Abstract Iris Alex was the Development Administrator for Facilities Development Corporation of the State of New York, building consultant for the Young Women's Christian Association, and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Active from the 1950s until 1991. The collection includes both volumes of A Building Manual for the YWCA, written by Alex as well as some biographical information and articles about her work. Also contains correspondence between Alex...

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Magazine features Julia Morgan (1872-1957), an American architect from California who was posthumously awarded the AIA Gold Medal in 2014. Morgan was the first woman to receive the honor.