Hugh L. McMath papers, 1928-1977.

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Hugh L. McMath papers, 1928-1977.

The Hugh McMath papers include textual and photographic material primarily documenting his 44-year teaching career in the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin. McMath served as chair from 1946-1948, director from 1948-1950, and acting director from 1953-1954. He held a deep interest in the art and architecture of Mexico and developed courses in pre-Hispanic and Colonial architecture of Mexico and published several monographs on the subject. From 1950 until 1960 he organized an architectural workshop at the Instituto Technologico of Monterrey, Mexico. He also organized "Arctours" to Mexico in 1968, 1969 and 1970 to inspire interest in historic Mexican architecture by touring sites. Funded by a University Research Institute grant, he conducted a photographic survey of architecture in Puebla, Mexico in 1968.

<2> linear ft. of manuscript material, <303> b&w photographs, <10> col. photographs, <54> b&w negatives, <230> slides, <2> watercolors, <12> sheets of original drawings, <2> linoleum printing blocks.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7250819

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McMath, Hugh L., 1904-

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Hugh Lyon McMath was born in Watertown, South Dakota, May 9, 1904. McMath studied engineering and architecture at North Dakota Agricultural College (Fargo, North Dakota) in the 1920s, receiving a bachelor’s of architecture in 1927. He was an instructor in architecture at North Dakota State College from 1927-1928; and at Bradley Polytechnic Institute in Peoria, Illinois from 1928-1929. He arrived in Austin in 1930 to teach at The University of Texas. Subsequently he recei...

Fehr, Arthur, 1904-1969

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Arthur Fehr graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture in 1925. He continued his education, studying in graduate programs at Columbia University, New York University, and the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in New York City. Before returning to Austin, Fehr worked with Kenneth Murchison in New York and Harvey Smith in San Antonio. In the 1930’s, he worked for the National Park Service on the Bastrop State Park Project in Bastrop, Texas, ...

University of Texas at Austin. School of Architecture

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The School of Architecture was established within The University of Texas Engineering Department in 1910, when Dean T. U. Taylor of the Department of Engineering appointed Hugo F. Kuehne as the first faculty member of the School of Architecture. In 1920, the Department of Engineering became the College of Engineering, and the School of Architecture became the Department of Architecture within the College of Engineering. Architecture functioned as a "semiautonomous school" until it was granted fu...