Oral history interview of Charles William Smith by Robert C. Light, 1973 November 14.

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Oral history interview of Charles William Smith by Robert C. Light, 1973 November 14.

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Smith briefly relates his academic career before returning to Charlottesville; designing Gilmer Hall mural; lengthy discussion of planned Rotunda restoration; briefly describes University in 1911; disapproval of Newcomb Hall architecturally; Colgate Darden; extra in summer theatre plays, cast of one production included Charles Coburn; serpentine walls too high in garden restorations; critical comments on architecture and appearance of other University buildings including Ruffner Hall; selection and deselection of Louis Kahn as architect for Campbell Hall; approves new chemistry building for which he did color scheme; Edward Campbell and the Bayly Museum, paperweight collection in Bayly Museum; refuses to comment on Edgar Shannon, and Colgate Darden as a more substantial person.

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Louis I. Kahn was born in Estonia and raised in Philadelphia. He was trained in architecture in the Beaux-Arts tradition at the University of Pennsylvania under Paul Philippe Cret. As a mature architect, Kahn was distinguished from his contemporaries (in a period dominated by the International Style) by his unique personal philosophy of architecture and a style marked by a profound sense of history and pure geometry in design and the texture of materials in construction. His legacy is as much in...

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Charles Coburn (1877-1961) a character actor and Georgia native, enjoyed a lengthy career on stage, screen, and radio that reached its height in the 1940s and 1950s, when he was in his sixties and seventies. From the description of Charles Coburn signed documents, 1940-1941. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 319689627 Charles Douville Coburn (1877-1961), Georgia-born stage and screen actor, manager, director, and producer. Coburn founded the Mohawk Drama Festival ...

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Light, Robert C. (Robert Chambliss)

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