Guild House records, 1924-2005 (majority within 1940-1990)
10 linear feet — 6 oversize volumes — 10.2 GB (online)
10 linear feet — 6 oversize volumes — 10.2 GB (online)
The sixth series, Photographs, visually documents Guild House events and members from the 1950s to 2005. Photographs include people, activities, nature, and buildings.
16 linear feet — 2000 drawings (in 12 drawers; architectural drawings) — 1.8 GB (online)
The Professional Papers series encompasses nine subseries relating to Birkerts' career accomplishments as an architect, lecturer and writer over a 50-year period. These subseries include Transcripts and Notes of Speeches, Lectures and Seminars, Transcripts of Interviews, Audio-Visual Materials which correspond to many of the transcripts, Writings, Publications, Correspondence, Awards and Honorary Academic Affiliations, Travel Diaries with Conceptual Drawings, Newspaper and Journal Articles, and Photographs.
The third Professional Papers sub-series, Audio-Visual Materials, contains over 180 audiotapes and 22 videotapes of Birkerts' various speeches, lectures, interviews and musings. The tapes are arranged in chronological order and cover more than a thirty year period (1965-1998). Many of the tapes (noted by an * or a #) have corresponding transcripts and/or speaking notes in the Speeches, Lectures and Seminars, Interviews, and Sources Used for Publication sub-series.
1.3 linear feet (in 2 boxes) — 1.9 GB (online)
Teaching and Service (0.3 linear feet, 1970-1993, 2001) includes material that document Dr. Cruzat's teaching and service activities—as well as her retirement—and includes audiovisual material, correspondence, photographs, and publications (including those that feature Dr. Cruzat).
Items in the Research and Writing series (1983-2011; 10 linear feet and 1.15 MB) concern Walton's work as a scholar. The majority of the materials are drawn from his research after joining the University of Michigan in 1992. The series is arranged into four subseries: Correspondence, Academic and Professinal Writing, Research, and Reviews.
Researchers will find drafts of Walton's published works, dated between 1991 and 2011, within the Personal Writings subseries.
72 linear feet — 1 oversize folder — 1.1 GB (online)
The Audio And Visual Materials series (.7 linear ft.) is divided into two subseries: Photographs and Audio Recordings of Speeches.
The Audio Recordings of Speeches subseries contains two magnetic tapes: WIU Commencement Address, June 4, 1959; and Battelle Auditorium, January 14, 1970. There is also an audio cassette recording of a speech at Inglis House, about the Federal Writer's Project and The Ohio Guide, circa 1993.
12.5 linear feet — 1 oversize folder — 2 oversize volumes — 6 film reels — 2 digital audio files
The Visual Materials series includes photographs and motion pictures depicting activities at Saline Valley Farms; photos of Michigan residences and of his work as teacher in China, 1922-1926; and photos of a World War I prisoner of war camp. The photos, arranged in two files, were collected by Gray and by Russell Bidlack. The six 16mm films (which have been digitized and are available on dvd and as streaming files) record a range of farm activities, buildings and workers. The collection includes an audiotape recording of commentary by Marian Vaughn, participant in the Saline Valley Farm, on scenes in the films.
1.3 linear feet (in 3 boxes) — 6.42 GB (online)