Bliss and Campbell architectural drawings

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Bliss, Robert Lewis, 1921-2018
Title: Bliss and Campbell architectural drawings
Dates: 1949-1982 (inclusive)
19491982
Quantity: 21 folder : Map case folders.
Collection Number: ACCN 2655
Summary: The Bliss and Campbell architectural drawings (1949-1982) contain artwork, certificates, and architectural drawings. Their architectural drawings consist of commercial, public/private institutional properties, and residential properties. The majority of projects are located in the Midwest, specifically Minnesota with select properties in Michigan and Wisconsin and one project on the East Coast in Massachusetts. The remainder of their projects are located in Utah.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Historical Note

Robert Bliss attended Black Mountain College and earned a bachelor's degree from MIT in 1949. Anna Campbell Bliss earned her bachelor's in Art History and Mathematics from Wellesy College in 1946 and a master's in Architecture from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 1950. Robert Bliss and Anna Campbell practiced architecture in Minneapolis, Minnesota before moving their architecture firm to Salt Lake City. They have been heavily involved with the Art community in Utah. Anna Campbell has served on the boards of the Reperatory Dance Theatre, the Salt Lake City Design Board and Utah Arts Council committees, the Restoration Board for the Cathedral of the Madeleine, and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts Advisory Board. At the University of Utah, Robert Bliss has served as chairman of the department of architecture, dean of the graduate school of architecture, and full professor in the Graduate School of Architecture before retiring as professor emeritus.

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Content Description

The Bliss and Campbell architectural drawings contain artwork, education certificates, architectural competition materials, and architectural drawings. Their architectural drawings consist of commercial, public/private institutional properties, and residential properties. The majority of projects are located in the Midwest, specifically Minnesota with select properties in Michigan and Wisconsin and one project on the East Coast in Massachusetts. The remainder of their projects are located in Utah.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The collection has been arranged into five series: Educational Materials, Competitions, Utah Projects, Midwest and East Coast Projects, and General Projects and Designs. Within each series projects have been arranged alphabetically by organization or last name.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Robert Bliss in 2012.

Processing Note

Processed by Chelsea Olsen in 2015.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

I: Educational materials
- Description: Anna Campbell artwork
  
  Container: Map case folder 1
  
  Location: I: Educational materials
- Description: Anna Campbell thesis project, Harvard Graduate School of Design and Bliss and Campbell education certificates
  
  Dates: 1949-1950
  
  Container: Map case folder 2
  
  Location: I: Educational materials
II: Competition materials
- Description: General items
  This folder includes the following United States competitions:
  - Elementary School
  - Kent State Memorial
  - National School Fallout Shelter
  Container: Map case folder 3
  
  Location: II: Competition materials
- Description: General items
  This folder includes the following international competitions:
  - Hong Kong: The Peak (1982 )
  - Sao Paolo, Brazil: Museu de Arte Moderna (1963 )
  Dates: 1982; 1963
  
  Container: Map case folder 4
  
  Location: II: Competition materials
III: Utah projects
- Description: Projects
  This folder contains the following projects:
  - W.H. Roberson residence (Summit Park, UT) (1971-1972 )
  - Mr. and Mrs. Dean Withrow residence (519 Northmont Way, SLC, UT) (1969 )
  - Fort Douglas Country Club art auction layout, SLAC (1968 )
  - Snowbird Resort (Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT)
  - University of Utah Student Union Gallery (1965 )
  Dates: 1971-1972; 1969; 1968; 1965
  
  Container: Map case folder 5
  
  Location: III: Utah projects
IV: Midwest and East coast projects

The majority of these properties are located in Minnesota and other Midwestern states with the exception of the Oakwood School which is located in Massachusetts.
- Commercial properties
  - Description: Apartment building for Mr. and Mrs. Dahlstrom (1907 Franklin Avenue S.E., Minneapolis 14, MN)
    
    Dates: 1963
    
    Container: Map case folder 6
    
    Location: IV: Midwest and East coast projects / Commercial properties
  - Description: Projects
    This folder includes the following projects:
    
    Creamette Company (1961 )
    
    Lake Breeze Motel (Eagle Harbor, MI) (1956-1957 )
    
    Potts Nursing Home (2644 Aldrich Avenue S., MN) (1961-1962 )
    Dates: 1961; 1956-1957; 1961-1962
    
    Container: Map case folder 7
    
    Location: IV: Midwest and East coast projects / Commercial properties
  - Description: Projects
    This folder includes the following projects:
    
    Stillwater Clinic (Orleans and 6th Avenue So., Stillwater, MN) (1957-1958 ) (1964 ) (1967 )
    
    Sunset Development Company (Waconia, MN) (1959 )
    Dates: 1957-1958; 1964; 1967; 1959
    
    Container: Map case folder 8
    
    Location: IV: Midwest and East coast projects / Commercial properties
- Public/private institutional properties
  - Minneapolis Institute of the Arts (201 E. 24th Street, Minneapolis 4, MN)
    - Description: Exhibits, galleries, display units, and casework
      
      Dates: 1955-1962
      
      Container: Map case folder 9
      
      Location: IV: Midwest and East coast projects / Public/private institutional properties / Minneapolis Institute of the Arts (201 E. 24th Street, Minneapolis 4, MN)
    - Description: Floor plans, entrance, lobby, and information and sales desk
      
      Dates: 1956-1962
      
      Container: Map case folder 10
      
      Location: IV: Midwest and East coast projects / Public/private institutional properties / Minneapolis Institute of the Arts (201 E. 24th Street, Minneapolis 4, MN)
    - Description: Print work room, offices, and the President's office
      
      Dates: 1956; 1961
      
      Container: Map case folder 11
      
      Location: IV: Midwest and East coast projects / Public/private institutional properties / Minneapolis Institute of the Arts (201 E. 24th Street, Minneapolis 4, MN)
  - Description: Projects
    This folder includes the following projects:
    
    Newman Center (1701 University Avenue S.E. Minneapolis 14, MN)
    
    Oak Street School (MA)
    
    University of Minnesota Mechanics Engineering Department exhibition area (MN) (1956 )
    
    Walker Art Center (1710 Lyndale Avenue S Minneapolis 3, MN) (1963 )
    Dates: 1956; 1963
    
    Container: Map case folder 12
    
    Location: IV: Midwest and East coast projects / Public/private institutional properties
- Residential properties
  - Description: Projects
    This folder includes the following projects:
    
    Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Bowen (Sherwood Forest Addition, Minnetonka Village, MN) (1958-1960 )
    
    Mr. and Mrs. John Dalrymple (MN) (1959 )
    Dates: 1958-1960; 1959
    
    Container: Map case folder 13
    
    Location: IV: Midwest and East coast projects / Residential properties
  - Description: Douglas J. Dayton (Moony Lake County Highway 6 and Country Road 99, Orono, MN)
    
    Dates: 1958-1966
    
    Container: Map case folder 14-15
    
    Location: IV: Midwest and East coast projects / Residential properties
  - Description: Mr. and Mrs. Scott Donaldson (Country Road 55, Bloomington, MN)
    
    Dates: 1962
    
    Container: Map case folder 16
    
    Location: IV: Midwest and East coast projects / Residential properties
  - Description: Mr. Frank Dougherty (Rochester, MN)
    
    Dates: 1962
    
    Container: Map case folder 17
    
    Location: IV: Midwest and East coast projects / Residential properties
  - Description: Projects
    This folder includes the following projects:
    
    Dr. and Mrs. Jensen (Stillwater, MN) (1953 )
    
    Mrs. Carl Jones Pavillion (Ferndale Wayzata, MN) (1959 )
    
    Waring Jones Work House (452 S. Ferndale Ave, Wayzata, MN) (1960 )
    
    H. Fred Koeper (Excelsior, MN) (1957 )
    
    Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Rea (1908 Girard Avenue, MN) (1962 )
    Dates: 1953; 1959; 1960; 1957; 1962
    
    Container: Map case folder 18
    
    Location: IV: Midwest and East coast projects / Residential properties
  - Description: Projects
    This folder includes the following projects:
    
    Lou Saffer
    
    Mr. and Mrs. George Segzer (1917 East River Drive, Minneapolis, MN) (1955 )
    
    Mr. and Mrs. James E. Slocum (Maplewood, Lake Minnetonka, MN) (1956-1957 )
    
    R.F. Tuve (Valentine Court, Ramsy County, MN) (1955 )
    
    Crane Winton Cabin (Sandcreek, Lewis, WI) (1960 )
    Dates: 1955; 1956-1957; 1955; 1960
    
    Container: Map case folder 19
    
    Location: IV: Midwest and East coast projects / Residential properties
V: General projects and designs
- Description: Solar Energy Home, Scottsdale Arizona
  
  Dates: 1957-1958
  
  Container: Map case folder 20
  
  Location: V: General projects and designs
- Description: General materials
  
  Container: Map case folder 21
  
  Location: V: General projects and designs

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Subject Terms

Architecture, Domestic--Utah--Design and Plans
Architecture--Minnesota--Designs and plans
Architecture--Utah--Designs and plans
Public architecture--Designs and plans
Women architects--Minnesota--Archives
Women architects--Utah--Archives

Personal Names

Bliss, Anna Campbell, 1925-2015--Archives
Bliss, Robert Lewis, 1921-2018--Archives

Corporate Names

Bliss & Campbell Architects--Records and correspondence
Minneapolis Institute of Arts--Designs and plans
University of Utah. School of Architecture--Faculty--Archives

Form or Genre Terms

Architectural drawings (visual works)

Bliss and Campbell architectural drawings, 1949-1982

Table of Contents

Overview of the Collection

Historical Note

Content Description

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Preferred Citation

Administrative Information

Arrangement

Acquisition Information

Processing Note

Detailed Description of the Collection

I: Educational materials

II: Competition materials

III: Utah projects

IV: Midwest and East coast projects

Commercial properties

Public/private institutional properties

Minneapolis Institute of the Arts (201 E. 24th Street, Minneapolis 4, MN)

Residential properties

V: General projects and designs

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Subject Terms

Personal Names

Corporate Names

Form or Genre Terms