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Women -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 399 Collections and/or Records:

Roof Details, "Villa de Plinio", June 1985 (Ms2001-021)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2001-021_EspegelAlonsoCarmen_Oversize2_Drawing_1985_06_16

Judith (Dita) Roque-Gourary Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-074
Abstract

Born in 1915 in St. Petersburg, Russia; Architect and founder of the Union of Women Architects in Belgium. Studied in Germany and Austria before emigrating to Belgium at the onset of World War II. She specialized in remodels of 19th century residences. Outspoken advocate for women in the profession. Collection consist of drawings, personal journals, business records, as well as published articles about the Union of Women Architects of Belgium and Roque-Gourary.

Dates: 1926 - 1981

Margaret S. K. Ross Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-092
Abstract This collection contains the diary of Margaret Selden Kennedy Ross (1902-1982) of Warrenton, Virginia. The diary dated February-September 1915 depicts the daily life of a young girl in the early 20th century. Ross mostly talks about school, teachers, and classmates, with whom she spent most of her time. Her great-grandfather was Maryland Senator Anthony Kennedy, and her grandmother was Mary Selden Kennedy, author of the book Seldons of Virginia and Allied...
Dates: 1915

E. Maria Roth Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2007-009
Abstract

The E. Maria Roth Architectural Collection contains the personal papers, professional papers, and project files of a landscape architect working largely in New Jersey, New York, and Virginia. School work from Cooper Union and Rutgers University is included, along with a school notebook from 1940 made during the Hitler era in Germany. Projects largely conform to the following categories: schools, residences/neighborhoods, public and recreation areas, and furniture/structural designs.

Dates: 1940 - 2010

Lucy Minogue Rowland Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-024
Abstract

This collection contains letters to the editor received by Lucy Minogue Rowland when she was news editor and editor-in-chief of The Virginia Tech in 1968-1969. Also included are other correspondence she received during the same time, editorial copy, and the paper's masthead.

Dates: 1968 - 1969

Royall Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-041
Abstract

Court documents relating the estate of William Royall, of what is today Monroe County, West Virginia, including two bonds signed by his widow, Anne Royall, and a the verdict of a jury called to determine the legitimacy of the will.

Dates: 1813 - 1817

Lorraine Rudoff Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-025
Abstract

The collection contains papers of Los Angeles, California architect Lorraine Rudoff. Included are 2 rolls of floor plans and elevations from 1975-1976; one scrapbook containing photographs, clippings, architectural drawings, etc.; and three conference pins.

Dates: 1950 - 1980

Claire Rufer-Eckmann Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-018
Abstract

Claire Rufer-Eckmann (1914-1974) was an architect in Bern, Switzerland. The collection consists of architecture class notes taken by Rufer-Eckmann at l'École Polytechnique Federale de Zurich, 1928-1935, original sketches and a report on her travels in Sweden and Finland in the late 1930s, and over forty working drawings created by her as part of SAFFA 58, an exhibition of women's roles in Switzerland.

Dates: 1928-1935, 1952, 1958

Karin Rühle Architectural Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-016
Abstract

The Karin Rühle Architectural Papers contain materials relating to one project, Projekt 1.10, Gartenstadt Jahnstrasse/Dahlwitz Hoppegarten, often abbreviated "Jahnstr," from 1991-1995.

Dates: 1991 - 1995

Sigrid L. Rupp Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-006
Abstract Sigrid L. Rupp (1943-2004) was principal architect of her own firm, SLR/Architects in Palo Alto, California from 1976 to 1998. Born in Germany in 1943, she relocated to California with her family in 1953. She earned a B. Arch. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1966. SLR/Architects specialized in technical facilities and industrial work providing architectural services for many of the pre-eminent Silicon Valley firms in the 1980s and 1990s. The collection consists of...
Dates: 1950 - 2004