Howells & Stokes architectural records and drawings, 1900-1940, bulk 1904-1907

Creator:: Stokes, I. N. Phelps (Isaac Newton Phelps), 1867-1944, Howells, John Mead, 1868-1959, and Howells and Stokes
Extent:: 4 manuscript boxes and 11 Sheets
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Correspondence, specifications, contracts, invoices, financial statements, memoranda, and architectural drawings pertaining to the construction of St. Paul's Chapel (Columbia University, New York, N.Y.), a project designed by Howells & Stokes, and by Stokes independently. Correspondence is between Howells & Stokes and Columbia University officials, contractors, and suppliers, including Nicholas Murray Butler, R. Guastavino Co., Tiffany Studios, Coppède, Paul Manship, and McKim, Mead & White, as well as Stokes' aunts Olivia Egleston Phelps Stokes and Caroline Phelps Stokes.
Biographical / historical:: Architectural firm in New York, N.Y. formed by the partnership of Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes (1867-1944) and John Mead Howells (1868-1959). The firm dissolved in 1917.

Acquisition information:: Source of acquisition--Transferred from the Office of the President, Columbia University, 1000/030 (circa 1970); and transfer from Columbia University Dept. of Facilities, 1995.012.
Processing information:: correspondence, architectural drawings accessioned, described 04/21/1997.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Other information:: This is the host record for which 1 separate RLIN VIM record was created. The RLIN VIM ID number is NYDA97-F5, and the accession numbers are 1000.039.00001 through.00011

Access and use

Restrictions:: This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.
Terms of access:: Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the director of Avery Library.

Preferred citation:

Howells & Stokes architectural records and drawings. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Howells & Stokes architectural records and drawings, Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Location of this collection:: Avery Drawings & Archives

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