UUM_Accn2655.xml Inventory of the Bliss and Campbell architectural drawings Bliss and Campbell architectural drawings Finding aid created by Chelsea Olsen. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections

2015
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-08-06. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Bliss and Campbell architectural drawings Bliss, Robert Lewis, 1921-2018 ACCN 2655 21 folder Map case folders. 1949-1982 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. English .

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.

Information for the Historical Note was obtained from:

http://www.lib.utah.edu/collections/utah-artists/UAP-Robert-Bliss.php http://www.annacampbellbliss.com/resume.html

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.

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.

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

Donated by Robert Bliss in 2012.

Processed by Chelsea Olsen in 2015.

 Bliss, Anna Campbell, 1925-2015--Archives Bliss, Robert Lewis, 1921-2018--Archives Bliss & Campbell Architects--Records and correspondence University of Utah. School of Architecture--Faculty--Archives Minneapolis Institute of Arts--Designs and plans Architecture, Domestic--Utah--Design and Plans Women architects--Utah--Archives Women architects--Minnesota--Archives Architecture--Utah--Designs and plans Architecture--Minnesota--Designs and plans Public architecture--Designs and plans Architecture Architectural drawings (visual works) Educational materials I Anna Campbell artwork 1 Anna Campbell thesis project, Harvard Graduate School of Design and Bliss and Campbell education certificates 1949-1950 2 Competition materials II General items 3

This folder includes the following United States competitions:

Elementary School Kent State Memorial National School Fallout Shelter General items 1982 1963 4

This folder includes the following international competitions:

Hong Kong: The Peak (1982) Sao Paolo, Brazil: Museu de Arte Moderna (1963) Utah projects III Projects 1971-1972 1969 1968 1965 5

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) Midwest and East coast projects IV

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 Apartment building for Mr. and Mrs. Dahlstrom (1907 Franklin Avenue S.E., Minneapolis 14, MN) 1963 6 Projects 1961 1956-1957 1961-1962 7

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) Projects 1957-1958 1964 1967 1959 8

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) Public/private institutional properties Minneapolis Institute of the Arts (201 E. 24th Street, Minneapolis 4, MN) Exhibits, galleries, display units, and casework 1955-1962 9 Floor plans, entrance, lobby, and information and sales desk 1956-1962 10 Print work room, offices, and the President's office 1956 1961 11 Projects 1956 1963 12

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) Residential properties Projects 1958-1960 1959 13

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) Douglas J. Dayton (Moony Lake County Highway 6 and Country Road 99, Orono, MN) 1958-1966 14-15 Mr. and Mrs. Scott Donaldson (Country Road 55, Bloomington, MN) 1962 16 Mr. Frank Dougherty (Rochester, MN) 1962 17 Projects 1953 1959 1960 1957 1962 18

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) Projects 1955 1956-1957 1955 1960 19

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) General projects and designs V Solar Energy Home, Scottsdale Arizona 1957-1958 20 General materials 21