Ackerberg papers
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of 27 sets of drawings for a variety of buildings design by Sandy Ackerberg, Ackerberg and Cooperman, or Ackerberg Associates, architects. There are specifications available for 14 of the commissions
Dates
- 1954-1979
Language of Materials
English
Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to the public for research use.
Restrictions on Use
There are no restrictions on the use of the materials in this collection. Copies may be requested if the condition of the materials warrants.
Biographical Note
Sanders "Sandy" Ackerberg was born in Minneapolis in 1923 and lived in that city for all but the last 13 years of his life. He died in 2009 in Plymouth, MN. He was graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1949 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree.
He worked during his university years for the prominent Minneapolis firm of Liebenberg and Kaplan, and continued in this employment until 1955 when he joined with James Cooperman to form the partnership of Ackerberg and Cooperman, Architects. In 1962 Ackerberg and Cooperman dissolved the partnership and Ackerberg continued to practice architecture until his retirement in 2006.
His many designs include the landmark Capp Towers Motel in owntown Minneapolis (MN) with a pool and domed cocktail lounge on the top floor (known in 2009 as the Millenium Hotel); the Capp Towers Motel, in St. Paul (MN), with a unique accordian-fold exterior walls; a 1958 addition to the Alpha Epsilon Phi Sorority House at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis (MN); and a number of commercial, residential, and institution structures.
Extent
18 Cubic Feet
Abstract
The collection consists of 27 sets of drawings for a variety of buildings design by Sandy Ackerberg, Ackerberg and Cooperman, or Ackerberg Associates, architects. There are specifications available for 14 of the commissions.
Arrangement
The collection is organized alphabetically by commission name.
Physical Location
High Bay
Acquisition
The collection was donated in 2006 to the Northwest Architectural Archives by Sanders "Sandy" Ackerberg.
Processing Information
The collection was processed and the finding aid written by Marisa Tam in 2008.
- Title
- Ackerberg Papers
- Author
- Marisa Tam
- Date
- 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Northwest Architectural Archives Collecting Area
