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Delano & Aldrich architectural records and papers, 1900-1949
7,000 drawingsIncluded are approx. 7,000 architectural drawings, circa 1910s-1940s, for projects designed by Delano & Aldrich, including La Guardia Airport in New York; several buildings at Yale University; Willard Straight Hall at Cornell University; various buildings at United States Military Academy at West Point; the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; alterations to the White House; numerous residences throughout the New York City metropolitan area, particulary the Dwight W. Morrow house in Englewood, N.J., the J.A. Burden house in Syosset, N.Y., and the Willard D. Straight house on East 92nd Street in New York City; and various schools, churches, and residential structures throughout the United States. Rendered competition drawings are included. Drawings made by William Adams Delano while a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, circa 1900. Also, 6 boxes of photographs of Delano & Aldrich completed projects, chiefly residential structures.
Great Georgian Houses of America drawings, 1932-1937
500 drawingsOriginal drawings for published series containing illustrations of facades, floor plans, interiors and decorative details from 77 of America's most beautiful homes representing the Georgian era (1714-1830).
Max A. Montgomery papers, 1928-1945
1 document boxTaliesin Associated Architects architectural drawings and records, 1959-1991
400 linear feetWilliam F. Pedersen architectural drawings, 1946-1989
1,280 architectural drawingsCollection consists of over 1,200 architectural drawings primary for residential buildings.
Gwinn Estate correspondence and papers, 1905-1990
4.5 linear feetThe collection consists primarily of correspondence. The collection also includes contracts, invoices, inventories, appraisals, specifications, articles, photomechanical drawings and photographs.
Proposals contracts bills and correspondence regarding a house commissioned by A. Frank B. Chase at 5 Willard Place Hudson N.Y, 1874-1875
0.5 manuscript boxThe collection provides primary documentation of the material design and construction of a mansioned commissioned by the lawyer A. Frank B. Chace and located at 5 Willard Place in Hudson, N.Y. Included are two versions of Croff's "General specifications for the enaction, construction and all requiste material.." (June 1874); two draft proposals and final 26 page contract, with detailed specs, for building the house made with Morris & O'Connor, of Rhinebeck, N.Y. (October 1874); 18 pieces of correspondence, both brief and detailed, from Croff to Chace, with one regarding his book and including a printed prospectus of it; a full run of payment receipts from builders Morris & O'Connor; and a small batch of bills for various materials relating to the house.