Administrative Policy Records of the University of Florida College of Architecture Office of the Dean
Scope and Content
Series 72 contains the administrative records of the deans of the College of Architecture and its predecessors, the School of Architecture and Allied Arts and the College of Architecture and Fine Arts. It includes the records of deans Rudolph Weaver, William T. Arnett, and Turpin C. Bannister. The series includes material on curriculum development, the beginnings of the urban planning program in the early 1950s, and the planning of the Architecture and Fine Arts complex. There are also files on faculty meetings, the Music Department, the construction of the Murphree Memorial Statute, and several reports from the Gainesville City Planning Board. The records of the Committee on Education, 1939-1944, are particularly strong. Of special note are the extensive files related to regional and state activities of the American Institute of Architects. The series also contains photographs, slides, and negatives of the construction of the Architecture building in the 1970s.
Dates
- Creation: 1929 - 1978
Creator
Access
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Extent
4.8 Linear feet (12 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Administrative records of the deans of the College of Architecture and its predecessors, the School of Architecture and Allied Arts and the College of Architecture and Fine Arts.
Arrangement
Arranged into two subseries. Subseries 1: Records, 1929-1969. Subseries 2: Photographs, 1974-1978.
Physical Location
University of Florida Smathers Library Building
Subject
- American Institute of Architects. Florida Association. (Organization)
- University of Florida. College of Fine Arts. (Organization)
- University of Florida. Department of Music. (Organization)
- Arnett, William Tobias. (Person)
- Weaver, Rudolph, 1880-1944. (Person)
- Title
- A Guide to the Administrative Policy Records of the University of Florida College of Architecture Office of the Dean, 1929-1969
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Dept. Staff
- Date
- November 2006 (Updated December 2021)
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Dacs
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Description is written in English.
Revision Statements
- December 2021: Added photographs of Architecture building and rearranged into 2 subseries; August 2021: Added portrait of Rudolph Weaver from the College of Fine Arts Building.
Repository Details
Part of the Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida Repository
George A. Smathers Libraries
PO Box 117005
Gainesville Florida 32611-7005 United States of America
352-273-2755
special@uflib.ufl.edu