Alexander McMillan Welch architectural drawings and papers, 1886-1937

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Series IV: Student Work

This series is divided into two subseries. Subseries 1: Student drawings consist of 196 drawings made by Alexander M. Welch roughly between 1886 and 1903. Some drawings were made for class assignments when Welch was a student at Columbia. They include drawing exercises, engineering exercises, plans, elevations, renderings and the like. The collection also includes sketches from Welch's travels in Europe and his drawings from when he studied at L'École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Subseries 2: Student Notebooks includes 14 course notebooks, 1 sketchbook, and 1 journal. The course notebooks include some drawings but are mostly detail notes from lectures given by Columbia School of Mines professors including figures such as William R. Ware, Russell Sturgis, James Greenleaf, John Newberry, and David W. King.


Subseries 1: Student Drawings



Box 4 Folder 1 [Geometric studies]

18 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00001 - NYDA.1000.016.00018)

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Box 4 Folder 5 [Engineering construction studies]

2 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00019 - NYDA.1000.016.00020)

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Box 6 Folder 17 Box 7 Folder 10 [Watercolor student drawings]

14 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00021 - NYDA.1000.016.00034)

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Box 4 Folder 11 [Various sketches and studies]

11 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00035 - NYDA.1000.016.00045)

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Box 4 Folder 8 [Shade and shadow studies]

4 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00046 - NYDA.1000.016.00049)

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Box 6 Folder 12 [Architectural detail exercises]

23 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00050 - NYDA.1000.016.00072)

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Box 6 Folder 16 [Perspective drawing exercises]

9 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00073 - NYDA.1000.016.00081)

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Box 6 Folder 18 [Drawing technique studies]

3 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00082 - NYDA.1000.016.00084)

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Box 7 Folder 9 [Various scenes]

9 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00085 - NYDA.1000.016.00093)

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Drawer 120 Folder 23 Colonial work, in New Jersey

2 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00094 - NYDA.1000.016.00095)

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Drawer 120 Folder 12 Transverse section and second floor plan : [student drawing of unidentified building]

1 drawing (NYDA.1000.016.00096)

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Box 7 Folder 11 [Detail drawings of classical ornamentation]

5 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00097 - NYDA.1000.016.00101)

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Box 4 Folder 7 [Truss and girder studies]

9 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00102 - NYDA.1000.016.00110)

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Drawer 120 Folder 4 [Student watercolor renderings]

2 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00111 - NYDA.1000.016.00112)

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Box 4 Folder 10 Engineering design

10 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00113 - NYDA.1000.016.00122)

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Drawer 120 Folder 5 [Miscellaneous student drawings]

2 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00123 - NYDA.1000.016.00124)

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Box 6 Folder 15 La fontaine des innocents, Paris : [student drawing]

1 drawing (NYDA.1000.016.00125)

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Box 4 Folder 9 Eglise St. Severin, Paris, [view from an angle of facade]

1 drawing (NYDA.1000.016.00126)

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Drawer 120 Folder 17 [Student drawings made in Paris]

10 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00127 - NYDA.1000.016.00136)

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Drawer 120 Folder 6 ["Ecole National des Arts Decoratifs" studies]

6 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00137 - NYDA.1000.016.00142)

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Drawer 120 Folder 19 [Two student detail drawings done in Blois]

2 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00143 - NYDA.1000.016.00144)

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Drawer 120 Folder 3 [Italian Renaissance buildings, plans]

7 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00145 - NYDA.1000.016.00151)

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Drawer 120 Folder 16 Box 4 Folder 6 [Student drawings made at Atelier Ginain, Paris, Ecole des Beaux Arts]

17 sheets (NYDA.1000.016.00152 - NYDA.1000.016.00168)

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Box 6 Folder 17 [Examples of building construction].

4 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00169 - NYDA.1000.016.00172)

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Box 6 Folder 13 [Brickwork studies]

2 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00173 - NYDA.1000.016.00174)

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Box 6 Folder 19 [Two sketches of unidentified buildings]

2 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00175 - NYDA.1000.016.00176)

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Drawer 120 Folder 11 [Two pencil sketches of unidentified buildings]

2 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00177 - NYDA.1000.016.00178)

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Drawer 120 Folder 15 College de France, [building] by Varcollier-Midal

2 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00179 - NYDA.1000.016.00180)

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Drawer 120 Folder 13 [Unidentified building with large central dome]

2 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00181 - NYDA.1000.016.00182)

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Box 6 Folder 22 [Unidentified church sketches]

4 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00183 - NYDA.1000.016.00186)

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Box 6 Folder 14 [Unidentified building with two towers and grand double staircase entrance]

1 drawing (NYDA.1000.016.00187)

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Drawer 120 Folder 10 [Elevation of large, unidentified building with low, flat dome and five arched entrances]

1 drawing (NYDA.1000.016.00188)

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Box 6 Folder 21 [Unidentified mansion]

2 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00189 - NYDA.1000.016.00190)

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Drawer 120 Folder 18 [Unidentified house in plans, sections and detail drawings]

1 drawing (NYDA.1000.016.00191)

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Drawer 120 Folder 8 [Miscellaneous plans]

5 drawings (NYDA.1000.016.00192 - NYDA.1000.016.00196

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Subseries 2: Student Notebooks



Box 3 "Architectural History - Notes", 1889-1890



Box 3 "History of Ornaments - Notes", 1888-1889



Box 3 "Sanitary Engineering - Notes", 1889-1890



Box 3 "Theory of Architecture - Notes", 1888-1889

Lectures on the theory of architecture by Professor William R. Ware and Russell Sturgis



Box 3 "Architectural History - Notes", 1888-1889



Box 3 "Engineering Design - Notes", 1889-1890



Box 3 "Geology - Notes", 1888-1890



Box 3 "Graphical Statistics - Notes", 1889-1890



Box 3 "Specifications - Notes", 1888-1890



Box 3 "Perspective - Notes", 1888-1889



Box 3 [Sketchbook], undated



Box 3 [Journal], undated