Research Archives The American Institute of Architects Archives Gelman Library Special Collections Research Center: Architecture Collection Gelman Library Special Collections Research Center: Washingtoniana Kiplinger Research Library, The Historical Society of Washington, D.C Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University National Archives: Archival Research Catalog National Archives: Archival Research Center: Washington D.C. Research Materials for Architecture and the Built Environment Located in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. by TopicUniversity of Maryland Art and Architecture Libraries Washingtoniana Division, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library Library of Congress: Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation Fellowship
The Library of Congress offers a fellowship that will help highlight the work of women architects represented in the Library’s collections. The fellowship will be administered by the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF) in New York City. Application requirements and procedures are available on the BWAF Web site: http://www.bwaf.org/applications.html. The fellowship, in the amount of $5,000, will support part-time research at the Library of Congress, which houses one of the largest collections of architectural materials in the world. Specifically, the fellow will work on preparing a detailed prospectus for a guide to the work of women architects represented in the collections of the Library. The prospectus will be the basis of an eventual complete guide that will serve as a component of the Library’s companion piece to the existing “American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women’s History and Culture in the United States” (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/index.html).
All applications and inquiries must be directed to BWAF, not to the Library. For further information, contact director@bwaf.org. The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation works to advance the scholarly study and public recognition of contributions made by women to the architecture professions in the United States during the middle years of the 20th century. To this end, the foundation supports a variety of programs geared to both professional and public audiences. For further information, visit www.bwaf.org. Founded in 1800, the Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution and the largest library in the world, with more than 134 million items in various languages, disciplines and formats. As the world’s largest repository of knowledge and creativity, the Library is a symbol of democracy and the principles on which America was founded. The Library serves the U.S. Congress and the nation, both on-site in its 21 reading rooms on Capitol Hill and through its award-winning Web site at www.loc.gov. Other Resources:
H-DC, Washington, D.C. History and Life, a member of H-Net Humanities & Social Sciences OnLine. H-DC, a refereed, multi- and inter-disciplinary discussion list, provides a means of communication and interaction for those who research, write, read, teach, collect, curate, and preserve Washington, DC history and culture and for those who work in cultural institutions located within DC, regardless of discipline. http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~dclist/ H-DC Local Washington Area Research Locations http://www.h-net.org/~dclist/res_loc.html The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. http://www.historydc.org/
Washington, D.C. Chapter, The American Institute of Architects http://www.aiadc.com/ Other Links of Interest:
National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Seminary Historic District
Forest Glen Section of Walter Reed, Silver Spring, MD This Web site, prepared by Ken Stephens of Operant WebSites, Inc., contains photos and historical information on this endangered district. For more information, contact Save Our Seminary at Forest Glen, www.saveourseminary.org. Residential Architecture of Washington, D.C., and Its Suburbs Prints & Photographs Reading Room, Library of Congress |
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