naa125 Guide to Minnesota Architecture collection Archives Staff University of Minnesota Libraries undated
University of Minnesota Libraries Minneapolis, MN 55455
EAD encoding by Karen Spilman, June 2005 English Gebhard, David and Martinson, Tom, 1944- Guide to Minnesota Architecture collection circa 1970s University of Minnesota Libraries. Northwest Architectural Archives, Manuscripts Division [naa] 10 boxes Collection contains book materials used in the preparation of the book A Guide to the Architecture of Minnesota. N 125 English Mezzanine Administrative Information Restrictions on Access

Available for use in the Manuscripts Division reading room. Advance notice is requested.

 Restrictions on Use

There are no restrictions on the use of materials in this collection. Copies can be requested if the condition of the originals warrants it.

Preferred Citation

Guide to Minnesota Architecture collection (N 125), Northwest Architectural Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis.

 Biographical Note

Dr. David Gebhard (1927-1996) was an architectural historian and Professor in the History of Art and Architecture Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). He was the author of numerous works on architectural history, especially relating to California, including: A Guide to Architecture in Southern California (1965) with Robert Winter, L.A. in the Thirties, 1931-1941 (1975) with Harriette Von Breton, Santa Barbara Crosstown Freeway Historical Properties Inventory (1976), A Guide to Architecture in San Francisco & Northern California, A Guide to Architecture in Los Angeles & Southern California (1977), and Santa Barbara: The Creation of a New Spain in America (1982). He also authored guides to a number of exhibitions; most of these are held in the UCSB Arts Library Art Exhibition Catalog Collection.

Tom Martinson served as a planning consultant and was the former national director of the Society of Architectural Historians.

 Scope and Content Note

Collection contains book materials, including photocopies, research notes and photographs, used in the preparation of the book A Guide to the Architecture of Minnesota, by David Gebhard and Tom Martinson, published in 1977.

Additional Finding Aid

An unpublished finding aid with detailed contents is available in the Manuscripts Division.

 Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Architecture -- Minnesota -- History -- Sources <emph render="italic">A Guide to the Architecture of Minnesota</emph>