A Guide to the Rudolph Weaver Architectural Records
Finding aid prepared by Dept. Staff
University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
March 2005
Descriptive Summary |
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| Provenance: | Weaver, Rudolph, 1880-1944 | |
| Title: | Rudolph Weaver Architectural Records | |
| Dates: | ca. 1920-1940 | |
| Abstract: | Technical drawings, plans, photographs, and sketches of academic buildings, private residences and commercial structures. | |
| Extent: | 4 Boxes | |
| Identification: | Manuscript Collection 40 | |
Biographical/Historical Note
Rudolph Weaver was the Architect to the Florida Board of Control as well as the first director of the School of Architecture at the University of Florida. He taught at the University of Illinois and the University of Idaho prior to coming to Florida in 1925. He received his Diploma in Architecture from Drexel Institute in Philadelphia, Pa. and the Gold Prize in June 1905. In June 1919 he received a B.S. in Engineering from Drexel Institute. He studied at the Beaux-Arts Atelier Hambostle (1909) and Harvard University (1925).
Rudolph Weaver designed many buildings for a number of educational institutions, including the State College of Washington, the University of Idaho, the University of Florida, the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College (Florida A and M), and Florida State College for Women. He also designed the Florida State Road Department Building.
Scope and Content
His papers include some correspondence. But most of the collection consists of technical drawings, blueprints, photographs, and sketches for buildings at the State College of Washington and the University of Idaho as well as private residences and other miscellaneous structures.
The collection also includes a series of drawings and sketches of a variety of lighting fixtures (a total of 79 pieces of paper with vending). Most of those have no identification, but some were intended for the Music Building and a dormitory at Florida State College for Women and the Infirmary and Auditorium of the University of Florida.
Access or Use Restrictions
Access
Collection is open for research.
Related Material
Weaver's work with the Florida Board of Control is documented in Series 75 of the University Archives Public Records Collection.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Rudolph Weaver Architectural Records, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Contents List
Selected Subjects and Access Points |
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| The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog: | ||
| Organizations: | ||
| University of Idaho -- Buildings -- Designs and plans. | ||
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -- Buildings -- Designs and plans. | ||
| Washington State University -- Buildings -- Designs and plans. | ||
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