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Colter, Mary, media collection,, 1996 - 1996

 File — Box: 2

Scope and Contents note

1869-1958. Chief architect for the Fred Harvey Company. Designed hotels, gift shops, and viewing places throughout the southwestern desert in the United States in the early 1900s. Her most notable designs were the Watchtower, Hopi House, and Hermit's Rest at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Collection includes film entitled "Mary Jane Colter: The Desert View" produced, written, and directed in 1996 by Jennifer Lee of Beverly Hills, California, and narrated by Ellen Burstyn, about Colter's life and work. [Copy of video now shelved in Special Collections Rare Book Room: Video 8650. Also available are National Public Radio program cassettes 526/527, again, in the Rare Book Room.]

Dates

  • 1996 - 1996

Creator

Language

From the Collection:

English , Albanian , Bulgarian , Czech , Finnish , French , German , Greek , Hungarian , Italian , Japanese , Persian, Portuguese , Polish , Romanian , Russian , Spanish

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet

General Physical Description note

Extent: 0.1 cubic feet

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository

Contact:
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308