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Landmark Report (Vol. 30, No. 3), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Landmark Report (Vol. 30, No. 3), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Landmark Report
Newsletter published by the Landmark Association; this local group advocates the preservation, protection and maintenance of architectural, cultural and archaeological resources in Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky.
Harbison, Robert Glen (Fa 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Harbison, Robert Glen (Fa 160), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid and full-text scan of paper (Click on “Additional Files” below) for Folklife Archives Project 160. This collection contains a paper entitled “The Strange Little Stone House: The History Of The Underwood Home – 1529 State Street,” written by Robert Harbison as a part of a folk studies class at Western Kentucky University in the fall of 1992. Also included is a Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory sheet detailing the Underwood Home.
The Socialist Design: Urban Dilemmas In Postwar Europe And The Soviet Union, Elidor Mehilli
The Socialist Design: Urban Dilemmas In Postwar Europe And The Soviet Union, Elidor Mehilli
Publications and Research
Taking a cue from two books—Stephen Bittner’s account of the “many lives” of the Soviet Thaw and Greg Castillo’s study of the Cold War as a series of battles in design and the domestic sphere—as well as a recent explosion of interest among historians in the Khrushchev era, “spatial history,” material culture, and East–West exchanges, this article addresses the paradoxes of the Thaw as exemplified in urban form. It argues for the interconnected nature of domestic, international, and Eastern bloc- level dynamics by viewing processes of the Thaw simultaneously from the angles of neighborhood, city, and empire. These angles capture …
Landmark Report (Vol. 30, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Landmark Report (Vol. 30, No. 2), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Landmark Report
Newsletter published by the Landmark Association; this local group advocates the preservation, protection and maintenance of architectural, cultural and archaeological resources in Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky.
Moore, Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Mss 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Moore, Mary Elizabeth (Taylor) Leiper, 1885-1973 (Mss 387), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
MSS Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 387. Radio scripts, correspondence, research notes, and newspaper clippings of Kentucky Building director, Mary (Taylor) Leiper Moore. Moore served as director of the Kentucky Building at Western Kentucky University from 1931 to 1956. Also includes articles and speeches written by Moore.
Landmark Report (Vol. 30, No. 1), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Landmark Report (Vol. 30, No. 1), Kentucky Library Research Collections
Landmark Report
Newsletter published by the Landmark Association; this local group advocates the preservation, protection and maintenance of architectural, cultural and archaeological resources in Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky.
The Decagonal Tomb Tower At Maragha And Its Architectural Context: Lines Of Mathematical Thought, Carol Bier
The Decagonal Tomb Tower At Maragha And Its Architectural Context: Lines Of Mathematical Thought, Carol Bier
Carol Bier
No abstract provided.
Russian Architecture Between Anorexia And Bulimia, Vladimir Paperny
Russian Architecture Between Anorexia And Bulimia, Vladimir Paperny
Russian Culture
The Russian visual sensibilities (if there is such thing) are formed by two contrasting influences. On the one hand, there is a natural attraction to decorative surfaces, to richness of colors and shapes. Historians tell us that in the 10 th century Prince Vladimir decided to convert to Christianity mainly because of the visual experience his emissaries had had in Constantinople: “The Greeks led us to the building where they worship their God,” they wrote to the Prince, “and we knew not whether we were in heaven or on earth. For on earth there is no such splendor or such …
Designing A Native American Exhibit, Laurie Buhr
Designing A Native American Exhibit, Laurie Buhr
Historic Preservation Final Projects
No abstract provided.