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Abe H. Feder lighting records and papers, 1930s-1990s
83 document boxesBuildings and grounds collection, 1755-2011, bulk 1880-2000
15.85 linear feetHarvey Wiley Corbett architectural drawings and papers, 1914-1949
1786 itemsHugh Ferriss architectural drawings and papers, 1906-1980, bulk 1918-1960
440 drawingsMax Abramovitz architectural records and papers, 1925-1990
14,000 drawingsMetropolitan Square Development specifications, 1931-1932
2 manuscript boxesLegal contracts between the Owners, Managers, Architects and Builders regarding various aspects of the construction work on Theatre #10 of the Metropolitan Square Development project. The contracts detail what was specifically to be done by the construction crews and what was and was not included in each part of the specified construction process.
Office of the General Counsel records, 1924-1985
4 linear feetThis collection consists of records from the Office of the General Counsel regarding the site of Rockefeller Center and Baker Field, the dormitory authority bonds and the modernization of Presbyterian Hospital. There are also the collected documents of the general counsel from the 1920s to the 1950s.
Raymond M. Hood architectural drawings and papers, 1890-1944
281 drawingsArchitectural drawings for three projects; photographs of architectural drawings and models; photographs of sites before construction, buildings under construction, and interiors and exteriors of completed buildings; and related clippings. The three projects, with original drawings, arethe McGraw-Hill building, New York, 1929-1934, by Raymond Hood, Godley & Fouilhoux, and alterations, 1942-1944, by Harrison, Fouilhoux, and Abramovitz; Hood's first studies for Rockefeller Center, drawn by Walter Kilham, Jr. in 1929; and the Daily News Building, New York, 1929-1947, by Hood and John M. Howells. Also included are the Chicago Tribune Tower, Chicago (Hood won the competition for the project in 1922 - a photograph of the drawing submitted to the competition by architect Eliel Saarinen is included); photographs of models for Rockefeller Center buildings; and miscellaneous and unrealized projects. Also, two albums containing interior and exterior photographs of completed buildings designed by Hood including his American Radiator building, New York, the Chicago Tribune Tower, and others. Biographical material on Hood includes clippings of obituaries, 1934; photographs of Hood and his family, ca. 1890s-1930s, and travel photographs, early 20th century; clippings of articles by and about Hood; and biographical notes on Hood. Of interest is a photograph by Berenice Abbott of the McGraw-Hill building showing the Sixth Avenue El, demolished in 1940.