Photographs of American architecture and architecture in Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Scotland, and Spain, 1936-1983

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Summary

Creators:
Andrews, Wayne
Abstract:
American and European architectural images totaling four thousand one hundred and eighty-three images (4,183) two thirds of which are of American architecture and the rest European, with a small number of images from Mexico.
Extent:
39.0 linear feet (94 document boxes) and (94 document boxes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Wayne Andrews collection of architectural photographs. Mss 302, Department of Special Collections, University Libraries, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The photographs include American and European architectural images totaling four thousand one hundred eighty-three images (4,183) two thirds of which are of American architecture and the rest European with a small number of images from Mexico.

Digital images of these photographs, plus 13 additional images (total of 4210) can be viewed through ARTStor database accessible via the UCSB Library's website.

Biographical / historical:

Wayne Andrews was born in 1913 and raised in Illinois, graduated from Harvard (1936) and earned a PhD in art history from Columbia University in 1956. He held a succession of positions, and in 1964, accepted a position at Wayne State University, Detroit, as the Archives of American Art Professor. Andrews wrote many books on architecture, focusing primarily on many aspects of American scene. He took photographs wherever he went in the United States and Europe. He retired from Wayne State in 1983, and died in 1987.

Acquisition information:
The UCSB library's collection of Wayne Andrews architectural photographs were acquired through subscription directly from Wayne Andrews by William Treese, first head of the UCSB Arts Library.
Arrangement:

94 boxes of photographs. Photographs are listed by box.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Use of the collection is unrestricted.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Wayne Andrews collection of architectural photographs. Mss 302, Department of Special Collections, University Libraries, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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