Dixie Trainer papers, 1964-1997

Creator:: Trainer, Dixie
Extent:: 0.1 linear feet (0.1 linear feet), 5 blueprints, and 5 photographs
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: The collection contains blueprints and photographs of the Whitney Museum of American Art used by Dixie Trainer to make a replica of the building for a fund-raising gala for the museum.
Biographical / historical:: Dixie Trainer is a maker of miniature buildings. She created a scale model of the Whitney Museum of American Art for the Souvenir Building Collectors.

Acquisition information:: Source of acquisition--Dixie Trainer. Method of acquisition--Donated;; Date of acquisition--1997. Accession number--1997.025.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Other information:: 1964-1997

Access and use

Restrictions:: This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Location of this collection:: Avery Drawings & Archives

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