John Gaw Meem Miscellaneous Perspectives, 1925-1961
File — Stack: 3, Drawer: 3-10
Identifier: Job Number multiple
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The John Gaw Meem Drawings and Plans consists of architectural drawings, including floor plans, elevations, preliminary sketches, site surveys, and some details and perspectives. Designs for residences, churches, school buildings, and commercial structures are included, many of them fashioned in the Pueblo Revival and Territorial Styles that are popular in the Southwest. Among the projects are the Library and Administration buildings at the University of New Mexico, both Public Works Administration projects from the early 1930s. The majority of the projects represented in the collection are for buildings in New Mexico, but a few are located in Colorado, most notably the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. A few projects that were in preliminary stages when Meem left the firm, Meem, Holien, Buckley and Associates were completed by Holien and Buckley and are included with the Meem drawings and plans. Also includes drawings and plans designed by the various partners of Meem; Cassius McCormick, Hugo Zehner, Edward O. Holien, and William R. Buckley
Dates
- 1925-1961
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 50 drawers (12 lin. ft.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: Undetermined
General
Study for a proposed commercial building: Drawer 5
Sketch of a cathedral alter: Drawer 5
Store building: Drawer 6
St. James Church: Drawer 6
Proposed Little Theater and Concert Hall for Santa Fe: Drawer 6
Civil War housing in Arizona: Drawer 8
Street 1928, study of a church: Drawer 10
Pueblo style church: Drawer 10
State of New Mexico office building proposal: Drawer 10
John Gaw Meem student perspectives (2): Drawer 10
Sketch of a cathedral alter: Drawer 5
Store building: Drawer 6
St. James Church: Drawer 6
Proposed Little Theater and Concert Hall for Santa Fe: Drawer 6
Civil War housing in Arizona: Drawer 8
Street 1928, study of a church: Drawer 10
Pueblo style church: Drawer 10
State of New Mexico office building proposal: Drawer 10
John Gaw Meem student perspectives (2): Drawer 10
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu