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Interviewee	Alexander, Drury Blakeley
Interviewer	Steely, James Wright Utley, Dan K.
Title	Oral Memoirs of Drury Blakeley Alexander
Interview details	Interviewed by Dan K. Utley and James Wright Steely on 4 occasions from February 19 to April 10, 1992 in Austin, Texas
Number of interviews	4
Interview Date(s)	1992
Resource Type	Interview
Format	PDF Audio
Genre	Oral Histories
Language	English
Description, transcript	187 pages; index 4 pages;
Description, sound recordings	analog tape; 7:45 hrs.
Collection	Historic Preservation
Project	Historic Preservation (General)
Summary	Drury Blakeley Alexander was a professor in the School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin; family history; childhood, Paris, Texas; architecture of Paris, Texas; early influences in art and architecture; undergraduate education, University of Texas (UT) at Austin; military service during World War II in Europe; devastation and reconstruction of Europe; European architecture; shift in UT architecture curriculum from Beaux-Arts system to Modern architecture; master’s degree in architectural history from Columbia University, New York, New York; teaching at Kansas State College, Manhattan, Kansas; work with Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania; teaching at UT Austin; postwar building on UT Austin campus; controversies over UT campus expansion; influence of regent Frank G. Erwin; travels through Europe; influence of the Bauhaus and Walter Gropius on American architecture; publications; experiences as chairman, Faculty Building Committee, UT Austin; important historic homes in Austin, Texas, and restoration efforts; City Landmark Commission, Austin, Texas; Texas State Board of Review, National Register of Historic Places; historic preservation curriculum at UT; Wayne Bell’s influence at UT; Winedale; architectural drawings collection at UT School of Architecture library; award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation; views on future of historic preservation.
Sponsor	Baylor University Institute for Oral History
Sponsor Location	Waco, TX
Rights	http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights

Interviewee	Alexander, Drury Blakeley
Interviewer	Utley, Dan K.
Title	Drury Blakeley Alexander Interview 1 -- Transcript
Interview details	Interviewed by Dan K. Utley on February 19, 1992 in Austin, Texas
Number of interviews	1
Interview Date(s)	1992
Format	PDF
Genre	Oral Histories
Language	English
Description, transcript	64 pages
Collection	Historic Preservation
Project	Historic Preservation (General)
Summary	Drury Blakeley Alexander was a professor in the School of Architecture, University of Texas at Austin; family history; childhood, Paris, Texas; architecture of Paris, Texas; early influences in art and architecture; undergraduate education, University of Texas (UT) at Austin; military service during World War II in Europe; devastation and reconstruction of Europe; European architecture; shift in UT architecture curriculum from Beaux-Arts system to Modern architecture; master’s degree in architectural history from Columbia University, New York, New York; teaching at Kansas State College, Manhattan, Kansas; work with Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania; teaching at UT Austin; postwar building on UT Austin campus; controversies over UT campus expansion; influence of regent Frank G. Erwin; travels through Europe; influence of the Bauhaus and Walter Gropius on American architecture; publications; experiences as chairman, Faculty Building Committee, UT Austin; important historic homes in Austin, Texas, and restoration efforts; City Landmark Commission, Austin, Texas; Texas State Board of Review, National Register of Historic Places; historic preservation curriculum at UT; Wayne Bell’s influence at UT; Winedale; architectural drawings collection at UT School of Architecture library; award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation; views on future of historic preservation.
Sponsor	Baylor University Institute for Oral History
Sponsor Location	Waco, TX
Rights	http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights

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