Paul C. Brandt Papers

Collection

Identifier: 1020

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Accession 07-020 contains biographical information about Brandt, and typed copies of letters he sent home during World War II.

Accession 17-060 includes two typed manuscripts by Brandt: a history of building in the United States, and a history of the Department of Building Sciences at Auburn University, which includes interviews with professors. It also contains a digital file on CD of typed letters he wrote home during World War II, lecture notes for classes he taught on the history of building, and audio recordings of his lectures on cassette tapes. The bulk is made up of 35mm slides used in classes (largely stock photographs of notable buildings), as well as slides of personal photographs. These include photographs taken at Fort Sumter and Charleston, South Carolina; a 1983 trip to Europe; and photographs of buildings designed by Brandt during his career as an architect and engineer (1950-1968).

Dates

Majority of material found within 1941 - 2003
Majority of material found within 1958 - 1985

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Biographical / Historical

Paul C. H. Brandt (1923-2016) was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1942 he enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserves, and served on active duty from 1943 to 1946 at Fort Benning, Georgia. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in Architectural Engineering in 1947 and a master’s degree in 1948. Brandt taught structural engineering at the University of Illinois until 1950; was a building contractor for the following 7 years; and then founded and served as president of Brandt, DeLap and Nice Architects and Engineers from 1957 to 1968. He headed the Department of Building Sciences at Auburn University from 1968 until 1991, and retired from teaching in 1996.