Contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, negatives, notes, publications, student papers, and other reference materials Burnham collected regarding an unfinished project for a biography on Richard Morris Hunt. This series contains a manuscript written by Hunt's wife, Catherine Howland Hunt, documenting Hunt's life and professional career. Burnham originally index the papers in 1939, and a revised edited version of the Catherine Howland Hunt manuscript can be found in an oversized file. This series contains correspondence between Burnham and a variety of professionals and students regarding Hunt or the Hunt manuscript dating from 1940 to 1981. Burnham collected photographs, negatives, and illustrations that he planned to use in a published version of the manuscript. This series also contains a scrapbook in memoriam of Hunt assembled by Catherine Howland Hunt in an overside file and a letter removed from the scrapbook from Catherine Howland Hunt to Joseph H. Hunt. Finally, this series contains an edited manuscript, with notes by Burnham, of Paul R. Baker's biography of Richard Morris Hunt published in 1986 by The MIT Press.
Box 37 Folder 5
Articles, 1952, 1956
Contains Burnham's articles for the AIA Journal and Society of Architectural Historians
Box 37 Folder 6
Chronological Biographic Material, undated
Includes Burnham's notes on the chronology of Hunt's life
Box 37 Folder 7
Correspondence (1 of 3), 1940 - 1969
Box 37 Folder 8
Correspondence (2 of 3), 1940 - 1969
Box 37 Folder 9
Correspondence (3 of 3), 1970 - 1981
Box 37 Folder 10
General Notes (1 of 3), 1884 - 1972
Includes summary outline of life of Hunt (1940), list of designed buildings, negatives, and slide
Box 37 Folder 11
General Notes (2 of 3), undated
Includes lists of known buildings and general notes
Box 37 Folder 12
General Notes (3 of 3), 1957 - 1980
Includes list of Hunt Family names (Index of Hunt Family Papers)
Box 37 Folder 13
H.W. Beecher House - Masonry Specifications, 1874
Contains the masonry specifications for Hunt's design for the Beecher House
Box 39 Folder 29
Letter from Catherine Clinton Howland Hunt to Joseph H. Hunt, 1900
Contains letter removed from Scrapbook: In Memorial of R.M. Hunt
Box 40 Folder 1
Manuscript (1 of 6), 1825 - 1895
Contains edited manuscript by Catherine Clinton Howland Hunt
Box 40 Folder 2
Manuscript (2 of 6), 1825 - 1895
Box 40 Folder 3
Manuscript (3 of 6), 1825 - 1895
Contains pages 101 to 200
Box 40 Folder 4
Manuscript (4 of 6), 1825 - 1895
Contains pages 201 to 301
Box 40 Folder 5
Manuscript (5 of 6), 1825 - 1895
Contains excerpts from Te Nile Diary of R.M. Hunt
Box 40 Folder 6
Manuscript (6 of 6), 1825 - 1895
Contains alphabetical name index
Box 37 Folder 14
Manuscript Proposal, 1940 - 1958
Includes outlines and materials Burnham included for his book proposal
Box 37 Folder 15
Manuscript References, c. 1890s - c. 1970s
Box 37 Folder 16
Manuscript References - Bibliography, c. 1960s
Box 37 Folder 17
Manuscript References - Forward, 1898 - 1959
Includes notes on project outline
Box 37 Folder 18
Manuscript References - Illustrations, 1939 - 1977
Includes photographs, postcards, and prints of Hunt and his architecture
Box 37 Folder 19
Manuscript - Baker, Paul (1 of 5), c. 1980s
Contains Burnham's notes for Baker's Hunt manuscript
Box 37 Folder 20
Manuscript - Baker, Paul (2 of 5), c. 1980s
Contains Burnham's notes for Baker's Hunt manuscript
Box 37 Folder 21
Manuscript - Baker, Paul (3 of 5), c. 1980s
Contains Burnham's notes for Baker's Hunt manuscript
Box 37 Folder 22
Manuscript - Baker, Paul (4 of 5), c. 1980s
Contains Burnham's notes for Baker's Hunt manuscript
Box 37 Folder 23
Manuscript - Baker, Paul (5 of 5), c. 1980s
Contains Burnham's notes for Baker's Hunt manuscript
Box 37 Folder 24
Miscellaneous (1 of 2), 1952 - 1980
Includes plan for Hunt's 10th Street Studio building
Box 38 Folder 1
Miscellaneous (2 of 2), c. 1970s
Includes plan for Hunt's 10th Street Studio, information from NYC Docket Books for Hunt, and list of buildings
Box 38 Folder 2
Negatives, c. 1870s - c. 1910s
Includes negatives for photographs proposed for inclusion in Hunt Family manuscript
Box 38 Folder 3
New York City - Photographs & Prints, c. 1900s - c. 1940s
Includes photographs and negatives of Hunt's buildings in New York City
Box 38 Folder 4
Newport, RI - Photographs & Prints, c. 1900s - 1965
Includes photographs and prints of Hunt's buildings in Newport, RI
Box 38 Folder 5
Operations of Hunt & Hunt, 1868 - 1924
Includes list of operations for R.M. Hunt and Hunt & Hunt, copied from original in possession of Richard Barren Hunt
Box 38 Folder 6
Papers - Other, 1973 - 1979
Contains papers by Lloyd J. Farrar, Robert Newman, Ewart Wetherill, and Annette Blaugrund on R.M. Hunt
Box 40
Scrapbook - In Memorial of R.M. Hunt, 1895
Contains a scrapbook created by Catherine Clinton Howland Hunt in memorial of R.M. Hunt; letter removed, placed in Box 39, Folder 29