Saffa 58 Architectural Drawings
Scope and Content
The Saffa 58 Architectural Drawings consist of sixty-three drawings of the buildings for the 1958 Swiss Exhibition for Women's Work (SAFFA), including the collaborative work of Claire Rufer-Eckmann, Beate Billeter, Verena Fuhrimann, Jetti Judin-Mutzenberg, and Annemarie Hubacher-Constam.
Dates
- 1958
Creator
- Rufer-Eckmann, Claire, 1914-1974 (Architect, Person)
- Judin-Mutzenberg, Jetti (Architect, Person)
- Hubacher-Constam, Annemarie (Architect, Person)
- Billeter, Beate (Architect, Person)
- Fuhrimann, Verena (Architect, Person)
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are in German and French.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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Historical Note
The Swiss Exhibition for Women's Work (SAFFA) was an exhibition organized by the major national women's organizations in Switzerland. The first SAFFA exhibition was in held in Bern, 1928. The theme was to show the importance of female contributions to the social and economic activities in Switzerland at the time. A second exhibition was held in Zurich, 1958 focusing on "women in the family, occupation and state." These exhibitions were organized and produced entirely by women and the exhibition buildings for SAFFA 58 were designed and built by Swiss women architects.
Extent
2.8 Cubic Feet (4 oversize folders)
Abstract
The SAFFA was a Swiss fair exhibition on women in Zurich, Switzerland, that was built by Swiss women architects. The Saffa 58 Architectural Drawings consist of sixty-three drawings of the buildings for the 1958 fair, including the collaborative work of Claire Rufer-Eckmann, Beate Billeter, Verena Fuhrimann, Jetti Judin-Mutzenberg, and Annemarie Hubacher-Constam.
Source of Acquisition
The SAFFA 58 Architectural Drawings were donated to Special Collections in November 1998.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the SAFFA 58 Architectural Drawings by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the SAFFA 58 Architectural Drawings was completed in March 2011.
- Title
- SAFFA 58 Architectural Drawings, 1958
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sherrie A. Bowser, Archivist
- Date
- 2011 (CC0 1.0)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu