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Biographical Resources on Architects

Biographical Resources on Architects is a research guide to UC Berkeley library and web resources, historical and contemporary. This guide also provides links to some full text resources. For additional assistance please consult the reference staff of the Environmental Design Library, 210 Wurster Hall.

Bibliographies

Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

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Compiled by Susan Koskinen. Content reviewed:

Bibliographies

American architects from the Civil War to the First World War: a guide to information sources, by Lawrence Wodehouse. Monticello, Il.: Vance Bibliographies, 1976.

EnvDesign NA705.A12.W6 Reference

American architects from the First World War to the Present: a guide to information sources, by Lawrence Wodehouse. Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies, 1977.

EnvDesign NA712.A12.W63 Reference

Annotated bibliography on African American architects and builders by Ellen Weiss. Philadelphia, PA: Society of Arch. Historians, 1993.Teaching materials in architectural history; no. 1.

EnvDesign NA738 N5 A12 W43 1993 Reference

Architects: a guide to biographical sources, by Cindy Campbell. Chicago, Council of Planning Librarians, 1989. Annotated guide to biographical works in architecture. Excludes works devoted to one architect. Includes international sources & sources by country.

EnvDesign HT166.A12.C6a no.233 Index (CPL bibliography no.233)

Architects on architecture: opinions, statements, and critical examinations: journal articles, 1982-1988, by Dale E. Casper. Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies, 1989.

EnvDesign NA200.A12.A7.no.2206 Index

Index to information on individual architects in a select list of books, by Susan Brookes. Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies,1979.

EnvDesign NA200.A12.A7.no.132 Index

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BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Modern | Historical

Modern

African American architects in current practice. Ed. by Jack Travis. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1991. Documents the achievements of thirty-five contemporary African American architects.

EnvDesign NA738. N5. A45. 1991

American architects : a survey of award-winning contemporaries and their notable works / Les Krantz. New York: Facts on File,1989.

EnvDesign NA736 .K731 1989 Reference

Architects of modern India = Adhunika Bharata ke nirmata / V.N. O'Key. Bombay: V.N.O'Key Felicitation Committee, 1989.

EnvDesign NA1504 .O44 1989

Arquitectos contemporaneos de Mexico / Louise Noelle.2.ed.Mexico: Editorial Trillas, 1996.

EnvDesign NA755.N64 1996 Reference

Biographical Dictionary - This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day.

http://www.s9.com/

Contemporary American architects by Philip Jodidio. Koln, Germany: Benedikt Taschen, 1993-

EnvDesign NA701.J64 1996

Contemporary architects. Ed. by Muriel Emanuel. 3rd ed. NY: St. James Press, c1994.Covers more than 400 architects worldwide who worked from 1920 to 1987. Signed entries include lists of works, publications by and about the architect, a photograph of a representative building and a short passage written by the architect describing his or her thoughts about their own work is included.

EnvDesign NA680 .C625 1994 Reference

Contemporary Asian architects by Hasan-Uddin Khan. Koln [Germany]; NewYork: Taschen, 1995.

EnvDesign NA1460 .K48 1995

Contemporary California architects by Philip Jodidio. Koln [Germany] ; New York : Taschen, c1995.

EnvDesign NA730. C2. J63 1995

Contemporary European architects. Koln; New York : Taschen, c1991.

EnvDesign NA958.A48 1991 Noncirculating. Library has: v.1-6 (1991-1998)

Contemporary Japanese architects by Meyhofer, Dirk. Koln: Benedikt Taschen, c1994

EnvDesign NA1558 .C66 1993

Contemporary World Architects. Gloucester, Mass.: Rockport Publishers, 1995-- present
The Dictionary of Art Historians, a biographical dictionary of historic scholars, museum professionals and academic historians of art. Lee Sorensen in collaboration with Monique Daniels. Includes many well known architectural historians. Ongoing project.

http://www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org

Dictionnaire des architectes, by Bernard Oudin. Nouv. ed Paris: Seghers, c1994.

EnvDesign NA40 .O85 1994 Reference

Encyclopedia of 20th-century architecture. Ed. by R. Stephen Sennott. NY : Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004. 3 vols. Short biographical sketches written by architectural historians. Most entries include at least two reference sources to further information on the architect.

EnvDesign NA680.E495 2004 Reference Desk

Illustrated encyclopedia of architects and architecture. Ed. by Dennis Sharp.NY:Whitney Library of Design, 1991.

EnvDesign NA40 I45 1991 Reference

International dictionary of architects and architecture. Ed. by Randall J.Van Vynckt.Detroit:St. James Press, 1993.

EnvDesign NA40 .I48 1993 Reference

Makers of 20th century modern architecture: a bio-critical sourcebook, by Donald Leslie Johnson. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1997. Includes architects and engineers who "initiated, developed, or advanced" modern (mostly Western) architecture in the 20th century. Introductory essay and overview of 20th century architecture. Entries provide brief chronology/biography and footnoted critical essay, with bibliography. Coda contains intriguing quotes. Separate chronology, and name and place indexes.

EnvDesign NA680.J628 1997 Reference Desk

Sources of modern architecture, by Dennis Sharp. London: Granada, 1981. Provides brief biographical information on over 150 architects considered part of the modern movement. Includes lists of works by and about the architect, and photographs of many of the architects.

EnvDesign NA642 .A12.S47 1981 Reference

The Thames and Hudson encyclopaedia of 20th century design and designers / Guy Julier. New York, N.Y.: Thames and Hudson, 1993. World of art.

EnvDesign NK1165.J85 1993 Reference Desk

Who's who in architecture: from 1400 to the present, Ed. By J.M. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, c1977.

EnvDesign NA40 .W481 Reference

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Historical - Biographical Dictionaries & Encyclopedias

Allgemeines lexikon der bildenden kunstler von der antike bis zur gegenwart. Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1907-1950. 37 vols. German language. Perhaps the most comprehensive source of biographical information about artists, including architects, from ancient times through the 19th century. Individual signed articles include extensive bibliographies drawing from sources in all languages. 6-vol supplement covers the early decades of the 20th century.

MAIN Ref Stacks N40 V6 v.1-6 Biographies. N40.T4 MAIN Ref Stacks

African-American architects: a biographical dictionary, 1865-1945. ed. by Dreck Spurlock Wilson. New York : Routledge, 2004.

EnvDesign NA736.A47 2004 // Doe Reference NA736.A47 2004 Biographies Non-circulating.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals Obituary citations are included in the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals from Avery's Obituary Index. Like the topical Index, the Obituary Index includes extensive back-indexing of four crucial American periodicals since their founding: the American Architect (1876), Architectural Forum (1892), Architectural Record (1891), and Progressive Architecture(1920). The Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects and its preceding Transactions are back-indexed as far as 1865, providing an extensive record of English architects. Many other journals are selectively analyzed. Portraits or illustrations are noted whenever they appear. The obituaries are distinguished by the addition of "[Obituary]" to the article title, making them easily retrievable in title searches.

http://uclibs.org/PID/105528

Avery obituary index of architects.2nd ed. Boston: G.K.Hall, 1980. Lists over 17,000 architects, city planners, art historians, etc. International in scope. Individual entries refer to obituaries in one of the numerous journals indexed by the Avery Library. Obituaries are included in Avery Online. The Obituary Index was originally published in 1963 in book form, with a second expanded edition in 1980 in print and microfilm. Records are available in Avery Index.

EnvDesign fNA40.A8.1980 Reference

Biographical dictionary of American architects (deceased), ed. Henry F. Withey. Los Angeles: New Age Pub. Co., 1956.

EnvDesign NA40.W57 Reference Desk

Biographical dictionary of British architects, 1600-1840. 3rd ed, by Howard Montague Colvin. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1995.

EnvDesign NA996.C6 1995 Reference

Directory of historic American architectural firms, American Institute of Architects Foundation and the Committee for the Preservation of Architectural Records. NY: Committee for the Preservation of Architectural Records, Inc., c1979.

EnvDesign NA53.A514 1979a Reference

Index of architects of several countries & many periods (except English mediaeval)..London: RIBA Library, 1956. Entries for nearly 4,000 architects worldwide. Each entry refers the reader to particular pages in one or more of 60 major books or encyclopedias where biographical information about the architect can be found.

EnvDesign NA40.R691.1956a Reference

Lives of celebrated architects ancient and modern: with historical and critical observations on their works, and on the principles of the art, by Francesco Milizia. London: J. Taylor, 1826. 2 vols.

EnvDesign NA40.M5 Rare

Macmillan encyclopedia of architects / Adolf K. Placzek, editor in chief. New York: Free Press; London: Collier Macmillan, c1982. Illustrated biographies on architects worldwide who were born before December 30, 1931, or are deceased. Scholarly entries also include a list of works and bibliography. A building name index is located at the end of volume 4. Arranged alphabetically by architect's name.

EnvDesign NA40.M25 1982 Reference Desk. Library has: v.1-4

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography : in association with the British Academy: from the earliest times to the year 2000 / edited by H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Includes people who were connected with the British Isle, anyone who left a mark on Britain's history.

Doe Reference DA28.O95 2004 Non-circulating. Library has:v.1-60, index (2004)

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DATABASES

The AIA Historical Directory of American Architects. A resource guide to information about past architects. Information about past architects in the AIA Archives and elsewhere, including 50,324 members of the AIA at the national level who joined between 1857 and 1978. For deceased members, information from the AIA Archives' membership files may be available, and can be added to this site. (To protect their privacy, the membership files of living persons are not available.) You will also find links to architects' papers at archives around the U.S., and references to biographical information in several standard reference books--especially the three editions of American Architects Directory published by R. R. Bowker for The American Institute of Architects in 1956, 1962, and 1970 (full text available on this site, click top tabs for a quick link). Non-AIA members and architectural firm names are also in the AIA Historical Directory if they appear in one of the information sources used to build the AIA Historical Directory.

http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/Home.aspx

American National Biography. UCB Only 17,400 entries.

Info Center CT213.A68 1999 Library has: v.1-24 (1999)

ArchINFORM - This database for international architecture includes worldwide architects and buildings from past to present, has over 12,000 built and unrealized projects from architects and planners. The architecture of the 20th century is the main theme of this database.

http://eng.archinform.net/

Biography and genealogy master index UCB Only -- more than 12.7 million biographical sketches in more than 3,400 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., c1980.

Moffitt CT214.A12.B5 1980 - 1991 suppl. Reference

Biography index. UCB Only Includes Name index and occupation/profession index and bibliographic citations. Generally provides more detailed information than Biography and Genealogy Master Index.Online coverage begins with v. 14 (7/84). For earlier years, volumes 1-13 (1946/49-1984/86) are available as a print set in the

Main Stack, CT28.B5

Biographical Sources - UC Berkeley Library, Electronic Resources - Types.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/find/types/electronic_resources.html

Current biography. UCB Only Contains articles on the lives of the artists, politicians, businesspeople, journalists, actors, authors, sports figures, scientists, and other newsmakers. Obituaries for people previously profiled. Also subject's own views, attitudes and opinions; comments by others in the field; & references to additional sources of information. World Authors covers the most important authors worldwide from 800 B.C. -present. Biographies are searchable by name, profession (or genre in World Authors), title, place of origin, gender, race/ethnicity, titles of works, date of birth, date of death, and keyword. http://web5s.silverplatter.com/webspirs/start.ws?customer=ucb&databases=B6

Coverage: 1940 to present

Doe Reference CT100 .C8

Digital Archive of American Architecture

http://www.bc.edu/bc_org

Great Architects - Great BuildingsOnline

http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects.html

Great Buildings Online - contains large database of architects, architecture and their work.

http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/

Intl. Archive of Women in Architecture

http://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa/guide.html

ObitFinder-- More than 200,000 recent obituaries from over 1200 US newspapers. Historical access varies.

http://www.legacy.com/NS/

Pacific Coast Architecture Database (Alan Michelson, Head of the Architecture and Urban Planning Library, University of Washington, Seattle)
Includes a range of information on the buildings and designers of California, Oregon and Washington. Professionals in other fields related to architecture have also been included, such as landscape architects, interior designer, developers, and building contractors. Building records are tied to those of their creators (when known) and include historical and geographical information and images. Bibliographical information, such as magazine citations, book citations and web sites, has also been linked for creators and structures.

https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/

U. of Pennsylvania - Architectural Archives

http://www.design.upenn.edu/archives/archives/index2.htm

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DIRECTORIES

ACSA Faculty Locator. Faculty of accredited schools of architecture.

https://www.acsa-arch.org/faculty/home.aspx

ACSA annual directory. Washington, D.C.: Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Directory of faculty teaching in accredited schools of architecture.

EnvDesign NA2108.A82 Shelved: Latest edition at Reference Desk

African American architects in current practice / Jack Travis, editor. NewYork, N.Y.: Princeton Arch. Press, c1991.

EnvDesign NA738.N5 A45 1991 Reference & circulating

Almanac of architecture and design. Washington, D.C. : Greenway Communications ; Atlanta: CMD Group;Kingston, MA ; Distributed in the U.S. by R.S. Means Co., c2000. Include prize winners, awards, honors, speeches, etc.

EnvDesign NA9.A27 Shelved: Latest ed. Reference Desk; earlier c.1's in Reference. Library has: 2000-

AIA Architects and Firms list (to identify architects by geographic location or specialty).

http://www.aia.org/consumer/

AIA - The American Institute of Architects College of Fellows : history & directory. American Institute of Architects. College of Fellows. Year 2000 ed. Washington, D.C.: The College, c2000.

EnvDesign NA11.A58 A4 2000

American architects directory. New York.

Environ Dsgn NA53.A5 Library has: BOUND 1955(1)-1970(3) Latest edition ref // Main Stack NA53.A5

American Institute of Architects. Membership directory. Washington, D.C. 1910 -- (1936, 1938, 1940, 1942 published as regular issues of the Octagon).

EnvDesign NA11.A614 1910-- present

Architects in Canada

http://www.canadianarchitecture.com/Archi/archi00.htm

Architects USA -- list from yellow pages and self submit.

http://www.architectsusa.com/cpps/index.cfm

Biographical/Directory Information, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Architecture Library: Guide to electronic resources on biographies of architects.

http://library.nevada.edu/arch/rsrce/webrsrce/main0001.html#Biographical/Directory Information140

Brief biographies of American architects. 1897-1947 the American Art Annual and its successor volume Who's Who in American Art include brief obituaries of prominent American artists, sculptors, and architects. During this fifty-year period, the lives of more than 1200 architects are summarized - includes verbatim transcriptions of biographical notices, substituting full wording for abbreviations to provide for easier reading. After each entry, the volume is cited in which the notice appeared and its date. By Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr., Director, Maine Historic Preservation Commission

http://www.sah.org/index.php?src=gendocs&ref=BiographiesArchitects&category=Resources

California-architects. Online profiles of selected 21st century California architects and firms.

http://www.california-architects.com/

Directory of architects and classified directory of first hands in the building trades. Springfield, Mass., Clark W. Bryan. Lists architects by state and includes a list of companies in the building trades.

EnvDesign NA53.D5 Rare Library has: 1885

Directory of British architects 1834-1914 / British Architectural Library,Royal Institute of British Architects;by Antonia Brodie; foreword by Mark Girouard. Updated and expanded ed. London; New York:Continuum, 2001.

EnvDesign NA967 .D5724 2001 v.1-2 Reference

ENR Directory of Design Firms. [New York] Engineering News Record. Annual. See also the April issue of ENR (Engineering News Record) for their "Top 500 design firms."

Engineering TA12.E4 Latest ed. Reference

International Archive of Women in Architecture

http://spec.lib.vt.edu/IAWA/

Membership directory / Society of Architectural Historians. Philadelphia, Pa : The Society, c1990 1999- issued as a numbered issue of Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians.

EnvDesign NA11.S635 Reference Desk

Northern & central region directory of architects, associates & yellow pages on building & design industry. Indian Institute of Architects. Northern Chapter. New Delhi : compiled, edited & published by Montage India Cyber Media

EnvDesign NA60.I4.I57 Library has:2000

ProFile: directory of the American Institute of Architects. American Institute of Architects. Topeka: Archimedia, 1978-2004 Title varies, 1910-- . Addresses and phone numbers of individuals, information about firms (size, type of work, award-winning projects, etc.); arranged by state and city. Separate list of minority and women business enterprises. Information about AIA, honors and awards. Continued by Reed Construction Data online Architecture Firm Search at http://www.reedconstructiondata.com/companies/architects/

EnvDesign A53.P76 latest Reference Desk

RIBA Directory of Members. London: Royal Institute of British Architects, 1974 - (Title varies). Bi-annual. Detailed listing of individual RIBA members and addresses, plus RIBA information, architectural societies, schools, honorary fellows, gold medalists, etc. Continued online at http://www.architecture.com/UseAnArchitect/Directories.aspx

EnvDesign NA12 .R72

Roster, licensed architects. Sacramento: California Architects Board (CAB), 1949-2000 (title varies). Biennial. Listing of architects licensed by the State Board to practice in California. Annual until 1990. Includes addresses. Verify current license information at http://www.cab.ca.gov/consumers/license_verification.shtml

EnvDesign NA124.C2.A2 Reference Desk

San Diego architects, 1868-1939 / all research herein completed by the graduate students of Public History and Historic Preservation, under the direction of Raymond S. Brandes. 2nd ed. San Diego, Calif.: University of San Diego, 1991.

EnvDesign NA735.S349 S36 1991a

Society of American Registered Architects - searchable database, limited to those who belong.

http://www.sara-national.org/

Women Architects - site by Mary Ann Sullivan. Includes scanned images with descriptions.

http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/women/contents.html

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BOOKS & ARTICLES

Use search terms for books in OskiCat (UCB catalog) or Melvyl (all UC campuses catalog) and articles in the Article Databases.

For a specific architect, use the examples as illustrated below for Frank Lloyd Wright.
In Melvyl: title keyword: Frank Lloyd Wright or subject: Wright, Frank Lloyd - Archives
In OskiCat: author: Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 - Archives.

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ARTICLES

Architecture Periodical Indexes - Selected List from the Environmental Design Library, UC Berkeley. Search under personal name or a specific building name as title word, subject or author. For more see - Electronic Resources, Types, Article Databases. See also previous list under Directories and Databases.

Architectural Index Annual subject index to 10 U.S. professional architecture, building, and landscape architecture magazines.

EnvDesign NA8.A7 Index, 1950-1996

Architecture.com British Architectural Library (RIBA) online catalog includes books, photos, drawings and articles. Covers more than 300 journals from 45 countries on architecture and allied arts, construction, design, landscape, and to a limited extent, planning and urban history. Excludes book reviews. Index Search Terms can be found in its thesaurus, Architectural Keywords (EnvDesign Index NA31.A77). Earlier editions avaiable.

http://www.architecture.com/LibraryDrawingsAndPhotographs/RIBALibrary/Catalogue.aspx

ONLINE: 1984 -- present. PRINT: EnvDesign NA8.A73 Indexes, 1972-- present

ARTbibliographies Modern via CSA - UC Only Indexes and abstracts books, serials, theses, and exhibition catalogs on modern and contemporary art, design and photography. After 1988 architecture coverage limited to broad design aspects.

ONLINE: 1974 -- present. PRINT: Main Info Center N1.A1.L2 Period. Indexes, 1971-95.

Art Full Text via WilsonWeb - UC Only Indexes journal articles in art and related fields, including architecture, art history, city planning, urban design, and landscape architecture. Includes book reviews.

ONLINE: 1984 -- present. PRINT: EnvDsgn N18 A72 Indexes, 1929-95

Art Index Retrospective via WilsonWeb - UC Only Bibliographic database that cumulates citations to in-print Art Index vols 1-32 published 1929-1984. It covers the fields of archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, computer applications and graphics, crafts, film, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, painting, photography, sculpture, television, textiles, and video. Includes book reviews.

ONLINE: 1929-1984. PRINT: 1929-1984; EnvDsgn N18 A72 Indexes

Arts and Humanities Citation Index via ISI Web of Science - UCB Only Indexes 1100 leading journals in arts and humanities, providing citations for articles and book reviews. Full Search, Cited Reference Searching includes all the cited references (footnotes) of each article it covers and can be used to look up a reference to a work the user has identified as helpful, and identify other articles citing that work, thus retrieving related articles.

ONLINE: 1975 -- present

PRINT: 1976 -- present; Main Info Center AJ3.A7 Periodical Indexes

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals via CSA UC Only

ONLINE: Selected coverage from the 1860s -- present, weekly updates.
PRINT: 1890-1988; EnvDesign fNA8.C64 Indexes; fNA8.C64 v. 1-15, 1890-1972, Supplements v. 1-14, 1973-1993 Index

Biography Index - UCB Only Cites biographical material appearing in more than 3,000 periodicals, some 2,500 current books, and incidental biographical material in otherwise non-biographical books. Biographical subjects indexed range from antiquity to the present.

Coverage begins with 7/84

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Newspaper Indexes

Check in the Main Library Newspaper/Periodicals/Microform Room for indexes to newspapers published in the geographical area where your architect lived and worked. See also the News Databases list under Electronic Resources.

America's Newspapers - UCB Only Full-text content of local and regional news from over 200 newspapers including many California papers such as Contra Costa Times (1995-current), Fresno Bee (1986-current), Santa Rosa Press Democrat (1994-current), Sacramento Bee (1984-current), San Francisco Chronicle (1985-current), and San Jose Mercury News (1985-current). Articles cover community events, schools, politics, government policies, cultural activities, local companies, state industries, and people in the community. Articles are available the day after publication.

http://uclibs.org/PID/23120

Historical Newspapers Online - UCB Only Contains four major historical resources: Palmer's Index to the Times, 1790 to 1905; The Official Index to the Times: 1906 to 1980; The Historical Index to the New York Times: 1851-September 1922; Palmer's Full Text Online 1785-1870.

http://historynews.chadwyck.com/

Lexis-Nexis Academic UCB Only provides access to thousands of full-text news, business and legal sources.

http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/

The New York Times Index began in 1913 and covers national and international architectural information.

Main/Reference AJ21 .N4 and .N41

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ORAL HISTORIES

The Regional Oral History Office of the Bancroft Library is one source for primary information on Bay Area architects. The ROHO transcribed interviews are available in the Environmental Design Library (check the catalog under name of architect), and in the Bancroft Library. For other oral histories in the catalog use subject headings Oral History--Bibliography--Catalogs, or --Directories, and --Indexes
Oral history of modern architecture: interviews with the greatest architects of the twentieth century, by John Peter. NY: H.N. Abrams, 1994.

EnvDesign NA680 .P375 1994 sound disk

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DISSERTATIONS

See also Electronic Resources - Types, Dissertations for more resources.

How to find a UCB Thesis or Dissertation

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/research_theses.html

Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest) - UCB Only Abstracts are included for dissertations published since July 1980 and masters' theses published since 1988. Updates are received quarterly.

Dissertation Abstracts International

Current Research@

Digital Dissertations

Coverage 1861 to present and masters' theses since 1988--present

Dissertations & Theses @ University of California (ProQuest) - UCB Only Digital library of UCB dissertations.

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EXHIBITION CATALOGS

Frequently overlooked, exhibition catalogs often contain scholarly and detailed information about architects. They are indexed in several sources, including:

The Worldwide bibliography of art exhibition catalogues, 1963-1987. Millwood, N.Y.: Kraus International Publications; Ithaca, N.Y.: Worldwide Books, c1992. 3 v.

EnvDesign N4396.A12 W677 1992 Reference Stack 1-3 (c1992)

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FILMS & VIDEOS

Films, videos, oral histories, slides and photographs can be important sources of information.

FAC-TV Catalog: The 4thInternational Festival of Films on Architecture and Planning is a catalog of films and videos related to environmental design. There are other directories of picture and slide collections, etc.

EnvDesign NA2005 .F331 Reference

Architecture on screen: films and videos on architecture, landscape architecture, historic preservation, city and regional planning compiled and edited by the Program for Art on Film; Nadine Covert, editor; NY : G.K. Hall, c1993.

EnvDesign NA2588 .A73 1993 Reference

Media Resources Center - Architecture and City Planning videos. For a list of videos on environmental design you may also use OskiCat, use author, title or subject keyword and select form video. Videos are available in the Media Resources Center in Moffitt Library.
Guide to media resources, University of California at Berkeley. Berkeley, CA: Office of Educational Development, University of California at Berkeley, 1990- present.

LB1043 .G85 1990 Reference Desk; Media Ctr, Main Reference Desk

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ARCHIVAL SOURCES

COPAR, Cooperative Preservation of Architectural Records, has published directories of architectural archives materials in New York City, Washington, D.C., and other cities. Check the Environmental Design Documents Collection (642-5124), the Bancroft Library, and the local COPAR office for the existence of archival materials on the architect you are researching.
Architectural records in the San Francisco Bay Area: a guide to research. California Cooperative Preservation of Architectural Records; Waverly B. Lowell, project dir. and ed.; NY: Garland, 1988.

EnvDesign NA2125.C22 S2631 1988 Reference Desk

Directory of archival and manuscript repositories in California. Society of California Archivists, 1991- .

EnvDesign CD3111 .A72 latest ed. Reference Desk

Environmental Design Archives - Department of the College of Environmental Design

http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives

List of Collections - includes biographical information for a number of architects.

http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/listcoll.html

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