Delano & Aldrich architectural records and papers3460565Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-15 18:32:57 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Delano & Aldrich architectural records and papers Delano, William Adams, 1874-1960 Aldrich, Chester Holmes, 1871-1940 Delano & Aldrich École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France) 3460565 English . /repositories/3/resources/576 7,000 drawings 6 manuscript boxes 1900-1949 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.

 Summary

Included 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.

 Preferred Citation

Delano & Aldrich architectural drawings, photographs, and papers, circa 1900-1949. Located in the Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

 Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Avery Drawings & Archives maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator or their heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron. Contact avery-drawings@columbia.edu for more information.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Various gifts and purchases.

 Biographical / Historical

Architectural firm. Delano & Aldrich was founded in 1903 in New York City. William Adams Delano and Chester H. Aldrich were partners in the firm.

 Architecture -- Competitions Airport buildings -- New York (State) -- New York Schools -- United States Church buildings -- United States Architecture, Domestic -- United States Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Syosset Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- New York Architecture, Domestic -- New Jersey -- Englewood Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans College buildings -- Connecticut -- New Haven College buildings -- New York (State) -- Ithaca Art museums -- Washington (D.C.) Photographic prints architectural drawings (visual works) Architects Cornell University. Willard Straight Hall United States Military Academy National Gallery of Art (U.S.) White House (Washington, D.C.) Dwight W. Morrow house (Englewood, N.J.) J. A. Burden house (Syosset, N.Y.) Willard D. Straight house (New York, N.Y.) La Guardia Airport Yale University Request Collection: Delano & Aldrich architectural records and papers, 1900-1949/repositories/3/archival_objects/1708322Request Collection