Richter, Elizabeth Chu, Architectural Collection Elizabeth Chu Richter Architectural Collection, 1988-2003, n.d. Ms.1997.022

Elizabeth Chu Richter Architectural Collection, 1988-2003, n.d. Ms.1997.022


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Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.1997.022
Title
Elizabeth Chu Richter Architectural Collection 1988-2003, n.d.
Quantity
0.5 Cubic Feet, 1 box
Creator
Richter, Elizabeth Chu
Language
The materials in the collection are in English.
Abstract
The Elizabeth Chu Richter Architectural Collection consists of correspondence, articles, and project files. Richter and her husband David Richter founded Richter Architects in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Administrative Information

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The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

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Scope and Contents

The Elizabeth Chu Richter Architectural Collection was donated in February 2002. Additional materials were donated in 2003.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Elizabeth Chu Richter Architectural Collection was completed in 2003.


Biographical Note

Elizabeth Chu Richter was born in Nanjing China in 1949. In 1963, before starting high school, she moved to the United States. Chu Richter attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she graduated with a degree in architecture in 1974. While raising three children, she worked part time on larger projects with her husband, David Richter, a fellow graduate of the University of Texas. In 1989, Chu Richter began working full time with her husband at their firm, Richter Architects, in Corpus Christi, Texas.

In 1999, one of the firm's projects, the Brooks County Safety Rest Area, received numerous awards including, Texas Society of Architects Design Award, AIA Honor Award for Architecture. Chu Richter also devotes much time to public design education. She has written op-ed pieces for newspapers, and produced a radio program entitled "The Shape of Texas."

See also Elizabeth Chu Richter FAIA in the IAWA Biographical Database.

Scope and Content

The Elizabeth Chu Richter Architectural Collection consists of correspondence with Milka Bliznakov, letters written which detail the career and personal life of Elizabeth and her husband, David. Numerous articles about the awards given to the Brooks County Safety Rest Area, and the Richter's residence, are also featured. Op-ed pieces that Chu has written and articles featuring the Richter's practice, color printouts of the Rest Area and the Richter's projects in Texas are included.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by material type.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

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

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Elizabeth Chu Richter 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

box-folder 1 folder: 1
Biographical material, correspondence, resume, family photo
1989-2003
box-folder 1 folder: 2
Articles, write-ups for various projects, firm brochure
1985-1989
box-folder 1 folder: 3
2 newsletters "Maintenance Matters," article from e-architect
1999-2002
box-folder 1 folder: 4
Brooks County Safety Rest Area articles and color photocopies, 1998, South Texas along the King Ranch Rest Area, 2003
1988-2003
box-folder 1 folder: 5-6
3 issues of Texas Architect ,
1997-2002
box-folder 1 folder: 7
Newspaper clippings, op-ed pieces, articles about her firm
1993-2003
box-folder 1 folder: 8
Photocopy of AIA Young Architects Award
2001
box-folder 1 folder: 9
Cassette tape of "The Shape of Texas" by Elizabeth Chu Richter
n.d.