ARCHITECTURAL PHOTOGRAPHY:
UNT’s Rogers / Bruchard Archive
Presentation by Morgan GIERINGER
Head of Special Collections, UNT
Tuesday, 6 – 7 pm
6 October 2020
NOTE START TIME – 6pm
Free Virtual Panel; Open to the Public
Zoom Link Will be Sent to Confirmed Attendees Prior to Panel Broadcast
1 CES AIA Credit Available-Email Request to Forum following Panel
Presented by The Forum in Collaboration with modTEXAS and UNT Special Collections
The John Rogers & Georgette de Bruchard Photography Collection is one of the most significant archives of regional architectural and documentary photography in Dallas. The collection spans 1920-1992, with the bulk covering the period 1945-1991. Images in the archive were captured by husband and wife John and Georgette, and consist primarily of people, architecture (office buildings, interiors, exteriors, houses), advertising and events. Many of the images in the collection appeared in publications such as Architectural Digest, Better Homes and Gardens and Southern Living. Rogers developed close relationships with architects and firms working in Dallas including Jarvis-Putty-Jarvis, O’Neil Ford, Arch Swank, Beran & Shelmire and Philip Johnson, among many others.
The archive includes major building projects such as Republic Center, Statler Hilton, and the Texas Instruments Semiconductor Facility as well as smaller projects, such as drug stores and public libraries. UNT Libraries Special Collections has spent nearly two years meticulously organizing and indexing the collection, which is being carefully and systematically digitized.
The Dallas Architecture Forum, in collaboration with modTEXAS and UNT Special Collections, will present the public unveiling of one of the most significant archives of regional architectural and documentary photography centered on Dallas, with a focus on the Mid-Century Modern era of 1945-1965. This will be a rare opportunity to be among the first people to see these images since they were originally published.
Morgan Davis Gieringer
Morgan Gieringer, is the Head of Special Collections at the University of North Texas Libraries and the Director of the Graduate Academic Certificate in Archival Management in the UNT College of Information. As Head of Special Collections, she oversees major archival initiatives, which include the LGBTQ Archive, the WBAP/KXAS Television News Film Collection, The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Archive, and the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Archive project. Gieringer has been a professional archivist for over 15 years, and has maintained certification through the Academy of Certified Archivists since 2006. She holds a BA from the University of North Texas and a Master’s degree in Library Science from Texas Woman’s University Dallas.