Columbia University School of Architecture student drawings, 1879-1956, bulk 1884-1912

Collection context

Creator:
Arnaud, Leopold, 1895-1984, Atwood, Norman, Boring, William A (William Alciphron), 1859-1937, Burley, Robert A, Camlet, George L, Camlet, William J, De Ris, Joan, Dimick, D. L, Gifford, R, Gilbert, Cass, 1859-1934, Glushak, E, Gordo, J, Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926, Hamlin, Talbot, 1889-1956, Herz, Henry, Jacobs, Harry Allan, 1872-1932, Kagawa, Shoso, Kempa, E, Khaupt, R, Leefe, James, Levi, Julian, 1874-1971, Lutz, P, MacDonald, D, Madland, Per, Morris, Benjamin W (Benjamin Wistar), 1870-1944, Olgyay, Aladar, 1910-1963, Petchler, W. J, Rapp, W, Rohdenburg, Theodor Karl, Scherer, R. R, Schwarz, R. E, Smith, Perry Coke, Schwartz, R. E, Swan, P. W, Ware, Arthur, Ware, William R (William Robert), 1832-1915, White, E. D., Jr, Wolf, J, Columbia University. School of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Columbia University. School of Mines
Extent:
255 items
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

Included are drawings--from preliminary sketches to finished renderings--done by students in the architecture program at the School of Mines at Columbia and, later, at the School of Architecture at Columbia. The bulk of these were done circa 1884-1912, during the tenures of Deans William Robert Ware (1881-1903) and A.D.F. Hamlin (1903-1912). Included in collection are student drawings by William A. Boring, Harry Allan Jacobs, Benjamin Wistar Morris, Jr., Julian Clarence Levi, Arthur Ware, Talbot Faulkner Hamlin, Leopold F. Arnaud, Perry Coke Smith, Theodor Karl Rohdenburg, and Aladar Olgyay. Also, drawings done by architecture students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, circa 1880s; a photograph, undated, of William Robert Ware; and one drawing, 1879, by architect Cass Gilbert.

Biographical / historical:

The architecture program at the School of Mines at Columbia was begun by William Robert Ware in 1881. In 1897 the department became a separate school of architecture. Ware had begun the first professional school of architecture in the United States at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Access and use

Preferred citation:

Columbia University School of Architecture student drawings. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

Location of this collection:
300 Avery Hall
1172 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027, USA
Before you visit:
Researchers are encouraged to request materials at least one month in advance. You will receive an email from the department within 2-3 business days confirming your request and currently available appointment times. Requests are limited to 8 boxes per day (or equivalent), with a maximum of 5 boxes for off-site materials, 5 folders of drawings, or 5 rolls or tube boxes.
Contact:
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