Willard Bethurem Robinson papers, 1955-1991.

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Willard Bethurem Robinson papers, 1955-1991.

The collection contains materials related to Robinson's publications, his unpublished manuscript on the architecture of higher education buildings and the cultural and academic exchange program he developed for Texas Tech University with the University of Guanajuato, Mexico, to study the architectural influences in both countries. Correspondence folders begin in 1967 and end April 1991. There are numerous photographs and drawings of American forts, public buildings, colleges and universities in the United States, and residential and houses of worship in Texas and the Southwest. Architectural histories of many of these buildings are also included in the collection.

26 cubic ft. (57 boxes)

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Robinson, Willard Bethurem, 1935-

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Architectural historian, architect and author. Authority on Texas architectural history. Born in 1935 in Sheridan, Wyoming. B. Arch, Montana State University (1958) M. Arch from Rice University (1960). Member of the Architecture faculty at Texas Tech University (1963-1991). Instrumental in the establishment of the Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech University. Author of four books including "Gone From Texas: Our Lost Architectural Heritage" and "The People's Architecture: Texas Courthouses, ...