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      <corpname>Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library</corpname>
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    <unittitle>Francis J. Sypher Jr. collection of architectural drafting tools</unittitle>
    <unitid>12307254</unitid>
    <langmaterial>
      <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language>
.    </langmaterial>
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    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">10 items</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">(approximate)</extent>
    </physdesc>
    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1840-01-01/1900-01-01" type="inclusive">1840s-1900s</unitdate>
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  <accessrestrict id="aspace_996672de764024823f2a80df9dffbff0">
    <head> Restrictions on Access</head>
<p>This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings &amp; Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Scope and content</head>
<p>Small collection of primarily English drafting tools dating from around the mid to late 19th century.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Source of acquisition--Francis J. Sypher, Jr.. Method of acquisition--Donated;; Date of acquisition--2016. Accession number--2016.007.</p>  </acqinfo>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="lcsh">Architectural drawing -- Equipment and supplies</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85130860" source="lcsh">Surveying -- Instruments</subject>
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