Archive & Notable Collection

William Storrer (1936- ) is an educator and a noted scholar of the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The Storrer papers include manuscript, research and reference materials. The collection consists of photographic prints, slides, drawings, papers, books and periodicals primarily relating to all editions of his definitive publications: The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Complete Catalog; The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright: A Guide to Extant Structures; The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion; and FLlW Update.

William Clayton Barbee, an architect and educator, became the principal architect at Barbee Architects, Inc., an interior architecture and preservation firm practicing in Austin, Texas. The majority of the collection reflects Barbee's early architectural research in areas of historic architecture and interiors between 1976 and 1999. Materials include detailed photographic documentation of historic Texas homes restorations, HABS documentation of New Mexico sites, as well as representative works from his professional practice.

William P. (Bill) Hersey and John Kyrk worked together as architectural illustrators from the early 1970s until Hersey's death in 1989. Based in California, the two traveled across the United States, often in a Volkswagen bus they operated as a mobile studio, producing contracted renderings for architects, firms, and developers. In addition to architectural drawings, the collection includes other visual material like travel sketches and botanical illustrations, fliers, rubbings, and wood engravings as well as manuscript ephemera such as diary snippets, printed parables, and poetry.

William Norton Bonham was an architect who established his own practice until joining Pan American World Airways as director of architecture for Inter-Continental Hotels. Bonham later founded and built the San Antonio-based Diversified Design Disciplines/International (3D/I) into a major firm and established an international consulting practice. The William Bonham collection documents the 1981 international conference that 3D/I organized on architecture and its influence.

The Winedale Institute in Historic Preservation collection consists of records from the Winedale Institute in Historic Preservation, a program operated by The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture located at the Winedale Historical Center in Fayette County, Texas. The collection also includes some administrative material from the Winedale Historic Site, an outdoor museum and study center dedicated to Texas history.

Dallas architects Marion Fooshee (1888-1956) and James Cheek (1895-1970) were known for their residential work that reflected extensive study of vernacular architecture in Spain, Mexico and southern California. Foshee and Cheek designed Highland Park Village in 1931, a complex of buildings that became the first self-contained shopping center in the country. Correspondence, shop drawings, specifications, promotional brochures and drawings document Fooshee and Cheek's work at Highland Park Village in Dallas, Texas (1930-1955).

Colleagues Buie Harwood and Anna Brightman were University of Texas at Austin faculty, researchers, and expert consultants in historic interior design. The collection focuses on Harwood’s research in interior decorative painting and Brightman’s restoration of the Winedale Historic Site in Round Top, Texas. Record types include site surveys, slides, published articles, books, and scans.

The Anthony Alofsin Archive consists of the manuscript and printed materials, drawings, photographic and digital materials, and artifacts that document Alofsin's personal life and his career as scholar, architect, and professor.

Fehr and Granger was an award-winning architectural firm founded by University of Texas at Austin graduates Arthur Fehr (1904-1969) and Charles Granger (1913-1966) in 1946. Photographs, drawings, and papers document travel and the design and construction process of the firm's architectural projects. 

Jimmy James Harvey Scoggins was a Texas architect who practiced in the North Texas region as well as California. The collection includes architectural drawings, photographs, specifications, brochures, and clippings that document the architectural practice of Jim Scoggins.