Women architects -- New Jersey
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Eleanore Pettersen Architectural Collection, 1915-2003 (Ms2003-018)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2003-018
Dates:
1915 - 2003
Eleanore Pettersen Architectural Collection,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-018
Abstract
Eleanore K. Pettersen (1916-2003) received a Certificate in Architecture from Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art in 1941, and was an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin from 1941-1943. She was one of the first women licensed as an architect in the state of New Jersey in 1950, and was the first woman in New Jersey to open her own architectural office. She primarily designed residences and was also very active in professional and civic organizations. She became a Fellow...
Dates:
1915 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1950 - 2000
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