Home: A Memoir, a creative non-fiction thesis, is a memoir in the form of personal essays, each exploring some aspect of the meaning of home, how my sense of self has been formed by my relationship to home, and the inevitability of leaving home. Chapter I explores the nature of memory and of memoir, their relationship to each other and to truth, and how a writer's voice shapes memoir. Chapter II, “Paternity,” is an attempt to remember my father, resulting in renewed interest in his past and renewed awareness of his legacy. Chapter III, “Home,” is on the surface about my grandparents' house, but is really about my grandmother. Chapter IV, “Dixie,” is about my contradictory feelings for the South, and my eventual acceptance of the South's complexities.

The Town Where Mickey Mouse Has Lived is a documentary video program in which people talk about themselves and the life of a small town. The town is known as the boyhood home of Walt Disney, which he recalled as the most charming place in his life. The interviews explore the personal perspectives of the people and why they stay in Marceline despite the fact that Disneyland, full of Disney's memories of Marceline, attracts people while the town has been obsolescent for a long time.

A successful architect often finds, during the course of his life and practice, that he needs to expand both his office and his house. The object of this thesis is to investigate various ways of satisfying these needs, for an anonymous architect of considerable repute, in order to arrive at the desirable and economical solution under present economic conditions in Danville, Virginia. / Master of Science

This final creative project involved preparation of a cultural landscape report for the properties that were previously known as The Lightcroft Estate. This study has determined the historical significance of The Lightcroft Estate as a designed historic landscape and presents preservation guidelines for future improvement at the site. Historical evidence indicates that the Lightcroft Estate was developed over a period of forty-three years under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Teetor with the services of an architect Charles E. Werking and the possible collaboration of an engineer, John W. Mueller. Existing features in the landscape surrounding the home suggest an extensive landscape that included a Japanese Garden, two fishing lakes, a formal garden with tea house, pergola, fountains and basins, a power house/roller wheel with adjacent water works and water features throughout the landscape. The home and the grounds are found to be significant for its association with the Country Place Era in landscape architecture and the role the Teetor family served in bringing prosperity to their family and community during the industrial revolution and early automotive industry. A cultural landscape report is presented which follows the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for the Treatment of Cultural Landscapes. Treatment recommendations are presented which focus on the preservation of existing features, reconstruction of the formal garden. / Department of Landscape Architecture

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This study focuses on the Moore-Youse family in Muncie, Indiana, a medium size city in Delaware County, Indiana, as a microcosm of Victorian ideology and material culture using the methods of historical archaeology and social history. The following thesis examines material conditions among this middle-class, female-centered, lineal family during the Victorian period using gender theory. In this study, archaeological materials and historical documents are used to explore the priorities and choices that influenced Muncie's middle class in making material decisions during the Victorian period.The Victorian Period in America was marked by rapid social change, growing industrialization and the transformation of gender roles. These changes created an expanded middle-class in communities across America. For the middle class the home was a sanctuary and Victorian women were expected to devote themselves to the home and family. Thus began the "cult of domesticity". This thesis explores the influence of gender roles in 19th century Indiana. / Department of Anthropology

Lai Hing Fun Sandy. / "Architecture Department, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Master of Architecture Programme 1996-97, design report." / INTRODUCTION / PROLOGUE START / INITIAL APPROACH SITE INFORMATION / Chapter a. --- MACRO-SCALE / location / zoning / existing access / Chapter b. --- MICRO-SCALE / topography / problems on slope / vegetation / STRUGGLING DESIGN PROCESS / Chapter a. --- DESIGN ISSUES / Chapter 1. --- "Criteria and options checklist 1,2 &3" / Chapter 2. --- concerns for circulation / Chapter b. --- PINPOINT BUILDING LOCATION / Chapter 1. --- path / Chapter 2. --- altitude / Chapter 3. --- latitude / Chapter c. --- SLOPE-CUTTING / Chapter 1. --- ways of cutting slope / Chapter 2. --- volume of space gained vs. Volume of earth dig out. / Chapter d. --- POTENTIAL ACCESS / Chapter 1. --- vehicle / Chapter e. --- SETTING OUT / Chapter f. --- GRID / Chapter g. --- TRUSS / Chapter 1. --- design concept / Chapter 2. --- dimensions-1 & 2 / Chapter 3. --- elevated height from slope / Chapter 4. --- Vertical fins of the truss match with the col. / Chapter 5. --- slab related with the truss / Chapter 6. --- bracing of the truss / Chapter h. --- SUPPORTING COLUMN / FINAL CONCEPT DESIGN ANALYSIS / Chapter a. --- SITE ACCESSIBILITY / Chapter 1. --- vehicle / Chapter 2. --- people / Chapter b. --- STRUCTURE / Chapter 1. --- supporting structure / Chapter 2. --- skin and material / Chapter 3. --- environmental consideration / Chapter c. --- ZONING / Chapter 1. --- space 1 & 2 / Chapter 2. --- circulation / building as a whole 9th segment / Chapter 1. --- building as a whole / Chapter 2. --- segment / Chapter d. --- SERVICE / Chapter 1. --- building as a whole / Chapter 2. --- 9th segment / Chapter e. --- SPACE QUALITY / Chapter 1. --- along the cultural path / Chapter 2. --- inside building complex / Chapter 3. --- space details / EVALUATION

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This creative project focuses on the Pope Estate, a part of the Tallac Historic Site in South Lake Tahoe, California. This preservation plan includes a history, architectural description and condition assessment for the nineteen buildings located on the estate, owned and operated by the United States Forest Service. The purpose of the architectural investigation is to document and assess the condition of the existing buildings and develop a set of recommendations for immediate and future work. The document will serve as a preservation tool for the Tallac Historic Site management team. / Department of Architecture