1. American School Archive (Architecture)
Record Group
Identifier: 1
The American School team is working with the University of Oklahoma Libraries to develop The American School archive as part of the OU Western History Collection. The American School Archive will include drawings, models, and historical documentation related to American School architecture, design, and pedagogy. Key figures of The American School, including Donald MacDonald, Arn Henderson, Vince Mancini, John Hurtig, Don Olsen, and Jim Gardner, have already donated materials to The American School archive, and the collection continues to grow.
Creator:
University of Oklahoma
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Bruce Goff Designs for the Donald Pollock House
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2872
Scope and Contents
Architect. Designs (circa 1957) drawn by Bruce Goff for the Donald Pollock House in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Dates:
1957
Celestine Barby collection of Bruce Goff architectural papers
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2790
Scope and Contents
Collector. Correspondence, architectural drawings, textile samples, photographs, and financial records (1963-1991) related to three homes architect Bruce Goff designed for Celestine Barby. The residences were built in Beaver, Oklahoma, and Tucson, Arizona; a third home in Golden, Colorado, was not built. The collection also includes published materials about Goff, and issues (1983-1988) of Friends of Kebyar.
Dates:
1963 - 1991
Donald K. Olsen architectural drawings
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2854
Scope and Contents
Architect. The collection contains architectural drawings (1954-1956) created by Donald K. Olsen as a student at the University of Oklahoma School of Architecture, and architectural drawings and papers (1956-2013) he created during his career as a professional architect in the Sausalito, California, area.
Dates:
1954-2013
Donald MacDonald papers and graphic materials
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2852
Scope and Contents
Architect. Correspondence and research materials (1983-1991) on the American School of Architecture, and the 1985 Royal Institute of British Architects’ (R.I.B.A.) London exhibition, The American School of Architecture: The Bruce Goff Legacy. The correspondents are primarily the exhibition curator Susan King, architect Donald MacDonald, and Jane Preger of the British Architectural Library. The collection also includes a series of board-mounted drawings and images (undated) of structures in California and Washington by Donald MacDonald Architects.
Dates:
1983 - 1991
Ernest Burden architectural drawings
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2846
Scope and Contents
Architect. Architectural drawings (1954-1956) created by Ernest Burden, Jr., as a student at the University of Oklahoma School of Architecture, where he studied under Herb Greene and Bruce Goff. The collection consists of original and copy prints of drawings, digitized drawings in jpeg and pdf formats, and slides of artists’ illustrations.
Dates:
1954 - 1956
Gerardo Brown-Manrique slides
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2874
Scope and Contents
Architect. A collection of color photographic slides (1974-1978) taken by architect and professor Gerardo Brown-Manrique. The slides depict Bruce Goff’s Bavinger House, the Herb Greene House (the “Prairie Chicken”), student projects for architecture courses in 1951-1960 at the University of Oklahoma, and projects by students in Brown-Manrique’s Graphics 2 classes.
Dates:
1974 - 1978
Harvey Ferrero architectural drawings
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2853
Scope and Contents
Architect. Drawings of residences, commercial buildings, and design concepts by Michigan architect Harvey Ferrero, who apprenticed with Bruce Goff in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, in 1958-1960. The collection includes drawings (1955-2014) for built and unbuilt projects for which he was architect, as well as several Bruce Goff-designed residences. Photographs (1960-2010) in the collection depict renderings, residences, and commercial buildings by Ferrero, including the Max Klein Building in Southfield, Michigan. An accompanying minor series of papers (1957-2019) contains news articles on architecture, original and copies of letters to Ferrero from Goff, and a published portfolio (2014) of Ferrero’s works.
Dates:
1955 - 2019
Herb Greene and Frank Lloyd Wright Architectural Drawings
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2869
Scope and Contents
Architects. The collection contains architectural drawings (1950-1958) by Herb Greene and Frank Lloyd Wright. Projects depicted include Wright’s Lamberson home in Iowa, and Greene’s homes in Oklahoma for the Greene, Lyons, and Joyce families, an unidentified home, and an architectural screen for the Roosevelt Granite Company in Snyder, Oklahoma.
Dates:
1950-1958
Herb Greene Cassidy School project drawing
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2873
Scope and Contents
Architect. One drawing (1951) by Herb Greene of a fine arts building for Cassidy School in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The drawing was completed as part of Greene’s coursework for his fourth year studio class in the University of Oklahoma School of Architecture.
Dates:
1951
James Gardner architectural drawings
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2877
Scope and Contents
Architect. Architectural drawings by James Gardner as a student at the University of Oklahoma School of Architecture under Bruce Goff. The projects depicted include a residence for the Gardner family in Shawnee, Kansas; a restaurant and club for the Tulsa Zoo; a fire station, along with other drawings and paintings.
Dates:
1953 - 1957
John Hurtig architectural drawings
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2856
Scope and Contents
Architect. Drawings and paintings (1953-1983) created by architect John Hurtig primarily during his years as a student of Bruce Goff at the University of Oklahoma during the 1950s. The works are primarily architectural in nature. Some works are on art boards, others are on loose sheets of paper, and one framed diptych is in the collection.
Dates:
1953 - 1983
Kemp collection of Mendel Glickman papers
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2849
Scope and Contents
Architect. A collection of architect Mendel Glickman’s papers (1952-1967) and related architectural drawings owned by fellow architect, Edward V. Kemp. The papers contain Glickman’s correspondence with Taliesin Associated Architects of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, primarily regarding his engineering services for building projects in California and Wisconsin. The architectural drawings (1965-1966) were produced for the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Hall of Justice and Veterans Memorial Auditorium of the Marin County, California, civic center. The collection also includes copies of Edward V. Kemp’s American Institute of Architects corporate membership application and related papers (1977-1986), and lithograph plates of the Winslow House from Frank Lloyd Wright’s Wasmuth portfolio.
Dates:
1952 - 1986
Kenneth Taber architectural drawings
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2871
Scope and Contents
Architect. Reproductions of drawings by Kenneth Taber, completed as part of his student coursework while attending the University of Oklahoma School of Architecture. The drawings depict a ski lounge in Colorado, and a science building for a small liberal arts college.
Dates:
1958-1960
Melvin Shivvers papers and architectural drawings
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2850
Scope and Contents
Architect. The collection contains class notebooks, architectural drawings, and artifacts (1954-1963) produced by Melvin Shivvers while he was a student in the University of Oklahoma School of Architecture. The collection also contains sepia and blueline prints from glass slides depicting examples of Renaissance architecture that were used for study by students.
Dates:
1954 - 1963
Mendel Glickman Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: WHC-M-1033
Scope and Contents
Architect. Correspondence between Glickman and Frank Lloyd Wright concerning their collaboration on various construction projects (1932-1959), along with a few unidentified blueprints.
Dates:
1932-1967
Nick Harm collection on the American School of Architecture
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2867
Scope and Contents
Architect. A collection of papers, slides, and printed materials on the American School of Architecture collected by University of Oklahoma faculty member and architect, Nick Harm. The collection focuses on Bruce Goff’s career and influence on students at the OU School of Architecture.
Dates:
1951-2010
Norman Froelich architectural drawings
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2876
Scope and Contents
Architect. Architectural drawings (1955-1957) by Norman Froelich as a student at the University of Oklahoma School of Architecture under Bruce Goff. The projects depicted include a mortuary and chapel, and an auto teller bank for Norman, Oklahoma.
Dates:
1955 - 1957
Reproductions of Bruce Goff drawings of the Corsaw Residence
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2847
Scope and Contents
Architect. Reproductions of architectural drawings (undated) of the Corsaw Residence in Norman, Oklahoma. Bruce Goff designed the home for the Roger Corsaw family in 1952.
Dates:
1952
Robert Ingulli drawings
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2848
Scope and Contents
Architect. Drawings (1955) created by Robert Ingulli as a student in the University of Oklahoma School of Architecture.
Dates:
1955
Found in:
Western History Collections
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Robert Ingulli drawings
Robert L. Faust architectural drawings
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2855
Scope and Contents
Architect. Architectural drawings (1952-1956) created by Robert L. Faust as a student of Bruce Goff at the University of Oklahoma School of Architecture. The drawings depict a forestry fire control station, a gas station, an airport for Oklahoma City, a motel, and other structures. Faust’s projects completed for Goff’s aesthetic course illustrate various design concepts and their practical application. Many of the drawings are on board, or cased in original board frames.
Dates:
1952 - 1956
Stan W. Gralla architectural images and publication
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2864
Scope and Contents
Architect. A collection of digitized architectural images (circa 1962-1964, undated) and a publication (2013) depicting designs by equine architect and University of Oklahoma School of Architecture alumnus, Stan W. Gralla. The digitized images show examples of Gralla’s student and professional works. The publication is a full-color booklet titled “Gralla Equine Architects: The Authority on Equine Design.”
Dates:
approximately 1962-2013
Vincent Mancini architectural drawings
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2870
Scope and Contents
Architect. Original drawings by Vincent Mancini, completed as part of his student coursework while attending the University of Oklahoma School of Architecture. The drawings depict a “theatre on the prairie” for Julie Harris.
Dates:
1960s
William Haney architectural drawings and papers
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2866
Scope and Contents
Architect. Papers and architectural drawings by William Haney, who studied architecture at the University of Oklahoma under Bruce Goff. The papers contain Haney’s recollections of his early interest in architecture, his student days at OU, and his later work as a minister for the Unitarian Universalist Church in Columbia, Missouri. The drawings reflect Haney’s work during the period of 1949-1965, which includes some assignments as an architecture student. The collection also contains photographs of Bruce Goff with Duke Ellington, and digitized copies of the photographs and selected drawings.
Dates:
1949-2019
William Murphy papers and architectural drawings
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2851
Scope and Contents
Architect. Papers (1958-2017) and architectural drawings (1961-1996) of William "Bill" Murphy, and architectural drawings (1951-1983) by architect Herb Greene. Murphy’s papers contain correspondence with Herb Greene, Lloyd Wright, Bruce Goff, Esther McCoy, and others. The papers also contain publicity materials, posters, and clippings about exhibitions, building projects, and architects. The graphic materials include drawings created over the span of Murphy’s career as an architect from his student days at the University of Oklahoma, to his work for New York University, at Kahn and Jacobs, and his partnership with Louis Muller. The Herb Greene materials include drawings created as a student of Bruce Goff at the University of Oklahoma, as well as later works.
Dates:
1951 - 2017
William Stanley Burgett Photograph of Burton Hall
Collection
Identifier: WHC-M-2865
Scope and Contents
Architect. One black-and-white photographic print (1952) of the construction of the Home Economics building, later known as Burton Hall, on the University of Oklahoma’s Norman campus. The building was designed by architect and OU faculty member, William Stanley Burgett, and was completed in 1952.
Dates:
1952