This Series is dedicated to Levi's personal papers and photographs, documenting aspects of his life such as family pictures, photographs of his residence in Paris and New York, photographs at public events, diplomas, medallions, and medals. Additionally, the Series includes Columbia University related documents, travel photos around the US and Europe, and mostly non-architectural drawings and sketches done by Levi. Four scrapbooks deserve special notice in this Series, as they represent one of the most important resources on the life, activities, and achievements of Levi. Each scrapbook is thematically divided as follows: 1) Personal Bibliography of Levi, 2) A.I.A., 3) The Society of Beaux Arts Architects, New York City, and Architectural League of New York, and 4) Committees and Associations. The scrapbooks are made up of newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, invitations, letters, announcements, travel pamphlets, tickets, among other papers.
Sub-series 1: Personal and Family, Photographs
Sub-series 2: Levi's Residences and Offices
Box 12 Folder 7
Rue de Tournon Apartment Apt. 20 (Paris, France). Photographs, 1904, undated
15 Items. See also Scrapbook 1.
Box 12 Folder 8
Rue de Tournon Apartment Apt. 20 (Paris, France). Lantern negatives, undated
Box 12 Folder 9
The Valencia Building (New York, NY). Photographs and negatives, 1926
12 Items: 6 photographs, 6 negatives
Cabinet A56.34 Roll 28
The Valencia Building (New York, NY). Drawings, 1913
2 Items: 1 Linen & ink and 1 Paper & ink plans. Located at 150 West 59th Street NYC. Other architect involved: Hubert Pirsson
Box 12 Folder 10
Osborne Apartment Apt. 5A (New York, NY). Photographs, undated
Box 12 Folder 11
Osborne Apartment Apt. 5A (New York, NY). Color photographs, 1961, undated
Box 12 Folder 12
Osborne Apartment Apt. 5A (New York, NY). Negatives, undated
Box 23 Folder 2
Osborne Apartment Apt. 5A (New York, NY). Photographs, undated
22 Items: Photographs by George Cserna
Box 23 Folder 3
Osborne Apartment Apt. 5A (New York, NY). Drawings and papers, 1927, undated
2 Items: 2 Drawings and contract papers
Cabinet A56.35 Roll 29
Osborne Apartment Apt. 5A (New York, NY). Drawings, 1927
10 Items: 2 Blue prints and 9 Trancing paper & pencil plans. Electrical installation drawings. Primary creator: Julian Levi.
Box 12 Folder 13
Taylor & Levi Office (New York, NY). Photographs, undated
Drawer 221 Folder 1
Taylor & Levi Office at Tilden Building, 9th Floor (New York, NY). Drawing, 1910?
1 Item: Linen & ink plan.
Box 23 Folder 4
"Tour of Homes" newspaper clippings, 1964
Other houses included: Tafel brownstone office and home, Frizzell brownstone apartment, LaFarge brownstone and Bartos penthouse duplex.
Sub-series 3: Special Events Papers & Photographs
Sub-series 4: Diplomas & Medallions
Sub-series 5: Columbia Alumnus Papers
Box 13 Folder 2
Columbia University medalists, 1962
3 Items: 2 photographs, 1 envelop
Box 13 Folder 3
Laura Boulton Collection, 1963, undated
4 Items: 1 Photograph, Reception flyer, magazine notes, and clippings from New York Times
Box 13 Folder 4
Today Magazine, Spring-Summer, 1963
Box 13 Folder 5
Alumni Federation, 1962
Box 23 Folder 8
Forty-Niners Society Logo, undated
3 Items : drawings and tracing paper
Sub-series 6: Miscellaneous Papers and Drawings
Box 13 Folder 6
Archive acquisition correspondence, 1972
Correspondence photocopies between Mr. Joseph Solomon and Warren J. Haas about Julian Levi's archival acquisition. Original files in Avery directory.
Box 13 Folder 7
Watercolor photo slides, 1970
Drawer 221 Folder 4
1923-24 Human model study drawings, 1923, 1924
19 Items: Human body studies, mostly women. Paper, charcoal and pencil
Drawer 221 Folder 5
1925 Human model study drawings, 1925
50 Items: Human body studies, mostly women. Paper, charcoal and pencil
Drawer 221 Folder 6
1926 Human model study drawings, 1926
18 Items: Human body studies, mostly women. Paper, charcoal and pencil
Box 14
Travel Watercolor Notebooks, 1902-1968
Box 23 Folder 9
Sketches and drawings, 1911, 1925, undated
Drawer 221 Folder 7
Typographic Letter, undated
Box 13 Folder 8
"Color and Architecture" talk draft, 1929
A talk given before the Architectural and Allied Exposition, April 18, 1929. See also scrapbook 3.
Box 13 Folder 9
Ducan Smith gift, Drawing, undated
Box 23 Folder 10
Chester B. Price gift, Drawings, 1935
Box 31
Drawing tools box, undated
Sub-series 7: Miscellaneous Photographs
Box 13 Folder 10
Jerusalem , undated
8 Items: 4 photographs, 4 negatives
Box 13 Folder 11
European cities, 1901, undated
19 photographs dated 1901, 21 negatives undated
Box 13 Folder 12
US cities, undated
12 Items: Cities include Fredricksburg, Clairmont, Brandon, Princeton and Farmington.
Box 13 Folder 13
Unidentified portrait , undated
Box 13 Folder 14
Unidentified mounted , undated
Box 13 Folder 15
Unidentified miscellaneous photographs and negatives, undated
64 Items: 44 negatives, 20 photographs
Sub-series 8: Medals & Tokens
Box 13 Folder 16a
École des Beaux-Arts Medal, undated
Box 13 Folder 16b
Taylor and Levi 25th Anniversary Medal, 1932
Box 13 Folder 16b
Daniel Chester Remembrance Token from French National Sculpture Society, 1932
1 Item: " A token in remembrance of Daniel Chester French National Sculpture Society, February 10, 1932, Medallic Art Company, New York
Box 13 Folder 16c
United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York Medal, 1946
1 Item: Award Presented to Julian Clarence Levi Architect by the Architects and Engineers Division of the United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York, in recognition of his untiring efforts in all humanitarian movements regardless of creed, april 26, 1946.
Box 13 Folder 16d
Award to Jacques Duvaux from Les Architectes de France, Medal, 1950
1 Item: Les Architectes de France a Jacques Duvaux President SADG, OGBTP, CIDB, CNAA, CSTB, Secretaire General du CSOA, Vice President MAF, CGAF, BS, 1950
Box 13 Folder 16e
Societe Centrale Des Architectes Medal, 1950
Box 13 Folder 16f
A New Century Beckons, AIA Centennial, Medal, 1957
Sub-series 9: Scrapbooks
Box 27
Scrapbook 1 [documents Julian Levi's life and activities], 1886-1963
Book No.1. Index: 1) Albert A. Levi, 2) Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Meyer, 3) Julian Levi boyhood Sketches 1886, 4) Paris salon 1902, 5) Julian Levi Paris apartment 1901-1904, 6) Columbia University, 7) Student diploma drawings 1904, 8) Seligman Building 1906, 9) Julian Levi WWI photographs, 10) Julian Levi donor of French Travelling Scholarship for students (also in Scrapbook 2), 11) Fellow AIA, 12) Julian Levi photos at Ile-de-France 1935 and Viking 1931, 13) Honors, French Legion of Honor, 14) European Tour 1935, French-American Union for Open Air Schools committee, 15) Reception of Marshall Joffre 1922, 16) France-Amerique, The Fine Arts Federation of NY 1939, 17) Ocean Travel 1935, 1937, 18) Vacation abroad photographs 1951, 1953, 19) Julian Levi general newspaper clippings, 20) Gallery for French Art, 21) Emma Mills Book and Play Luncheon, 22) National Sculpture Society 1943, 23) Extraordinary Grand Jury 1936, Lucky Luciano, 24) Paris International Exhibition 1937, American Meuse-Argonne War Memorial 1937, Taylor and Levi projects: 160E 72St Apartments, Lehman residence, Jenkins Residence, Noble Residence, Halle Residence, Hunt Residence, Siegbert Residence, Vogel Residence, Jerusalem Hebrew University, Popper Camp, Taylor and Levi Architectural League Exhibition 1941, The Spur, The Hut, Rossin Residence, Rockwell Residence, World War Monument, Sisher Residence, Sports building at W. Childs, Rothschild residence, Bayer Residence, Pollak Residence, Rossin Residence.
Box 28
Scrapbook 2 [documents American Institute of Architecture (AIA)], 1913-1968
Book No.2. Index: 1) AIA American Institute of Architecture, 2) Chartres Window Restoration, 3) AIA New York Chapter, 4) Westchester County Society of Architects, 5) AIA Brooklyn Chapter 1940, 6) LeBrun Travelling Scholarship competition 1921-22, 7) Julian Levi donor of French Travelling Scholarship for students (also in Scrapbook 1), 8) Delano Aldrich Scholarship, Carlos Lazo, 1943, 9) AIA Exhibit of American Architecture at Paris Salon, 1921, 10) AIA Exhibit of the Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA, London 1921, 11) Tenth International Congress of Architects, Brussels 1923, 12) Twelfth International Congress of Architects, Budapest, 1930, 13) AIA The Octagon Journal 1935-36, 14) Fourteenth International Congress of Architects, Paris, 1937, 15) Fifteenth International Congress of Architects, Washington, 1939, 16) First Congress of the International Union of Architects UIA, Lausanne, 1948, 17) Second Congress of the International Union of Architects UIA, Casablanca, 1951, 18) Third Congress of the International Union of Architects UIA, Lisbon, 1953, 19) Fifth Pan American Congress of Architects, Montevideo, 1940, 20) Sixth Pan American Congress of Architects, Lima, 1947, 21) Seventh Pan American Congress of Architects, Havana, 1950, 21) Eighth Pan American Congress of Architects, Mexico City, 1952. English and Spanish newspaper clippings. English, Spanish and French newspaper clippings.
Box 29
Scrapbook 3 [documents Society of Beaux Arts Architects / New York City / Architectural League NYC], 1916-1963
Book No.3. Index: 1) Beaux Arts Ball news and programs, 1916, 1920, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 2) Beaux-Arts Institue of Design news and reports, 3) The Pilgrimage to Paris news and photographs, 1931, 4) Murals by Tony Sarg abroad S.S. American Banker Architect, 5) Societe des Architectes Diplomes par le Gouvernment Francais S.A.D.G 6) Architectural League of New York, newspaper and articles, Color and Architecture article 1929, New York City newspapers, exhibitions.
Box 30
Scrapbook 4 [documents Julian Levi's activities and philanthropy and Architect's Emergency Committee], 1929-1965
Book No.4. Index: 1) American Scandinavian Foundation, 2) Architect's and Engineer's Square Club, 3) Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, 4) United Jewish Appeal, 5) Museum of the City of New York 1938, 6) Fifth Avenue Association, 7) Arnold W. Brunner Scholarship 1940, 8) Art Week 1940, 9) Artists for Victory, National War Poster Competition 1942, 9) Municipal Art Society, Producer's Council, 10) The Arco-Tect publication 1938, 11) School for Asiatic Studies The Iranian Institute, 12) National Conference of Christians and Jews, 13) "Romance of a People" musical and dramatic Jewish pageant 1933, 14) La Guardia Airport 1930s, 15) New York 1939 World's Fair news, 16) Romanian House at New York 1939 World's Fair, 17) Architect's Emergency Committee, Great Georgian Houses of America, Bryant Park, 18) New York Building Congress, 19) Technocracy Illustrated magazine 1933.