The Upjohn collection of architectural drawings by Richard Richard Michell and Hobart Upjohn : Architectural drawings papers and records, 1827-1910

Summary Information

Description

Summary

Also, minutes kept by Richard Michell Upjohn for the American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter, Committee for Library and Publications, 1868-1877, and Executive Committee, 1867-1889; sketchbooks, 1850s-1870s; photographs of Upjohn buildings and portraits of Richard Upjohn; correspondence, wills, memorial tributes, manuscripts, printed material, and miscellaneous personal and business documents; and several drawings by other architects including Alexander Jackson Davis, Hobart Brown Upjohn, and Calvert Vaux

Also, minutes kept by Richard Michell Upjohn for the American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter, Committee for Library and Publications, 1868-1877, and Executive Committee, 1867-1889; sketchbooks, 1850s-1870s; photographs of Upjohn buildings and portraits of Richard Upjohn; correspondence, wills, memorial tributes, manuscripts, printed material, and miscellaneous personal and business documents; and several drawings by other architects including Alexander Jackson Davis, Hobart Brown Upjohn, and Calvert Vaux

Using the Collection

Preferred Citation

The Upjohn collection of architectural drawings by Richard, Richard Michell, and Hobart Upjohn: architectural drawings, papers, and records. Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Various gifts. Accession number--1000.011, 1983.004, 1984.001, 1985.003, 2003.021.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Biographical / Historical

Richard Upjohn (1802-1878) was a prominent mid-nineteenth century architect, who was born in England but studied and practiced in the United States, first in Boston and the in New York City. Upjohn was one of the foremost practitioners of the Gothic Revival style, his best known work in that style being Trinity Church in New York City. He was also the founder and first president (1857-1876) of the American Institute of Architects. In 1851 Richard Upjohn formed Upjohn & Company with his son Richard Michell Upjohn (1828-1878), who worked in his father's office from the age of 18. All Upjohn projects after 1860 were the product of a close collaboration between father and son. Richard Michell is best known as the architect of the Connecticut State Capitol. Hobart Upjohn was his son.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Account books	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Architects	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Diaries	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Sketchbooks	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
architectural drawings (visual works)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Name
American Institute of Architects. New York Chapter. Committee for Library and Publications	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
American Institute of Architects. New York Chapter. Executive Committee	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Central Congregational Church (Boston, Mass.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Connecticut State Capitol (Hartford, Conn.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
E. B. Litchfield House (Brooklyn, N.Y.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Grace Church (Providence, R.I.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Hamilton Hoppin House (Newport, R.I.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Hobart College	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Kingscote (Newport, R.I.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
St. James's Church (Brooklyn, N.Y.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
St. Paul's Church (Brookline, Mass.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
St. Paul's Church (Buffalo, N.Y.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
St. Peter's Church (Geneva, N.Y.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
St. Thomas's Church (New York, N.Y. : 1870-1905)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Trinity Church (New York, N.Y.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
United States Customhouse (Boston, Mass.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
William Spencer House (Yellowhook, N.Y.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Place
Connecticut -- Capital and capitol	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Greenwood Cemetery (Brooklyn, N.Y.)	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Subject
Anglican church buildings -- New York (State) -- New York	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Architects -- New York (State) -- Societies, etc	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Architects -- United States	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- Connecticut -- Hartford	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- New York	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Architecture, Domestic -- New York (State) -- Yellowhook	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Architecture, Domestic -- Rhode Island -- Newport	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Cemeteries -- New York (State) -- New York	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Church buildings -- Massachusetts -- Boston	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Church buildings -- Massachusetts -- Brookline	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Church buildings -- New York (State) -- Buffalo	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Church buildings -- New York (State) -- Geneva	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Church buildings -- New York (State) -- New York	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Church buildings -- Rhode Island -- Providence	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Public buildings -- Connecticut -- Hartford	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Public buildings -- Massachusetts -- Boston	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Universities and colleges -- New York (State) -- Geneva	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID