The collection consists of material spanning Alan Rider’s academic and professional life, including drawings, portfolios, and site plans, as well as examples of Jane Aistrope Rider’s work.

SERIES I: Student and Pre-Professional Work (1952-1956) contains material about and created by Rider while attending the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Included is Rider’s 1954 thesis project, ephemera from his time at Carnegie, and a portfolio showcasing his early work.

SERIES II: Professional Work (1961-circa 1995) includes the sub-series Minoru Yamasaki & Associates (MYA) Projects, John Carl Warnecke & Associates (JCWA) Projects, and DMJM Projects. It contains portfolios, publications, correspondence, notes, and copies of drawings related to projects spanning Rider’s entire professional career.

SERIES III. Jane Aistrope Rider (1959 – ca. 1965) consists of three project portfolios (Exhibitions, Gethsemane Lutheran Church, and School Work) one research paper (“K’o-suu Mandarin Squares”), and nine examples of Aistrope’s textile work.

SERIES IV. Photographs (1961- ca. 1995) contains photographic prints and negatives organized as Student and Pre-Professional Work, Minoru Yamasaki & Associates (MYA) Projects, John Carl Warnecke & Associates (JCWA) Projects, DMJM Projects, Personal, and Seattle Civic Center Fountain Competition. The negatives are labeled and housed at the beginning of the series.

SERIES V. Oversized (1953 – circa 1995) consists of academic and professional certificates, bound publications, drawings, and professional portfolios spanning Rider’s entire career.