Collection Guide

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Administrative Information

Access and Restrictions: This collection is open for research.

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Biographical Note

Seth Temple was born in 1867 in Winona, Minnesota. After attending Winona High School, he attended the Columbia School of Mines in New York City. He received a BSc in architecture in 1892. From 1892 to 1895 he was a teacher in the school of architecture with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. In 1896, he was awarded the Columbia traveling fellowship in architecture and during twenty months in 1895 -- 1896 he studied in Europe. After teaching at the University of Illinois, he came to Davenport, Iowa, where he was associated with various architectural firms over the years.

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three large wallet folders of drawings made by Seth Temple, some during his travels in Europe.

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Acquisition and Processing Information

These papers were given to the University of Iowa Libraries by Malcolm Temple, executor of the Arthur Temple estate, in 1952.

Guide posted to Internet: August 2004

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Inventory

Three large wallet folders of architectural drawings

Example of architectural drawing from the collection.

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