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This small collection contains primarily photographs, supplemented by a very few architectural drawings, specifications, and reference materials related to the projects and designs of Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue and his successor firm, Mayers, Murray & Philips, in the New York City region and in other locations in the United States. It also includes reference materials and a photograph of Betram Goodhue's New York City office.
Mayers, Murray & Phillip architectural drawings and papers. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
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Source of acquisition--Gift of J. M. Murray. Date of acquisition--1985.006.
Associated Materials--Architectural drawings and records by Bertram Goodhue and his related firms can also be found in the Guastavino Fireproof Construction Company/George Collins Architectural Records and Drawings collection, held by Avery Library's Department of Drawings & Archives. Full descriptive records for this collection can be found in Columbia University's CLIO online library catalog. Architectural drawings and records by Cram Goodhue and Ferguson are also held by the Drawings and Archives department. For additional information, please consult the Drawings and Archives staff. Lastly, architectural records from Bertram Goodhue can be found in the Raymond DeRis Collection, held by the Department of Drawings & Archives. For additional information, please consult the Drawings & Archives staff.
Mayers, Murray & Phillip was the sucessor firm to Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, the prominent New York City architect. In the spring of 1924, after a trip to Los Angeles, where he was involved in building the public library, Goodhue succumbed to a heart attack, just days before his fifty-fifth birthday. After Goodhue's sudden death, his office was reorganized as Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue Associates to complete outstanding commissions. In 1931, the firm was renamed by its principal partners, Francis L.S. Mayers, Oscar Harold Murray, and Hardie Phillip. The firm closed in 1940.
This collection is largely processed, but not fully verified. The bulk of this collection was processed by Annie Grunow, Mellon Project Assistant, under the direction of Annemarie van Roessel, Mellon Project Archivist, in 2006.