Discovering Local Histories GILDA SANTANA University of Miami

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Discovering Local Histories GILDA SANTANA University of Miami Libraries May 15, 2015 Managing Architectural

Discovering Local Histories GILDA SANTANA University of Miami Libraries May 15, 2015 Managing Architectural Archives For The School of Architecture University of Miami

MATERIAL TYPES • • • Blueprints Hand drawings Construction documents Personal papers Photographs Sketchbooks

MATERIAL TYPES • • • Blueprints Hand drawings Construction documents Personal papers Photographs Sketchbooks Prints Audio-visual Scrapbooks Newsletters • • Ephemera Clippings Student work Born digital files Models SOA Archives 35 mm slides

The New Urbanism Archive Celebration Pattern Book, March 1995 ANU Correspondence Example : Letter

The New Urbanism Archive Celebration Pattern Book, March 1995 ANU Correspondence Example : Letter from EPZ to Eric Emerson at The Celebration Company soliciting materials for the archive.

FINDING AID

FINDING AID

RECEIVING COLLECTIONS Condition assessment

RECEIVING COLLECTIONS Condition assessment

Re-housing & labeling

Re-housing & labeling

UM Libraries Preservation team member stabilizing and mending (pre-digitization) 2 & 3. Application of

UM Libraries Preservation team member stabilizing and mending (pre-digitization) 2 & 3. Application of wheatpaste paper and mending 1. Torn blueprint before mending 4. After mending 4. Drying weight

Cultivating Donor Relations Robert Fitch Smith Papers, 1894 -1964 http: //proust. library. miami. edu/findingaids/index.

Cultivating Donor Relations Robert Fitch Smith Papers, 1894 -1964 http: //proust. library. miami. edu/findingaids/index. php? p=collections/findingaid&id=1444&q=robert+fitch+smith

Biscayne Boulevard concept development plan by Roberto Burle-Marx. 1988. Diazotype print, 42” x 54”

Biscayne Boulevard concept development plan by Roberto Burle-Marx. 1988. Diazotype print, 42” x 54”

Oleta River State Recreation Area, Miami FL. , Concept Design, Roberto Burle Marx, 1981.

Oleta River State Recreation Area, Miami FL. , Concept Design, Roberto Burle Marx, 1981. Diazotype, 56” 41”

ESSENTIAL RESOURCES

ESSENTIAL RESOURCES

Bibliography Adams, William Howard. 1991. Roberto Burle Marx: the unnatural art of the garden.

Bibliography Adams, William Howard. 1991. Roberto Burle Marx: the unnatural art of the garden. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Greene, Mark A. , and Dennis E. Meissner. 2005. “More product, less process: revamping traditional archival processing”. American Archivist. 68 (2). Kissel, Eleonore, and Erin Vigneau. 1999. Architectural photoreproductions: a manual for identification and care. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press Porter, Vicki, and Robin Thornes. 1994. A guide to the description of architectural drawings. New York: G. K. Hall. Price, Lois Olcott. 2010. Line, shade, and shadow: the fabrication and preservation of architectural drawings. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press. Society of American archivists, and Steven L. Hensen. 2004. Describing archives: a content standard. Chicago: Society of American Archivists. 1989. “Miami streetscape. ” Landscape Architecture 79, no. 2: 16.