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Drawings, prints, watercolors, photographs, and reproductions, largely undated (late 19th- through the 20th century) of architectural and other subjects by Harriman, with some by others including Perry Coke Smith, Howard J. Custer, and unidentified artists and architects. Of note is an undated unidentified photograph of late 19th- or early 20th-century art or architecture students.

Architectural drawings with miscellaneous photographs, prints, and reproductions executed by Charles Stoughton, or by the architectural firm Stoughton & Stoughton, formed by the partnership of Charles and Arthur Stoughton. Projects include bridge designs for the estates of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. at Mount Desert Island, Maine, 1930-1934, and Pocantico Hills, Tarrytown, N.Y., 1929-1931; buildings at the Canton Christian College at Hong Lok, Canton, China, 1905-1913; a residence for secretaries, Young Women's Christian Association, Pak Hok Tong, Canton, China, 1915; and buildings at the Polytechnic Institute at San German, Puerto Rico, 1918-1937. Also, a plan and elevations of the grounds, with the location of the house, of the Jumel Mansion, New York, n.d.; a general plan of a hospital, 1919; a photograph of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, New York; and miscellaneous maps of various sections of New York City, undated except for one dated 1796.

Photographs and architectural drawings of Lienau's work, much of it in New York City and in New Jersey. Projects include the Gardner A. Sage Library for the General Theological Seminary in New Brunswick, N.J.; the Francis Cottenet Villa in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.; a house for Legrand Lockwood in South Norwalk, Conn., later owned by Mark Twain and now known as the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion; and the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences in Savannah, Ga. Also included are drawings of unidentified or unexecuted buildings; student drawings, and early European commissions; lecture notes, 1835-1837, from the Stadtische Gewerbeschule, Berlin; a partial list of of Lienau's work, 1848-1886; specifications; acounts; printed material; photographs, postcards, and prints showing various European buildings; clippings; certificates; typescripts of articles; and correspondence.

This collection includes Giorgio Cavaglieri's preliminary studies, working drawings, presentation drawings, and specifications, circa 1962-1965, for his renovation of the Jefferson Market Courthouse into a library. Also, prints of drawings, 1876, by Vaux and Withers for the original building, and drawings, circa 1918-1940, for alterations.

This collection contains predominantly early 19th-century prints of architecture, cityscapes, and landscapes, with some ethnographic views, in the United Kingdom, continental Europe, and other selected countries. The majority of images are from published sources and are uncolored. Nearly all the prints are titled and most include artist, printer, and/or publisher information. Many noted printmakers are represented in this collection, most of whom were British.