Wilson Eyre architectural drawings and papers, 1877-1945

Series I: Drawings


Subseries 1: Architectural drawings


Box 1 Folder 1 Alpha Chi Rho Fraternity House (Bethlehem, Pa.), June 10-12, 1938

3 sheets : various media ; 43.1 x 53.2 cm. (17 x 21 in.) or smaller, mounted to 46.7 x 56.1 cm. (18 3/8 x 22 1/8 in.) or smaller

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Box 1 Folder 2 Art Club Building (Philadelphia, Pa.), [undated]

8 drawings : various media ; 50.9 x 50.8 cm. (20 x 20 in.) or smaller

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Drawer 246 Miss Bayard House, 1903

1 drawing : watercolor wash on paper ; 46.5 x 88.4 cm. (18 3/8 x 34 7/8 in.)

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Box 1 Folder 4 Breese House, [undated]

1 drawing : graphite and watercolor on tracing paper ; 35.8 x 52.5 cm. (14 1/8 x 20 6/8 in.)

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Box 1 Folder 5 Conrad House (Philadelphia, Pa.). Vestibule. Door, [undated]

1 drawing : graphite and watercolor and charcoal on paper ; 114.9 x 81 cm. (45 2/8 x 31 7/8 in.)

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Drawer 246 Dennison Building, John Street (New York, N.Y.), 1897

1 drawing : ink on cloth ; 68.7 x 29.5 cm. (27 1/8 x 11 5/8 in.)

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Box 1 Folder 6 Wilson Eyre House (Philadelphia, Pa.). Library, 1918

1 drawing : charcoal on paper ; 26.6 x 34.3 cm. (10 4/8 x 13 4/8 in.)

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Box 1 Folder 7 Charles L. Freer log house, 1893 March 23

1 drawing : pencil and watercolor wash on tracing paper ; 38. 2 x 42. 2 cm. (15 1/8 x 16 5/8 in.)

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Drawer 246 E.S. Hand country house (Southport, Conn.), 1891

1 drawing : ink on cloth mounted on cloth ; 30.1 x 79.5 cm. (11 7/8 x 31 3/8 in.)

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Box 1 Folder 8 Harrison Bros. & Co. office building (Philadelphia, Pa.), [18]92

2 prints: photo-lithograph on paper ; 28.8 x 41.8 cm. (11 3/8 x 16 4/8 in.)

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Drawer 246 Howard Henry House (Camp Hill, Pa.), 1904

1 drawing : ink on tracing paper ; 31.1 x 62.7 cm. (12 2/8 x 24 6/8 in.)

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Box 1 Folder 9 Henry J. Krebs House (Wilmington, Del.), [between 1912 and 1939]

8 sheets : various media ; 29.9 x 69.4 cm. (11 6/8 x 27 3/8 in.) or smaller

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Box 1 Folder 11 James B. Ladd House (Haverford, Pa.), 1904

2 drawings : ink on tracing paper ; 46.5 x 45.4 cm. (18 3/8 x 17 7/8 in.) or smaller

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Box 1 Folder 12 Stephen Parrish country house (Windsor, Vt.), [before 1938]

1 drawing : pastel on board ; 25.2 x 42.3 cm. (10 x 16 5/8 in.)

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Box 1 Folder 13 S.H. Reynolds House (Lancaster, Pa.), [between 1890 and 1903]

1 drawing : watercolor wash on paper mounted on paper ; 18.6 x 26.5 cm. (7 3/8 x 10 4/8 in.), mounted 21.8 x 28.9 cm. (8 5/8 x 11 3/8 in.)

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Box 1 Folder 14 Frank Squier House (Greenwich, Conn.), [1898?]

3 drawings : pencil and watercolor wash on tracing paper mounted on board ; 19.1 x 47.8 cm. (7 1/2 x 18 7/8 in.) or smaller, mounted 21.3 x 49.7 cm. (8 3/8 x 19 5/8 in.) or smaller

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Drawer 246 H. Genet Taylor House (Camden, N.J.), [between 1882 and 1894]

2 drawings : various media ; 47.9 x 67.2 cm. (18 7/8 x 26 1/2 in.) or smaller

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Box 1 Folder 15 Walter S. Thompson House (Bryn Mawr, Pa.), [between 1912 and 1939]

11 sheets : various media ; 67.7 x 124.4 cm. (26 5/8 x 49 1/4 in.) or smaller

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Box 1 Folder 16 John B. Townsend House (Radnor, Pa.). Garden house, 1914

3 sheets : sepia process print with watercolor wash and ink on paper ; 62.7 x 44.5 cm. (24 3/4 x 17 5/8 in.) or smaller

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Box 1 Folder 17 Watson House (Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.), [18]98

1 drawing : ink wash on cloth ; 16.8 x 19.9 cm. (6 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.)

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Drawer 246 Pembroke (Bryn Mawr, Pa.), 1900

1 drawing : ink on tracing paper, mounted on cloth ; 37.2 x 70.4 cm. (14 5/8 x 27 3/4 in.), mounted 37.6 x 70.6 cm. (14 7/8 x 27 7/8 in.)

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Box 1 Folder 18 Maxwell Wyeth House (Rosemont, Pa.), 1903

2 drawings : watercolor on paper ; 36.9 x 86.6 cm. (14 1/2 x 34 1/8 in.) or smaller

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Box 1 Folder 19 Unidentified house (California), 1897

1 drawing : pencil and watercolor wash on tracing paper ; 20.5 x 33 cm. (8 1/8 x 13 in.)

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Box 1 Folder 20 Unidentified house (Gloucester, Mass.), 1928

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on paper ; 31.7 x 47.8 cm. (12 1/2 x 18 7/8 in.)

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Box 1 Folder 21 Unidentified house (Merion, Pa.), [undated]

2 drawings : pen and wash on paper ; 22.6 x 21.3 cm. (8 7/8 x 8 3/8 in.) or smaller

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Box 1 Folder 22 Unidentified house. Outbuildings, [undated]

1 drawing : pencil and watercolor wash on tracing paper with paper frame attached ; 17 x 30.1 cm. (6 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.), framed 24.7 x 34.5 cm. (9 3/4 x 13 5/8 in.)

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Box 1 Folder 23 Corn Exchange National Bank, [undated]

1 drawing : pen and wash on paper ; 51.7 x 44.5 cm. (20 3/8 x 17 1/2 in.)

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Box 1 Folder 24 Stained glass windows, [undated]

1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on tracing paper ; 61.9 x 41.2 cm. (24 3/8 x 16 1/4 in.)

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Drawer 246 House at Garrett Ave. and Lancaster Pike (Rosemont, PA), 1923 July 28

2 blueprints


Drawer 246 John B. Townsend House (Radnor, Pa.). House, 1913

3 sheets : sepia process print with watercolor wash and ink on paper


Drawer 246 Unidentified house, [undated]

1 drawing : graphite on paper


Subseries 2: Non-architectural drawings


Box 2 Folder 25 Landscapes (Pompeii (Ancient city)), 1886

1 drawing : watercolor wash on paper ; 4.8 x 23.6 cm. (1 7/8 x 9 3/8 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 26 Townscapes, [18]91

1 drawing : pencil and crayon on paper ; 31.8 x 37.8 cm. (12 1/2 x 14 7/8 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 27 Unidentified rural building, 1891

1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper mounted on board ; 15.9 x 37.6 cm. (6 1/4 x 14 7/8 in.), mounted 18.6 x 40.9 cm. (7 3/8 x 16 1/8 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 28 Street views, October [18]9[?]

1 drawing : watercolor wash and pencil on paper mounted on board ; 21.5 x 12.8 cm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/8 in.), mounted 27.7 x 19.2 cm. (10 7/8 x 7 5/8 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 28 Landscapes, [18]93

1 drawing : watercolor and charcoal with pencil on paper ; 17.4 x 29.3 cm. (6 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 28 Unidentified columnar buildings, 1895

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 25.8 x 35.2 cm. (10 1/4 x 13 7/8 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 28 Landscapes, 1919

1 drawing : Pastel and charcoal on dark paper ; 26.7 x 36.6 cm. (10 1/2 x 14 1/2 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 28 Street views, 1923

1 drawing : pencil and pastel on tracing paper ; 24.8 x 18.1 cm. (9 3/4 x 7 1/8 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 29 Landscapes (Umbria, Italy), 1926[?]

1 drawing : crayon on paper ; 24.7 x 33.6 cm. (9 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 30 Landscapes (Lake Placid, N.Y.), 1928

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 31.9 x 47.4 cm. (12 5/8 x 18 3/4 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 31 Landscapes (Saranac Lake, N.Y.), 1928

2 drawings : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 32 x 48 cm. (12 5/8 x 19 in.) or smaller

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Box 2 Folder 32 Landscapes (Gloucester, Mass.), 1928

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 31 x 43.4 cm. (12 1/4 x 17 1/8 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 33 Townscapes (Amalfi, Italy), [undated]

1 drawing : ink and ink wash on lined paper ; 21.4 x 27.3 cm. (8 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 34 Mt. Pleasant, Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.), [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 28.4 x 34.7 cm. (11 1/4 x 13 3/4 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 34 Landscapes (Franklin, N.H.), [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on gray paper ; 30.5 x 45.7 cm. (12 x 18 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 34 Seascapes, [undated]

1 drawing ; watercolor wash on paper ; 14.8 x 22.9 cm. (5 7/8 x 9 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 35 Landscapes (New Hope, Pa.), [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 28.6 x 47 cm. (11 1/4 x 18 1/2 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 36 Unidentified water mill, [undated]

3 drawings : watercolor wash and graphite on gray paper ; 19.3 x 26.7 cm. (7 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.) or smaller

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Box 2 Folder 37 Landscapes, [undated]

1 drawing : pastel and charcoal on brown paper ; 32.5 x 43.6 cm. (12 7/8 x 17 1/4 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 38 Landscapes, [undated]

1 drawing : pencil with pastel on paper ; 38.1 x 43.1 cm. (15 x 17 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 39 Landscapes, [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on paper ; 25.3 x 35.7 cm. (10 x 14 1/8 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 40 Landscapes, [undated]

1 sheet : charcoal with pastel on brown paper ; 33.5 x 48.9 cm. (13 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 41 Landscapes, [undated]

1 drawing : pastel and pencil on brown paper ; 26.5 x 37.1 cm. (10 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 41 Landscapes, [undated]

1 drawing :bcharcoal and pastel on blue paper ; 27.9 x 42.1 cm. (11 x 16 5/8 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 42 Landscapes, [undated]

1 drawing : pastel and charcoal on gray paper ; 30.2 x 45.7 cm. (12 x 18 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 43 Landscapes, [undated]

1 drawing : pastel and charcoal on brown paper ; 27.5 x 36.6 cm. (10 7/8 x 14 1/2 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 44 Landscapes, [undated]

1 drawing : pastel on brown paper ; 28 x 37.2 cm. (11 x 14 3/4 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 45 Unidentified walkway, [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal and watercolor wash on brown paper : 35.4 x 25.4 cm. (14 x 10 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 46 Seascapes, [undated]

1 drawing : pastel and charcoal on blue paper ; 30.5 x 45.9 cm. (12 x 18 1/8 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 47 Seascapes, [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 34.6 x 50.1 cm (13 5/8 x 19 3/4 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 48 White Grass Ranch, [undated]

1 drawing : pencil and pastel on brown paper ; 29.5 x 37.1 cm. (11 5/8 x 14 5/8 in.)

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Box 2 Folder 49 Unidentified log buildings, [undated]

1 drawing : pencil and pastel on paper ; 23.4 x 35.5 cm. (9 1/4 x 14 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 50 Unidentified house, [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 32.7 x 49.8 cm. (12 7/8 x 19 5/8 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 51 Landscapes, [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 29.9 x 42.4 cm. (11 3/4 x 16 3/4 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 52 Landscapes, [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 26.8 x 36.5 cm. (10 5/8 x 14 3/8 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 53 Landscapes, [undated]

1 sheet : various media ; 28.7 x 36.1 cm. (11 3/8 x 14 1/4 in.)


Box 3 Folder 53 Landscapes, [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 28.5 x 37.2 cm. (11 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 53 Landscapes, [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on gray paper ; 22.7 x 28.3 cm. (9 x 11 1/4 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 54 Moulins Engilbert, [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 50.6 x 32.7 cm. (20 x 12 7/8 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 55 Animal drawings, 1888

2 drawings : watercolor with pencil on paper ; 12.3 x 16.4 cm. (4 7/8 x 6 1/2 in.) or smaller

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Box 3 Folder 56 Landscapes, [18]95

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 51.1 x 39.4 cm. (20 1/8 x 15 1/2 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 57 Travel sketches. Havana (Cuba), 1917

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper with frame of brown paper attached ; 28.7 x 37 cm. (11 3/8 x 14 5/8 in.), framed 37.3 x 42.9 cm. (14 3/4 x 16 7/8 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 58 Figure drawings, 1917

1 drawing : pencil with pastel on gray paper ; 38.4 x 27.9 cm. (15 1/8 x 11 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 59 Figure drawings, 1917

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 37.1 x 28.3 cm. (14 5/8 x 11 1/8 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 60 Figure drawings, [18]92

1 drawing : watercolor and graphite on gray paper ; 33.4 x 38 cm. (13 1/8 x 15 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 61 Figure drawings, [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on paper, mounted on paper ; 32 x 45.9 cm. (12 5/8 x 18 1/8 in.), mounted 36.7 x 49.2 cm. (14 1/2 x 19 3/8 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 62 Figure drawings, [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal with pastel on brown paper ; 54.4 x 27.8 cm. (21 3/8 x 11 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 63 Figure drawings, [undated]

1 drawing : watercolor and pencil on paper mounted on brown paper ; 18.3 x 10.6 cm. (7 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.), mounted 30.5 x 21.2 cm. (12 x 8 3/8 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 63 Figure drawings, [undated]

1 drawing : ink and watercolor on brown paper ; 25.2 x 38.8 cm. (10 x 15 1/4 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 63 Figure drawings, [undated]

1 drawing : graphite and watercolor wash on paper ; 25.6 x 18 cm. (10 1/8 x 7 1/8 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 64 Figure drawings, [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 35.7 x 26.8 cm. (14 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 64 Furniture, [undated]

1 drawing : watercolor wash and pencil on paper ; 23.8 x 16.7 cm. (9 3/8 x 6 5/8 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 65 Street views (Salicu), [undated]

1 drawing : charcoal and pastel on brown paper ; 29.3 x 43.2 cm. (11 5/8 x 17 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 66 Unidentified bank, [undated]

1 drawing : pencil and watercolor wash on tracing paper ; 36.7 x 47 cm. (14 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 67 Posters, 1892

1 print : lithograph on paper ; 55.8 x 35.4 cm. (22 x 14 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 67 Posters, 1894

1 print : lithograph on paper ; 60.5 x 41.9 cm. (23 7/8 x 16 1/2 in.)

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Box 3 Folder 68 Portraits, [undated]

3 drawings : various media ; 56.9 x 76.2 cm. (22 3/8 x 30 in.) or smaller

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Drawer 246 Donald McIlvaine House (Rosemont, Pa.), 1925 to 1929

27 sheets : various media ; 233.7 x 127.2 cm. (92 x 50 1/8 in.) or smaller + 2 booklets and 4 loose sheets

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Series II: Scrapbooks


Volume 1 Scrapbook (Vol. 1), undated

Clients include : Jeffors ; Roberts, Peter W. ; Tallman ; Ellis ; Cooke, Jay ; Curtis ; and other unidentified clients


Volume 2 Scrapbook (Vol. 2), undated, 1885 to 1923

Clients include : Borie, Charles L ; Mason, Misses ; Freer, Miss ; Squire, Frank ; Brown, D.P. ; Brown, Neilson ; Bennet ; Clarcke, Thos. S. ; Pepper, John W. ; Freer ; Deacon, Harlston ; Conklin, R. ; Conklin Theodore ; Hyde ; Curtis ; Wyeth, Maxwell ; Hyde ; Joby ; Cary, Melbert B. ; Schultz, H. V. H. ; Randolph ; Humphrey ; Albert, Ernest ; other unidentified clients


Volume 3 Scrapbook (Vol. 3), undated, 1905 to 1910

Clients include : Clarke, Thomas S. ; Conklin, Theo ; Turner W.M. Jay ; Wyeth, Maxwell ; Alger, Miss ; Fuller, Miss ; Deacon, Harlston ; Bixby, William R. ; Ladd, James B. ; Parrish, Maxfield ; King, Geo. W. ; Wheeler, Charles ; Crenshaw, E. A. ; Drexel, A. J. Jr. ; Zantzinger, E. ; Alhhurst, R. L. ; Albert, Ernest ; Squier ; Hand, E. S. ; Borie, Chas. L. ; Freer, C. L. ; Potter ; Hunphreys, Dr. ; Schultz, B. V. H. ; Conklin, Roland ; Henry, Howard; other unidentifed clients


Volume 4 Scrapbook (Vol. 4), undated, 1891 to 1901

Clients include : Albert, E. ; Wyeth, Maxwell ; Hand, E. S. ; Deacon, Harleston ; Squier, Frank ; Fuller, Miss ; Alger, Miss ; Pepper, John H. ; Brown, Neilson ; Newhall ; Cass, Charles A. ; other unidentified clients


Volume 5 Scrapbook (Vol. 5), undated, 1891 to 1901

Clients include : Potter ; Landale, Moylan ; Pepper, David ; Drexel ; Albert ; Brinton, Ferree ; Freer, Miss ; Frettringham, A. J. ; Borie, Beauveau ; Borie, Charles L. ; Moore, C. B. ; Starr, Dr. ; Brooker ; other unidentified clients


Volume 6 Scrapbook (Vol. 6), undated, circa 1908 to 1910

Clients included : Pepper ; Clarke ; Cass, Charles A. ; Cooke, Jay III ; Turner, Wm. Jay ; Martin, Dr. Edim ; Wyeth, Maxwell ; Schultz ; Cornell, Charles ; Ellis, W. M. S. ; Squier, Frank ; White, Henry C. Drexel, Anthony J. ; King ; other unidentified clients


Volume 7 Scrapbook (Vol. 7), undated, 1886 to 1903

Clients included : Pepper, David ; Freer, Miss ; Phelps, F. A. ; Brinton, Ferree ; Albert, Ernest ; Freer, G. L. ; Pepper, David ; Raynolds, H. S. ; Freer , Mr. ; Drexel, A. J. ; Brown, Neilson ; Frethingham, A. J. ; Newhall House ; Squier, Frank ; Mason, Miss ; "the Moors" ; Bennett, H. C. ; Meberton, Craig ; Schaeffer ; Lansdale, W. Meylan ; Wheeler, Chas. ; Park, Roland ; Borie, Charles L. ; Bixby, William K. ; Brown, D. P. ; Parrish, Stephen ; Howe, John K. ; Thompson, Frank ; Conklin ; other unidentified clients


Volume 8 Scrapbook (Vol. 8), undated, 1891 to 1908

Clients included : Conklin, R. ; Freer, Mrs. ; Brinton, F. ; Frettringham, A. L. ; Freer, Miss ; Phelps, F. A. ; Albert ; Squier, Frank ; Ladd ; Humphreys ; Deacon ; Butler, G. ; Clark, Thomas S. ; Conklin, Stanley ; Bennet ; Conklin, Theodore ; Conklin, S. ; Martin, E. ; Cary, Melbert B. ; Taylor ; Schultz ; Harrison ; Freer, C. L. ; Woodward, Dr. G. ; Curtis, C. B. ; King, Geo. W. Cornell, Carl ; Cass, Charles A. ; other unidentified clients


Volume 9 Scrapbook (Vol. 9), undated

Clients included : Borie, C. L. Jr. ; Alger, Miss ; Henry, Howard ; Parrish, Stephen ; Squier, Frank ; Borie, Beauveau ; Conklin, R. R. ; Zanzinger ; Pepper, John


Volume 10 Scrapbook (Vol. 10), undated

Consists mostly of photographs of Italian, with some French, garden designs.

Series III: Papers


Box 4 Folder 1 Biographical and geneological material, undated

Typescript titled, "Old Philadelphia Families - Eyre" by Frank Willing Leach, 31 pp. ; Typescript titled, "Historical and Biographical Sketch of the Eyre Family", 5 pp. ; Typescript titled, "Wilson Eyre: October 30, 1858 - October 23, 1944" by John Harbeson, 3 pp.


Box 4 Folder 2 Biographical material, 1914 to 1945

Correspondence : 4 items ; clippings : 2 items


Box 4 Folder 3 Photographs of Eyre, undated, 1867 to 1926

10 items


Box 3 Folder 69 Certificates and awards, 1903 to 1940

9 items : 1903 December 1, Louisiana Purchase Exposition appointing Eyre as member of the art section advisory committee for Philadelphia ; 1904 Universal Exposition St. Louis, silver medal for collective exhibit of landscape architecture and architectural design ; 1904 Universal Exposition St. Louis, commemorative diploma, member of Pennsylvania advisory committee and Philadelphia section national jury of selection of art ; 1928 The Philadelphia Building Congress appointing Eyre as Master Craftsman ; 18 January 1927, The Academy of National Sciences of Philadelphia elected member ; 1940 December 9, University Club of Philadelphia honoary member ; 1924 September 1, certificate from the New York State Board of Examiners and Registration of Architects ; December 1906 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the T Square Club of Philadelphia second mention in the exhibition of architecture and allied arts ; 1924 February 21 certificate authorizing Eyre as architect in the state of New York


Box 4 Folder 4 Lists of articles by and about Wilson Eyre


Box 4 Folder 5 Lists of works executed by Wilson Eyre


Box 4 Folder 6 to 9 Articles written by Wilson Eyre, undated, 1895 to 1931

11 items


Box 4 Folder 10 Lectures by Wilson Eyre, undated

3 items


Box 4 Folder 11 Lecture about Wilson Eyre by Alan Burnham, 1953 May 22

1 item


Box 4 Folder 12 Notes on Wilson Eyre by Louisa Eyre [Wilson's sister], undated, 1951

Contains lists of Eyre's works and articles published by or about Eyre. Also contains answers to Alan Burnham's questions


Box 4 Folder 13 Articles written about Wilson Eyre, 1925 to 1946

6 items, 2 copies


Box 4 Folder 14 Articles written about Wilson Eyre

3 items, 2 copies


Box 4 Folder 15 Exhibition at the Architectural Leaue of New York, 1938

Correspondence : 12 items ; photographs : 7 items ; catalogue : 1 item


Box 4 Folder 16 Exhibition at the University of Pennslyvania, 1945

2 items


Box 4 Folder 17 Miscellaneous published illustrations, undated

3 items


Box 4 Folder 18 Miscellaneous published illustrations, 1910 June 1

7 items


Box 4 Folder 19 Miscellaneous published illustrations, 1911 to 1917

11 items


Box 4 Folder 20 Miscellaneous published illustrations, [1911]

8 items


Box 4 Folder 21 Miscellaneous published illustrations, 1922

9 items


Box 4 Folder 22 Miscellaneous published illustrations, undated

9 items


Box 4 Folder 23 Miscellaneous published illustrations, 1908 to 1910

15 items ; 2 articles


Box 4 Folder 24 Miscellaneous published illustrations, 1901 to 1946

65 items : includes clippings of article illustrations published on various Eyre projects

Series IV: Additional Donations


Box 4 Folder 25 Photo Album, "Residence of Samuel P. Rotan" (Wyndmoor, PA), ca. 1923-25

Small album of 30 original mounted silver prints showing the construction of a grand house designed by Wilson Eyre. The house was called "Lane's End." The photos show exterior and roof construction. Included is a newspaper clipping, dated 1946, with the title "Rotans' $1,500,000 'Treasure House' at Wyndmoor on sale for $285,000." The article explains that the house was made from old materials gathered by Mr. and Mrs. Rotan in England. Mr. Rotan, who had been a former Philadelphia District Attorney died om 1930, just five years after the house's completion.

[Accession 2011.025]