Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Architecture and Urban Studies (1978-2022)
Organization
Dates
- Usage: 1978 - 2022
Historical Note
Courses in architecture were listed in the college catalog as early as 1873. Courses were offered in the Architectural Engineering Department from 1928 through 1947, when the name changed to the Architecture Department. In 1955, the School of Engineering and Architecture was established. It became the College of Architecture in 1964, then the College of Architecture and Urban Studies in 1976. In July 2022, CAUS became the College of Architecture, Arts, and Design (AAD).
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Burchard Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-048
Abstract
The Charles Burchard Collection includes personal and professional correspondence, architectural drawings from private practice work, publications, subject files, administrative papers relating to Burchard's teaching at Harvard's Graduate School of Design (1946-1953), as a senior partner at A.M. Kinney and Associates in Cincinnati, Ohio (1953-1963), and from his tenure as dean of the College of Architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (later Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State...
Dates:
1935-1989, n.d.
Leonard J. Currie Papers,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2007-028
Abstract
Please note: this collection is currently being processed. Portions of the collection which are fully processed are listed in this finding aid. This includes photographs and negatives, flat files and oversize drawings from personal and professional projects, and a few artifacts. As more materials are processed, additional series and subseries will be published. Other portions of the collection may be available for research--contact Special Collections...
Dates:
1920 - 2001
Robert F. Graeff Papers,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-012
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Robert F. Graeff a professor of architecture at Virginia Tech. The papers include photographs, handbooks, and design plans/instructions for design primarily relating the bathroom facilities.
Dates:
ca. 1970s-1980s