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Guide to the Photographs of American architecture and architecture in Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Ireland,
Italy, Mexico, Scotland, and Spain
Mss 302
Mss 302
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Title: Photographs of American architecture and architecture in Austria, Belgium, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico,
Scotland, and Spain
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 302
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
39.0 linear feet
(94 document boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1936-1983
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.
Physical location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Creator:
Andrews, Wayne
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
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.
Wayne Andrews collection of architectural photographs. Mss 302, Department of Special Collections, University Libraries, University
of California, Santa Barbara.
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.
Biography / Administrative History
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
94 boxes of photographs. Photographs are listed by box.
Photographs are desribed by plate number, name of building, location, architect, date, and Andrews Series Number. In many
instances, the listings will include building type and style in parentheses.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Andrews, Wayne
Architecture
Newly cataloged
Photographs