IAWA Judith Edelman Inventory

IAWA

CAUS

Judith Edelman
Architectural Papers, 1967-1997
Ms97-010
0.4 cu. ft.

Biography:

Judith Edelman (nee Hochberg) was born on September 16, 1923, in Brooklyn, New York. She was educated at Connecticut College (1940-41), New York University (1941-42), and Columbia University School of Architecture (1942-46) where she received her B. Arch. in 1946. She apprenticed with architect Huson Jackson from 1948 to 1958, then worked for architect Harold Edelman from 1958 to 1960 and as a designer for Edelman & Salzman from 1960 to 1964. She was a partner in Edelman & Salzman, Architects, from 1964 to 1978, and The Edelman Partnership/Architects in New York City from 1979 to the present. She is a registered architect in New York.
Edelman served as chairwoman of the Task Force on Women in Architecture for the American Institute of Architects (AIA) from 1974 to 1975. She was awarded a fellowship in the AIA in 1981. She was designated a "Woman of Vision" in 1989 from the National Organization for Women and is a founding member of the Alliance of Women in Architecture and a member of the International Union of Women Architects.

Scope and Content:

The Judith Edelman papers consist of newspaper clippings, correspondence, drafts of lectures, and published writings by Edelman and others, and photographs and other information about selected architectural projects done by Edelman. The collection contains information about Edelman's activities with the Alliance of Women in Architecture, as well as writings by her and about her work as an advocate for women in the field of architecture. There is correspondence and other materials related to the AIA exhibit "That Exceptional One: Women in American Architecture, 1888-1988."
The collection includes information about seven architectural projects done by Edelman from 1967 to 1992, with photographs, floor plans, and supplementary material describing the projects.

Provenance:

The Judith Edelman papers were donated to the International Archive of Women in Architecture in January and June 1997 by Ms. Edelman. The papers were processed in June and July 1997 by Danielle Morrison, student assistant, and Laura Katz Smith, Manuscripts Curator.

Contents List:

Folder 1: 1971-1980--Miscellaneous publicatons about women's status in the field of architecture
Folder 2: 1973-1989--American Institute of Architects Task Force on Women in Architecture and Affirmative Action Plan
Folder 3: 1974-1975--Conferences: Women in Design and Planning, West Coast Women's Design Conference, and Women in Architecture Symposium at Washington University
Folder 4: 1975-1980--China Study Group-women architects, planners and writers visit China on environmental issues, Spring 1976
Folder 5: 1977-1982--Alliance of Women in Architecture, including a newsletter announcing an exhibit featuring the work of AWA members, including Edelman
Folder 6: 1981-1982--Claire Watsun Forrest Memorial Lecture Series at the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon. Includes two interviews with Edelman about her work and career.
Folder 7: 1981-1983--Hunter College, Women and Housing Seminar
Folder 8: 1985--"Barriers to Architectural Innovation: The Case of Two Bridges," by Edelman. Published as a chapter in The Unsheltered Woman, edited by Eugenie Ladner Birch.
Folder 9: 1987-1988--correspondence and other literature associated with the American Institute of Architect's 1988 exhibition, "That Exceptional One."
Folder 10: 1997, n.d.--Biographical information about Edelman
Projects:
Folder 11: 1967--Fleming-Joffe Ltd., New York and St. Louis
Folder 12: 1969--Nine-G Cooperative, New York
Folder 13: 1969--Rudolph House, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
Folder 14: 1981--Jenings Hall Senior Citizen's Housing, Brooklyn, New York
Folder 15: 1984--New Goddard- Riverside Apartments, New York
Folder 16: 1987--Columbus Green Apartments, New York
Folder 17: 1992--Chung Pak/Everlasting Pine, New York