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Avery Drawings & Archives

Avery Drawings & Archives

300 Avery Hall
1172 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027, USA
avery@library.columbia.edu
Avery Library’s Drawings & Archives department collects drawings, photographs, and architectural records documenting architecture and design practices. Our collections focus largely on American and New York City architecture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Start Over Repository Avery Drawings & Archives Places New York (N.Y.) -- Buildings, structures, etc Subjects Architects
Avery Drawings & Archives

Alan Burnham papers, 1874-1999, bulk 1940-1982

38 linear feet
Alan Burnham (1913–1984) was an American architect and architectural historian who served as the Executive Director of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission from 1965 to 1973 as well as the Commission's Director of Research. This collection consists mainly of reference materials related to architectural history and New York City architectural history, as well as professional papers and papers relating to Richard Morris Hunt and the history of New York City apartment buildings.
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Avery Drawings & Archives

Harry Allan Jacobs photographs, 1910-1930

18 photographs

Photographs of buildings and of architectural drawings of buildings, residences, schools, clubs, and other projects (undated and circa 1910s-1920s), designed by Jacobs, many of which are located in New York City.

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