Society of Architectural Historians

September Newsletter 2012

Sep 17, 2012 by User Not Found


Membership Update At the April 2012 board meeting, the SAH board made amendments to the SAH by-laws governing membership. The board elected to change membership from a calendar year schedule (January through December) to an anniversary schedule. All members will continue to receive membership services and access to SAH online resources for a full 12 months. Read More
	FLW Collection Moves to NYC Frank Lloyd Wright's archives, formally housed at Taliesin are now joining the collections of Columbia University and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This joint stewardship agreement will allow for these historically important archives to be accessible to students, scholars, and the public. Read More
	National Building Museum Prize The National Building Museum has named Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic and SAH member Paul Goldberger as the Fourteenth Laureate of the Vincent Scully Prize, "for his lifetime work of encouraging thoughtful discourse and debate about the importance of design." Read More
	Charnley-Persky House The Charnley-Persky House is one of many sites open to the public for Open House Chicago. Come visit us between 10 am and 4 pm on the weekend of October 13-14.
Call for Nominations for Editor of JSAH SAH invites self-nominations for the next Editor of the JSAH to serve a three-year term: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2017. In addition, the Editor is required to serve as Editor Designate beginning September 1, 2013. Read more
Fellowships Applications are now being accepted for the following fellowships: Edilia and François-Auguste de Montêquin Fellowship. The 2013 award will be for a junior scholar. Applications are due by September 28, 2012. HABS-SAH Sally Kress Tompkins Fellowship. This fellowship permits an architectural historian to work on a 12 week HABS project during the summer and consists of a $10,000 stipend. Applications open October 15 - December 14, 2012. Charles E. Peterson Fellowship. This fellowship is offerered in partnership with the Athenaeum of Philadelphia to support the participation of a graduate student in the research and writing for a volume in the Buildings of the United States series. Applications open October 1, 2012 - January 2, 2013.
Calendar September 22: Western Reserve Chapter, Tour of Allen Theater Complex at Playhouse Square September 26: SAH website launches September 28: Chicago Chapter, "The White City" by June Finfer @ Glessner House October 1: Tickets go on sale for SAH Awards Gala October 3: Latrobe Chapter, "Hampton Mansion and the Creation of Architectural Significance" lecture by John H. Sprinkle Jr., PhD October 17 - 20: Southeast Chapter Annual Meeting in Athens, Georgia October 20: Southern California Chapter tour of David Rodes Residence November 2 - 3: Construction Historians Third Biennial Meeting @ Massachusetts Institute of Technology November 3 - 4: Marion Dean Ross/Pacific Northwest Chapter Annual Conference in Spokane, Washington November 10: SAH Awards Gala in Chicago
SAH September Booklist Click here for the booklist of recently published architecture books and related works. The Booklist and Exhibition Booklist are selected by Barbara Opar, Architecture Librarian, Syracuse University Library.
Gifts and Donor Support 1 August, 2012 - 31 August, 2012 On behalf of the SAH Board and members, we sincerely thank the members listed below who, in August, made gifts to a variety of funds. We are extremely grateful to all of you for your generosity and your willingness to help SAH fulfill its scholarly mission. SAH Annual Appeal Gifts of $250 - $999 Liz Goodman and Robert Nauman Charnley-Persky House Awards Gala Sponsorship Gifts of $5,000 - $9,999 HBRA Architects, Aric Lasher Gifts of $250 - $999 Thomas and Nancy Klein Fellowship Funds Rosann S. Berry Annual Meeting Fellowship Fund Victoria Young Spiro Kostof Annual meeting Fellowship Fund Zeynep Kezer June Komisar James Wickersham