Verna Cook Shipway papers, 1894-1979.

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Verna Cook Shipway papers, 1894-1979.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20293819

Papers documenting her architectural designs and book production process. The collection includes plans, elevations, photographs, and detail drawings for many of her home designs, as well as measured drawings for furniture details. Includes photographs, paste-ups and some manuscript material related to the production of her books on Mexican residential architecture and interior design. Also includes miscellaneous personal correspondence, travel diaries, sketchbooks, and published articles by Shipway.

13.4 li. ft. (7 archive boxes and 71 oversize folders)

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6997556

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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