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Ayres and Ayres
Ayres and Ayres records represent extensive documentation of a prominent San Antonio firm spanning a period of 83 years of practice (1894-1977). Atlee Bernard Ayres (1872-1969) and his son Robert Moss Ayres (1898-1977) formed a partnership in 1925. Papers, photographs, and drawings document their long architectural practice. Highlights include extensive measured drawings, photographs, and sketches pertaining to the restoration of Spanish missions in Texas.
Stewart King
Stewart King (1907-1970) was a San Antonio landscape architect. Office files, job files, specifications, plant files, periodicals, photographs and landscape plans document Stewart King's work in landscape architecture from 1950-1969. Landscape drawings include his work on Mission San Francisco de la Espada in Bexar County, Texas.
Harvey P. Smith
Harvey Partridge Smith (1889-1964) was a San Antonio architect and early preservationist. The collection consists of measured drawings and field notes documenting Smith's work on Spanish missions in San Antonio.
Robert Leon White
Texas architect Robert Leon White (1898-1964) served as the supervising architect at the University of Texas during the 1930s and designed significant buildings across the state. The collection consists of drawings including examples of White's student work at the University of Texas, measured drawings, and working drawings documenting White's architectural projects in central Texas. Measured drawings include his thesis work on a Spanish mission in Bexar County.
University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture Archives: Texas Architecture archive
The Texas Architecture Archive is a collection of documentary research materials produced by students and initially assembled in 1960 by Professor Drury Blakeley Alexander at The University of Texas School of Architecture. Measured drawings are supplemented by documentary reports created by students. Student work includes measured drawings of Spanish missions in Texas and Mexico.