George R. Collins archive of Catalan art and architecture, 1864-1992.

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George R. Collins archive of Catalan art and architecture, 1864-1992.

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The collection includes papers, photographs and realia collected by scholar and professor George R. Collins regarding architect Antoni Gaudi i Cornet, the Catalan Modernismo movement, and Catalan art, architecture and culture. It also includes research materials used in Collins' work as an educator, lecturer and author of many works including the only existing catalog raisonné of Gaudi's drawings, The designs and drawings of Antonio Gaudi.

131 boxes (71 linear feet), 4 portfolios, 11 oversize portfolios, 1 rolled tube, flatfiles.

Aurora University, Phillips Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8331827

Aurora University, Phillips Library

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