Goldwin Goldsmith (1871-1962) was a well-known professor of architecture, taught at the University of Texas School of Architecture (1928-1955) and served as chairman of the department. Born in Paterson, N.J., worked as an office assistant at McKim, Mead & White (1888-1890), studied at Columbia University and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts (1897), practiced in the firm Van Vleck & Goldsmith in New York (1897-1913), and established and taught at the University of Kansas School of Architecture (1913-1928) before coming to the University of Texas. Personal papers, correspondence, reproductions of sketches, firm brochures, printed material, photographs and drawings document Goldsmith's life and work.
Goldwin Goldsmith collection
