Joseph O. Cezar Architectural Records Collection
Scope and Contents
Records for projects by Indianapolis architect Joseph O. Cezar dating from 1930 to 1979. Most of the projects are residential, but the collection includes some commercial and ecclesiastical work. Materials in the collection include approximately 1,000 sheets of architectural drawings (1930-1979), scrapbook material, mounted drawings, and the architect’s drawings for Christmas cards.
Dates
- Creation: 1930 - 1979
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Copyright Notice
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Drawings and Documents Archive, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Drawings and Documents Archive.
Biographical Note
Joseph Orland Cezar (1903–1991) practiced architecture from his home in Indianapolis from 1930 to 1979, designing homes, churches, and commercial structures. Among his designs are centerpiece houses for the Indianapolis Home Shows of 1953 and 1962.
Cezar was born in Austria, in an area that later became part of Yugoslavia. His father was a stonecutter. The family moved to Chicago in 1905, then to Bedford, Indiana in 1912. Joseph attended Hanover College for two years, and then transferred to Georgia Tech for one year, from 1928-29. He received a bachelor’s degree in architecture (with honors) from Chicago Technical College in 1931. He then worked primarily as a high school teacher, teaching applied mathematics, stone drafting, and stone shop work until 1938 when he moved to Indianapolis. Cezar worked for other firms until beginning his practice in 1944.
Extent
21.1 Cubic Feet (1 OVB box, 1 OVC box, 1 plan file cabinet)
Arrangement
The Joseph O. Cezar Architectural Records are arranged chronologically.
Custodial History
The Joseph O. Cezar Architectural Records were received by Drawings and Documents Archive as a donation from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cezar on 1987/04/25.
Accruals
No additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed. Finding aid created 2008/8/10 by Brian Knowles; revised 2011/10/20 by Julie Edwards and Carol Street.
Genre / Form
- Architecture -- Designs and plans -- Presentation drawings
- Architecture -- Designs and plans -- Working drawings
- Correspondence
- Documents
- Scrapbooks
Geographic
Style / Period
Topical
- Title
- Joseph O. Cezar Architectural Records Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Created by Brian Knowles; revised by Julie Edwards and Carol Street.
- Date
- Created 2008/8/10; revised 2011/10/20.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Andrew Seager Archives of the Built Environment Repository
Architecture Building, Room 120
Muncie IN 47306 USA
765-285-8441
765-285-3726 (Fax)
libarchives@bsu.edu
