A. Henry Detweiler papers, [ca. 1924]-1970.

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A. Henry Detweiler papers, [ca. 1924]-1970.

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Papers include student drawings, business and personal correspondence, subject files, account books, diaries, postcards, clippings, notebooks, lecture slides, course material and exams, notes and drafts of articles, reports, printed material concerning Sardis, pamphlets, maps, charts, blueprints, floor plans, and other material pertaining to Detweiler's work at Cornell, the American Schools of Oriental Research, history of architecture, and archaeological field work. Also, approximately 120 condolence letters written to Catharine Bunnell Detweiler after the death of her husband.

20 cubic ft.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Detweiler, Catharine Bunnell.

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American Schools of Oriental Research. Meeting

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Cornell University. College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

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The firm UKZ is made up of former Cornell students. From the description of Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning broadsides, 1952-1986. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64073787 The Preston H. Thomas Memorial Lectures in the Department of Architecture have been given annually since 1976 with funds provided by Leonard and Ruth Thomas of Aurora, N.Y., in memory of their son, Preston, who was a third-year student of architecture at Corn...

Detweiler, A. Henry (Albert Henry), 1906-1970

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Architect, archaeologist, professor of architecture. Albert Henry Detweiler received a bachelor's degree in architecture in 1930 from the University of Pennsylvania. In the early 1930s he became involved with the American Schools of Oriental Research, with which he maintained a lifelong affiliation. He joined the Cornell University faculty in 1939, was appointed associate dean of the College of Architecture in 1956, and as chairman of the Committee on Student Conduct was...

Archaeological Exploration of Sardis (Program)

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Sardis is the capital of Lydia, located in the West of modern Turkey. During the height of its power in the 8th-6th centuries B.C. under the kings Gyges, Alyattes and Croesus, Sardis controlled the area from the Aegean coast to the Persian border. It was subsequently the western capital of the Persian empire and an important Roman center. Excavations at ancient Sardis have been conducted by Harvard and Cornell Universities under the aegis of the American Schools of Oriental Research since 1958. ...