Archive & Notable Collection

Max M. Sandfield was an architect, sculptor, and artist, known for his mid-century modern design. Sandfield’s collection documents his career as a sculptor, architect, as well as his membership and leadership positions in the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Records include photos of Sandfield's sculpture and architecture, project records, meeting minutes, AIA committee notes, and architectural drawings.

Mike Mebane (1908-1997), born and educated in Texas, pursued his architectural career through the early 1970s in Texas, the United States, and in Mexico. Photographs and papers illustrate projects undertaken by Mike Mebane during his architectural career. Record types include, certificates, clippings, photographs, and correspondence.

Natalie de Blois (1921-2013) was active in the field of architecture from 1944 through the 1990s. Her professorship at The University of Texas at Austin spanned from 1980-1993. This collection contains working drawings of projects for which de Blois was designer and the work of students who participated in her studios at The University of Texas School of Architecture (1985-1987, 1989-1993). Record types include architectural drawings and models.

O'Neil Ford (1905-1982) was a prominent architect in the southwestern United States whose work also extended nationally and internationally. The collection demonstrates the origins and practice of Ford's dedication to native architectural forms and hand craftwork, historic preservation, innovative design, and his tireless advocacy of education, particularly in the arts. Papers, plans, photographic prints and negatives, slides, exhibit boards, drawings, and sketches reveal the life and career of the architect.

Peter Oakley Coltman served as an associate professor for the Community and Regional Planning (CRP) program in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin from 1968 until his retirement in 1995. This collection documents Coltman's work as an instructor, his contributions to the development and administration of the CRP program, and his service to the university as a member of various faculty committees.

Blueprints and pencil on trace drawings relate to the business of Petrich-Saur Lumber Company.

Philip Douglas Creer (1903-1993), educated in Pennsylvania, was head of the Department of Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design for twenty-three years before serving as dean of the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin from 1956 to 1967. The collection contains Creer’s personal, professional, and faculty papers. Record types include architectural drawings, photographs, correspondence, and project records.

Architect and engineer Preston Geren (1891-1969) established his architecture firm in 1934 and worked in Fort Worth and throughout Texas on a variety of building types - schools, universities and colleges, office buildings, public housing projects, and defense facilities. Born in Sherman, Texas, he received a degree in architectural engineering from A&M College of Texas (1912), taught at Oklahoma A&M (1921-1923), and was employed as chief engineer at the Fort Worth firm of Sanguinet, Staats and Hedrick from 1923 to 1934.

Photographs and clippings representing architectural works in the Chicago area designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and William E. Drummond for Avery and Queene Ferry Coonley comprise this collection. Works represented in the collection are: Avery Coonley House (1906-09), Avery Coonley Gardener's Cottage (1911) and Coonley Playhouse (1912) by Frank Lloyd Wright; Thorncroft (1911), and the Brookfield Kindergarten (1911), by William E. Drummond; and the Teacher's Cottage (1913) by Guenzel and Drummond. Included are architectural photographs ca.

Ralph Cameron (1892-1970) practiced both commercial and residential architecture in San Antonio and was instrumental in establishing the Texas Society of Architects. Personal papers, day books, office files, job files, specifications, photographs, and drawings chronicle the architectural work of Ralph Cameron from 1914-1970.