Zone d'identification
Nom et localisation du dépôt
Niveau de description
Collection
Titre
Robert Fitch Smith Papers
Date(s)
- 1894 - 1988 (Record-keeping activity)
Importance matérielle
Folders
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Robert Fitch Smith was born in Fremont, Ohio, July 1, 1894. He attended Columbia University, Carnegie Institute of Technology, The University of Michigan, and the University of Miami, where he obtained his BA degree in 1931 and where he began his architectural practice shortly thereafter. He is credited with the design of civic and residential architecture, churches, schools, industrial and recreational projects. His civic engagement roster includes charter member of the Miami City Planning Board; Director of Coordinating & Planning Committee of Dade County; Chairman of Regional Planning Board of Dade County; Chair of the Miami Fine Arts Commission; Board member of the Inter-American Cultural Trade Center (Interama); member of the American Institute of Architects; member of the Beaux-Arts Institute of New York, He was the Vice-Chairman of the Urban Planning Committee of the America Institute of Architects for the Sourthern area, and a member of the Architectural League of New York.
He died in Miami on June 16, 1964 at the age of 69.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Drawings, watercolors, sketchbooks, photographs, personal papers, scrapbooks
Mode de classement
The Robert Fitch Smith papers are arranged in boxes, folders, and flat files. Content was kept in original folders whenever possible and named accordingly. Scrapbooks were kept intact as were the majority of Mr. Smith's sketchbooks. Some folder contents such as lindividual letters, photographs, and clippings have been housed in protective sheets.
Collection is divided into series: Personal Papers; Residential Projects; Journals and Serials; and Drawings. Boxes in Personal Papers are numbered.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
This collection is open for research
Accès physique
This collection is housed in the Architecture Research Center (ARC), University of Miami.
Viewing is by appointment for Room Use Only.
Accès technique
Conditions de reproduction
Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please, contact um.arc@miami.edu for more information.
Langue des documents
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Instruments de recherche
Générer l'instrument de recherche
Éléments d'acquisition et d'évaluation
Historique de la conservation
The Robert Fitch Smith Collections were in the posession of his son, Donald Smtih of Coral Gables, Florida, who donated it to the School of Architecture.
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Gift of Donald Smith, Son of Robert F. Smith
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Sources complémentaires
Descriptions associées
Élément de notes
Notes spécialisées
- Citation: Robert Fitch Smith Papers. Architecture Research Center, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida. [Date of access].