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Edward William Martin was born on November 2, 1891, in Inverarnan, Scotland. His family moved to Delaware when he was a child,
and he attended Wilmington High School and the University of Delaware. Martin was a well-respected architect in Delaware,
and worked on a large number of projects for schools, hospitals, government buildings, and private residences. Martin also
participated in the Depression-era Historic American Buildings Survey project (HABS), initiated by the historic architects
of the National Park Service. The E. William Martin collection contains sketches and watercolors, blueprints, floor plans,
photographs, maps, brochures, and various other architectural drawings. Series I contains sketches from his study tours around
Paris and Italy and his speech given to the Liverpool Architectural Society following these tours; Series II contains drawings,
blueprints, and floor plans from his projects; and Series III contains miscellaneous items, such as letters, a speech, and
other memorabilia, brochures, photographs, and Newark (Delaware) maps. This collection by no means contains the complete output
of Martin's five decades of work as either a student or professional architect, but it does provide a good idea of the diversity
and level of his talents.
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