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Woodrow W. Wilkins
Archives of Architectural Records
The Wilkins Archives collects, preserves, catalogs and makes available for research the graphic and written records of the built envionment of South Florida. These records include drawings, photographic material, office and project files, models and architectural fragments pertaining to significant individual buildings and to prominent architects and architectural firms.
The Wilkins Archives is housed and administered within the Research Center of the Historical Museum of Southern Florida.
Woodrow W. Wilkins
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"Woody" Wilkins was a professor of Architecture and Planning at the University of Miami. His primary field of interest was historic architecture, which led him to job assignments with the National Park Service in St. Thomas (Virgin Islands) and with the Historic American Building Survey. The Wilkins Archives was named in recognition of his contributions to the study of historic architecture. |
Collections
Walter DeGarmo Architectural Drawings
Mission Revival and Mediterranean Revival designs for residences and buildings in Miami-Dade County and South Florida, 1906-1950 (bulk 1906-1926).
Kiehnel and Elliott Architectural Drawings
Some of Richard Kiehnel's designs for Miami Beach, Miami, and Coral Gables buildings, 1925-1943 (bulk 1938-1941).
Marion Manley Architectural Drawings and Papers
Designs for residences and buildings in Miami-Dade County and South Florida,1935-1971
Igor Polevitzky Photographs
Photographic prints of buildings designed by Polevitzky between 1934 and the mid-1960s. Views of Miami Beach and Miami residences, Miami Beach and Havana hotels, and commercial buildings in the Miami area.
Rudi and Annette Rada Photographs
Architectural photographs of exteriors and interiors of houses and buildings in Miami-Dade County and Florida, 1946-1974 (bulk 1952-1956). Also includes some photographs of Seminoles, Havana, and other topics.
Wahl Snyder Architectural Drawings and Photographs
Drawings of houses, apartments, townhouses, schools and buildings in Miami-Dade County, other parts of Florida, and the Caribbean, 1929-1982.
Online Exhibitions
The Florida Home: Modern Living, 1945-1965
This exhibition focuses on domestic architecture in Florida during the post-World War II period.
Visiting the Archives
Wilkins Archives collections may be viewed in the Research Center of the Historical Museum of Southern Florida.
Please make an appointment to view architectural drawings.
archives@hmsf.org
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