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VT + NHPRC = Access/Preservation Eleanore Pettersen Architectural Archive

VT + NHPRC = Access/Preservation Eleanore Pettersen Architectural Archive. Gail McMillan, Eve Trager, Amy Shaffer Digital Library and Archives, University Libraries Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia State Historical Records Advisory Board

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VT + NHPRC = Access/Preservation Eleanore Pettersen Architectural Archive

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  1. VT + NHPRC = Access/Preservation Eleanore Pettersen Architectural Archive Gail McMillan, Eve Trager, Amy Shaffer Digital Library and Archives, University Libraries Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia State Historical Records Advisory Board Williamsburg May 20, 2005

  2. International Archive of Women in Architecture • 1985 collaboration: University Libraries and College of Architecture and Urban Studies • Women who create our built environment: architects, landscape architects, interior designers, industrial designers, urban planners • Collect, organize, preserve, make accessible • 270 manuscript collections • 600 biographies http://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa/

  3. Eleanore Pettersen, Architect,1941-2001 • Education • Certificate in Architecture, Cooper Union, 1941 (BA Arch 1976) • Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin, 1941-43 • Employment, 1943-51: Defense research, Macy & Co., TVA, Arthur Rigolo • Private firm, 1951-2001: ~600 design projects • First woman • 1951 her own architectural office in NJ • 1965 CU Professional Achievement Citation • 1967 NJ Architectural Award: Single Family Dwelling • 1975 president of NJ Board of Architects • 1986 Regional Director of AIA Board • 1991 elected Fellow of the AIA

  4. Eleanore Pettersen Architectural ArchivePurpose and Goals • 360 cubic feet • 600 architectural projects • From original designs to remodeling • Licensed in CT, GA, MA, ME, NC, NJ, NY • Archivists + Academics + Architects • Sound archival practices • Establish appraisal criteria for digitization • Improve usefulness to classroom teaching/learning • Improve usefulness to remote researchers

  5. Kathryn Albright, VT Assoc. Prof., Chicago, IL Jeanette Bowker, VT Prof Emerita, Interiors Robin Brown, Bergen Co., NJ Historic Preservationist Ron Daniel, VT Prof., Director Euro Center Jack Davis, VT Prof., Assoc. Dean Academic Affairs Beth Dodd, Arch. Historian, U Texas, Austin Donna Dunay, VT Arch. Prof. Kay Edge, VT Asst. Prof., Interior/Arch. Marcia Feuerstein, VT Assoc. Prof, Arch., Arlington, VA Gene Egger, VT Arch. Prof. Steven Hillyer, Director, Cooper Union School of Arch Archive Inge Horton, Arch. historian, researcher, writer, retired CA City Planner Humberto Rodriguez-Camilloni, VT Arch. Prof. Despina Stratagakos, Arch. Historian, Harvard Susanna Torre, author Women in American Architecture Tony Wrenn, AIA Archivist Emeritus Eleanore Pettersen Architectural ArchivePotential Advisory Board to DLA

  6. Eleanore Pettersen Architectural ArchiveSignificance & Relationship to NHPRC Goals & Objectives • Promote the preservation and use of America's documentary heritage. • Digitization to democratize access--help alleviate the tension between access and preservation • Support institutions that promote preservation, dissemination, and use of historical records. • Integrated electronic records freely accessible.

  7. Eleanore Pettersen Architectural ArchivePlan of Work: Aug. 2006-Dec. 2007 • Stage 1: Selection for digitization • Stage 2: Preservation and arrangement (start processing) • Stage 3: Digitizing • Stage 4: Description: metadata for scans • Stage 5: Description: finding aid, project list • Stage 6: Final labeling and storage • Stage 7: Posting data on the web

  8. EPAA Plan of Work: Aug. 2006-Dec. 2007

  9. Eleanore Pettersen Architectural ArchiveResulting Products & Publications • Fully processed, preserved, accessible archive of architectural drawings, blueprints, models, photographs, papers: 360 cu. ft. • Free web access with interconnecting links • ~8500 digital images • EAD finding aid, inventory • MARC bibliographic records • Announcements, publications, presentations • C&RL, SAA, ARLIS, SAH, MARAC, etc.

  10. Eleanore Pettersen Architectural ArchiveLinking Project Outcomes

  11. Eleanore Pettersen Architectural ArchiveKey VT Personnel • Gail McMillan, DLA Director • EPAA Project Director (10%) • Oversight: personnel, budget, digitization • Eve Trager, DLA Scholarly Communications • EPAA Project Manager (15%) • Oversight: timeline, workflow, supplies, expenditures • Products: announcements, survey/analysis, publications • Amy Shaffer, Manuscripts Archivist • EPAA Project Archivist (100%) • Processing, supervising student processors, access points • Archival Assistants (TBH graduate students): processing

  12. Eleanore Pettersen Architectural ArchiveAdditional VT Project Personnel • Jane Wills: DLA Assistant • Digitization liaison and ImageBase metadata supervisor (15%) • Metadata Assistants (TBH students): digital image identifying information (20 hrs/wk) • Kimberli Weeks: DLA Online Editor • EAD, ImageBase metadata (10%) • Gary Worley, Digital Imaging Director • Manage digitization, quality control (10%) • DI staff: scanning (30%) • Carolyn Kletnieks, DLA Technical Director (on call)

  13. Eleanore Pettersen Architectural ArchiveDraft Budget: Aug. 2006 - Dec. 2007

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