Descriptive Summary
Barthelme, Donald Sr.
(1907-1996)
Donald Barthelme, Sr.
Architectural Papers
1924-1997
2001-003
50 boxes; 1,883
drawings; 9,007 photographic images; 30 linear feet of archival
material
Donald Barthelme, Sr.
was a prominent Houston architect and professor at the University of Houston
and Rice University. The collection contains his architectural drawings,
papers, photographs, and other materials.
Special Collections, University of
Houston Libraries
Biographical Note
Donald Barthelme, Sr. was a prominent Houston architect and professor
at the University of Houston and Rice University. He was the first Houston
architect to attain international recognition, and during the 1950s was one of
the city’s best known architects. His career was notable because he combined
a distinguished architectural practice with an intense commitment to
architectural education.
Barthelme was born in Galveston, Texas on August 4, 1907. He attended
the Rice Institute in Houston for two years before transferring in 1926 to the
University of Pennsylvania, where he studied under the French master Paul
Philippe Cret. He graduated in 1930, winning the Arthur Spayd Brook Bronze
Medal for Design. After graduation he worked first in Cret’s office and then
in the Philadelphia firm of Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary.
The Great Depression forced Barthelme to return to Texas late in 1932.
He practiced on his own in Galveston for several years, surviving on small
commissions. In 1935 he moved to Houston to work for noted architect John F.
Staub, but stayed only a few months before being called to Dallas to work on
the Texas Centennial Exposition. There he was the lead designer of the Hall of
State, the centerpiece of the exposition and today considered a masterpiece of
the Art Deco style. In 1937 he returned to Staub’s office in Houston, where
he remained for two years before leaving to open his own practice. In the early
1940s he did war-related work, first as a designer on the Avion Village Housing
Project near Dallas, and later as supervising architect for the Big Spring Air
Base in West Texas and defense housing projects in Galveston and Sweeny, Texas.
Barthelme’s career began in earnest in 1942, with the first of many
projects for the West Columbia Independent School District in Brazoria County,
Texas. Over the next two decades his school designs earned national and
international awards and appeared in numerous publications. His best known
project, and arguably his best work, was the West Columbia Elementary School
(1951). He designed other elementary schools in West Columbia and Sweeny,
Texas; additions to the high schools in West Columbia and Sweeny; and finally,
the West Columbia Senior High School (1963). During the 1950s he was
acknowledged as an expert on the design of schools, and wrote and lectured
extensively on the subject. This led to his election in 1955 as a Fellow of the
American Institute of Architects, an honor accorded architects who make a
significant contribution to the advancement of architecture.
Although he retired from active practice in 1963, he continued to
participate in competitions and in 1964 was one of seven finalists in the
competition to design the headquarters building for the American Institute of
Architects in Washington, D.C. His other works include the Barthelme Residence
(1941), St. Rose of Lima Church and School (1948), the Adams Petroleum Center
(1957), and Highland Heights Elementary School (1959) in Houston. St. Rose of
Lima was the first modernist Catholic church in Houston, and was the first
Houston building to win an award of merit from the A.I.A.
Barthelme began his other major professional endeavor in 1946, when he
joined the faculty of the Architecture Department at the University of Houston.
He helped shape the program in its early years and was an influential member of
the faculty until his retirement in 1973. He also served as William Ward Watkin
Professor and chairman of the Architecture Department at Rice University from
1959 to 1961. He is remembered at both institutions for his rigorous standards
and for his efforts to redesign the curriculum to integrate all parts of the
architectural education process. He also was a visiting professor at the
University of Pennsylvania and Tulane University.
In retirement Barthelme turned to writing, as he recorded ideas
developed over a lifetime of practice and teaching. In the late 1970s he began
writing a book promoting his philosophy that architects should be more
concerned with the user’s experience of architecture than with its purely
formal aspects. Together with his voluminous lecture notes, the partial
manuscript and related materials in the collection form a body of writing that
captures the humanist values he tried to instill in his students.
Barthelme married Helen Bechtold (1907–1995) of Philadelphia on June
21, 1930. From 1931 to 1947 the couple had five children: Donald, Joan, Peter,
Frederick, and Steven. Donald (1931–1989) achieved fame as a writer and
novelist and from 1980 to 1989 was a professor at the University of Houston,
where he helped establish the reputation of the University’s acclaimed
Creative Writing Program. The Donald Barthelme Literary Papers are housed in a
separate collection in the University of Houston Libraries’ Department of
Special Collections. Also accomplished writers, Frederick and Steven Barthelme
teach Creative Writing at the University of Southern Mississippi on the faculty
of the university’s Center for Writers. Peter has also published several
novels, while Joan served for many years as an executive with a large Houston
oil company.
Donald Barthelme, Sr. died on July 16, 1996.
Sources:
Stephen Fox, Donald Barthelme, 1907-1996,
Cite 35 (Fall 1996): 8-11.
Yolita Schmidt, Donald
Barthelme,Texas Architect (Nov.-Dec.
1989): 44.
Scope and Contents
The Donald Barthelme, Sr. Architectural Papers cover the period 1924
to 1997 and are comprised of his architectural drawings; business and personal
files; memorabilia; photographic prints, negatives, and slides; as well as
lecture notes and other materials from his teaching career. The collection
occupies 35 linear feet and 15 drawers of flat files, and is stored in 43 boxes
and 92 oversize folders.
Barthelme’s architectural drawings document his professional
practice, from his earliest commissions in Galveston in 1933, to his last, in
Houston, in 1964. Of the 1,883 sheets of original drawings, the majority are
(a) studies and preliminary drawings and (b) working drawings. Few presentation
drawings survive, but many have been preserved in photographs. Of particular
interest are the materials for his two largest projects, the Adams Petroleum
Center and West Columbia Senior High School, because of the large number of
colored-pencil renderings, which he did to study different design ideas.
Missing are projects that he may have done in other offices, such as his
Philadelphia, Dallas, Staub, and defense work. With the exception of materials
for a few early projects, for the Adams Petroleum Center, and for the Kellaway
house, most of Barthelme’s business correspondence and project files are
believed to have been destroyed when he closed his office in 1963.
Barthelme is remembered as a teacher and a philosopher. He left
extensive lecture notes for his courses at the University of Houston and
memoranda that outlined his new curriculum for the Architecture Department at
Rice University. His lecture notes illustrate his ideas, but the best organized
statement of his philosophy of architecture is found in his writings. Of
special interest are his manuscript for a book, a handwritten critique of the
manuscript by an unknown reviewer (probably his son, Frederick), and an attempt
to articulate his ideas on architecture in a lengthy 1975 letter to John
McGinty, then head of the Houston Chapter of the A.I.A.
Other writings show the breadth of Barthelme’s interest in
education. In October 1959 he appeared at a conference at the University of
Michigan in which prominent architects discussed Dr. Lloyd Trump’s study for
educational reform, funded by the Ford Foundation. Barthelme presented his own
proposals for a new secondary school curriculum and a schematic design for a
high school. The conference proceedings were published the next year. Barthelme
also prepared 359 slides in connection with this presentation, which are part
of his photographic materials.
As an enthusiastic amateur photographer, Barthelme took thousands of
pictures and often did his own processing in a home darkroom. This large
photographic collection documents his architectural practice and his travels in
Mexico. It is comprised of 1,309 black-and-white prints¬¬ (most 8 x 10 and
larger); 999 4 x 5 black-and-white negatives; 67 35mm black-and-white
negatives; 840 2 ¼ x 3 ¼ black-and-white negatives; 49 2 ¼ x 3 ¼ color
glass-mount transparencies; and 2,856 35mm color slides. In many cases a print
has a corresponding negative, but these materials are not cross-referenced.
Many pictures of Barthelme’s buildings are known to be the work of Dallas
photographer Ulric Meisel, but unless noted otherwise, Barthelme is presumed to
be the photographer on the items in this series.
Among the photographic materials is a bound scrapbook of photographic
prints and clippings of Barthelme’s architectural projects. It also includes
important awards, certificates, and licenses, although some that had become
loose were removed to a separate folder. The scrapbook comprises 120 prints
(mounted and unmounted) and 72 leaves, or 116 total items.
When the Department of Special Collections processed Barthelme’s
papers, his heirs allowed the department to create digital files of a portion
of their large collection of family photographs, which were retained by the
heirs. This collection, covering the period 1930 to 1986, includes pictures of
Barthelme, his wife, and his children, mostly in and around the family home in
Houston. Approximately 150 sheets of photographic negatives are preserved in
2,887 digital images on CD-ROM, with record prints in a binder. This is
intended only as a study collection for scholars. The images are owned by the
Barthelme estate and may not be copied or reproduced without its written
permission.
Barthelme’s professional career is further recorded in his extensive
file of newspaper and magazine clippings. Personal materials include
biographical information, student work, interviews, and correspondence, as well
as artifacts and memorabilia.
Acquisition Information
The Donald Barthelme, Sr. Architectural Papers were donated to the
University of Houston Libraries by Frederick and Steven Barthelme in 2001.
Access Restrictions
Open for Research.
Use Restrictions
Photocopy decisions will be made by Special Collections staff on a
case-by-case basis. Patrons are responsible for obtaining permission to publish
from copyright holders.
Preferred Citation
Donald Barthelme, Sr. Architectural Papers, Courtesy of Special
Collections, University of Houston Libraries.
Processed by
Stephen James, 2002-2004
Related material
Barthelme’s personal library of 59 books was separated from the
Donald Barthelme, Sr. Architectural Papers and transferred to the
University’s William R. Jenkins Architecture & Art Library, where they
were integrated into its Closed Collections and Special Collections. Barthelme
earlier donated most of his books to the University’s Architecture Library in
1977 (the name of the library changed in 1986). An inventory of his personal
library appears at the end of this finding aid. Call numbers for these titles
may be found in the University of Houston Libraries’online catalog at
http://library.uh.edu.
Detailed Description
Personal
Papers
The Personal Papers includes records generally created outside of
Barthelme's professional life, such as biographical information, student work,
interview transcripts, and correspondence. This series contains 28 folders
arranged in rough chronological order.
1
1
Engraving,
1928
1
2
Letter, Tau Sigma Delta,
1928
1
3
Certificate, Tau Sigma Delta,
1928
1
4
Wedding Invitation,
1930
1
5
Woodcut,
1930
1
6
Program, Commencement Ceremonies,
1930
1
7
Telegram (Birth),
1931
1
8
Christmas Card,
1932
1
9
Announcement,
1933
1
10
Identification Card,
1936
1
11
Identification Card,
1941
1
12
Telegram (Award),
1945
1
13
Newspaper manuscript (Donald Jr.),
1945
1
14
Awards,
1945-1964
1
15
Cartoon, Houston Post,
1956
1
16
Curriculum Vitae, Pt. 1,
1959-1962
1
17
Curriculum Vitae, Pt. 2,
1970-1994
1
18
University of Houston,
1964-1970
1
19
Application for Research Support,
1967
1
20
Inventories of Drawings and Photographs,
1973,
1979
1
21
Personal Correspondence, Pt. 1,
1977-1979
1
22
Personal Correspondence, Pt. 2,
1981-1988
1
23
Personal Correspondence, Pt. 3,
1996
1
24
Dallas Historical Society, Pt. 1,
1977-1984
1
25
Dallas Historical Society, Pt. 2,
1984
1
26
Cite Interview with DB,
1984
1
27
Camera Repair,
1985-1986
1
28
Columbia-Brazoria I.S.D.,
1989
Writings and
Speeches
The Writings and Speeches Series contains files related to
Barthelme’s writings in draft or typescript form, and talks to student and
professional groups. The latter includes materials related to an important
conference on educational reform at the University of Michigan in which
Barthelme was one of the principal speakers. (See Scope and Contents Note for
details.)
1
29
Writings: The Four-Classroom
System,
1953
1
30
Writings: A School Planning
Approach,
1953
1
31
Writings: Top Lighting is
Here to Stay,
1956
1
32
Writings: A Plan of
Organization for a Secondary School Curriculum,
1960
1
33
Writings: Rice TV Program,
ca.
1960
1
34
Writings: A New Curriculum,
J.A.E.,
1961
1
35
Writings: Growit Yourself
College,
1962
1
36
Writings: Le Roi Est Mort,
1967
1
37
Writings: Architectural
Education 1990,
1967
1
38
Writings: Draft article- City Planning,
ca.
1967
1
39
Writings: Masters - Notebook
Series,
1971-1972
1
40
Writings: McGinty File,
1975
1
41-44
Writings: Writing - 1977,
Pts. 1-4,
1980
1
45-47
Writings: Typescript,
Pts. 1-3,
1981
1
48
Talks: A.I.A., N.E. Texas Chapter,
1959
1
49
Talks: Secondary School Curriculum,
1960
1
50
Talks: A.I.A., Mississippi Chapter (incl. notecards),
1962
1
51
Talks: U of H: Opening Talk,
1963
1
52
Talks: Time and Man,
1966
1
53-55
Talks: Texas A&M: Materials and Messages, Pts.1-3,
1968
1
56
Talks: Miscellaneous,
1970
1
57
Talks: Thesis Program,
1971
1
58
Michigan Conference: Draft Speech (Master)
1959
1
59
Michigan Conference: Text of Speech,
1959
1
60
Michigan Conference: Graphics for Speech,
1959
1
61
Michigan Conference: Architectural
Forum article,
1960
1
62
Michigan Conference: E.F.L. Booklet,
1960
Newspaper
Clippings
Barthelme kept an extensive file of newspaper clippings about his
career. These are stored in five folders arranged in chronological order,
followed by two folders with oversize clippings, also in chronological
order.
1
63
Clippings, Newspapers, Pt. 1,
1936-1950
1
64
Clippings, Newspapers, Pt. 2,
1950-1952
1
65
Clippings, Newspapers, Pt. 3,
1952-1954
1
66
Clippings, Newspapers, Pt. 4,
1954-1957
1
67
Clippings, Newspapers, Pt. 5,
1958-1964,
1981,
1992
1
68
Clippings, Newspapers, Pt. 6,
1948-1957(oversize)
1
69
Clippings, Newspapers, Pt. 7,
1958-1960(oversize)
Reprints
This series contains reprints of magazine and journal articles
written by or about Barthelme.
1
70
Photostat, newspaper article,
1950
1
71
Magazine, Texas Architect,
1951
1
72
Article, Schools,
Architectural Forum,
1952
1
73
Article, Better School
Competition, The School Executive,
1952
1
74
Article, The Schools of
Donald Barthelme, The School Executive,
1953
1
75
Article, The Record Reports,
Architectural Record,
1953
1
76
TRA Journal,
1954
1
77
Article, The Four Classroom
Unit,
1954
1
78
Article, The Record Reports,
Architectural Record,
1954
1
79
Magazine, School Plant Studies,
1955
1
80
Article, Top Lighting is Here
to Stay,
1956
1
81
Bulletin of the National Institute for Architectural
Education,
1960
1
82
Article, Three Ace Schools
for the Trump Plan, Architectural Forum,
1960
1
83
Article, Growit Yourself,
Progressive Architecture,
1962
Brochures, Catalogs and
Programs
Barthelme saved brochures, exhibition catalogs, and conference
programs of special interest.
1
84
Prospectus, UH Architecture program,
ca.
1950
1
85
Exhibition Catalog (Dallas),
1952
1
86
Conference Program (Dallas),
1953
1
87
Conference Program (Houston),
1953
1
88
Conference Program (San Antonio),
1953
1
89
Festival Program,
1953
1
90
Exhibition Catalog (Houston),
1953
1
91
Lecture Program,
1954
1
92
Conference Program (Chicago),
1954
1
93
Brochure, Adams Petroleum Center (small),
1954
1
94
Brochure, Adams Petroleum Center (large),
1955
1
95
Program, Style Show,
1955
1
96
Exhibition Catalog (USIA- Germany),
1957
1
97
Exhibition Catalog (Houston) Ten Years of Houston Architecture,
1959
Reference
Articles
This series contains magazine articles that Barthelme saved for
reference.
1
98
Article, Population
Explosion, Sierra Club Bulletin,
1968
1
99
Article, The Nonsense
Explosion, New Republic,
1970
1
100
Article, Storyville,
New Yorker (about Donald Jr.),
1994
1
101-104
Miscellaneous- Interior Design Studies, Pts. 1-4,
1992
Memorabilia
Memorabilia include Barthelme’s personal drafting equipment and
other effects, contained in Boxes 2 and 3. Professional awards and a scrapbook
of the high school newspaper he edited (now in very fragile condition) are
contained in oversize flat box 4.
2
Barthelme’s personal drafting equipment
1992
3
Barthelme’s personal drafting equipment
1992
4
Diploma: UH Professor Emeritus,
1974
4
Certificates and awards,
1942-1957
4
Art Prints, Italy, undated
4
Parking Facilities Study, APC Bldg.,
1957
4
Plaque: The School
ExecutiveBetter School Design Competition, Award for West Columbia
Elementary,
1952
4
Scrapbook, Purple
Quill,Ball H.S., Galveston,
1924
4
Sketch, Donald Barthelme, Jr. playing drums, by Pat
Goeters,
ca. late 1940's
Magazine and
Journals
This series contains complete issues of magazines and journals
that Barthelme saved because they pertained to his career or contained matters
of special interest. The issues are in chronological order and are contained in
three oversize flat boxes.
5
FortuneOversize clipping,
September 1954
5
LifeOversize reprint,
June 1957
5
Christopher Alexander paper,
October 1966
5
10 Designs: Community Colleges,
1962
5
Bulletin of the A.I.A.,
May-June 1956
5
The School Executive,
June 1953
5
Time,
September 1953
5
Architectural Forum,
October 1952
5
Life,
June 1957
6
Artek furniture catalog,
1975
6
A.I.A. Journal,
November 1975
6
Texas Parade,
July 1975
6
The Center Magazine,
July/Aug. 1975
6
The Center Magazine,
March/April 1973
6
The Center Magazine,
Jan./Feb. 1973
6
Journal of Architectural
Education,
1971
6
The New Yorker,
September 26, 1970
7
Interchange,
Fall 1997
7
Texas Architect,
Nov.-Dec. 1989
7
Texas Architect,
March-April 1988
7
Texas Architect,
May-June 1986
7
Progressive Architecture,
August 1986
Teaching: University of
Houston
Barthelme served as an architecture professor at the University of
Houston from 1946 to 1958 and from 1963 to 1973. This series contains his
lecture notes, studio problems, and other resource materials from this period
of his career arranged in subseries by topic, including the following: (1)
Barthelme’s notecards for talks and class lectures, contained in a small box,
with each talk separated by a divider; (2) Gradebooks, school curricula, course
descriptions, and other organizational material, arranged in rough
chronological order; (3) Articles and other reference materials Barthelme
quoted or used in his lectures, arranged chronologically within each of his
subject headings, using his titles, and for the most part following his order;
and (4) Barthelme’s class and lecture notes, arranged chronologically within
each of his subject headings, using his titles, and for the most part following
his order.
Notecards
8
notecards for talks, class lectures, undated
Organizational
Material
9
1
Gradebooks,
undated
9
2-3
Curriculum Proposal, UH, Pts. 1-2,
1968
9
4-6
Description Proposed Curriculum, Pts. 1-3,
undated
9
7
Outline Proposed Curriculum,
1964
9
8
Course Descriptions,
1967-1973
9
9
Human Studies Program,
1969-1972
9
10
Concepts, Scope of Course,
1969
9
11
Concepts, Research Programs,
1967,
1972
9
12-17
Concepts, Organizational Notes, Pts. 1-6,
1966-1972
9
18-21
First Year Program, Pts. 1-4,
1970-1972
9
22-23
First Year Program, Pts. 1-2,
1963
9
24-26
First Year Program, 1963-64, Dean’s Copy (sent
1968), Pts. 1-3,
1963
9
27
Worksheets,
1971-1972
Reference
Files
9
28-33
Reference Files: Theory, Pts. 1-6,
1948-1969
9
34-42
Reference Files: The
City, Pts. 1-9,
1946-1968
9
43-48
Reference Files: The
City, Pts. 1-6,
1961-1969
9
49-50
Reference Files: Space, Pts.1-2,
1965-1969
9
51-52
Reference Files: Illustrations, Pts. 1-2,
1972-1973
9
53-56
Reference Files: Research, Pts. 1-4,
1958-1970
9
57-59
Reference Files: Youth, Pts. 1-3,
1967-1971
10
1-22
Reference Files: Architectural Education, Pts. 1-22,
1954-1971
10
23-25
Reference Files: Man, Pts. 1-3,
1970-1972
10
26-28
Reference Files: Statistics, Pts. 1-3,
1959-1978
10
29-35
Reference Files: Articles
and Reprints, Pts. 1-7,
1959-1978
10
36-41
Reference Files: Miscellaneous, Pts. 1-6,
1959-1969
10
42-43
Reference Files: Clippings, Pts. 1-2,
1978-1979
10
44-51
Reference Files: Quotes, Pts. 1-8,
1959-1983
10
52
Reference Files: Planning Criteria,
1970
Class Notes
11
1
Introduction to Architecture II - Option,
1973
11
2-4
Exercises, ARC 131, 132, Pts. 1-3,
1971-1972
11
5-15
Dittos, Master File, First Year, Pts. 1-11,
1971
11
16-24
Dittos, Master File ARC 131D, Pts. 1-9,
1970-1971
11
25-29
Architectural Theory, Outline, Pts. 1-5,
1968
11
30-31
Concepts, Miscellaneous Backup, Pts. 1-2,
1971
11
32-33
Design - Notes, Pts. 1-2,
1971-1972
11
34-36
Ideas, Pts. 1-3,
ca.
1967
11
37
Diagrams,
1967
11
38-42
Abstracts (Readings), Pts. 1-5,
1960-1971
11
43-48
ARC 334 Research (Concepts), Pts. 1-6,
1966-1973
11
49-56
Exercises, ARC 131D, Pts. 1-8,
1971
11
57-62
Exercises, 131D, Pts. 1-6,
1970-1971
12
1-3
Ditto Index, Fall 1972, Pts. 1-3,
1972
12
4-5
Ditto Index, Spring 1973, Pts. 1-2,
1973
12
6-9
Notebook Series, Pts. 1-4,
1971-1972
12
10-12
Index, Miscellaneous, Pts. 1-3,
1971-1972
12
13-18
Miscellaneous Indexes, Pts. 1-7,
1946-1971
12
20-28
Master Set, Spring, 1970, Pts. 1-9,
1967-1970
12
29
ARC 130, Intro I, Notebook,
1972
12
30-34
Handouts, ARC 131D, Pts. 1-5,
1970-1971
12
35-39
Notebook Series #1, Pts. 1-5,
1971-1972
12
40-44
Study Series #1, Pts. 1-5,
1967-1972
12
45-48
Study Series #2, Pts. 1-4,
1967-1970
12
49-53
Reading: Mechanics and Assignments, Pts. 1-5,
1966-1972
12
54-55
Reading: Bibliographies Issues, Pts. 1-2,
1971
12
56
Reading Assignments,
1971
12
57-59
Program Administration, Pts. 1-3,
1971
12
60-63
Reading Programs, Pts. 1-4,
1971-1972
13
1-4
Class Notes, Intro II, Spring 1973, Pts. 1-4,
1973
13
5-16
Concepts Lectures, Spring 1972, Pts. 1-12,
1972
13
17-30
Concepts, Ideas I, Pts. 1-14,
1965-1971
13
31-41
Concepts, Ideas II, Pts. 1-11,
1965-1971
13
42-48
Concepts, Design I, Pts. 1-7,
1967-1971
13
49-54
ARC 320, Intro II, Pts. 1-6,
1973
13
55-65
Professional Practice I, Pts. 1-11,
1970
13
66-76
Practice: Reference Materials for Lectures, Pts. 1-11,
1967-1972
14
1-7
Concepts: Form, Pts. 1-7,
1966-1971
14
8-9
Concepts: Your Place in Architecture, Pts. 1-2,
1971
14
10-16
Concepts: Mechanics, Pts. 1-17,
1968-1971
14
17-20
Concepts: Order, Pts. 1-4,
1973
14
21
Concepts: Form,
1973
14
22
Concepts: Future and Doxiadis,
1973
14
23-24
Concepts: Sequence, Pts. 1-2,
1973
14
25-27
Concepts: Whole v. Parts, Pts. 1-3,
1973
14
28-33
Concepts: Change, Chance, Choice, Pts. 1-6,
1973
14
34-40
Concepts: Order, Pts. 1-7,
1965-1971
14
41-48
Concepts: Man I, Pts. 1-8,
1967-1970
14
49-60
Concepts, Pts. 1-12,
1966-1971
14
61-62
Examples, Pts. 1-2,
1965-1966
14
63-65
Object vs. Environment, Old Notes, Pts. 1-3,
1965-1966
14
66-78
Concepts-Old Lectures, Pts. 1-13,
1967-1968
15
1-7
Concepts: Enclosure, Pts. 1-7,
1964-1972
15
8-10
Concepts: Diagrams, Pts.1-3,
1964-1971
15
11-23
Concepts: Space, Pts. 1-13,
1968-1970
15
24-31
Concepts IV: Human Performance, Pts. 1-8,
1963-1971
15
32-37
Concepts II: Object, Pts. 1-6,
1963-1971
15
38-42
Concepts: General, Pts. 1-5,
1969-1971
15
42-44
Concepts: Notes, Pts. 1-2,
1971-1973
15
45-46
Miscellaneous Lectures, Pts. 1-2,
1963-1972
15
47-49
Concepts: Notes (Miscellaneous Lectures), Pts. 1-3,
1959-1971
15
50-55
Concepts: Notes, Pts. 1-6,
1968-1972
15
56-57
Concepts: Ideas, Pts. 1-2,
1968-1969
15
58-73
Concepts: Lectures, Pts. 1-16,
1972
16
1-5
Core Discussion: Concepts, Pts. 1-5,
1964-1972
16
6-8
Core Discussion: Learning, Pts. 1-3,
1964-1972
16
9-11
Core Discussion: Personal, Pts. 1-3,
1964-1972
16
12-13
Core Discussion: Demonstrations, Pts. 1-2,
1964-1972
16
14-20
Core Discussion: Architecture, Pts. 1-7,
1964-1972
16
21-25
Core Discussion: Design, Pts. 1-5,
1964-1972
16
26-28
Core Discussion: Ideas, Pts. 1-3,
1964-1972
16
29-33
Core Discussion: Jenkins County, Pts. 1-5,
1964-1972
16
34-37
Core Discussion: Miscellaneous, Pts. 1-4,
1964-1972
16
38-40
Core Discussion: Technical, Pts. 1-3,
1963-1972
16
41-46
Core Discussion: Mechanics I, Pts. 1-6,
1963-1971
16
47-51
Core Discussion: Ideas II, Pts. 1-5,
1963-1971
16
52-61
Core Discussion: Practice I, Pts. 1-10,
1962-1972
16
62-65
Core Discussion: Practice II, Pts. 1-4,
1962-1968
16
66-77
Core Discussion: ARC 130, Pts. 1-12,
1972
16
78
Structure Series,
1972
17
1-29
Core Discussion Notes, Pts. 1-29,
1964-1971
17
30-46
Miscellaneous Old Notes, Pts. 1-17,
1964-1967
17
47-52
Professional Practice, Pts. 1-6,
1964-1967
18
1-4
Human Studies: Notes (Organizational), Pts. 1-4,
1969,
1970
18
5-9
Human Studies: Notes, Pts. 1-5,
1970
18
10-11
Human Studies: Notes, Pts. 1-2,
1971
18
12
Human Studies: Notes,
1970
18
13-15
Human Studies: Seminar Notes, Pts. 1-3,
Fall
1972
18
16-19
Human Studies: Seminar Notes, Pts. 1-4,
Spring
1972
18
20-22
Human Studies: Seminar Notes, Pts. 1-3,
Fall
1971
18
23-24
Human Studies: Seminar Notes, Pts. 1-2,
Spring
1971
18
25-26
Human Studies: Seminar Notes, Pts. 1-2,
Fall
1970
18
27
Human Studies: Seminar Notes,
Spring
1970
18
28-30
Human Studies: Seminar Notes, Pts. 1-4,
Fall
1969
18
31-33
Human Studies: Lecture Notes, Pts. 1-3,
1972
18
34-37
Human Studies: Reference Materials, Pts. 1-4,
1964-1975
18
38-42
Human Studies: Opening Lectures, Pts. 1-5,
1969-1972
18
43
Human Studies: Closing Lectures,
1971
18
44-46
Human Studies: Transcripts, Pts. 1-3,
Fall
1971
18
47-53
Human Studies: Transcripts, Pts. 1-7,
Fall
1970
18
54-64
Human Studies: Transcripts, Pts. 1-10,
Spring
1970
18
64-76
Human Studies: Transcripts, Pts. 1-13,
Fall
1969
Teaching: Rice
University
Barthelme was William Ward Watkin Professor of Architecture and
Chairman of the Architecture Department at Rice University from February 1959
to May 1961. This series also includes an extensive collection of his memoranda
to Rice faculty, including materials about his new curriculum, and related
material.
19
Rice: NAAB Report (spiral bound),
1960
19
Rice: NAAB Report Supplement 3 (spiral bound),
1960
19
1-4
Rice: New Curriculum, Pts. 1-4,
1959
19
5-6
Rice: Analysis of NAAB Report, Pts. 1-2,
1959
19
7
Rice: 1959-60 Program
Department of Architecture, Rice Institute, Houston, Texas,
1959
19
8-67
Rice: 1959 Material, Pts. 1-60,
1959-1961
19
68-69
Rice: Staff-Student Memos (Rice), Pts. 1-2,
1959-1961
19
70-72
Rice: Employment References, Pts. 1-3,
1961
Architectural Projects:
Drawings
This series contains Barthelme’s architectural drawings. They
fall into four categories: Studies and Preliminary Drawings; Working Drawings;
Prints; and Maps and Surveys. All are large format and are stored in flat files
in oversized folders. Some projects contain examples of more than one category
of drawings. Note that in 1955 the name of Sweeny Negro School changed to
“Carver Elementary School” and West Columbia Negro School became “Charlie
Brown School.” The schools appear under both names in Barthelme’s files and
in this finding aid.
1
1
Garage Alterations, Parents’ House, 1204 Ave. I,
Galveston,
1933
1
Working Drawings
1
1
Auto Court, Galveston (proposed),
ca.
1933
1
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
1
2
Residence Alterations, 2011 Dunstan, Houston,
1933
1
Working Drawings
1
2
Galvez Motors Alterations, 23rd & Ave. P ½ ,
Galveston,
1933
1
Working Drawings
1
3
Artillery Club, 19th & Ave. P, Galveston,
1933
1
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
1
Working Drawings
1
4
R. K. Hutchings Residence, 35th & Ave. O ½,
Galveston,
1933
1
Working Drawings
1
5
L. W. Moore Residence, Galveston,
1934
1
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
1
Working Drawings
1
Prints
1
6
Grafton Austin Residence, 46th & Ave. N, Galveston,
1939
1
Working Drawings
1
6
J. L. Bosquet Residence, Houston,
1940
1
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
1
Working Drawings
1
7
R. L. Toombs Residence, Galveston,
1940-1941
1
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
1
Working Drawings
1
7
Cabinet Details (project unknown),
1940
1
8
O. J. Lottman Residence, 3657 Olympia Dr., Houston,
1941
1
Working Drawings
2
9
Harper Addition, Pelly, Texas (proposed),
1941
2
Working Drawings
2
10
West Columbia School Additions,
1942-1943
2
Working Drawings
2
Prints
2
11
West Columbia Elementary School (proposed),
1946
2
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
2
Working Drawings
2
12
H.W. Daily Store, 314 E. 11th, Houston,
1945
2
Working Drawings
2
13
H. B. Vesey Store, Sweeny, Texas,
1945
2
Working Drawings
2
14
West Columbia School Auditorium,
1946
2
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
2
Working Drawings
2
15
West Columbia Auditorium (revised) and Shop,
1947
2
Working Drawings
2
16
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, 3600 Brinkman,
Houston,
1947
2
Working Drawings, Pt. 1
2
Prints
2
17
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church,
1947
2
Working Drawings, Pt. 2
3
18
J. L. Dargan, M.D. Offices, 1737 W. Alabama, Houston,
1948
3
18
Working Drawings
3
18
Sweeny High School Additions, Sweeny, Texas,
1948
3
18
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
3
18
Prints
3
19
Working Drawings
3
20
Sweeny Negro (Carver) School, Sweeny, Texas,
1950
3
20
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
3
20
Working Drawings
3
20
Prints
3
21
Barthelme Residence Alterations, 11 N. Wynden, Houston,
1949
3
Working Drawings
3
21
Barthelme Residence Air Conditioning Installation,
1958
3
Working Drawings
3
Prints
3
22
Barthelme Residence Alterations,
1949
3
Prints
4
23
Sweeny Elementary School, Sweeny, Texas,
1950
4
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
4
Working Drawings
4
Prints
4
24
West Columbia Elementary School,
1950-1951
4
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
4
Prints
4
25
Working Drawings
4
26
West Columbia Schools Miscellaneous, Chemistry Lab and
Stadium Facilities,
1950
4
Working Drawings
4
26
Negro (Charlie Brown) School Additions, West Columbia
Texas,
1950
4
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
4
Prints
4
Working Drawings
5
27
Sweeny High School Auditorium, Sweeny, Texas,
1950-1951
5
Working Drawings
5
Prints
5
27
Sweeny Schools Planning,
1952
5
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
5
28
West Columbia High School Additions,
1951
5
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
5
Working Drawings
5
Prints
5
29
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, School Additions,
1953
5
Working Drawings
5
30
Weingarten Store Additions, Lyons Avenue, Houston,
1954
5
Working Drawings
5
Prints
5
31
West Columbia Elementary School Additions,
1954
5
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
5
Working Drawings
5
Prints
6
West Columbia High School Additions,
1954-1955
6
32
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
6
33
Working Drawings
6
Negro (Charlie Brown) School Additions,
1954
6
34
Studies and Preliminary Drawings, Pt. 1
6
35
Studies and Preliminary Drawings Pt. 2
6
36
Working Drawings
6
Adams Petroleum Center, Houston,
1954-1957
Studies and Preliminary Drawings,
1954-1957
6
37
Tower,
1954-1955series
6
38
Tower,
May 1955series, Pt. 1
6
39
Tower,
May 1955series, Pt. 2
7
40
Tower,
Aug.-Sept. 1956series, Pt. 1
7
41
Tower,
Aug.-Sept. 1956series, Pt. 2
7
42
Phase IV,
1957series, Pt. 1
7
42
Phase IV,
1957series, Pt. 2
7
Adams Petroleum Center, Houston,
1954-1957
Working Drawings,
1956-1957
7
44
Working Set, Pt.
1
7
45
Working Set, Pt.
2
7
46
Working Set, Pt.
3
8
47
Tenant
Set
8
48
Kitchen Details
8
49
Structural Details
8
50
Landscaping and Parking Details
8
51
Tenant Details, Pt. 1
8
52
Tenant Details, Pt. 2
8
53
Tenant Details, Pt. 3
9
54
Planter Details and Studies, Pt. 1
9
55
Planter Details and Studies, Pt. 2
9
56
Special Detail Drawings
Adams Petroleum Center, Houston,
1954-1957
9
57
Prints, Pt. 1
9
58
Prints, Pt. 2
9
59
Photostats
9
60
Maps and Surveys
10
61
Carver Elementary (Sweeny Negro) School Additions,
1955
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
Working Drawings (by E. Mattingly)
Prints
10
62
West Columbia High School Vocational-Agricultural
Additions,
1955
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
Working Drawings
Prints
10
62
West Columbia District Office Alterations,
1956
Working Drawings
Prints
10
62
West Columbia Shop and School Alterations,
1957
Working Drawings
Prints
10
62
West Columbia High School Band Hall Additions,
1958
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
Working Drawings
Prints
10
62
West Columbia High School Home Management Building Air
Conditioning Installation,
1958
Working Drawings
Prints
Highland Heights Elementary School, Houston,
1956-1959
10
63
Studies and Preliminary Drawings,
1956-1957
10
64
Working Drawings,
1957-1958,Pt. 1
10
65
Working Drawings,
1957-1958Pt.
2
11
66
Prints,
1957-1958
11
67
Working Drawings Revised for Rebid,
1958-1959
11
67
Prints,
1958-1959
11
68
Carver Elementary (Sweeny Negro) School Additions,
1958-1959
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
Working Drawings
Prints
Brown, Tanner, West Columbia Elementary Additions,
1959
11
69
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
12
70
Working Drawings
12
71
Prints
12
71
Maps and Surveys
West Columbia Junior High School Additions,
1959
12
72
Studies and Preliminary Drawings, Pt. 1
12
73
Studies and Preliminary Drawings, Pt. 2
12
74
Working Drawings
12
74
Prints
13
75
Kemper Fund Apartments, Galveston,
1959
Studies and Preliminary Drawings,
May
1959
Studies and Preliminary Drawings,
Aug.
1959
Prints
13
76
Emory Spencer Residence, Rockport, Texas,
1959
Working Drawings
Maps and Surveys
13
76
Sun Valley Motor Lodge Additions (proposed),
undated
Studies and Preliminary Drawings
West Columbia Senior High School,
1960-1962
Studies and Preliminary Drawings,
1960
13
77
“S” series and others
14
78
“P” series
14
79
“W” series (W-1 to W-27), Pt. 1
14
80
“W” series (W-28 to W-56), Pt. 2
14
81
“W” series (W-57 to W-81), Pt. 3
West Columbia Senior High School,
1960-1962
Working Drawings,
1960-1961
14
82
Aug. 1961
Revised (A-1 to S-8), Pt. 1
14
83
Aug. 1961
Revised (D series, P4), Pt. 2
14
84
Aug. 1961
Revised (D, EQ series), Pt. 3
14
85
Aug. 1961
Revised (M, P series), Pt. 4
14
86
Aug. 1961
Revised (E-1 to P-3), Pt. 5
15
87
April 1961
(A-1 to A-22), Pt. 6
15
88
April 1961
(S-1 to SK40-1), Pt. 7
15
89
Prints
15
90
Maps and Surveys
Kellaway Residence Additions, 627 E. Friar Tuck,
Houston,
1964
15
91
Working Drawings
15
92
Prints, Maps & Surveys
Architectural Projects: Notes and
Specifications
Personal notes and bid specifications for many of Barthelme’s
projects have survived and are contained in this series. In letter-size and
legal-size format, many were originally stored with the drawings but have been
separated from the oversized materials.
20
1
Artillery Club, 19th & Ave. P, Galveston,
1933
20
2
L. W. Moore Residence, Galveston,
1934
20
3
Wells Residence, Galveston,
1934
20
4
Austin Residence, Galveston,
1939
20
5
Commission 139, Almeda Rd., Houston,
1940
20
6
R. L. Toombs Residence, Galveston,
1940-1941
20
7
O. J. Lottman Residence, 3657 Olympia Dr., Houston,
1941
20
8
St. Rose of Lima Church, Houston,
1947, Pt.
1
20
9
St. Rose of Lima Church, Houston,
1947, Pt.
2
20
10
West Columbia School Auditorium,
1947
20
11
J. L. Dargan, M.D. Offices, 1737 W. Alabama, Houston,
1948
20
12
Sweeny I.S.D. 1950 Program Plumbing and Heating,
1950
20
13
Sweeny Negro (Carver) School, Sweeny,
1950
20
14
St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, School Additions,
1953
20
15
Weingarten Store Additions, Lyons Avenue, Houston,
1954
20
16
Carver Elementary (Sweeny Negro) School Additions,
1955
20
17
West Columbia High School Vocational-Agricultural
Building Additions,
1955
20
18
West Columbia District Office Alterations,
1956
20
19
Adams Petroleum Center Kitchen Equipment,
1957
20
20
Highland Heights Elementary School, Houston,
1958
20
21
West Columbia Junior High School: Preliminary,
1959
20
22
West Columbia Senior High School: Streets,
1959-1962Pt.
1
20
23
West Columbia Senior High School: Streets,
1959-1962Pt.
2
Architectural Projects: Project
Files
This series contains correspondence and other files related to
Barthelme’s architectural projects in letter-size or legal-size format.
20
24
R. L. Toombs Residence, Galveston,
1940-1941, Pt.
1
20
25
R. L. Toombs Residence, Galveston,
1940-1941, Pt.
2
20
26
R. L. Toombs Residence, Galveston,
1940-1941, Pt.
3
20
27
McVey Residence (proposed),
1940-1941
20
28
Adams Petroleum Center (APC) Contractor, Legal,
1958
20
29
APC Contractor, Legal,
Aug. 1957–Nov.
1958
20
30
APC Contractor, Legal,
Oct. 1958–Nov.
1959
20
31
APC Contractor, Legal,
Nov. 1959–May
1960
20
32
APC Contractor, Legal,
Dec. 1958–Sept.
1961
20
33
APC Contractor, Legal,
July 1957–Oct.
1958
20
34
APC Contractor, Legal,
Dec. 1958–Jan.
1959
20
35
APC Contractor, Legal,
Feb. 1959–June
1959
20
36
APC Contractor, Legal,
June 1959–Nov.
1959
20
37
APC Contractor, Legal,
Nov. 1959–Sept.
1961
20
38
APC Tower, Phase III notes,
Aug.
1956
20
39
APC Tower, Phase III notes,
Sept. 1956–July
1958
20
40
APC Tower, Phase III notes,
Sept.
1956
20
41
APC Tower, Phase III notes,
Sept.
1956
20
42
APC Tower, Phase III notes,
Aug. 1956–Sept.
1956
20
43
APC Tower, Phase III notes,
Aug. 1956–Sept.
1956
20
44
APC Tower, Phase III notes,
Oct. 1956–Nov.
1956
20
45
APC Tower, Phase III,
Aug. 1956–Sept.
1956
20
46
APC Tower, Phase III,
Aug. 1956–Sept.
1956
20
47
APC Tower, Phase III,
Aug. 1956–Sept.
1956
20
48
APC Tower, Phase III,
July 1956–July
1956
20
49
APC Tower, Phase IV,
Jan.
1957
20
50
APC Tower, Phase IV,
Feb. 1957–Oct.
1958
20
51
Kellaway Residence, Specifications,
1964
20
52
Kellaway Residence, Contractor,
1964-1965Pt.
1
20
53
Kellaway Residence, Contractor,
1965Pt.
2
20
54
Kellaway Residence, Contractor,
1965Pt.
3
20
55
Kellaway Residence, Contractor,
1964-1965Pt.
4
20
56-64
Kellaway Residence, Correspondence,
1964Pts.
1-9
20
65-70
Kellaway Residence, Correspondence,
1965Pts.
10-15
20
71
Kellaway Residence, Correspondence,
1965Pt.
16
Photographic
Materials
Barthelme’s photographic materials consist of black-and-white
prints in various sizes, including 8 x 10, 11 x 14, and 16 x 20; and
black-and-white negatives in 4 x 5, 2 ¼ x 3 ¼, and 35 mm. Most of the color
images are 2 ¼ x 3 ¼ glass-mount transparencies and 35mm color slides. Many
of the pictures of Barthelme’s projects are known to be the work of Dallas
photographer Ulric Meisel, but unless indicated otherwise, Barthelme is
presumed to be the photographer on all of the items in this series.
In the category of “photographic prints” is a scrapbook of
prints and clippings about Barthelme’s projects that he kept during his
career. Many of the prints have separated from the leaves of the scrapbook, and
because he later removed the spiral binding, the order of the items is
approximate. Important awards, certificates, and licenses that had become loose
were removed to a separate folder for such items, but duplicates or those that
were securely mounted remain in the scrapbook. These include the A.I.A. Award
of Merit for St. Rose of Lima Church (1949); the “Texas Architecture 1952”
exhibition Award of Merit for Sweeny Elementary School; The School Executive
Competition for Better School Design, Special Feature Award for Sweeny
Elementary (1952); and the Houston Chapter A.I.A. Award of Merit for Sweeny
H.S. additions (undated). The scrapbook comprises 120 prints (mounted and
unmounted) and 72 leaves, or 116 total items.
Prints: 8 x
10
21
1
Portrait,
1930
21
2
Portraits (8 x 10),
1940s-1960s
21
3
Portraits (5 x 7),
1950s,
1970s
21
4
Portraits (small), Series A,
1962
21
5
Portraits (small), Series B,
undated
21
6
Portraits (small), Series C,
1968
21
7
Portraits DB, Charles and Arthur Flynn,
1954
21
8
Portraits Donald Barthelme, Jr.,
1950's
21
9
Unidentified Conference,
1950's
21
10
TSA Convention,
1952
21
11
Education Conference ,
1953
21
12
APC Building Presentation,
1955
21
13
Early Projects, Galveston,
1933-1934
21
14
Contemporary House, Centennial Exposition,
1936
21
15
Beers Kenison Office, Galveston,
1940
21
16
Karl Milles Sculpture,
1948
21
17
Unidentified Apartments,
1950's
21
18
Dargan Doctor’s Office,
1948
21
19
Barthelme House (exteriors),
1945-1955
21
20
Barthelme House (interiors),
1952
21
21-31
St. Rose of Lima Church, Pts. 1-11,
1948
21
32
St. Rose of Lima Church, Models and Construction,
1947
21
33-34
St. Rose of Lima School Additions, Pts. 1-2,
1953
21
35
Competitions
21
36
Growit Yourself College (Rice Charrette),
1962
21
37
Snake,
undated
22
1-5
Sweeny High School Additions, Pts. 1-5,
1948
22
6-7
Sweeny High School Gymnasium, Pts. 1-2,
1950
22
8-10
Sweeny High School Auditorium, Pts. 1-3,
1950
22
11-14
Sweeny Negro (Carver) School, Pts. 1-4,
1952
23
1-16
Sweeny Elementary School, Pts. 1-16,
1952
23
17-19
Highland Heights Elementary, Pts. 1-3,
1959
24
1-2
West Columbia School Auditorium, Pts. 1-2,
1948
24
3-14
West Columbia Elementary School, Pts. 1-12,
1952
24
15
West Columbia High School Band Building,
1958
24
16
West Columbia High School Home Mgt. Building,
1958
25
1-9
Adams Petroleum Center, Pts. 1-9,
1958
Prints: 11 x
14
26
Portraits,
1950's
26
St. Rose of Lima Church and School,
1948
26
First Christian Church,
1955
26
Adams Petroleum Center,
1958
26
Sweeny High School Additions,
1948
27
West Columbia Elementary School,
1952
27
West Columbia Senior High School,
1963
27
West Columbia School Auditorium,
1948
27
Stadium scene, Mexico,
1951
27
Growit Yourself College (Rice Charrette),
1962
27
Michigan Conference (Trump Report),
1959
27
Sweeny Elementary School,
1952
27
Sweeny Negro (Carver) School,
1952
27
Negro (Charlie Brown) School Gymnasium,
1951
27
West Columbia High School (old),
1951
27
Highland Heights Elementary School,
1959
28
Mexico (Taxco),
1950's
29
Mexico (Taxco),
1950's
Prints: 16 x 20
(mounted)
30
Barthelme House (interiors),
1952
30
St. Rose of Lima Church and School,
1948
30
West Columbia Elementary School,
1952
30
Sweeny Elementary School,
1952
30
Highland Heights Elementary School,
1959
30
Adams Petroleum Center,
1958
30
First Christian Church,
1955
30
Michigan Conference (Trump Report),
1959
Prints: 16 x 20
(unmounted)
31
St. Rose of Lima Church and School,
1948
31
West Columbia Elementary School,
1952
31
Sweeny Elementary School,
1952
31
West Columbia School Auditorium,
1948
31
Sweeny High School Additions,
1948
31
Adams Petroleum Center,
1958
31
Mexico,
1950's
Scrapbook
32
Scrapbook,
undated
Negatives: 4 x 5
33
St. Rose of Lima Church and School,
1947-1953
33
Barthelme House,
1950-1953
33
First Christian Church,
1953
33
Adams Petroleum Center,
1954,
1958
33
Highland Heights Elementary School,
1960
33
Kellaway House,
1964
34
Sweeny Elementary School,
1950-1953
34
Sweeny Negro (Carver) School,
1951-1952,
1959
34
Sweeny High School Additions,
1951-1952
35
West Columbia School Auditorium,
1946
35
West Columbia Elementary School,
1950-1952
35
Negro (Charlie Brown) School,
1951-1954
35
West Columbia Senior High School,
1963
36
Barthelme Portraits,
1954-1966
36
Classes-University of Houston, Rice,
1953-1966
36
Hotel Site-Prospective,
1954
36
Carson Pirie Scott Competition,
1954
36
Michigan Conference-Trump Report,
1959
36
A.I.A. Headquarters Competition,
1964
36
San Francisco Competition,
1965
36
Yale Competition,
1970
36
Art Center Competition,
undated
Negatives: 2 ¼ x 3 ¼
37
1
West Columbia Auditorium,
1947-1949
37
2
Barthelme House,
1947-1952
37
3-5
St. Rose of Lima Church and School,
1947-1949
37
6-7
Sweeny High School, Pts. 1-2,
1948-1952
37
8-9
Sweeny Elementary, Pts. 1-2,
1950-1952
37
10
Negro (Charlie Brown) School,
1950-1951
37
11-14
West Columbia Elementary, Pts. 1-4,
1950-1952
37
15
Sweeny Negro (Carver) School,
1951-1952
37
16
Miscellaneous: projects, competitions, faculty
meetings,
1946-1952
Negatives: 35mm
37
17
Sweeny High School Addition,
1948
37
18
St. Rose of Lima Church and School,
1948
37
19
Dargan Doctors Office,
1948
37
20
Barthelme House in the Snow,
1949
37
21
West Columbia Elementary,
1951
37
22
Carver Elementary Additions,
1959
37
23
Highland Heights Elementary,
1959
37
24
APC Building,
c.
1960
37
25
Rice Charrette,
1962
37
26
Competition boards,
c.
1960s
Transparencies: 4 x 5 Glass
Mount
38
West Columbia Elementary School,
1952
39
St. Rose of Lima Church and School,
1948
39
Sweeny High School Additions,
1948
39
Sweeny Negro (Carver) School,
1952
39
Sweeny Elementary School,
1952
Transparencies: 35mm slides,
Projects
40
1
St. Rose of Lima Church and School,
1948-1953
40
2
Sweeny High School Addition,
1948-1952
40
3
Sweeny Elementary School,
1950-1953
40
4
Sweeny Negro (Carver) School,
1951-1952
40
5
Carver Elementary (Sweeny Negro) School,
1955,
1959
40
6
West Columbia High School Auditorium,
1948-1949
40
7
West Columbia Elementary School,
1951-1952
40
8
West Columbia Junior High School,
1956
40
9
West Columbia Senior High School,
1960,
1963
40
10
Highland Heights Elementary School,
1959
40
11
First Christian, apartments, materials,
1955
40
12
Adams Petroleum Center,
1956-1957
41
1
Rice Charrette, UH architecture studio,
1962,
1970
41
2
Michigan Conference (Trump Report),
1959
Transparencies: 35mm slides,
Travel
42
1
Cranbrook,
1951
42
2
St. Louis, New Orleans, San Francisco, Chicago,
1950
42
3
New York,
1960,
1964
42
4
Cornell,
1960
42
5
Harvard, Yale,
1964
42
6
Washington, D.C.,
1964
42
7
Nature,
1949-1953
42
8
Mexico trip with
Mamie[Barthelme’s mother],
ca.
1960
43
1
Mexican modern architecture,
1958-1964
43
2
Mexico City, Taxco,
1951,
1959
43
3
Mexico City, Taxco,
1951,
1959
43
4
Bacardi Factory (Felix Candela),
1960
43
5
Taxco,
1951
43
6
Taxco,
1951
43
7
Mexico City, Xochimilco,
1951
43
8
Mexico City,
1951
43
9
Churches (Felix Candela),
undated
43
10
Puerto Vallarta,
1959
43
11
Mexico, bullfight,
undated
43
12
Taxco,
1954,
1955
Digital Images
(Family)
This series consists of digital files of part of Barthelme’s
collection of family photographs, which were retained by the heirs.
Approximately 150 sheets of negatives are preserved in 2887 digital images on
CD-ROM, with record prints in a binder. This is intended only as a study
collection for scholars. The images are owned by the Barthelme estate and may
not be copied or reproduced without its written permission. Barthelme’s
original binder and negative sheet numbers are noted.
44
CD-ROMs
45
CD-ROMs
BAR001
Barthelme Binder
1
Section 2
bar001 – bar002
1932,
Philadelphia
bar003 – bar005
pre-1932,
Philadelphia
bar006
1932-1933,
Galveston
BAR002
Barthelme Binder
1
bar007
1932-1933,
Galveston
bar008 – bar009
1935-1936
bar010
1939
Section 3
bar011 – bar012
1941-1942
bar013
1939
BAR003
Barthelme Binder
1
bar014 – bar015
1947
bar016
1947
House
Section 4
bar017 – bar021
1948
BAR004
Barthelme Binder
1
bar022
1948
Section 5
bar023 – bar029
1949
BAR005
Barthelme Binder
1
bar030
1949
Barthelme Binder
2
Section 1
bar031 – bar034
1950 Family
(sheets B-2, B-12, B-13, B-15)
bar035 – bar036
1950 Donald
Jr. (sheets B-19)
BAR006
Barthelme Binder
2
bar037 – bar040
1950 Donald
Jr. (sheets B-20, B-21)
bar041
1950 Family
Color (sheet B-22)
bar042 – bar043
1950 Family
(sheets B-22, B-24)
BAR007
Barthelme Binder
2
bar044 – bar045
1950 Donald
Sr. (sheet B-25)
bar046
1950 Family
at table (sheet B-26)
bar047
1950 Family,
Donald Sr. office (sheet B-30)
Section 2
bar048
1951 Family,
House (sheet B-39)
bar049
1951 Family,
Donald Sr. office (sheet B-40)
bar050
1951 Family,
Faculty (sheet B-41)
BAR008
Barthelme Binder
2
bar051
1951
Family
bar052 – bar054
1951
Family–color (sheet B-46)
bar055 – bar056
1951 Donald
Jr. (sheet B-47)
BAR009
Barthelme Binder
2
bar057 – bar060
1951 Family
(sheet B-49)
bar061
1951 Donald
Jr. (sheet B-51)
bar062
1951 Family
(sheet B-54)
bar063
1951 Donald
Sr. (sheet B-62)
bar064
1951 Family
(sheet B-70)
BAR010
Barthelme Binder
2
Section 3
bar065 – bar066
1952 Donald
Jr. and Marilyn (sheet B-81)
bar067
1952 (sheet
B-82)
bar068
1952
Family–color (sheet B-85)
bar069
1952 Family
(sheet B-85)
bar070
1952 Family
(sheet B-87)
BAR011
Barthelme Binder
2
bar071
1952 Family,
Christmas (sheet B-88)
bar072
1952 Family,
Christmas (sheet B-90)
bar073
1952 Donald
Jr. wedding (sheet B-95)
Barthelme Binder
3
bar074
1952 House
remodeling (sheet B-96)
Section 1
bar075
1953 Family
(2nd unnumbered sheet)
bar076 – bar077
1953 Donald
Jr., Marilyn–color (10th sheet)
BAR012
Barthelme Binder
3
bar078
1953 Donald
Jr., Marilyn (10th sheet)
bar079
1953 Helen
and children (11th sheet)
bar080
1953 Helen
and children–color (12th sheet)
bar081
1953 Helen
and children (12th sheet)
bar082
1953 Donald
Sr., Helen (13th sheet)
BAR013
Barthelme Binder
3
bar083
1953 Donald
Sr., Helen (14th sheet)
bar084
1953 Family
Portrait (17th sheet)
bar085
1953 Family
(21st sheet)
bar086
1953 Family
(29th sheet)
bar087
1953 Marilyn
(48th sheet)
bar088
1953 Marilyn
(49th sheet)
Section 2
bar089
1954 Donald
Sr. office (51st sheet)
bar090
1954 Donald
Sr. and Helen (64th sheet)
bar091
1954 Donald
Sr. (67th sheet)
BAR014
Barthelme Binder
3
bar092
1955 Donald
Sr. (69th sheet)
bar093
1955 Family
(70th sheet)
bar094
1956 Donald
Sr. (77th sheet)
bar095
1956 1956
Family (78th sheet)
bar096 – bar098
1958
Christmas, Corvette–color (94th sheet)
bar099
1958 Donald
Sr. (99th sheet)
BAR015
Barthelme Binder
4
Section 1
bar100
1959 Donald
Sr. (sheet D-1)
bar101
1959 Donald
Jr., Helen (sheet D-2)
Section 2
bar102
1960 1960
Family, House (sheet D-11)
Section 3
bar103
1961Corvette, Donald Sr. office (sheet
D-15)
Section 4
bar104
1962 Donald
Sr. (sheet D-17)
bar105
1962 Donald
Jr. (sheet D-20)
Section 5
bar106
1963 Donald
Jr. (sheet D-21)
BAR016
Barthelme Binder
4
bar107 – bar108
1963 Donald
Jr. (sheet D-25)
bar109 – bar110
1963 Donald
Jr. (sheet D-26)
bar111 – bar112
1963 Family
portrait (sheet D-29)
BAR017
Barthelme Binder
4
Section 6
bar113
1965 Family
portrait (sheet D-37)
Section 7
bar114
1966 Donald
Jr. and Birgit (sheet D-51)
bar115
1966 Donald
Jr. and Birgit (sheet D-52)
bar116
1966 1966
Donald Sr. (sheet D-54)
Section 8
bar117 – bar118
1968 House
(sheet D-59)
bar119
1968 Donald
Sr. (sheet D-60)
bar120
1969 Moon
landing (sheet D-61)
BAR018
Barthelme Binder
4
bar121
1969 Donald
Sr., Family (sheet D-66)
bar122
1969 Donald
Jr. apartment, New York City (sheet D-68)
Section 9
bar123 – bar124
1970
University of Houston architecture studio (sheet D-71)
bar125
1970 Family
Portrait (sheet D-72)
Section 10
bar126
1972 Family,
Donald Jr. (sheet D-78)
bar127
1972 Donald
Jr., Daughter (sheet D-79)
bar128
1973 Donald
Jr., Wife, Daughter (sheet D-85)
Barthelme Binder
5
Section 1
bar129
1974Donald
Jr. (sheet E-4)
BAR019
Barthelme Binder
5
Section 3
bar130
1976 Donald
Jr., Daughter, House (sheet E-16)
bar131
1976 House
(sheet E-17)
bar132
1976 House
(sheet E-18)
bar133
1976 Donald
Sr., Family (sheet E-19)
bar134
1977 Donald
Sr., Helen at new apartment (sheet E-23)
Section 4
bar135
1978 Donald
Jr. apartment, New York City (sheet E-28)
bar136
1978 Donald
Sr. (sheet E-31)
bar137
1978
Lilliotts (sheet E-33)
bar138
1980 Donald
Jr. (sheet E-36)
BAR020
Barthelme Binder
5
bar139
1983 Donald
Jr., Marion, baby (sheet E-45)
bar140
1984 Donald
Jr., Marion, baby (sheet E-46)
bar141
1984 Donald
Sr., Helen, Joan’s family (sheet E-47)
bar142
1985 Donald
Jr. family, Donald Sr. dancing (sheet E-49)
bar143
1985 Donald
Jr. on TV (sheet E-51)
bar144 -
1951 Donald
Jr., Peter, Frederick, Steven (4x5 color)
Additional
images
Barthelme Binder
1
Section 2
bar145
1932
Galveston, p. 8
Section 3
bar146
1943
Barthelme children, new house, 3rd sheet
BAR021
Barthelme Binder
1
bar147
1943
Barthelme children, new house-color, 3rd sheet
Section 4
bar148
1948
Barthelme children, 5th sheet
bar149
1948
Barthelme children, 6th sheet
bar150
1948
Barthelme children, 7th sheet
Section 5
bar151
1949
Barthelme children, Joan, 11th sheet
Barthelme Binder
3
Section 1
bar152
1953
Barthelme children, 34th sheet
Section 2
bar154
1954 Don Sr.
with Frederick, Steven, 68th sheet
bar155
1954 Don Sr.
office, 71st sheet
Barthelme Binder
5
Loose
Prints
bar156
ca. 1980 Don
and Helen Barthelme-color
bar157
ca. 1950's
Don Sr. self portrait
BAR022
Barthelme Binder
5
“Arch”
bar158
1951 West
Columbia Elementary
bar159
1951 West
Columbia Elementary
bar160
1951 West
Columbia Elementary
bar161
1960's Rice
charette and miscellaneous competitions
bar162
1959 Carver
School additions and miscellaneous competitions
bar163
1959
Highland Heights Elementary
bar164
1959
Highland Heights Elementary
bar165
1959
Highland Heights and APC
1961 APC
Building and tower
bar 166
1958 APC
Building-color
BAR023
Additional
Images
Barthelme Binder
2
Section 1
bar167
1950 Helen
and Steven (sheet B-7)
bar168
1950 Joan
(sheet B-16)
Section 2
bar169
1951 Family
at piano (sheet B-60)
Barthelme Binder
3
Section 1
bar170
1953
Frederick and Steven (28th sheet)
Section 2
bar171
1954
University of Houston studio, Marilyn and Don, Jr., (52nd
sheet)
bar172
1954 Don Sr.
office, children (57th sheet)
BAR024
Bar001 – Bar172 JPEG images at 300 dpi
BAR025
DVD Backup for BAR001 – BAR007
BAR026
DVD Backup for BAR008 – BAR014
BAR027
DVD Backup for BAR015 – BAR020
BAR028
DVD Backup for BAR021 – BAR023
46
Binder 1 of 1, containing printouts of raw scans, Bar001
– Bar172
Exhibition: Bosquet-Wightman
House
In March 2005, the Houston Mod organization sponsored an
exhibition at the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture concerning
Barthelme's Bousquet House (1940). At the time, the house, at 3981 Del Monte
Drive in Houston's River Oaks neighborhood, was the last surviving
Barthelme-designed residence in the city. It was demolished later in the year.
The exhibit coincided with efforts by a class from the University of Houston to
document the house for the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS). The
exhibit featured a booklet, detailed photographs and drawings of the house in
2005, a scale model, the HABS drawings, and reproductions of Barthelme's
original drawings. Houston Mod donated the exhibition materials to the
University of Houston Libraries, Department of Special Collections, where they
were added to the Donald Barthelme, Sr. Architectural Papers. The booklet is
cataloged separately, but the exhibition boards and model are contained in the
following boxes.
47
Exhibit Boards
48
Exhibit Boards
49
Exhibit Boards
50
Model, Bouquet-Wightman House
Barthelme Personal
Library
Barthelme’s personal library of 59 books was separated from the
Donald Barthelme, Sr. Architectural Papers and transferred to the
University’s William R. Jenkins Architecture & Art Library, where they
were integrated into its Closed Collections and Special Collections. Barthelme
earlier donated most of his books to the University’s Architecture Library in
1977 (the name of the library changed in 1986).
Aalto, Alvar. Alvar Aalto.
Scarsdale, N.Y.: Wittenborn,
1963.
Adams, Frank Carter. State of
Texas Building, Shrines of Texas Vol. l. Austin: Steck,
1937.
Baker, Stephen F. Philosophy of
Mathematics. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall,
1964.
Bayer, Herbert, and Walter Gropius and Ise Gropius.
Bauhaus 1919-1928. New York: Museum of Modern Art,
1938.
Boesiger, W. Le Corbusier et
Pierre Jeanneret: Oeuvre Complete de 1910-1929. Zurich: Dr. H.
Girsberger,
1937.
Boesiger, W. W. Le Corbusier:
Oeuvre Complete 1952-1957. Zurich: Girsberger,
1958.
Boesiger, W. Le Corbusier: Oeuvre
Complete 1946-1952. Zurich: Girsberger,
1955.
Boesiger, Willy. Le Corbusier und
Pierre Jeanneret ihr Gesamtes Werk von 1929-1934. Zurich: Dr. H.
Girsberger,
1935.
Boesiger, Willy. Le Corbusier:
Oeuvre Complete 1938-1946. Zurich: Les Editions d'Architecture,
1946.
Drexler, Arthur. The Architecture
of Japan. New York: Museum of Modern Art,
1955.
Educational Facilities Laboratories.
The Things of Education. New York: Georgian
Lithographers,
1961.
Educational Facilities Laboratories.
New Schools for New Education. New York:
Educational Facilities Laboratories,
1959
Faber, Tobias. Arne Jacobsen.
New York: Praeger,
1964.
Fox, Stephen. Houston
Architectural Guide. Houston: American Institute of Architects/Houston
Chapter and Herring Press,
1990.
Fox, Stephen. The General Plan of
the William M. Rice Institute and its Architectural Development.
Houston: Rice University,
1980.
Fuller, Buckminster, Ideas and
Integrities: A Spontaneous Autobiographical Disclosure. Englewood
Cliff, N.J.: Prentice-Hall,
1963.
Giedion, Sigfried. A Decade of New
Architecture. Zurich: Girsberger,
1951.
Giedion, Sigfried. Architecture,
You and Me: The Diary of a Development. Cambridge: Harvard University
Press,
1958.
Goodwin, Philip L. Brazil Builds:
Architecture New and Old 1652-1942. New York: Museum of Modern Art,
1943.
Hall, Edward TThe Hidden
Dimension. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday,
1966.
Hayakawa, S. I. Language in
Action. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co.,
1939.
Hitchcock, Henry Russell. Introduction.
Philip Johnson Architecture 1949 – 1965. New
York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston,
1966.
Hitchcock, Henry-Russell and Arthur Drexler.
Built in USA: Post-War Architecture. New York:
Museum of Modern Art,
1952(3
copies).
Houston Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
1990 Professional Directory. Houston: American
Institute of Architects,
1990.
Houston Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
1992 Professional Directory. Houston: American
Institute of Architects,
1992.
Jackson, Wes. Man and the
Environment. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown,
1971.
Jencks, Charles and Nathan Silver. Adhocism: The Case for Improvisation. Garden City,
N.Y.: Anchor Book,
1973.
Johnson, Philip and Mark Wigley. Deconstructivist Architecture. New York: Museum of
Modem Art,
1988.
Knoll International. Knoll
International Textile Price List 1977/78. New York: Knoll
International,
1977.
Knoll Associates. Knoll Index of
Contemporary Design. NewYork: Knoll Associates,
1954.
Le Corbusier. Le Corbusier and
Pierre Jeanneret: Oeuvre Complete 1934-1938. Zurich: Dr. H. Girsberger,
1939.
Linton, Ralph and Paul S. Wingert. Arts of the South Seas. New York: Museum of Modem Art,
1946.
Lockwood, E.H. A Book of Curves.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
1961.
Lootens, J. Ghislain. Lootens on
Photographic Enlarging and Print Quality. Baltimore: Fleet-McGinley,
1944.
Mindlin, Henrique E. Modern
Architecture in Brazil. New York: Reinhold,
1956.
Montagu, Ashley. The Biosocial
Nature of Man. New York: Grove Press,
1956.
National Lumber Manufacturers Association.
Wood Structural Design Data. vol. I. Washington,
D.C.: National Lumber Manufacturers Association,
1941.
Neutra, Richard. Survival Through
Design. New York: Oxford University Press,
1954.
Peter, John. . Aluminum in Modern
Architecture. 2 vols. Louisville: Reynolds Metals Co.,
1956.
Ramsey, Charles George, and Harold Reeve Sleeper.
Architectural Graphic Standards for Architects,
Engineers, Decorators, Builders, and Draftmen. New York: Wiley,
1932.
Rice University. 10
Designs/Community Colleges. Houston: Rice University School of
Architecture,
1962.
Roth, Alfred. The New
Architecture: Examined on 20 Examples. Zurich: Girsberger,
1940.
Rudofsky, Bernard. The Prodigious
Builders. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
1977.
Saarinen, Eliel. Search For Form:
A Fundamental Approach to Art. New York: Reinhard,
1948.
Schroeder, Francis de N. Anatomy
for Interior Designers and How to Talk to a Client. New York: Whitney
Publications,
1948.
Simon Enterprises. The Reston
Story. Fairfax, Virginia: Victor Weingarten Co.,
undated
Simonds, John Ormsbee. Landscape
Architecture: The Shaping of Man's Natural Environment. New York:
McGraw-Hill.
1961.
Sleeper, Harold Reeve. Architectural Specifications. New York: Wiley,
1940.
Smith, G. E. Kidder. Sweden
Builds: Its Modern Architecture and Land Policy Background, Development and
Contribution. New York and Stockholm: Albert Bonnier,
1950.
Smith, G. E. Kidder. Switzerland
Builds: Its Native and Modern Architecture. New York and Stockholm:
Albert Bonnier,
1950.
Soby, James Thrall, and Dorothy C. Miller.
Romantic Painting in America. New York: Museum of
Modern Art,
1943.
Soby, James Thrall. Contemporary
Painters. New York: Museum of Modern Art,
1948.
Sommer, Robert. Personal Space.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall,
1969.
University of Texas School of Architecture.
Image 5-6. Austin: University of Texas,
1969(2
copies).
Vitruvius. The Ten Books on
Architecture. . New York: Dover,
1960.
Wheeler, Monroe. Modern Drawings.
New York: Museum of Modern Art,
1944.
Yoshida, Tetsuro. Das Japanische
Wohnhaus. Berlin: Wasmuth,
1935.
Yoshida, Tetsuro. The Japanese
House and Garden. New York: Praeger,
1956.
Zahle, Erik. A Treasury of
Scandinavian Design. New York: Golden Press,
1961