Surf these sites: Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania -- Contains the works of more than 250 designers from the 18th century to the present, most notably all the office drawings, models and papers of Louis I. Kahn. Architecture of Wales -- An attractive selection of the architectural drawings in The National Library of Wales. Arizona State University Archival Drawings -- The collection in the Architecture and Environmental Design Library includes papers of Buckminster Fuller and Albert Chase McArthur, and the design archive of the planned town of Litchfield Park. Athenaeum of Philadelphia -- A research library specializing in American architectural history and design. Collections include archives of architects Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887), Paul Philippe Cret (1876-1945), and Horace Trumbauer (1868-1938). On-line database on Roman Catholic buildings in the Philadelphia region. British Architectural Library -- Outline description of the collection of over 500,000 architectural drawings by mainly British architects. Contact details, opening hours, guidance for researchers, publications on the collection. Canadian Center for Architecture -- A museum and study centre devoted to international architecture. Carnegie Mellon Architecture Archives -- Aims to document the architects and architecture of Pittsburgh and the tri-state region of western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and northern West Virginia. Gottscho-Schleisner Collection -- Photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner, 1935-1955. Library of Congress searchable collection contains approximately 29,000 photographs of buildings, interiors, and gardens of renowned architects and interior designers. Significant percentage is of Greater NY subjects, including the first NYC World''s Fair. Historic American Buildings Survey -- Photographs, text and drawings in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress, describing nearly 35,000 historically significant sites and structures, can be purchased on microfiche from Chadwyck-Healey. IAWA:The International Archive of Women In Architecture -- Established in 1985 with the purpose of documenting the history of women''s professional involvement in the field of architecture. Kansas State Historical Society -- Provides a wealth of images and information about Kansas history and the Society''s programs, publications and services. MIT Museum: Architectural Collections -- Composed of theses and projects by students of MIT''s Department of Architecture (1873-1968), and over 400 rare drawings by European and American architects (1840-1920). Minnesota Historical Society Library -- The Library''s sources for the history of houses and other buildings include photographs, tax records, standard house plans of the 1920s, Ramsey County Historic Building Survey, business and personal papers. Norman Morrison Isham Collection -- Collection of notebooks, manuscripts, photographs,letters, deeds, inventories and measured drawings pertaining to Isham''s study of early New England architecture, held by the Rhode Island Historical Society. Research Materials for Architecture in Metropolitan Washington -- This directory by the University of Maryland Libraries describes collections of architectural drawings, photographs and papers in various archives, libraries and other repositories. The National Monuments Record -- The records made and gathered by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. Access and search aids for the public; online photo gallery. The Southeastern Architectural Archive -- The Southeastern Architectural Archive at Tulane University is New Orleans'' major repository for architectural records. The archive has cataloged records of more than 120 firms.
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