Benjamin Stein Records

The Benjamin Stein Records document many projects undertaken throughout his career as an architect.

Material types include sketches, notes, correspondence, reference materials, photographs, blueprints and renderings, maps and drawings, microfilm, slides, reports, regulatory information, submittals and transmittals, product specifications, proposals, cost information and invoices, project manuals, bid information, schedules, and court records.

He designed many types of structures including several rural elementary schools, commercial properties, private residences, and buildings or renovations for institutions, most notably the University of Vermont, University Health Center, and International Business Machines (IBM). Most project sites were in Vermont, but a few projects in the surrounding areas are included in this collection.

Users should note that this collection does not constitue a complete record of all work undertaken nor were all of Stein's designs constructed. Not every project represented in this collection is present in all forms (ex. files, drawings, microfilm).

Project files and drawings (oversize) are ordered by project number which is roughly chronological. Projects that were not assigned a number follow, in date order, then alphabetical order (when undated).

The office files are a mixture of reference sources, consulting work, and records of occasions when Stein was called as an expert in a court case. A small collection of personal material details his interests in art and culture. Microfilm is ordered alphabetically as the project number was not provided.