Digital Resources

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SAH RESOURCES

Resources for Members
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians (JSAH)
JSAH Online (1941–present)
SAHARA - digital archive of over 171,000 images of the built environment
SAH Commons

Public Resources
 SAH Archipedia
SAH Data Project
 SAH Blog
Booklists and Exhibition Catalog Lists 
SAH Newsletter Archive 

SAH Data Project

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ARCHIVES

Art Institute of Chicago  Ryerson & Burnham Archives
Finding Aids (search and browse)
Finding Aids (thematic list and related content)
Images and Media
Oral Histories
Digital Resources
Explore the Collection
Association for Preservation Technology Building Technology Heritage Library
Ball State University Digital Collections(go to subject and select architecture)
Collection Database(searching by keyword, address, architect, project, year)
Collections Overview
Baylor University Architecture Collection
California Polytechnic State University Julia Morgan Papers
Carnegie Mellon University Architecture Archives
Chicago Collections Explore Chicago Collections
Columbia University (Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library Special Collections) Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library
Drawings & Archives
Classics (Rare Books)
Art Properties
Avery Digital Projects
Subject and Research Guides
Avery on Exhibit
Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives
Cornell University Architecture and City Planning
Densho Archive of the World War II-era incarceration of Japanese Americans
Dumbarton Oaks Digitized Rare Books
Harvard Graduate School of Design (Frances Loeb Library Special Collections) GSD Archival Collections Guide
GSD Rare Book Collection Guide
GSD Le Corbusier Research Collection Guide
Digitized Collections:
CIAM Collection
Papers of Martin Wagner
Kenzō Tange Archive 
The Huntington  Architecture 
Indianapolis Museum of Art Miller House and Garden Archives
Library of Congress Center for Architecture, Design, and Engineering
Collections and Research Tool
Database & E-Resources
Digital Collections
Frederick Law Olmsted Papers
Online Catalog
Prints & Photographs Division Online Catalog
Research Guides
McGill University Orson Wheeler Architectural Model Collection
Mississippi State University Architecture
New York Botanical Garden Lord and Burnham Archive
New-York Historical Society Digital Collections
North Carolina State University Architecture Archives
Oberlin College Oberlin College Archives
Online Archive of California Online Archive of California
Princeton University Historical Photograph Collection: Grounds and Buildings Series
Princeton University Jean Labatut Papers
Stanford University R. Buckminster Fuller Collection
Stanford University Rodolfo Lanciani Digital Archive
Syracuse University Architecture and Industrial Design
Syracuse University Marcel Breuer Digital Archive
University of Arkansas Arkansas Architectural Archives
University of Brighton Joseph Emberton Archive
University of Calgary Canadian Architectural Archives
University of California, Berkeley Calisphere
Environmental Design Archives
Internet Archive
Online Archive of California (linked out from Finding Aids)
Online Exhibitions
Virtual Collection
University of California, Santa Barbara / AD&A Museum Architecture and Design Collection
University of Florida Architecture Archives
University of Houston Architecture and Planning Research Collection
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Paul Rudolph and His Architecture
University of Melbourne University of Melbourne Archives
University of Miami University of Miami Campus Architecture Collection
University of Michigan Architects, Architecture, and Landscape Design
University of Minnesota Northwest Architectural Archives
University of Nevada, Reno Nevada Architectural Archives
University of Pennsylvania Architectural Archives
University of Pittsburgh Archives & Special Collections
University of Queensland Architectural Plans and Records
University of Southern California Architectural Teaching Slide Collection
University of St. Thomas Voorsanger Architects Archive
University of Texas at Austin Alexander Architectural Archives
University of Virginia Architecture of Thomas Jefferson
University of Washington Architecture Digital Collections
University of Westminster Archigram Archival Project
Victoria and Albert Museum Archive of Art and Design
Virginia Tech International Archive of Women in Architecture
Washington University in St. Louis Architecture Collections
   
   


IMAGE COLLECTIONS

Institutional Collections
Columbia University - Digital Library Collections
Frank Lloyd Wright Trust - Digital Image Collection
Getty Open Content Images
Getty Research Institute Digital Collections
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection
LUNA Commons Collections
National Gallery of Art | NGA Images
Rijksmuseum - Rijks Studio
Roger Williams University - Art & Architecture Image Collections
The Art Institute of Chicago - Archival Image & Media Collection
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection
University of Oxford - Manar Al-Athar
University of Pittsburgh - ULS Digital Collections
U.S. General Services Administration
Victoria and Albert Museum Collections
Walters Art Museum Online Collection
Washington University in St. Louis - Digital Exhibitions & Images
Wellcome Collection
Yale Center for British Art
Yale University Art Gallery Collection

Individual Collections
African Vernacular Architecture Database
Asian Historical Architecture
A Digital Archive of Architecture - Prof. Jeffery Howe, Boston College
Digital Imaging Project - Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University

Creative Commons
CC Search


OTHER RESOURCES

Digital Scholarship & Fair Use
Multimodal Digital Monographs: Content, Collaboration, Community Brown University and Emory University (2021) 
Statement on the Fair Use of Images for Teaching, Research, and Study  Visual Resources Association (2016)
Guidelines for the Evaluation of Digital Scholarship in Art and Architectural History for Promotion and Tenure CAA and SAH (2016)
Case Studies and Examples for Evaluating Digital Scholarship   Michelle Millar Fisher (2016)
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts
 CAA (2015)
Digital Scholarship and the Tenure and Promotion Process   Kristine M. Bartanen (2014) 
Supporting the Changing Research Practices of Art Historians  Roger C. Schonfeld, Matthew P. Long 
Evaluating Digital Scholarship  NINES/NEH Summer Institutes (2011-2012) 

Design for Equity
Design for Equity Primer: 20+ Resources to Help You Design Inclusively and Fairly

Digital Humanities
Duke University's Wired! Lab for Digital Art History & Visual Culture

MOOCs
Harvard - The Architectural Imagination
Harvard Graduate School of Design Collection (DASH)
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) - Architecture
MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) - Urban Studies and Planning

Oral Histories
Chicago Architects Oral History Project
Minnesota Modern Masters (MNSAH)

Podcasts
The Race & Podcast (SAH Race and Architecture Affiliate Group)
Top 71 Architecture Podcasts of 2019

Preservation
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Engaging Descendant Communities in the Interpretation of Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites
HABS/HAER/HALS
National Park Service Standards & Guidelines for Architectural and Engineering Documentation 
National Preservation Act of 1966
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places Program: List of State Historic Preservation Officers (SHPO)
Preservation Matters (National Center for Preservation Technology & Training)
PreserveNet (Cornell University)
The Twentieth-Century Historic Thematic Framework: A Tool for Assessing Heritage Places (Getty Conservation Institute)
Your House has a History (Commission on Chicago Landmarks)

Publishing
Ask UP (Authors Seeking Knowledge from University Presses)

Full-Text Resources

Busby, C.A. A Series Of Designs For Villas And Country Houses ... (London, 1808)
Halfpenny, William. Useful architecture (London, 1760)
Langley, Batty. The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs ... (London, 1756).
Pain, William. Pain's British Palladio; or The Builder's General Assistant. (London, 1788)
Pain, William. The practical house carpenter, or, Youth's instructor . . . (London, 1792)
Stickley, Gustav. Craftsman Homes (NY, 1909)
Vitruvius: On Architecture. Plates from Como, 1521 ed. by Cesare Cesariano - ArtServe, Australian National U. 
Wharton, Edith, and Ogden Codman Jr. The Decoration of Houses (London, 1898)


Teaching Resources
Building Solidarities: Racial Justice in the Built Environment
Engaging Descendant Communities in the Interpretation of Slavery at Museums and Historic Sites
Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative (GAHTC)
Smarthistory
Studying and Teaching the Mediterranean

 

Theses and Dissertations
Open Access Theses and Dissertations (University of Michigan)
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