialist City
      1930Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 48
      Moscow Building: City Recreation and the Socialist Way of Life
      1930Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 49
      Art Volume 4
      1934Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 50
      Architecture and Construction: Authority for Architecture Committee of the SNK
      1946Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 51
      Architecture and Construction: Master of Architecture in the First Year of the Fourth Five-Year Plan Stalin
      1946Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 52
      Architecture and Construction of the Country Life
      1946
    • box-folder 21 folder: 53
      Architecture and Construction: Master of Architecture in the First Year of Post-War Stalinist Five-Year Plan
      1946Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 54
      Architecture and Construction: The Committee for Architecture at the USSR Council of Ministers
      1946Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 55
      Building in Moscow
      1924-1933Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 56
      Building in Moscow
      1927-1928Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 57
      A. Mikhaylov: Of the Art of the Reconstruction Period
      1932Russian.
    • box-folder 21 folder: 58
      The Issue of Soviet Art and Architecture
      1932Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 1
      International Contemporary Art
      1922Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 2
      Ezhdik Society of Architectural Artists
      1930Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 3
      Alexei V. Babichev: Artist, Theorist, Teacher
      n.d.Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 4
      The Relationship of Russian and Soviet Art and German Art Culture
      n.d.Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 5
      History of Russian Art
      1957Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 6 box-folder 22 folder: 7
      Modern Architecture Articles and Notes
      1926-1930Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 8
      Soviet Architecture in Transformation by Paul Willen
      1953English.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 9
      Soviet Art
      1926-1929Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 10
      L'Architecture Vivante
      n.d.French.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 11
      Freeman Voices of October
      1930English.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 12
      Art Under a Dictatorship
      1954English.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 13
      Russian Modernism: Culture and Avant-Garde (1900-1930)
      1976English.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 14
      OSA + Constructivism
      n.d.German.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 15
      Soviet Political Poster 1917-1920 by M.F. Savelov
      1960Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 16
      MAZAEY, Concept - "Manufacturing Art"
      1975Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 17
      Culture and Style - J. Joffe
      1928Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 18
      Architecture in the USSR
      1936Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 19
      Soviet Architecture
      1961, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1972, 2004Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 20
      Art in the USSR and the Tasks Dispute Artists
      1928Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 21
      Soviet Architecture
      1933-Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 23
      Yearbook MAO No, 5, 1928 and Architecture No. 1-2, 1923
      1923, 1928Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 24
      Velmir Khlebnikov - Snake Train
      n.d.Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 24
      Aleksei Gan - Constructivism
      1920Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 25
      Almanac Proletcult - Moscow
      1925Russian.
    • box-folder 22 folder: 26
      Red Student
      1923Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 1
      Artistic Work in 1919, St. Petersburg
      1919Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 2
      Firebird
      1921Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 3
      Art Journal Russian Academy of Artistic Sciences
      1923, 1925, 1927Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 4
      On the Paths of Art Literature of Fact
      1926, 1929Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 5
      Horn
      1919Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 6
      Proletarian Culture
      1918-1919Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 7
      Revolution and Culture Publication Pravda Newspaper
      1924, 1927, 1971Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 8
      Printing and Revolution
      1921-1930Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 9 box-folder 30 folder: 10
      LEF
      1923Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 11
      New LEF
      1927-1928Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 12 box-folder 30 folder: 13
      Soviet Architecture
      1969Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 14
      Institute of History and Art, Ministry of Culture in the USSR: Questions of Soviet Art and Architecture (1973)
      1973Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 15
      Architectural Creativity of the USSR
      1974Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 16
      R.Ia. Rhiger, Architecture Drawing Stations
      1940Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 17
      K.K. Lagustin Architectural Image of Soviet Public Figures
      1953Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 18
      V.E. Bykov and Dr. J. Cornfield: Architecture Business Culture Club
      1953Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 19
      Cooperative Housing
      1922-1923Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 20
      LEF
      1924Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 21
      Architecture and Art Workshops: Collection of Studio Art Izhsia Islands, Leningrad
      1927, 1937Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 22
      Artistic Work
      1919Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 23
      Science and Technology, No. 23 (376): 8th Year Edition
      1930-04-25Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 24
      Art No. 1, Moscow-Leningrad
      1949Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 25
      The Arts Committee of the Body
      1919Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 26
      Art and Weight, No. 12
      1930Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 27
      Y. Tugendhold, Art of the October Era, Leningrad
      1930Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 28
      N. Tutin, Tatlin
      1921Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 29
      Composition, Stroliner, B.T.i. Yushkevich, PS Art and Literature in Marx: Light Lighting - Moscow
      1925Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 30
      Russian Art
      1923Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 31
      Artistic Life
      1919Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 32
      Art Gazette, Moscow and Gazette Artists, Moscow, Brigade Artists, No. 7, Moscow
      1921, 1922, 1931Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 33
      Architecture and Construction in Moscow
      1955-1958Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 34
      Architecture of the USSR
      1947Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 35
      Problems of the History of Soviet Architecture
      1967Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 36
      Settling System Urals
      1977Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 37
      V.V. Pokshishevskiy and G.M. Larro, Moscow
      1976Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 38
      Frunze City Guide and Novosibirsk
      1963, 1967Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 39
      Balkhash: Planning and Development
      1962Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 40
      Architecture of the USSR
      1935, 1936, 1953Russian.
    • box-folder 30 folder: 41
      Architecture of the USSR
      1951-1952Russian.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 1
      Architecture of the USSR
      1952Russian.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 2
      V.O.K.S. Published by the Soviet Union Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries No. 1-3, January-February
      1930Russian.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 3
      M. Zeitlin, Moscow Plan Bibliography on Socialist Cities
      1972, 1975English.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 4
      Konstantin Umanski: New Art in Russia
      1914-1919German.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 5
      Gallery Deiemen & Co: First Russian Art Exhibit, Berlin 1922
      1932German.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 6
      Architectural Design and Construction
      1941German.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 7
      Exhibition Catalogs: Paris
      1925French.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 8
      Exhibition Catalogs: New York
      1971English.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 9
      Exhibition Catalogs: Biennale, Nuremberg
      1969German.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 10
      Russian Architecture and Town Planning
      1917-1933English.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 11 box-folder 31 folder: 12
      Architecture of the USSR
      1953Russian.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 13 box-folder 31 folder: 14
      Architecture of the USSR
      1954Russian.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 15 box-folder 31 folder: 16
      Architecture of the USSR
      1955Russian.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 17 box-folder 31 folder: 18
      Architecture of the USSR
      1956Russian.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 19 box-folder 31 folder: 20
      Architecture of the USSR
      1957Russian.
    • box-folder 31 folder: 21 box-folder 31 folder: 22
      Architecture of the USSR
      1958Russian.
    • box-folder 25 folder: 1
      Architecture of the USSR
      1937-1941Russian.
    • box-folder 25 folder: 2
      Architecture of the USSR
      1935-1937Russian.
    • box-folder 26 folder: 1
      German Editorials on Architecture
      1924-1925German.
    • box-folder 26 folder: 2
      Architecture of the USSR
      1946-1947Russian.
    • box-folder 26 folder: 3
      Architecture of the USSR
      1951-1952, 1955Russian.
    • box-folder 26 folder: 4
      Architecture of the USSR
      1953Russian.
    • box-folder 26 folder: 5
      Architecture of the USSR
      1955, 1957Russian.
    • box-folder 27 folder: 1 box-folder 27 folder: 2
      Architecture of the USSR
      1967-1969Russian.
    • box-folder 28 folder: 1
      Architecture of the USSR
      1970-1971Russian.
    • box-folder 28 folder: 2
      Architecture of the USSR
      1972, 1974Russian.
    • box-folder 28 folder: 3
      Architecture of the USSR
      1973Russian.
    • box-folder 29 folder: 1
      Architecture of the USSR
      1968Russian.
    • box-folder 29 folder: 2
      Architecture of the USSR
      1972-1973Russian.
    • box-folder 29 folder: 3
      Architecture of the USSR
      1975-1976Russian.
    • box-folder 29 folder: 4
      Architecture of the USSR
      1977Russian.
    • box-folder 29 folder: 5
      Architecture of the USSR
      1979Russian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 1
    Journal of Bulgarian Engineering Company Architects: Anniversary Publication/Collection Marking 1000 Years since Simeon Era and 50 Years since Bulgarian Liberation
    1929Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 2
    BIAD: Scientific Congress
    1933-1941Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 3
    Journal of Bulgarian Engineering Company Architects
    1932Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 4
    BIAD: Scientific Congress
    1932Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 5
    BIAD: Scientific Congress
    1931Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 6
    BIAD: Scientific Congress
    1930Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 7
    BIAD: Scientific Congress
    1929Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 8
    Architecture after 1989
    1990Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 9
    Architecture in the USSR: Bulgarian Architects
    1964, 1966, 1978, 1980, 1982Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 10
    Architecture Part V
    1973, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1993Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 11
    Theory on Social Realism
    1963, 1971-1972, 1977-1978, 1980-1981, 1986, 1993Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 12
    Bulgarian Architects after 1945
    n.d.Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 13
    Varna before 1949
    n.d.Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 14
    Architecture in the Age of Bulgarian Revival
    1965Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 15
    The Architecture of the Bulgarian Revival-George Kozhuharov
    n.d.Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 16
    Balkan City: XV-XIX Century-Nikolai Todorov
    n.d.Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 17
    Planning of Settlements in Bulgarian Liberation Until September 9th, 1944
    1944Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 18
    Synagogues of Europe-Carol Herselle Krinsky
    n.d.Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 19
    Architecture Before 1879
    n.d.Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 20
    A History of Ottoman Architecture-Godrey Goodwin
    n.d.Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 23 folder: 21
    Guidebooks
    n.d.Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 24 folder: 1
    National Tradition and New Regionalism
    n.d.Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 24 folder: 2
    Modern Architecture-General (1920s-1930s)
    n.d.Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 24 folder: 3
    Koprivshtitsa-Historic Town in Bulgaria
    n.d.Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 24 folder: 4
    Sofia
    n.d.Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 24 folder: 5
    Urbanization after 1944
    n.d.Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 24 folder: 6
    Various
    n.d.Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 24 folder: 7
    BIAD
    1889, 1894, 1895, 1905Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 24 folder: 8
    BIAD
    1901, 1902, 1903, 1904Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 24 folder: 9
    BIAD
    1906, 1907, 1910Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 24 folder: 10
    BIAD
    1923, 1924, 1925Bulgarian.
  • box-folder 24 folder: 12
    BIAD
    1926, 1927, 1928Bulgarian.
Series VII. Additional Donations: Bliznakov's research, writings, and select personal files
1966-2006, undatedBulgarian, German, English, Russian.
  • Personal papers
    1972-1996
    • box 37
      Student work/gift: Bliznakov collage, created by Mitch Gilbert
      1972
    • box-folder 32 folder: 1
      Postcard from Munich (written in Bulgarian), unidentified sender
      1984
    • box-folder 32 folder: 2
      Album: International Conference of Women Architects (UIFA) and trip through Eastern Europe [Gift from Lois Gottlieb]
      1996
  • Research and reference files
    1919-2006, undated
    • box-folder 32 folder: 3
      The Bulgarians and Anglo-Saxondom
      1919
    • box-folder 32 folder: 4
      Dobry by Monica Shannon
      1934
    • box-folder 32 folder: 5
      Konstantin Konstantinov [1 of 2 folders]
      1966Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 32 folder: 6
      Konstantin Konstantinov [2 of 2 folders]
      1966Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 32 folder: 7
      Radio Free Europe reports and files [1 of 2 folders]
      1966-1984
    • box-folder 32 folder: 8
      Radio Free Europe reports and files [1 of 2 folders]
      1966-1984
    • box-folder 32 folder: 9
      October and the Development of Bulgarian Literature
      1967Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 32 folder: 10
      News of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Volume II
      1968Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 32 folder: 11
      Soviet Architecture for 50 Years
      1968Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 32 folder: 12
      New Directions in African Architecture
      1969
    • box-folder 32 folder: 13
      Soviet Architecture: Today and Tomorrow
      1971Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 32 folder: 14
      Annual of the Sofia University Faculty of Slavic Languages
      1972Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 32 folder: 15
      A History of Bulgarian Literature, 865-1944
      1972
    • box-folder 32 folder: 16
      Architectural Record
      1973
    • box-folder 32 folder: 17
      Perspectives of the City Centers in Bulgaria
      1973Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 33 folder: 1
      The Builders of Modern Bulgaria, Volume One, Simeon Radev
      1973Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 33 folder: 2
      The Builders of Modern Bulgaria, Volume Two, Simeon Radev
      1973Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 33 folder: 3
      The Builders of Modern Bulgaria, Volume Three, Simeon Radev [Kniga Treta (transliteration), "Book Three" (translation)]
      1973Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 33 folder: 4
      Bulgaria in Antiquity
      1975
    • box-folder 33 folder: 5
      Magazines featuring antiquities
      1977-1987
    • box-folder 33 folder: 6
      Foreign Reports About Bulgaria (first of two volumes)
      1980Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 33 folder: 7
      Foreign Reports About Bulgaria (second of two volumes)
      1981Bulgarian.
    • box 37
      Georgi Stoilov
      1981Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 33 folder: 8
      G.B. Barhin
      1981Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 33 folder: 9
      Jerusalem Planning and Development, 1979-1982
      1982
    • box-folder 33 folder: 10
      Arkhitektura
      1984Russian.
    • box 37
      M.V. Posokhin
      1985Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 33 folder: 11
      Problems of Bulgarian Symbolism
      1985Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 33 folder: 12
      Nikolai Benua
      1985Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 33 folder: 13
      City Planning Culture of the European Socialist Countries
      1985Russian.
    • box-folder 33 folder: 14
      Two books on Sofia, Bulgaria: Sofia: Between Two Centuries and Souvenir de Sofia
      1986, undatedBulgarian.
    • box-folder 33 folder: 15
      Vasili Simbirszev
      1986Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 33 folder: 16
      The People's Architect: Rafael Israeljan
      1986Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 1
      The Formation of a Nationalist Bulgarian Intelligentsia, 1835-1878
      1987
    • box-folder 34 folder: 2
      The Buildings of the Complexes in Culture
      1988Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 3
      The Bulgarian Rebirth
      1988Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 4
      Constantine Malninkov: Paintings and Drawings of the Exhibition
      1989Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 5
      One of the Most Important Painters of the 1920s, Who Created Soviet Constructivism, A. Rochyenko, and His Collaborator and Wife, B. Stepanova
      1989Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 6
      Djon Atanasov
      1990Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 7
      Queen Joanna: Her Memories
      1990Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 8
      Boris III: King of Bulgaria
      1990Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 9
      Almanac of the First Students and Teachers in Architecture
      1993Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 10
      The Putsch of the Government of 1881
      1994Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 11
      Organized Artistic Life in Bulgaria, 1894-1994
      1994Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 12
      Bulgarian Guillotine: Secret Mechanics of the People's Court
      1994Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 13
      Slavic Review, vol. 53, no. 2, summer 1994
      1994
    • box-folder 34 folder: 14
      The 1920s in Bulgarian Visual Art
      1996Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 15
      Ivan Nenov
      1998Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 16
      "Such a Cross" (translation of Russian article)
      1998Russian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 17
      Research articles on the Balkans
      2000-2003
    • box-folder 34 folder: 18
      The Boundaries of Citizenship: European Women Between Tradition and Modernity
      2001Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 19
      Chavdar Mutafov
      2001Bulgarian.
    • box-folder 34 folder: 20
      City Planning Parallels: Bulgaria and the World
      2004Bulgarian.
      Scope and Contents

      Book by Dobrina Zheleva-Martins. Book paired with printed email exchange (in Bulgarian) between Bliznakov and Zheleva-Martins and Zheleva-Martins' curriculum vitae (in English), indicating that Bliznakov may have wanted to submit this to the archive as documentation of Zheleva-Martins' work.

    • box-folder 34 folder: 21
      Articles on Bulgarian architecture and reviews of new literature on the subject
      2004-2006
    • box-folder 34 folder: 22
      The Ancient Monastery: "The Virgin Mary"
      undatedBulgarian.
  • Writings
    1971-2004, undated
    • box-folder 35 folder: 1
      Partial copy of Ph.D. dissertation, "The Search for a Style: Modern Architecture in the U.S.S.R., 1917-1932"
      1971
    • box-folder 35 folder: 2
      Bliznakov's review of Malevich scholarship
      1973, 1980, 1991
    • box-folder 35 folder: 3
      "Women Architects from Eastern Europe"
      c. 1979
    • box-folder 35 folder: 4
      Proposal and final paper: "National Aspects of Post-War Bulgarian Architecture"
      1983
    • box-folder 35 folder: 5
      The Structurist: On the Artist (in which Bliznakov article "Women Architects" appears)
      1985-1986
    • box-folder 35 folder: 6
      Environmental Problems in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
      1987
    • box-folder 35 folder: 7
      Russian Housing in the Modern Age: Design and Social History
      1993
    • Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the 20th Century
      c. 1990s-2003, undated
      • box-folder 35 folder: 8
        Index cards: research notes, bibliographic notes, citations [1 of 4 folders]
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 35 folder: 9
        Index cards: research notes, bibliographic notes, citations [2 of 4 folders]
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 35 folder: 10
        Index cards: research notes, bibliographic notes, citations [3 of 4 folders]
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 35 folder: 11
        Index cards: research notes, bibliographic notes, citations [4 of 4 folders]
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 35 folder: 12
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Early draft manuscript
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 35 folder: 13
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Draft manuscript (folder 1 of 2)
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 35 folder: 14
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Draft manuscript (folder 2 of 2)
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 35 folder: 15
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Photocopied illustrations for manuscript
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 35 folder: 16
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Annotated manuscript with illustrations (folder 1 of 5)
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 35 folder: 17
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Annotated manuscript with illustrations (folder 2 of 5)
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 35 folder: 18
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Annotated manuscript with illustrations (folder 3 of 5)
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 35 folder: 19
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Annotated manuscript with illustrations (folder 4 of 5)
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 35 folder: 20
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Annotated manuscript with illustrations (folder 5 of 5)
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 35 folder: 21
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Annotated and corrected illustrations (folder 1 of 3)
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 35 folder: 22
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Annotated and corrected illustrations (folder 2 of 3)
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 35 folder: 23
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Annotated and corrected illustrations (folder 3 of 3)
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 36 folder: 1
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Annotated Bio-bibliography
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 36 folder: 2
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Revised complete manuscript (folder 1 of 5)
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 36 folder: 3
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Revised complete manuscript (folder 2 of 5)
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 36 folder: 4
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Revised complete manuscript (folder 3 of 5)
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 36 folder: 5
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Revised complete manuscript (folder 4 of 5)
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 36 folder: 6
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Revised complete manuscript (folder 5 of 5)
        c. 1990s
      • box-folder 36 folder: 7
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Manuscript submissions and inquiries
        1996, 2003
      • box-folder 36 folder: 8
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Publisher information
        2002, undated
      • box-folder 36 folder: 9
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Postcards and pictures of Bulgarian architecture
        undated
      • box-folder 36 folder: 10
        Bulgarian Art and Architecture of the Twentieth Century - Images for manuscript [printouts and 13 disks]
        undated
  • Professional papers
    1988-2003, undated
    • box-folder 36 folder: 11
      Papers on post-Soviet policy
      1988-1993
    • box-folder 36 folder: 12
      Seminar content, "Soviet-American Physical Planning/Urban Design"
      1989
    • box-folder 36 folder: 13
      Architekten- und Ingenieur-Verein zu Berlin
      c. 1991German.
    • box 37
      Berliner Philharmonie plans
      1991
    • box-folder 36 folder: 14
      IAWA development email
      2003
    • box-folder 36 folder: 15
      Maps of Moscow State and western feudal Russia, undated [hand-drawn on transparencies]
      undated
  • Project records
    1987-1988, undated
    • box 37
      Philips-Karazim Residence (Radford, Va.)
      1987-1988
    • box 37
      Several unidentified drawings and project records
      undated