Trans World Airlines Unit Terminal Building New York International Airport architectural drawings, 1958-1961

Creator:: Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961 and Eero Saarinen & Associates
Extent:: 51 Sheets
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Collection consists of 51 reprographic architectural working drawings for the TWA Terminal A at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, N.Y., drawn between 1958 and 1961. All sheets are diazo print on paper, with a very few bearing graphite and/or colored pencil annotations. Earlier drawings note Eero Saarinen as the architect of record; later drawings note Eero Saarinen and Associates. Architectural working drawings are stored in numerical order, sheets 2 through 121, with some sheets lacking.

Acquisition information:: Lawrence G. Zimmerman, 1973 1972.004
Custodial history:: Gift of Lawrence G. Zimmerman, 1973.
Processing information:: Papers Processed avr 04/04/2007.
Arrangement:: Architectural working drawings are stored in numerical order, sheets 2 through 121, with some sheets lacking.
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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 must be obtained in writing from the Director, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, 1172 Amsterdam Ave., MC 0301, New York, NY 10027.

Preferred citation:: Trans World Airlines Unit Terminal Building, New York International Airport, architectural drawings. Located in Columbia University, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Department of Drawings & Archives.

Location of this collection:: Avery Drawings & Archives

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