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This collection primarily contains architectural drawings, photographs, business records and reference materials related to the projects and designs of architectural and engineering firm Abbott, Merkt and Company. A subsidiary portion of the collection includes drawings, photographs and papers related to the life and career of Richard H. Tatlow, III, president of Abbott Merkt, as well as the firms and agencies for which he also worked.

The Significant Interiors Survey (1984-1985) was conducted by The Junior League of the City of New York, Inc. in an effort to document interior spaces of significant buildings in New York City. The collection contains the surveys conducted by The Junior League as well as colored slides of the 14 buildings. The buildings represented include American Telephone & Telegraph Company Building, Carnegie Hill School, Charles Scribner Residence, The Cloisters, Hotel Plaza. The Jewish Museum, Manhattan Country School, Moran's Chelsea, New York Public Library's Main Branch Building, Saks Fifth Avenue, Salmagundi Club, St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Sunar Hauserman Showroom, and the Trump Tower. The collection also contains a copy of "Preserving a Fragile Art: A Manual for Surveying Significant Interiors" published by the American Society of Interior Designers and the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission.