Designation

Collection title (click on title for collection guide) & summary

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Richard E. Bishop collection

Records of Richard E. Bishop, architect, Indianapolis (1924-1969)  

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Samuel G. Bartel collection

Drawings and specifications by Samuel G. Bartel, "practical architect," Indianapolis, Farmland, and Muncie (ca. 1895-ca. 1920)  

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Pierre & Wright collection

Records of projects by Edward D. Pierre, Pierre & Wright, and Edward D. Pierre & Associates, architects, Indianapolis (1920-ca. 1961) 

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Daggett collection

Drawings by the Daggett architectural firm, Indianapolis (1893-1973)    

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Allen & Kelly collection

Drawings from the office of Allen & Kelley, J. Lloyd Allen, and Allen & Scholl, architects & engineers, Indianapolis (1937‑1967) plus miscellaneous drawings by other architects (1916-ca. 1940)      

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Lloyd W. Scholl collection

Drawings by Lloyd W. Scholl, architect, Indianapolis and Phoenix, Ariz. (1946-ca. 1978)      

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Kibele & Garrard collection

Records, furniture, and equipment from the architectural practice begun by Cuno Kibele and continued as Kibele & Garrard, Garrard & Keely, and C. W. Garrard, architects, Muncie (1898-ca. 1978)   

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Schuyler N. Nolan collection

Drawings, photographs, and scrapbook material concerning the work of Schuyler Nicholas Nolan, landscape architect, Indianapolis (1939-1973) 

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Trowbridge & Beals collection

Photographs by Raymond W. Trowbridge and Jessie Tarbox Beals, professional photographers, of fashionable suburban houses in northern Illinois and Wisconsin.  Most or all of the houses were designed by Chicago architects Russell S. Walcott, Robert Work, and the firm Walcott & Work (ca. 1923-1936)  

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Vitruvius Britannicus collection

Unbound plates from Vitruvius Britannicus, vols. 3 and 5 (1725, 1771)    

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H. Kay Nicewanner collection

Drawings and specifications for building projects in East Central Indiana and miscellaneous business records from the office of H. Kay Nicewanner, contractor and developer, Muncie (ca. 1915-1971) 

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Richert collection

Architectural drawing exercises by Johannes Richert and Jean Richert, Germany? (1852-1857)

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Compositions Antiques

Engraved plates from Jules Frédéric Bouchet, Compositions antiques: desinées, gravées, et publiées [2d ed.?], ([1851?])       

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William Conner Farm drawings

Drawings by Robert Frost Daggett for Eli Lilly concerning the William Conner Farm in Hamilton County, Indiana, including restoration of the Conner House and construction of a cottage for Mr. Lilly (ca. 1934)   

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Thomas McConnaughey collection

Drawings from the offices of Thomas A. McConnaughey, Hemmert & McConnaughey, McConnaughey & Associates, and McConnaughey & Guy, architects, Hartford City and Marion (ca. 1927-ca. 1971)   

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Wayne M. Weber collection

Documentation of Indiana covered bridges created or collected by Wayne M. Weber, architect and photographer, Terre Haute (ca. 1957-1974) 

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Landplus West collection

Records from the office of Landplus West, landscape architects, Yorktown (ca. 1973-1982)

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Clifford Shopbell collection

Copies of selected drawings from the office of Clifford Shopbell & Co., later Shopbell, Fowler & Thole, architects, Evansville (ca. 1916-1925)  

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Sanborn Electric Co. collection

Drawings from the office of Sanborn Electric Co., electrical contractors, Indianapolis (20th cent. to 1986)     

20-     

Indiana Bridge Co. collection

Drawings, photographs, artifacts, and miscellaneous records from the Indiana Bridge Company, iron and steel fabricators, Muncie (1886-1987) 

21-     

Joseph O. Cezar collection

Drawings for hundreds of building projects, scrapbook material, Christmas cards, and specifications by Joseph O. Cezar, architect, Indianapolis (1930-1986)     

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Ed Gibson & Associates collection

Drawings, renderings, and project manuals from the office of Edwin A. Gibson & Associates, architects, Indianapolis (1960s-1985)    

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Jay C. Bixby collection

Records from Jay C. Bixby, architect, Nevada, Iowa and Vincennes, Ind., and firms with which he was associated:  J. B. McKay, architect, Waterloo, Iowa; John B. Bayard, Vincennes; Bayard, Schucker & Bixby, Vincennes; and Schucker & Bixby, Vincennes (ca. 1910-1965)     
    

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Johnson & Miller collection

Drawings by M. H. Johnson, Jr., Warren D. Miller, the Johnson & Miller partnership, and successor firms (Johnson Miller, & Miller; Johnson, Miller, Miller & Yeager; Miller & Yeager; Miller & Vrydagh; Miller, Vrydagh & Miller; Miller, Miller & Associates; Ewing Miller Associates; Ewing Miller Partnership; Archonics Corporation; and Ewing H. Miller II), architects, Brazil [Ind.], Terre Haute, and Indianapolis (ca. 1908-ca. 1984)      

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Gladys J. Miller collection

Drawings by Gladys J. Miller, architect, Terre Haute (ca. 1950-ca. 1979) 

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Hamilton & Graham collection

Drawings from the architectural firm Houck & Smenner and successors: Houck & Hamilton; Hamilton & Graham; Hamilton, Graham & Hodge; Hamilton, Graham Associates; Hamilton, Graham, Love & Associates; Graham, Love & Taylor; and Graham, Love & Graham; also work by Charles H. Houck and C. E. Hamilton; Muncie (ca. 1910‑1988)  
    

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Werking & Son collection

Architectural records from the office of Charles E. Werking and his son Paul R. Werking, Hagerstown & Richmond (ca. 1904-1941).  Includes projects by C. E. Werking; Mueller & Werking; C. E. Werking & Son; Werking & Son & Fallon; and Werking, Werking, Fallon.  

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McGuire & Shook collection

Selected drawings from the office of McGuire & Shook, architects, Indianapolis (1925-1950)

29-, 29.1-

Beaman collection

Working drawings for architectural projects by Philip C. Gardner, professional engineer (1957), John P. Guyer (1959), Richard E. Beaman & Associates, designers (1961-1969), and Beaman, Guyer & Associates, architects and engineers (1969-1981).

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Sollitt Construction Co.

Architectural working drawings and specifications from the offices of Sollitt Construction Company, contractors, South Bend (1923-1985)    
     

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Marion Cordill collection

Drawings by Marion Cordill, design consultant, Indianapolis (1930s-1980s)

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Strauss collection

Architectural and engineering drawings from the firm founded by A. M. Strauss and continued as A. M. Strauss, Inc.; A. M. Strauss & Associates, Inc.; and Strauss Associates, Inc.; architects, Fort Wayne (ca. 1918-1992)  
    

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David R. Hermansen collection

Office files of David R. Hermansen concerning his career as an architectural educator and advocate of historic preservation, Muncie (ca. 1960-1990)      

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Fran E. Schroeder collection

Selected records from the office of Fran E. Schroeder, architect, Indianapolis (ca. 1927-1968)

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Lester W. Routt collection

Architectural working drawings from the office of Lester W. Routt Associates and predecessor firms, including Sutton & Routt; Lester W. Routt; Lester W. Routt & Associates; and others; Vincennes (189-, 1914, 1930-1974)    

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Daniel B. Young collection

Records concerning projects by Daniel B. Young and his firm Daniel B. Young & Associates, landscape architects, Muncie (1971-1979)   

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Meranda collection

Drawings for more than 100 building projects by Bowers & Meranda; Alden Meranda; Alden Meranda & Associates; and Meranda, Campbell, Meranda & Associates; architects, Indianapolis (1939-1981)       

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Alvin W. Holmes collection

Documentation of covered bridges and other engineering structures, in Indiana and other states, created or collected by Alvin W. Holmes, engineer, Muncie (ca. 1937-1972)

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Indianapolis Parks Department collection

Drawings for Indianapolis parks, parkways, bridges, playgrounds, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the Indianapolis Parks Department dating from about 1898

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Claire Bennett Associates collection

Records from the office of Claire Bennett Associates, landscape architects, Indianapolis

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Wright, Porteous & Lowe collection

Architectural working drawings and presentation drawings for hundreds of projects by Wright, Porteous & Lowe and predecessor firms, Indianapolis (1908 to ca. 1993).  Also a photographic portfolio of completed Wright, Porteous & Lowe projects.  Most of the drawings were produced during the Wright, Porteous & Lowe years (ca. 1962-ca. 1986).  The collection also includes drawings by Vonnegut & Bohn (1908); Vonnegut, Bohn & Mueller (1919-1922); Vonnegut, Wright & Yeager (1947-1949); Vonnegut, Wright & Porteous (1958); and Wright, Porteous & Associates (1960)

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Martindale-Dahlgren-Gibson-Tourney-Kim collection

Architectural working drawings and presentation drawings for nearly 400 projects from the firm founded by John D. Martindale and continued as Martindale & Dahlgren; Martindale & Associates; Martindale, Tourney, Gibson; and Gibson, Tourney, Kim; architects, Fort Wayne (ca. 1947-ca. 1993)

Wilkinson Lumber Co. collection

Drawings of homes, commissioned by or done by employees of the Wilkinson Lumber Co. Indianapolis, IN., ca. 1930s.