David Williams (1890-1962) is best-known as the leading proponent of the regionalist movement among Texas architects (1920-1939), incorporating elements of vernacular architecture and native materials in the houses he designed. Photographic images, which Williams took on his travels through central Texas in the 1920s, show examples of vernacular architecture. Williams donated the negatives to the UT's School of Architecture in 1961 and they were subsequently transferred to the Alexander Architectural Archives. Manuscript material consists of photocopies of a portion of the David R. Williams Papers which are housed in the Southwestern Archives and Manuscripts Collection at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana.
