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Materials relating to the exhibit "Matri/Archs: pioneering women architects of Oregon"

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 290

Scope and Contents

Materials compiled by the Women in Architecture Committee of the Portland, Oregon, chapter of the American Institute of Architects for a 1992 exhibit titled "Matri/Archs: Pioneering Women Architects of Oregon." The exhibit documented the lives and careers of thirteen architects. Materials in this collection include typescript introductory text for the exhibit and draft documents providing biographical and career information about the architects featured in it: Margaret Fritsch, Barbara Fealy, Polly Povey Thompson, Elizabeth Kinne, Amy Porter Rapp, Ebba Wicks Brown, Mary Alice Hutchins, Marjorie Wintermute, Mid Barbour, Lidija Balodis, Edith Yang, Margie Largent, and Nina Pence. The collection also contains research materials, including transcripts of oral history interviews; a 1975 thesis by Roberta June Arnett, titled "Female and male images in the built environment: a study of dominant cultural images in architecture, and women architects in Oregon"; and a 1987 thesis by Hannah Gwynne Jay, titled "Women architects in the northwest: from the pioneers to the present practitioners."

Dates

  • 1975-2012

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Extent

0.25 Cubic Feet (1 slim document case)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Materials compiled by the Women in Architecture Committee of the Portland, Oregon, chapter of the American Institute of Architects for a 1992 exhibit titled "Matri/Archs: Pioneering Women Architects of Oregon." The exhibit documented the lives and careers of thirteen architects. Materials in the collection include introductory text for the exhibit, biographical and career information about the featured architects, transcripts of oral history interviews, and copies of two university theses on women architects in Oregon and the Northwest.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Cynthia L. Bankey, January 2012 (Lib. Acc. 27521).

Title
Guide to the materials relating to the exhibit "Matri/Archs: pioneering women architects of Oregon"
Status
Completed
Date
2012
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

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