Collections : [Avery Drawings & Archives]

William Hamilton Russell architectural drawings and papers, 1923-1959 1950-1959

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Drawings are primarily for residential commissions in and around New York City, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Some manuscript and photographic materials are also included in the collection.

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William Marlin papers, 1801-1996, bulk 1878-1992

William M. Gribben architectural drawings, 1880-1900

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Watercolor drawings of interior walls and ceiling designs, late nineteenth-century, probably American.

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William Robert Ware papers and photographs, 1834-1920

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This collection includes a very small number of personal papers from Ware; photographs of students, faculty, and school buildings, 1880s-1920s; memorials and testimonials to Ware; and miscellaneous clippings (including clippings of articles about Marcia Mead, first woman graduate of the School of Architecture), invitations (including two invitations to the first commencement of the University of the City of New York, 1834), greeting cards and announcements.

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W.R. Nielsen research files on Cast Iron in New York City, circa 1960s-1990s

Yosei Amemya photographs, 1926-1930

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A collection of 44 original photographs by Yosei Amemya, New York. The subjects include private gardens, office buildings and houses (interior and exterior views) and a few bridges. The majority are printed in a grainy, soft focuse technique and signed in pencil by the photographer. Also included are 3 halftone prints of bridges after photos by Amemya.

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