Primary Source Spotlight: Architecture

Architecture primary source set

Library architecture collections

• American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Architecture & Design
• Architecture, Design, and Engineering Drawings collection
• Brumfield Collection images of the architecture of the Russian North, including Siberia
• Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South collection
• Gottscho-Schleisner Collection U.S. architectural styles and trends
• Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey collections
• Horydczak Collection architecture and social life of Washington D.C.
• “A Handsome Box”: The Adams Building story map
• Surveying the South Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South story map | related blog post

Architect primary source sets

• Daniel Burnham
• Cyrus Eidlitz
• Samuel H. Gottscho and William H. Schleisner
• Benjamin Henry Latrobe
• Frederick Law Olmsted
• Louis H. Sullivan
• Frank Lloyd Wright

Architecture primary source sets

• Empire State Building
• Hippodrome Theater
• Skyscrapers
• Touro Synagogue

Bridge primary source sets

• Brooklyn Bridge
• Williamsburg Bridge
• Golden Gate Bridge

Architecture teaching resources

• Finding the Area and Volume of Buildings Using Architectural Drawings
• Hippodrome Theater guided primary source analysis
• Indian Timothy Memorial Bridge guided primary source analysis
• A Monumental Math Quest: A Math and Architecture WebQuest

Architecture blog posts

• Women Architects and Designers in the HABS/HAER/HALS Collections