Floyd, Margaret H.
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1932 -- 1997 - 1997
Biography
Abstract:
<p>Margaret Henderson Floyd (1932-1997) was a professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Tufts University from 1977 until 1997. Floyd taught courses on architectural history and American art. In 1981, Floyd was appointed to the Campus Planning and Development Committee by Dean Frank Colcord.</p> <p>Margaret Henderson Floyd (1932-1997) was a professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Tufts University from 1977 until 1997.</p> <p>Born in New York City, Floyd graduated from Wellesley College with a BA in Art History in 1953. She went on to receive a master's degree in Art History from the University of New Mexico in 1957, and earned her Ph.D. in American Studies from Boston University in 1974.</p><br/><br/><p>At Tufts, Floyd taught courses on architectural history and American art. One of her most popular courses focused on Boston and Cambridge architecture. In 1981, Floyd was appointed to the Campus Planning and Development Committee by Dean Frank Colcord. In 1983, she began work on an architectural inventory of university buildings for the committee. She also served as chair of the Fine Arts Department from 1983 to 1987, when she was involved in establishing Tufts University Art Gallery.</p><p>Floyd gave frequent walking tours of Boston, and an annual architectural tour of Newport, R.I. mansions. She was active in local historic preservation projects and involved with the Boston Architectural Center. Her published works include <span class="i">Harvard: An Architectural History</span> (co-authored with Bainbridge Bunting, 1985); <span class="i">Architectural Education and Boston</span> (1989); Architecture after Richardson: Regionalism before Modernism--Longfellow, Alden, and Harlow in Boston and Pittsburgh</p>Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Margaret Henderson Floyd Architectural Slide Collection
Collection
Call Number: MS175
Scope and Contents
This collection contains correspondence, photographs, postcards, slide inventories, slides, and travel itinerary notes. Materials in this collection are dated from 1955 to 1998. Professor Margaret Henderson Floyd used these slides in classroom instruction and for her research: they depict buildings, rooms, architects, terra cotta items, sculptures, and paintings from the United States, Central America, and Europe (such as England, Germany, and Italy). These slides also depict images from...
Dates:
1955 -- 1998
Found in:
Tufts Archival Research Center
Margaret Henderson Floyd Records
Collection
Call Number: UA047
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records created and used by Professor Margaret Henderson Floyd during her years at Tufts University. Records include architectural blue prints and drawings, photographs and negatives (with contact sheets) of campus buildings, committee minutes and reports, correspondence, memos and notes relating to her position at Tufts University.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1983 -- 1989; 1982 -- 1998
Found in:
Tufts Archival Research Center
