John H. Duncan architectural records and papers3464746Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-04-15 18:36:26 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library John H. Duncan architectural records and papers Duncan, John H. (John Hemingway), 1855-1929 Hawley, Hughson, 1850-1936 Goelet Estate 3464746 English . /repositories/3/resources/658 19 drawings 8 manuscript boxes 1 print box 1890-1930 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

This collection includes one drawing, ink and wash on paper, of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial; a drawing in ink and wash on paper of the Trenton War Memorial; and 17 drawings, graphite on tracing paper, of the Kemble Building, located at 15-25 Whitehall Street in Manhattan. Eight boxes of office records that include correspondence concerning buildings for the Goelet Estate, Cadillac Hotel, and Grant's Tomb, and a postcard to architectural renderer Hughson Hawley. Also included is a diary and an album of family photographs and architectural projects.

 Preferred Citation

John H. Duncan architectural records and papers. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library. Columbia University, New York, NY.

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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--Collection comprised of various gifts.

 Biographical / Historical

John Hemingway Duncan, born in Binghamton, New York, worked as an architect in the New York City area. His projects include Grant's Tomb in Riverside Park, Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch in Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza, and the War Memorial in Trenton, New Jersey.

 Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans General Grant National Memorial (New York, N.Y.) Whitehall Street (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.) -- 15-25 Correspondence Diaries Photographs Photograph albums Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch (New York, N.Y.) War Memorial (Trenton, N.J.) Kemble Building (New York, N.Y.) Request Collection: John H. Duncan architectural records and papers, 1890-1930 /repositories/3/archival_objects/1708603Request Collection