Virginia M. Herz Currie
Papers, 1934-2000
1.0 cu. ft.
Ms2001-005

A graduate of the architectural program at the University of Minnesota, the Currie Papers contain watercolors probably done while she was a student in the 1930s. There is also a scrapbook from a neighborhood beautification project in Chicago in 1966 and the 1995 Valiant Woman Award.

Watercolors

1. "Stuart library" Virginia M. Herz 1-26-35 project no. 4, interior design "mention" (25" by 37")
2. Unlabeled (24 .25" x 38")
3. "A Moderne Hotel Suite" Virginia Herz, Interior Design, Second prob. "(short)" (25" x 38.25")
4. "Louis XVI Bedroom" Virginia M. Herz, project no. 6, March 16, 1934 "mention" (25" x 38")
5. Virginia M. Herz, new grade II proj. "credit +" (24" x 32")
6. Virginia Herz, 1934-5 (25.25" x 38.75")
7. Virginia Herz, first advanced project, April 23, 1933 "credit" (27" x 38.5")
8. Unlabeled (15.5" x 24")

Scrapbook: "Chicago Beautiful and the Near West Side" (1966)

"On June 3 [1966] a few of us residents of Lexington and Flournoy Streets met in the home of Mrs. Virginia Currie to discuss what we could do, in our own modest way, to help rehabilitate our little section of the neighborhood. We might mention that Mrs. Currie is the wife of the dean of the Collect of Art and Architecture of the University of Illinois and a member of "the Chicago Beautiful Committee." ... planned a contest for the most artistically painted garbage cans in this alley."

19 leaves; 24 photographs (most by L.J. Currie)

Valiant Woman Award (May 5, 1995)

"Church Women United" certificate

Newspaper clippings

Biographical remarks

Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois

Memorabilia, including

Certificate of Appreciation: "Honoring Board Members Serving During LPCI's First Five Years 1971-1975"

awarded to Virginia M. Currie June 20, 2000

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IAWA Archivist, University Libraries
Virginia Tech, P.O. Box 90001,
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001