University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture, Texas Architecture Archive:

An Inventory of Student Measured Drawings, 1957-ongoing, and Student Reports, 1948-ongoing, Part 1 of 3

Scope and Content of the collection

The Texas Architecture Archive is an artificial collection of documentary research materials produced by students and initially assembled in 1960 by Professor Drury Blakeley Alexander at The University of Texas School of Architecture. It is this collection that eventually formed the nucleus of the Alexander Architectural Archive as it was established in 1979.

The collection of documentary material on historic Texas buildings currently comprises over 2,000 reports and 434 sets of measured drawings (3/99) and accessions are continuously ongoing. While this material includes buildings across Texas, the strength of the collection is in the Central Texas area, particularly the counties of Travis, Williamson, Gillespie, Blanco, Fayette, Washington, Austin, and Lavaca. Professor Alexander required students in his “Survey of Texas Architecture” course to document the history of Texas architecture through documentary reports and measured drawings. Professor Wayne Bell, director of the Historic Preservation program at The University of Texas School of Architecture (to 1995), also required his students to submit reports on historic buildings for his “Historic Documentation” class.

With the establishment of the Winedale Institute in Historic Preservation in 1974, measured drawings of historic Texas buildings executed in conformance with the format established by the Historic American Buildings Survey were implemented on a more formal basis. Each summer, teams of students led by Professor Wayne Bell, FAIA, produce a comprehensive documentation of one or more historic buildings. Additional material may be found in a separate collection for the Winedale Historical Center (1961-1993).

Drawings are accessed via appointment in the Alexander Architectural Archive and reports may be requested from Special Collections in the Architecture and Planning Library. Both drawings and reports are indexed by County/City or Town/Building or project name. For course work produced by students in design studios, see the School of Architecture Student Work collection (SOASW).

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

Access is by appointment only to any serious scholar. Rolled materials must be flattened before viewing. A three day advance notice is required to flatten rolled materials. Portions of this collection are not processed and may not be accessible.

Restrictions on Use

Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Texas as the owner of the collection and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder which must be obtained by the researcher. For more information please see the Alexander Architectural Archive's Use Policy.

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Related Material

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture, Texas Architecture Archive, Student Measured Drawings, 1957-ongoing, Student Reports, 1948-ongoing, the Alexander Architectural Archive, the University of Texas Libraries, the University of Texas at Austin

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Other Finding Aids

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.