Projects

Object Details

Sponsor: Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Collection Citation: Esther McCoy papers, circa 1876-1990, bulk 1938-1989. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Arrangement note: The series is arranged as 8 subseries: 5.1: Dodge House Preservation Campaign, circa 1953-1983 5.2: Grants, 1956-1985 5.3: Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), 1960-1980 5.4: Juries, 1957-1982 5.5: L. A. Art Index, circa 1980 5.6: Preservation Projects, 1965-1980 5.7: Society of Architectural Historians (SAH), 1959-1982 5.8: UCLA, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, 1961-1988

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Scope and Contents note: This series contains McCoy's files on architecture-related projects. Included are records of her participation on juries; applications for grants; work for the Society of Architectural Historians and the Historic American Buildings Survey; and her various projects at the UCLA, School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Also found are files documenting her work on preservation projects, most notably the Dodge House Preservation Campaign.

Collection Restrictions: Use of original papers requires an appointment. Use of audiovisual recordings without access copies requires advance notice.