Mirza Dickel Photographs Collection, 1960s-1990s
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Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Mirza Dickel Photographs Collection
- Dates:
- 1960s-1990s
- Creators:
- Mirza Dickel Society of Architectural Historians
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 1.5 linear feet
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Mirza Dickel Photographs Collection. UC Riverside, Department of the History of Art, Visual Resources Collection
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Mirza Dickel Photographs Collection is a comprised of two main categories of slide film. First, 2281 35mm slides representing her domestic and international travel from the 1960s through the 1990s with a small selection from 2002. In some instances, the photographs were taken while participating in Society of Architectural Historians Study Tours, other photographs represent her personal research of the built environment. Some personal family photos are interspersed among photographs of architectural works. Second, the collection consists 388 color stereoscopic slides most of which capture architecture in England, France, Italy, Greece, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. Additional unlabeled photographs of vernacular architecture appear to be from the United States, Europe and Latin America. A percentage of photographs also show Dickel’s interest in botanical and garden landscaping. Some miscellaneous vacation photographs can be found as well.
- Biographical / historical:
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Mirza Dickel (1922-2012) was an interior designer of the pacific northwest and was renowned for her Pacific Coast-inspired sense of Modernism in contemporary interior design. She was an early advocate for restoring historic homes and worked on many throughout her career. She joined the Society of Architectural Historians and served as the Northern Pacific Coast chapter president from 1980-1982. She then served on the board of directors at the national level from 1982-1984. In 2009, Dickel and her husband were honored with the Marion Dean Ross Service Award. Dickel was also the president of the Portland chapter of the American Institute of Designers. Initial processing of this collection was undertaken as part of a NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Program grant. The project was designed to build on a problem identified by the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) in 2013, dubbed the Color Film Emergency Project (CFEP). The CFEP emerged from the realization that numerous and valuable 35mm slide collections created and amassed by architects, scholars, preservationists, design practitioners and photographers of the built environment are threatened with loss, neglect, destruction, and environmental damage. The grant was a collaborative effort between the SAH, the University of California, Riverside, and the University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Acquisition information:
- The collection was gifted to the Society of Architectural Historians by Paul T. Dickel in 2022. The collection was delivered to the Visual Resource Center (VRC) at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) from the Society of Architectural Historians in the Summer of 2022. As a whole, the collection has been received as part of the Color Film Emergency Project and is on long-term loan from the SAH.
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1960s-1990s
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Access is restricted to materials prepared by the Visual Resources staff. All materials must be viewed in the Visual Resources Collection (VRC), ARTS 329 and may not be removed to another area without permission of Visual Resources Curator or designee. Materials must be handled carefully and kept in order. Materials must not be leaned upon, altered, folded, ripped, or traced upon. Marks may not be added or erased from materials. Materials must be returned directly to Visual Resources staff and inspected before the researcher leaves the VRC.
- Terms of access:
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All property rights and interests, including intellectual property rights, in the physical collection have been transferred to the Society of Architectural Historians. However, the subject content contained in the collection may include rights held by third-parties. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine if additional copyright holders exist and if additional clearances are necessary. Permission to publish is not required. However, permission to publish does not constitute a copyright clearance. The researcher is the sole responsible party for determining further copyright restrictions. The Visual Resource Collection, the Department of the History of Art, the University of California, and the Society of Architectural Historians are not responsible for the misuse of copyrighted material.
- Preferred citation:
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Mirza Dickel Photographs Collection. UC Riverside, Department of the History of Art, Visual Resources Collection
- Location of this collection:
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900 University AvenueRiverside, CA 92521, US
- Contact:
- (951) 827-2697