Summer 2012 Hours
All locations CLOSED on
May 28 & July 4.
Architecture Library
Through July 20, 2012
Mon.-Thurs. 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m.
Friday
7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday
1 p.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday
1-9 p.m.
Architecture Library,
Break & Interim
Mon.-Fri.
7:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
Sat.-Sun.
Closed
Visual Resources
Collection (VRC)
Mon.-Fri.
7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Sat.-Sun.
Closed
Drawings + Documents
Archive
Mon.-Fri.
By appointment
Library Staff
Amy Trendler
Architecture Librarian
AETrendler@bsu.edu
765-285-5858
Helen Ulrich
Architecture Library
Coordinator
HUlrich@bsu.edu
765-285-5857
Volume 7, Issue 3
May 2012
Going out of town this summer? You
can still make use of the library’s resources
online including CardCat, the Avery Index,
the Architecture Images Collection, select
journals, and many more. Feel free to email
or call us if you have any questions.
If you’re looking for some reading
material check out the list on page 2 or stop
by the display shelves in May to browse
“Summer Reads.” We’ll have books of
essays, criticism, and other writings available
for checkout.
Enjoy the summer!
The Materials Talks at Lunch were held
at 12:15 on Wednesdays this semester. We
heard from two representatives about
different hardscape options: pervious pavers
and recycled content pavers. Justin Edwards
from the Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete
Association discussed permeable concrete
and Cindy Martin spoke about VAST pavers,
which are now represented by AZEK.
Cindy Martin talks about VAST pavers, which are
made from recycled plastics and rubber.
Cindy Turner
Visual Resources Curator
01LKTurner@bsu.edu
765-285-5865
Archive Staff
Carol Street
Archivist for
Architectural Records
CAStreet@bsu.edu
765-285-8441
Just because you’re away this summer,
doesn’t mean you can’t access some of the
collections in the Archives. We have 21
digitized collections available online in the
Digital Media Repository that are just a
mouse click away. Let me know if you have
any questions on how to access these
materials or need higher resolution images
for your classes next year.
Be sure to take a look at the “must see”
items in the collection in MSHP graduate
assistant Seth Elder’s article
on page 2!
Spring Materials Talks at Lunch poster, designed
by VRC Student Assistant Shannon Creasey.
Which materials will be in the line-up
for the fall semester? You can help set the
agenda! Send Cindy Turner
(01LKTurner@bsu.edu, 285-5865) your
ideas for specific products or types of
materials that you would like to see featured
in the Materials Talks at Lunch this fall.
Banner image credit: Arc de Triomphe, Paris, photo by David R. Hermansen. Architecture Images
Collection in the DMR, http://libx.bsu.edu.
These books of essays and other writings may be just the thing
for a contemplative summer of reading. The titles below and
more will be on display in the Architecture Library in May.
HT165.5.S65 2011
All Over the Map: Writings on Buildings
and Cities by Michael Sorkin.
GT3803.S57 2011
America Walks Into a Bar: A Spirited
History of Taverns and Saloons,
Speakeasies, and Grog Shops by Christine
Sismondo.
HT168.P46 R67 2011
Bird on Fire: Lessons From the World’s
Least Sustainable City by Andrew Ross.
NK1520.D456 2010
Design Ecologies: Essays on the Nature of
Design edited by Lisa Tilder and Beth
Blostein.
NA737.T49 A2 2011
Designing Bridges to Burn: Architectural
Memoirs by Stanley Tigerman.
NA1995.C42 2010
Down Detour Road: an Architect in Search
of Practice by Eric J. Cesal.
HT166.J2618 2011
The Good City: Reflections and Imaginations
by Allan B. Jacobs.
GE140.O77 2011
Hope is an Imperative: the Essential David
Orr.
NA9105.R94 2010
Makeshift Metropolis: Ideas About Cities by
Witold Rybczynski.
SB465.D44 2011
Of Gardens: Selected Essays by Paula Deitz.
E159.K38 2009
Place, Race, and Story: Essays on the Past
and Future of Historic Preservation by Ned
Kaufman.
NA9197.V54 2011
The Scenes of the Street and Other Essays
by Anthony Vidler.
HT153.T86 2012
Small Gritty and Green: the Promise of
America’s Smaller Industrial Cities in a LowCarbon World by Catherine Tumber.
By Seth Elder, MSHP Graduate Assistant
The Archive has some truly
interesting, beautiful, and unusual
items. As a graduate assistant in
the archives for the past two
years, I have had the pleasure to
work towards the conservation,
care, and continued use of our
collections. Many of our most
interesting collections are wholly
or partially digitized, and
available through the Digital
Media Repository at http://
libx.bsu.edu.
These are some collections that would be very useful for
classes:
 Pierre and Wright Architectural Records showcase the
work of famed Indianapolis architects Edward Pierre
and George Wright, and include everything from
Christmas tableaus for Monument Circle to awardwinning mid-century modern homes.
 William Henry Jackson World’s Columbian Exposition
Photographs, 1893.
 Samuel G. Bartel Architectural Records feature late 19th
and early 20th century plans for infirmaries, school
houses, churches, and residences across Indiana.
 Kibele and Garrard Architectural Records contains the
original elevations and plans for many of Muncie’s
most beautiful “lost” buildings; currently in the
process of digitization.
Not everything is digitized, so you’ll have to stop by the
archives in order to see the plans and elevations for an early
bear pit at the Indianapolis Zoo in the Indianapolis Parks
Department collection. The Trade Catalog Collection, which spans
over 100 years of product advertising, are best seen in person,
as well. And our CAP Collection contains everything from old
Lickety-Split t-shirts to photographs and student magazines.
Fall is always a busy time for course reserves and it is
never too early to plan ahead! Contact Helen Ulrich,
Architecture Library Coordinator, (HUlrich@bsu.edu,
5-5857), or stop by the library to request print or ereserves. Remember, requests should be submitted at
least 3-7 days before the item is needed.