Peter L. Goss papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 0447

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Dates

1855-2009

Creator

Goss, Peter L. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Sketch

Peter L. Goss, Ph.D. was a professor of architectural history and a documentary photographer as well as Associate Vice President for Scholarly and Creative Activities. His areas of research and teaching included the Arts and Crafts Movement, the Prairie School architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, American suburbia, Utah architecture and the vernacular architecture of the American west. Prof. Goss has written numerous articles on Utah architecture and co-authored, with Prof. Thomas Carter, the book Utah's Historic Architecture, 1847-1940. His current research involves the documentation of the range sheep industry and its architecture in the intermountain west.

He has been a Fulbright Research Scholar to Romania where he studied and documented the vernacular architecture of various ethnic groups. He has served on the board of the Society of Architectural Historian and as chair of the Utah State Board of History. Prof. Goss has a B. A. in English from Fairfield University, a Master's in Library Science from Syracuse University and Ph. D. in Comparative Arts from Ohio University. His dissertation topic involved the architecture and design of Olana, home of Hudson River School painter Frederic Edwin Church. He retired from the University of Utah School of Architecture in 2009.

Extent

19 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Peter L. Goss papers (1855-2009) consist of correspondence, news clippings, architecutral research, research on Utah architecture and vast research on Levittown and Olana. Personal papers included are his vitae, essays and lectures and work from students. Goss was a professor of architectural history and a documentary photographer as well as Associate Vice President for Scholarly and Creative Activities.