C John, Hurst (1911-1979), Papers, 1946-1979 3850 16.8 linear feet and oversize This collection is available at The State Historical Society of Missouri. If you would like more information, please contact us at
[email protected]. INTRODUCTION Papers of a Columbia, Missouri architect who established the architectural firm of Hurst John and Associates. The papers include client files, correspondence, architectural drawings, blueprints, photographs, and miscellaneous material. DONOR INFORMATION The Hurst John Papers were donated to the University of Missouri by his wife, Martha B. John, on April 26, 1979 (Accession No. 4229). An addition to the papers was made on July 27, 1979 (Accession No. 4243). BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Hurst John was born in Broadway, Missouri, on August 31, 1911, the youngest of the six children of Edward Lee and Ollie (Travis) John. He began his education in the Star Rural School, a log cabin near his home in Maries County. While he was still in elementary school he moved with his family to Columbia, Missouri. Although he began high school in Columbia, he graduated in 1929 from St. James High School in Phelps County. He later attended the University of Missouri from 1930 to 1932. In 1932 he took a job as a maintenance man at Stephens College where he was in daily contact with landscape and construction work. His work at Stephens helped clarify his early ambitions to become a landscape architect. Later, from 1937 to 1940, John worked as a draftsman and apprentice for University of Missouri architecture professor, Harry Satterlee Bill. From 1941 to 1943 he worked as resident architect on the expansion program at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.