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	Columbia University Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library URL: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/avery/ ODP description: Subject guides and Internet resources in architecture, archaeology, and the fine arts. Page title: Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library
	Gottscho-Schleisner Collection URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/gottscho/ ODP description: Library of Congress searchable collection of c.29,000 photographs by Samuel Gottscho and William Schleisner 1935-1955 of buildings, interiors, and gardens of renowned architects and interior designers includes many in Greater NY. Page title: Architecture and Interior Design, Gottscho and Schleisner, Photographs (American Memory from the Library of Congress) Page description: The Gottscho-Schleisner Collection is comprised of 29,000 images of architectural subjects, including interiors and exteriors of homes, stores, offices, factories, historic buildings, and other structures. Included are the homes of notable Americans, such as Raymond Loewy, and several U.S. presidents, as well as color images of the 1939-40 New York World's Fair
	Barragan Foundation URL: http://www.barragan-foundation.org/ ODP description: This foundation in Switzerland houses the professional archives of Luis BarragÃ¡n. Page title: Barragan Foundation - The professional Archives of Luis BarragÃ¡n (1902-1988) Page description: The Barragan Foundation takes care of the professional Archives of Mexican architect Luis BarragÃ¡n (1902-1988)
	Lambeth Palace Library URL: http://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org/ ODP description: The historic library of the archbishops of Canterbury, and the principal library and record office for the history of the Church of England.
	International Archive of Women in Architecture URL: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/IAWA/ ODP description: Including biographies, bibliographies, newsletter articles. Page title: International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) at Virginia Tech
	UCal Berkeley CED Documents Collection URL: http://www.ced.berkeley.edu/cedarchives/ ODP description: University of California College of Environmental Design holds architectural drawings, papers and photographs - the work of those who shaped the San Francisco Bay area in the early 20th century. Page title: Environmental Design Archives Home Page Page description: The Environmental Design Archives (formerly CED Documents Collection) collects, preserves and provides access to historical architecture and landscape architecture records, primarily of the San Francisco Bay Region. The archives home page provides the collection's mission statement and contact information.
	Research Materials for Architecture in Metropolitan Washington URL: http://www.lib.umd.edu/Guests/DCARCHres/ ODP description: This directory by the University of Maryland Libraries describes collections of architectural drawings, photographs and papers in various archives, libraries and other repositories.
	Architecture of Wales URL: http://www.llgc.org.uk/ardd/pensaeri/architect.htm ODP description: Collection of architectural drawings, mostly of Welsh structures, held at The National Library of Wales. Page title: The Architecture of Wales - Architectural Drawings in The National Library of Wales
	The Southeastern Architectural Archive URL: http://www.tulane.edu/~lmiller/SEAAHome.html ODP description: This archive at Tulane University is New Orleans' major repository for architectural records. Has cataloged records of more than 120 firms. Opening hours, architects represented, resources. Page title: Southeastern Architectural Archives, Tulane, USA Page description: As New Orleans' oldest, largest, and most comprehensive historical research center, Tulane University's Special Collections encompasses Tulane's Architectural Archives, Jazz Archives, Louisiana Collection, Manuscripts Department, Rare Books, and University Archives.
	Irish Architectural Archive URL: http://www.iarc.ie/ ODP description: A charitable company established in 1976 to collect and preserve the records of Ireland's architectural heritage and make them available to researchers. Page description: The Irish Architectural Archive is a charitable company which was established in 1976 to collect and preserve the records of Ireland's architectural heritage and make those records available to those who wish to consult them.
	Norman Morrison Isham Collection URL: http://home.sprynet.com/~awb02/ham1.htm ODP description: Collection of notebooks, manuscripts, photographs,letters, deeds, inventories and measured drawings pertaining to Isham's study of early New England architecture, held by the Rhode Island Historical Society. Page title: Norman Morrison Isham
	Ball State University URL: http://www.bsu.edu/cap/facilities/archives/ ODP description: The College of Architecture and Planningâ€™s Drawings and Documents Archive preserves and makes available records concerning Indianaâ€™s historic sites and structures and the careers of Hoosier designers. Page title: Drawings and Documents Archive, College of Architecture and Planning Page description: The Ball State University College of Architecture and Planningâs Drawings and Documents Archive preserves and makes available records concerning Indianaâs historic sites and structures and the careers of Hoosier architects, landscape architects, planners, engineers, and builders. The Archive houses more than 50,000 drawings and renderings by practitioners throughout the state, dating from the late 19th century to the present. Some...
	The National Monuments Record URL: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/nmr ODP description: Public archive of English Heritage.Photographs, architectural and archaeological reports, plans and items related to the historic environment of England. Page title: Public Archive (NMR) : Learning & Resources : English Heritage
	Sir Basil Spence Archive Project URL: http://www.basilspence.org.uk/ ODP description: Collates images, videos and commentary on Britain's most celebrated post war architect. The archive was presented to the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland by the Spence family. Page title: Sir Basil Spence Archive Project - Home Page description: The Sir Basil Spence Archive Project collates images, videos and commentary on Britain's most celebrated post war architect.
	Royal Institute of British Architects: Library, Drawings and Archives URL: http://www.architecture.com/Library%20drawings%20and%20photographs/Home.aspx ODP description: Descriptions and online catalogue of the collections including over 650,000 architectural drawings by mainly British architects, over 700,000 manuscripts and archives and more than 650,000 photographs of architecture worldwide. Page title: Home
	Carnegie Mellon Architecture Archives URL: http://www.library.cmu.edu/Research/ArchArch/ ODP description: Aims to document the architects and architecture of Pittsburgh and the tri-state region of western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio and northern West Virginia. Page title: Carnegie Mellon Libaries: Research: ArchArch: Architecture Archives
	Arizona State University Architecture and Environmental Design Archives URL: http://www.asu.edu/lib/arch/libarchives/scindex.html ODP description: Houses archival drawings of nine designers, as well as papers for Litchfield Park and a Solar Energy Collection, in Tempe, Arizona. Page title: ASU Libraries: Architecture & Environmental Design Library Special Collections & Archives
	Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania URL: http://www.design.upenn.edu/archives/archives/ ODP description: Contains the works of more than 400 designers from the 18th century to today, most notably the office drawings, models and papers of Louis I. Kahn, located in Philadelphia.