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American Architecture & Historic Preservation
Web Sites
General Sites
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American Architecture
Jeffery Howe, Boston College. Sites grouped under general, cities, skyscapers, churches, buildings (by century), architects, and world's fairs.National Building Museum
Washington, D.C. "Created by an act of Congress in 1980, the National Building Museum is America's premier cultural institution dedicated to exploring and celebrating architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning." Private, nonprofit. International with emphasis on American architecture.Society of Architectural Historians.
Historic Preservation
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Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
"Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is an independent Federal agency that provides a forum for influencing Federal activities, programs, and policies as they affect historic resources."Built in America
Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), National Park Service and Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, 1933--. Links to Heritage Documentation Programs databases of over 32,000 historic structures and sites and to American Memory: Historical Collections for the National Digital Library: Architecture, Landscape-- primary sources and archival materials relating to American culture and history. Links to Nineteenth Century Periodicals.
City of Boston: Open Space Initiatives
Includes a link to Historic Preservation Activities.Heritage Preservation Services
National Park Service.Historic Boston Incorporated (HBI)
"private, non-profit organization that puts people and resources together to preserve endangered historic sites in the city of Boston."Historic Federal Buildings
Cultural and Environmental Programs Div., General Services Administration, Washington, DC. Federal buildings under GSA jurisdiction browsable by state or architect. Keyword searchable.Historic New England (formerly, SPNEA, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities)
Historic Preservation Planning Program
National Park Service. Alphabetical list by state of statewide historic preservation plans that have been approved by the National Park Service. Some plans are available full text on the Web.Massachusetts Historical Commission
Programs, activities, and newsletter.National Architectural Trust
"The National Architectural Trust is a 501( c )(3) charitable organization dedicated to historic preservation. The Trust achieves this mission through the acceptance of façade conservation easements and by providing grants to be used toward local community service projects in the historic districts it services. The Trust conducts forums to educate the public on the benefits of the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentive Program as its primary means to achieving its goals. "National Center for Preservation Technology and Training
National Park Service. Information on materials research, training and education, information management, grants and funding, jobs, and conferences.National Council for Preservation Education
Thomas Visser, University of Vermont. Information on undergraduate, graduate, and allied graduate programs in historic preservation.National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended
National Park Service--ParkNet
Main page of the National Park Service with many links, including Archeology and National Historic Landmarks.National Register of Historic Places
National Register Information System, National Park Service. Official database containing information on more than 80,000 properties. Searchable index.National Trust for Historic Preservation
North Carolina and Related Sites
Among the categories of sites are: State Preservation Organizations, Other Preservation Organizations, National Park Service Resources, U.S. Government Resources, and Preservation Legislation.Preserve/Net - Historic Preservation Links
Robert Pick, Preserve/Net Law Service. Resources list by subject, e.g., African-American History, Cultural Studies, GIS, International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), Internet Resources, Legislation, National Park Service Resources, and Urban Planning.PreservatiON MASS
" private non-profit preservation organization dedicated to preserving the Commonwealth's historic and cultural heritage. Preservati ON MASS , originally called Historic Massachusetts, Inc., was established in 1985..."Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA)
has changed its name to Historic New England.
Selected Sites
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American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920
Architecture and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
Archive "from architectural photographers Samuel H. Gottscho and William H. Schleisner documents building styles and trends throughout the nation. The collection also records interiors of middle- and upper-class society homes. Special features include images of the 1939 New York World's Fair and gardens of prominent property owners."Architectural Archives Sites
Martin Aurand, Architecture Librarian and Archivist, Hunt Library, Carnegie Mellon University Libraries. Links to archival sites at the Art Institute of Chicago, Philadelphia Athenaeum, Avery Library, University of Calgary, McGill University, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Chicago Historical Society, Virginia Tech (International Archives of Women in Architecture), MIT, Tulane University, University of North Carolina (Charlotte), University of Pennsylvania (Philadephia), and University of Texas (Austin). Other archival collections.Frederick Law Olmsted
Richard Leary, New Bedford, MA. Links to sites grouped under biography and philosophy, works, selected bibliography, related Web resources, and Olmsted organizations.
Image Sites
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ARTstor BU
Boston (Mass.) and Its Neighborhoods: Images
Donald Altschiller and Ruth Thomas, Boston University Libraries.Cities/Buildings Image Database
Meredith L. Clausen, Architectural History Professor, University of Washington. Indexed by nations.Cumulus Image Database. Art History Department, Boston University. BU
Digital Archive of American Architecture
Jeffery Howe, Boston College. Scans of 15,000 slides grouped by century from the 17th to the 20th. Each group can be accessed by location, architect, building type, and style (buttons are at the bottom of the page). Many slides feature Boston Architecture.Great Buildings Collection
Artifice, Inc., publishers of The Great Buildings Collection CD-ROM. Scroll down to "American Architecture Timeline". Building entry includes discussion, bibliography, and architect information.Kidder Smith Slide Archives on American Architecture
Rotch Visual Collections, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Selected images of New England architecture from the Kidder Smith Slide Archive of photographs by G.E. Kidder Smith for his three-volume work, Architecture of the United States: An Illustrated Guide to Notable Buildings, Open to the Public, 1981 (Mugar Reference X NA 705 S578 1981). Site, architects and artists, and geographical indexes.SPIRO
Architecture Visual Resources Library, University of California at Berkeley. Visual online catalog of architectural slides. About 20,000 thumbnail images with descriptions are searchable by Personal Names, Object Titles, Locations, Subject Terms, or Abbreviations. Searches also can be refined by selecting a Period or Topic.
Boston University Programs
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Boston University American and New England Studies Program
Faculty, program, courses, resources.Boston University Department of Art History and Museum Studies
Faculty, resources, newsletter, grants, Art Gallery, events.Boston University Preservation Studies
Description of programs and Links to local and general Web resources.
Guides and Bibliographies
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| Mugar Reserve Z 5941 H67 1975, Micro XZ 5941 F62 |
American Architectural Books:
A List of Books, Portfolios, and Pamphlets on Architecture and
Related Subjects Published in America [from 1775 to] before
1895, by Henry-Russell Hitchcock.
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| XE 159 A37 1995 |
America Preserved: A Checklist
of Historic Buildings, Structures, and Sites. Serves as an index to the collections of the Historic American Buildings Survey/ Historic American Engineering Record in the Library of Congress. Arranged by state. Entries include available documentation, e.g., number of photographs, drawings, field records. Available online by place and by subject. |
| XZ 5942 T82 |
Architectural Preservation in the United States, 1941-1975: A Bibliography of Federal, State, and Local Government Publications, by Richard Tubesing, 1975, 1978. |
| XNA 735 B7 A72 1983 |
Architectural Records in
Boston: A Guide to Architectural Research in Boston, Cambridge,
and Vicinity, ed. Nancy Schrock.
Massachusetts Committee for the Preservation of Architectural Records, Inc. |
| XN 85 J64 1990 |
Art Information: Research
Methods and Resources, by Lois S. Jones.
See Chapter 9: "Architectural Research," Chapter 21: "Special References for Architects", and subject index: "Architects." See also: "Architecture," in Art Information and the Internet: How to Find It, How to Use It," by Lois S. Jones, 1999, pp. 180-184. |
| XZ 5944 U5 F68 |
Bibliography of Early American
Architecture: Writings on Architecture Constructed before 1860
in Eastern and Central United States, by Frank Roos,
Jr.
Most of the citations date from 1900 through the 1940's with fewer from the l950's and 1960's. The bibliography is arranged by region, e.g., New England, then state, and, finally, town or city. There is an extensive index of proper names. |
| Guide to Graduate Degree
Programs in Architectural History in the United States and Canada, by The Society of
Architectural Historians.
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| Mugar Micro Mfiche |
Historic American Buildings
Survey (HABS), 1980.
Photographs and written historical and descriptive data through 1979. Excludes Alaska and Hawaii. Includes Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. In Microform. Online: Built in America. |
| XZ 5941 P35 1973 |
List of Architectural Books
Available in America Before the Revolution, by Helen
Park.
Bibliography of 106 books from before 1700 to 1775 arranged by author. Essay on the books listed. The texts of these books are available on 14 reels of microfilm organized by Park's numbers (Mugar Mfilm Z 5941 R4M Suppl.). |
Indexes to Periodicals and Dissertations
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- America: History and Life, 1964--. BU
- Subject index to articles, book reviews, and dissertations on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Also available in print for the years 1964 to 1999 at Mugar Reference X Z 1201 F64.
- A&HCI (Web of Science: Arts & Humanities Citation Index), 1988--. BU
- Multidisciplinary database covering journal articles. Indexes articles (choose General Search) and references cited in articles (choose Cited Ref Search). Useful for authors who want to find out where their articles have been cited. Can be used to find illustrations in journal articles published from 1988 forward--(choose Cited Ref Search and then either enter artist name--last name and first initial, e.g., picasso p--in Cited Author box or enter title of work of art in Cited Work box). Click Search to find the articles. Note that publication dates of cited works are not limited to the index dates. For 1975-1988, use the print version at Mugar Reference X Z 5937 A795.
- American House Designs: An Index to Popular and Trade Periodicals, 1850-1915, compiled by Margaret Culbertson.
- Architect Index; Index to House Designs; Geographic Index of Architects; Geographic Index to House Designs. Annotated bibliography of periodicals indexed Mugar Reference XNA 7207 C85 1994
- Art Index and Art Index Retrospective, 1929--. BU
- Periodical coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. In addition to articles, Art Abstracts indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Subjects covered include archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, crafts, motion pictures, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, and photography. Also available in print at Mugar Reference XZ 5937 F29.
- ARTBibliographiesMODERN, 1969--.
- Indexes articles, books, exhibition catalogs, and theses on modern art, photography, and design from late 19th century to the present. Also available in print for 1969-2000 at Mugar Reference XZ 5935 L64.
- Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, 1930's--. BU
- Indexes more than 1,000 international periodicals relating to architecture, archeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Coverage from the 1930's (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860's) to the present. Includes indexing for American Architect since 1876, Architectural Forum since 1892, Architectural Record since 1891, and Progressive Architecture since 1920. A standardized architectural vocabulary is published in the Art and Architecture Thesaurus by the Getty Art History Information Program (XZ 695.1 A7 A76 1990). Available in print through 1997 at Mugar Reference XZ 5945 C653 1973
- BHA (Bibliography of the History of Art), 1973--. BU
- Getty Information Institute. Indexes books, journals, dissertations, and exhibition catalogs. Covers Western art, all media, from late antiquity to the present. Includes RILA (International Repertory of the Literature of Art, 1975-1989 Mugar Reference XZ 5937 R15M ), and RAA (Repertoire d'Art et d'Archeologie, 1973-1989; available in print for the years 1910 to 1989 at Mugar Reference XZ 5937 F10). RAA covers late antiquity to the present; excludes Islamic, Far Eastern, and primitive art and archaeology.
- Boston University Libraries Electronic Indexes and Databases
- List of indexes in all subject areas accessible on the World Wide Web and on CD-ROM networks in Mugar Memorial Library and branch libraries. Databases marked BU are available only to students, faculty, and staff of Boston University.
- Dissertation Abstracts, 1861--. BU
- Citations to dissertations accepted for doctoral degrees at accredited North American institutions and more than 200 institutions elsewhere; abstracts are available from 1980 to date. Citations to masters' theses from 1962 to date; abstracts available from 1988 to date. Boston University dissertations published from 1997 to date may be downloaded at no charge. For a subject list of Dissertations in Progress, see the June issue of Art Bulletin BU and the Society of Architectural Historians' Dissertations Underway.
- FRANCIS, 1984--. BU
- Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique. Multidisciplinary, multilingual database with emphasis on humanities and social sciences.
- Index to 19th-Century American Art Periodicals. BU
- Covers nearly all art journals from the 19th century. Indexes entire journal contents--articles, art notes, illustrations, stories, poems, and advertisements. Source of information on popular culture and industry, artists and illustrators, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, architecture and design, exhibitions and sales, decoration, and collecting.
University, Institute, and Public
Library Catalogs
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| XZ 5944 U5 B87 1989 |
Burnham Index to Architectural
Literature, Art Institute of Chicago, 10 vols.
Periodicals and monographs from 1919-1960's with emphasis on Midwestern material. " These indexes provide invaluable access to the literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, especially the publications of The Art Institute of Chicago. " Later material is recorded in the Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Catalog. |
| XZ 5945 C653 1968 |
Catalog of the Avery Architectural
Library of Columbia University, 2d ed, 1968, 19 vols.
and 5 supplements (to 1982).
Single alphabetical arrangement by author, title, subject. The Avery collection is now included and updated in Columbia's library catalog, CLIO. |
| XZ 5945 F14 |
Catalogue of Books Relating
to Architecture, Construction and Decoration in the Public Library
of the City of Boston, 2d ed with an additional section
on city planning, 1914.
Arranged by subject with author and subjects/places indexes. This collection is now included in the general catalog. |
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
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| XNA 705 R669 2001 |
American Architecture: A History, by Leland Roth. |
| XNA 705 W47 1992 |
American Architecture Since
1780: A Guide to the Styles, rev ed, by Marcus Whitten.
Arranged chronologically. See also: Styles and Types of North American Architecture: Social Function and Cultural Expression, by Alan Gowans (NA 703 G69 1992). |
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| XNA 735 B7 S69 1992 |
Boston Society of Architects'
AIA Guide to Boston, 2d ed, by Susan Southworth.
Topographical, arranged by districts and neighborhoods. |
| XLD 514 S34 1985 |
Buildings and Builders:
An Architectural History of Boston University, by Nancy
Salzman.
Descriptive guide presented in five walking tours. Includes annotated index of architects. |
| XNA 31 D55 1996 |
Dictionary of Building Preservation,
ed. Ward Bucher.
From "Aaron's rod" to "Z-section". Limited to pre-WWII terms in common use in the United States and Canada. |
| XNA 705 P3 1995 |
Encyclopedia of American
Architecture, by Robert Packard.
From "Adaptive Use" to "McKim, Mead, and White" to "Zoological Building". Entries include bibliography. |
| XNA 705 R53 1980b |
Field Guide to American
Architecture, by Carole Rifkind.
Arranged by types: residential, ecclesiastical, civic & commercial, utilitarian. Photographs, plans, sections, and elevations. |
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Grove Art Online |
| XCC 135 I585 1995 |
International Dictionary
of Historic Places, ed. Robert Salkin.
Vol. 1: Americas. Arranged alphabetically by site. Entries include photo, essay, and brief bibliography. |
| XNA 712.5 A7 G4 1996 |
National Trust Guide to
Art Deco in America, by David Gebhard.
Arranged by region, then state. Entries include address, architect(s), description, and picture. Separate bibliography for further reading including books and articles. |
| XNA 705 S578 1996 |
Source Book of American
Architecture: 500 Notable Buildings from the 10th Century to
the Present, by George Smith.
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Biographical Sources
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| XNA 736 K7 1989 |
American Architects,
by Les Krantz.
Brief entries on 20th-century award-winning architects. Photographs of their works. No bibliography. Index of architects by specialties. |
| XNA 53 F56 1970 |
American Architects Directory,
3rd ed, by John Gane.
American Institute of Architects members. Brief biographical data. |
American National Biography, includes artists and architects. Also, theme collections.
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| XZ 5944 U5 D6886 1988 |
Architecture and Women:
A Bibliography Documenting Women Architects, Landscape Architects,
Designers, Architectural Critics and Writers, and Women in Related
Fields Working in the United States, by Lamia Doumato.
Covers women of the 19th and 20th century. Arranged alphabetically by name. Each entry provides information on archival materials, primary and secondary works, and citations to exhibition catalogs and reviews. |
| XZ 5941 C64 |
Avery Obituary Index of
Architects and Artists, 1963; and 2d ed 1980.
Newspapers and journals. Mainly American and English, 19th and 20th centuries. Obituaries of artists included until 1960 are not in the 2nd edition. |
| XNA 736 F56 |
Biographical Dictionary
of American Architects (Deceased), by Henry Withey,
1956.
1740-1952. Essays with references, including obituaries. |
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Biography
and Genealogy Master Index A general index for finding information about people in articles, books, and directories. Includes references to American Architects Directory, Contemporary Architects, Encyclopedia of Modern Architecture, etc. |
| XNA 55 B6 B67 1989 |
Boston Architects and Builders
Compiled from the Boston Directory 1789-1846,
by Christopher Hall.
Sponsored by the Massachusetts Commission for the Preservation of Architectural Records (Mass COPAR). Continued by Directory of Boston Architects, 1846-1970, compiled by Mass COPAR (Mugar Reference XNA 55 B6 D5 1984). |
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Brief
Biographies of American Architects Who Died Between 1897 and
1947, Earle G. Shettleworth, Maine Historic Preservation
Commission.
Verbatim transcriptions of 1,200 obituaries published in the American Art Annual and its successor, Who's Who in American Art. |
| XNA 680 C625 1994 |
Contemporary Architects,
ed. Ann Morgan.
International. Arranged by architect (planner, engineer). Each entry includes biographical data; chronological list of works; publications by and about; brief description of style and noteworthy works; photographs of representative works. Some information and illustrations not repeated from earlier editions: 1st ed (1980) includes a number of pre-WWII architects; 2nd ed (1987). |
| XNA 736 2008 |
First American Women Architects, by Sarah Allaback.
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| XNA 680 J628 1997 |
Makers of 20th Century Modern
Architecture: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook, by Donald
Johnson.
Brief biographical entries. Bibliographical headings include writings, biographical, assessment, bibliographical, and archival. Name and place indexes. |
| XNA 40 W48 1977 |
Who's Who in Architecture
from 1400 to the Present , ed. James Richards.
Europe, Americas, British Commonwealth, Japan. Building photographs. |
Illustrations in Books
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| XNA 7205 W34 1996 |
American Shelter: An Illustrated
Encyclopedia of the American Home, by Lester Walker.
Arranged chronologically by style, e.g., Earth Lodge to Space. Bibliography. |
| XNA 2750 B864 2000 |
Elements of Architectural
Design: A Photographic Sourcebook, by Ernest Burden.
Chapters on style, composition, materials, components, forms, e.g., doorways, interlaced arches. |
| XNA 2850 E44 1996 |
Elements of Style. A Practical
Encyclopedia of Interior Architectural Details From 1485
To the Present, rev ed, by Stephen Calloway.
American and British domestic architecture, from Tudor to Post-Modern. Analytical drawings, historic engravings, and photographs describing and detailing thirteen features: woodwork, metalwork, lighting, services, built-in furniture, staircases, kitchen stoves, fireplaces, floors, ceilings, walls, windows, and doors. Essays on American and British vernacular, brief biographies of architects and designers mentioned in text, glossary, directory of American and British suppliers. |
| XNA 7205 M35 1984 |
Field Guide to American
Houses, by Virginia McAlester.
Arranged chronologically by style, e.g., from Folk Houses to Houses Since 1940. Extensively illustrated with photographs and drawings. Bibliography. |
| XNA 7205 P48 1989 |
Old-House Dictionary: An
Illustrated Guide to American Domestic Architecture,
1600-1940, by Steven Phillips.
Terms and definitions with labeled drawings. |
| XNA 680 S517 1991 |
Twentieth Century Architecture:
A Visual History, by Dennis Sharp.
Arranged by year from 1900 to 1989. |
| XNA 31 C44 1995 |
Visual Dictionary of Architecture,
by Francis Ching.
Arranged by architectural detail, e.g, beam, geometry, plaster. Detailed line drawings with features labeled and defined. Index of all terms represented. |
| XNA 202 W67 1991 |
World Architecture Index:
A Guide to Illustrations, by Edward Teague.
References to 7200 architectural works reproduced in 100 books. Indexes: site, architect, type, work. |
| XNA 7205 C27 1994 |
Visual Dictionary of American
Domestic ArchitectureI, by Rachel Carley.
Drawings. From "Native American Dwellings" to "Contemporary Trends". |