William S. Huff papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains compilations of first year Department of Architecture architectural design assignments, 1975-1986, and course records, project assignments, and student lists, 1975-1987; sketch model for a wood construction problem and prototype for a toy problem from first year architecture design studio; documentation and slides on all departmental, all day sketch problems, 1980 (William S. Huff, Richard C. Cordts, and Alvaro Malo were principal faculty members); designs and writings by Richard C. Cordts, and A. J. C. Wilson; poster and postcard announcement for ArtSpace (Buffalo, March 8-April 6, 1986); poster of Max Bill exhibition (Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1974); "Book one: The Background: programming for a new experimental school of design" (1985).
Included are files of the periodicals Perspecta: the Yale architectural journal and Oppositions: a journal for ideas and criticism in architecture, and Papers of the American Association of Architectural Bibliographers.
Dates
- 1952-1988
Creator
- Huff, William S. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English.
Terms of Access
The bulk of the William S. Huff papers, 1952-1988 are open for research.
Access to portions of this collection is RESTRICTED. Please contact University Archives for more details.
Copyright
Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in th collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.
Permission to publish material from this collection must be requested in writing from the University Archivist at the University Libraries of the State University of New York at Buffalo.
Biographical Note
William S. Huff, emeritus professor of architecture at the State University of New York at Buffalo, was born on June 8, 1927, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After serving in the Navy during World War II, Huff attended Yale University, where he received his undergraduate degrees (1949, 1952) and master’s degree (1972). He attended the Ulm School of Design (Hochschule fur Gestaltung) during the 1956/1957 school year as a Fulbright scholar and later taught there. From 1958-1960, Huff worked for Architect Louis I. Kahn whom he considered one of his great influences. William S. Huff was a dedicated educator, teaching architecture at Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie-Mellon University and the State University of New York at Buffalo.
William S. Huff died on January 21, 2021.
Extent
10 Linear Feet (28 boxes)
Abstract
This collection contains compilations of first year Department of Architecture architectural design assignments, 1975-1986, and course records, project assignments, and student lists, 1975-1987; sketch model for a wood construction problem and prototype for a toy problem from first year architecture design studio; documentation and slides on all departmental, all day sketch problems, 1980 (William S. Huff, Richard C. Cordts, and Alvaro Malo were principal faculty members); designs and writings by Richard C. Cordts, and A. J. C. Wilson; poster and postcard announcement for ArtSpace (Buffalo, March 8-April 6, 1986); poster of Max Bill exhibition (Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1974); "Book one: The Background: programming for a new experimental school of design" (1985). Included are files of the periodicals Perspecta: the Yale architectural journal and Oppositions: a journal for ideas and criticism in architecture, and Papers of the American Association of Architectural Bibliographers.
Arrangement
A detailed inventory is available on site. The collection is not fully processed and has not been arranged in series.
Other Finding Aid
A partial inventory, created and annotated by William Huff, is available online at https://library.buffalo.edu/archives/pdf/ms-139-2-public-partial-inventory.pdf
Acquisition Information
The William S. Huff papers were a gift to the University Archives, donated by William S. Huff, 2006-2012.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
Processing Information
Collection is not fully processed.
Finding aid encoded by Danielle White, August 2014.
- Architecture -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
- Buffalo and Western New York Architecture Collection (State University of New York at Buffalo)
- Cordts, Richard
- Faculty papers
- Malo, Alvaro
- Roericht, Nick H.
- Schools of architecture -- New York (State) -- Buffalo -- Students
- State University of New York at Buffalo. School of Architecture and Environmental Design -- Curricula
- State University of New York at Buffalo. School of Architecture and Environmental Design -- Faculty
- State University of New York at Buffalo. School of Architecture and Environmental Design -- Students
- State University of New York at Buffalo. School of Architecture and Planning -- Curricula
- State University of New York at Buffalo. School of Architecture and Planning -- Faculty
- State University of New York at Buffalo. School of Architecture and Planning -- Students
- Wilson, A. J. C. (Arthur James Cochran)
Source
- University Archives (Repository, Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid for the William S. Huff papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Archives staff.
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository
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