Address: B and O Railroad Station Freight House; 9 South Summit Avenue; Gaithersburg,
MD 20877
Phone #: (301) 258-6160
Fax #: (301) 926-2408 (use first); (301) 926-5003
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Gail Littlefield, Research Librarian
Scope of the Collection: Photographs and documents pertaining to Gaithersburg,
Maryland history.
Major Holdings:
- E. Russell Gloyd photograph collection.
- Postcards of early Gaithersburg.
- Local funeral records (1913-1985); Gartner Funeral Home records.
- Published histories and oral histories.
- Topical vertical files.
- Maryland Historical Trust forms.
- Local history and geneology publications.
Admission Policy: No admission fee; donation requested.
Hours: Thursday - Saturday, 10 am to 2 pm.
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years week, and whenever public schools are closed
for
snow and ice.
Lending Policy: Does not lend materials.
Duplication Policy: Duplication machine on site; small fee per page.
Access and Finding Aids: Index of photographs, postcards, and funeral records.
Research
librarian present on Thursday and Friday, but not Saturday.
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Address: 800 Florida Ave., N.E.; Washington, D.C. 20002
Phone #: (202) 651-5209 (TTY); for DC Relay, use (202) 855-1000
Fax #: (202) 651-5213
World Wide Web Address: http://www.gallaudet.edu/archives/archi
ves.html
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Mr. Ulf Hedberg, Director, ulf.hedberg@gallaudet.edu
Mr. Michael Olson, Archives Technician, michael.olson@gallaudet.edu
Scope of the Collection: The Archives focuses mainly on collecting and preserving
Gallaudet University records. Records of schools for the Deaf and
Deaf
organizations, papers of
Deaf persons, and people connected with Deaf education and its activities are collected also.
Major Holdings:
Architectural drawings (1862 - current) of campus buildings by:
- William N. Denton, Jr.
- John S. Samperton - William Procopiow Associates
Architects
- Emil S. Friedrich
- Green Engineering Co.
- Mecklin and Starr
- Vincent Kling and Partners
- Olof Hanson
- Frank G. Pierson
- William N. Denton and Associates
- Hudgins, Thompson and Ball
- Strang and Downham
- Wilson and Denton
- John S. Samperton Associates
- Vaux, Withers and Co.
- Frederick Clarke Withers
Admission Policy: Open to researchers.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: Non-circulating.
Duplication Policy: Make appointment with the Archives Technician to discuss.
Access and Finding Aids: "A List of Blueprints and Plans (Buildings and Grounds)
Gallaudet College", 1981.
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Address: 800 Florida Avenue, N.E.; Washington, D.C. 20002-3695
Phone #: (202) 6551-5035
Fax #: n/a/
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Daniel A. Kirby, Manager
Scope of the Collection: The department manages all new construction and major
renovation projects for Gallaudet University. Plan files of recent
work as well
as records of past projects
are maintained in this department. Working drawings for past projects, including drawings of the
University's historic buildings are stored in the University Archives (see entry).
Major Holdings: n/a
Admission Policy: The department's records and archival materials are not generally
available to the public. Applications for access for research purposes will be considered.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: n/a
Access and Finding Aids: n/a
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Address: Fenwick Library, 2nd floor; George Mason University; 4400 University Dr.;
Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
Phone #: (703) 993-2220
Fax #: (703) 993-2229
World Wide Web Address: http://www.gmu.edu/library/specialcollectio
ns
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Paul Koda, Associate Librarian, pkoda@fen1.gmu.edu
Barbara Haase, Archivist, bhaase@gmu.edu
Robert Vay, Archivist, rvay@gmu.edu
Scope of the Collection: Planned Community Archives Collection.
Major Holdings:
Reston, Virginia (1964-1998)
- Architectural drawings for select Reston buildings.
- Photographs and sketches of Reston buildings.
- Brochures for Reston buildings, containing drawings, plans, and sketches.
Admission Policy: Walk-in.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 12:30 to 5 pm, and by appointment.
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: Photostatic and photographic copies available.
Access and Finding Aids: Print version - Planned Community Archives Collection:
Finding Aid and Research Guide; Electronic version - http://www.gmu.edu/library/sp
ecialcollect
ions/planned.html.
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George Washington University
Department of Architecture, Engineering, and Construction
entry forthcoming
Address:
Phone #:
Fax #:
World Wide Web Address:
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Scope of the Collection:
Major Holdings:
Admission Policy:
Hours:
Lending Policy:
Duplication Policy:
Access and Finding Aids:
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Address: Lower Lisner Auditorium; 730 21st Street, N.W.; Washington,
D.C. 20052
Phone #: (202) 994-1525
Fax #: (202) 994-1632
World Wide Web Address: http://www.gwu.edu/~dimock
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Lenore D. Miller, Director, ldmiller@gwisz.circ.gwv.edu
Scope of the Collection: The George Washington University Dimock Gallery, located in
the lower level of Lisner Auditorium, is the professional showcase for art within the George
Washington University. The gallery presents changing exhibitions of student and faculty works,
as
well as artworks from the University's permanent collection of mostly 19th and
20th century American and European paintings, prints, and sculpture. Six to eight
exhibitions are featured each year, including student, faculty, alumni, and Permanent Collection
exhibitions, plus exhibitions of art historical and contemporary importance, often with a focus on
the Washington, D.C. area.
Major Holdings:
Architectural Drawings:
- Hugh Ferriss drawing (ca. 1938) of Lisner
Hall,
originally the GWU Library.
- J. Himmelheber drawings (1938) of GWU Lisner Hall,
Library of Congress,
and an identified
building in the Federal Triangle, Washington, D.C.
W. Lloyd Wright Collection of Washingtonia:
79 photographs of buildings, bridges, forts, streetscapes, etc. in the District of Columbia (ca.
1840-1915); 59 maps of Washington, D.C. from the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
(1880-1895).
Maps:
8 maps of the District of Columbia dating from 1794 to ca. 1940s.
Graphics:
11 engravings, lithographs, etc. of local buildings and views.
Photographs:
14 color photographs by Mark Klett, depicting a full
circle
panorama of
Washington, D.C.
Admission Policy: Free and open to the public; an appointment is preferred.
Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10 am to 5 pm.
Monday, by appointment.
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: Photographic copies of the Wright collection images available for a
nominal charge. Usage fees and copyright restrictions may apply.
Access and Finding Aids: Card catalog; exhibition and checklist catalogs; inventory of
Wright collection.
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Address: 2130 H Street, N.W., Suite 207; Washington, D.C. 20052
Phone #: (202) 994-7549
Fax #: (202) 463-6205
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Francine I. Henderson, Head, francine@gwu.edu
Scope of the Collection: The Department, established in 1969, administers the
University
Archives; historic maps, drawings, and photographs; and rare book, manuscript, and special
collections (Washingtoniana, Shakespeare) which support the University curriculum.
Major Holdings:
University Archives:
- Architectural drawings, plans, and blueprints of University buildings.
- Photographs and prints of University buildings as well as neighborhood structures.
- Oral history interviews.
Manuscript Collection:
- Louis Justement collection, a Washington architect.
(1.5
cubic feet)
Photo Collections:
- Charles Suddarth Kelly Photograph Collection on the History of Washington, D.C. - features
over 1,300 copy prints and 4,000 slides, many of prominent buildings. Nearly five-hundred circa
1900-1920 postcards feature buildings no longer extant. (30 cubic feet)
- Smeallie/Smith Photo Collection. Features 167 photos documenting successful architectural
preservation and restoration of historic buildings throughout the country, about one third of which
are in Washington. (2 cubic feet)
Washingtoniana Collection:
Books, periodicals, city directories, maps, pamphlets, ephemera, prints and photographs of
Washington, D.C. These include city directories from 1822-1973 and Baist real estate atlases
from
1913-1960, as well as microfiche of the Historic American Buildings Survey of Washington,
D.C.
Admission Policy: Open to students, faculty, and staff of the University community as
well as serious researchers not affiliated with The George Washington University.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 12 to 5 pm. Appointments available outside normal hours by
advance arrangements.
Lending Policy: Non-circulating collection.
Duplication Policy: Photocopies available at $.15 for first fifty pages, $.25 per page
thereafter. Copyright restrictions apply to some materials. Fragile items may be restricted from
copying.
Access and Finding Aids: Online catalog available to researchers.
Bibliographies include: "A Guide to Washington, D.C. Architecture in Special Collections,"
"City Directories of the Washington, D.C. Area," "Researching the History of a Building in
Washington, D.C.," and "Real Estate Directories."
Finding aids include: Louis Justement collection, Smeallie/Smith Photograph collection, Charles
Suddarth Kelly Photograph Collection on the History of Washington, D.C.
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Address: Wisconsin Ave.and R St., N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20007
Phone #: (202) 727-1353
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Susan L. Malbin, Ph.D. , Librarian
Scope of the Collection: The Peabody Room houses a special collection of current and
retrospective materials that relate specifically to Georgetown: its history, culture, economy and
inhabitants. The collection contains both text and non-text formats about local houses with chain
of title, assessment records, permits and other pertinent information; and local residents.
Major Holdings:
Books:
Collection of published books and journal articles either about Georgetown or by Georgetown
residents. Complete set of the Records of the Columbia Historical Society; and some city
directories, including the Homan Georgetown Directory (1830) and Cohen's
Georgetown, Washington and Alexandria Directory (1834).
Newspapers:
Single copies of early newspapers as well as bound volumes of the Federal Republican
and Commercial Gazette (vols. 6 and 7, August 1812 - October, 1815), and
the
Metropolitan (July 15, 1835 - July 1837), the Potomac
Advocate (1837) and the
Georgetown Courier (November 1865 - October
1876).
Modern holdings are the complete run of Georgetowner, a local
newspaper, 1954- and the
twentieth century run of The Georgetown
Current,
which is the local
edition of The
Northwest Current.
Manuscripts:
Miscellaneous collection of personal correspondence, business records, photo albums, diaries,
educational records, social notices, realia and memorabilia all relating to Georgetown people and
events.
Vertical Files:
Clippings, pamphlets, brochures, etc. arranged by subject. Also biographical, genealogical
and necrology files. Information folders on one-third of the buildings in Georgetown containing
chain of title, assessment records, and some building permits, collated with city directory data.
Photographs:
- Approximately 100 significant photographs of Georgetown.
- The Tinker Collection of Georgetown Street photographs (as yet unprocessed).
Maps:
About 50 historical maps of the Georgetown area; Plat books for 1887 and 1953.
Microfilm:
Federal Assessments for the District of Columbia for 1798; 1800-1818; 1865-70. The
Georgetowner, 1954-91.
Architectural Drawings and Plans:
- Various views and prints of sites in Georgetown.
- Site plan of the original first section of Oak Hill Cemetery
according to the
design by George F.
De La Roche.
Admission Policy: Open to the public.
Hours: Peabody Room is generally open 40 hours:
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 10 am to 5:30 pm.
Alternate Friday and Saturday, 10 am to 5:30 pm.
Tuesday, 1 pm to 9 pm.
Please call ahead for an appointment and specific details about holdings.
Duplication Policy: Xerox machine on another floor available for book copy.
Duplicating
of MSS and other rare material is available through MLK photo duplicating.
Access and Finding Aids: n/a
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Address: 3700 O St., N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20057
Phone #: (202) 687-7444
Fax #: (202) 687-7501
World Wide Web Address: http://gulib.lausun.georgetown.edu/dep
t
/speccoll/
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Nicholas B. Scheetz, Manuscripts Librarian, scheetzn@gunet.georgetown.edu
Major Holdings:
Printed Books:
Small number of classics in the field of architecture; numerous early (pre-1940) works on city
planning, from the library of John Ihlder; complete set
of
the Description de
l'Egypte (1807-1828).
Piranesi Collection:
Complete set of Piranesi's works, a proof before
numbers
printing by Firmin-
Didot, Paris, in the
1830s, bound.
Fine Print Collection:
A large number of prints with architectural interest, including substantial series by John
Taylor
Arms, Howard Cook, Norman
Kent, Frederick Mershhimer, and Joseph Pennell, among others.
University Archives:
Numerous view of the Georgetown University campus and of its individual buildings from the
1860s on, supplemented by a number of prints and architectural drawings.
John Brosnan, S. J., Collection:
Views of Jesuit establishments and buildings, interior and exterior, in the eastern United
States, first third of the 20th century.
George R. Towne Collection:
Numerous color slides of Washington architecture, 1940s-ca. 1965, including especially the
Washington Cathedral.
Quigley Photographic Archive:
Modest files of photographs of motion picture theaters and studios, ca. 1905-1962.
John F. Stevens Papers:
Records relating to his engineering work on railroads in the US and Russia, and his work on
Mississippi flood control projects.
Panama Canal Collections:
Numerous photographs documenting canal construction in several collections, with some related
manuscript materials.
Eric F. Menke Collection:
Numerous 19th century city plans and views (the latter mostly small-sized), including especially
materials relating to Frankfurt a. M. and its vicinity.
Edward Herman Papers:
Substantial records regarding the building of Wyfold Court, a
Victorian English
mansion.
Richard X. Evans Collection:
Papers of architect Robert Mills, including a manuscript
plan for a memorial
bridge across the
Potomac planned during the 1830s.
Francis P. Sullivan Papers:
Papers of this turn of the century Washington architect, including some sketches and a series of
cyanotype views of Washington.
Archives of the D.C. Federation of Citizens
Associations:
Papers of the organization, 1940-1972.
Frank Wolfe Collection:
Photographs and drawings relating to the construction of the Washington
Aqueduct and the
Cabin John Bridge.
Gallery of Living Catholic Authors:
Series of original architectural sketches by Ralph Adams
Cram for a proposed
(but never built)
building to house the Gallery and its collections.
Admission policy: Open to all qualified researchers, advance notice requested.
Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 am to 5:30 pm
Lending policy: All materials must be consulted on site.
Duplication policy: Photo reproductions, photographs, and slides will be made consistent
with conservation of the original artifacts.
Access and Finding Aids: General catalog of holdings, Special Collections at
Georgetown, 1996. Books are cataloged in library electronic catalog. Most manuscripts have
either paper or electronic finding aids available. Most cataloging is available on Web site (see
URL above).
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Address: 15 Crescent Road; Greenbelt, MD 20770
Phone #: (301) 507-6582
Fax #: (301) 441-8248
World Wide Web Address: http://otal.umd.edu/vg/
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Katie Scott-Childress, Curator
Scope of the Collection: Greenbelt, Maryland is
a
planned community designed and built
by the Federal Government during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The Greenbelt Museum
consists of a historic house museum and an interpretive exhibition gallery in the renovated Art
Deco-style Community Center. The museum includes a restored house containing period artifacts
and furniture especially designed for these homes.
Major Holdings:
Much of the original housing and town center is considered International Style architecture,
while the Community Center displays Art Deco styling, including decorative friezes by New Deal
sculptor Lenore Thomas Strauss.
- Furniture designed by the Special Skills division of the Resettlement Administration.
- Domestic artifacts from the period 1936-1947.
- Photographs.
- Archival documents.
- Clothing and other textiles.
Admission Policy: Suggested donation, $ 2.00 per adult.
Hours: Special tours are available from Community Center exhibit gallery, open daily, 9
am to 6 pm. House at 10-B Crescent Road is open Sunday, 1 to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: Images from the collection are available for a nominal charge.
Copyright and use fees may apply.
Access and Finding Aids: Collection is accessible through an in-house database.
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Address: 10709 Gunston Rd; Mason Neck, VA 22079
Phone #: (703) 550-9220
Fax #: (703) 550-9480
World Wide Web Address: http://www.gunstonhall.org
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Kevin Shupe, Librarian and Archivist, library@gunstonhall.org
Scope of the Collection: The Gunston Hall Library contains approximately 5,000
modern
titles and 2,000 rare titles with a focus on the understanding and interpretation of George
Mason
and his 18th century world, Gunston Hall Plantation, and human rights. The Archives has
manuscripts relating to George Mason, the Mason family, and subsequent owners of Gunston
Hall,
along with the organizational records of the museum.
Major Holdings:
- Numerous 18th century architectural treatises and pattern books in the rare book collection,
including copies of most of the architectural titles listed in the 1774 estate inventory of William
Buckland (the builder of Gunston Hall).
- William Buckland's 1755 indenture is in the archival collection.
- The organizational records of the museum contain considerable research materials on the
building
and grounds.
Admission Policy: Open to the public.
Hours: By appointment: Monday - Friday, 9:30 am to 5 pm, and occasional Saturdays.
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: Copying of non-fragile material is allowed, at $ .15 per copy.
Access and Finding Aids: The rare books are listed in OCLC. An item list of
manuscripts
and a file list of organizational records are available at Gunston Hall.
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Address: Prints and Photographs Reading Room; Library of Congress; James Madison
Building, Room LM-337; Washington, DC 20540-4730
Phone #: (202) 707-6394
Fax #: (202) 707-6647
World Wide Web Address:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/hhht
ml/habshome.html
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Reference Desk
Scope of the Collection: The Historic American Buildings
Survey (HABS)
created in
1933, through the Department of the Interior, The American Institute of Architects, and the
Library of Congress was the first major step by the Federal government toward documenting the
Nation's historic buildings. The Historic American Engineering
Record (HAER)
was established
in 1969 by a tripartite agreement among the National Park Service, the American Society of Civil
Engineers, and the Library of Congress to document engineering and industrial sites of national
significance. Project teams produce measured drawings, large-format photography and written
histories that are available to the general public through the HABS/HAER Collections which are
housed, serviced and maintained at the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Major Holdings:
- More than 53,200 hand and computer-generated drawings.
- 192,900 large-format black and white and 2,200 color photographs.
- 123,600 pages of written historical and descriptive data, and original field notes, capturing the
essence of the American experience through over 35,100 recorded historic structures and sites,
from Native American cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde to space-age technology at Cape Canaveral.
Admission Policy: The Collections are serviced by the Library of Congress at the Prints
and Photographs Division. The Prints and Photographs Reading Room provides public access to
all of its collections and services.
Hours: Monday Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: While the Library of Congress is not aware of any U.S. copyright
protection (see Title 17 U.S.C.) or any other restrictions in the HABS/HAER materials, there may
be content protected by copyright law. Additionally, the reproduction of some materials may be
restricted by privacy or other rights.
Copies of HABS/HAER formal records that have been transferred to the Library and processed
for
use can be ordered for a fee from the Library's Photoduplication Service. For more information
contact the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service, Washington, DC 20540, Tel. (202)
707-5640, FAX (202) 707-1771. Refer also to Web site: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/hhht
ml/hhphtdup.html.
Access and Finding Aids: Refer to Web sites:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/print/bibsguid.html
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/hhhtml/h
hbib.html
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Address: P.O. Box 232; Poolesville, MD 20837
Phone #: (301) 972-8588
Fax #: (301) 972-8238
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Perry Kephart, Executive Director, PERRY2845@aol.com
Scope of the Collection: Historic Medley District, Inc. (HMD) provides information on
historic properties in the Medley District of Montgomery County, Maryland, including one-room
schools (19th century) and general stores (1793-1810). HMD maintains an
Arboretum of plants indigenous to the area before 1850, and provides information on historic
property restorations projects of HMD.
Major Holdings:
- Reprints of old photographs and photographs of restoration projects.
- John Poole House General Store Museum (1793-1818). 1/1 log
store with
1810 and 1865
additions; artifacts, furnishings, stock.
- Edward Stock Arboretum (0.89 acre environmental setting for general store museum).
Collection
of plants and trees indigenous before 1850.
- Seneca Schoolhouse Museum. One-room red Seneca sandstone
schoolhouse
on 1.0 acre. Period
furnishings and schoolbooks, reproduced schoolbooks.
Admission Policy: No charge.
Hours: John Poole House (mid-April to Nov. 1) - Sunday, 12 noon to 5 pm and by
appointment.
Seneca Schoolhouse Museum (mid-March to Dec. 1) - Sunday, 1 to 5 pm and Weekdays.
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: No duplicating machine available; material may be duplicated at
shop across the street.
Access and Finding Aids: Hard copy and photographic files accessible, with HMD, Inc.
assistance.
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Address: 1307 New Hampshire Avenue, NW; Washington, DC 20036-1507
Phone #: (202) 785-2068
Fax #: (202) 887-5785
World Wide Web Address: http://www.hswdc.org
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Gail Redmann, Library Director, hswlibrary@ibm.net
Scope of the Collection: The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. (HSW), founded in
1894 as the Columbia Historical Society, is an educational and cultural institution serving the
residents of metropolitan Washington. HSW is committed to collecting, preserving, and teaching
the history of Washington as a hometown as well as the nation's capital. The collections of the
Research Library emphasize Washington's local history, including its neighborhoods, families,
businesses, organizations, and built environment.
Major Holdings:
Architectural Drawings:
- Drawing collection of Washington architect Frank Russell
White, 1918-1950
(MS 551; finding
aid available).
- Blueprints, specifications, and construction photographs of the Lafayette
Square Opera
House,
1895-1905 (MS 449; finding aid available).
Other Architectural Drawing Collections (limited):
- George Hadfield's proposal plans and elevations for the
Old City Hall
(Machen collection).
- Pencil drawings of the U.S. Capitol by Alexander Jackson
Davis.
- Drawings and specifications for the Christian Heurich Mansion
and Heurich Brewery.
- Blueprints for the Lincoln Theater.
- Copies of plans for many public buildings in the District (card index available).
Archival Records:
- Over 500 individual manuscript collections, ranging in size from a single folder to many
containers, and spanning the entire history of the District of Columbia.
- Early land records and deeds.
- Personal and family papers.
- Records of businesses, institutions, and associations.
Note: The library has a subject guide to processed collections and finding aids for individual
collections. About 300 collections are currently cataloged in OCLC and RLIN. Collections with
particular architectural interest include James Goode's research collections on Washington
architects (MS 384), apartment buildings (MS 368), and office buildings (MS 368); the Adolph
Cluss Receipt Book, 1866-1867 (MS 470); William
Corcoran Hill
Real Estate Records,
1904-1941 (MS 111); and the Kenesaw Apartment House
Company
Collection, 1903-1984 (MS
345).
Maps and Atlases:
- Over 300 historical maps of Washington, which cover the entire history of the District.
- The Fahtz and Pratt real estate atlas, 1874.
- The Hopkins and Baist real estate plat atlases, 1887-1960.
- Tax assessment records corresponding to these atlases are available on microfilm.
Photographs:
These collections include over 70,000 prints and slides from the 1860s to the 1990s. The General
Reference collection consists of over 7500 images that document primarily the architecture and
landscape of Washington, D.C.; a card index to this collection is arranged by address. Over 40
special collections include the work of individual photographers, specific subject collections,
photo albums, and personal and group portraits. An information sheet is available describing
those collections of particular architectural interest; finding aids for these collections are arranged
by address.
Prints and Original Art:
The Thomas G. Machen Collection forms the core of the Society's collection of historical prints.
It
consists of over 500 engravings, lithographs, woodcuts, and some original drawings depicting
public buildings, street scenes, landscapes, bird's-eye views, and Civil War scenes. Card indexes
to the Machen collection are arranged by subject, date, and print number.
Other graphic arts collections include William G.
Newton's pencil
sketches and the cartoons
of Richard Mansfield and Clifford
Berryman.
The Society's fine arts collection includes the work of Washington impressionist August
Rolle.
Books and Pamphlets:
- Over 14,000 volumes chronicle all aspects of Washington's economic, political, social, and
physical development.
- General works on Washington history, biography, architecture, and geography.
- Early guide books (1817-present).
- City directories (1822-1973).
- Government documents (from 1797).
Most of the library's books and pamphlets are accessible through its main card catalog. An
additional collection of pamphlets and serials is accessible through a computer database.
Selected bibliographies are available for the library's resources on Washington history and
architecture, family history and biography, and neighborhood history.
The library also holds a complete series of its own publications, the Records of the
Columbia
Historical Society (1897-1988) and Washington
History (1989-present).
Vertical Files:
- Large collection of newspaper clippings arranged by subject includes information on
Washington architecture, associations, biography, businesses, buildings, neighborhoods,
churches, schools, streets, transportation, and local government. A list of subject headings is
available.
- Complete set of John Clagett Proctor's articles on local
history that were
printed in the
Sunday Star from 1928-1952. A card index to
names, events, and
places noted in these
articles is available.
Admission Policy: Open to the public. Fee: members, free; nonmembers, $3.00;
students,
$1.50 ($3.00 for 3-month student pass).
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm. Library orientation tours for student
groups may be scheduled for Tuesday, 10 am to 4 pm.
Duplication Policy: All xerographic copying is done by library staff; some materials may
not be photocopied. Photographic duplication is provided through off-site photo lab. The library's
current fee schedule provides specific costs for these services.
Access and Finding Aids: A guide to the library's catalogs is available in the reading
room. Specific finding aids are noted above (in Major Holdings section).
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Howard University
Architecture Library
entry forthcoming
Address:
Phone #:
Fax #:
World Wide Web Address:
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Scope of the Collection:
Major Holdings:
Admission Policy:
Hours:
Lending Policy:
Duplication Policy:
Access and Finding Aids:
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Address: Founders Library; 500 Howard Place, N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20059
Phone #: (202) 806-7480
Fax #: (202) 806-6405
World Wide Web Address:
http://www.founders.howard.edu/moorland-spingarn
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Joellen El Bashir, Curator of Manuscripts, jelbashir@howard.edu
Donna Wells, Prints and Photographs Librarian
Scope of the Collection: The Moorland-Spingarn Research Collection is recognized as
one of the world's largest and most comprehensive repositories for the documentation of the
history and culture of people of African descent in Africa, the Americas, and other parts of the
world. Visit our web page for descriptions of resources in our Library, Archives, Manuscript and
Museum Divisions.
Major Holdings:
Manuscripts Division, Collections of African American Architects:
- Albert I. Cassell Correspondence, reports,
building specifications,
various printed
materials, and a few photographs. More than 500 blueprints, renderings, and other drawings
executed by Cassell and associates over a thirty-year period. Approx. 40 cu. ft.
- Louis E. Fry, Sr. Fry's autobiography entitled Louis
Edwin Fry, Sr.: His
Life and His
Architecture, 40 pen and ink drawings primarily by Fry, prints of working drawings and
renderings for area schools and other projects, Howard University lecture notes, and photographs.
Approx. 1 cu. ft.
- Howard H. Mackey, Sr. Correspondence, biographical
information,
materials documenting his
education, selected published and unpublished writings by Mackey, architectural reports and
projects including those in Surinam and British
Guyana, and materials relating to his
administration of Howard University's Department of
Architecture. Approx. 4
cu. ft.
- Hilyard R. Robinson. Blueprints, drawings, photographs and slides, office
files and building specifications. Photographs document the progress of Robinson's building projects at Howard
University, at Langston Terrace and other local housing
developments, and at
Hampton Institute
and Livingstone College. There are also photographs of
Robinson in personal
and professional
settings. Approx. 85 cu. ft., with 8 cu. ft. of photographs.
Prints and Photographs Department:
- Slides (1880s - present) - Approx. 200 images mostly of University buildings (interiors and
exteriors) and landscapes, but also views of Washington, D.C.
- Prints and Postcards (1880s - present) - About 200 items depicting various areas of the United
States inhabited by Blacks. Buildings, domestic interiors, landscapes, and leisure activities are
Admission Policy: Open to qualified researchers, appointment necessary.
Hours: Weekdays, 9 am to 1 pm, and 2 to 4:30 pm.
Lending Policy: Materials are non-circulating.
Duplication Policy: P
Access and Finding Aids: Registers
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Address: 701 Third Street, N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20001
Phone #: (202) 789-0900
Fax #: (202) 789-0485
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Jessica Kaplan, Curator/Archivist
Scope of the Collection: The Jewish Historical Society, the central repository of the
Washington Jewish community, maintains a collection of photographs, documents, scrapbooks,
ritual objects, family heirlooms, and other material documenting the history of the local Jewish
community.
Major Holdings:
Photographs:
- Prints documenting the exteriors and interiors of Jewish businesses and synagogues in the cit
and suburbs.
- Photographs depicting the many incarnations of our building, the original Adas Israel
Synagogue
(1876), including its move from 6th Street to its present location.
Architectural Drawings:
- Small set of drawings documenting the restoration of the Adas Israel Synagogue, the
development of the Lillian and Albert Small Museum on the first floor, and the iron fence
surrounding the property.
Reference Articles:
Articles about Jewish life in Washington, D.C. from the 19th and
20th centuries, the 7th Street business district, and the history and
architecture of our building.
Admission Policy: Free to members, $ 2.00 suggested donation for non-members.
Hours: Sunday - Thursday, 12 noon to 4 pm.
Lending Policy: Loans are made to public, non-profit institutions or to private
institutions
if the purposes of the Society are furthered thereby. Loans are not made to individuals.
Duplication Policy: Requests must be submitted in writing to the curator with a
description of intended use. Nominal reproduction fees apply.
Access and Finding Aids: Archives are open to the public by appointment only.
Telephone or written research requests are accepted. Study Guides to the Archival Collection are
available.
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Address: P.O. Box 453; Kensington, MD 20895
Phone #: n/a
Fax #: n/a
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Lucia Pfautz
Scope of the Collection: The Kensington
Historical
Society's collection comprises many
old maps of the area, many prints and photographs of the buildings in the area, minutes of Society
and Town meetings, past newsletters, files of family biographies, growing up in Kensington
reminiscences, books on historic preservation, and subject files with information that relates to
the
Kensington area.
Major Holdings: n/a
Admission Policy: No fee.
Hours: By appointme
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: With
Access and Finding Aids: n/a
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Address: The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.; 1729 H. Street, N.W.; Washington,
D.C. 20006
Phone #: (202) 887-6537
Fax #: (202) 887-6542
World Wide Web Address: http://www.Kiplinger.com (Collection not yet available
on Internet)
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Lucinda P. Janke
Scope of the Collection: The Kiplinger Washington Collection is a corporate art
collection begun in the 1920s. The collection grew in size with the company and is displayed
throughout its ten-story building in downtown Washington, including a gallery for special
exhibitions. The collection comprises over 5000 maps, paintings, prints, and photographs relating
to Washington, D.C., and political portraits.
Major Holdings:
- Historic prints, photographs, and 19th century paintings, most of which feature
Washington architecture.
- In the mid-20th century, the company became interested in "Vanishing Washington",
commissioning and collecting paintings of endangered landmarks. - Of particular interest is the
Barrett Collection of nearly a thousand photographs of Washington buildings taken in the city in
the 1960s.
- A small library includes books on architecture and city planning.
Admission Policy: No fee. (?)
Hours: By appointment. Monday - Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: Images from the collection are available for a nominal charge. Use
fees and copyright restrictions may apply.
Access and Finding Aids: The collection is on a database.
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Address: 817 Main St.; Laurel, MD 20707
Phone #: (301) 725-7975
Fax #: same
World Wide Web Address: http://www.laurelhistory.org
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Kate Arbogast, Museum Director, laurelmuseum@juno.com
Scope of the Collection: Approximately 1800 items that reflect the early history of
Laurel, Maryland as
an
industrial mill town, and its various stages of development as it grew into a commuter hub for
D.C.
and Baltimore.
Major Holdings:
- Manuscripts, tools, textiles, maps, and oral histories.
- John Calder Brennan Collection.
- Photographs, including 1300 plate glass negatives comprising the Sadler Collection (1905-1917,
photographs of Laurel).
Admission Policy: Open to the public.
Hours: Sunday, 1 to 4 pm; Wednesday, 10 am to 2 pm.
Lending Policy: Still being worked out by the Board of Directors, as the Museum is only
two years old.
Duplication Policy: same
Access and Finding Aids: same
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Address: Room B-01, Madison Building; 1st and Independence Ave., S.E.; Washington,
D.C. 20540-4651
Phone #: (202) 707-6277
Fax #: n/a
World Wide Web Address: n/a
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Elizabeth Mangan, Acting Chief
Kathryn Engstrom, Team Leader, Reference Team
Scope of the Collection: The Geography and Map Division
maintains the largest and most comprehensive cartographic collection in
the world; over 4.6 million maps, 63,000 atlases, and 6,000 reference works.
Major Holdings:
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map Collection:
This a collection of insurance maps of U.S. cities produced in the late 19th and the first half of
the 20th centuries, containing data used in estimating the potential risks for urban structures and
including such information as their construction material, number of stories, and function as well
as the location of lot lines. The collection numbers approximately 700,000 sheets in bound and
unbound volumes, for approximately 12,000 American cities and towns. This collection is
described in Fire Insurance Maps in the Library of Congress; Plans of North American Cities
and Towns Produced by the Sanborn Map Co.: A Checklist Compiled by the Reference and
Bibliography Section, Geography and Map Division (Washington: Library of Congress,
1981).
Panoramic Map Collection:
In the years following the Civil War, the panoramic map became a popular cartographic
form for portraying American cities. Though generally not drawn to scale, "bird's eye views"
were based on detailed on-site study and provide an accurate picture of landscape features,
streets, and buildings of the period. This collection of approximately 1,200 maps is described in
John R. Hebert and Patrick Dempsey, Panoramic Maps of Cities in the United States and
Canada, 2nd ed (Washington: Library of Congress, 1984). High resolution, scanned images
of these urban views are available on the Internet at COUNTY AND CITY ATLASES.
The collection holds approximately 3,000 19th and 20th century, currently produced atlases of
counties and cities throughout the United States, which often show views of buildings in the area
mapped. The Library's collection is described in Clara Egli LeGear's two-volume work,
United States Atlases (Washington: Library of Congress, 1950-53).
Other collections in the Division contain architectural information, even though the
materials are not primarily architectural in nature. Many county and city maps published in the
19th century, for example, often included borders illustrated with notable buildings and scenes in
the area mapped. A few architectural drawings and urban planning maps are in the Division's
collection, including Benjamin Henry Latrobe's plan for the University of the District of
Columbia; Thomas U. Walter's drawing of the League Island Hotel
near Philadelphia; Albert
Speer's plans for the redesign of Berlin; Pierre Charles L'Enfant's original plan for Washington,
D.C.; and the Urban Design Charrettes Collection, documenting innovative design solutions for
Washington, D.C., prepared from 1982-1989. In addition, numerous atlases published in Europe
during the 17th and 18th centuries include urban views and maps and architectural drawings of
prominent buildings, including Georg Braun and Franz Hogenberg's Civitates orbis terrarum
[1612-18]; Joan Blaeu's Novum ac magnum theatrum urbium
Belgicae [1649] and Theatrum
ichnographicum omnium urbium et praecipuorum oppidorum Belgicarum XVII Provinciarum
[1700?]; and Louis Bretez, Plan de Paris [1739].
Admission Policy: Open to the public.
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm.
Lending Policy: n/a
Duplication Policy: Most maps, excepting those subject to preservation and copyright
restrictions, may be photocopied for research use. There are copy machines available for use in
Reading Room and the Library's Photoduplication Service provides a full range of copying
facilities.
Access and Finding Aids: The majority of maps are not catalogued, but are organized by
area, date, and subject. Many of these maps are described in published cartobibliographies.
Maps received since 1968 are fully described in the Library's online information system. In
addition to the published catalogs noted above, atlases are fully cataloged in the online system
and also described in P.L. Phillips and Clara Egli LeGear's nine-volume work, A List of
Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress (Washington: Library of Congress, 1909-
1992).
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Address: Jefferson Building, Library of Congress; 101 Independence Ave., S.E.; Washington,
D.C.
20540-4660
Phone #: (202) 707-4773
Fax #: (202) 707-1957
World Wide Web Address: http://www.loc.gov/rr/main/
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Barbara R. Morland, Head, Main Reading Room, bamo@loc.gov
Scope of the Collection: The Library's large collection of monographs and serials relating to
architecture cover all time periods from the prehistoric to contemporary and include materials about
architecture from around the world. The materials arrive via copyright deposit, gift and exchange, transfer
and purchase through a worldwide acquisitions network. Because the Library acquires material from such a
wide variety of sources , it is often the only location for certain titles; conversely because the acquisition
process relies on many automatic processes, some titles that one would expect to find in a large research
library are not available.
Major Holdings:
Class N (fine arts) contains over 470,000 volumes. Of these, the sub-class NA (architecture) contains
approximately 80,000 volumes. Material relating to architecture is often found in parts of several other LC
classes, including T (technology) and C (archaeology).
Admission Policy: Open to the public, above high school age. Researchers must present valid
photo-identification in order to obtain a Library issued user's card at Reader Registration.
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, 8:30 am to 9:30 pm; stack service until 8:30 pm.
Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, 8:30 am to 5 pm; stack service until 4:00 pm.
Lending Policy: The Library of Congress loans to official borrowers and government agencies
through the Loan Division.
Duplication Policy: Self service coin and debit card operated copiers are provided. The cards can
be
purchased with cash, Visa and MasterCard. The Photoduplication
Service of the Library can provide a wide range of reproductions of materials from the Library's
collections, subject to copyright law and other restrictions.
Access and Finding Aids: The Library is a closed stack library. The Main Reading Room along
with the Book Service Desk on the 5th floor of the Adams Building provide access to the general book and
bound periodical collections of the Library. The Newspaper and
Current Periodical Reading Room on the first floor of the Madison Building provides service for all
newspapers and current issues (latest 12-18 months) of most journals.
Assistance in using the Library's online catalog is provided in the
Computer Catalog Center of the Main
Reading
Room. This Center provides on site access to FirstSearch, Eureka, Infotrac and Periodical Contents Index
which provide indexes to architecture and art journals, dissertations and many other sources. Also available
are full text of selected journals from JSTOR and Muse. Public access PC's for the Internet can also be
found
here.
The Main Card Catalog of the Library is available near the Main Reading Room. Although no new cards
have been filed in it since 1980, it is still a good source to check for materials published prior to 1968, since
that portion of the Library's online catalog has not been completely verified.
The 75,000 volume Main Reading Room Reference Collection contains all of the major
architecture and art journal indexes, dictionaries and histories.
Numerous research finding guides are also
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Address: Room 101, Madison Building; 101 Independence Avenue, S.E.; Washington, DC
20540-
4680
Phone #: (202) 707-5387
Fax #: (202) 707-6336
World Wide Web Address: http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss
Contact Person's Name, Title, and E-mail Address:
Fred Bauman, Reference Librarian, fbau@loc.gov
Scope of the Collection: Manuscripts, personal papers, and organization records, chiefly
American,
numbering well over 51 million items and organizations in more than 11,000 collections.
Major Holdings:
American Society of Landscape Architects:
Records (bulk 1925-1955). 11,000 items. 32 containers. 9 linear feet. Correspondence, letterbooks, subject
files,
reports from chapters and committees, printed material, and other records. Finding aid available in the
Library
John C. Babcock, b. 1836, Army officer and
architect.
Papers, 1855-1913. 60 items. 1 container. Principally correspondence (1855-1865, 1902-1908) relating to
Babcock's service in the military intelligence bureau of the Army of the Potomac.
Paul Wayland Bartlett, 1865-1925, Sculptor.
Papers, 1881-1949. 15,000 items. 54 containers. Correspondence, lecture notes, speeches, sketches, and
blueprints revealing Bartlett's negotiations, contracts, manner of selecting materials, problems and methods
of
work, and discussions with other sculptors, architects, artists, and craftsmen. Separate files concerning
Bartlett's
statue of Lafayette, the pediment of the House wing of the Capitol, his figures of Michelangelo and
Columbus in
the Library of Congress, and other works.
Correspondents include Chester Beach, Poultney Bigelow, Karl
Bitter, John M. Carrere, Cyrus E. Dallin, and
Grover A. Whalen. A small group of letters received by Bartlett's father, Truman Howe Bartlett, includes
letters
from Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Emmanuel Fremiet, Jean Francois Millet, Auguste Rodin, and Olin L.
Warner.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Alfred Bendiner, 1899-1964, Architect.
Letter (29 Dec. 1942) to Bendiner from Paul Philippe.
Gutzon Borglum, 1867-1941, Artist, author, and sculptor.
Full name: John Gutzon de la Mothe
Borglum.
Papers, 1895-1960 (bulk 1912-1941). 71,000 items, 191 containers. Correspondence, diaries (1899-1920),
family papers, subject files, speeches and writings, and other papers. Relates primarily to Borglum's artistic
works, especially the Mount Rushmore National Memorial and the
Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial.
Also includes records (1920-1941) of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Commission and of its officials,
Borglum, his son, Lincoln Borglum, and John Boland. Records include correspondence, speeches, annual
reports,
financial reports, contracts, charts, blueprints, clippings, printed materials, and miscellany.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Solon Hannibal Borglum, 1868-1922, Sculptor.
Papers, 1897-1928. 875 items, 7 containers, 1 microfilm reel. Correspondence, articles, photographs,
scrapbook of clippings, biographical material, and printed materials relating to Borglum's commissioned
works
and to his activities as head of the Silvermine, Conn., group of artists, American School of Sculpture, and
American Expeditionary Force School of Fine Art. Microfilm of originals in private hands.
Glenn Brown, 1854-1932, Architect, of Washington, D.C.
Article, 1924, 1 item.
Theodore Burr, 1771-1822, Architect and builder of
covered bridges in Pennsylvania.
Collection, 1789-1809. 7 items. Photocopies (positive) and transcript (typewritten).
Henry Kirke Bush-Brown, 1857-1935, Sculptor.
Papers, ca. 1932. 8 v. plus 1 container. Typescript of unpublished biography of Bush-Brown's uncle, Henry
Kirke Brown (1814-1886), also a sculptor; memorandum books, household accounts, photographs,
sketches,
engravings, genealogical charts, clippings, poems, and printed matter.
Correspondents include William Cullen Bryant, James Buchanan, Alonzo Potter, and John Quincy Adams
Ward, Brown's student assistant and eminent sculptor.
John Merven Carrere, 1858-1911, Architect.
Papers, 1894-1911. 3 v., 1 container. One volume of correspondence, telegrams, notes, clippings, and other
papers relating to a controversy involving Carrere and the U.S. Architect of
the Capitol. Also includes 2
volumes (vol. VI: 1907 July 9-1908 May 16; and vol. X: 1910 Aug. 1-1911 Feb. 11) of typescript diary
notes,
with letters, clippings, and other matter laid in.
Correspondents include Daniel Burnham, John G. Carlisle, Charles F. McKim, and Bruce
Price.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Octave Chanute, 1832-1910, Civil engineer and aviation
pioneer.
Papers, 1807-1955 (bulk 1860-1910). 10,325 items, 46 containers plus 1 oversized, 17.4 linear feet, 25
microfilm reels. Correspondence, letterbooks, notebooks, articles, family papers, patents, kite diagrams,
sketches, plans of Chanute's railroad bridge across the Missouri River, clippings, and photographs. The
bulk of
the collection (1860-1910) relates to Chanute's experiments with gliders and his scientific and financial
support
of aeronautical pioneers. Other papers concern his career as a builder of railroads, and his planning and
building
of the Chicago stockyards and the elevated railways of New York
City.
Finding aid available in the Library and online (ASCII)
gopher://marvel.loc.gov/00/.ftppub/mss/msspub/fa/c/chanute.txt.
Samuel Davidson, d. 1810, Merchant, of Georgetown,
Washington, D.C.
Papers, 1780-1810. 260 items, 5 containers. Business and personal correspondence, daybook, and ledger of
accounts. Includes material relating to changes made in Pierre
L'Enfant's manuscript plan of the President's
Square (now Lafayette Park) which Davidson, who owned land
nearby,
claimed had marred the Federal City's
beauty and lowered property values.
Correspondents include the Commissioners of the City of Washington, L'Enfant, Thomas Jefferson, and George
Washington.
Howard Dearstyne, Architect, architectural historian,
educator, and photographer.
Papers, 1911-1986 (bulk 1953-1971). 6,300 items, 18 containers, 7.2 linear feet. Correspondence, writings,
lectures, exhibit brochures, art catalogs, artwork, and other papers relating primarily to Dearstyne's research
on
the history of the Bauhaus art school, the school's influence on the
development of modern art and 20th century
architecture, and two Bauhaus masters, Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Also includes material
pertaining to architectural design and city planning, architecture in Colonial Williamsburg, Va., design in nature,
photography as an art form, and the work of Mies van der Rohe and Dearstyne at the Dept. of Architecture,
Illinois Institute of Technology. Includes a draft of Dearstyne's
posthumously published work, Inside the
Bauhaus (1986).
Correspondents include Josef Albers, Hermann Blomeier, George
Danforth, Werner Drewes, Henry Dubin,
Wils Ebert, Helmut von Erffa, Werner Graeff, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Paul
Klee, Kurt Kranz, Ludwig Mies van
der Rohe, the Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), Eckhard Neumann, Karl Nierendorf,
Pius E. Pahl,
Walter A. Peterhans, Oskar Schlemmer, and Erdmann Schmocker.
Some papers are
in German.
Finding aid available in the Library and online (ASCII)
gopher://marvel.loc.gov/00/.ftppub/mss/msspub/fa/d/dearstyn.txt.
Digges-L'Enfant-Morgan.
Papers, 1674-1923 (bulk 1778-1828). 400 items, 3
containers, 2
microfilm
reels. Chiefly correspondence, accounts, commissions, notes, and other papers (1778-1828) of and relating
to
soldier and engineer Pierre C. L'Enfant, including material
relating to the Society of the Cincinnati, the design of
the city of Washington, Robert Morris' home in Philadelphia, and
Fort Mifflin
and Fort Washington.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Mira Lloyd Dock, 1853-1945, Educator, horticulturist,
conservationist, and landscape artist.
Papers, 1814-1947 (bulk 1896-1930). 2500 items, 9
containers.
Correspondence, printed matter, clippings, photos, and maps, dealing mainly with forestry, gardening, park
development, conservation, and nature study in Pennsylvania and elsewhere in the United States as well as
in
Germany. Some papers concern Dock's work as a member of the State Forest
Commission of Pennsylvania and
as chairman of forestry in the State Federation of Pennsylvania Women. Includes material on city
beautification.
Konstantinos Apostolou Doxiades, 1913-1975, Architect
and urban planner.
Papers, 1959-1976. 2000 items, 6 containers.
Finding aid available in the Library
Charles Eames, 1907-1978.
Work of Charles Eames and Ray Eames, 1885-1988 (bulk 1965-
1988). 131,400 items, 293 containers plus 4 oversized,
120.2 linear feet. Correspondence, writings, lectures, reports, proposals, scripts, notes, research files,
minutes,
financial records, clippings, printed material including catalogs and brochures, biographical material, layout
designs, plans, drawings, photographs, and other papers documenting the design activities and professional
associations of Charles and Ray Eames. Relates chiefly to the Eames's designs for chairs and other
furniture,
exhibit designs, and production of films for the Eames's principal clients, the Herman Miller (firm), International
Business Machines Corporation, and the governments of India and the United States.
Includes correspondence and other material pertaining to the Eames's collaboration with Elmer Bernstein, I.
Bernard Cohen, John Dinkeloo, Owen Gingerich, Edmund Sears Morgan, Philip Morrison, Raymond M.
Redheffer, and Kevin Roche. Also includes Kaiser
family papers containing material from Ray Eames's years at
the Bennett School in Millbrook, N.Y., and her studies with Hans
Hofmann.
Other correspondents include Bill Ballantine, Elmer Bernstein, R.
Buckminster Fuller, Alexander Girard,
Dorothy Jeakins, A. Quincy Jones, Lee Krasner Schrader, Peter Smithson,
Saul Steinberg, Harry Weese, and
Billy Wilder.
Finding aid available in the Library and online (ASCII)
gopher://marvel.loc.gov/00/.ftppub/mss/msspub/fa/e/eames.txt.
Albert Fink, 1827-1897, Railway construction engineer,
railroad executive, and architect.
Papers, 1850-1893. 75 items, 3 containers. Drafts of unpublished papers on iron railroad bridge
construction
and on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (in German, ca. 1850);
reprints and pamphlets reflecting Fink's work in
the post-bellum period as a railroad engineer and manager with the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad, the
Southern Railway and Steamship Association, and the Trunk Line
Association (N.Y.); drawings and tracings of
bridge and railroad construction projects supervised or designed by Fink; and sketches of his design
(ca.1859)
for the Jefferson County Courthouse, Louisville, Ky.
David E. Finley (David Edward), Museum director
(National Gallery of Art) and lawyer.
Papers, 1921-1977. 31,000 items, 87 containers plus 5 v. Correspondence, subject files, financial papers,
drafts of
speeches and writings, family material, printed matter, and scrapbooks relating chiefly to Finley's duties as
special
assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew W. Mellon, his
role in the founding and his subsequent service as
director (1938-56) of the National Gallery of Art, and his
activities with numerous artistic and cultural organizations,
including the Commission of Fine Arts, the People-to-People program, the National Portrait Gallery, and
the National
Trust for Historic Preservation.
Specific topics in the papers include the controversy between Mellon and Senator James Couzens over a tax reduction plan; the National Gallery's
participation in the art program of
UNESCO; architectural development of Washington, D.C.; the furnishing of the White
House; and the preservation and
restoration of Cooper Union, Decatur
House, and the Wayside Inn.
Finding aid available in the Library.
John Fitch, 1743-1798, Inventor.
Papers, 1783-1854. 700 items, 3 containers, 3 microfilm reels. The collection includes some papers of
architect
William Thornton (1759-1828).
Finding aid available in the Library.
Daniel Chester French, 1850-1931, Sculptor and
artist.
Papers, 1850-1968. 23,000 items, 93 containers, 44 microfilm reels. Correspondence of French, his
daughter,
Margaret French Cresson, and other members of the French family including his sister, Sarah (French)
Bartlette,
his wife, Mary (French) French, his father, Henry Flagg French, and his son-in-law, William Penn Cresson;
drafts and proof of "Journeys into Fame: The Life of Daniel Chester French" (1947) by Margaret Cresson;
financial records; 300 photographs of the French family and acquaintances; scrapbooks; and newspaper
clippings. Correspondence with Margaret Cresson reflects her career as a sculptress, author, and lecturer as
well
as her service with many cultural organizations.
Correspondents include Henry Bacon, Gutzon Borglum, Robert
M. Bush, Margaret F. Jameson, Hermon A.
MacNeil, Charles Moore, George Foster Peabody, Edward
Robinson, Lorado Taft, and Adolf A. Weinman.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Bess Furman, 1894-1969, Author and journalist.
Papers, 1728-1967 (bulk 1900-1966). 47,000 items, 159 containers, 70 linear feet. Correspondence, diaries
(1924-
1962), family papers, subject files, speeches and writings, financial records, scrapbooks, and miscellany
relating to
Furman's personal and professional life. Includes materials on White
House
renovation, Capitol Hill restoration (1954),
Blair House, Folger Shakespeare
Library, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Institution, and the U.S. Capitol.
German captured documents collection, 1766-1945.
318 microfilm reels. Includes 30 reels of the papers (1896-1945) of architect Paul Troost and interior decorator
Gerdy Troost, encompassing general, professional, and business
correspondence and architectural and financial
papers.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Cass Gilbert, 1859-1934, Architect.
Papers, 1841-1961. 9000 items, 31 containers, 13 linear feet. Correspondence, diaries (1890-1930),
biographical material, financial papers, ms. and print copies of speeches, articles, and poems, and
memorabilia.
Correspondence (1880-1934) relates chiefly to Gilbert's architectural plans for the Woolworth Building, New
York Life Insurance Building, and Federal Courts
Building in New
York, N.Y.; U.S. Treasury Annex, U.S.
Chamber of Commerce Building, and U.S. Supreme Court
Building in Washington, D.C.; and the Arkansas State
Capitol,
Minnesota State Capitol, and West
Virginia State
Capitol; and to his interest in national and international political
affairs. Includes correspondence (through 1944) of Gilbert's wife, Julia Finch Gilbert, and his daughter;
letterbooks (1936-1941) of Cass Gilbert, Jr. (b. 1894); 2 letters
(1802 June 9 and 1804 June 28) addressed to
Thomas Jefferson by William
Thornton; and typescript of a letter (1801 Mar. 7) to Jefferson from James
O'Dermott.
Correspondents include Edwin H. Blashfield, Nicholas Murray Butler, Arthur
Cope, Kenyon Cox, Daniel
Chester French, Samuel Gilbert, Edward M. House, Jean Jules Jusserand, Charles Moore, Elihu Root, and Aston
Webb.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Bernard R. Green,(Bernard Richardson), 1843-1914,
Engineer and Superintendent of Buildings and
Grounds, Library of Congress.
Papers, 1885-1911. 5 v., 5 containers. Consists of three scrapbooks containing clippings, and a photocopy
of the
Journal of Operations, mainly relating to the construction of the Jefferson Building of the Library of
Congress.
Ralph Esty Griswold, 1894- , Landscape architect.
Papers, 1957-1968. 1000 items, containers.
Finding aid available in the Library
Victor Gruen, 1903-1980, Designer, architect, and urban
planner; born in Vienna, Austria, as Victor
David Grunbaum.
Papers, 1886-1991 (bulk 1960-1980). 30,450 items, 88 containers, plus 83 oversized, 123.6 linear feet.
Personal
and business correspondence, project files, speeches, writings, biographical material, and scrapbooks
documenting Gruen's career in architectural design, city planning, and environmental counseling, with
special
emphasis on architectural and land use projects undertaken from 1960 to 1980 by his firms, Gruen Associates,
headquartered in New York and Los Angeles, and Victor Gruen
International, centered in Vienna, Austria.
Project files are most extensive for design of the Universite Catholique de
Louvain in Belgium and the city plan
for Vienna, Austria. The firm's efforts to revitalize the central
business districts of Fort Worth, Tex., Rochester,
N.Y., Kalamazoo, Mich., Boston, Mass., Fresno, Calif., Urbana, Ill., and other American and
European cities are
also documented. Other topics include planning new towns, regional planning, general land development,
public
housing projects, and designs for college campuses.
There is also material on the establishment of the Victor Gruen Foundation for
Environmental Planning in Los
Angeles and its sister organization, Zentrum fur Umweltplanung
in Vienna. Gruen's personal and family life are
also well documented.
Note: Business associates represented include Rudolf L. Baumfeld, John Belle, Jack Beyer, Daniel
Branigan, Sydney H. Brisker, Edgardo Contini, Mel Gooch, Herman Guttman, Abbott Harle, Frank E.
Hotchkiss, Ki Suh Park, Cesar Pelli, John Richard Pointer, Sylvia
Press, Allen Rubenstein, Rolf Sklarek, Ben
Southland, David Travers, Karl Van Leuven, Marge Wheaton, and Beda Zwicker. Personal correspondents
include Betty Berg, Margaret Gruen, Michael Stephen Gruen, Hortense Hockett, Horst Jarka, Judith and
Richard Kafka, Rita Lawrence, Leopold and Valeska Lindtberg, Harry Lowry, Helen Michaelis, Felix and
Hedi
Salzer, Valerie and Willy Steiner, and Stewart L. Udall.
Finding aid available in the Library and online
gopher://marvel.loc.gov/00/.ftppub/mss/msspub/fa/g/gruen.txt.
Etienne Sulpice Hallet, 1755-1825, Architect.
Plan, 1794, 1 item. Photocopy (positive).
James Houston Henderson, 1878-1935, Surveyor and civil
engineer.
Papers, 1913-1920. 23 items, 1 container, 0.2 linear feet. Correspondence, employment records,
biographical
notes, and photographs chiefly relating to Henderson's work as chief surveyor of the Panama Canal and as a
civil engineer for the construction of roads and bridges for the Panama
Railroad.
Finding aid available in the Library
John Mead Howells, 1869-1959, Architect and collector
of autographs.
Collection, 1894-1926. 13 items. Collection of correspondence of James
McNeill Whistler, Beatrix Godwin
Whistler, Henry James, Samuel L. Clemens, and others.
Photocopies (negative).
Vinnie Ream Hoxie, 1847-1914, Sculptor and wife of
U.S. Army officer Richard Leveridge Hoxie
(1844-1930).
Papers of Vinnie Ream and Richard Leveridge Hoxie, 1853-1937 (bulk 1853-1914). 2500 items, 10
containers
plus 1 oversized, 5 microfilm reels, 6 linear feet. Correspondence, memoranda, commissions, essays,
poetry by
Vinnie Ream and Albert Pike, reports, notebooks, biographical data, scrapbooks, clippings, printed
material, and
memorabilia pertaining chiefly to Ream's work following her commission to execute the statue of Abraham
Lincoln now standing in the U.S. Capitol rotunda.
Finding aid available in the Library
Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, U.S. president, vice
president, and secretary of state; diplomat, architect,
inventor, planter, and philosopher.
Papers, 1606-1902 (bulk 1775-1826). 25,000 items, 65 microfilm reels (Series 1-9). Correspondence,
official
statements and addresses, including a rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, plantation and
personal
accounts, notebook, fee book, case book, garden book, farm books, calculations of interest, records of early
Virginia laws and history and other writings on political, legal, educational, and scientific matters,
newspaper
clippings, and other papers. The bulk of the correspondence and writings falls within the period 1775-1826
and
encompasses the major events of the founding and growth of the United States in that era.
Letters, notes, lists, and essays document Jefferson's role
as the
founder of
the University of Virginia and his interest in such diverse areas as
agriculture,
anthropology, architecture,
botany, ciphers, culinary arts, geology, literature and language, meteorology, travel, viticulture, and
weights and
measures.
Published index and additional finding aids available in the Library.
Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, U.S. president, vice
president, and secretary of state; diplomat, architect,
inventor, planter, and philosopher.
Papers, 1764-1826. 800 items, 5 microfilm reels. Correspondence, account books, and architectural
drawings
and surveys. Microfilm of originals in the Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, Calif., 535 Henry E.
Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1864-1952, Photographer and
illustrator.
Papers, 1855-1954 (bulk 1890-1945). 19,000 items, 50 containers, 21 linear feet, microfilm.
Correspondence,
diaries, speeches and writings, financial papers, family papers, clippings, scrapbooks, and printed matter
documenting Johnston's career as a photographer of national figures and events (1889-1910), her
photography of
gardens and estates (1913-1926), and her compilation of a photographic record of Southern colonial
architecture
(1927-1952). Includes material relating to her work for Ladies' Home Journal, McClure's,
and Town and Country
magazines; her participation in international exhibitions in Chicago (1893), Paris (1900), Buffalo (1901),
and St.
Louis (1904); her travels in Europe; her studios in Washington, D.C., and New York, N.Y., the latter in
partnership with Mattie Edwards Hewitt; and the emerging role of women in the profession
of photography.
Finding aid available in the Library
John Kenny, fl. 1846-1848, Architect.
Papers, 1846-1848. Architectural notebook.
Nicholas N. King, 1771-1812.
Family papers, 1792-1987. 30 items, 1 container plus 1 oversized, 0.4 linear feet. Papers of Nicholas King
consist largely of journals (1793-1799) and transcribed excerpts from journals (1792-1811) describing
travels in
England, his voyage to America and first impressions there, particularly in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania,
and
his work as a surveyor and overseer of the construction of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.;
transcripts of
letters from King and his father, Robert King, also an engineer and surveyor; and drawings, sketches, and
photographs.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Hermann Kower, Architect.
Papers, 1878-1883. 17 items, 4 containers. Notes of mathematical engineering and architectural lectures by
various professors, with many drawings.
Johann Cornelius Krieger, Architect.
Recommendation, 1726.
Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1764-1820, Architect and
engineer.
Papers, 1803-1817. 400 items, 4 containers, 1 microfilm reel. Principally letters (ca. 150) from Latrobe to
John
Lenthall, clerk of the works of the U.S. Capitol, concerning the construction of the U.S. Capitol building in
Washington. These letters (1803-1808), frequently illustrated with sketches and plans, were written in
Philadelphia, Penn., Newcastle and Wilmington, Del., or Ironhill, Md., and conveyed Latrobe's instructions
to
Lenthall on details of the construction. Includes several notes and memoranda to Lenthall from Thomas
Jefferson concerning construction; a few of Lenthall's letters to Latrobe; and two volumes containing
copies of
some of the above correspondence plus other pieces concerning the Capitol building. A majority of the
copies
are Latrobe's letters to Lenthall but there are copies of several letters to Thomas Jefferson and John
Marshall.
Lee Lawrie, 1877-1963, Sculptor. Full name: Lee Oskar
Lawrie.
Papers, 1908-1990 (bulk 1920-1963). 15,550 items, 65 containers plus 2 oversized, 26 linear feet. General
and
family correspondence, sculpture commission files, biographical file, and other papers documenting
Lawrie's
career as a sculptor whose works were an integral part of public buildings, monuments, and churches
throughout
the United States. Includes correspondence between Lawrie and architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue with
whom he collaborated on sculptures for St. Thomas' Church and
Church of the Heavenly Rest, New York,
N.Y.,
and material relating to his design of the memorial tomb for Goodhue at the Chapel of the
Intercession, also in
New York. Other sculpture commissions documented include works for the National
Academy of Sciences
building, Washington, D.C., and the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln.
Other projects include works for the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine and the
International Building at
Rockefeller Center, New York, N.Y.; United States
Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.; Los Angeles Public
Library; Bok Tower, Lake
Wales, Fla.; Louisiana State Capitol in Baton
Rouge; Harkness Memorial Tower,
Yale University, New Haven, Conn.; Memorial Bridge, Harrisburg,
Pa.; and the
statue of George Washington at
the Washington Cathedral.
Note: Also includes material on Lawrie's roles as consultant in sculpture to the Board of Design for
the
New York World's Fair, 1939, to the U. S. Architect of the Capitol during the
renovation of the House and
Senate chambers, and to the American Battle Monuments
Commission, and as a member of the U.S.
Commission of Fine Arts, 1933-1937 and 1945-1950.
Finding aid available in the Library
John Lenthall, 1807-1882, Architect.
Notebook, 1843.
Library of Congress.
Records of the Library of Congress, 1800-1988. 2,225,000 items, 5,200 containers, 72 microfilm
reels. The Building and Grounds Series(1873-1952), Subseries I documents all phases of the building of the
Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress including
commissioning,
design,
site selection, employment of workers, materials, contracts, and plans. Subseries 2 is a combination of
operational records and materials relating to various construction projects supervised by Bernard Green, who
was both Superintendent of Construction of the Jefferson Building and the first Superintendent of Buildings
and
Grounds after the opening of the Jefferson Building in 1897. This subseries also documents Green's non-
Library of Congress projects.
Finding aid available in the library
E. G. Lind, Architect.
Papers, 1855-1902. 4 items, 1 container. Diary (1855 Oct. 8-1856 Jan. 7) of E. G. Lind, describing
departure
from England, 4-week voyage to America, arrival in New York, etc.; also accounts dated 1856-1902; and
typescript of Lind's book "The Music of Colors" accompanied by color plates.
Raymond Loewy, 1893-1986, Industrial designer.
Papers, 1929-1988 (bulk 1960-1976). 55,000 items, 194 containers plus 120 oversized, 109 linear feet.
Correspondence; administrative, client, and project files; and financial and legal papers relating to Loewy's
work
as an industrial designer. The collection documents the growth of his company from a small firm to a
complex
system of international corporations and subsidiaries concerned with architecture, corporate image
coordination,
exhibitions, marketing, packaging, product design, and other aspects of industrial design. Includes
correspondence, speeches, and writings of the Loewy firms' chief executives Joseph Lovelace, James J.
Sheridan, William Snaith, and Loewy himself.
Prominent clients include Abraham and Straus, Coca-Cola Company, Exxon
Corporation, Greyhound
Corporation, Higbee Co., John Wanamaker (firm), Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company, Lord and Taylor,
Martin
Marietta Corporation, Nabisco, Inc., National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Skylab project),
Pennsylvania Railroad, Sibley, Lindsay and Curr Company, Studebaker Corporation, U.S. Forest Service,
United States Postal Service, and Woodward and
Lothrop. Includes files on designs for many other companies
and products in the United States, France, Great Britain, Soviet Union, and elsewhere.
Finding aid available in the Library
Franklin MacVeagh, 1837-1934, Lawyer, businessman,
and U.S. secretary of the treasury.
Papers, 1799-1933 (bulk 1909-1913). 19,000 items, 49 containers. Correspondence, family papers, subject
files,
business, legal, and financial papers, speeches, and miscellany relating primarily to MacVeagh's service in
President Taft's cabinet. Family papers include files relating to the building and upkeep of his Henry Hobson
Richardson-designed house in Chicago.
Correspondents include Daniel H. Burnham and Louis Sullivan.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Charles Follen McKim, 1847-1909, Architect.
Papers, 1838-1928 (bulk 1890-1910). 4200 items, 14 containers, 14 microfilm reels. Correspondence,
letterbooks, memoranda, diaries, notes, legal and financial papers, sketches, drawings, and photographs
relating
chiefly to the firm of McKim, Mead, and White, New York, N.Y.
Documents the establishment of the American
Academy in Rome and the construction of the Boston Public
Library.
Correspondents include Daniel Chester French, John La Farge, Frank Davis
Millet, Charles Moore, Harry Siddons
Mowbray, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Augustus Saint-
Gaudens.
Finding aid in the Library.
Joseph Cowles Mehaffey, 1889-1963, U.S. Army engineer
and governor of the Panama Canal
Zone.
Papers, 1925-1959 (bulk 1944-1949). 900 items, 3
containers.
Personal
correspondence relating, in part, to life in the Canal Zone and the operations of the canal; printed material
about
Central America, Panama, the Panama Railroad Co., and the canal; and miscellaneous papers
concerning
Mehaffey's various engineering projects, including the Arlington Memorial
Bridge (Va.) and the renovation of
the White House.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Montgomery C. Meigs, (Montgomery Cunningham),
1816-1892, Army officer, engineer, architect, and
scientist.
Papers, 1799-1968 (bulk 1849-1892). 11,000 items, 37 containers, 51 microfilm reels. Correspondence,
diaries
and journals (1836-1891), notebooks, family papers, military papers, drawings and plans, scrapbooks, and
other
papers relating primarily to Meigs's work in the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers supervising construction in
Maryland and Washington,
D.C., on the Washington Aqueduct, the Cabin John Bridge and Rock Creek
bridges,
additions to the U.S. Capitol, and the Pension
Office building.
Finding aid available in the Library
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969, Architect and
educator.
Papers, 1921-1969 (bulk 1938-1969). 22,000 items, 65 containers. Correspondence and memoranda
(1921-1969; in part, German), articles, speeches, and other writings by and about Mies van der Rohe,
blueprints,
photographs, printed material, and other papers relating to architectural concepts and education, urban
renewal,
and to his association with such organizations as the Novembergruppe,
Bauhaus, Deutscher Werkbund, Bund
Deutscher Architekten, and the Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago, Ill. (later Illinois Institute of
Technology), where he served as director of architecture (1938-1958).
Correspondents include Josef Albers, Otto Baur, Peter Behrens, Peter Blake,
Peter Bruckmann, Arundell Clarke,
Richard J. Daley, Theo van Doesburg, Paul H. Douglas, Herbert S. Greenwald, Walter Gropius, Gerd
Hatje,
Ludwig Hilberseimer, Jacqueline Kennedy, Paul Klee, Le Corbusier, M. Martin Machler, John Nef,
Hans Poelzig, Walter Peterhans, Adolf Rading, Hans Richter, Sergius Ruegenberg, Eero Saarinen, Mart
Stam,
Max Taut, Heinrich Tessnow, and Frank Lloyd
Wright.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Robert Mills, 1781-1855, Architect and engineer.
Papers, 1804-1862 (bulk 1830-1850). 140 items, 1 container, 1 microfilm reel. Correspondence, bills,
receipts,
plans, drawings, sketches, reports, notebooks, and printed matter, chiefly 1830-1850. The bulk of the
papers
relate to Mills' designs for public buildings in Washington, D.C.,
and to his duties as U.S. Architect of the Capitol.
Also includes material relating to commissions in Richmond, Va.
and Baltimore, Md. for public buildings and
monuments.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Robert Mills, 1781-1855, Architect and engineer.
Papers, 1808-1853. 16 microfiche. Microfiche of originals in the South Carolina Historical Society (Charleston, S.C.).
Robert Mills, 1781-1855, Architect and engineer.
Scholarly Resources microfilm edition of the papers of Robert Mills, 15 microfilm reels. Microfilm
publication
produced by the Robert Mills papers project organized at the National Museum of American History in
1984 to
make widely scattered Mills papers available to scholars.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Charles Moore, 1855-1942, Author and art historian.
Papers, 1858-1944 (bulk 1900-1937). 6000 items, 22 containers. Correspondence, letterbooks, date books,
notes, articles, speeches, picture post cards, photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to the 1901
MacMillan Plan for Washington,
D.C., the restoration of the White House in 1902-1903, the Washington, D.C., Park
Commission, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, and American
architecture. Includes correspondence of U.S.
Presidents and their wives, from Grover Cleveland to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Correspondents include Lord and Lady Charnwood, Daniel Chester French,
Cass Gilbert, J.J. Jusserand,
William Mitchell Kendall, Charles F. McKim, James McMillan, Frederick
Law Olmsted, Elihu Root, and
Egerton Swartwout. The material is related to the Library's
Charles Follen McKim collection.
Finding aid available in the Library
E. Jerome O'Connor, 1891-1977, Architect of Washington, D.C.; coordinating architect for the Pentagon
in Arlington, Va.
Papers, 1909-1958. 9 items. Correspondence, logbook, resume, newspaper clippings, and other papers
pertaining primarily to O'Connor's career as an architect in the Washington, D.C., area.
Frederick Law Olmsted, 1822-1903, Landscape
architect.
Papers, 1777-1952 (bulk 1838-1903). 24,000 items, 73 containers, 60 microfilm reels. Correspondence,
letterbooks, journals, drafts of articles and books, speeches and lectures, biographical and genealogical
data,
business papers, legal and financial papers, scrapbooks, printed material, maps, drawings, and other papers
encompassing Olmsted's career and private life.
The papers focus on his career as a landscape architect, specifically as a designer of parks, private estates,
and
public buildings and as a city and regional planner. Includes material pertaining to his designs chiefly of
Central
Park in New York, N.Y., of the area surrounding
Niagara Falls, N.Y., of the U.S. Capitol grounds, Washington,
D.C., and of the grounds of the World's Columbian
Exposition, Chicago, Ill.,
1893. Material pertains, in part, to
work undertaken by Olmsted and the firms of Olmsted and Vaux
(1858), Frederick Law Olmsted (1858-1884),
F.L. and J.C. Olmsted (1884-1889), F.L. Olmsted and Company (1889-1893), Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot
(1893-1897), F.L. and J.C. Olmsted (1897-1898), and Olmsted
Brothers (1898-1961).
Correspondents include Henry W. Bellows, Samuel Bowles, Charles Loring Brace, Daniel Hudson
Burnham,
Horace W. S. Cleveland, George William Curtis, Charles A.
Dana, Edwin Lawrence Godkin, Andrew Haswell
Green, Edward Everett Hale, William James, Clarence King,
Frederick J. Kingsbury, Frederick N. Knapp,
Charles Follen McKim, Charles Eliot Norton, Whitelaw Reid,
Henry Hobson Richardson, Charles N. Riotte,
Carl Schurz, George Templeton Strong, George Washington Vanderbilt, Calvert Vaux, Henry Villard, George
E. Waring, Jr., and Katherine Prescott Wormeley.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Olmsted Associates, Landscape architects. Chronology of
names used by the firm: Olmsted and Vaux,
1858; Frederick Law Olmsted, 1858-1884; F.L. and J.C. Olmsted, 1884-1889; F.L. Olmsted and Company,
1889-1893; Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot, 1893-1897; F.L. and
J.C. Olmsted, 1897-1898; Olmsted Brothers,
1898-1961; and Olmsted Associates, 1961 (partnership) and 1964
(inc.).
Records, 1868-1950 (bulk 1910-1950). 170,000 items, 650 containers, 111 microfilm reels.
Correspondence,
letterbooks (1884-1899), journals, reports, memoranda, deeds and contractual arrangements, financial
records,
plans and specifications, blueprints and diagrams, nursery orders, personnel records, scrapbooks of
newspaper
clippings, and other material, chiefly 1910-1950, documenting the history and growth of the firm. The
records
trace the firm's work in the District of Columbia, including the U.S.
Capitol and
White House grounds; with the
park systems of Baltimore, Md., Brooklyn and Buffalo, N.Y., Chicago, Ill., and Hartford,
Conn.; with the
World's Columbian Exposition, (Chicago, IL, 1893), Pan-American Exposition (Buffalo, N.Y., 1899-1901), and Alaska-Yukon Exposition
(Seattle, WA, 1906-1911); with various American universities and
private estates; and with evolving concepts in urban
and
suburban development and the creation of recreational areas.
Includes papers of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903), his son, Frederick Law Olmsted (1870-1957),
John
Charles Olmsted (1852-1920), and other members of the Olmsted family.
Finding aid available in the library.
Nathaniel Alexander Owings, 1903-1984, Architect and
engineer.
Papers, 1911-1983 (bulk 1960-1980). 28,300 items, 73 containers, 29.2 linear feet. Correspondence,
journals.
memoranda, minutes and reports, drafts of speeches and writings, legal and financial papers, subject file,
biographical material, poetry, notes, appointment calendars, charts, graphs, diagrams, clippings, printed
matter,
photographs, scrapbooks, and other material chiefly dating from 1960 to 1980. The collection documents
Owings's career (1936-1983) as a founding partner of the architectural firm, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill,
with
home offices in San Francisco, Calif., and field offices elsewhere; as chairman of public commissions
responsible for the redesign of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.; as a
member of various commissions
relating to conservation, preservation, and redevelopment in California; and as an author of works on the
aesthetic and practical applications of architecture in contemporary life, architectural theory, and city
planning.
Includes material relating to his service on or contribution to the California Advisory Committee on a
Master
Plan for Scenic Highways, the Monterey coast master plan, the Pennsylvania Avenue Development
Corporation, and the President's Council on Pennsylvania (1969) and The Spaces In Between: An
Architect's
Journey (1973) and to his winning of the 1983 American Institute of Architects' Gold Medal.
Correspondents include Ansel Adams, Stephen Davison Bechtel,
Jerry Brown, Wolf von Eckardt, Arthur J.
Goldberg, Lady Bird Johnson, Robert Moses, Daniel P.
Moynihan, Elwood R. Quesada, David Rockefeller,
Nicholas Roosevelt, Wallace Earle Stegner, and Stewart L. Udall.
Finding aid available in the Library
I. M. Pei, 1917- , Architect.
Papers, 1952-1991. 21,000 items, Access restricted. Unprocessed collection.
Paul J. Pelz, 1841-1918, Architect; born in Silesia;
emigrated to the United States in 1858; formed
partnership with John L. Smithmeyer, 1873 (Smithmeyer and Pelz). Full name: Paul Johannes Pelz.
Papers, 1858-1931 (bulk 1890-1917). 900 items, 3 containers, 1.2 linear feet. Correspondence,
memoranda,
reports, testimonials, pictorial representations of buildings, printed material, and photographs relating to
the
planning and construction of the Library of Congress (Jefferson
Building) and
other buildings and to the claims
of Pelz and John L. Smithmeyer against the federal government for architectural fees for the Library.
Finding aid available in the Library
William Pirie,Stonemason and inspector of granite and
cutting for the Library of Congress Jefferson
Building.
Papers, 1869-1900. 350 items, 2 containers. General (1869-1897) and some family correspondence,
congressional reports (1889-1897), accounts and records (1883-1899), account books (8v., 1876-1900),
architectural notebooks (4 v.), memorandum books (3 v.), architectural plans and sketches, blueprints, time
records, printed material, photographs, and other records, concerning granite used in construction of the
Library
of Congress Jefferson Building.
Names represented include Bernard R. Green of the Office of
Building for the Library of Congress, Booth Bros.
and Hurricane Isle Granite Company, New York, N.Y., Guilford
and Watersville Granite Company, Baltimore,
Md., Granite Railway Company, Boston, Mass., Hallowell Granite Works, Hallowell, Me., Master
Stonecutters'
Association of the District of Columbia, Mt. Waldo Granite Works, Frankfort, Me., New England Granite
Works, Hartford, Conn., Norcross Brothers, Worcester, Mass., Railway Granite Company, Rockland, Me.,
Troy
Granite Works, Troy, N.H., Washington Granite Monumental Company, Washington, D.C., and Westham
Granite Company, Richmond, Va.
O. M. Poe, (Orlando Metcalfe), 1832-1895, U.S Army
officer and engineer.
Papers, 1852-1922 (bulk 1863-1885). 8,500 items, 19 containers plus 4 oversized, 7.6 linear feet.
Correspondence, diaries, writings, speeches, reports, orders, notebooks, family papers, biographical
material,
newspaper clippings, maps, blueprints, memorabilia, and other papers relating primarily to Poe's military
service
as assistant engineer in the U.S. Army Military Division of the Mississippi (1863-1864), chief engineer to
Maj.
Gen. William T. Sherman (1864-1865), engineer secretary of the U.S. Light-House Board (1865-1870),
engineer of the 9th and 11th lighthouse districts (1870-1873), and aide-de-camp to Sherman (1873-1883).
Topics include his work directing construction of Great Lakes maritime structures including Spectacle Reef
Lighthouse and the enlargement of Sault Sainte Marie
Canal.
Finding aid available in the Library
Alfred Easton Poor, 1899-1988, Architect and U.S. Navy
officer.
Papers, 1866-1983 (bulk 1919-1983). 600 items, 9 containers, 3.5 linear feet. Correspondence, writings,
publications, reports, and appointment calendars pertaining primarily to Poor's architectural career,
particularly
his designs for public buildings. Includes materials relating to designs for the Wright
Brothers Memorial in Kitty
Hawk, N.C., and the Library of Congress James Madison Memorial
Building in
Washington, D.C., to the
restoration of the West Front and renovation of the old Supreme
Court chamber
of the U.S. Capitol, and to his
activities as an official with the National Academy of Design.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Edmund Randolph Purves, 1897-1964, Architect.
Papers, 1916-1964. 2000 items, 7 containers. Correspondence, speeches, articles, appointment calendars,
architectural drawings, and printed material relating partially to Purves's career as director (1941-1949) and
executive director (1949-1961) of the American Institute of
Architects.
Corrrespondents include Leon Chatelain and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Charles Mason Remey, 1874-1974, Architect.
Family papers, 1778-1949 (bulk 1855-1932). 1,225 items, 61 containers. Correspondence, diaries,
journals,
genealogical papers, photographs, and other papers of Remey and Mason family members.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Laura Wood Roper, 1911- , Biographer of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903). Full name: Laura
Newbold Wood Roper. Author of children's books under the name L. N. Wood.
Papers, 1822-1982 (bulk 1871-1895 and 1948-1952). 2,280 items, 17 containers, 9 microfilm reels, 4
linear
feet. Correspondence, research notes, and related material of Roper pertaining to her biography of Olmsted;
correspondence, reports, research material, clippings, printed material of Frederick Law Olmsted;
correspondence, reports, clippings, and printed material of the landscape architectural firm, Olmsted
Associates
(1961- ), earlier names, Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot (1898-1897), F.L. and J.C. Olmsted (1897-1898),
Olmsted
Brothers (1898-1961); and chronological, subject, correspondent, and personal name indices to the
Frederick
Law Olmsted Papers in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division. Topics include capitols, city
planning,
expositions, parks, Olmsted's business partners, and his writings.
Roper's correspondents include Charles Eliot, Theodora Kimball
Hubbard, Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., and
John Charles Olmsted.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Russell and Company (Canton, China).
Records, 1812-1894 (bulk 1819-1840). 3,900 items, 16 containers, 10 microfilm reels. General
correspondence
series includes letters relating to Ithiel Town's design of Samuel
Russell's (1780-1862?) mansion in Middletown,
Conn.
Finding aid available in the Library.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1848-1907, Sculptor.
Collection, 1920. 2 items.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1848-1907, Sculptor and
artist.
Papers, 1891-1918. 100 items, 1 container. Includes correspondence with Daniel H. Burnham concerning the
World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, IL, 1893) and other
matters; and
Saint-Gaudens' letters to Theodore F. Dwight and Charles
Moore.
Augustus Saint-Gaudens, 1848-1907, Sculptor.
Papers, ca. 1848-1907. 55 microfilm reels. Microfilm of originals in: Dartmouth College Library (Hanover,
N.H.).
Finding aid available in the Library.
Horace Bucklin Sawyer, 1797-1860, Naval officer.
Papers, 1812-1950. 900 items, 3 containers, 1 linear ft. Correspondence and diaries ("Memorandum
Books"),
chiefly 1814-1856. Includes obituary of architect Philip Sawyer (d. 1949).
John Sessford, 1776?-1862.