Arthur Cort Holden Negatives and Architectural Drawings 10354870Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

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1919-1953

 Restrictions on Access

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Accession number--1000.061.

 Biographical / Historical

Arthur Cort Holden (1890-1993) was a New York City based architect who was a graduate of Princeton University, 1912 and of Columbia University, 1915. He was also a member of the American Institute of Architects from 1921-1993 and a Fellow in 1942. During Holden's long career he maintained an active practice either as a principal or a partner. His built projects include the Madison Square Club, New York City, 1924, the Guggenheim Museum, with Frank Lloyd Wright, 1959, and Queensborough Community College, with F.P. Wiedersum. He was also to play an active role in city planning, as well as urban housing, from 1922-1931 he was President and Chairman of the Board of the New York Urban League, a member of the President's Commission on Home Building and Home Ownership, 1928-1930, and a member of Mayor LaGuardia's Committee on City Planning, 1934-1938. His numerous publications dealing with financial transactions and housing include, Money in motion: the social function of banking, 1940, Sonnets for my city: an essay on the kinship of art & finance as factors in the development of the city and the moulding of man's environment, 1965, and At the roots of the urban crisis, and other papers dealing with hopes for a better city, 1970.

 Scope and Content

The Arthur Cort Holden Collection consists chiefly of glass plate negatives that primarily deal with the explication of New York City housing and real estate. Other subjects include diagrammatic maps of New York City, exterior and interior views of unidentified domestic architecture, and a limited amount of projects by Holden himself. The collection also contains drawings related to the economic and housing surveys and studies concerning New York City completed during the 1930s. Both Cornell University and Princeton University hold other extensive collections related to Holden.

 Preferred Citation

Arthur Cirt Holden negatives and architectural drawings, 1919-1953, Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

 Arrangement

This collection is made up of two series: Series I: Drawings and Maps; Series II: Negatives

 Processing Information

This collection was processed by Jason Escalante (Drawings & Archives Assistant) in 2013.

 Restrictions on Use

Columbia University is providing access to the materials in the Library's collections solely for noncommercial educational and research purposes. The unauthorized use, including, but not limited to, publication of the materials without the prior written permission of Columbia University is strictly prohibited. All inquiries regarding permission to publish should be submitted in writing to the Director, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For additional guidance, see Columbia University Libraries' publication policy.

 Restrictions on Use

In addition to permission from Columbia University, permission of the copyright owner (if not Columbia University) and/or any holder of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights) may also be required for reproduction, publication, distributions, and other uses. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of any item and securing any necessary permissions rests with the persons desiring to publish the item. Columbia University makes no warranties as to the accuracy of the materials or their fitness for a particular purpose.

 Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans Housing -- New York (State) -- New York Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York Series I: Drawings and MapsAppraisal Chart (Pittsburgh, PA)undatedA021A.010Scope and Contents

52 drawings.

Base Maps of ManhattanundatedA290.002Scope and Contents

3 drawings.

Charts Showing Building Trades Employment for New York 1919-19351919 to 1935A290.005Scope and Contents

4 drawings.

City of Pittsburgh Geodetic and Topographical Survey (Pittsburgh, PA)1938 to 1941A021A.001Scope and Contents

1 drawing.

Graphic Family TreeundatedA291.001Scope and Contents

1 drawing.

Ground Plan of Unidentified BuildingundatedAbove A291Scope and Contents

2 drawings.

Highway Projects (Allegheny, PA)1945A024.016Scope and Contents

2 drawings.

Holden, Arthur, residence (57 East 78th St., New York, NY)1925A290.003Scope and Contents

7 drawings.

Holden, Arthur, residence (Quogue, NY)1930A290.004Scope and Contents

6 drawings.

Housing Site (Pittsburgh, PA)undatedA024.015Scope and Contents

3 drawings.

Lenox Hill Hospital (111 East 76th St., New York, NY)1953 Jan 3A290.005Scope and Contents

Architects: York & Sawyer

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4 drawings.

Map of Manhattan Showing Health OrganizationsundatedA290.002Scope and Contents

1 drawing.

Map Showing Individual Parcel and Ownership in Redevelopment Area (Pittsburgh, PA)1947A024.014Scope and Contents

13 drawings.

Maps of Manhattan Showing African-American Population Distribution1920 to 1934A290.003Scope and Contents

7 drawings.

Maps of Manhattan Showing Housing Study Areas: Harlem, Upper East Side, Lower East Side, and Brooklyn (New York, NY)undatedA290.006Scope and Contents

8 drawings.

Maps of Manhattan Showing Population Distribution for 1910, 1920, 1930, 19401910 to 1940A290.003Scope and Contents

10 drawings.

Maps Showing Percentage of Foreign Born Population1920 and 1930A290.001Scope and Contents

2 drawings.

Organizational Charts for City Departments (New York, NY)no dateA290.002Scope and Contents

4 drawings.

Parkchester, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., housing project (Bronx, New York)1938A021A.002Scope and Contents

4 drawings.

Parkchester, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., housing project (Bronx, New York)1939A021A.006Scope and Contents

8 drawings.

Pittsburgh Housing (Pittsburgh, PA)undatedA023A.013Scope and Contents

1 drawing.

Prints of Italian ArchitectureundatedA290.001Scope and Contents

20 drawings.

Proposed Office Building (Pittsburgh, PA)1948A024.015Scope and Contents

3 drawings.

Proposed Office Building (Pittsburgh, PA)1948A024.015Scope and Contents

2 drawings.

Proposed Office Building (Pittsburgh, PA)1947A024.012Scope and Contents

Other Creator: Wisner, Joseph B.

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7 drawings.

Slum Clearance Committee: Maps Showing Work Location of Industrial EmployeesundatedA290.004Scope and Contents

2 drawings.

Studies of Historic HousesundatedA290.008Scope and Contents

27 darwings.

Studies of Historic Houses (Annapolis, MD)undatedA290.007Scope and Contents

25 drawings.

Study of Stanton Heights Housing (Pittsburgh, PA)1948 Nov 19A021A.001Scope and Contents

1 drawing.

Topographical Study of Stanton Housing (Pittsburgh, PA)undatedA024.013Scope and Contents

4 drawings.

Unidentified, building plot plan (Pittsburgh, PA)1950A023A.014Scope and Contents

Other Creators: Headman, Ferguson, and Carollo consulting engeineers

Scope and Contents

20 drawings.

Unidentified, colonial style houseundatedA290.001Scope and Contents

2 drawings.

Unidentified, museum additionundatedA290.002Scope and Contents

3 drawings.

Wall Street Area (Norwalk, CT)1949A290.004Scope and Contents

2 drawings.

Series II: NegativesTeachings on Real Estate and Developmentundated01Scope and Contents

97 items.

Montclair Women's Club (Montclair, NJ)undated02Scope and Contents

4 items.

Domestic Interiorsundated02Scope and Contents

18 items.

Floorplansundated02Scope and Contents

5 items.

Exterior and Interior Views of Domestic Architectureundated02Scope and Contents

16 items

Oak Lane Country Day School (Philadelphia, PA)undated02Scope and Contents

Architects: Howe & Lescaze

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2 items.

Schulz, residenceundated02Scope and Contents

1 item.

Siedlung of the Swedish Cooperative Society (Hastholmen, Sweden)undated02Scope and Contents

Architects: Eskil Sundahl

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1 item.

Unidentified, residenceundated02Scope and Contents

Architects: Howard T. Fischer

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1 item.

Company Town (Twin Branch, WV)undated02Scope and Contents

1 item.

Diagrammatic Maps of New York Cityundated02Scope and Contents

15 items.

Amalgamated Apartments (Bronx, NY)undated02Scope and Contents

1 item.

Miscellaneousundated02Scope and Contents

8 items.

Images of Childrenundated02Scope and Contents

4 items.

Diagrammatic Maps of New York Cityundated03Scope and Contents

17 items.

Schematics of Construction and Decorative Detailsundated03Scope and Contents

19 items.

1911 House, alteration (Princeton, NJ)undated03Scope and Contents

1 item.

Unidentified, apartment complexesundated03Scope and Contents

8 items.

Maps of New York Cityundated03 and 04Scope and Contents

7 items.

Architectrual Modelsundated03Scope and Contents

5 items.

Aerial Views of New York Cityundated03Scope and Contents

7 items.

Tenements (New York, NY)undated03Scope and Contents

4 items.

Five Block Apartment Developmentundated03Scope and Contents

4 items.

Unidentified, single family resdiencesundated04Scope and Contents

Architects: Arthur Cort Holden

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5 items.

Unidentified, residential complexundated04Scope and Contents

Architects: Henry Atterbury Smith

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1 item.

Unidentified, residential complex drawingundated04Scope and Contents

Architects: Henry Atterbury Smith

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1 item.

Ten Eyck Houses (Brooklyn, NY)undated04Scope and Contents

Architects: Starrett Bros.

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5 items.

Hillside Housing (Bronx, NY)undated04Scope and Contents

Architects: Clarence S. Stein

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1 item.

Unidentified, apartment complexundated04Scope and Contents

Architects: Arthur Cort Holden

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13 items.

Grand Central Terminal, diagram (New York, NY)undated04Scope and Contents

Architects: Warren & Wetmore

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1 item.

Industrial Housing, drawingundated04Scope and Contents

Architects: Henry Atterbury Smith

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1 item.

Multifamily Housing Projectundated04Scope and Contents

Architects: Miller, William P.

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1 item.

Vanderbilt, model tenements (New York, NY)undated04Scope and Contents

Architects: Henry Atterbury Smith

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1 item.

Maps of the City of White Plains (White Plains, NY)undated01Scope and Contents

19 items.

Queens Improvement Survey (Queens, NY)undated01Scope and Contents

9 items.