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    <unittitle>Christopher Gray research papers on Emery Roth/Emery Roth &amp; Sons</unittitle>
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      <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81087836" source="naf">Gray, Christopher, 1950-2017</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">1 document box</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1980/2000" type="inclusive">1920s-1980s</unitdate>
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    <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>Summary</head>
<p>This collection contains photocopied images and original published plates of buildings in the United States and abroad designed by the New York architectural firms of Emery Roth and Emery Roth &amp; Sons between the 1920s and the 1980s. The photocopied images are organized by project in binders; the original plates and photographic prints are organized by project in six folders.</p>  </scopecontent>
  <prefercite id="aspace_d21daa196036d7f874379d4398e592da">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Christopher Gray research materials on Emery Roth/Emery Roth &amp; Sons. Located in the Dept. of Drawings &amp; Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Terms Governing Use and Reproduction</head>
<p>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. 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.</p>  </userestrict>
  <acqinfo id="aspace_60fc3d994901fc7bbae303ce7201c956">
    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Source of acquisition--Gift of Christopher Gray. Accession number--1996.013 and 1996.024.</p>  </acqinfo>
  <bioghist id="aspace_434fcc9ebf406b9abfb5ee96c7b12dbf">
    <head>Biographical / Historical</head>
<p>Christopher Gray is a New York-based architectural historian and journalist.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Processing Information</head>
<p>Papers Processed AvR 01/20/09.</p>  </processinfo>
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    <head>Other Finding Aids</head>
<p>Collection inventory is available as <extref xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="https://www.columbia.edu/sec/cu/lweb/img/assets/8897/gray_ERS_image_inventory.xls">an Excel file.</extref></p>  </otherfindaid>
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    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101284" source="lcsh">Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Commercial buildings -- New York (State) -- New York</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">High-rise apartment buildings -- New York (State) -- New York</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010113209" source="lcsh">Skyscrapers -- New York (State) -- New York</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061225" source="lcsh">History -- Research</subject>
    <persname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85155443" source="naf">Roth, Emery, 1871-1948</persname>
    <corpname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89610606" source="lcsh">Emery Roth &amp; Sons</corpname>
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