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1986 Vol. 30 No. 4 VOL. XXX NO. 4 AUGUST 1986 _ Ufi(JTAS RRmrms UEDUSIBS ~ NEWSLETTER THE SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS SAH NOTICES Wit, Chicago Historical Society. Head­ munication, DePaul University, 2323 1987 Annual Meeting-San Francisco, quarters for the meeting will be The North Seminary Avenue, Chicago, IL California (April 22-26). Richard Betts, Palmer House. 60614-3298 (312/341-8330 or 312/341- University of Illinois, will be general 8663). chairman of the meeting. Dell Upton, 1986 Domestic Tour-Southern Indiana The American Studies Association University of California, Berkeley, will (October 15-19). Thomas Slade and and the Canadian Association for serve as local chairman. Headquarters John Stamper (University of Notre American Studies calls for proposals for for the meeting will be the Sheraton­ Dame) will be co-leaders of this tour. papers, sessions, workshops, panels, etc. Palace Hotel. Announcements have been mailed to for its international convention to be A list of all SAH sessions appeared in the membership, and we urge immedi­ held in New York City Nov. 20-24, the April 1986 Newsletter, with the ate registration for this tour. 1987. The broad theme is "Creating names and addresses of the persons Cultures: Peoples, Objects, Ideas," with who will chair them. Those wishing to 1987 Foreign Tour-Portugal (July 12- emphasis on material culture. Proposals submit papers for the San Francisco 31). Stephanie Maloney, University of incorporating the idea of " New York as meeting are reminded that proposals Louisville, will be the leader of this tour. a gateway to America" are welcome. for papers should be sent directly to The tour will begin in Lisbon, and Deadline for submission: Jan. 15 , 1987. persons chairing specific sessions, and continue on to Cascais, Evora, Castelo Program Committee, Dr. Kenneth papers for open sessions should be sent da Vide, Bucaco, Guimaraes, Espinho Ames, Office of Advanced Studies, directly to the SAH office at 1700 Wal­ and Caldas da Rainha. Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE nut Street, Suite 716, Philadelphia, PA 19735 (302/451-2678). 19103, before the deadline of Sep­ Guide to Graduate Degree Programs in tember 15 , 1986. Architectural History, 1986 edition, CONFERENCES compiled by Dora Wiebenson, Chair­ The American Institute of Architects' The Rosann Berry Annual Meeting Fel­ man of the SAH Education Committee, Design Committee plans a conference lowship. Awarded each year by the is available from the SAH office for on Miami design, Nov. 2-4, called "No SAH to enable a student engaged in $4.25, which includes postage and han­ Earth Tones: Fantasy Architecture of advanced graduate study to attend the dling. Miami." It will be on the subject of how annual meeting of the Society. For the South Florida's architectural form is recipient, the Society will waive all fees Nominating Committee for 1986/1987 derived from fantasy rather than from and charges connected with the meeting Slate. Suggestions and recommenda­ tradition or geography. Call Ravi Wal­ itself, and, in addition, will provide tions to the committee should be sent to don (202/626-7429) AlA, 1735 New reimbursement for travel, lodging and the chairman, Dell Upton, c/o Society York Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. meals directly related to the meeting, of Architectural Historians, 1700 Wal­ 20006. up to a combined total of$500.00. To be nut Street, Suite 716, Philadelphia, PA Reporting on a past conference, we eligible, an applicant must have been a 19103-6085 . Other members of the note that on May 16-17 the College of member of SAH for at least one year committee are Walter Leedy, Geraldine Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, prior to the meeting; be currently en­ Fowle and Mary McLeod. University of Cincinnati, held a confer­ gaged in advanced graduate study ence on The Neo-Classical Interior: (normally beyond the Master's level) CALL FOR PAPERS Color, Space, and Symbol. Speakers that involves some aspect of the history The Midwest Victorian Studies Asso­ included SAH members Damie Still­ of architecture or of one of the fields ciation will meet in Chicago, April 24- man, Bates Lowry, Patrick Snadon, closely allied to it; and apply for the 25, 1987 (note that these dates overlap John Hancock, William Seale and C. M. Fellowship by using the application the SAH meetings in San Francisco). Harris. Regretfully the announcement form that may be secured from the Proposals examining challenges to ac­ was not received in time for previous Executive Secretary, Society of Archi­ cepted standards- social, moral, aes­ publication. tectural Historians, 1700 Walnut Street, thetic, or intellectual- in Victorian Bri­ A symposium Alvar Aalto and Beyond Suite 716, Philadelphia, PA 19103- tain are welcome. The meeting's title is : will be presented by the Craft and Folk 6085. Victoria! Scandals: Decorum and Its Art Museum of Los Angeles, UCLA Enemies. Eight to ten page papers, or Department of Architecture and Urban 1988 Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois two page abstracts should be sent no Planning and the Pacific Design Center, (April 13-17). Richard Betts, University later than Nov. 10, 1986 to Kristine Oct. 10-11, in conjunction with the ex­ of Illinois,r will be general chairman of Ottesen Garrigan, MVSA Executive hibit of Aalto's furniture and glass al­ the meeting. Local chairman is Wim de Secretary, Dept. of English and Com- ready seen at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Reyner Banham, Dayton, Ohio, has a summer-long series The Hill Monastic Manuscript Library Professor of Art History at University of of exhibits called "Citysca pel City­ (including 64,400 microfilms of medi­ California at Santa Cruz, is host and shape." You might be in time for the eval and early modern manuscripts) moderator as well as a speaker on Aug. 7 closing of The Architecture of offers travel and subsistence stipends in bent-ply technology. Janey Bennett, Herman Miller, or Richard Haas' Draw­ musicology and art history. The pro­ Director of the symposium, is a gradu­ ings, Prints, Projects (Aug. 13-Sept. 11), gram is sponsored by the Jerome Foun­ ate student in architecture history. Craft or The Artist Views the City (Sept. 16- dation of St. Paul, Minnesota. Grants and Folk Museum, 5814 Wilshire Bou­ 0ct. 23). for 1 to 4 weeks average $500 and are levard, Los Angeles, CA 90036. intended for younger scholars to con­ FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS duct new and otherwise unfunded re­ Unfunded, but with the offer of a search projects which would use Hill EXHIBITS variety of support services to expedite a Library holdings. Application deadline The June issue of the Newsletter had research project, the Mid-Atlantic Re­ July 1 for grants to be awarded on or an abrupt ending for the item on the gion of the National Park Service, seeks after Aug. 1, and July 1, 1987 for awards National Building Museum's exhibit of students to be "Partners in Research" for the next year. Prof. Julian G. Plante, Ornamental Architecture: A New Terra on various topics pertaining to 25 na­ Exec. Dir., Hill Monastic Manuscript Cotta Vacabulary. It opened on June 25 tional park areas in Pennsylvania, Library, Bush Center, St. John's Uni­ and will continue to Oct. 13, 1986. Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. versity, Collegeville, MN 56321. (1 The drawings of Hugh Ferris were on A catalogue is available describing re­ 612/363-3514). Mark envelope "Appli­ display at the Whitney Museum of search topics in cultural, natural and cation: Jerome Travel Stipends." American Art at the Equitable Center social sciences suitable for masters or The National Endowment for the Hu­ in New York until July 30. The show doctoral work. An example cited is a manities' 20th annual report is now travels to the Walker Art Center, Min­ study to determine an historically ap­ available. It contains brief descriptions neapolis 'Sept. 20-Nov. 8, 1986), The propriate landscaping plan for the of Endowment programs as well as a Art Institute of Chicago (Dec. 2, 1986- Edgar Allan Poe House at Indepen­ complete listing of all grants, entered by Jan. 18, 1987), National Building Mu­ dence National Historical Park. " ... a the division and program in which they seum, Washington, D.C. (Feb. 4-April N a tiona! Park Service research project were funded for fiscal year 1985. Re­ 30, 1987), and Centre Pompidou, Paris gives a scholar an opportunity to pub­ quest your free single copy. NEH 1985 (June-Aug. 1987). lish a contribution in his or her field and Annual Report, Room 409, 1100 Penn­ Benjamin Henry Latrobe's Views of often leads directly to an action by a sylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, Jeffersonian America is an exhibit of resource manager at one of our parks." D.C. 20506, Joy Evans, Public Informa­ watercolors and sketches borrowed To receive a copy of "Partners in Re­ tion Officer (2021786-0438). from the Maryland Historical Society. search," write to the National Park The American Council of Learned The show will be at The Library Com­ Service, Room 303, 143 S. Third St., Societies offers Travel Grants for Hu­ pany of Philadelphia, 1314 Locust St., Philadelphia, PA 19109 (215/597- manists to International Meetings until Oct. 17. 1579). Abroad, funded by the NEH, to persons The Art Institute of Chicago shows The National Humanities Center sup­ reading papers or having a major, offi­ "The Unknown Mies van der Rohe and ports advanced study in history, philos­ cial role in the meeting. Applicants His Disciples of Modernism" from Aug. ophy, literature and other fields of the must hold a Ph.D. or its equivalent, and 22 to Oct. 5. A model of his design for humanities. The fellowships (35-40 be a citizen or permanent resident of Mansion House Square in the City of given annually) are for an academic the U.S.
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