Collections : [Avery Drawings & Archives]

This collection contains original and reprographic architectural drawings for two properties occupied by the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Manhattan. These include the former James A. Burden, Jr., residence at 7 E. 91st St., designed by the New York architectural firm of Warren, Wetmore & Morgan in 1902-1903; and the Otto H. Kahn residence at 1 E. 91st St., designed by New York architect C. P. H. Gilbert in 1916-1918.

Collection of letters and telegrams centered around the remodeling of a house called "Dunlora" aka Merry Hill, located at 8605 Park Heights Avenue in Pikesville Maryland. The house was built for Robert Brent Keyser in 1899 by the firm Hoppin and Koen of New York. The remodeling was done by American architect Grosvenor Atterbury. The vast majority of the letters are between Atterbury (and his firm) and Robert Brent Keyser. They describe various plans and issues surrounding the remodeling of the house. A few letters discuss construction at the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University. Some of the other names mentioned in the letters are J.L. Marshall & Son (the builders), Mr. Sperry, Judge Harlan, Morgan-Harjes, Mr. Manly, and Charles E. Reeder.

Collection of clipping files from the magazine Country Life. Unknown origin of collector, but possible formed by the Architecture pepartment at Columbia University as a reference collection.

Original and reprographic architectural drawings of Craftsman homes designed by The Craftsman Architects from offices in Syracuse and New York City, under the direction of Gustav Stickley, most of which were published nearly monthly in THE CRAFTSMAN magazine. Sixteen architectural designs for private clients, seven Craftsman fireplace-furnace systems for private clients, and additional drawings for Craftsman hardware are also included.

Includes architectural drawings for the following projects: Powell Symphony Hall (St. Louis, MO), New York State Theater, Lincoln Center (New York, NY), Repertory Theater for the Drama And Library Museum, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (University of Illinois), Cadet Activities Center, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.), Research Administration & Symposia Facility, National Academy of the Sciences, Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center (New York, NY).

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, and studies from American Institute of Architects Housing Task Forces spearheaded by David F.M. Todd. The collection illustrates the role of AIA in affecting policy development and implementation at the federal level.

This collection contains manuscripts and related publication galleys and correspondence created by New York architectural historian David G. Lowe and his publisher, Doubleday, in the course of publishing Lowe's book STANFORD WHITE'S NEW YORK (New York : Doubleday, c1992.).

Architectural drawings of Gendell's buildings in Philadelphia and elsewhere in Pennsylvania, particularly Baptist churches.

Included are approx. 7,000 architectural drawings, circa 1910s-1940s, for projects designed by Delano & Aldrich, including La Guardia Airport in New York; several buildings at Yale University; Willard Straight Hall at Cornell University; various buildings at United States Military Academy at West Point; the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; alterations to the White House; numerous residences throughout the New York City metropolitan area, particulary the Dwight W. Morrow house in Englewood, N.J., the J.A. Burden house in Syosset, N.Y., and the Willard D. Straight house on East 92nd Street in New York City; and various schools, churches, and residential structures throughout the United States. Rendered competition drawings are included. Drawings made by William Adams Delano while a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, circa 1900. Also, 6 boxes of photographs of Delano & Aldrich completed projects, chiefly residential structures.