Biriukova, Alexandra, biographical material, , 1969, 1980-1987

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1895-1967. Russian architect in Canada. Received architecture degree in 1914 from the School of Architecture in Petrograd, Russia. Exiled in 1917; moved to Italy where she received a degree in 1925 from the Royal Superior School of Architecture in Rome. Emigrated to Toronto, Canada, in 1929. Designed a residence for artist Lawren Harris in Toronto and was elected the first woman member of the Ontario Association of Architects in 1931, yet entered nursing school that same year and spent the rest of her career as a nurse. Materials consist of research notes, correspondence, published biographical sources, and card files compiled by Barbara Sankey of Toronto, who researched Biriukova's career.

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1969, 1980-1987

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0.1 Cubic Feet

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Biriukova, Alexandra, biographical material, , 1969, 1980-1987

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