Anderson House Specification and Details, 1988

The Alfred Newman Beadle Collection provides an extensive documentary record of a significant architect, designer, and builder and a prominent figure in midcentury modern architecture.

Series 1, Drawings and Papers, includes 83 oversize folders of architectural drawings from a wide variety of Beadle projects, both residential and commercial. This series also includes project specifications, awards, correspondence, photographs, and articles.

Series 2, Exhibit and Catalogue Materials, contains records pertaining to the 1993 exhibit at Arizona State University, Constructions: Buildings in Arizona by Alfred Newman Beadle and both editions (1993, 2008) of the exhibit catalogue with the same title. Records include photographs, correspondence, reports, financial documents, and drafts of exhibit and catalogue text. Correspondents include Beadle, Bernard M. Boyle (former ASU College of Architecture and Environmental Design faculty member, organizer of the exhibit, and editor of the catalogue), Arizona Humanities Council staff, and various ASU College of Architecture and Environmental Design faculty and staff.

Series 3, Miscellaneous, contains a variety of news clippings, articles, and ephemera related to Alfred Newman Beadle.