Charles Frederick Chandler architectural records and papers collection3464751Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

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Inventory is available in the Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library. Centennial Photographic Company, inventory of a collection of 13 photographs, at: AZ250 C72 C363. Charles Frederick Chandler collection 1879-1896, Avery Library, at: AZ250 C72 C36.. Charles Frederick Chandler collection 1879-1896, Avery Library, at: AZ250 C72 C36

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-11-12 20:45:13 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Charles Frederick Chandler architectural records and papers collection Chandler, Charles Frederick, 1836-1925 Potter, Edward Tuckerman, 1831-1904 Centennial Photographic Co. 3464751 English /repositories/3/resources/697 167 drawings 1 manuscript boxes 1 print box 1876-1896 General Note

Chandler's Scrapbooks of tenement house plans (10 vols), are located in Avery Classics at: AA7880 C36. Vol. 1 is also available on microfilm.

 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 and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

 Scope and content

The Charles Frederick Chandler collection is composed of several parts. It contains a miscellaneous collection of approximately 167 drawings, notebooks, letters, pamphlets, clippings, etc. formed by Chandler on the subject of tenement housing and documents work on Chandler's house at 51 E. 54th Street in New York City. The Chandler collection also contains 13 photographs, collected by Chandler, related to the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Additional materials include a collection of photo processes and two E.T. Potter broadsides dated 1887-1888.

 Preferred Citation

Charles Frederick Chandler architectural records and papers collection, Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library. Columbia University, New York, NY.

 Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Permission to publish must be obtained in writing from the Director, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University,1172 Amsterdam Ave., Mail Code 0301, New York, NY 10027.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Gift. Accession number--1977.007.

 Biographical / Historical

Chandler, an American chemist, founded Columbia University's School of Mines in 1864. He also served as chair of the University's Chemistry Dept. Upon his retirement in 1910, alumni established a Chandler Medal for research in chemistry.

 Biographical / Historical

Chandler advised New York City's Board of Health on sanitation issues such as tenement overcrowding and adulterated foods. He served as president of the Board in 1873, and from 1877 to 1885.

 Processing Information

architectural drawings, broadsides, correspondence, photographs, publications surveyed 09/25/2002.

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