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This collection contains extensive photographs and a large sample of historical project files from Presbrey-Leland Inc., a company producing burial memorials and monuments based in Valhalla, New York. The 10 boxes of project files are arranged in order by project number assigned by Presbrey-Leland (project numbers range from 21321 to 95029), and contain sketches, architectural drawings and blueprints, correspondence with clients, invoices and estimates, and photographs. There is no corresponding project list for this collection. The 14 boxes of photographs are arranged in groupings by numbers 1 thru 51, with each grouping containing photographs from many different projects. Photographs are of headstones, memorials, mausoleums and other architectural burial monuments at various cemeteries. Additional miscellaneous files in the collection include 3 binders of photographs of drawings of various architectural elements (including tablets, headstones, and garden furniture), 1 small binder of sketches with project numbers, and files on Lettering and Trinity Church, Church of the Intercession.