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On display in the Jenkins Library

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“Old Galveston,” featuring reproductions of pen drawings by Emil Bunjes, is on display in the upper mezzanine.  The drawings, which date from  1924-1939, are part of the Kenneth Franzheim II Rare Books Room collection.

A variety of pop-up books from our collection are on display in the south wing, including works of satire and works adapted from two-dimensional artworks.

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Hines College of Architecture Posters online.

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The Hines College of Architecture Posters is now available in the UH Digital Library.  They feature striking graphic designs advertising course offerings as well as lectures and other events. The School of Architecture had a screen printing press in the 1970s, and many of these posters were produced by students, faculty, and staff in-house. They come in a variety of sizes, some as small as legal paper size, while others are much larger. Although many of the posters are undated, the bulk of the posters are from the 1970s. There are more than 80 posters in the collection.

Architecture first appeared at the University of Houston in the 1945-46 school year. At that time, it was a two-year program offered through the College of Technology. Beginning in 1946, both architecture and architectural engineering were offered within the College of Engineering. While the study of architecture remained within the College of Engineering through the 1956 school year, a “new plan” for architectural training incorporating elements of design, construction, aesthetics, and graphics was initiated in 1950. Eventually the program was moved to the School of Architecture in 1956, and in the fall of 1961 it became the College of Architecture.